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Bharat Bandh: Farmers in India call for a nationwide shutdown on December 8
Leaders of farmers’ unions call for a nationwide shutdown in India as the protests against the coun…
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Karnataka braces for a day long shutdown on Monday by thousands of farmers
"We have tightened the security and deployed additional police personnel in cities and towns acr…
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Bharat Bandh on December 8: Banking and transport services may be affected, emergency services exempted
Farmers and trade unions from various states, including whole northern India, have extended their s…
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Bharat Bandh: Bus movement affected in Telangana as TSRTC backs shutdown
Buses of state-owned Road Transport Corporation in Telangana went off road on Tuesday amid growing …
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Indian government rebuts former Twitter CEO’s claim putting pressure during farmers' protest
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has alleged that the Indian government threatened the social media p…
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'We always do this': Sen. Jon Tester expressed frustration about the battle over raising the debt ceiling and avoiding a government shutdown
If Congress doesn't act in time to avert a federal default, the financial consequences could send t…
Erin Snodgrass
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Tens of thousands of American farmers were forced to wait for Trump's tariff aid during the government shutdown
In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, photo, Gene Henderson, left, and Brandon Henderson, center, are r…
Gina Heeb
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The US government shutdown could delay subsidies for farmers already ravaged by Trump's trade war
According to University of Illinois agricultural economist Scott Irwin, that could be bad news for …
Will Martin
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Biden admin hints at a possible support for India's contentious farm laws – but recognises peaceful protests
Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping at several Delhi border …
PTI
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For farmers already struggling from Trump's trade war, the government shutdown is making life even harder
Temporary closures within the Department of Agriculture have left some farmers without access to a …
Gina Heeb
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House Democrats unveil a stopgap spending bill that Republicans oppose, raising the risk of a government shutdown in 9 days
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the "government funding bill shamefully leaves out key …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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The Indian government and its supporters are attacking Western celebrities for supporting the farmers' protests
Indian farmers are protesting against the government's proposed agricultural reforms, which they sa…
Bill Bostock
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'Bharat Bandh' call receives partial response in Bengal
The 'Bharat Bandh' called on Tuesday by the farmer unions to press for the repeal of the Central go…
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Bharat Bandh evokes lukewarm response in Karnataka
The 'Bharat Bandh' call given by nearly a dozen farmer Associations on Tuesday in protest against t…
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Farmers destroy millions of flowers for lack of demand
Sharing similar plight, another grower Prakash Chandra Shukla from Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh s…
PTI
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Farmers protest in India intensify — Kerala MP and Punjab CM to move the Supreme Court, three Punjab BJP leaders resign
The farmers’ protest against the agricultural-related bills — which has now become a law — has inte…
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Farmers protest against three farm bills turn violent after protestors set a tractor on fire near India Gate
These laws allow farmers to sell their produce to private players outside the market set up …
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Farmers hold 'Rail roko' agitation in Punjab, train services suspended
Railway authorities said 14 pairs of special trains will remain suspended from September 24 till 26.
PTI
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Lockdown hits farmers indirectly, supply of essentials shrinks
These include lower production at plants due toreduction in the number of workers to maintain safet…
PTI
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Americans are rethinking cheap beef and buying from small-scale farmers as prices soar in the meat industry
Small-scale meat farmers have seen a huge spike in demand as consumers search for alternative sourc…