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Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director Arrested After Clash With Israeli Settlers
The Oscar-winning director of a documentary on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was arrested late on Monday during a standoff over an attempt by settlers to steal sheep from Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, a witness said.
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Depleting Soil Health: The Price of Growing Water-Guzzling Crops
States primarily growing water-intensive crops have more depleted soil, with lower levels of macro and micronutrients like nitrogen, iron, zinc and sulphur.
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Punjab To Release 450 Farmers From Police Detention, 800 Freed Earlier
The Punjab government has decided to immediately release 450 more farmers from police detention, it was announced on Monday.
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Sip By Sip, Water-Guzzling Crops Drain India's Groundwater
Farmers in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan are growing more water-thirsty crops - rice, wheat, and onion - draining groundwater
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Kerala Farmer's Tiny Goat, Karumbi, Claims Guinness Record As World's Shortest At Just...
As per Guinness, Karumbi, born in 2021, stands at just 1 ft 3 in (40.50 cm) at the full-grown age of four.
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Who Is Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Punjab Farmer On Hunger Strike For Over 110 Days
Punjab Police on Thursday shifted farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal from the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Jalandhar, to another hospital amid a crackdown on protesting farmers.
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Farm Leaders Detained In Punjab's Mohali, Cops Clear Shambhu Border
A group of farmer leaders were detained by the Punjab police when they were on their way to join the ongoing farmers' protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders. Those detained included Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal.
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Citing Melting Glaciers, Peruvian Farmer Sues German Firm, Tests Global Climate Law
The glaciers in the Andes of northern Peru are at the centre of a landmark global case that will test the legal culpability of corporations over their greenhouse gas emissions and the role these play in climate change.
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Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait In Car Crash, Says Seatbelt Saved Him
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait survived a car crash on Friday when an animal jumped in front of his vehicle, damaging its front, in Uttar Pradesh.
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8 Maharashtra Farmers Ended Lives Daily?; Minister Says "Partially True"
Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Makarand Jadhav-Patil on Monday said it was "partially true" that eight farmers, on average, died by suicide daily in the past 56 months in the state.
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Opium Farming Takes Root In Myanmar's War-Torn Landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict.
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Farmers Call Off Chandigarh Sit-In After Police Action, Warn Bhagwant Mann
The massive week-long protest planned by Punjab farmers that was to begin today in state capital Chandigarh, was foiled by the police, who stopped those marching in from villages to join in
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Wild Animals Take A Stroll In UP, Farmers Lock Themselves In
Tigers, elephants and bears were seen in the fields and railway station in Uttar Pradesh.
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Farm Leaders In Police Custody Ahead Of Punjab Protest, Congress Moves In
Punjab's Bhagwant Mann government's breakdown of talks with farmers has created a huge opening for the state Congress to recover lost ground.
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Ahead Of Chandigarh Protest, Farm Leaders Say Punjab Police Raided' Them
Samyukta Kisan Morcha leaders claimed that police conducted "raids" at the residences of many farmer leaders early Tuesday in Punjab and also "detained" them ahead of their call for a protest in Chandigarh on March 5.
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Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director Arrested After Clash With Israeli Settlers
The Oscar-winning director of a documentary on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was arrested late on Monday during a standoff over an attempt by settlers to steal sheep from Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, a witness said.
-
Depleting Soil Health: The Price of Growing Water-Guzzling Crops
States primarily growing water-intensive crops have more depleted soil, with lower levels of macro and micronutrients like nitrogen, iron, zinc and sulphur.
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Punjab To Release 450 Farmers From Police Detention, 800 Freed Earlier
The Punjab government has decided to immediately release 450 more farmers from police detention, it was announced on Monday.
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Sip By Sip, Water-Guzzling Crops Drain India's Groundwater
Farmers in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan are growing more water-thirsty crops - rice, wheat, and onion - draining groundwater
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Kerala Farmer's Tiny Goat, Karumbi, Claims Guinness Record As World's Shortest At Just...
As per Guinness, Karumbi, born in 2021, stands at just 1 ft 3 in (40.50 cm) at the full-grown age of four.
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Who Is Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Punjab Farmer On Hunger Strike For Over 110 Days
Punjab Police on Thursday shifted farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal from the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Jalandhar, to another hospital amid a crackdown on protesting farmers.
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Farm Leaders Detained In Punjab's Mohali, Cops Clear Shambhu Border
A group of farmer leaders were detained by the Punjab police when they were on their way to join the ongoing farmers' protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders. Those detained included Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal.
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Citing Melting Glaciers, Peruvian Farmer Sues German Firm, Tests Global Climate Law
The glaciers in the Andes of northern Peru are at the centre of a landmark global case that will test the legal culpability of corporations over their greenhouse gas emissions and the role these play in climate change.
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Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait In Car Crash, Says Seatbelt Saved Him
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait survived a car crash on Friday when an animal jumped in front of his vehicle, damaging its front, in Uttar Pradesh.
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8 Maharashtra Farmers Ended Lives Daily?; Minister Says "Partially True"
Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Makarand Jadhav-Patil on Monday said it was "partially true" that eight farmers, on average, died by suicide daily in the past 56 months in the state.
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Opium Farming Takes Root In Myanmar's War-Torn Landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict.
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Farmers Call Off Chandigarh Sit-In After Police Action, Warn Bhagwant Mann
The massive week-long protest planned by Punjab farmers that was to begin today in state capital Chandigarh, was foiled by the police, who stopped those marching in from villages to join in
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Wild Animals Take A Stroll In UP, Farmers Lock Themselves In
Tigers, elephants and bears were seen in the fields and railway station in Uttar Pradesh.
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Farm Leaders In Police Custody Ahead Of Punjab Protest, Congress Moves In
Punjab's Bhagwant Mann government's breakdown of talks with farmers has created a huge opening for the state Congress to recover lost ground.
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Ahead Of Chandigarh Protest, Farm Leaders Say Punjab Police Raided' Them
Samyukta Kisan Morcha leaders claimed that police conducted "raids" at the residences of many farmer leaders early Tuesday in Punjab and also "detained" them ahead of their call for a protest in Chandigarh on March 5.
