Month: January 2021

A total of 20 people, comprising both policemen and farmers, are being treated at the Lok Nayak Hospital following clashes near the ITO crossing in central Delhi on Tuesday as some farmers deviated from the route of their tractor rally and drove into the city, officials said. The Delhi government-run hospital's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ritu Saxena, told IANS that eight policemen and 12 farmers are currently receiving treatment and a few of them have sustained serious injuries. "Some have fractured their legs, hands and also suffered blows on their heads. We are treating them in an emergency ward," she said. "However, no one is in critical condition," she added. Saxena said that they will be discharged soon as all of them are in stable health condition. Dramatic scenes were ...

Devesh Mishra Several Groups of protesting farmers on Tuesday have entered New Delhi after they breached the Police barricades near Singhu border where farmers have been protesting for the past sixty days. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that early morning near Singhu as the farmers tried to march peacefully ahead towards Delhi, the Delhi Police cane charged people resulting in a confrontation. "Some of the farmers tried to speak to the Policemen deployed out there, but others marched ahead and started beating the farmers at the Singhu protest site," a farmer Ramandeep Singh told The Kashmiriyat. He said that when people spotted some of the farmers rounded up by Police, others marched ahead resulting in a confrontation and as the word spread, People broke through the barricades....

The Police resorted to Lathi Charge and Immense tear smoke shelling on Tuesday morning on the groups of farmers camping at Singhu border points of New Delhi. The Farmers attempted to enter the city to carry out a tractor rally in protest against the Centre’s three contentious farm laws. Chants of ‘Kisan kanoon wapas lo’ (take back the farm laws) rent the air on the Karnal road leading to the national capital. Delhi Police fired tear gas shells to stop farmers marching from the Singhu border and disperse them. “The farmers did not relent and started moving towards the Outer Ring Road breaking police barricades,” an official said, according to news agency PTI.buy aciphex generic buynoprescriptiononlinerxx.com/aciphex.html over the counter

Between March 18 and December 31, 2020 billionaires worldwide saw their wealth increase by a staggering $3.9 trillion. To what equals to G20 governments having spent in response to the pandemic, the total of such billionaires now touches $11.95 trillion. The Executive Director of Oxfam International Gabriela Bucher, talking about the impact of Covid-19 on the world economy said “ We stand to witness the greatest rise in inequality since records began. The deep divide between the rich and poor is proving as deadly as the virus. Rigged economies are funneling wealth to a rich elite who are riding out the pandemic in luxury, while those on the frontline of the pandemic -- shop assistants, healthcare workers, and market vendors -- are struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table". ...