[Link] Why Farmers Are Still Unhappy Despite Modi Withdrawing Controversial Farm Laws

Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com

In a surprise televised address last week, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi apologised to farmers and announced that the controversial farm laws they had been protesting for a year would be withdrawn.

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[Link] Third day of protests in Delhi over alleged rape of nine-year-old girl

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

The alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl from India’s lowest caste has sparked a third day of protests in India’s capital, in the latest case to spotlight the country’s high levels of sexual violence.

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