India’s Adani Group, run by Asia’s richest man, has hit back at a report from U.S.-based short-seller Hindenburg Research, calling it “malicious,” “baseless” and full of “selective misinformation.” Shares in the conglomerate have suffered massive losses since Hindenburg issued its report alleging fraud and other malfeasance. In trading Monday, the...
Donors Race to Aid India During COVID-19 Surge
The catastrophic wave of Covid-19 in India has prompted donors to send millions of dollars to the country, which Tuesday crossed the grim mark of more than 20 million cases of the killer disease. “The situation is desperate,” says Ashish Shah, senior director for philanthropy and community engagement at Indiaspora,...
Explainer: Why India’s Farmers Are Revolting Against PM Modi
NEW DELHI — A sea of tens of thousands of farmers riding tractors and horses stormed India’s historic Red Fort this week — a dramatic escalation of their protests, which are posing a major challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. The AP explains what is at the heart of two months of...
Angry Farmers Storm India’s Red Fort in Challenge to Modi
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of protesting farmers marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors into India's capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades to storm the historic Red Fort — a deeply symbolic act that revealed the scale of their challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
Republic Day 2021: Indian Farmers Ramp up Their Protest by Riding Tractors Into the Capital
[aggregation-styles] CNN New Delhi (CNN) Hundreds of thousands of farmers drove their tractors in convoy into the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday, as part of ongoing, nationwide protests against controversial agricultural laws that farmers say put their livelihoods at risk. Tear gas and flash bangs could been seen on...
Protest in Support of Indian Farmers Slows Traffic on Bay Bridge, Hundreds More Join in Fresno
[aggregation-styles] CBS San Francisco plus GV Wire Staff (CBS SF) — A caravan of protesters trying to raise the awareness of a showdown in India between farmers and the government clogged up traffic on the busy San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Saturday afternoon. In Fresno, a Sunday morning rally of 500...
Canada’s Trudeau Wades in on Indian Farmers’ Protests, Sparking Accusations of Meddling
[aggregation-styles] South China Morning Post Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remarks on India’s handling of farmers’ protests have sparked debate, with politicians in the South Asian country criticising him for meddling in their internal affairs, but Sikh-Canadians praising the leader for raising the issue. Growers from India’s northern farming states,...
Fresno Sikh/Punjabi Community Says Indian Government Is Set To Destroy Their Native Farmland
Hundreds of thousands of farmers have swarmed India's capital where they intend to camp out for months to protest new agricultural laws that they say could destroy their livelihoods. Farmers say they will not leave until a resolution is made or laws are repealed. There are about 40,000 Sikhs/Punjabis in...
Indian Farmers March on Delhi in Protest Against Agriculture Laws
[aggregation-styles] The Guardian Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have marched upon Delhi and set up vast camps blocking entry to the city in protest at agriculture laws they say will destroy livelihoods. More than 300,000 farmers marched from the states of Punjab and Haryana – on foot and in...
India Records World’s Biggest Single-Day Jump in Virus Cases
NEW DELHI — India registered 78,761 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the biggest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began, just as the government began easing restrictions to help the battered economy. The surge raised India's tally to over 3.5 million, and came as the government announced the...