Feb 01 India’s farming protests resonate with U.S. agriculture communities By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press The dispute raises questions not only about agriculture in India but larger issues about the country's rural areas — issues that are familiar to anyone who has watched as populations dwindle in rural America and many small communities struggle to… Continue reading
Jan 30 Indian farmers begin hunger strike amid fury against Modi By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Indian farmers taking part in more than two months of protest against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike Saturday, as they sought to reaffirm the peaceful nature of their movement following recent violent clashes with police. Continue reading
Jan 26 Protesting farmers storm India’s Red Fort in challenge to Modi By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Tens of thousands of protesting farmers marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors into India's capital on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 16 India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive By Aniruddha Ghosal, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Indian authorities hope to give shots to 300 million people, roughly the population of the U.S and several times more than its existing program, which targets 26 million infants. The recipients include 30 million doctors, nurses and other front-line workers,… Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Trump touts border wall in visit to Texas In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump traveled to Texas to showcase his signature border wall, India's top court halted the implementation of agricultural laws that prompted farmers to blockade New Delhi, Twitter suspends more than 70,000 accounts linked to… Continue watching
Jan 04 Indian government fails to resolve deadlock with protesting farmers By Associated Press With the government refusing to revoke the legislation, the farmers pledged to continue blockading key highways linking the capital with the country's north. Continue reading
Jan 04 Vaccination campaign picks up speed around the world By Danica Kirka, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press Britain has begun dispensing the second vaccine in its arsenal. But authorities in France and elsewhere in Europe are coming under fire for slow rollouts and delays. Continue reading
Jan 03 India OKs AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines By Aniruddha Ghosal, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The country's drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca, and another developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Early voting begins in Georgia’s Senate runoffs In our news wrap Monday, early voting began in Georgia's two U.S. Senate run-offs to determine which party controls the chamber, the U.S. formally blamed Iran for the abduction and presumed death of a former FBI agent, Major League Baseball's… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 3:50 News Wrap: Key issues hold up talks on a bipartisan relief deal In our news wrap Tuesday, Senate Republican and Democratic leaders disagree on how to move past key issues that are holding up a bipartisan relief deal, President Trump and his allies kept up a stream of election challenges, the U.S. Continue watching