WATCH: Farmers ready to protest at Republic Day Parade in India
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 26 Jan, 2021 01:05 AM
WATCH: India's Republic Day Parade will not be the same this year! Tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting key highways connecting New Delhi with the country’s north for almost two months demanding a complete withdrawal of agriculture laws. They plan to parade through the capital in a massive tractor rally on Tuesday, when India celebrates Republic Day.
In a blow to India, Moody’s Investors Service has cut the country’s credit rating outlook to negative--the first step towards a downgrade, saying the government has been partly ineffective in addressing economic weakness, leading to rising risks that growth will remain lower.
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Time changes everything. The hardcore face of Hindutva in the 1990s became the "acceptable" saffron leader in run up to 2014 elections and finally being sidelined in the party.
