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Deadlock continues over farm laws, ministers and unions to meet again Fri

Farmers' representatives refused to accept the option of amendment offered by the government

Huge LED screens put up at Singhu border to reach out to protesting farmers

Farmers protesting against the three farm laws at Delhi's Singhu border have installed giant LED screens and speakers to reach out to many protesters as possible

Accept all demands of farmers, repeal agri laws: Kejriwal to Centre

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appealed to the Centre to accept all the demands of the protesting farmers

Best of BS Opinion: Next step on vaccines, farmers' protest, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day.

Explained: How the Punjabi diaspora is influencing farmer agitation

The agitation is a massive alliance of unions - as many as 472 unions are associated with the movement, of which 32 are leading it upfront, and at least 40 involved in the talks with the governments

A dead end

Govt cannot accept extreme demands of farmers

Have no faith in Modi govt; it's under WTO, US pressure: Shiv Kumar Sharma

Modi's views are pro-corporate. During his rule as Gujarat chief minister, over 33,000 farmers were booked under various acts for demonstrating against the government, says Sharma

Farmers gear up for stir against Telangana govt over procurement centres

Anger is brewing among the farming community in Telangana as well against the state's decision not to set up procurement centres in villages to purchase various crops

Farmers threaten to intensify agitation if demands aren't met by Jan 4

Over 850 academicians extend support to the three farm acts

Farmers' stir: Tomar says hopeful of positive outcome at January 4 meet

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar refrained from predicting whether the seventh round of talks will be the last one, saying he is not an astrologer

Farm stir: UP to launch massive farmers' outreach programme from Jan 6

Of nearly 23 million farming households in UP, 90% are small and marginal

Punjab Cong MPs continue protest against farm laws at Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Congress Members of Parliament from Punjab continued their protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Friday

India's protesting farmers hold key to self-reliance in edible oils

Indian farmers have the power to help slash a huge annual bill of $10 billion for imports of vegetable oils

Govt should include MSP in farm laws or take back legislations: Owaisi

The NDA government at the Centre can amend the new farm laws and incorporate MSP or withdraw them to end the over a month-long agitation by farmers, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said

Damage to infrastructure would turn investors away from Punjab: Assocham

Incidents of damage to the industrial and other infrastructure would turn investors away from Punjab, industry body Assocham has told Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh

Ministers join farmer leaders to eat langar food at sixth round of talks

Three union ministers joined farm leaders on Wednesday to share langar food arranged by protesting farmers

Reliance Jio writes to Punjab CM, DGP over 'vandalism' at network sites

Reliance Jio said there were 'incidents of sabotage and vandalism at Jio network sites' in the state

Food inflation in states with strong 'mandis' & those without: Status check

The following chart shows the average retail food and beverages inflation of Punjab and Haryana as compared with Bihar, where APMCs where made redundant few years back

Don't vandalise telecom towers, farmers' leaders appeal from Delhi

More than 1,500 mobile phone towers having been vandalised in Punjab amid protests over the three farm laws

Sabotaging telecom infra as form of protest strongly condemned: COAI

This comes after over 1,500 mobile towers were targeted during farmers' stir in Punjab