“Our only source of livelihood is our land. If it is taken away from us, what will we be left with,” asks Charanjeet, whose family of five depends on the yearly income of ₹50,000 per acre they earn from leasing out their 12-acre holding after Charanjeet’s husband suffered a spinal cord injury. She is particularly worried about the lack of a legal redress mechanism in case of contract failures. Women farmers will face a particularly weak bargaining position as they cannot afford the time or financial resources for legal fights. … [Read more...] about Why women farmers cannot be left out of the protests against the new farm laws
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California law banning flavored tobacco on hold as referendum qualifies for ballot
If upheld, the law will ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including fruit, menthol and mint cigarettes and vaping cartridges. It was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, but has been suspended since last month and will remain so until next year’s election. … [Read more...] about California law banning flavored tobacco on hold as referendum qualifies for ballot
Hundreds Of Law Enforcement Officials Gather For Procession For Fallen Sacramento Deputy Adam Gibson
Stimulus Check Update: When Could The Third Payment Arrive? ‘What Is He Going To Do Next?’: Peeping Tom Terrifies Women In Midtown Sacramento Protecting The State Capitol, Other Locations Cost Almost $19 Million This remembrance was a little different this year – with many staying socially distant with masks during the tribute. … [Read more...] about Hundreds Of Law Enforcement Officials Gather For Procession For Fallen Sacramento Deputy Adam Gibson
Tories admit they’re looking at overhauling workers’ rights laws after Brexit
Dr Doug Parr, chief scientist for Greenpeace UK, said: "Building back better means supporting the low-carbon production technologies that steelmakers have developed and giving UK industry a viable future, not digging ourselves further into our high-carbon hole." … [Read more...] about Tories admit they’re looking at overhauling workers’ rights laws after Brexit
Joe Exotic’s lawyers are ‘disappointed’ but ‘respect’ Trump’s decision not to pardon Tiger King star after being so confident he’d be released that they prepared a limo to pick him up from jail – and vow to keep fighting until the ‘injustice is corrected’
Sentence: Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, has served roughly two years of a 22-year sentence after he was convicted on 17 federal charges in 2019 for animal abuse and an attempted murder-for-hire plot on Carole Baskin (pictured in show still) … [Read more...] about Joe Exotic’s lawyers are ‘disappointed’ but ‘respect’ Trump’s decision not to pardon Tiger King star after being so confident he’d be released that they prepared a limo to pick him up from jail – and vow to keep fighting until the ‘injustice is corrected’
