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India's new agricultural laws: Thousands of Indian farmers protest, clash with police and refuse to talk to government

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  Protester F armers from several states of the country have been on strike on the border of New Delhi, the capital of India, for the past four days and today is the fifth day of their movement. They marched on the capital in September with the slogan "Let's go to Delhi" to oppose the agricultural law introduced by the central government. They are present in thousands in different places. Farmer leaders say they have brought rations for the next several days and will not end their protest until the demands are met. The government is preventing them from entering Delhi and the government says the new agriculture law is designed for their benefit. Farmers and police have also clashed at various places due to the blockade. Water cannons and tear gas shells were used against farmers on the Haryana-Delhi border. Opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said in several tweets that farmers have the right to protest and the Congress is also opposing the law from parliament to ...

Diego Maradona: Police raid doctor's house and clinic

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  Four days after the death of famous Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona, police raided the clinic and home of his doctor Leopoldo Luke. M aradona is one of the most talked about and great players in the world. Police are investigating through raids whether there was any negligence in Maradona's treatment. Maradona, 60, died of a heart attack at his home in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, on November 25. Maradona's daughters have demanded an investigation into the medicine given to their father. In early November, Maradona underwent a successful surgery to remove blood clots in his brain. He was also being treated for alcoholism. Dr Loki said he was assisting police in the investigation. He says he did what he could to save Maradona's life. At least 30 police officers raided Red Loki's home on Sunday morning and 30 others raided his clinic in Buenos Aires, local time. At the behest of prosecutors, officials are trying to find out what happened on Maradona's...

A mysterious metal structure found in the desert of the US state of Utah has 'disappeared', but the mystery remains.

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A shiny metal model or structure discovered last week in the Red Rock Desert in Utah is no longer there. According to Utah's Bureau of Land Management, it has received credible reports that "an unknown party" has removed the structure from where it met state officials on November 18. Pictures of the place on social networking sites show that there is nothing there but a piece of metal and a few stones. That structure has now disappeared in the Red Rock Desert After the discovery of this 12 feet high structure, a large number of people were interested in it and the question in everyone's mind was how it got to this place and in this regard, many people visited there. So far no one was able to send in the perfect solution, which is not strange. According to BBC correspondents Kevin Poonia and Ashita Nagesh, on Monday 18 November, authorities in the US state of Utah revealed that they had found a model or structure made of shiny metal that had sunk into the ground in th...

Mohsen Fakhrizada: What could be the reasons behind the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist?

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M ost Iranians would not have heard of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizada until Friday when he was killed in an attack. But Mohsen's name was not new to those watching Iran's nuclear program, and Western intelligence agencies considered him a key figure. Following the death of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizada, while Iran is now vowing to respond, questions are being raised as to why the assassination was possible. Iranian media did not exaggerate Fakhrizada's importance, saying he was a scientist and had been researching in recent weeks to create "Code 19 Testing Kits in the country." Mark Fitzpatrick, an associate fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London who has a close eye on Iran's nuclear program, also tweeted: Iran's nuclear program has now gone far beyond the point where it depends on a single individual. Two possible motives are most likely to be considered: first, to jeopardize the possible improvement of re...