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Indian farm unions, opposition vow to fight India-US trade pact

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Indian farm unions and opposition parties have called for nationwide protests against the new India-U.S. trade framework, saying it risks hurting the farm sector by allowing more U.S. imports, although the government says key staples are protected. The agreement has become a political flashpoint, reviving memories of the 2020–21 farm law protests, when the government was forced to repeal three laws aimed at deregulating agricultural markets. The government has defended the pact, saying farmers’ interests are protected by excluding imports of grains such as rice, wheat, corn and dairy products, while growers of basmati

Owaisi seeks action against Assam CM over ‘point-blank shot’ video

Hyderabad, Feb 9 (PTI) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday lodged a complaint with the city police seeking criminal action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a now-deleted purported video shared on social media. The video, which was posted by the Assam BJP on ‘X’ and later removed, allegedly showed Sarma taking aim with a rifle and firing a shot at two individuals—one wearing a skull cap and the other sporting a beard—with the caption “point-blank shot.” In a post on ‘X’, the Hyderabad MP said, “Unfortunately, genocidal hate speech has become a norm.” In his complaint, Owaisi

Absolutely bizarre: Tharoor slams govt for not allowing Rahul Gandhi to speak in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi must be allowed to put forth his concerns in the Lok Sabha and described as “absolutely bizarre” the “denial of the right to speak to one side” in the House. Tharoor, who was to initiate the discussion on the Union Budget, said yielded to Gandhi to make his remarks before his speech, but both his and the LoP’s microphones were cut off. The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram wondered what the Speaker and the government wanted. “The situation is very strange. I

India buys 2 million barrels Venezuelan oil from Trafigura, sources say

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Reuters) – India’s state-owned refiners Indian Oil Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp have together bought 2 million barrels of Merey crude from Venezuela for delivery in the second half of April, two trade sources aware of the deal said. The crude will be carried on a single very large crude carrier with IOC taking about 1.5 million barrels and HPCL about 500,000 barrels and is set to arrive on India’s east coast, the sources said, adding the seller was Trafigura. The purchase highlights Indian refiners’ effort to diversify their imports to partly replace Russian oil, which

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