Sugarcane farmers in Belagavi hold massive bike rally seeking MSP of Rs 3,500 per tonne
Belagavi: The protest by sugarcane farmers demanding a higher minimum support price (MSP) entered its eighth day on Thursday, with hundreds of growers taking out a massive bike rally in Gokak.
Farmers from Gokak town and nearby villages gathered at Gurlapura Cross in Moodalagi taluk before setting off on their 15-kilometre rally. Joined by several youngsters, the farmers rode through local routes shouting slogans and pressing their demand for an MSP of Rs 3,500 per tonne of sugarcane.
With the harvest season underway and the state government yet to announce a clear MSP for sugarcane, growers say they are left with no option but to intensify their protest. Over the past week, the agitation has been drawing wider participation, with members of various organisations, women, and youth joining the farmers in solidarity.
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Xi, Trump reach series of new common understandings: China's foreign ministry
Beijing (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump had an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world, and reached a series of new common understandings, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.
Xi and Trump, who is on a three-day visit to China, met twice on Thursday and discussed a range of bilateral and global issues.
Trump is due to leave on Friday after a luncheon meeting with Xi.
Summing up the outcomes of Trump’s visit to Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the two presidents had an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world and reached a series of new common understandings.
They agreed on a new vision of building a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability to provide strategic guidance for bilateral relations over the next three years and beyond.
The two presidents also agreed to promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of China-US relations, and bring more peace, prosperity and progress to the world, said a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson.
Trump visited China at the invitation of Xi.
The two presidents are meeting in person again for the first time since their Busan meeting last October, and it is the first visit to China by a US president in nine years, the statement said.
On Thursday, President Xi held a welcome ceremony and a banquet for Trump, held talks and visited the Temple of Heaven with him.
VIDEO | Beijing: On second day of bilateral talks, US President Donald Trump (@POTUS) thanks Chinese President Xi Jinping for 'incredible' China trip.
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