Debt-ridden farmer in Hassan allegedly commits suicide by hanging
Hassan: A farmer in Jodi Mallappanahalli of the taluk, Venkategowda (48) is reported to have committed suicide by hanging allegedly owing to more than Rs 7.6 lakh of debt and after facing pressure from the lenders.
The deceased farmer is learned to have borrowed up to Rs 3.7 lakh from financial agencies including banks and agricultural cooperative societies. He had an additional loan of Rs 3.9 lakh.
The continued pressure from the lenders to clear the debts, which added up to Rs 7.6 lakh, is suspected to have pushed Venkategowda to a state of depression and led him to take his own life by hanging.
Gorur Police have registered a case in relation to the farmer’s suicide. The officers have visited the spot and conducted an inquiry.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
