Passage 1
The U.S. Senate approved long-delayed funding for Ukraine’s war effort, part of a foreign aid package that right-wing House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated his Republican-led chamber will reject.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been negotiating the national security measure for months, but strong opposition from likely Republican 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump and his allies in Congress still threatens to sink it.
The legislation, which the Senate voted on early on Tuesday morning and which easily passed 70-29 with cross-party support, is the latest effort in a tortuous process to save U.S. President Joe Biden’s policy of leading a Western response to the Russian attack on democratic Ukraine.
Source – https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/
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Passage 2
Police fired teargas on February 13 at hundreds of farmers and supporters during their protest march to New Delhi to demand better prices for their produce.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Narendra Modi government wants to avoid any major confrontation with the farmers.
The Modi government also aims to prevent a repeat of a year-long protest in 2020-21 when the farmers forced the government to scarp three farm laws.
In 2021, when the Modi government repealed the farm laws after India’s longest farmer protests in years, the government said it would set up a panel of growers and government officials to find ways to ensure support prices for all produce. Farmers accuse the government of going slow in fulfilling that promise.
Source- https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/