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Farmers make up one of India’s most influential voting blocs. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following India repeals controversial farm laws after a year of protests [Protesting farmers ride tractors and shout slogans as they march to the capital, breaking police barricades, during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Jan. 26, 2021.] Credit: Altaf Qadri/AP/File photo India Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that his government will withdraw [controversial farm laws]( that have been met with massive protests over the past year. Farmers have been protesting government overhauls that they say would ruin their livelihoods. They’re now celebrating the move as a [hard-fought victory](. Modi timed his announcement for the Sikh holiday Guru Nanak Jayanti to acknowledge India’s minority Sikh community that’s made up the base of the protests. Farmers are also one of India’s most influential voting blocs, and Modi’s reversal comes ahead of next year’s election. Austria As Austria faces a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases, the country is set to go into a nationwide lockdown, beginning on Monday and lasting for at least 10-days. The government is also planning to make vaccination mandatory — a [first of its kind]( policy for Europe. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg plans to impose the vaccine mandate beginning Feb. 1 of next year. Austria had one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe, at just under 66%. It also has one of the highest national infection rates of the coronavirus on the continent, registering [14,212 new cases]( in just 24 hours on Thursday. Brazil Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at a 15-year high, [surging by 22% in the past year](, according to a government report. The statistics undercut President Jair Bolsonaro's assurances that the country has been curbing illegal logging. Brazil’s space research agency (INPE) showed that the country had recorded [5,110 square miles of deforestation](. Brazil recently pledged at the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow to end illegal deforestation by 2028. --------------------------------------------------------------- Go behind the scenes with one of our correspondents. Shirin Jaafari, a correspondent with The World since 2015, traveled to Afghanistan in July 2021 to report on the quickly evolving situation as the US withdrawal process was underway. Take a [behind-the-scenes look]( at her reporting from Herat days before the Taliban overtook the city. Putting together stories in hostile environments is time- and resource-intensive. 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