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Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-orders/ 27th April 2023
The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership..The orders vary widely in scope and subject, but all involve a government asking ..  In one case from January, India’s information ministry ordered Twitter to take down all posts sharing footage from a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dozens of posts were removed, including one from a local member of parliament... The bulk of the recent requests come from countries that have recently passed restrictive speech laws — 

.. In July 2022, the company sued the Indian government over an order to restrict the visibility of specific tweets. After Musk’s takeover, however, Twitter complied with more than 100 block orders from the country, including those against journalists, foreign politicians, and the poet Rupi Kaur.

... Musk has made clear in interviews that his vision of free speech does not extend to legal requests. “We can’t go beyond the laws of a country,” he said in a recent interview with the BBC. “If we have a choice of either our people go to prison or we comply with the laws, we’ll comply with the laws.” 

India's New Internet Rules Are a Step Toward 'Digital Authoritarianism,' Activists Say. Here's What They Will Mean https://time.com/5946092/india-internet-rules-impact/ India’s new rules come at a time when tech platforms are facing threats of regulation by Western governments over content including hate speech, misinformation, and incitement to violence. But the Indian rules are more worrying, the open letter says, because they are part of a wider push toward “digital authoritarianism,” including Internet shutdowns and arrests of journalists. Although the Indian rules also contain useful provisions like mandating transparency in cases when user content has been removed

Sukla Sen: Email -- the term entered into the popular vocabulary only with the rise of (revivalist reformist) Arya Samaj movement -- mainly in the Punjab region...
The traditionalists, opposed to "reforms" (of any sort), coined the term to distinguish themselves from the Arya Samajis. They branded themselves as "Sanatani" Hindu. The earlier (modernist reformist) Brahno Samaj movement initiated by Rammohan Roy..

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The concept of Sanatan Dharma: its roots and the historical context of its use https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/sanatan-dharm-meaning-history-8924036/ Mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik posted  that the word “sanatan”, meaning eternal, does not appear in the Vedas. “The word sanatan started being used in the Bhagavad Gita, and refers to knowledge of the soul, which is eternal.. Zavos in his article the Punjab Census Report of 1891,  (said) it is not as if each of the sabhas promoting Sanatan Dharma had a common doctrine that distinguished them as orthodox...“Sanatanis (then) refuting the arguments of Dayanand and other reformers as they arose,”

What is Sanatan Dharma? https://www.deccanherald.com/india/explained-what-is-sanatan-dharma-2674213   Amit Vasudev .. In his book, Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Julius J Lipner says, "the term ‘Sanatan Dharma’ was used in the Bhagwat Gita by Arjuna, when he told Krishna that 'when the clan is vitiated, the sanatan-dharmas of the clan are destroyed'.... In his book, Revolution and Counter Revolution in Ancient India, Dr BR Ambedkar very unabashedly puts, "The history of India is a history of mortal conflict between Buddhism and Brahmanism"...Caste system remains a sticky issue in the Hindu religion which is unlikely to die anytime soon.

Sanatan Dharma: Its roots and the historical context of its use  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/soul-search/sanatan-dharma-its-roots-and-the-historical-context-of-its-use/articleshow/103608346.cms Resham Sengar  Sanatan Dharma is a way of life practiced to break the web of Maya or cosmic illusion. It is Maya that plants the desire to acquire objects of the world.... The ancient shruti and veda state that there is only ONE God or force and He is present in all the tangible and visible objects in the Universe.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/sanatana-dharma denote the “eternal” or absolute set of duties or religiously ordained practices incumbent upon all Hindus, regardless of class, caste, or sect. Sanatana dharma is contrasted with svadharma, one’s “own duty” or the particular duties enjoined upon an individual according to his or her class or caste and stage of life. The potential for conflict between the two types of dharma (e.g., between the particular duties of a warrior and the general injunction to practice non-injury) is addressed in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gītā, where it is said that in such cases svadharma must prevail.

A Reaction against Reform https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sanatan-dharma-sabha-caste-hierarchy-hindu-reform-dalits-purification-8957653/ Christophe Jaffrelot writes: How Sanatan Dharma was used to defend caste, combat Hindu reform 

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CJI मोदी-अडानी का बैंड बजाएंगे, Electoral Bond, 2024 Election, Supreme Court , PM modi DESH NEETI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voPxwzMUiSo

Electoral bonds are 'legalised bribery', says P Chidambaram Vartha Bharati | 30-09-2023 https://english.varthabharati.in/india/electoral-bonds-are-legalised-bribery-says-p-chidambaram He  claimed that, as their fresh tranche opens on October 4, it will be a "golden harvest" for the BJP.

The government on Friday approved the issuance of the 28th tranche of electoral bonds that will open for sale for 10 days beginning October 4. The decision comes ahead of assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. The poll dates in these states are likely to be announced soon.

"The crony capitalists will open their cheque books to write out their 'tribute' to the lord and master in Delhi," the former Union minister said.