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Bhima Koregaon: Bombay High Court hears fresh bail plea of Gautam Navlakha https://www.newsclick.in/bhima-koregaon-bombay-high-court-hears-fresh-bail-plea-gautam-navlakha Sarah Thanawala | 05 Aug 2023

Politics
India

Navlakha was arrested on August 28, 2018, for his alleged involvement in the Elgar Parishad–Maoists links case. While he was initially kept under house arrest, he was subsequently sent to judicial custody, in April 2020.

Kerala: Congress, BJP Oppose Speaker’s Comments on Pseudo Science, CPI(M) Refutes Allegations of Hurting Religious Beliefs Neelambaran A | 05 Aug 2023

The speaker warned students in a school in Kannur recently to be aware of pseudoscience being insisted as facts.   Responding to questions from the students, one of which was about the invention of aeroplanes, he said that it was Wright Brothers, but for believers of Hindutva, it is Pushpaka Vimana. Shamsheer also accused the Hindutva ideology of propagating myths in place of science.

Four days later, on July 25, a district-level BJP leader filed a case in Thiruvananthapuram against the speaker for insulting Hindu beliefs. The complainant alleged that the speaker violated the constitutional oath.

The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is among the outfits jumping in to condemn Shamsheer, along with their ideological enemies, the Sangh Parivar.

The past nine years since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assumed power in 2014 have witnessed staggering claims about the existence of genetics, stem cell technology, plastic surgery and aeroplanes in the ancient Vedic period

Dam Safety in HP: Himachal floods have spotlighted the problems with hydropower dams. https://www.newsclick.in/hp-malana-dam-gates-still-not-operational-govt-must-ensure-safety-hydropower-projects

 Malana hydropower project in Kullu district is currently in the news for still being unable to open the dam gates, which have been blocked by the considerable muck and debris upstream. It has been over a week, but the gates are still not operational.

There are several hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh being run by private players;  Then there are micro-hydropower projects constructed by private players, also called Independent Power Producers(IPPs). All the IPP hydropower projects are run with a run-of-the-river dam technology, which means these are not large dams. However, malfunction of the dams or their gates being locked can create a cascading effect downstream.