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The strange case of Modi resurrecting Bose https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-strange-case-of-modi-resurrecting-bose-1144095.html Bose himself was a secular-socialist leader, but as he became 'a forgotten hero' outside Bengal, some brains associated with the BJP-RSS decided to establish him, following Ambedkar's line, as one of the two principal architects (Gandhi being the other) of India's freedom. Now, some years later, Narendra Modi has put Bose back at the centre stage. Next, the government may put him in the history textbooks in a proper perspective if only to demolish the monopoly of the Congress in the narration of our freedom struggle. After all, a relevant question always haunts the inquisitive: When the Quit India movement died down in 1942 itself, why did the British leave India in 1947?

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/bose-is-being-shown-as-counter-to-gandhi-he-would-have-rejected-the-idea-1144037.html  

Harvard historian and Bose’s biographer Sugata Bose has unequivocally stated that “the differences between Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose are highly exaggerated. The parting that took place in 1939 was a temporary one and if we study the relationship between Gandhi and Netaji, we will find that it was one that was marked by deep mutual love, affection and respect.” .. Even while resigning as Congress president, Bose opposed the right-wing supporters of Gandhi in the Congress hierarchy but never indulged in any personal criticism of Gandhi.

USDA says ending organic agri pact with India points to ‘magnitude of fraud’ https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/usda-says-ending-organic-agri-pact-with-india-points-to-magnitude-of-fraud/article66423680.ece 
January 23, 2023 -  
Quarterly organic products shipments down 39%, number of certification companies dip 63%
BY SUBRAMANI RA MANCOMBU In­dia’s export of organic products has dropped by 39% on a quarterly basis and the number of certified companies authorising such shipments has dipped by 63% since July 2022. The decline follows its decision to end a 15-year-old agreement with India’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) to provide accreditation to agencies exporting organic products to the US. The USDA said its Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) ended the arrangement in January 2021 since audits by the US National Organic Program (NOP) consistently found India’s organic control system “to be insufficient to protect the integrity of the USDA organic seal”. 

https://thewire.in/communalism/madrasas-say-ncpcr-order-on-non-muslim-students-is-spreading-hatred-suspicion 

The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has followed up on its recommendation to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories to conduct a detailed inquiry of all recognised madrasas admitting non-Muslim children. In a notice issued to the UP Minority Affairs and Waqf Department, NCPCR said that giving Islamic education to non-Muslim students was a violation of Article 28(3) and sought a reply within three days.

The Commission’s latest directive came on January 20, two days after UP Madrassa Education Board (UPMEB) chairman Iftikhar Ahmed Javed rejected its recommendation. Javed said that apart from religious educations, madrasas were also imparting “modern education to children under NCERT syllabus”. Javed, who is a Bharatiya Janata Party member, had evoked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” while expressing his angst at the manner in which divisiveness was being spread in educational institutions through such orders.