Are we one step closer to a surveillance state?  https://youtu.be/9vUvZQSPwdc  The Telecom Bill, 2023 grants the government sweeping powers over OTT applications, encryption, surveillance, & internet shutdowns. Discover it's dangerous implications in my latest video at Amaltas Talks.

Modi’s Surveillance State will now crush whatever freedom people have in his repressive regime!https://www.thequint.com/opinion/telecommunications-bill-telecom-lok-sabha-rajya-sabha-parliament  I explain the dangerous implications of the Telecommunications Bills
— just rushed through by the BJP in Parliament
— without any debate! 

We the Women with Barkha Dutt: Meet Bhanwari Devi https://twitter.com/i/status/1737448743220224311

Bhanwari Devi has spent 30 years seeking justice against the men who raped her. Her struggle paved the way for laws in India that protect women against sexual harassment in the workplace.

"We the Women" is produced in collaboration with @BDUTT, , @themojostory, and @dw_hindi
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Freedom to send to jail? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K02urjYvwlU Ravish Kumar Official Dec 23, 2023
Who will decide what is criticism of the government and what is criticism of the country? The Home Minister has said that you can criticize the government, but not the country. In the new criminal law, treason has been replaced with treason. Obviously, only the government will decide, its police will decide whether what you have written or said in criticism of the government is a criticism of the country. The concerns that people have regarding the Indian Justice Code, the Indian Civil Defense Code, the Indian Evidence Code, should not reach the people. Are not reaching. The speeches being given regarding this are being delivered and there is more emphasis on applause in the speeches. What is there in this law? What kind of concerns are being raised regarding this, the public does not yet know and will not.

Indian priest jailed under ‘anti-conversion’ laws is released https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256359/indian-priest-jailed-under-anti-conversion-laws-is-released,  Anto Akkara, Dec 22, 2023 A Catholic priest who was arrested by Indian authorities for violating “anti-conversion” laws, was released from jail on Dec. 11 after being detained for nearly three months amid increasing persecution of Christians in the majority-Hindu state of Uttar Pradesh.

The Diocese of Allahabad, in a statement, detailed the sequence of events that led to the priest's arrest. According to the diocese, the police were trying to locate a Christian pastor named Susai Raj, who allegedly violated “conversion laws” by conducting prayers inside a house. Raj is the brother of an employee of Father Francis. When the police could not find Raj, they arrested two of his brothers, his son-in-law, along with the Catholic priest, and brought them to the police station. All of them were charged with conversion and “attempt to murder.”’

A C Michael, coordinator of the United Christian Forum (UCF) said While only 147 incidents of violence against Christians were reported in 2014 (when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took office), Michael pointed out that “incidents have steadily spiraled since then” with 177 in 2015, 208 in 2016, 240 in 2017, 292 in 2018, 328 in 2019, 279 in 2020, 505 in 2021, 599 in 2022 and 687 until Nov. 2023.

Revoke suspension of 146 Members of Parliament! https://pucl.org/manage-press-stateme/revoke-suspension-of-146-members-of-parliament/ Dec 23, 2023
Immediately upload in Parliament’s website answers to all 290 Questions raised by MPs! Don’t reduce India’s Parliament to an appendage of the executive!

By suspending 146 MPs, the ruling BJP government has clearly indicated that its actions in earlier sessions of passing laws without any meaningful parliamentary discussion and bypassing parliament by passing Money Bills, were not accidental but intended to devalue the parliamentary process. By these repeated acts of contempt for constitutional conventions, this government has rendered India’s parliament as just an appendage to the executive, like in any autocracy.

Paying no heed to the void created by the suspension of almost the entire opposition in Parliament, the ruling government passed three crucial laws seeking to change the character of criminal justice system in India. The Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 were passed by both houses of Parliament with only a voice vote of the ruling party members. The three criminal law bills have far reaching consequences for the entire people of this country seriously jeopardising decades of jurisprudence of criminal justice which had evolved many checks and balances to make the police and state accountable for violation of law.

Similarly, the controversial Telecommunications Bill, 2023 was passed by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, which has serious privacy concerns since it allows for the interception of private messages as well. Both bills were passed with parliament being reduced to nothing more than a reflection of the voice of the executive.

An alarming total of 14 Bills have been passed in this session after the suspensions of MPs began.

https://youtube.com/embed/4IdEjntOnxs?start=166&end=505  The caution applied to kid below 4 years.

CDSCO to ban common cold and flu syrups for children below 4 yrs; Pharma cos asked to insert warning https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/cdsco-to-ban-common-cold-and-flu-syrups-for-children-below-4-yrs-pharma-cos-asked-to-insert-warning/article67658912.ece  December 20, 2023 at 08:55 PM.
Concerns have been raised over the use of a fixed drug combination of Chlorpheniramine Maleate IP 2mg and Phenylephrine HCI IP 5mg drops

DCGI issues alert for Pholcodine containing cough syrups; asks doctors to prescribe alternative medicines https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/dcgi-alert-pholcodine-cough-and-cold-remedies-advisory-doctors-patients-101689831054272.html By Yagya Sharma
Jul 20, 2023 The DCGI has issued an alert on cough and cold remedies containing Pholcodine due to safety concerns triggering severe allergic reactions. The statement by DCGI noted that WHO has warned healthcare professionals and regulatory authorities of the risk of anaphylactic reactions (severe allergic reactions that require instant treatment) in people who have taken Pholcodine containing cough and cold remedies at least 12 months prior to surgical procedures involving the administration of general anesthesia with neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAS).

Reimagining India's Economic Future | Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba   https://youtu.be/Xi5Tej8WOV8?t=489  Manthan India 
Dec 23, 2023 Raghuramrajan and Rohit Lamba address both sets of views in their new book, Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India’s Economic Future, as they develop a policy perspective on India’s economy that will ‘break the mould’ and usher in an era of improved well-being which will be equitable and transform people’s lives.

Is India growing rapidly today and on the cusp of transforming the lives of its people? Is global manufacturing rushing to India and will it then generate the kind of employment that India’s youth badly needs? The optimistic answers to these questions which dominate the media also have their critics. The counter view is that India’s growth has been and continues to be extremely unequal and it is not generating adequate employment. Another counter is that India has missed the manufacturing bus and industry will never be able to generate jobs on the scale needed. India, it is said, must look to growing and generating jobs on the back of services, including high-end services. It is also argued that India’s governance structures are far too enfeebled to oversee an economic transformation.

https://youtu.be/Xi5Tej8WOV8?t=749 jobs and rate of growth..wihat will bridge this gap.  Growing the manufacturing sector?  Korean path? Is that easy today. Now  Rich countries have moved to Services. The other end of the SMILE curve.  

What is behind the argument between IMF and RBI over exchange rates? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1bmD93EhIA 
Dec 22, 2023 #Macrosutra  The IMF has made several points in its latest report on India. The one on exchange rates has made the RBI and government protest, but other suggestions are useful. Economist Radhika Pandey . IMF classification change: Exchange Rate: Floating to Stabilised.  RBI is intervening in the market.. 

IMF’s assertion that RBI over-regulated rupee is weak, but advice on better fiscal targets is useful https://theprint.in/macrosutra/imfs-assertion-that-rbi-over-regulated-rupee-is-weak-but-advice-on-better-fiscal-targets-is-useful/1896084/  RADHIKA PANDEY and UTSAV SAKSENA 22 December, 2023 Govt, RBI term IMF’s exchange rate re-classification as arbitrary. They also disagree with its assertion that India’s general govt debt-GDP ratio could exceed 100% of GDP in medium term.  The IMF has flagged possible risks on banks’ balance-sheets from the sharp rise in personal and unsecured loans.

IBC cases: For every ₹100 of claims admitted, banks took haircut of ₹69 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/ibc-cases-for-every-100-of-claims-admitted-banks-took-haircut-of-69/article65806562.ece  August 24, 2022 Urgent need to introduce global standards which mandate that haircuts outside certain benchmarks should lead to failed resolution
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