DECODED - Electoral Bonds Vs YOUR Vote | What Will Matter More in 2024? | Akash Banerjee & Sarthak The Deshbhakt Nov 11, 2023 1 product
After years of trying the hide the dirty truth about Electoral Bonds - the controversial issue is finally in the Supreme Court of India .... ( not that it will change things very much!) As the court decides on the matter of Electoral Bonds - tells us if it is Constitutional at all or not - here is why we need to look at Electoral Bonds a lot more closely - because it is the SINGLE biggest factor that will decide on the future of Indian Democracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5O9zI1fGco Electoral Bond | क्या है इलेक्टोरल बॉन्ड का गोरख धंधा | Yogendra Yadav | Prashant Bhushan |

The high Himalayas represent a unique region that plays a critical role in deciding the weather of the Indian subcontinent. Weather in the Himalaya has played an important role in shaping life and survival in the mountains – including its unique flora and fauna.

In this autumn edition of Himkatha, https://www.himkatha.org/_files/ugd/37786b_e3776ffb950e4f2b85cd387526a233ab.pdf we take a look at plants and plant life of this region.

High mountain ecosystems impose strong environmental constraints on plants since they can grow only in a short span of 3-4 months each year. Early
plant growth depends on snowmelt in spring. As a result of the short growing season, and cold and arid climatic conditions, one doesn't find tall plants like trees except near watercourses and of course where water is provided through irrigation. To cope with these climatic constraints, most plants have developed adaptations that allow them to persist in these environments.

Local plants have played an important role in curing illnesses using the *Sowa-Rigpa tradition* of medicine, https://www.himkatha.org/the-sowa-rigpa-medical-tradition   which relies on indigenous knowledge of the medicinal values of local plants. Interview with 71-year-old Amchi
Chhering Tashi of Hansa village in Spiti, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ5K5DjtgqQ  we learn about the origin of this tradition and how it is being practiced.

There are four fundamental books, which need to be learnt by heart by any Amchi. They explain the symptoms of every illness and contain details of its treatment and medication.  When a patient approaches me, I first check their pulse and sometimes their urine. I then match the description of the symptoms with those in the handbook. The handbook gives details of all the local plants and their medicinal values

Living at the Edge: Plants of High Himalayas  https://www.himkatha.org/living-at-the-edge  the mountains support a stunning array of plants adapted to survive at high altitudes and in harsh climates .Plants in high Himalayas are highly specialized and have remarkable adaptations to endure extreme conditions. They tend to have a massive below ground root system that stores the photosynthetic product (carbohydrates) for the prolonged winter months when they are devoid of the photosynthetic organs (leaves). Most of the plants in highest elevations do not grow high, as the temperature near the ground is warmer, and protect them from strong winds. Some also have a hairy-body (with trichomes), which protects them from the strong UV radiation, and act as extreme heat protectant.

Juniper – The sacred conifer https://www.himkatha.org/juniper-the-sacred-conifer

Wild edible plants of Ladakh https://www.himkatha.org/wild-edible-plants-of-ladakh

https://www.himkatha.org/the-beautiful-siyah-mentok

https://www.himkatha.org/narkasang-kinnaurs-sacred-blooms

https://www.himkatha.org/unveiling-an-enigmatic-jewel

Staement by NAPM:  State-enabled and human-induced destructive flood in the Narmada Valley, is the responsibility of the Central and state governments! Reservoir not being regulated and emptied on time to ‘celebrate Prime Minister Modi's birthday’ *led to the massive submergence and destruction.*

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Prof Rajiv  Kumar  https://youtu.be/D721Szm-lTQ?t=311

https://thewire.in/rights/jnu-professor-writes-to-president-murmu-alleging-harassment-by-university-for-42-months  Professor Rajeev alleges that he is being targeted by delaying the probe instituted against him because of exposing irregularities in the conduct of JEE. He says there has been no relief in the case even after Jagadeesh Kumar stepped down as VC in January 2022 and the current VC Santishree D. Pandit took over.

Rajasthan Polls | Gehlot-Pilot United: Can Congress Break The 'Regime Change' Trend Of 30 Years? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8g4Aq9M5yU Mojo StoryRajasthan Polls: "Will Break Rajasthan's Anti-Incumbency Trend": Sachin Pilot To NDTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ty-wqpBbc 

Modi Attacks Nitish In Poll Rally Over CM's 'Sex Gyaan' | Nitish Apologises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72s0qOyd2k 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFpd4WDK1UY Smiriti Irani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApyHeXiXzsQ

Kahani Kursi Ki: नीतीश का 'बेशर्म' बयान..सदन से सड़क तक घमासान https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0-UG8hiuHk 

The original Speech: यही है नीतीश कुमार का वो पूरा भाषण जिसपर देश से विदेश तक मचा है बवाल | Nitish Kumar Remark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofS9b4ZBrFw

Nitish apologised for his statement- Is it enough? । https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Ip2UbcDMo Satya Hindi सत्य हिन्दी  The "offensive" portion is at https://youtu.be/ofS9b4ZBrFw?t=1464  when trying to describe the impact of educating girls on the control of population..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5fs6mc9ySQ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prIrdiXEUoA Bhagat Ram  नीतीश की बात सुनकर शर्म से मुँह छुपा लिया भगत ने

Bihar Caste Survey: Where Are The Jobs? | Battle For States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht6fako0eag   NDTV 34.1 per cent of Bihar's households are poor and only 1.57 per cent which is 2,049,370 of the state's population are government employees. The share of private jobs is even more dismal. What is the way forward?

Statement by Sudhanva Deshpande, actor and author, on the disinformation campaign against him and Sharmistha Saha by Times Now 9 November 2023

Times Now has run a malicious disinformation campaign against me and Prof. Sharmistha Saha of IIT-Bombay on its channel on November 8. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci9rsqamKpw Hamas Terror Whitewashed? Row Over IIT Bombay Event)

I had been asked by Prof. Saha to introduce a 2004 documentary film, ‘Arna’s Children’, made by Juliano Mer Khamis, an Israeli Jewish filmmaker, actor and theatre director. One of the characters in the film is Zakaria Zubeidi. My talk was part of a scheduled class on November 6.

Zakaria Zubeidi is a former military commander of the armed wing of Fatah, the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. Fatah is the political party founded by Yasser Arafat. When I met Zubeidi in Palestine in 2015, he had given up arms and was advocating cultural resistance. He had highlighted the value of culture in the Palestinian freedom struggle. He co-founded The Freedom Theatre in the West Bank to fulfil his vision. I had referred to Zubeidi as a ‘visionary’, because in his conversation with me, he envisaged a future where the entire territory of historic Palestine would be a single nation, in which ALL its citizens — Arabs, Jews, Christians, and others — would have equal rights.

In a series of bulletins titled ‘Row Over IIT Bombay Event’, the TV channel referred to Zubeidi as a Hamas terrorist and called me a ‘Hamas apologist’. The channel claimed that my online talk to the IIT-B students on November 6 ‘whitewashes’ the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, and that I had ‘glorified a Hamas terrorist’.

The bulletins run by Times Now were based on a video recorded by a student of IIT-B, who was present for my talk. To set the record straight:
I said nothing that glorified Hamas. In fact, I did not even mention Hamas in my talk. Zakaria Zubeidi was NEVER a member of Hamas, as claimed on air by Times Now. By flashing lies on its screen – ‘Hamas Apologists Get Stage’ and ‘Blind to Hamas Terror’ – Times Now has defamed me and Prof. Sharmistha Saha on the channel on November 8.

The film ‘Arna’s Children’ shows the work of a theatre for children established by Arna Mer, Juliano’s mother, and an Israeli Jewish person herself. Juliano Mer Khamis was assassinated outside The Freedom Theatre in 2011. Juliano had previously served in the Israeli army.

Fatah is currently led by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. Arafat’s leadership and the Palestinian freedom struggle have historically been recognised by India. In 1974, India became the first Non-Arab State to recognise the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) led by Arafat as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.

The Government of India clarified its position as recently as October 12, 2023, affirming, ‘Our policy has been longstanding and consistent. India has always advocated the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine.’

Despite these facts, Times Now has been playing up my statement, ‘The Palestinian struggle is a freedom struggle…’ to fuel its heavily slanted reportage in favour of Israel and the genocide and ethnic cleansing being perpetrated on Palestinians — over 10,000 people killed since October 7, including over 4,000 children, and two-thirds of Gaza’s 2.2 million inhabitants displaced. The Israeli military campaign has targeted hospitals and ambulances, killed journalists, shut down water, electricity and the Internet, and severely curtailed humanitarian aid.

Times Now has also twisted my observations that ‘there has been no freedom struggle in the history of the world, in the history of colonialism, that has been entirely 100 per cent non-violent’. Ignoring this historical fact, Times Now effectively denies revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh their glorious role in India’s freedom struggle.

I am not a ‘Hamas apologist’. Times Now is whitewashing genocide and ethnic cleansing.

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https://patrakardefence.in/blog/dpdc-practical-guide-series-rtis-3/ https://patrakardefence.in/blog/dpdc-practical-guide-series-rtis-3/  it is important to conduct thorough independent research on the subject at hand and to ask detailed, precise questions to limit the ability of the Public Information Officer (PIO) to misunderstand or refuse to answer.

PROTECTION OF SOURCES FOR JOURNALISTS    https://patrakardefence.in/blog/protection-of-source-for-journalists/  India does not have any comprehensive law that protects journalists from being made to reveal their sources in legal proceedings. Some laws offer protection to sources in specific contexts. The 93rd and 185th Reports of the Law Commission of India recommended that journalistic privilege, subject to reasonable restrictions, should be codified into law. There has been no development on this, since, unfortunately.