हॉलीवुड में AI के ख़िलाफ़ हड़ताल | Hollywood protests against AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWo_EwjFsM Jul 28, 2023 #hollywood #ai #protest
हॉलीवुड में एक महीने से हड़ताल चल रही है। Artificial Intellegence AI के कारण सबके काम पर असर पड़ने वाला है। फ़िल्म लिखने वालों से लेकर कलाकार, मेक-अप आर्टिस्ट से लेकर कोरियोग्राफ़र और वीडियो एडिटर सबका काम कम होगा। पगार कम होगा। ये कामगार चाहते हैं कि फ़िल्म निर्माण से जुड़ी कंपनियाँ उनकी सैलरी बढ़ायें और AI के कारण नई शर्तें बनाएँ , जिससे उनका हित सुरक्षित हो। इस हड़ताल में बड़े बड़े अभिनेता और अभिनेत्री शामिल हैं। AI के खिलाफ दुनिया की यह सबसे बड़ी हड़ताल है। न्यू यॉर्क के टाइम्स स्क्वायर से मेरी रिपोर्ट।

Kuki Leader Who Once Backed Biren Manipur Govt Claims ‘200 Meiteis Killed’ in Khamenlok, June 13/14  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2PpL8m2s4 The Wire Jul 27, 2023

The General Secretary of the Kuki People’s Alliance, a party with two MLAs in the Manipur Assembly and until the Manipur crisis started on 3rd May an ally of the BJP government in Imphal, has revealed that he “estimates” that 200 Meitei combatants were killed and up to 300 or more injured in the conflict between the Kuki and Meitei combatants that took place in Khamenlok on the 13th/14th of June. Mr. Wilson Lalam Hangshing said: “It was a massacre”.

Exerpts from Lette from Association of Meiteis in the Americasto  Ajay Bangs, President The World Bank,
July 22, 2023

violence in Manipur has set the economy back by decades...
Manipur has not only survived but also emerged stronger after numerous internecine clashes. The common factor in most of these clashes seems to be the aggression of the Kukis. Mention may be made here of the Kuki and Naga clash in the 90s. Kuki and Paite clash in 1997. Kuki and Karbi clash in 2009. Kuki and Dimasa clash in 2011, and the ongoing Kuki and Meitei clash of 2023. In the context of Manipur, we see a repetition of history - the aggression of the Kukis in the 1990s and 2023 is directly linked to the military coup in Myanmar in 1988 and the military coup of February 2021. The junta's brutal suppression of resistance displaced mom than a million Myanmar people, and there has been a massive influx of asylum seekers to India. Consequently, them has been a documented exponential growth of Kuki-Chins people from Myanmar. The economic, land, and political pressures leave poor migrants with minimal choices for employment. India's restrictive migration regime provides no protection for refugees and displaced people, leading to poppy cultivation in over 15000 acres of protected fore. in Manipur.
The World Bank projects like the P176733 will help uplift socio-economic conditions through economic impact initiatives, bringing Manipur digitally closer to the rest of the world. The social risk and impact am enormously positive for the World Bank to invest in these regions. The project is highly inclusive, with special attention to women and over 35 diverse tribal groups.

Comment by BD : Othering the Kukis and labelling them as aggressors against other tribals groups like Nagas and Paites and other ethnic groups

Excerpts from Letter 
NORTH AMERICAN MANIPUR TRIBAL ASSOCIATION July 19, 2023

This conflict violet. your own 'Environmental and Social Framework' policy document Section 4(b) since the Kuki-Zomi have borne the brunt of the impact from this conflict, not only the potential risk. 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/now-manipur-diaspora-groups-fight-over-world-bank-project/articleshow/102185678.cms?from=mdr

A World Bank-supported project to promote digital skills and entrepreneurship and secure the foundation of digital governance in Manipur, and approved by the World Bank three weeks ago, has now become the bone of contention between Manipuri tribal and non-tribal diaspora groups.

Project , or the Manipur Infotech eNabled Development Project, which was conceptualised in 2022 at a cost of $57.5 million ($46 million to come from the World Bank and rest to be borne by the local government), is to be implemented by Cyber Corporation of Manipur Ltd.
Scheduled to start in the current financial year, when the state is engulfed by violence for nearly three months now, the project has sparked off a row between the Canada-based North American Tribal Association (NAMTA) and the Houston-based Association of Meiteis in the Americas (AMA).

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Facing the Atom Bomb: Gandhi, Oppenheimer and the quest for Nonviolence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTnknFMC1U Indian Academy of Sciences Jun 11, 2021 IASc-DBT Gandhi Science lecture series Talk by Rajni Bakshi. 12 April 2021

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/oppenheimer-moral-dilemma-atom-bomb-8857883/

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/oppenheimer-moral-dilemma-atom-bomb-8857883/

राहुल गांधी ने मोदी को दिया 440 वाल्ट का झटका, Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi on Monipur, Smriti Irani, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIGNU-7C--0 DESH NEETI Jul 27, 2023 

बस करो Smriti Irani ।Rajyasbha yelling video | Rahul gandhi | Manipur | Narendra Modi Sakshi Joshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B485hNlOII 

बीजेपी - RSS पर राहुल गांधी का सबसे बड़ा कटाक्ष | Rahul gandhi | NDA Vs INDIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUBU7ESEwSc  Abhisar Sharma

Modi and India’s Diaspora: A Complex Love Affair Making Global Waves https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/asia/india-diaspora.html

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to fuse his image to the economic and political power of Indians abroad. They voice both pride and worry in return...

“The B.J.P. leadership wants to show its strength abroad, to create strength at home,” said Sameer Lalwani, a senior expert on South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

But in some corners of the diaspora, strains are emerging. Many Indian professionals who cheer when Mr. Modi boasts that India has become the world’s fifth-largest economy — who gush about new infrastructure and more modern cities — also fear that his government’s Hindu-supremacist policies and growing intolerance of scrutiny will keep India from truly standing as a superpower and democratic alternative to China.

Some business leaders say that Mr. Modi deserves their unflagging support. “What’s important to me is, has he been able to put India on a trajectory of growth and global leadership?” said Mr. Sachdev of Uniphore. ..Others have started mixing praise with pragmatic concern. Mr. Khosla, the prominent investor, said it was time to recognize that the government’s favoring of Hindus “can take attention off the principal path of economic progress, and set it back, and set back global relationships.”

NYT की मोदी पर विस्फोटक रिपोर्ट , Modi and India’s Diaspora, Modi's America-Australia Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgrb6plGbU DESH NEETI  Jul 27, 2023

  New Tactics for Human Rights  Database https://www.newtactics.org/tactics

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Gujarat के प्रोफेसर ने समझाया ENTIRE की डिग्री का मतलब  What is the gujarat model.. Prof Hemant Kumar Shah  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wscqg4WyWtE The Credible History
 Jul 25, 2023
Gujarat के प्रोफेसर ने समझाया ENTIRE की डिग्री का मतलब #

Prof Hemant Shah: Gujarat model is a Farce, Poverty in Gujarat is as big as else where  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZscazLf21Y Jan 5, 2023

Hemantkumar Shah: From ‘loved child of RSS’ to fierce Modi critic  https://indianexpress.com/article/india/from-loved-child-of-rss-to-fierce-modi-critic-hemantkumar-shah-gujarat-college-mevani-event-5581062/ His selection as in-charge principal of H K Arts College four months ago despite his critical views about the government had surprised many. Hemantkumar Shah says he was given the responsibility because of “neutral” trustees of the college.

Why won’t PM Modi sack Manipur CM Biren Singh? 4 reasons why he won’t & 5 reasons why he must  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r7y31YYZrs Jul 24, 2023

80 days of bloodshed, horrific crimes against women, collapse of law & order machinery in Manipur — nothing has dented PM Modi’s trust in CM Biren Singh. In this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect, ThePrint’s Political Editor DK Singh explains why  

https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/why-wont-modi-axe-manipur-cm-biren-singh-4-reasons-why-he-wont-5-reasons-why-he-must/1682903/?amp

Why won’t PM Modi sack Manipur CM Biren Singh? 4 reasons why he won’t & 5 reasons why he must

five reasons why PM Modi must axe the Manipur CM.

First, if 30-40 per cent of the population — the Kukis and other tribes — doesn’t trust the CM, the situation is unlikely to change unless he goes.

Second, while the Centre seems to be waiting for the crisis to dissipate over time, there are no signs of it even after 11 weeks. Rather, it threatens to engulf other states in the Northeast.

The third reason why PM Modi must let his Manipur government go is the adverse political and electoral implications... it seems to be unmindful of its women constituency.

The fourth reason for him to act against Biren Singh is again political — its implications for the tribal votebank. Tribals constitute 8.9 per cent of India’s population and have a significant presence in the four poll-bound states where the BJP has big stakes

Last but not the least, PM Modi must sack the Biren Singh government because for once, he is not looking like the strong and decisive leader the people started voting for in 2014.

 Jul 24, 2023 #PoliticallyCorrect

 In this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect, ThePrint’s Political Editor DK Singh explains why  

Indian freebies are working. But it’s not reducing poverty, only making people spend less https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dhR88b2B9o ThePrint Jul 25, 2023 Subsidies, freebies and government schemes are reducing how much the poor have to pay for essentials, but are doing nothing for their incomes. With growing aspirations, expect freebies to increase and become more diverse, The Print Deputy Editor TCA Sharad Raghavan argues in #StandardDeviation

Subsidies are here to stay. Worryingly, subsidy expenditure will likely increase as Indian politicians try to meet a wider set of aspirations through more diverse freebies.
TCA SHARAD RAGHAVAN https://theprint.in/opinion/standard-deviation/indian-freebies-are-working-but-its-not-reducing-poverty-only-making-people-spend-less/1683780/
25 July, 2023  t poverty alleviation is more than just providing basic essentials and leaving things at that. Yes, a roof over one’s head, access to electricity, drinking water, and cooking gas are all absolutely essential for everybody. But aspirations don’t end there....The overwhelming feeling is that the bottom half of India is not doing well at all. They’re just about getting by, and there’s very little scope for any improvement any time soon. This means subsidies are here to stay. Worryingly, it also means subsidy expenditure will likely increase as politicians try to meet a wider set of aspirations through more diverse freebies.