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Banks Have Been Charging Customers for Government Insurance They Never Wanted  https://thewire.in/banking/banks-have-been-charging-customers-for-government-insurance-they-never-wanted State-run as well as private banks impose the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana for life insurance, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana for accident insurance and Atal Pension Yojana for micro-pension on their customers.

Since the beginning, the proponents of the Vizhinjam port have been propagating many claims. As I started reading official reports and other studies by experts related to both economic and environmental aspects of the proposed port, I realized that all these claims are false.

The claims are that it is a natural port, and no dredging is required;
that by building this port, Thiruvananthapuram will develop like Singapore or Dubai;
that it is India’s first transhipment port;
and it will create huge employment opportunities and enhance State revenue.

I am not an environmental/academic expert, though I was part of a research team looking at the ‘coastal ecosystem changes in the west coast of the country’ during 2000-2010. Together with this, being from the coastal fishing community in Kerala, and as my native place was the first coastal area to experience severe erosion after the 1970s construction of artificial structures (two breakwaters) at Vizhinjam for a fishery harbour; I had on-field knowledge and experience about the impact of such structures.

Over 1 lakh Indians gave up citizenship in 10 months of 2022: Govt in Lok Sabha  09 Dec 2022, By Sayantani Biswas   https://www.livemint.com/news/india/over-1-lakh-indian-gave-up-citizenship-between-january-to-october-2022-government-informs-lok-sabha-11670589857164.html Muralieedharan informed the Lok Sabha that according to information available, 131,489 people gave up their Indian citizenship in 2015, 141,603 in 2016, 133,049 in 2017, 134,561 in 2018, 144,017 in 2019, 85,256 in 2020, 163,370 in 2021 and 1,83,741 till October 31 this year.

According to the Hindustan Times report, Muraleedharan said the ministry does not keep a tab on the “wealth taken away from India" by those who renounce their citizenship.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/over-8000-millionaires-set-to-leave-india/cid/1870040 About 8,000 dollar millionaires are likely to move out of India in 2022  — making it one of the top three countries to experience the exodus of the wealthiest, a new study has claimed. The key drivers for migration are the desire for higher standard of living, better educational and health facilities and also to get away from the stringent tax residency rule and the high rate of individual tax in India, Henley Global Citizens Report, 2022 Q2, stated

According to Bijal Ajinkya, partner in direct tax, private client and investment fund practices in solicitor firm Khaitan & Co, stringent tax rules and reporting requirements along with the desire for stronger passports remain the key drivers for Indians who are favouring the EU countries, Dubai and Singapore for relocation.

In May 19, 2015 , PM Modi insulting comments: People were ashamed of being Indians  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLpxSL82ihQ 
Indian PM Narendra Modi, known for his rhetorical and powerful speeches, has gone too far with his comments, when one of his statements was taken as an insult. Modi had said that people were ashamed of being Indians before he became Prime Minister.

While I dont vouch for it, is there a harm to give it a try. Even it is purely psycho-somatic, whats wrong with it?

As the result of the Gujarat pour in.. (8th Dec 2022 - )

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Economic intermediation is moving online. This means that the acts of purchase and distribution of goods are shifting from the physical to the digital. These platforms are able to create a competitive advantage for themselves because they reduce transaction costs and because they obtain greater economies of scale. online retailing reduces the number of intermediaries. however the balance of economic power will shift in complex ways. The experience of Asian colonization makes it clear that when trading platforms are monopolizes, wealth accrues not to the producers but to the distributors of goods.

Security aspects of the platform economy are under-emphasized. Large tech companies gather tremendous amount of data and wealth globally and this data and the technologies they develop are utilized by military authorities.

by Sunil Tankha

from International Institute of  Social Studies 'DEVISSUES'

May 2022

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Jignesh Mevani: ‘Bilkis Bano is close to my heart’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHl1y_BqeM  Former independent MLA and now Congress candidate from Vadagam speaks with Manisha Pande of Newslaundry while campaigning for the second phase of , which is scheduled for December 5. Jignesh talks about the conflict he sees between electoral politics and activism, the reason he is speaking about at election rallies, and why he thinks the Congress has "too much democracy". He also dwells on why he joined the Congress and the role Rahul Gandhi played, the difference between Ambedkarite and Gandhian approach to caste, and more.

Mallika Sarabhai on 2002, Rocket Boys, and how Gujarat has changed in her lifetime | NL Interview https://youtu.be/_FZfFzgRWpE?t=250 Ahmedabad growing.. of institutions.  Ahmedabad is more casteist today that it was a few years ago.  .  Malika Sarabai is an artist, actress, classical dancer and activist from Gujarat. In this conversation with Manisha Pande, she talks about how Gujarat, and particularly her hometown Ahmedabad, has changed since her childhood, her relationship with her parents, the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, her brief stint in politics, and what separates activists from politicians. “Activists don’t play on the common denominator of fear, hatred and insecurity,” she opines, “politicians do”.

Talking about the 2002 carnage, she recalls, “My neighbours were going out there in cars to loot shops and calling their friends to say, ‘Mattresses are good in this shop and we are looting so come.’ My dentist might have been out there, my gynaecologist might have been out there.” https://youtu.be/_FZfFzgRWpE?t=951

She also explores the nuances the TV series Rocket Boys missed about the relationship of her parents, classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram Sarabhai.

https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/nehru-read-ramayana-every-morning-for-pure-joy-he-also-turned-to-religion-in-his-old-age/1237854/   "I have begun seriously reading the Ramayan—Tulsi too, and Kabir’s bhajans and slokas from Bhagavad Gita serve as memory exercises whilst I have my morning and evening walks. I have, as you might well imagine, regularly done my prayers, regularly retired at the time appointed by you, and been out of bed at the same hour when, as Nanak says the “Heavens rain nectar”.’ Later in the same letter, Nehru remarks: ‘My days are passed among the saints nowadays, and I should love to finish as well as I can my knowledge of the Bible, the Saints (including Christian Saints of course), the Ramayan and the Mahabharat (including of course the Bhagavad Gita). I have some secular literature [with me], no doubt, but that takes frankly, a subordinate place.