https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/jaipur/news/national-conference-of-peace-builders-forum-india-organized-133281111.html

https://sabrangindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FINAL-290624-VFD-Press-Release-New-criminal-laws-mockery-of-Constitution.pdf  Vijay Hiremath the new laws, give unprecedented powers to the executive and the police officers. According to Vijay Hiremath, under the guise of doing a copy-paste
job, the union government has introduced many illogical and draconian legislations. Hiremath further
highlighted the issue of impossibility of filing complaints against any defaulting police officer, due to the
rather sinister and confusing sections the BNSS has. Hiremath concluded ends by saying that these laws are
extremely dangerous, and will make the whole of the country and its citizens a target.

Vrinda Grover: the provisions of seizure, attachment of property, and
forfeiture that have now been included in these laws, which highly expand the powers of the state to target
individuals arbitrarily. Light was also shed by Vrinda Grover of the expansion of the period of police custody
through the BNSS, which could lead to increase in cases of intimidation, torture and coercion of the ones
arrested. Connecting to the same provision, she also spoke on how the said law will have a negative impact
on the right of bail that can be exercised by the one arrested. 

Teesta Setalwad: several provisions that provide draconian powers to the police, endanger the statutory right
to bail, criminalise free speech (in a newly introduced provision that she described as “sedition plus” and also
penalise, if not criminalise legitimate democratic protest. Safeguards against police abuse that had been
introduced through amendments earlier have been deliberately left out said Setalvad.

s a new crime as the ‘Terrorist act’ under general
penal law. When there exists, for dealing with terrorist activities special laws like UAPA (Unlawful
Activities Prevention Act, 1967), why are the same provisions and features being brought into the new penal
provisions of the new laws with extraordinary discretion given over these to the police?

https://www.facebook.com/cjpindia/videos/483280027409061/ India’s new criminal laws: Reform or repression

Water shortage could hurt India’s sovereign credit strength, says Moody’s  https://scroll.in/latest/1069742/water-shortage-can-negatively-impact-indias-sovereign-credit-strength-says-moodys
The water crisis could disrupt agricultural production, industrial operations resulting in inflation, decline in income and social unrest, the agency said.

By 2031, the average annual water availability per capita in India is likely to drop to 1,367 cubic metres from an already-low 1,486 cubic metres in 2021, Reuters reported citing data from the water resources ministry.

Comment: The Sovereign Credit strength is also dependent on the Public assets and the earnings from them, either as services, when in fact these are being privatised through internal debt to private sector, but from public funds.

Rahul Gandhi in Manipur I Decoding Brand Rahul I Rahul vs Modi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxvD5ZQDojI Neerja Chowdhury Mojo Story

Rahul Gandhi is in Assam and Manipur today, this after weekend visits to Gujarat and Hathras. The politician, once mocked for his frequent personal vacations, appears to have transformed. But how will Rahul Gandhi navigate his politics as Leader of the Opposition- Will his ideology be left or Centre right?

 https://youtu.be/gxvD5ZQDojI?t=650  Not deafeated the Mandir movement, but the mandir issue did not work in the elections..

https://youtu.be/gxvD5ZQDojI?t=838  Percieving RG as Hindu Left.. Fashioning an ideological alternative as " we are ass HIndu as you are"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D4fw2XtIQ8 Rahul Gandhi In Manipur: राहुल ने मणिपुर में हिंसा पीड़ितों से मुलाकात के बाद क्या बोले ग्रामीण ? .. कुकी बहुल चुराचांदपुर के जिस राहत शिविर में राहुल ने पीड़ितों का हाल जाना वहां से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : साल भर से एक हॉल में डेढ़ सौ लोग.. नवजात बच्चे से लेकर बुजुर्ग तक सब हालात के मारे ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJYbbvn1KQs LIVE: Rahul Gandhi In Manipur | Rahul Gandhi On The Front Foot! | Manipur News |  Rajat Sethi calls it tragedy tourism.

How did ‘Bhole Baba’ gather such a massive crowd, one that any politician would have died for? https://thewire.in/rights/hathras-stampede-and-the-growing-shadow-of-irrationality 

Much like Big Tobacco when markets decline seeks to lure women and children to try its wares, ‘Bhole Baba’ gravitated towards the woman devotee. Having had to reinvent himself following his arrest in the year 2000 for nabbing the body of a dead girl after claiming that he would bring it back to life, he seems to have taken the business decision to prey on softer targets. His modus operandi, going by the observations a former schoolmate made to The Hindu, was to have women agents share tales of his magical prowess among local communities. It would follow that the people these agents were most likely to interact with were other women – invariably those who were poor, less lettered, and from castes subjected daily to a myriad forms of discrimination. These are the precise subjects who find themselves most vulnerable to false information and spurious spiritualists. 

The unspeakably appalling stampede also provides a prism to view the shrinking of rationality in contemporary India.

Today, we have seen a complete reversal of even the intent to push back against superstition and irrationality, even as the “baba-rocracy” has grown in multifold ways with ashrams dotting the landscape across the country. Bogus products, especially those related to health, have gained a firm foothold on media content. The pre-programming space in satellite television provider, DISH TV, for instance, is a mélange of fakery, featuring cads of every description from tarot card readers and astrologers to drug manufacturers offering all manner of cures. They are presented as authentic thanks to fervent certifications from “ordinary” people, or actors pretending to be so. On its part, DISH TV takes care to prominently state that it does not endorse any of the claims made or products promoted.

by Pamela Philipose

08/07/2024

 India's Disappearing Mountains An activist’s battle to stop illegal mining in India’s Aravalli mountains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbxUpFhKgY 6 Jun 2024
In northern and western India lies an ancient mountain range, the Aravallis, believed to be hundreds of millions of years old.

Stretching across almost 700km (435 miles), the mountains are home to rivers, a diverse range of trees and wildlife, and according to experts, they are the main barrier shielding millions of people from an expanding desert.

But these mountains are disappearing, ravaged by illegal mining carried out to feed New Delhi’s construction boom, prompting warnings of a looming ecological catastrophe.

Rs 5 crore to Rs 363 crore in 10 yrs: Haryana revenue from legal mining sees uptick; activists call for checks https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/rs-5-crore-to-rs-363-crore-in-10-yrs-haryana-revenue-from-legal-mining-sees-uptick-activists-call-for-checks-9321312/ May 11, 2024 The bench had said its order did not impinge on legal mining activities that are currently being carried out per valid permits and licences.

There is a blanket ban on mining in the Aravalli hills of Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Nuh districts as per a 2009 order by the Supreme Court. However, mining is permissible in four districts — Rewari, Mahendergarh, Charkhi Dadri and Bhiwani — in the state.

Neelam Ahluwalia, an environmentalist, said that she went on ground truthing trips to all seven districts of Haryana, where Aravallis fall, and found that the mountain ranges are rapidly getting destroyed in the state between legal and illegal mining. “… Haryana will soon become a desert… water-starved at the rate at which the Aravalli hills have been destroyed through legal and illegal mining,” Ahluwalia added.

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-17403-2.pdf Measuring Transformational Impact of Cooperatives..intersection between the cooperative model and the Economy for the Common Good (ECG)". Value creation, instead of value extraction, shifts attention from shareholders to stakeholders as beneficiaries of business operations. Cooperative governance is the key component in materializing this transformational role - agents for socially just and equitable transformation toward sustainability, ..
 the perspective of change and transformation.. cooperatives contribute to income equality and distributional equity; decommodification of labor, money, and land, but also basic necessities such as housing, knowledge, and healthcare, for example .

With democratic ownership and governance cooperatives distribute power, although they may be prone to isomorphism and oligarchic tendencies, and therefore need to measure and report their “democratic health.” Further, cooperatives promote human dignity, given their humanistic roots (Lutz, 1999; Pirson, 2017), and engage in the intergenerational transfer of wealth: a critical contributing factor for community development.
The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-17403-2_14/figures/1 

Exploring India - its politics, culture, history, economics, and diaspora https://www.youtube.com/@TheEmissaryCo/videos 

RSTV Vishesh – George Fernandes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUtXvZL638 | अलविदा जॉर्ज फर्नांडिस | 29 Jan, 2019

George Fernandes जो Samajwadi नेता थे उन्होंने BJP का दामन क्यों पकड़ा था? (BBC Hindi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hor2uy_hN9g हाल ही में राहुल रामागुंडम की लिखी जॉर्ज फर्नांडिस की जीवनी प्रकाशित हुई है 'द लाइफ एंड टाइम्स ऑफ जॉर्ज फर्नांडिस' जिसमें उन्होंने एक श्रमिक नेता से रक्षा मंत्री तक पहुंचने के जॉर्ज के सफ़र को दिलचस्प ढंग से बयान किया है. आज की विवेचना में रेहान फ़ज़ल नज़र डाल रहे हैं जॉर्ज फर्नांडिस के संघर्ष पूर्ण जीवन पर. Rahul Ramagundam Author Indian Railways Strike 1974

DNA's salute to former Indian defence minister George Fernandes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHytMUP6Hk

Biography of George Fernandes, Former Defence Minister and founder of Samanta Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhC0URuWgZI comment:
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He ( Mr. George Fernandes) was great admirer & follower of Mr. Ram Manohar Lohia .Helped very poor labourers throughout his life . Very dynamic , bold trade union leader throughout nationwide . All top political leaders exploited him . He was very good coordinator . Brought 22 parties under one roof ,NDA. He was key in making Mr. Atal as PM. Sad part is no politician came close for his help during his old age whether Atal Bihari or L.K.advani . Died without much publicity compared to his dedications towards poor and also contribution in forming NDA government. Extremely simple man . Lived life helping large group of poor labourers. Main architect of Konkan railway. He is unsung hero. All forgot him though he dedicated his entire life for poor for more than 60 years . No monument on his name .