Vandana Shiva | False Claims Of The Green Revolution, Then And Now Real Organic Project
Feb 13, 2024 #GreenRevolution #OrganicFood #Soil
 Vandana Shiva shares her knowledge around the Green Revolution, a transformative and chemical-dependent set of agricultural practices and policies that promised to deliver food security to populations around the world. But has it delivered on those promises? And how do its outcomes compare to organic agriculture?

 Vandana Shiva I Why are farmers in India dying? I GREAT MINDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAjk-oiEeo Aug 30, 2023 India has the tenth most amount of farmland in the world. Yet, CNN reported in 2022 that more than 30 Indian farmers take their lives every day. This alarming statistic is what led Vandana Shiva, a once-promising nuclear physicist, to dive into the food sovereignty movement. Vandana Shiva attributes this tragedy to the Green Revolution and the introduction of GMO seeds, both of which aimed to increase food production. To protect food sovereignty, she stresses the importance of seed preservation and small-scale ecological agriculture.

In this lecture, Vandana Shiva explains how industrialized agriculture threatens farmers’ livelihoods and how genetically modified organisms destroy the ecosystem. She also introduces various activities of the Navdanya farm, which she runs herself. Additionally, she discusses the concept of ecofeminism, a movement she initiated to counter industrialized agriculture and powerful capitalist forces.

For Vandana Shiva, food is more than just sustenance; it is the source of life, intrinsically connected to nature and the lives of farmers. Shiva’s lecture will lead you to reflect on the significance of agriculture and food in our lives,

SBI's stand on electoral bonds confounds employee unions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1eZZ5kyvqw  Mar 6, 2024  State Bank of India has sought an extra four months from the Supreme Court of India to provide information about Electoral Bonds, and who paid how much money to which political party.

However, this stand of the SBI has irked some employee unions, who feel that the bank is unnecessarily getting dragged into politics. They have urged the bank to quickly provide the data sought by the Supreme Court.

 What Next in the SBI Electoral Bonds Tangle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwZWv800IxA   | State Bank of India | Supreme Court | The AIDEM
Mar 6, 2024 #TheAIDEM
As the State Bank of India’s request for an extension till June 30 to comply with the Supreme Court order to divulge the details of the Electoral Bond contributions is pending before Apex Court, the intrigue surrounding the scheme has risen to new levels. Initial public reactions evidently suggest that the premium public sector bank has further eroded its credibility. The requested extension goes against the very spirit of the February 15 landmark judgement of the Supreme Court, which struck down the Electoral Bond scheme as 'unconstitutional' and 'arbitrary'. The developments have certainly deepened the shadows of doubt that have come to engulf the Indian democratic process as a whole in recent times.

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Managing Editor of The AIDEM and Thomas Franco, former General Secretary of the All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) and founder of "People First" discuss the structural and political implications of the SBI manoeuvre in an interaction with Anand Haridas, senior journalist and multimedia professional.

“I Don’t Believe SBI’s Explanation on Electoral Bonds; it’s Absolutely Ridiculous”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-qdDu1N3i8  Former SC Judge The Wire   Mar 5, 2024 The Interview with Karan Thapar  Justice Deepak Gupta also revealed that he was part of a bench which in 2019 had told the SBI to collate and keep the relevant details of the electoral bond scheme i.e. to maintain rec  immediate response to the State Bank of India’s petition requesting more than three and a half months extra time till the 30th of June to make public electoral bond details, one of the Supreme Court’s most respected former judges has said “I don’t believe the SBI’s explanation”. Justice Deepak Gupta also revealed that he was part of a bench which in 2019 had told the SBI to collate and keep the relevant details of the electoral bond scheme i.e. to maintain records and he does not accept that they now need three and a half months extra time (over and above the initial three weeks granted to them) to make the information available to the Election Commission. At one point in the interview he said the SBI’s position was “absolutely ridiculous”. Justice Gupta also said “this explanation is not really worth much”.

किसके चंदे का राज़ छिपाया जा रहा है? SBI ने SC से माँगा समय | Electoral bonds: SBI asks SC for time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_jyeCQ5hQ&t=92s Ravish Kumar Official  Mar 5, 2024 क्या 6 मार्च को भारतीय स्टेट बैंक इलेक्टोरल बॉन्ड के बारे में चुनाव आयोग को जानकारी नहीं देगा? आख़िर क्यों उसे चार महीने का समय चाहिए? सहज बुद्धि से सोचें तो यही लगता है कि ऐसा इसलिए किया जा रहा है ताकि लोकसभा का पूरा चुनाव निकल जाए और जनता को पता ही नहीं चले कि 16,000 करोड़ का चंदा इस बॉन्ड के माध्यम से किसने किस किस को दिया। इस बात में अब कोई संदेह नहीं रहा कि यह चंदा नहीं था, फ़्रॉड था। घोटाला था। क्या फ़्रॉड के मामले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश का यही पालन हो रहा है कि एक मामूली सी सूचि बनाने के लिए देश के सबसे बड़े बैंक को चार महीने का समय चाहिए? आदेश तो साफ़ था कि 6 मार्च तक भारतीय स्टेट बैंक को सारे दस्तावेज़ चुनाव आयोग को देने हैं और 15 मार्च तक चुनाव आयोग को उसे अपनी वेबसाइट पर प्रकाशित करना है। देखते रहिए, कब तक आपको यह जानकारी मिल पाती है।

Electoral Bonds case: State Bank of India excuses are laughable - Thomas FrancoThe News Minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47iXqk4p2Fk A day before its deadline to furnish details of Electoral Bonds (EBs) after they were struck down, the State Bank of India (SBI) told the Supreme Court on March 5 that it needs extra time till June 30, nearly four months in addition to the three weeks already granted to it, to compile the data. SBI told the SC that it had kept only physical copies of the details of donors, which it will now have to match with the details of EBs stored digitally. Since 22,217 EBs were issued since April 12, 2019 – the date of an earlier interim SC judgement starting from which the court has now sought details – the SBI has claimed that this would be a time-consuming process needing months. TNM’s Senior News Editor Shabbir Ahmed speaks to Thomas Franco, former general secretary of the All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) to the SBI’s excuses.

https://www.cenfa.org/sbi-in-the-news-for-wrong-reasons-once-again/

State Bank of India was in the news recently because of the downgrading of its ratings by Goldman Sachs. Before that, the economic research wing was questioned by economists for defending the Government by saying poverty and unemployment have reduced drastically.

Before that, it was on the news for granting a fresh loan of Rs.34000 crores to the Adani group.

But its recent appeal to the Supreme Court to provide time till June 30th to provide the list of purchasers of electoral bonds and parties which encashed them has brought a very bad image for SBI. In the digital era, the bank which is a pioneer in technology saying that it can’t reconcile the transactions and provide the list after 18 days of the Supreme Court order is unacceptable.

In a letter to the Director (Budget) Dept of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance dated 25/06/2018 SBI has stated that it has spent Rs.60,43,005/- for IT system development for Electoral Bonds...

In an RTI reply to Shri. Sanjeev B. Ezhava, dated 22.11.23, the SBI has provided details of electoral bonds for 6 years in just 6 days. Now, why does it require months?..

It is surprising that a company ‘Future Gaming’ has donated Rs.100 crores to a trust named “Prudent Electoral Trust” a trust approved by CBDT under the Electoral Trust Scheme 2013 (letter enclosed below). Is this trust playing the role of a broker between political parties, the Enforcement Directorate, CBI and companies that are doing illegal transactions? The answer will be there in the list. Supreme Court must ask SBI to provide the list immediately.

 The need for ground-up transitions: exploring the knowledge politics of agroecology in Gujarat, India https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21683565.2024.2316124 C. Shambu Prasad "J:\0data\00toread\The need for ground-up transitions exploring the knowledge politics of agroecology in Gujarat India.pdf"

Is Ashoka University breeding wokeism in India? | Snakes in the Ganga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFjtHGJN8A
Infinity Foundation Official author reveals how Ashoka university allows for the unhinged degradation of humanities and imports wokiesm verbatim from the west.Jan 22, 2023  https://snakesintheganga.com

https://countercurrents.org/2024/02/why-hindutva-is-worried-about-woke-people-or-wokeism/ The attack of ‘wokeism’ on independent thinking and progressive politics also very much gels with the overall modus operandi of RSS, BJP and other affiliated organisations. Organisations whose longtime project is carving out a Hindu Rashtra out of a formal secular, democratic, socialist and sovereign India. The manner in which routinely such liberal spaces or intellectuals are castigaged as ‘Khan Market gang’ or the way Hindutva has unleashed an organised, systematic and conscious attack on educational institutions – who still valued independent thinking – can be considered a mere detail in this overall pattern of domesticating the thinking people of the country. One can also say that with growing discrediting of the whole idea of ‘tukdetukde gang’ or ‘urban naxals’ (https://www.newsclick.in/in-search-tukde-tukde-gang) invented and popularised by the Hindutva cheerleaders – which was conveniently used against all dissenting voices, perhaps the idea of ‘wokeism’ or ‘woke people’ can serve them similar purpose for them.

the book ‘Snakes in India : Breaking India 2:0. by Rajiv Malhotra( Blueink) discussed ‘‘intense warfare against India’s integrity is the work of a well-orchestrated global machinery driven by a new ideology’. https://www.firstpost.com/india/snakes-in-the-ganga-rajiv-malhotra-vijaya-viswanathans-book-on-uncomfortable-truths-about-indias-vulnerabilities-11337501.html  ) and also talked about how “wokeism has penetrated some of the Indian government’s policies. For instance, the National Education Policy 2020 is propagating Harvard’s liberal arts.”

Why Hindutva Is Worried About “Woke People” or “Wokeism”? 28/02/2024 subhash gatade https://kafila.online/2024/02/28/why-hindutva-is-worried-about-woke-people-or-wokeism/  BJYM’s sudden waking up on the challenge of ‘wokeism’ is not difficult to understand. It could be easily traced to Sangh Supremo Mohan Bhagwat’s exhortation in his Vijayadashmi Speech – few months back – wherein he had castigated ‘cultural marxists’ and ‘woke people’.

https://indianexpress.com/article/delhi-confidential/delhi-confidential-woke-talk-9177967/

Summary of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam” by Vivek Ramaswamy Andrew Adams  ht tps://medium.com/@heinspiredme/summary-of-woke-inc-inside-corporate-americas-social-justice-scam-by-vivek-ramaswamy-b3351941d025In his book, Vivek Ramaswamy argues that corporate America has become increasingly “woke” in recent years, and that this is a dangerous trend. He believes that wokeness is a form of “corporate social justice” that is used by corporations to virtue signal and to avoid criticism. He argues that wokeness is not actually about social justice, but is instead about profit.

Ramaswamy also argues that wokeness is not actually about social justice, but is instead about profit. He believes that corporations adopt woke policies because they believe that it will make them more money. He argues that this is a cynical and manipulative approach to social justice, and that it ultimately does more harm than good.

Ramaswamy concludes by arguing that we need to reject wokeness and return to a more traditional approach to social justice. He believes that we should focus on individual rights and on creating a more just and equitable society for everyone. He argues that we should not allow corporations to use wokeness as a way to exploit people and to avoid criticism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiW4-JVx40 

Anant Ambani's pre-wedding bash: Congress asks why Jamnagar Airport given international status for 10 days  https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-jamnagar-airport-gets-international-status-for-anant-ambanis-pre-wedding-bash-congress-leader-cries-foul-101709372416053.html
Mar 02, 2024

Jamnagar Airport is the heart of all excitement of Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant's pre-wedding bash as all foreign guests are arriving at this airport.

Sensitive Defence Airport in Jamnagar Gets International Tag for Anant Ambani's Wedding Bash https://thewire.in/government/sensitive-defence-airport-in-jamnagar-gets-international-tag-for-anant-ambanis-wedding-bash
The international tag to the Indian Air Force airport, which is located close to the Pakistan border, was given for February 25 to March 5, so that guests invited to the wedding can land close to the venue.

https://civicusmonitor.contentfiles.net/media/documents/GlobalFindings2023.pdf INTIMIDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
DEFENDERS AND JOURNALISTS
The use of intimidation as a tactic to silence HRDs and journalists was documented in at least 22 countries in Asia and the Pacific. Among the methods deployed were the surveillance of activists and civil society groups, raids on the homes and offices of activists and journalists, and vilification and threats against their lives and safety.

https://monitor.civicus.org/country/india/
 In India, activists have faced intimidation from the National Investigating Agency and are often accused of being security threats while others have faced abductions and attacks https://pucl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PUCL-28.09.2022.pdf.

Media outlets such as the BBC and NewsClick have faced raids for their critical reporting while activists and journalists https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/india-raids-on-journalists-and-activists-escalate-while-those-reporting-on-manipur-and-kashmir-are-silenced/

in Indian-administered Kashmir have increasingly been targeted.  https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g22/606/71/pdf/g2260671.pdf

https://pucl.org/reports/