Tag: current affairs – India

Former Civil Servants Write to the PM: ‘Take Effective Action Now’ / The BJP Can Be Defeated but the RSS Project Remains

Dear Prime Minister, We, a group of former civil servants from the All India and Central Services, with a deep commitment to the Constitution of India and with no political affiliations, have written to you as well as other constitutional authorities on a number of occasions in the past, whenever we felt that executive actions violated… Read More Former Civil Servants Write to the PM: ‘Take Effective Action Now’ / The BJP Can Be Defeated but the RSS Project Remains

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Geeta Pandey: India's holiest river Ganges is swollen with Covid victims

Hundreds of corpses have been found floating in the river or buried in the sand of its banks. Those who live close to where they have washed up, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, fear they are Covid-19 victims. India has been overwhelmed by a devastating second wave of the pandemic in recent weeks.… Read More Geeta Pandey: India's holiest river Ganges is swollen with Covid victims

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Three iconic Delhi Buildings Set To Be Demolished For Central Vista Project

NB: This BJP/RSS government has vandalised India’s institutions, its justice system, and is now vandalising our architectural heritage. Let us see whether our judges will save us. DS    Delhi’s three iconic buildings – the National Museum, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), the National Archives Annexe – emblematic of its history… Read More Three iconic Delhi Buildings Set To Be Demolished For Central Vista Project

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Bharat Bhushan: Who destroyed India's vaccine self-sufficiency? // Top Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits Covid Panel After Criticising Government

On May 8 the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court while hearing a PIL wondered why India, a pioneer in vaccine production before the current pandemic and a big exporter of vaccines, had to rely on just two private domestic manufacturers–Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech–to produce Covid-19 vaccines. It has also baffled… Read More Bharat Bhushan: Who destroyed India's vaccine self-sufficiency? // Top Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits Covid Panel After Criticising Government

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Gujarati Poet Parul Khakkar Blames 'Naked King' for Corpses Floating in the Ganga

NB: Thank you Parulben for reminding us of the humanity and decency of the Indian people. No matter how much abuse and how many threats are hurled at you, remember that you speak and write for all suffering people. We are with you. Charan-sparsh. DS दया धर्म का मूल है पाप मूल अभिमान, तुलसी दया… Read More Gujarati Poet Parul Khakkar Blames 'Naked King' for Corpses Floating in the Ganga

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A Call for National Mourning and a Proposal for a National Government. By Anil Nauriya

I would like to highlight a few considerations from a political and Constitutional angle. Perhaps these would strike a chord also with Democratic Socialists of various persuasions. 1.  There needs to be  until the current public health  crisis lasts. This would emphasise in a formal way to all in the Indian state and outside it… Read More A Call for National Mourning and a Proposal for a National Government. By Anil Nauriya

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India’s Covid anguish fuels calls to release rights activists from jail

As the deadly Covid-19 second wave has engulfed India, and ripped like wildfire through its overcrowded, under-resourced prisons, there have been growing calls for those deemed political prisoners – the activists arrested as part of Modi’s vicious crackdown on dissent – to be granted the bail they have been repeatedly denied. The impact of the pandemic on… Read More India’s Covid anguish fuels calls to release rights activists from jail

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Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal's father dies of Covid day before her bail hearing // That Monday will not come, Judge Sahib

NB: The whole world should be made aware that India’s criminal justice system is being reduced to a cruel and sadistic mockery in our time. Vigilantes of the so-called Sangh Parivar get away with violence and incitement under the noses of the police, whilst cases are fabricated against activists fighting for human rights and democratic… Read More Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal's father dies of Covid day before her bail hearing // That Monday will not come, Judge Sahib

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