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• Media Pundits presenting a skewed picture of Rahul’s crusade against Narendra Modi | Arun Srivastava

  1 April 2023

  by Arun Srivastava
  Post-disqualification analysis by some media pundits and analysts of Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and Narendra Modi grabbing the occasion to disqualify him from the membership of the parliament makes bizarre reading. They say; “the verdict wasn’t unexpected, it was on its way. Truly, there couldn’t have been a better way to tame Rahul Gandhi than by reading him the riot act with a criminal defamation charge.” It emphatically underlines a candid inference that they were (…)

• American Banking Crisis and Role of Finance Capital | Soma Marla

  1 April 2023, by Soma S. Marla

  Recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), has further led to the fall of the Signature bank, Credit Suisse and now a major European German Credit Douche bank. This banking crisis resulted from US Treasury’s recent interest rate hike. Cracks are appearing in US banking as fears of a possible financial contagion across the world, reminding 2008 Lehman brothers economic meltdown. It’s implications will soon be felt in Indian economy.
  The present banking crisis is caused by stockpiling of (…)

• Odisha Day Celebrations on 1st April are of Contemporary Significance | S N Sahu

  1 April 2023, by S N Sahu

  Creation of Odisha as a separate State on 1st April 1936 based on language was a historic step in fulfilment of the demand of leadership of Odisha and Indian National Congress for the reorganisation of States based on language. The fact that Odisha provided the pioneering initiative in that direction amply proved the genius of Odia leadership in starting such a great movement. The country and Odisha is mighty proud of Utkalgaurab Madhusudan Das who started Utkal Sammilani in 1903 to unify (…)

• Joint statement by Burma resistance forces on the situation of Burmese refugees in Manipur, India - 2 March 2023

  1 April 2023

  1. We are democratic forces from various regions of Myanmar fighting against the Myanmar junta who have been killing civilians at will following an attempted coup.
  2. Myanmar’s people deserve democracy. The government and people of India know best how difficult the road to democracy can be. When the Myanmar junta attempted to seize power and install military rule in 2021, all the people of Myanmar, including those from India’s neighbouring Sagaing Region and Chin State were left with (…)

• Elon’s Twitter ripe for a misinformation avalanche | Daniel Angus

  1 April 2023

  by Daniel Angus *
  Seeing might not be believing going forward as digital technologies make the fight against misinformation even trickier for embattled social media giants.
  In a grainy video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to tell his people to lay down their arms and surrender to Russia. The video — quickly debunked by Zelenskyy — was a deep fake, a digital imitation generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic his voice and facial expressions.
  High-profile (…)

• Jihadists target Africa and Afghanistan, but also eye China and Russia James M. Dorsey

  1 April 2023

  by James M. Dorsey *
  March 28
  The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer is a reader-supported publication.
  All Mr. Mohamed wanted was a job and a marriage.
  A 22-year-old Somali farmhand, Mr. Mohamed, skeptically retorted, "is that right?" when Al Shabab recruiters sought to convince him that the defence of Islam needed him.
  "What I really need is a job and a wife,’ Mr. Mohamed added.
  The farmworker was persuaded when the recruiters for one of Africa’s oldest jihadist movements (…)

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  Defend Parliamentary Democracy — Citizens statement (March 28, 2023)

  1 April 2023

  PRESS RELEASE
  Expressing concern over the expulsion of Rahul Gandhi from the parliament and his conviction in a defamation case, over a 1000 teachers, artists, scientists, cultural workers and members of the civil society called upon the people of India to take all measures to save parliamentary democracy from the assault from the ruling party.
  Released by:
  Apoorvanand, Gauhar Raza, Shabnam Hashmi
  28/3/2023
  New Delhi
  STATEMENT
  DEFEND PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
  The (…)

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  5000 Anganwadi, Mid-day Meal, ASHA Scheme Workers demand regularisation, minimum wages and status as Govt employees | AITUC Press release March 28, 2023

  1 April 2023

  Press Statement released by the platform of scheme workers affiliated to AITUC
  28.03.2023, New Delhi:
  STATUS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, NO LESS
  DEMAND MORE THAN 5000 SCHEME WORKERS GATHERED AT JANTAR MANTAR
  National ASHA Workers Federation, All India Anganwadi Workers Federation, and All India Mid-day Meal Workers Federation
  More than five thousand Scheme Workers - Anganwadi, Mid-day Meal, ASHA Workers, and Block Facilitators from across the country and UMED W workers from (…)

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  PUCL Rajasthan welcomes court ruling in 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts cases | March 29, 2023

  1 April 2023

  PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, RAJASTHAN
  Jaipur, 29th March, 2023
  Press Note PUCL demands action against the police team which fabricated cases against innocents and conducted slipshod investigation in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts, which killed 74 people Fresh investigation should be ordered to ensure justice to the kin of the 74 killed and 150 injured Compensation must be given to the five acquitted for the loss of 15 years of their lives, which they spent in jail as their families (…)

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  2023 Report on State of Policing in India with focus on Surveillance and Privacy | Common Cause & Lokniti (CSDS)

  1 April 2023

  New Delhi, March 31, 2023: The Status of Policing in India Report 2023 was launched today at the India Habitat Centre by a panel of eminent personalities, followed by a discussion on rethinking surveillance. The theme of this year’s report is surveillance and privacy, and in his keynote address, Justice (Retd.) J. Chelameswar, a former Supreme Court Judge, said that only a robust privacy law can determine if the data of private citizens is being collected for the public good.