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Twitter crosses line by restricting IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account

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The Commune
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Social media giant Twiter on Friday (June 25) blocked Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad from accessing his account for almost one hour over complaints that he violated copyright law by posting clips of himself from television debates.

“Twitter denied access to my account for almost an hour on the alleged ground that there was a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA and subsequently they allowed me to access the account,” Mr Prasad said in a series of tweets.

“Twitter’s actions were in gross violation of Rule 4(8) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 where they failed to provide me any prior notice before denying me access to my own account,” he said.

“It is apparent that my statements calling out the high handedness and arbitrary actions of Twitter, particularly sharing the clips of my interviews to TV channels and its powerful impact, have clearly ruffled its feathers,” Mr Prasad added.

According to Twitter, Prasad had violated “the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA.,” amid its months-long clash with the Central over issues ranging from requests to take down tweets supporting the farmers’ protest, discrediting posts by leaders of the BJP and more recently new regulation.

The government had told Twitter to follow compliance and appoint India-based compliance executives and other conditions which Twitter has thus far not implemented.

“Further, it is now apparent as to why Twitter is refusing to comply with the Intermediary Guidelines because if Twitter does comply, it would be unable to arbitrarily deny access to an individual’s account which does not suit their agenda,” Mr Prasad said.

“Twitter’s actions indicate that they are not the harbinger of free speech that they claim to be but are only interested in running their own agenda, with the threat that if you do not tow the line they draw, they will arbitrarily remove you from their platform,” the minister said.

“No matter what any platform does they will have to abide by the new IT Rules fully and there shall be no compromise on that,” he added.

Video of DMK Minister saying party office bearers would be given preference in State Govt jobs goes viral

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A video of Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji saying that party workers and their families would be given priority in state government employment has gone popular on social media.

Senthil Balaji, who was involved in a controversy saying that the squirrel was to blame for the power outage, was caught in another controversy before the first one ended.

In a video that has surfaced in social media, Minister Senthil Balaji can be heard saying,” The daughter, son, and grandson of party cadres will be given priority and prominence at all levels of government service. I declare that it is both my and the government’s responsibility to ensure this. I had created employment opportunities for a lot of people in the past and I am certain that I can do so again in this government. I assure you.”

MInister Senthil Balaji’s reckless statement was denounced by a number of people. Raj Sathyan, Secretary-AIADMK IT WING-Madurai Zone, asked Senthil Balaji if the Tamil Nadu recruitment body, TNPSC, could be dissolved.

A member of the ADMK asked Minister Senthil Balaji if the TNPSC (Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission) could be converted to the ‘DMK’PSC.

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NSA Ajit Doval in presence of Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf calls for action plan against LeT and JeM at SCO meeting

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As the Pakistan government refused to publicly acknowledge Osama Bin Ladan as a terrorist and still believe he was a martyr, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has proposed a plan of action against Lashkar e Taiba (LeT) and Jaish e Mohammad (JeM) as part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) framework.

Doval wants the adoption of international standards to counter terror financing, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between SCO and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and what is even more important is that Doval made this statement in the presence of his Pakistani counterpart Moeed Yusuf.

According to India over the years both the LeT that carried out the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai, the attack on the Indian parliament, and JeM which was responsible for the Pulwama suicide attack also planned and carried out multiple operations in India in the two decades,

Also, these groups have a long history of promoting infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir and indoctrinating youth across India in radical Islamic Jihadist ideology and have also been involved in terror financing and strongly condemned terrorism in all forms and manifestations, particularly those who carry out cross-border terror attacks, should be brought to justice

Recently a French think tank. the Centre for Analysis of Terrorism in its analysis has warned that Kashmir-focused Pakistani terror outfits are now active in Afghanistan and are planning to target India and its interests
 
Right now the FATF plenary session is going on in Paris and could soon decide on keeping Pakistan on the grey list or putting it on its blacklist.

The Indian NSA also called for full implementation of United Nations (UN) resolutions and targeted sanctions against UN-designated terrorist individuals and entities and then told SCO members that emerging technology utilized by terrorists, like drones for weapon smuggling and misuse of the dark web, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and social media, must be monitored.
 
During the SCO meeting of NSAs, Doval called on the importance of cooperation and the need for greater connectivity including, through initiatives like Chahbahar, The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), Regional Air Corridors, Ashgabat Agreement will lead to economic gains and building trust but connectivity must respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations.
 
The NSAs of the SCO nations also held detailed discussions on Afghanistan that has recently witnessed a surge in Taliban violence and the territorial gains it has made and why it is important to preserve the gains made in the last two decades in Afghanistan.
 
Doval said India fully supports the SCO Contact Group on Afghanistan and called for more active involvement.

Though India became a member of the SCO in 2017, it has “physical, spiritual, cultural, and philosophical inter-linkages for centuries with countries that now make up SCO”.

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Samajwadi Party takes que from TMC, coins war cry for UP elections as “2022 mein khela hoi”

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The Commune
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In 2022 the most populas state in India, Uttar Pradesh will hold its State Legislative polls and the Samajwadi Party (SP) has taken fancy to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) election slogan of ‘Khela Hobe‘ wherein Mamata Banerjee led party mobilized its party workers to unleash violence hitherto unknown during and after the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha elections.

The slogan Khela Hobe can be called a war cry for vengence that the TMC adopted in West Bengal. In Uttar Pradesh the SP has adopted its Bhojpuri version as “2022 mein khela hoi,”.

Reportedly, the slogan was written by ex-MLA and Samajwadi party leader Abdul Samad Ansari who has now put the slogan on the walls of his entire building and has asked Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav to adapt the same line used by TMC workers in West Bengal.

Ansari alleged, “The way Didi and people of Bengal have played with the BJP, similarly Bhojpuri society will play with the ruling party.”

The term ‘Khela hobe’ (we will have a match) has now become the raison d’etre TMC workers Mamata Banerjee party workers  retaliate against the central armed forces and BJP workers where several people have been brutally murdered and women raped and molested. 

So much so, women in West Bengal had to move to the Supreme Court narrating the details of the horrifying gang-rapes they were subjected to in the post-poll violence by the members of the ruling party, now the SP wants to impliement the same plan in UP.

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Kejriwal Govt inflated Delhi’s oxygen need by 4 times during COVID 2nd wave peak: Supreme Court Audit Team

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The audit team appointed by the Supreme Court has found very disturbing information on the extent of exaggeration of the oxygen requirement in the national capital by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

As per the audit report, the AAP had ordered more than four times during the April 25-May 10 which was the peak period of the Covid-19 second wave, reports Times of India.

According to the Supreme Court-appointed oxygen audit team, Cheif Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his government exaggerated and made false claims of oxygen shortage in the national capital during the height of the second wave which led to supply constraints in at least 12 states who needed it.

“There was a gross discrepancy (about four times). The actual oxygen consumption claimed by the Delhi government (1,140MT) was about four times higher than the calculated consumption as per the formula based on bed capacity (289 MT),” the SC-appointed oxygen audit committee said in its report.

On May 8, the Supreme Court ordered the formation of a 12-member National Task Force it had constituted to form sub-committees for each state to carry out an audit to determine the Oxygen supplies allocated by the Union Government for each state and Union Territory.

In its submission to the sub-group, the Petroleum and Oxygen Safety Organisation (PESO) had stated that the “National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) had surplus oxygen, which is affecting liquid medical oxygen (LMO) supply to other states”.

Earlier, the Petroleum & Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) under the government of India had conducted a similar study, in which it had revealed that Delhi was actually getting more oxygen than it needed.

However, it is very strange when Delhi had more oxygen supply, many hospitals in Delhi had been running out of oxygen supply with some facilities claiming critical Covid-19 patients had died due to a shortage in oxygen supply during April-May that allowed the Kejriwal government to play cheap politics with the Modi government at the Centre over the supply of LMO to the national capital.

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“DMK govt made Tamil Nadu proud by removing ‘Jai Hind’ from Governor’s address”, DMK ally makes seditious remark in Assembly

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Ashok Kumar
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The controversial speech delivered by MLA ER Eshwaran in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has received condemnation from various sections on Thursday.

The first session of the 16th Legislative Assembly began on June 21 at the Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai. The assembly commenced its proceedings with the address of Governor Banwarilal Purohit. Following the Governor’s address, MLAs were allowed to speak in the assembly.

MLA E R Eshwaran, a DMK ally and MLA from Thiruchengodu constituency, who spoke in the assembly on the final day of the first session, made a controversial remark about the term ‘Jai Hind,’ which is a salutation and slogan that originally meant “Victory to India.”

ER Eshwaran, who runs a caste outfit in the Kongu region, told the Tamil Nadu State Assembly that by avoiding ‘Jai Hind’ in the Governor’s address to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Tamil Nadu has become proud. He thanked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for refraining from using the words “Jai Hind,” which the previous ADMK government used.

His remarks regarding ‘Jai Hind,’ which was used as a slogan to unify Indians across the country during the Indian freedom struggle, have been condemned by many political leaders and the general public. They also questioned Congress Party with 18 MLAs in Tamil Nadu Assembly for its silence and reluctance to criticize ER Eshwaran for his statements on “Jai Hind.”

K Annamalai, Vice President of the BJP Tamil Nadu, expresses his displeasure with the state of political discourse in Tamil Nadu.

Political commentator Sumanth Raman took a dig at ‘Periyarist’ who are uncomfortable with ‘Jai Hind.’ He also questioned if MK Stalin endorses his comments.

Actress Kasthuri tweeted in support of saying ‘Jai Hind.’

 

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Complaint filed against DMK officer bearer in Coimbatore for encroaching waterbody in forest area along elephant corridor

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The Commune
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A complaint has been filed with the District Collectorate against a DMK office bearer in Coimbatore for encroaching a waterbody in forest land along the elephant corridor in Anaikatti forest range.

A rivulet flows through the Kandivazhi village in the Anaikatti forest range which serves as a water source for animals in the region. The stream flows through Kondanur, Jambukandi, Anaikatti and Kodungarai and merges with the Bhavani River.

A dam has been built along the rivulet at Kandivazhi to create a catchment area and save water. DMK Panchayat Union Secretary Surendran owns around 22 acres of the forest land near this dam. He has been accused of encroaching the land near the rivulet and other waterbodies in the surroundings. This region is also said to be an elephant corridor.

People of the surrounding villages have now petitioned the Collector to reclaim these encroached lands from the DMK office bearer.

(With inputs from News J)

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Yasir Al-Rumayyan Chairman of Saudi Aramco to join as Independent Director at RIL

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The Commune
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Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani has announced that Yasir Al-Rumayyan who is the Chairman of Saudi Aramco is all set to join the board as an Independent Director at RIL. 

This announcement was made by Mukesh Ambani when he was addressing the 44th Annual General Meeting on Thursday (June 24).

On the joining of Yasir Al-Rumayyan to the RIL board Ambani said, “I am sure that we will immensely benefit from his rich experience with one of the world’s largest companies, and also one of the largest Sovereign Wealth Funds in the world,” 

It must also be noted that in 2019, Reliance had announced a sale of a 20% stake in its oil-to-chemicals business for $15 billion to Aramco, the world’s top oil-exporting firm.

In his address to the annual AGM, Ambani said that he expects RIL’s partnership with Saudi Aramco will be to be formalised in an “expeditious manner during this year”, after obtaining required regulatory clearances and Rumayyan joining the board is also the beginning of internationalisation of Reliance and more announcements on international plans of the company would come later.

Further, RIL is set to disrupt the new energy business amid climate concerns and Ambani said “We have established the Reliance New Energy Council,”.

Ambani was pleased to also announce that the company’s performance in FY21 exceeded expectations despite the ongoing pandemic and commended the company and its employees for the humanitarian efforts during the pandemic.

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We need to be vocal for local toys: PM Modi

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The Commune
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with participants of Toycathon-2021 today via video conferencing. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Sanjay Dhotre were present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that in the last 5-6 years, youth of the nation has been connected with the key challenges of the country through the platform of Hackathons. Thinking behind this is to organize the capabilities of the country and to give them a medium, he said.

Apart from the importance of toys as the first friend of the children, the Prime Minister also emphasized the economic aspects of toys and gaming, he called it ‘Toyconomy’. The Prime Minister said that global toy market is about 100 billion dollars and India haveonly 1.5 per cent of this market. India imports almost 80 per cent of its toys. This means that crores of rupees are being drained out of the country. This needs to change, said the Prime Minister. PM Modi underlined that, beyond numbers, this sector has the capacity to bring progress and growth to the neediest segments of society. Toy industry has its ownsmall-scale industry, artisans comprising of rural population, dalits, poor people and tribal population. The Prime Minister singled out the contribution of women in the sector. In order to take the benefits to these segments, we need be vocal for local toys. The PM called for new models of innovation and financing to make Indian toys competitive at the global level. There is a need for new ideas to be incubated, new start-ups promoted, taking new technology to traditional toy makers and creating new market demand. This is the inspiration behind events like Toyacathon, the Prime Minister said.

The Prime Minister referred to the cheap data and growth of Internet led rural connectivity and called for exploration of possibilities in virtual, digital and online gaming in India. The Prime Minister rued the fact that most of the online and digital games available in the market are not based on Indian concepts and many such games promote violence and cause mental stress. The Prime Minister highlighted that the world wants to learn about India’s capabilities, art and culture. and society. Toys can play a big role in that. India has ample content and competence for digital gaming. Shri Modi called upon the young innovators and start ups to be mindful of their responsibility of projecting the true picture of India’s capabilities and ideas to the world.

The Prime Minister mentioned that 75th anniversary of India’s Independence is a huge opportunity for the innovators and creators of the toy industry.  Many incidents, stories of our freedom fighters and their valour and leadership can be created into gaming concepts. These innovators have a big role in connecting ‘folk with the future’. There is a need to create interesting and interactive games that ‘engage, entertain and educate’, said the Prime Minister.

(Published from PIB)

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Pallivaasal High School teacher Habeeb Mohammed held for obscene calls to Class 9 student in Ramanathapuram

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The Commune
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On Wednesday, a 38-year-old male teacher was arrested on allegations of sexually misbehaving with a girl student at an aided school in Mudukulathur, Ramanathapuram district.

A Habeeb Mohammed of Periya Pallivasal Street, Mudukulathur, who worked as a Science teacher at the school, has been identified as the culprit. He reportedly indulged in obscene conversation with a Class 9 student over the phone and tortured her.

In the clips that went viral on social media, the teacher was heard naming and making obscene comments about several other girls studying at the school. Further, the news report alleged that he had tried to coerce the child into sexual activity in exchange for better marks.

Upon receiving a complaint, a team led by Additional Superintendent of Police S Loyola Ignatius, and Mudukulathur police conducted an inquiry into the issue.

The statement published by district police says,” It was found that the teacher had sent obscene messages to the student on June 18 and indulged in a provocative telephonic conversation with her the next day.”

The science teacher was arrested by Mudukulathur police based on a complaint filed by the girl’s parents under Section 11 read with 12 of the POCSO Act and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act.

The district police have urged other students who may have faced harassment by the teacher to come forward to share information with the Superintendent of Police (SP) at 9498129498 or with other officials at 9443282223 / 9498207461 / 9443133948 / 8300000592.

(with inputs from NewIndianExpress)

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