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CPI(M) politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai says “India’s campaign against China is an attack on CPI-M”

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala State Vice President KS Radhakrishnan on Saturday (January 15) called Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai, a traitor for his pro-China statement.

On Thursday (January 13), Ramachandran Pillai who was addressing the CPI-M Kottayam district committee meeting, said, “India’s campaign against China is an attack on CPI-M”.

Immediate the Kerala state BJP president who was incensed said, “Pillai shares his loyalty with an enemy country in one sense. He is a traitor and in my opinion, all traitors should be arrested and put before the court of law to award maximum punishment.”

“My request to the Marxist fraternity is that they should give up their idea of protecting the enemy countries while living here in India. If they want to protect China, let them go and live in China,” Radhakrishnan said.

It is an open secret that the Communists in India have always supported China, and in the 1962 war, they supported Mao and refused to participate in blood donation drives and work for the benefit of a foreign country.

“Pillai thinks China is his country, Xi is his leader. When China gets criticised, he feels that he is being criticised,” he alleged.

“This has been the habit of the Communist Party because they never believe in nationalism but believe in internationalism. This is too dangerous and a great betrayal of this land by the Communist movement,” Radhakrishnan said.

“Pillai shamelessly declared his fraternity with the foreign country. He is taking every advantage of the democratic setup and cultural heritage of this great land,” he said.

Why should they remain in India and fight for China against India? Instead of that, all the Marxist groups and fraternities can leave India and join China to fight against India,” he said.

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Communist China forces residents of Tianjin province into quarantine camps to prevent spread of Wuhan virus ahead of Winter Olympics

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epa08484447 Paramilitary police officers wearing protective face masks stand guard next to the closed Xinfadi market, in Fengtai district, Beijing, China, 14 June 2020. One of Beijing's largest markets, Xinfadi in Fengtai district, was shut down on 13 June, and the district placed under lockdown following the confirmation of new domestic coronavirus cases which were linked to the Xinfadi market. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY

As China is on the cusp of hosting the controversial 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, videos have now emerged wherein one can see people being hauled up and sent to concentration camps which the Communist state claims as quarantine camps in the Jinnan District in Tianjin province to prevent the spread of the Omicron virus, which is one of the variants of the Wuhan virus. 

Tianjin is only 60 miles or just over 100 kilometers from the capital city of Beijing and is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China and people in this city are forced by the Communist government to move into quarantine camps in order to prevent the mutated version of the Wuhan virus.

For China, hosting the 2022 winter Olympics is a matter of pride, and also for President Xi Jinping if the event gets postponed, it will be a huge loss of face as he tries to become the leader of the red state for life.

Already, many countries including the United States have diplomatically announced the boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over the human rights violations by China in the mostly-Muslim ethnic groups in the north-western region of Xinjiang where hundreds of thousands of Muslim men and women have been kept in re-education camps.

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Tamil Nadu: 2 arrested for selling Liquor bottles near Vriddhagiriswarar temple

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Police arrested 2 individuals for selling liquor bottles at a hotel that is built on Vriddhagiriswarar temple’s property. The hotel itself is built on the temple’s encroached land.

The SP and a team of Police officers had gone on rounds in Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore district on 16th January. They found that 2 individuals were selling Government TASMAC liquor in the hotel that was built on encroached Vriddhagiriswarar temple lands.

The Police then arrested the owner of the hotel Babu (40), and a worker Pandhalrajan (20), and detained them at the Vriddhachalam Police Station. The liquor bottles that they owned were then impounded and they were put in jail.

(With inputs from Kathir News)

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School in Telangana humiliates Hindu students, tells them to convert to Christianity to get gifts from US

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Coimbatore: Govt School Students Allege Christian Headmistress Enforced Ban On Hindu Symbols, Assaulted Girls For Minor Delays

In the Indian state of Telangana, another case of Christian proselytisation has come to light where a teacher named K Ratnam who teaches math at ZPHS Govt School told his students, to convert to Christianity to get gifts and money from the US.

According to Legal Rights Protection Forum, the school also categorised all the students on the basis of caste and imposed corporal punishment, “by forcing students to touch the feet of other students for petty issues occurred among students in the past, thereby causing harm to their dignity.

The school teacher also forced the students to remove the images of Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge for Hindus from the walls of the classroom. The teacher had even used unparliamentary language while addressing the mothers of the students.

As per reports, the police have registered an FIR under Section 295-A of IPC. However, other provisions of the IPC and Juvenile Justice Act that are relevant to the crime are not included in FIR.

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Zee Tamil uses children to spread propaganda on PM Modi, I&B MoS L. Murugan takes cognizance

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A recent video from the show Junior Super Stars (Season 4) has gone viral on social media. The show, which is aired on Zee Tamil, is one for young children to come and show case their talents, in a reality show format. Season 4 of this show has Actress Sneha, Bigg Boss fame Samyuktha and RJ Mirchi Senthil as the judges. Comedian Amudhavaanan and actress Kalyani are also part of the show as trainers, for helping and preparing the children for their respective performances.

The video that has gone viral, has two children, in King and Minister costumes. Typically acting out a scene where a King asks his Minister questions related to his governance, the two children speak about economy and politics. The children, who should not be more than 13 years of age, sarcastically take a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the BJP governance at the Centre. Here are some dialogues that the performance had:

King: The biggest setback for our country’s growth is this Black Money. I am going to announce that the old notes will no more be in use. Black Money will then be gone forever, right?

Minister: A similar incident happened in a country called ‘Sindia’. The ruler of that country also ‘idiotically’ did the same thing.

King: So, was Black Money destroyed once and for all?

Minister: Where? Black money is still in existence, because all he did was roam around in coloured Coats.

This conversation is just an example of a performance that lasts for more than 2 minutes. The children then go on to criticise the foreign visits of the Prime Minister and even a few economic decisions of the government. It is to be noted that the young child who plays the role of the Minister, should be less than 10 years old. However, he speaks most of the satirical and insulting statements against the PM.

The children surely cannot have such Political understanding and opinions of their own. It is in the hands of the trainers, i.e., Kalyani and Amudhavaanan, who have given them their script and have prepared them for their performance. All the judges and the two trainers are also seen enjoying and laughing at the performance.

Firstly, it is not appropriate to go for a sarcastic attack on the PM and the Central governance, on a regional reality TV show. Secondly, it is even more inappropriate for it to happen on a Children’s show, because it is also majorly watched by other children. It is also to be noted that this video is being shared on Twitter by opposition parties, that have varying ideologies. You can watch the full video here:

Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Annamalai, has now tweeted about the issue too. In the tweet, the leader said, “Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan had contacted me and asked me about the reality TV show in Tamil that telecast some scenes that were disrespectful to the Hon’ble PM of India. He has given an assurity to take action. My thanks to him!”

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Physically-challenged Dalit man dies hours after release from police custody; 3 police officials suspended

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In yet another incident of police brutality, a physically-challenged man belonging to the Dalit community in Salem district who was implicated in a theft case, died hours after release from police custody.

Prabhakaran (45) is a resident of the Adi Dravidar colony of Karuppur in Salem district and stays with his wife Samsala (40) and children. Both Prabhakaran and Samsala were taken into custody by police officials from Senthamangalam police station located in the adjacent Namakkal district. Prabhakaran was jailed in Salem sub-jail while his wife was lodged in the sub-jail for women.

Prabhakaran, who was in jail, was admitted in the Salem Government Hospital after his health deteriorated at the supervision of jail wardens. He reportedly got bail in the alleged theft case a few days back and was sent back home from the hospital. However, Prabhakaran died on the same night at 11:30 PM.

His mother Govindammal alleged that Prabhakaran died due to police torture. Later that morning, Govindammal and other relatives laid seige to the government hospital refusing to take Prabhakaran’s body. They along with a few cadres from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) petitioned to the Salem District Collector to take action and register a case against the police officials.

Following this, three police officials namely L. Poonkodi, Sub-Inspector of Pudhuchathiram Police Station; Contable Kulanthaivel of Thiruchengode Rural Police Station; Sub-Inspector A. Chandran of Sendamangalam Police Station have been suspended.

BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai, condemning the incident questioned the DMK government in the state asking if this government has set any goal of killing at least one person a month in Tamil Nadu due to police brutality.

He demanded that justice be done for the family and address the lacunae in the police system instead of just mere suspension of the officials and compensation for the family.

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Indian Army unveils monumental national flag at Jaisalmer

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On the occasion of Army Day, on 15 January 22, the Indian Army unveiled a Monumental National Flag of size 225 feet by 150 feet at Jaisalmer Military Station.

This flag is a befitting tribute to the Indian heritage, as it is made of hundred percent Khadi material. The hoisting of flag also commemorates the 75th year of India’s Independence being celebrated as Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

In an event organised under strict protocols, GOC of the Battle Axe Division unveiled the National Flag amidst select dignitaries who were amongst those present.

This National Flag, which is clearly visible from a distance of several kilometers, truly showcases the pride, aspirations and spirit of nationalism of our citizens. The flag hoisting was followed by national anthem and a military band display.

(Published from PIB)

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10th century Goat Head Yogini stone idol illegally removed from UP temple being returned to India

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Union Minister  of  Culture, Tourism and DONER, Shri G. Kishan has announced that a 10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh is being returned to India.  Announcing this in a tweet  today, the Culture Minister said that the repatriation of our rightful artifacts continues.

Earlier, the High Commission of India in London said that it is happy to announce the recovery and repatriation of a very special 10th century stone idol that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh in sometimes the 1980s.

The sculpture is of a goat headed Yogini that originally belonged to a group of stone deities in sandstone and installed in Lokhari temple. These had been the subject of a study by Indian scholar Vidya Dahejia on behalf of National Museum in New Delhi in 1986 which was later published under the title,  “Yogini Cult and Temples: A Tantrik Tradition.

It is learned that the said sculpture had briefly surfaced in the art market in London in 1988. In October 2021, High Commission of India received information about the finding of a goat-headed Yogini Sculpture that had matched the description of the Lokhari set, in the garden of a private residence near London.

India Pride project Singapore and Art Recovery International, London swiftly assisted High Commission of India, London in the identification and recovery of the Statue while the High Commission of India processed the requisite documentation with local and Indian authorities.

Interestingly, a similar sculpture of the buffalo-headed Vrishanana Yogini, apparently stolen from the same temple at Lokhari village had been recovered and repatriated by Embassy of India, Paris in 2013. Thee Vrishanana Yogini was installed in the National Museum, New Delhi in September 2013.

Lokhari is a small village situated in the Mau sub-division in Banda district of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh. Yoginis are a group of powerful females divinities associated with the Tantrik mode of worship. They are worshipped as a group, often 64 and are believed to possess infinite powers.

The Goat head Yogini received at the High Commission on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti has been  dispatched to the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.

(Published from PIB)

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“Our Start-ups are changing the rules of the game”: PM Modi interacts with start-up founders

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Startups today via video conferencing. The Startups gave presentations to the Prime Minister on six themes viz. Growing from Roots; Nudging the DNA; From Local to Global; Technology of Future; Building Champions in Manufacturing; and Sustainable Development. More than 150 startups were divided into six working groups for the purpose of these presentations. For each theme, there were presentations by two Startup representatives, who spoke on behalf of all the startups selected for that particular theme.

During their presentation, the startup representatives  thanked the Prime Minister for the opportunity to provide such a platform to share their ideas, and praised his vision and support to the startup ecosystem. They shared ideas and inputs on a variety of sectors and areas including robust data collection mechanism in agriculture; making India preferred agri business hub; boosting healthcare through use of technology; tackling issue of mental health; promoting travel and tourism through innovations like virtual tours; ed-tech and job identification; space sector; connecting offline retail market with digital commerce; increasing manufacturing efficiency; defence exports; promoting green sustainable products and sustainable means of transport, among others.

Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Ashwini Vaisnaw, Sarbananda Sonowal, Parshottam Rupala, G. Kishan Reddy, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Dr Jitendra Singh, Som Parkash were among those present on the occasion.

Speaking after the presentations, the Prime Minister said that organization of this Start Up India Innovation week is all the more important in this year of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav as the role of the Start Ups will be critical when Indian freedom reaches its centenary year. “I congratulate all the start-ups of the country, all the innovative youth, who are raising the flag of India in the world of start-ups. For this culture of start-ups to reach the far-flung parts of the country, it has been decided to celebrate January 16 as National Start-up Day”, the Prime Minister announced.

Recalling the concept of the current  decade as the ‘techade’ of India, the Prime Minister listed three important aspects of the massive changes that the government is making in this decade to strengthen the innovation, entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystem. First, to liberate entrepreneurship and innovation from the web of government processes, bureaucratic silos. Second, creating an institutional mechanism to promote innovation. And third, handholding of young innovators and young enterprises. He listed programmes like Startup India and Standup India as part of the efforts. Measures like removing problems of ‘angel tax’, simplification of tax procedure, arranging for government funding, allowing self certification of 9 labour and 3 environment laws and removal of more than 25 thousand compliances have taken the process further. Startup runway on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform is facilitating the provision of startup services to the government.

The Prime Minister said the Government’s effort is to institutionalize innovation in the country by creating attraction for innovation among students since childhood. More than 9000 Atal Tinkering Labs are giving children a chance to innovate in schools and work on new ideas. He added that whether it is new drone rules, or new space policy, the priority of the government is to provide opportunities for innovation to as many youth as possible. Our government has simplified the rules related to IPR registration too, he added.

The Prime Minister noted the exponential rise in the indicators of innovation. He said that in the year 2013-14, 4000 patents were approved, last year, more than 28 thousand patents were granted. In the year 2013-14, where about 70000 trademarks were registered, in 2020-21 more than 2.5 lakh trademarks have been registered. In the year 2013-14, where only 4000 copyrights were granted, last year their number has crossed 16000. The Prime Minister pointed out that India’s campaign for innovation has resulted in improvement of India’s ranking in Global innovation index where India stood at 81 rank but now India stands at 46 rank in the index.

PM Modi informed that startups of India are working with 55 separate industries and the number of startups has increased from less than 500 five years ago to more than 60 thousand today. The Prime Minister said “Our Start-ups are changing the rules of the game. That’s why I believe Start-ups are going to be the backbone of new India.” The Prime Minister noted that last year, 42 unicorns came up in the country. These companies worth thousands of crores of rupees are the hallmark of self-reliant and self-confident India. “Today India is rapidly moving towards hitting the century of the unicorns. I believe the golden era of India’s start-ups is starting now”, he added.

The Prime Minister underlined the role of empowerment by entrepreneurship in addressing the problems of development and regional-gender disparities. He mentioned that today, there is at least one startup in each of the 625 districts of the country and more than half of the startups are from tier 2 and tier 3 cities. These are converting ideas from ordinary poor families into businesses and lakhs of young Indians are getting employment.

PM Modi singled out India’s diversity as a key strength and keystone of India’s global identity. He said that Indian unicorns and startups are the messenger of this diversity. The Prime Minister said start-ups from India can easily reach other countries of the world. So “don’t just keep your dreams local, make them global. Remember this mantra- let’s Innovate for India, innovate from India”, he exhorted the innovators.

The Prime Minister suggested many areas where the startup ecosystem can play a major role. He said that extra space on the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan can be used for EV charging infrastructure. Similarly, areas like defence manufacturing, chip manufacturing offer many possibilities. He dwelled on the drone sector and said that many investors have been investing in drone startups after the new drone policy. Army, Navy and Air Force have given 500 crore rupee worth orders to drone startups. In urban planning, the Prime Minister touched upon ‘walk to work concepts’,  integrated industrial estates and smart mobility as potential areas.

The Prime Minister remarked that the millennials today are the cornerstone of both the prosperity of their families and the self-reliance of the nation. ‘From rural economy to Industry 4.0, both our needs and our potential are limitless. Investment on research and development related to future technology is the priority of the government today”, he said.

Referring to the future prospects, the Prime Minister said that as of now only half of our population is online, therefore future possibilities are immense and he appealed to the start- ups to move towards villages also. “Whether it is mobile internet, broadband connectivity or physical connectivity, aspirations of villages are rising and rural and semi-urban areas are waiting for a new wave of expansion”, he said.

The Prime Minister told the startups that this is a new era of innovation i.e. ideas, industry and investment and their labor, enterprise, wealth creation and job creation should be for India. “I am standing with you, the government is with you and the entire country is standing with you”, he concluded.

(Published from PIB)

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Police officer who investigated rape charge against Bishop Franco Mulakkal stunned with court’s verdict

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After the Kerala High Court acquitted the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar, Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Catholic Church in the nun rape case, many people expressed anguish over the verdict.

The Kerala police officer who headed the investigation against the Bishop called the decision of the Kottayam Additional Sessions Court ‘shocking’.

Former Kottayam SP Harishankar said the police probe had built a water-tight case against Bishop Franco and called the verdict as “extremely unfortunate.”

A teary-eyed Sister Anupama, who had spearheaded the protests against Bishop Franco Mulakkal and at the same time suffer the wrath of the Church said,  “We cannot believe this verdict. We will continue this fight until the day our fellow sister gets justice, even if it means we have to die. All the testimonies were in our favour so we don’t know what happened in court. We will definitely appeal in the higher court,”.

Bishop Franco Mulakkal was accused of raping a 44-year-old nun at a guest house in Kuravilangad in May 2014 and his subsequent sexual exploitations against the nun.

Former Karnataka HC Judge, Justice Michael Francis Saldanha told the Republic TV, “This is a miscarriage of justice and it’s intolerable,”.

“I am absolutely shocked and horrified because I had the opportunity to look at the case and a good amount of evidence and one of the reasons why I cannot accept this decision is because he had gone to the High Court during the investigation and asked to quash the complaint. The HC had said that there is absolutely no doubt about the evidence and charges, against that he carried the matter to Supreme Court. The High Court has seen the case and in my mind, there was absolutely zero possibility for him to get acquitted. I think the High Court must intervene in the matter and re-examine the case. This is globally shocking,” stated Michael Francis Saldanha.

According to the court, the acquittal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal was based on a variety of factors, including the victim’s conflicting version of events and the prosecution’s lack of corroborative evidence and Judge G Gopakumar single-liner “not guilty” verdict.

“This is a case in which the grain and chaff are inextricably mixed up. It is impossible to separate the grain from the chaff. There are exaggerations and embellishments in the version of the victim. She has also made every attempt to hide certain facts. It is also evident that the victim was swayed under the influence of others who had other vested interest in the matter,” the Kottayam Additional Sessions Judge G Gopakumar had written in his 289-page order, that was made available only by Friday night.

Judge Gopakumar stated in the order said, “when it is not feasible to separate truth from falsehood, when grain and chaff are inextricably mixed up, the only available course is to discard the evidence in toto,”.

It further read, “It is true that the hymen of the victim was found torn in her medical examination. But defence contends that there was a complaint against the victim, by her own cousin that she had indulged in sexual intercourse with her husband. Even if it is assumed that the complaint was a false complaint, from the mere fact that the victim’s hymen was found torn, penile penetration or forceful sexual intercourse cannot be inferred,”.

The court said the nun who had alleged rape against the powerful Bishop was inconsistent in her statements and hence “she cannot be classified as a sterling witness or a wholly reliable witness.”

The case had many other victims also and one of them is Sister Lucy Kalapura who had raised her voice in protest and that led her to be permanently expelled from the Church via a Vatican directive.

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