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Man who converted to Hinduism from Islam receives death threats

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Qasim, a man who converted from Islam to Hinduism, has reportedly received death threats. Qasim, who married a Hindu woman 8 years ago, said he had received death threats from members of the Muslim community after converting to Hinduism. Following this, Qasim has filed a petition with the police seeking protection. Police have registered a case based on this and said that security has been provided to Qasim’s house in Aligarh.

“My name was Qasim and after I converted, people from Muslim community are threatening to kill me & my family. I need police protection.” he was quoted saying in a report by ANI.

Qasim got married in 2013 to a Hindu woman named Anita Kumari. The two fell in love when Qasim’s father rented a shop from Anita’s father. The married couple has two children, 7-year-old Kasifa and 4-year-old Ayas. The couple got married despite the opposition from the woman’s family. Qasim, who lives in Aligarh, and his family have been receiving threats since then. He says they had not received any kind of affirmation even after informing the district administration about this. His wife, Anita, said he never forced her to convert or forbid her from following Hindu rituals despite him being a Muslim.

Qasim had decided to change his religions to Hinduism eight years after his marriage. He changed his name to Karam Veer Singh after converting to Hinduism at one of the Arya Samaj centers. He tried to convert legally and applied to the magistrate but for several days there was no action. Later, he  with the help of the Arya Samaj he successfully completed his transition. He said that he was attracted to Hinduism because of his wife’s rituals and therefore he wanted to convert.

Pooja Devi, the first woman bus driver of J&K

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Pooja Devi has shattered the glass ceiling by becoming the first-ever female bus driver in Jammu and Kashmir. She had to put up and arduous struggl to become a bus driver as she faced a lot of resistance from her family and society in realising her dream. The woman, who is in her thirties said that she learned truck driving from her maternal uncle Rajinder Singh.

Being the mother of three children, Pooja Devi ferried passengers on Jammu-Kathua route for the first time on Thursday (December 24). “I always wanted to become a bus or truck driver. I used to see myself driving heavy vehicles in my dreams. I belong to a very poor family. My father was a farmer. My family wasn’t able to educate me but I decided to take up driving as a career,” said Pooja Devi while speaking to India Today TV.

While narrating her struggle, she said that it was not an easy task to become a bus driver. She had to face many hurdles including opposition from her family and husband. “My husband was initially against my decision to become a driver. He told me that driving is not a good profession for women. But I told him that I want to pursue my dreams,” she said.

She was accompanied by her younger son as she drove through the Kathua route. Several top politicians, including Union Minister Jitendra Singh, shared her picture on Twitter and wrote, “Proud to have from district Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, the first woman bus driver Pooja Devi”.

Ancient food stall unearthed in Pompeii

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A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, revealing dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city. Two years after it was first partly unearthed, archaeologists began to excavate the interior of the shop this October. Last week, they found food and drink residue that is expected to provide fresh clues about the ancient population’s culinary tastes.

The front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes, some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold, such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside down. “This is an extraordinary find. It’s the first time we are excavating an entire termopolium,” Massimo Ossana, director of the Pompeii archaeological park was quoted saying in a report.

The research team also found remains of pigs, goats, snails and fish in one earthernware pot. Some of the ingredients were found to be cooked together rather than alone.

Plant and animal specialists are still analyzing remains from the site, with its counter frescoed with a figure of an undersea nymph astride a horse. Images of two upside-down mallards and a rooster, whose plumage was painted with the typical vivid color known as Pompeiian red, also brightened the eatery and likely served to advertise the menu.

Osanna also noted that the food stall seems to have been closed in a hurry and abandoned by its owners.

Pompeii is a town to southeast of Naples which is believed to be home to nearly 13,000 people before it was burnt to ash after a deadly volcanic eruption. Archaeologists started uncovering the buried town near 1750, and as of now about two-thirds of the town has been uncovered.

Andhra Pradesh: Police Constable carries elderly pilgrim for 6 km

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Sheikh Arshad, a police constable from Andhra Pradesh is winning hearts online after he carried an elderly woman for 6 km on his back while she was struggling to get medical aid after she fainted on her way to Tirumala hills. Arshad however felt that there was nothing great in what he did and that he thought of his mother and wanted to help her. “There’s nothing great in what I did. It was just my duty, and service to Lord Venkateswara,”, he was quoted saying in a report.

Arshad has been appreciated by Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Gautam Sawang, and Kadapa District Superintendent of Police (DSP) KKN Anburajan, and many others for his kind act. The DGP said it was “an inspirational act reflecting his devotion to duty”.

She got timely medical assistance in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district. This wonderful act of humanity that possibly saved her life. The 58-year-old woman, who had high blood pressure and an ankle weakened from surgery, lost consciousness while walking the 18-km-long steep pathway that leads to Andhra Pradesh’s famous Tirumala Temple.

After six kilometres, a car from a former MLA reached the nearest motorable road and took the woman to a hospital. The policeman was appreciated widely, including by top Andhra Pradesh police officer Gautam Sawang, for his sense of duty.

Kamal Haasan party’s general secretary A Arunachalam quits and joins BJP

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In a huge setback for actor turned politician and leader of Makkal Needhi Maiam, Kamal Haasan, his party’s general secretary A Arunachalam on Friday (25 December) resigned from the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Arunachalam, an active office-bearer of the MNM and an important figure in Tamil Nadu politics had been associated with Haasan led MNM from the beginning in 2018 and his exit from MNM comes as a setback to Kamal’s party with the state gearing up for elections.  

According to Arunachalam, his reason for leaving MNM was his disagreement over farm sector reforms as he had supported the three farm sector reform legislation introduced by PM Modi. He joined the BJP on Friday in the presence of Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.

He felt it was necessary to quit MNM because of Haasan’s stand against the laws which, the former emphasized, are beneficial to the farmers. He also said that MNM’s claim as a centrist party had also changed.

Arunachalam stated that he had reasoned with Hassan regarding these laws and had asked to look beyond party politics because of the government initiative aimed at helping farmers, however, the party still decided to oppose the farm laws, he added.

“Heads will be chopped”: BJP’s CT Ravi warns PFI for laying siege to the office of BJP MP Kateel

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BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi on December 26 warned the Popular Front of India (PFI) that their “heads and tails will have to be chopped off” if they continue with their wild run.

He said that PFI received illicit money worth hundreds of crores of rupees to organise the anti-CAA protests, and that the Enforcement Directorate was investigating the matter. “India is not your playground to conduct terrorist and anarchic activities. Investigations will go on to find the sources of all the money coming from overseas to fund terrorism in the country”, he added.

Ravi was speaking to reporters after the incident where members of the PFI had laid siege to the office of BJP State President and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel.

PFI is an extremist Islamic organisation, which is often accused for its alleged involvement in terrorist and anti-social activities by various national agencies. Earlier this year, the state governments of Uttar Pradesh and Assam had approached the Ministry of Home Affairs seeking a ban on the outfit.

Navy Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt becomes first woman to command US aircraft carrier

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Navy Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt became the first woman to command a US Navy aircraft carrier and has been assigned to take command on the USS Abraham Lincoln this summer. Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt is one of six officers recommended to command a nuclear-powered carrier in fiscal 2022. Also selected for the job were Capts. Colin Day, David Duff, Brent Gaut, David-Tavis Pollard and Craig Sicola.

“I am incredibly honoured and humbled to be selected,” Bauernschmidt said in a statement. “I love leading sailors and I take that responsibility extremely seriously.”

Bauernschmidt previously served as the USS Lincoln’s executive officer — another first for a woman — from 2016-2019. After leaving the Lincoln, Bauernschmidt served as the commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego, a command she left in October. In 2016 Bauernschmidt was the first woman to serve as executive officer of a nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Bauernschmidt’s 1994 USNA graduating class was the first whose women were allowed to serve aboard combatant ships and aircraft. A native of Milwaukee, Wisc., she earned her naval aviator wings in 1996, according to her biography. She has tallied more than 3,000 flight hours in naval aircraft.

USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego earlier this year, and she is currently pier side for the long period of routine maintenance and training between carrier deployments.

China’s CRRC Yongji Electric Ltd kicked out from bidding process to manufacture Vande Bharat trains

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In a blow to China, the Indian Railways has dismissed a joint bid of Beijing based CRRC Yongji Electric Ltd and India’s Pioneer Fil-Med Ltd for the 1,800 crores worth manufacturing of 44 Vande Bharat trainsets,Times of India reports.

As per the law, companies that have beneficial ownership in countries sharing land borders with India are mandated to get registered before they participate in public procurement contracts.

Though CRRC-Pioneer Electric India had applied for the same and had even submitted their bids earlier this year, the continuing standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) attracted criticism, leading to the tender getting cancelled on “technical ground”.

To ensure such situation do not accor again the ministry altered the conditions for tender and fixed a minimum local content of 75 per cent to convert it into an indigenous tender.

Eventually offers made by BHEL and Medha Servo Drives are the only one that fulfils the criteria.

J&K: 4G ban extended till Jan 8; Udhampur and Ganderbal exempted

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The Jammu and Kashmir administration issued an order on Friday extending the ban on 4G services in Jammu and Kashmir till January 8.

The restriction on high-speed internet services has been in place since August 5, 2019 due to security reasons. This was when the Union Government had scrapped Articles 370 and 35A, and Jammu and Kashmir transitioned from a State to a Union Territory on October 31 of last year.

Earlier, the ban on 4G services was to end after December 25. However, the new order by the administration has extended the ban, except in the districts of Udhampur and Ganderbal, which have been exempted from any internet speed-related restrictions.

The recent order indicated the possibility of a large number of terrorists infiltrating from across the border and said that curbs on high-speed internet has blocked their attempts to do so.

Meanwhile, National Conference (NC) patriarch and People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) chief Farooq Abdullah requested the Centre to restore 4G services immediately. He added that the people of Kashmir — especially students and business people — were suffering due to the curbs on internet-speed. “When the Prime Minister is talking about 5G, we do not even have 4G. This should be restored as quickly as possible,” he said.

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approves ‘anti-Love Jihad’ Bill; to be tabled in Assembly

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In what is being seen as a big move by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the MP cabinet has okayed the “Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020” on December 26. This was done in a special cabinet meet chaired by CM Chouhan.

Under this new bill, forced conversion of a minor, woman or a person from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, would draw a minimum jail term of 2 to 10 years with a minimum penalty of ₹50,000.

“Under the new Bill, forcing religious conversion on someone will attract 1-5 yrs of imprisonment and a minimum Rs 25,000 fine,” said Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra.

When passed in the Assembly and approved by the governor, Madhya Pradesh would become the third BJP-ruled state to implement laws against “love jihad”, after Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel promulgated the law in November three days after the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet cleared the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020. Himachal Pradesh this week implemented acts against conversions by force, inducement or through marriages solemnised for the sole purpose of adopting a new religion. Although the bill had been passed by the Assembly last year, only recently had it received the governor’s assent.

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