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Complaint against Telangana IPS officer for promoting anti-Hindu sentiment among school-children, LRPF seeks probe

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The Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF) has complained to the Centre against RS Praveen Kumar, an IPS officer and Secretary to the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society. The complaint comes after a video surfaced on social media which showed Kumar promoting anti-Hindu sentiments among children.

In the video, Kumar and others can be seen taking a pledge which insults the traditions and sentiments of the Hindu community.

Writing to Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the Department of Personnel and Training, the LRPF has sought disciplinary action against Kumar and has also demanded an investigation into a private organisation run by Kumar.

“We would hereby like to bring to your notice that Mr. RS Praveen Kumar, IPS for perpetrating anti Social activities by promoting anti Hindu ideology and corrupting the minds of children studying in schools/hostels run under the aegis of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS)”, the letter states.

The TSWREIS was set up by the Telangana government in 2014 to provide quality education to needy and deprived children and to administer the various schools, colleges and hostels which are run by the Telangana state government.

“The said IPS officer Mr. R.S. Praveen Kumar had initiated a movement called SWAEROES (Full Form: Social Welfare AEROES) which is indulging in highly enraging anti social activities by poisoning the minds of little children and the society at large in the name of upliftment of poor SC students and providing quality education. Such dubious activities in the name of welfare must stop and punitive measures must be adopted to bring such state actors working in a non-stately actor fashion to Justice in the larger interest of public peace and maintenance of Law & Order”, the complaint states.

The letter states that at an event marking the “SWAEROES Holy month” on 15 March, 2021, at Dhulikatta Village, Vadukapoor Mandal, Peddapalli District, Telangana, members of the SWAEROES and participants of the event took this pledge:

“I do not have faith in Gowri, Ganapathi or other Hindu gods. I will not worship them. I do not accept the concept of avatars of God. I will not do Sraardha Karma nor do Pinda Pradhaan. I will not do anything that is against the principles and teachings of Buddha. I will not consume alcohol. I do not believe in Rama, Krishna. I will not worship them.”

A video clip of the said function was circulated in social media showing Praveen Kumar and others taking this pledge.

“By taking the names of Gods and Goddesses belonging to a particular religion, Mr. Praveen Kumar ― who is serving as an IPS officer and holding the responsible chair as Secretary to Telangana Social Welfare Residential Schools department schools, being in a highly decisive, authorized public bureaucrat ― is openly spreading hatred against other religions in an uncalled for gesture”, the letter complains.

Incidentally, this pledge draws inspiration from the pledge taken by Dr. BR Ambedkar upon his conversion to Buddhism at Deeksha Bhoomi in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1956.

The letter further states, “The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 GENERAL 3(1) (xviii) further says: ‘Every Government servant shall at all times refrain from doing anything which is or may be contrary to any law, rules, regulations and established practices.’ The conduct of Mr. RS Praveen Kumar IPS in setting up SWAEROES organisation and carrying on hate and divisive propaganda is clear contravention of Rule No. 4 (2)(3) of Central Civil Service (Conduct) Rules 1964.”

“Mr. R.S. Praveen Kumar who is an IPS Cadre officer has been appointed as the Secretary to the TSWREIS and has been continuing in the same position and department for more than 7 years of long period which is a contravention to the general practice of Department of Personnel & Training. Besides this, he was recently promoted as Additional Director General of Police without having any experience in serving as a full time Police Officer”, the letter adds.

Complaint alleges intimidation of teachers and brainwashing of children

The letter also states that Praveen Kumar and SWAEROES have “reportedly taken complete control of hundreds of tax payer funded, government run educational institutions.”

“They allegedly intimidate the teaching and administrative staff working in these institutions, conduct regular anti-Hindu meetings with minor school/college children and plant the seeds of hatred and division in young minds. The rules of these schools/hostels are tweaked to deny holidays for Hindu festivals. Children are brainwashed and forced to take pledges not to celebrate their family faith and ancestral traditions. The parents of these children are shocked to learn of these things when children come home for holidays. Any protest against these activities are ignored and brushed aside.”

Moreover, the complaint says that as part of the Buddhist teaching forced upon them, children’s heads are regularly tonsured and that they are sent home with cleanly shaved heads.

“Children are forced to take pledges with clenched fists, in pure Nazi Hitler style. These pledges are devised by the SWAEROES team. Normal pledges taken by children across the nation on national integrity and communal harmony are not given to minor children who come under the control of SWAERO”, the LRPF has complained in its letter.

“The activities of Mr. RS Praveen Kumar and his organisation SWAEROES and their members/volunteers are allegedly stoking casteist sentiments amongst the vulnerable children and the society at large to create grounds for religious based conflicts and disruption of law and order. Forcing minor children to hate their ancestral faith and adopt a new faith is a serious violation of the fundamental rights of children as guaranteed by the Constitution of India. In addition, the activities of SWAEROES in forcing children under their custody to hate a particular set of beliefs and adopt a new set of beliefs is a clear violation of Article 14 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child”, the letter states.

“The dangerous nature of these activities become even more frightening considering that Mr. RS Praveen Kumar is an employee of a state-run institution and for the vulnerable society it may seem that his actions are backed by the state but in lawful terms his venomous actions could be deemed as institutionalized subversion of little children to serve his personal mala fide intents”, the letter goes on.

“Corrupting the minds of minor children and filling them with hatred is no less a crime than what certain religious extremists do to minor children by strapping explosives around them. In both the cases it is only those minor children and their bereaved families at a loss. Such poisoning of gullible minds will only make them into human bombs and it will be the entire society that will pay the price if people like Mr. RS Praveen Kumar are not dealt with an iron fist of law”, the letter further states.

Investigate SWAEROES and instruct police to lodge an FIR against Praveen Kumar, letter asks

The letter asks the Centre to issue directions to the concerned police department to lodge a FIR against RS Praveen Kumar for “creating enmity between different religions and castes”. It also seeks a probe on the source of finances, donors and sponsors of Kumar and his SWAEROES organisation. Furthermore, the complainant has also demanded an immediate departmental inquiry into Kumar’s prolonged stint in one single assignment and initiate stringent administrative action against him.

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IAF plans to induct fifth generation fighters into its squadrons by decade’s end

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Feature Image: Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria in 2019 | Credits: Indian Express

After approving the procurement of 83 Tejas MK2 light combat aircraft, the Modi government may approve an indigenous fifth-generation fighter programme, the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA). If this development takes off, it will boost the modernisation of the Indian Air Force (IAF) as it looks towards future challenges in air combat.

“The Indian Air Force’s modernisation map envisages the deployment of around 240 stealth fighters (six squadrons) 2032 onwards, with the stealth planes forming an important element of future air combat,” people familiar with the development said to Hindustan Times.

As per reports, the design and development of first prototypes will cost around ₹15,000 crore. The aim of the programme would be to put the stealth fighter into production by the end of this decade. If the programme runs as per plans, this will be a major step towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

“The first two squadrons will consist of the Mk-1 version of AMCA. The remaining four squadrons will be raised with a more advanced Mk-2 version with a raft of sixth-generation technologies,” said an official.

“The Mk-1 stealth fighters will be powered by American GE 414 engines, with indigenous engines likely to replace the imported power plant in the Mk 2 version. AMCA is a top focus area for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and IAF is firmly backing the project,” said another official.

At Aero India-2021 in February this year month, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said that the DRDO is looking at incorporating sixth-generation technologies in AMCA. He said that there is a possibility of equipping AMCA with directed energy weapons, superior anti-missile systems, advanced missile approach warning systems and teaming it with unmanned systems.

“It will take Indian research and development and defence manufacturing to a much higher scale in terms of technology. It is imperative that the timeline laid down for the project is practical since breakthrough technologies will be getting implemented and the IAF’s operational plans will depend on it,” said Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (retd), additional director general, Centre for Air Power Studies.

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Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh turns political liability for Shiv Sena, may resign

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Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh

Amid strong rumours that Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh might resign from his post, the controversial police officer met with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. This comes after the fallout of the arrest of encounter specialist Sachin Waze by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) over its probe into the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house.

Singh met Thackeray at his official residence ”Varsha” in Mumbai on Tuesday (16 March) night. There are also reports that in the meeting held on Monday (15 March) between Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, they discussed Singh’s dismissal, as he has now become a political liability.

As per reports published in OpIndia, Vaze reportedly revealed to NIA that top Shiv Sena leaders were involved in planting the bomb outside Mukesh Ambani’s house “Antilia”. The politicians who used the Mumbai police commissioner for their own agenda have seemingly thrown Singh under the bus and have accused him of “running his own agenda and not giving priority to politically sensitive cases, like the fake TRP scam”.

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Exploration for uranium underway in Arunachal Pradesh near Indo-China border

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Indian authorities are exploring for uranium reserves at a distance of three kilometres from the India-China border in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, reports Economic Times. The exploration was taken up in Aalo of West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, at a height of 619 meters from the ground level.

Speaking on the sidelines of a one-day seminar on ‘radiation and environment’ organised by the Indian Nuclear Society, D K Sinha, director, Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) said that the exploration for uranium had yielded positive results and further activity would continue, which would also result in mining.

“We have got the required encouragement from the Centre and have taken up the exploration. There was no possibility to do heliborne exploration because of the hills. But we walked all the way up the hills to begin the exploration,” Sinha said in Hyderabad on Monday.

Sinha added that he went to the farthest village in the Indian side of the border, Mechuka valley.

Uranium is used for producing nuclear energy, which is considered a “clean energy”. Exploration for uranium has also been taken up in the nation’s other states as well. Efforts are also being made for uranium exploration in Himachal Pradesh, while locals in Manipur have also given their nod for exploration. Work is also going in Assam, Nagaland, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Jharkhand.

“Accessibility is one reason why exploration has been taken up in Arunachal Pradesh. Secondly, the political situation has made it more conducive to take up such activity for uranium exploration,” chairman and chief executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) Dinesh Srivastava said.

Srivastava also said that NFC Kota was working to produce nuclear fuel bundles used for generating nuclear power. An amount of ₹4,200 crore was sanctioned by the Centre for the project. He stated that the project would be commissioned by the end of 2022. “We are self-sufficient in terms of fuel, technology, capacity for our nuclear power plants. In fact, we can also export if it is required,” Srivastava said. “Our quality is the best available in the world,” he said.

Lithium prospecting also gaining ground

“In Jharkhand we were exploring uranium, but also detected gold. Many other precious metals are found when we carry out exploration,” Sinha said.

Sinha added that exploration of lithium reserves is also gaining significance.

Lithium is a key element for new technologies and has applications in ceramics, glass, telecommunication and aerospace industries. The well-known uses of lithium are in lithium-ion batteries, lubricating grease, high energy additives to rocket propellants, optical modulators for mobile phones and as a converter to tritium used as a raw material for thermonuclear reactions i.e. fusion.

Preliminary surveys have shown the presence of lithium deposits in Karnataka’s Mandya district.

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Karnataka Wakf Board restricts use of loudspeakers in mosques between 10 PM and 6 AM

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The Karnataka State Wakf Board has issued a circular restricting the use of loudspeakers in the state’s mosques and dargahs between 10 PM and 6 AM.

In a circular dated March 9, 2021, the board cited the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, and said that loudspeakers used during daytime shall adhere to ambient air quality standards in respect of noise. The circular was issued by the board’s Chief Executive Officer to the managements of the mosques and dargahs in the state.

The managements were instructed to use loudspeakers only for azan and important announcements such as death, timing of burial, and sighting of the moon, during daytime.

The circular added that owing to the increasing use of loudspeakers, generators and public address systems, the increasing ambient noise level around several mosques and dargahs has an ill-effect on the health and psychological well-being of people.

The circular noted that it was “heartening” that a few of the mosques were adhering to the rules scrupulously. It stated that “paramount importance” is attached by Islam to harmonious and sustainable protection of natural environment.

Congregational namaz, Friday sermons, religious, and socio-cultural and knowledge-based functions shall be held with speakers installed on the religious premises. Noise governing apparatus may be installed in the institution in consultation with local environment officers. No sound-emitting fire-crackers shall be burnt in or around the mosque or dargah, the circular added.

The circular also asked the managements to discourage beggary on the premises and instead organise counselling or philanthropic measures.

The issue concerning the use of loudspeakers by mosques has been raised several times over the past years across the country. Last year, the Mumbai police had issued a notice to a woman for requesting neighbouring mosque authorities to lower the volume of the loudspeaker that blared the azan. The woman, identified as Karishma Bhosale, had visited a nearby mosque to convince the authorities to lower the volume of the azan that blared through a loudspeaker installed right in front of her window. Instead, she was heckled by the mosque authorities and was issued a notice by the police.

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Rajnath Singh: Will keep our promise on Uniform Civil Code

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Union minister for defence and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rajnath Singh on Monday (15 March) said that the party is committed to fulfilling its promise on the Uniform Civil Code just as in the case of Ram Mandir, Article 370 and Triple Talaq issue, reports Times of India.

Singh said, “Whenever we talked of Ram Mandir, people poked fun at us and said we did not have any other issue to talk about. We fulfilled our promise on Article 370 and Triple Talaq. We will do what we have said about common civil code also.”

He categorically stated that the common civil code would not be against any faith or religion. “It will not be against Hindus, Muslims or Christians.” Our politics is about humans and humanity, ”he said.

Singh was categorical when said that if the BJP did not deliver on its promises, it will lead to a trust deficit with the people and said, “The Ram Janmabhoomi movement brought a turnaround for the BJP because the party won people’s trust. They started believing that BJP could also form the Government.”

Singh was speaking at BJP’s state executive committee meeting in Lucknow, where he said, “When Atalji was president of Jan Sangh, nobody could imagine that we would form a Government. We have the slogan ‘chappa chappa bhajapa’. Today that slogan has become a reality.”

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“We are not 3.5%, we are 35% of the population”: Christian preacher in TN

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A video going viral on social media shows a pastor aggressively proclaiming that those who convert to Christianity and do not identify themselves as Christians should come forward and openly identify themselves as Christians.

In the video, a pastor speaks passionately about his religion, saying ‘throw away all privileges and jobs and come out and declare yourself a Christian. As the government says, 3.5% of the total population are Christians in India. The truth is, we are 35% of the total population’. This video is becoming viral on social media.

It is to be noted that Christian and Muslim organizations have come together to declare in all public meetings that those who support their religion should vote for those who serve Muslim and Christian interests (respectively).

Earlier in February, a Christian pastor and a self-proclaimed ‘Bishop’ named Godfrey Noble said that government records won’t give the actual Christian population and emphasized that 35% of the population (2.75 crore voters) are Christians.

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Arizona girl joins university at 12, aspires to join NASA at 16

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Alena Wicker, a young woman from the United States, has made headlines after she got selected to be a part of NASA, all of 16 years old. Alena, from the state of Arizona in the United States, has already completed her entire high school through homeschooling. She is also set to begin her college education at Arizona State University later this year.

The 12-year-old is confident she will be working at NASA by the time she is 16 years old. Currently, she plans to study astronomy,  planetary science and chemistry. In a video she posted online, she said, “I will fly one of those future spaceships by the time I graduate from college. It doesn’t matter what your age or what you plan to do. Dream for it and then accomplish it.” Alena said she was inspired by NASA after seeing NASA’s rover land on Mars after perseverance recently.

Alina’s ability to learn things quickly was first noticed by her mother, Daphne McCarter. After noticing that her daughter learned the whole school curriculum quickly, she realised that her daughter was a prodigy. “At the age of 4, Alena told me I was going to work for NASA and I was going to go there. Alina would point to the stars. She naturally had the ability for numbers and logos and science. So I started to develop that skill,” Daphne said.

Now, 12-year-old Alena plans to start a podcast to create her profile for a NASA job with a college course. Michael Gurney holds the record for the youngest person to graduate from college. It is noteworthy that he was just 10 years old when he received his bachelor’s degree in anthropology.

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Tamil Nadu: Thousand year old Vishnu temple in ruins

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Karivaratharaja Perumal temple present in the Kumaralingam area near Udumalai Bodipatti, is atleast thousand years old. The temple had been in good condition till a few years ago but is now in a state of despair. The people of the area have demanded that the temple be repaired immediately as it is on the verge of collapsing.

The idols in the temple were also found buried in the ground. The elders of the area said that the idol was left in the field next to it due to the weight of the idol when some people tried to steal it.

The people of the area have lamented that the thousand-year-old history of this temple is now buried in the soil. Also, a few people who came to research the temple a few years ago broke down the front door and went inside to do research. Residents claim that the front door of the temple was damaged by these researchers.

The residents have demanded the Archaeological Survey of India that action be taken to uncover the historical facts buried in the temple and that the temple be restored to its former glory.

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“Strict action to be taken against officials if manual scavengers die inside the sewage tunnel”: Madras HC

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The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to file a criminal case against the corporation commissioners involved in the deaths while cleaning the sewers and clarified that arrests will be made.

In Tamil Nadu, a case was filed in the Madras High Court seeking an injunction restraining people from descending on sewers and septic tanks and providing adequate compensation to workers who died due to poisonous gas during the cleaning process. The last time the case came up for hearing, local bodies were ordered to report on whether the work of hiring people to clean the sewers was being done by contractors.

When the case came up for hearing again on Tuesday in a session chaired by Chief Justice Sanjeev Banerjee, the Tamil Nadu government said it had sought details from various corporations and municipalities and should be given an opportunity to compile the details and file a report.

The petitioner contended that no charges have been filed in the incidents and cases related to the victim of poison gas attack while cleaning the sewers and no compensation has been paid to many of the relatives of the victims. Further, an additional petition was filed on behalf of the petitioner stating that as of February 2021, six deaths had occurred. The judges, who were dissatisfied with the government’s failure to file a report, said the case had been pending since 2017, and that the inhumane practice of men going down and cleaning sewers should be stopped.

The judges said it was time for the corporation and the municipal commissioners to be held accountable for the deaths caused by human involvement in sewers and septic tanks. The commissioners also ordered the government to clarify. The judges also adjourned the hearing for three weeks, ordering the secretary of the municipal administration and drinking water supply department to file a report on the steps taken to stop the practice of landing people in the sewers and to expedite the investigation of cases related to deaths.

Further, the judges ordered to ensure that the relatives of the victim workers were given proper compensation and to file a report to that effect.

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