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Under UPA-2, 38000 sq km along LAC were illegally occupied by China

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The Commune
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Responding to BJP MP YS Chowdary’s question in the Rajya Sabha on the details of land illegally occupied by China and Pakistan, the then Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed of the UPA admitted that the 38000 sq km of were occupied by the Chinese.

Reports also say that, China had grabbed 640 sq km of Indian territory in Eastern Ladakh soon after the then UPA government signed nine agreements with the country.

The then Minister had said “Pakistan has been an illegal and forcible occupation of approximately 78000 sq km. of  Indian Territory in Jammu and Kashmir. China continues to be in illegal occupation of approximately 38000 sq kilometers in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In addition, under so-called Sino Pakistan Boundary agreement of 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5180 sq km of Indian territory in PoK to China”

This comes against the backdrop of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s continued attack on Prime Minister Modi on the Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian soldiers were martyred.

Lashing out Rahul Gandhi, BJP President JP Nadda shared a timeline of Congress’ questionable association with China.

A picture of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi seemingly signing a deal in 2008 with Communist Party of China in the presence of current Chinese President Xi Jinping has surfaced on social media.

Chennai witness highest number of cyber-attacks in India: K7 Security

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The Commune
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According to K7 Lab’s “Cyber Threat Monitor Report”, Chennai recorded the highest number of cyberattacks in the country during the Q4 2019-20. Chennai stood at 42%, followed by Patna at 38% and Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata at 35% each as per the report.

Threat actors continued to exploit vulnerabilities in outdated software and operating systems in this quarter. Windows XP and Windows 7 has been identified as the most at risk as Microsoft has stopped providing updates and patches to these versions.

Since SMEs in Tier-I cities, are still ill-equipped to handle cyberattacks, threat actors predominantly targeted SMEs by exploiting vulnerabilities caused by the sudden shift to working from home.

A newly discovered vulnerability – CVE-2020-3142, has been identified that lets a user join password protected meetings without a password in Cisco’s Webex.

Among Tier-I cities, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata recorded the highest rate of infections, while among the Tier-II cities, Patna registered the highest infection rate at 38% followed by Guwahati, Jammu and Bhubaneswar.

“SMEs and SOHOs must invest more in ensuring the safety of their IT infrastructure. We are seeing an increasing trend of threat actors targeting enterprises with complex viruses, Trojans, and even ransomware” said the report.

The company predicts that the number of COVID-19 themed attacks and complex Trojan attacks will continue to increase in the next quarter. To help mitigate these threats, K7 Computing advised people to keep their systems updated with the latest patches, avoid using pirated software, install and use a reputed antivirus product.

Mother who sold her own child arrested

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The Commune
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An incident of a mother selling her own child for cash was reported in Tirunelveli district a few days back.

Ganapathy, a native of Alangulam had a dispute with his wife Roseline who along with her child left to live alone at her native place in Veeraganallur. Ganapathy had gone to meet his wife and child after 3 months. He was alarmed by the fact that the child wasn’t there. Roseline had made conflicting statements and told that the child was kidnapped. Ganesan then went on to file a complaint with the police.

When police inquired Roseline, she confessed to have sold the baby with the help of her relative N Suresh (30) to one Kumar (39) of Pallakkal for ₹50,000.

The child was handed over to multiple people during the period and was traced to a couple in Tirupur district. The child was rescued on Tuesday (June 23).

Sources say that the mother received ₹ 50,000 and nearly ₹1.7 lakh was transacted in total as a part of the deal to sell the child

Six persons, including the mother Roseline , Suresh, Kumar, Parakkathnisha, one Mookkammal (40) of Vellanguli, and one M Kannan (38) of Vickramasingapuram were arrested by the police for illegally selling her child to a person.

After Galwan faceoff, China tries to open up new fronts along Ladakh

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The Commune
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India Today has reported that Chinese People’s Liberation Army have started to mobilise its troops to the east of Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) and Depsang Sectors after Galwan face-off.

New camps and vehicle tracks were spotted in the region at the start of the month while a Chinese camp is present to the east of DBO since 2016.

Similarly, the Indian Army has anticipated that China may open a new front in Depsang – the sector which it used as an incursion point in 2013.

In late May to counter China’s movements, India had mobilised in Depsang and a similar deployment was carried out by the army in Daulat Beg Oldie.

Even after talks of disengagement and settling the issue via talks, it has been observed that China continues its military build-up along the various points of LAC.

Satellite images show that Chinese have again erected structures near the June 15-16 faceoff area (PP 14) when the camps were destroyed.

For the first time, RSS will officially participate in Harela festival of Uttarakhand

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The Commune
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will officially participate in the Harela (tree plantation) festival in Uttarakhand to be held in July. The organization sought permission from the state forest department for the same with the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Jairaj giving approval for the same. Prant Sanyojak (environment wing head of the RSS) expressed his delight and said that around 2500 Pryavaran Praharis (environmental conservationists) in 13 districts of Uttarakhand who will not just plant the saplings but also nurture them. He added that they will focus more on medicinal plants like Tulsi, Giloy, etc., that will help in making available medicines for corona virus.

Around 1.25 lakh saplings of indigenous and native species will be planted and not exotic ones.

8 Lok Sabha members and 2 Rajya Sabha members to be conferred Sansad Ratna 2020

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The Commune
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Eight sitting members from the Lok Sabha members and two sitting members of the Rajya Sabha will be presented the Sansad Ratna Awards 2020 under various categories, based on their performance during the first year of the 17th Lok Sabha, the Prime Point Foundation said on Wednesday.

Apart from individual MPs, the Departmental Related Standing Committee on Agriculture headed by P.C. Gaddigoudar (BJP MP from Bagalkot, Karnataka) has been chosen for the Sansad Ratna Awards 2020 for their performance in the 17th Lok Sabha.

The Prime Point Foundation has been awarding top performing Members of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha with the Sansad Ratna award since 2010 following the suggestion of former President late A. P. J.Abdul Kalam.

The first edition of the Sansad Ratna Award was launched in the year 2010 by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

Supriya Sule, the NCP MP from Baramati, Maharashtra was selected for the Sansad Ratna Award 2020 for her overall performance in initiating debates, the number of questions asked and the Private Members Bills in the 1st year of the 17th Lok Sabha.

MP from Dhule, Maharashtra Subhash Ramrao Bhamre (BJP), Maharashtra’s Nandurbar MP Heena Gavi (BJP), and Shirur MP Amol Ramsing Kolhe (NCP) will be receiving the Sansad Ratna Award 2020 for Questions, Women and First-time MPs categories respectively.

Congress MP representing Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey representing Godda, Jharkhand, Ajay Misra of BJP representing Kheri, Uttar Pradesh and Ram Mohan Naidu of TDP representing Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh have been nominated for the ”Jury Committee Special Award” for their overall qualitative performance and individual efforts, the statement said.

The Members of the Rajya Sabha who have been nominated for the award based on their overall performance during the first year, coinciding with the Lok Sabha are Vishambhar Prasad Nishad belonging to the Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh) and Chhaya Verma of Congress (Chhattisgarh).

The category of honouring the sitting MPs of the Rajya Sabha has been introduced this year.

According to Prime Point Foundation, Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJD, Cuttack, Odisha), Supriya Sule (NCP, Baramati, Maharashtra) and Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Maval, Maharashtra) will be receiving the coveted ”Sansad Maha Ratna Award” for their sustained qualitative performance in the 16th Lok Sabha. This Award is presented once in five years.

The awardees were selected by a three member Jury Committee chaired by Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.

The other two members are parliamentarians N. K. Premachandran and Shrirang Appa Barne.

All the three Jury Members have been outstanding Parliamentarians and recipients of the Sansad Ratna Awards in the previous Lok Sabha.

According to Meghwal, recognition and performance review of parliamentarians by the civil society helps strengthen democracy.

He also said the people after electing the parliamentarians and legislators have a moral responsibility to monitor their performance.

The date of the awards presentation event will be announced later once normalcy comes back after Covid-19 pandemic, K. Srinivasan, Chairman of the Prime Point Foundation and Sansad Ratna Awards Committee said.

Mollywood set to whitewash Moplah riots, film glorifying Variyamkunnath to be made

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The Commune
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Popular actor Prithviraj on Sunday (June 22) took to Facebook to announce his next project titled “Variyamkunnan”. Sharing the posters of the Malayalam movie he hailed Variyamkunnath as a person who “stood up against an empire that ruled a quarter of the world”.

https://www.facebook.com/PrithvirajSukumaran/posts/3034888606566183

The film directed by Aashiq Abu, of Virus (2019) fame, is about the controversial Muslim leader of the Moplah community who is considered as person responsible for the massacre of thousands of Hindus in Kerala during the Moplah riots that happened in 1921.

The movie is considered as an attempt to whitewash the image of Variyamkunnan by portraying as a freedom fighter.

Who was Variyamkunnan?

Chakkiparamban Variyamkunnathu Kunjahammed Haji aka Variyamkunnathu / Variyamkunnan was a Muslim leader who proclaimed himself as Sultan of Eranad. He led the Moplah riots where Muslims looted, plundered and killed thousands of Hindus living in the Malabar region. The riots initially targeted against the British and jenmis (Hindu landlords), took a communal turn and became an episode of Hindu genocide. The areas of Ernad and Valluvanad were declared as Caliphates. Around 2500 Hindus were slaughtered, atleast 26000 fled as refugees, atleast 2500 forcibly converted, sexually assaulted, along with the destruction of more than 100 Hindu temples.

The bloody riots were spearheaded by Khilafat leaders like Ali Musliyar, Kunhi Kadir and Variankunnath Kunhammad Haji.

Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar in his book Pakistan or Partition of India called the Malabar riots as “blood curdling atrocities committed by the Moplas against the Hindu”. He said “All over Southern India, a wave of horrified feeling had spread among the Hindus of every shade of opinion, which was intensified when certain Khilafat leaders were so misguided as to pass resolutions of congratulations to the Moplas on the brave fight they were conducting for the sake of religion”.

Swami Shraddhanand described the riots as “wholesale killing of Hindus and burning of Hindu homes and the forcible conversion to Islam”

When Stalin tried to Face App – Details Inside

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The Commune
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MK Stalin’s recent photos on his social networks have not only raised the eyebrows of many, but have also become a topic of discussion for netizens.

Netizens observed that the DMK President’s hair style has undergone significant changes with pitch black wavy hair in areas which earlier didn’t have any. It seems like the Stalin has put on a wig to cover his bald head.

This has triggered a storm on social media with hilarious memes flooding with the hashtag #புதுவிக்குக்குவாழ்த்துக்கள் (Best wishes for the new wig)

Netizens are wondering if this is part of the ‘strategy’ suggested by Prashant Kishore and the IPAC team.

ADMK Spokesperson Maruthu Alaguraj tweeted in Tamil saying “The government is tirelessly working to reduce the death toll at a time due to corona virus while the Opposition Leader is busy increasing the proportion of hair on his head”.

Raj Satyen, the Secretary of the Madurai Zone ADMK IT Wing tweeted in Tamil “Looks won’t change your losses. Is this even necessary during these corona times? Anyway, let us all wish him. Best wishes for the new wig”.

TN BJP Youth Wing Vice President too took a dig at the DMK President asking if the mother party Dravidar Kazhagam that derogated Madurai Meenakshi Temple would question the DMK President Stalin for indulging in expensive hair styling in corona times.

Here are some of the other funny memes that are doing the rounds on social media.

https://twitter.com/Atharva15585874/status/1275766679117520896

Panic in bus after passenger gets confirmed COVID positive in the middle of the journey

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The Commune
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Panic struck among the passengers and the bus driver and conductor as a couple who were travelling in the bus received a phone call from the state health department that they tested positive for corona virus.

The couple had boarded a bus at Kadampuliyur to go to Neyveli. Within few minutes, they received a call. When the officials asked about where they were, the couple informed that they were in a bus travelling to Neyveli. The officials asked the phone be given to the bus driver. The couple gave the phone to the conductor who was informed about the couple testing positive for the virus. He was told to stop the bus immediately and drop the couple then and there and assured that an ambulance would pick them up from the spot.

As the conductor informed the couple and brought the bus to a halt, panic stricken passengers tried to flee the bus through the other door. The conductor who had received the phone from the couple was also sweating with fear. The bus driver immediately drove to the Vadalur workshop where the bus was disinfected thoroughly. The other passengers have been asked to quarantine themselves.

It is important that those who undergo testing for corona to quarantine themselves till results come. However, despite repeated advisories and warnings from the government people keep flouting norms thereby increasing the spread.

“The World owes the Soviet Union a debt of Gratitude” : says Putin at 75th Victory Day Parade

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Vaibavi Jayakumar
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the 75th Victory Day Parade through Moscow’s Red Square on Tuesday, which marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Addressing the gathering in Moscow, he said that the world owed the Soviet Union a debt of gratitude for having defeated the Nazi German force in World War II.

“It is impossible even to imagine what the world would be if the Red Army hadn’t come to defend it”, Putin said, adding that the Soviet “freed European countries from invaders, put an end to the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust, saved the German people from Nazism, from its deadly ideology”.

He also urged the millions of Russians who were watching his televised address to remember the sacrifices made by the Soviet Union and how the majority of the burden against Nazi Germany had been on their shoulders.

The Victory Day Parade was postponed for the first time in years because of the coronavirus pandemic.  This was then rescheduled, after the lockdown measures were eased in the country.

Notably, Rajnath Singh, India’s Defence Minister took part in the Victory Day celebrations. As an expression of solidarity, the tri-service contingent of the Indian Armed Forces participated in the parade, and marched at the Red Square. The Indian Army contingent is one of the armed forces to participate in this parade, along with 11 other countries, including China.

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