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Massive conspiracy by Christian missionary NGO to show India in bad light unearthed

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The Commune
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Persecution Relief, an organization claiming to help ‘persecuted’ Christians in India has been working clandestinely and carrying out anti-national activities.

This organization has been gathering details about crimes across the country where the victims are Christians, collating them, and preparing periodical reports which are then shared with various lobbying organizations in the USA and evangelist organizations across the world.

They primarily collect data of skirmishes between Christian missionaries who go for proselytization in villages and the locals there, in an attempt to make a case for alleged ‘persecution’ of Christians in India.

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While this activity of documenting crimes is a legitimate one, what is to be noted is that the so-called incidents of alleged crimes of ‘persecution’ are isolated incidents which are given a communal colour and presented before the international audience to portray India as an ‘intolerant’ nation and to tarnish the image of Hindus globally as they label innocent citizens of the country who resist Christian conversions as ‘religious fanatics’. It has been found that reports of reputed newspapers/sites and police reports differ vastly from the rhetoric peddled by Persecution Relief. Analysis conducted by Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF) on 8 cases of alleged ‘persecution’ as reported to international agencies by Persecution Relief, concluded that most of them are everyday crimes and not hate crimes. Some of the cases were tussles between local villagers and Chrisitian evangelists who had come to proselytize.

Modus Operandi

Persecution Relief has been set up by one Shibu Thomas from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the organizations involved in the collection of information on incidents of alleged ‘Christian persecution’ in India and submitting it to various international organizations including the United States Council on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a body of Christian Crusaders, waging a religious war stealthily on native religions and cultures.

According to Shibu, they have a network of 300 Whatsapp groups organized district wise in 28 states, as well as district-wise and state-wise co-ordinators. With around 50,000 members representing most of the churches in India, this organized group breaks the news of ‘attacks on Christians’ and ‘arrest of Christians’.

They have a toll-free helpline for reporting incidents of ‘persecution’ of Christians. It publishes ‘persecution reports’ which are then utilized by Christian organizations like the Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America (FIACONA). The official website of FIACONA carries the punch line ‘Pray for a Persecuted Church’. This data is then used to lobby with US Politicians, Church organizations to classify India as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ and push for sanctions against India.

So far, they have documented 2,200+ instances of so-called ‘persecution of Christians’ since the year 2016 and have reported to both politicians belonging to the Congress party in India and international agencies.

They also support the church through political, judicial and financial interventions.

Conspiracy to spoil India’s global reputation

Incalculable damage has been done to the prestige and image of India in the eyes of the international world through the notorious attempts of Persecution Relief, a Christian missionary NGO that is out to destroy native culture and religions.

It is to be noted that Persecution Relief has been taken into cognizance by US Law Makers and members of United States Council on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a body of Christian Crusaders, waging a religious war stealthily on native religions and cultures. As a result, India has been branded as a “Country of Particular Concern” with respect to religious minority rights.

In its report for the year 2020, the USCIRF put India in the same league as China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and other countries where there is zilch freedom of religion. Amongst several reasons cited in its report, one of the reasons cited is the jump in Christian persecution in India.

In 2019, India was rated “10th most dangerous country for Christians to live”, by UK & US-based monitoring group named Open Doors. The same monitoring group had ranked India 28th in 2014. This group was also influenced by the reports of Persecution Relief.

Isolated incidents portrayed as hate crimes

Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF), a legal activism organization working in the area of Scheduled Caste and Tribal communities rights has analyzed 8 cases of alleged ‘persecution’ as reported to International agencies by Persecution Relief. However, most have them are isolated incidents of crime that have been given a communal twist to blame the Hindus.

Click here for the list of cases analyzed by LRPF.

Exposing their recent webinar

In a webinar named “FIACONA Webinar November 2020” held on 17th November 2020, the members of FIACONA expressed their satisfaction at getting India included in the top 14 countries, moving from 28 in 2015 to top 10 in the persecution of minorities but regretted that they could not get sanctions imposed on India by the US government.

Ironically, while the topic of the webinar was ‘Hate Crimes against Christians in India’, one of the speakers  Valson Abraham (President of Indian Pentecostal Church) was gloating over how ‘in one state they have grown from 300 to 1800 churches in 10 years’ and there were ‘4th generation of churchgoers’. He was also excited about the ‘huge jump in the number of Christians in the state of Punjab’ and then went on to spell out strategies for fulfilling the ‘Great Commission’ and ‘reaching out to the world’s largest unreached population’ words which in plain English mean evangelism and conversion of non-Christians into Christianity through ‘spreading the Gospel’ and ‘church planting’.

Valson Abraham also stated that just sheer “sheer number of workers, money or field visits alone will not give results” adding that there was a need for “well thought out strategies, missionary work, and well-trained pastors”. He said that only 5% of India’s pastors are ‘adequately trained’.

He also said that there was “good news about good happenings in Orissa and Bihar, Central and northern states of India”. “There is tremendous growth and there is no longer strong resistance to our work.”, Abraham says.

Valson Abraham claims that there are now ‘6-8 % in India praying to Jesus’. “We should pray like never before. Satan can laugh at our toils but will tremble at our prayers.”, Abraham can be heard saying.

He also said that they were attempting to bring through 7 domains: the entertainment industry, sports, education, politicians/government officials, newspapers, businessmen, and the Church.

Another speaker of FIACONA, Mr. John Prabhudas said “We expressed our displeasure to state department officials for not placing India on the agenda for sanctions, for various political considerations. We hope it will change”.

In the webinar, Shibu Thomas of Persecution Relief introduces himself as a businessman who is now doing “Lord’s work”. His organization had an FCRA registration which he has not renewed, as he was asked to answer a 22-point questionnaire for its renewal. He further states that ‘he was attacked, slapped with FCRA and income tax recovery notice’.

He says that 2224 incidents have been documented and also referred to the incident of Pastor Mahesh of Sharon Church (Refer to the link above).

Shibu Thomas claims to have been a part of BJP in Madhya Pradesh for 10 years and was supposedly in charge of minorities cell. He states that he started Persecution Relief in 2015 (Note: Until 2015, India was not seen as a “Country of Particular Concern” by the USCIRF).

Shibu Thomas in the webinar laments that the most difficult issue that they are facing now is the tactic of social boycott and ex-communication implemented at village level by ‘fanatics’ (local villagers who are non-Christians).

He also says that signboards with “No Christian preachers allowed in this village” have become another big problem in their efforts.

“The small Christian community is unable to withstand this social boycott where fines of up to ₹5,000 are imposed on those who speak/deal with ex-communicated members. These people are not allowed to draw water from common sources, no work is offered to them, no goods are sold to them in shops, etc. Then pressure is applied to do “ghar wapsi” (coming back to native Hindu fold),” he says.

Shibu Thomas and Congress

Referring to the incident of Kondagaon in Chattisgarh, Shibu Thomas says that he has written to Sonia Gandhi and has even got a reply from her. He says that he has also been given an appointment by Chattisgarh Chief Minister (currently ruled by Congress) to present their case.

In February 2019, Shibu Thomas had met with Rahul Gandhi who was then Congress President and had handed over him a copy of the “Persecution Relief Annual Report – 2018”.

 

During the webinar meeting, Shibu Thomas also says that they had earlier met with Jharkhand Chief Minsiter Hemant Soren supposedly facilitated by former Defence Minister during the UPA regime A.K. Anthony. At that time, Hemant Soren had promised to them about repealing the anti-conversion law.

Recently, the Hemant Soren Government in Jharkhand had passed a resolution that allows members of tribal communities to identify themselves as ‘Sarna’, a distinct religious category from the Hindus. About this move, Shibu Thomas said, “The Jharkhand act on allowing Tribals to mention their religion is a great step. We have made great efforts in this regard and achieved success. Census wants Tribals to be treated as Hindus. There are 200 tribal districts in India and this movement of tribals allowed to declare their religion is important for us as most of the tribals are Christians.”

LRPF, which has brought this matter to light has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate Persecution Relief and its owner Shibu Thomas. It has also called for initiating a thorough inquiry into 2224 incidents cited in its reports.

Isolated incidents portrayed as hate crimes by Persecution Relief

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The Commune
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Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF), a legal activism organization working in the area of Scheduled Caste and Tribal communities rights has analyzed 8 cases of alleged ‘persecution’ as reported to International agencies by Persecution Relief. However, most have them are isolated incidents of crime that have been given a communal twist to blame the Hindus.

Case 1: Murder of Samaru Madakami in Odisha

This case, as reported by The Hindustan Times reads “Odisha cops exhume body parts of youth killed over suspicion of witchcraft”. The alleged killers were all from the same village as the deceased and some of them were his relatives.

However, the same incident is reported on a Christian website as:

‘Christian boy stabbed and stoned to death for his faith in Eastern India. A tribal mob, incited by Hindu extremists, killed the 16-year-old, falsely accusing him and other targeted Christians of practicing black magic’.

The same story was picked and shared by Muslim Mirror.

Persecution Relief documented this case as a 14-year-old Christian boy being murdered in cold blood by a group of ‘religious fanatics’ in the east Indian state of Odisha’

A case of murder of alleged practice of witchcraft has been twisted to read as murder of Christian by religious fanatics.

Case 2: Murder of Sahdev Samarth in Chattisgarh

Below is the extract from The New Indian Express report on this incident:

‘Congress worker killed by suspected Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. Sahdev Samrat (30), a native of Thothapara area, was attacked with sharp-edged weapons on Saturday night when he went to attend a wedding in the nearby Kostapara area in Bhairamgarh town.

The Persecution Relief’s website reported the same incident as:

‘Brother Sachdev Samrath, a 48 year old tribal Christian was murdered… because of their opposition to conversion, Naxalites believed he was a police informer.’

Though the similar news is reported by News18, a local news site reporting an update of the incident said that the murder was not the handiwork of Naxalites but could be due to domestic issues as the deceased had recently married for the second time.

It is a common practice for Naxalites to leave behind pamphlets at the spot of offence explaining why they killed a particular person. The reasons given are usually ‘Police Informer’, ‘Class Enemy’ etc. The absence of any claim by Naxalites that they murdered Sahdev Samrath, has led police to believe that the murder could be due to personal reasons, as the deceased had married a second lady two months before his murder.

However, an elaborate story was published in one of Persecution Relief’s reports in which the deceased was hailed as a great Christian.

Thus, in this case, a bigamous man was murdered and the same incident was twisted by Persecution Relief and the murder is attributed to ‘murdered because of Christian faith’.

Case 3: Murder of Anant Ram Gond in Odisha

In a case where Naxalites killed one of their ex-comrades over suspicion of him being a police informer, a report by Sabrang (left-leaning portal) stated that ‘a Christian evangelical man was found virtually beheaded in Orissa, which many believe was a hate crime committed by Hindu fanatics because of his conversion to the faith.’ It went on to add that ‘Hindu fanatics’ armed the Naxalites who then went on to murder Anant Ram Gond.

The article in Sabrang goes on to say “the police protecting Hindu fanatics, denies role of Naxals”.  Then follows the inevitable reference to the 2008 Kandhmal incident.

If the version as published in the Sabrang India website is to be believed, it will be the first instance in Naxalite history where they took arms from Hindu fanatics to kill one of their ex-comrades.

On the other hand, speaking to Asia News, Shibu Thomas, the founder of the Persecution Relief said that, Anant Ram Gond had converted to Christianity nine months ago and had been baptized two months ago had attracted the ire of the villagers, mostly Hindu fanatics. “They armed the Naxals who physically committed the murder.”, he said.

Unfortunately, the story as peddled by Sabrang and Persecution Relief has as many holes as a tea sieve. Their own Facebook posts clearly show that victim Anant Ram Gond was killed by Naxalites for fear of spilling their secrets to the police.

A killing that had nothing to do either with ‘Hindu fanatics’ or the Christian faith of the deceased, was twisted into yet another tale ‘Christian persecution’ by ‘Hindu fanatics’ by Persecution Relief and Sabrang India.

Case 4: Murder of Munglu Ram Nareti in Chattisgarh

This is a case of Naxalites killing a person on suspicion of being a police informer. However, the news too was twisted to accuse Hindus and the following narrative was pushed:

“Munglu Ram Nureti from Kohkameta village in Chhattisgarh was killed because villagers who were opposed to his practicing the Christian faith falsely reported him as a police informer to the Maoists. The intruders then ordered Minka to call her husband, a father of five who had left the animist practices of his tribal fellows three years ago to follow Christ.” – Page 50, Persecution Relief’s Annual Report – 2019

Note the derogatory reference to tribal religious beliefs as “animist practices of his tribal fellows”.

Here is the testimony of victim’s daughter in this case

“My father is not an informer. He was a simple man who used to run a small grocery store. The police and Naxals both visit our villages and talk to villagers. That doesn’t mean the villagers are informers for either of them.”

Case 5: Murder of Subbaravamma, Bollapalli in Marturu, Andhra Pradesh

An elderly lady was killed by a youth in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh and later the accused was caught by the police. According to the District Superintendent of Police, the youth suffered from psychological disorder. But the news was twisted (Page No. 38 of the Annual Report – 2018 by Persecution Relief) to ‘killed at the instigation of the Hindu temple priest, village sarpanch” which is quite contrary to the police version.

The District Police Superintendent of East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh Mr. Satya Yesu Babu confirmed to the World Watch Monitor that a 20-year-old sculptor from East Godavari District had been arrested in this case, but he would not name him. He said as follows:

“The accused suffers from some psychological disorder. He would roam around the houses in the locality daily, and on the day of the offence he entered the room where the old lady was present, assuming her to be a young woman. He tried to catch hold of her, but she resisted. It was then he picked up a wooden stick and struck her on her head. She succumbed to the injury. We came to know that he underwent some medical treatment in a hospital for the mentally disabled in Visakhapatnam. On 23 March, we took him into custody.”

The name of the accused cannot be mentioned in the FIR because, at the time the offence was committed, we did not conclude that he had killed her. This case has no religious angle. The accused is a psychological pervert and he was desiring only sex. When she revolted, he started beating her.”

Source Links: WorldWatchMonitor, The Hans India

However Persecution Relief and other Christian leaders from the East Godavari District made a 38-minute lengthy video on YouTube containing accusations against Hindus, police officials of ‘having colluded with Hindus’, and inflammatory speeches accusing local village sarpanch, temple Archak and others alleging that religious hatred was behind the murder.

Case 6: Murder of pastor Gideon Periasamy in Tamil Nadu

A case of suicide by hanging of a Christian pastor was twisted as ‘brutal torture and murder’ by Persecution Relief and other Christian organisations.

Tamil daily Dinamalar reported it as a case of suicide. The New Indian express reported it as suicide that ‘raises eyebrows’.

Persecution Relief straightaway wrote ‘brutally beaten, tortured before being murdered ‘

Within 2 days of the incident an online petition was prepared on www.change.org  site with strong accusations against Hindu organisations and individuals. The online petition says ‘The Christian Minority and a Dalit Pastor Mr. Gideon Periyasamy has been murdered on 20 Jan 2018, by the above said four accused who were Hindutva Extremist of Hindu Munnani and High Caste Fanatics.’

A 25-minute lengthy video in Tamil language was uploaded about the deceased Pastor Mr. Gideon Periyasamy which was interspersed with scenes from Graham Staines film and narration of his killing. His funeral was covered. Scenes of clashes from old videos were stitched together to evoke strong emotions from watchers and to convince the audience that Pastor Gideon was indeed murdered by ‘Hindu fanatics’.

The news was promptly picked up by international Christian websites with headlines screaming “Indian pastor tortured, beaten and then hung to death from the rafters of his church”.

Even before police could investigate the crime, the scene of the crime was disturbed and twisted. However, it turned out to be a clear case of suicide. Only a blood clot around the throat and neck where the main pressure from the rope had choked the pastor. There were bruises and welts but no other traces of blood on his body.

Case 7: Murder of Pastor Saanvi in Odisha

In this case, the Persecution Relief report does not mention date and place of the offence. The name of the deceased is mention in monosyllable without surname/house name. A search of the web yields news from predominantly Christian news/propaganda sites. There is no way of confirming this incident as this is not reported directly or indirectly in any independent web site or news channel.

In the absence of full details like place and date of offence, full name of the deceased, the authenticity of the story could not be verified at all.

Case 8: Murder of Pastor Mahesh of Sharon Church in Rajasthan

Persecution Relief claims that Pastor Mahesh who is familiar with electrical repairs was asked to climb a pole to fix a fuse. When he went up, electricity was switched on intentionally by ‘religious fanatics’ making him fall down and die. Villagers held a meeting and imposed a penalty of Rs. 2.50 lakhs on the accused. Sarpanch of that village and others came together and decided not to file lodge a complaint with police.

In its Facebook page, Persecution Relief wrote “a fanatic pre-mediate the murder of the Pastor by deceiving him to climb an electric pole to check the fuse and then he pulled the mains on, Pastor electrocuted to death. Church Pray for the wife and 3 Children”

However, this was nothing more than a simple case of death by electrocution which has been peddled as ‘Hindu fanatics’ premediating a murder.

 

 

India to develop air-launched swarm drone system

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The Commune
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) in a joint colaboration with at least two startups and the state-owned aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), plans to develop an air-launched swarm drone system, designed to attack enemy’s advanced defence systems reports Economic Times.

The project would also involve the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) which will help build the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for target acquisition.

The air-launched swarm drone system is currently deployed by China across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.

When develped this weapons system would greatly reduce the vulnerability of pilots and fighter jets to the ground-based air defence systems of the enemy forces.

The IAF plans to use Jaguar land attack aircraft that will have the capablity of launching up to 24 killer drones from four pods which would then take down the individual enemy targets. 

The project will take four with a estimated budget of Rs. 1,000 crore and will be develped under the Combat Air Teaming Systems (CATS).

Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh said to killed by ‘remote controlled weapon’

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The Commune
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Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was mortally wounded and later killed by a mysterious remote-controlled weapon on Monday. His car is said to have been sprayed with bullets in Absard, to the east of Tehran. During the attack, a bomb in a Nissan pickup truck is also reported to have exploded.

Pictures on social media show a road strewn with wreckage and blood and a bullet-riddled vehicle. First, the defence ministry reported a gunfight between Fakhrizadeh’s bodyguards and several gunmen. One Iranian report quoted witnesses as saying “three to four individuals, who are said to have been terrorists, were killed”.

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Iranian media was further reported saying that the scientist had in fact been killed by a “remote-controlled machine gun” or weapons “controlled by satellite”.

Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the country’s supreme national security council, made the comments at the funeral for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. “The operation was very complex and took place using electronic devices, and no one was present at the scene,” he told Iranian media. He blamed Israel, which has not commented on the killing, and said an Iranian opposition group in exile, called Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, had also played a role. He did not provide evidence to back up the claims.

Huge quantities of arms and explosives seized from Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s assembly constituency

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The Commune
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When workers under the employment guarantee scheme in Kerala were clearing the bushes in a property which was vacant, a huge cache of arms and explosives were found which were later seized by the Dharmadam Inspector Sreejith.

The workers who had chanced upon the arms and explosives while they were working, alerted the police immediately. A force led by Dharmadam Inspector Sreejith defused the bombs using the expertise of bomb squads and seized the arms and explosives found. 

Kizhakke Palayad, the area from which these arms and explosives were seized falls under Dharmadam assembly constituency, a Communist party stronghold represented by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who is also  facing the heat due to the gold smuggling scandal. 
 
This crucial development could not have come at a more delicate time as local body polls in Kerala are scheduled to be held in three phases on December 8, 10, and 14.

The seizure of arms and explosives has come to be seen as a serious security problem. It is noteworthy to mention that this is also the same place were the CPM had butchered a BJP, RSS worker Santhosh Kumar a few years ago.

The last few months have raised several questions on the functioning of the CPM due to several allegations made by central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate, National Investigation Agency and Customs that busted the gold smuggling racket and unearthing several other indiscretions of the LDF government in the past few months.
 
CM Pinarayi Vijayan is in a bind as the states most powerful bureaucrat, M Sivasankar who was his Principal Secretary is in jail for his alleged involvement in the gold smuggling.

Also, the arrest of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPM politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in a drug trafficking and money laundering case that led to Kodiyeri Balakrishnan resigning from the post of CPM state secretary.
 
BJP candidate for the Kannur district panchayath from Pinarayi division, V Manivarnan said that the state police must act soon and said, ” CPM is trying to create an atmosphere of fear to prevent voters from casting their franchise by evoking murderous tactics and Kannur district that has witnessed to several blood baths initiated by the CPM in the past”.

PM Modi sends message from Kashi to protesting farmers in Delhi, says new farm laws empower farmers

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The Commune
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in Dev Deepawali Mahotsav in Varanasi on Monday (November 30).

Addressing the event, the Prime Minister said when development works started for Kashi, the protesters protested for the sake of it. He said “when Kashi had decided that Vishwanath Corridor would be built till Baba’s Darbar, the protesters had criticized that too, but today the glory of Kashi is being revived by the grace of Baba.”

Taking the opportunity, PM Modi tore into the opposition over the protests against the new farm laws. He said categorically that the opposition is spreading rumours and misleading the farmers.

“After a lot of deliberation, the Indian Parliament gave agricultural reforms a legal recognition. These reforms have not only served to unshackle our farmers but also have given them new rights and opportunities. In just a short span of time, these new rights have begun to address the sufferings of our farmers,” PM Modi said.

“There’s a new trend now, earlier decisions of the government were opposed, now rumours have become the basis for opposition. Propaganda is spread that although a decision is fine, it can lead to other consequences, about things that haven’t happened or will never happen. Same is with farm laws,” PM Modi added.

PM Modi said that his government understands the apprehensions of farmers that decades of falsehood had put in the minds their minds adding that his government does not work with the intention of deceiving.

“I know that decades of falsehood do put apprehensions in the minds of farmers, I want to say this from the bank of Mother Ganga – we are not working with the intention of deceiving. Our intentions are as holy as the water of river Ganga”, he assured.

Recently, the newly enacted farm laws came in handy for a farmer in Maharashtra that helped him get his dues settled. A maize grower from Maharashtra named Jitendra Bhoi used the provisions under the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 suing two traders who did not pay him within the stipulated three days payment window as mandated and received the whole amount from them worth ₹2,85,000

UK PM Boris Johnson has had enough of ‘woke Californians’, plans crackdown on selective censorship

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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson is considering introducing new laws to limit social media giants in the country owing to Twitter’s alleged selective and controversial self-adopted policies that censor voices from chosen sections of its userbase, reports Daily Mail.

Johnson who is the leader of the conservative party in the UK was perturbed after Twitter applied warning labels to more than 65 tweets sent by President Donald Trump during the just US  presidential elections. However, no such restrictions were applied to any of the tweets by President-elect Joseph Biden.

The Online Harms Bill has been presented before the Parliament and Johnson has discussed the amendment designed to punish social media companies which publish harmful material.

Through these new laws, Johnson seeks to “limit the ability of a bunch of woke Californians to interfere in the UK”.

Many people across different countries including India have criticized and raised concerns against Twitter for its alleged left-leaning bias and the unilateral power it has to censor anyone.

In India too, there have been several allegations of Twitter shadow banning prominent accounts that are critical of the left and supposedly ‘liberal’.

A new watchdog called Digital Markets Unit is expected to become fully operational by 2022 as a part of the Competition and Markets Authority. It has called for stronger powers over Google and Facebook to address their ‘unassailable’ positions in digital advertising and social networking.

Non-resident workers belonging to UP taste sweet success through KVIC’s Honey Mission

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The self-sustainability measures initiated by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have begun yielding results. The distressed non-resident workers* who were engaged with KVIC’s Honey Mission in Uttar Pradesh in the month of August, have reaped their first honey harvest and are awaiting a bumper yield in the months from December to March.

To begin with, five non-resident workers in Western UP’s Muzaffarnagar district extracted 253 kg of honey from their 50 honey bee boxes that were distributed to them on August 25 this year. Raw honey sells at an average of ₹200 per kg and at this rate it is estimated to fetch nearly ₹50,000 to the non-resident workers.  This means an average income of ₹10,000 to each of these beneficiaries. A total of 700 bee boxes were distributed to 70 non-resident workers after training by KVIC in this region. Honey extraction from remaining bee boxes will continue in coming days.

The production of honey from these boxes will increase by at least 5 times in the months from December to March as the Eucalyptus and Mustard crop will be in full bloom during the season. Each of these bee boxes will produce nearly 25 kg of honey during the peak season. Further, the beekeepers will be able to migrate their boxes to nearby states like Haryana, Rajasthan and Eastern Uttar Pradesh where honey bees will find abundance of pollen and nectar and thus add to honey production.

KVIC Chairman Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena said it was heartening to see the non-resident workers reconnecting to their roots and engaging in self-employment. “These distressed workers who had returned to their home from other cities were roped in with Honey Mission as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. It is great to see that in just three months the workers have begun earning livelihood on their own. The production of honey and their income will grow by manifold in coming months,” Saxena said.

The beneficiaries thanked KVIC for the support and said beekeeping enabled them to earn their own livelihood without having to migrate to other cities in search of jobs. “I am thankful to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi whose vision for Aatmanirbhar Bharat has created local employment for us. We are five workers who got 50 bee boxes and in just 3 months we have extracted 253 kg of honey,” said Amit Kumar, a KVIC beekeeper in Saharanpur district.

Notably, responding to the Prime Minister’s call for Aatmanirbhar Bharat, KVIC engaged hundreds of non-resident workers in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and engaged them with its flagship schemes like Honey Mission, Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana and Project DigniTEA among others. Apart from distributing them with essential tool kits; KVIC also provided technical training and supervision to the new beekeepers so as to support them.

*Instead of the term migrant workers, non-resident workers has been used

(Published from PIB)

Church group in Karnataka calls for ‘liberating places from idol worship’

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The All India Christian Minority Front operating in Karnataka, has published a list of things to ‘pray’ for which includes ‘freeing places from the strongholds of the devil, especially from idol worship’.

 

Led by a priest named Samuel Sandayaraj, the organization operates under the motto of ‘Life Together’. In another post, it has requested ‘all brothers and sisters who have confessed to the Lord Jesus’ to declare themselves as Christians during Census 2021 so that ‘real number of Christians in the country can be known’.

In India, many Christian converts do not declare themselves to be Christians in order to get reservation privileges.

Time and again, it has come to light that Christian evangelicals indulge in proselytization by spreading hatred against Hindus and Hinduism. Christian missionaries like these randomly erect crosses on hillocks, encroach the land, plant churches and go about proselytizing in the nearby villages converting gullible people to Christianity.

 

Kerala: CPM comrades issue death threat to BJP leader V Manivarnan’s election agent

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 With local body elections in Kerala nearing, the Communist party workers have issued a death threat to RK Premdas chief election agent of BJP at Parapparam in Pinarayi.

Premdas is the chief election agent of BJP Pinarayi division candidate, V Manivarnan. 

The CPM comrades vandalized decorations made by the BJP workers and hurled abuses in front of the house of RK Premdas who is a retired Agriculture officer with the Kerala government.

It started after BJP workers going on a door to door campaign in Pinarayi, considered to be a “Red Stronghold” where no one has ever challenged the authority of the communists in the area.

V Manivarnan said that the CPM is resorting to violent methods after the BJP made inroads entering into the red fort of the party which also happens to be the native place of the incumbent Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan.

The BJP has registered complaints with the Pinarayi police station after CPM comrades gave death threats.

However, Manivarnan said BJP workers will not bow down to the threat and intimidation tactics and called CPM a fasicst organisation without any respect for democracy and democratic ethics.

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'Rule Of Law Flows From Dharma, Not The West': CJI Surya Kant Says India Has Been Guided By Dharma For Thousands Of Years

‘Rule Of Law Flows From Dharma, Not The West’: CJI Surya...

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Rejecting the notion that the Rule of Law and judicial independence are concepts borrowed from the West, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant...
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