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Philippines will be the first country to receive BrahMos cruise missile from India

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India has decided to sell the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile to the Philippines amid border tensions with China due to its aggressive posture along the Line of Actual Control, a report in the Hindustan Times said.

The deal will be signed next year when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.

According to the information available, the meeting is likely to take place in February 2021 and the Philippines will become the first country to get this missile system developed as a joint venture between India and Russia.

China for a long time has been very aggressive in the South China Sea and has made claims to territories that compromise the sovereignty of the Philippines and other nations in Southeast Asia like Malaysia and Indonesia.  

BrahMos has a range of 290 kilometers, and it has already been inducted by the Indian Army, Navy, and the Air Force in large numbers.

For a long time, India has been working to increase the level of indigenous systems in the BrahMos missile. In the last few months that saw India conduct several missile tests, including the hypersonic missile, the quest to have an indigenous seeker is being worked on to bring down its cost.

India has conducted at least three tests of the BraMos missile over the last two months.

However, what should worry China is that the Philippines will get the missile which has a range of around 500 km that could seriously compromise Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships.

The missiles which the Philippines Army would receive from India will be its first Land Based Missile System Battery, and have been selected after extensive trials.

Trump issues executive order, bans investments in firms linked to Chinese military

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The Commune
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United States President Donald Trump who recently lost the Presidential election and is yet to concede defeat has issued an executive order prohibiting US investments in Chinese firms.  

Trump has accused China for the spread of the COVID-19 virus which he calls the “China virus” and has blamed his loss on the communist regime. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the US has suffered economically and its GDP has taken a massive hit.

Many small businesses have gone under and now not only the US but the entire world faces the prospect of a crippling economic recession.

The new order issued by Trump who will be in office with full executive powers until noon of January 20, 2021, has banned investments in firms that are owned or controlled by the Chinese military. However, this order could be reversed by President-elect Joseph Biden but it might prove to be very difficult due to the strong anti-China sentiment among the Americans. 

The order could impact some of China’s biggest companies, including telecoms firms China Telecom Corp Ltd, China Mobile Ltd, and surveillance equipment maker Hikvision.

From January 11, until November 11, 2021, the new order issued by Trump will prohibit purchases by US investors of the securities of those companies. According to the information released by the White House, “China is increasingly exploiting United States capital to resource and to enable the development and modernization of its military, intelligence, and other security apparatuses,”.

This decision could hit China really badly as it is also going through economic and political turmoil amidst rising tension with practically all its neighbors. It is estimated half a trillion dollars in market capitalisation was represented by the Chinese companies and their subsidiaries. 

The other problem for China is the lack of clarity and vision Biden has for China. Also, under Trump, the US has gotten a lot closer to India at strategic levels that saw its respective military conduct various military exercises like the just concluded Malabar naval exercise with India, Japan, and Austalia known as the Quad.

Below is a list of those companies based on Department of Defense data found —

Aviation Industry Corporation of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp
China Electronics Technology Group Corp
China South Industries Group Corp
China State Shipbuilding Corp
China North Industries Group Corp (Norinco Group)
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology
Huawei Technologies
Inspur Group
Aero Engine Corporation of China
China Railway Construction Corp
CRRC Corp
Panda Electronics Group
Dawning Information Industry Co
China Mobile Communications Group
China General Nuclear Power Group
China National Nuclear Corp
China Telecommunications Corp
China Communications Technology
China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
China Spacesat
China United Network Communications Group
China Electronics Corporation
China National Chemical Engineering Group Co Ltd
China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina)
SinoChem Group Co Ltd
China State Construction Group
China Three Gorges Corporation
China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corporation

Sadhguru’s Deebavali message: “Light a lamp for the wellbeing of mankind”

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The Commune
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As India prepares to celebrate one of its most exuberant festivals, Deebavali, in the shadow of the pandemic, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Founder-Isha Foundation shared a message of warmth and wellbeing with the people of Tamil Nadu, urging them to light a lamp for mankind.

In a brief video message in Tamil, Sadhguru said that this Deepavali is being observed in the backdrop of a relentless pandemic that has brought untold suffering to mankind. He urged all Tamil people to light three lamps – one for their own wellbeing, another for the wellbeing of their family and friends and a third lamp for the health and wellbeing of all humanity.  A feeling of oneness with the world embracing all mankind is vital for us to overcome this challenging time, Sadhguru asserted.

Encouraging people to celebrate privately and avoid gatherings, Sadhguru said, “If there is love and joy within us, that is a great celebration. You should not miss this celebration.” He said that on the day of Deepavali, a new light must enter our lives.

Sadhguru also called for citizens to encourage the ethnic weaves unique to India. Last year Sadhguru launched ‘Save The Weave’ a campaign to encourage people to adopt natural fibre clothing and help preserve India’s handcrafted weaves. Synthetic textiles are estimated to be one of the largest polluters and contaminants of natural resources besides accelerating physiological deterioration and ill health.

Sadhguru released this message on his Twitter handle in support of local weavers: “Bharath’s skilled weavers are the ambassadors of our pluralistic culture; the only Nation with 120 unique weaves, each representing the ethos of its region. This #Diwali, let’s wear our weaves with Pride & commit to keeping them alive. -Sg @smritiirani #Local4Diwali #SaveTheWeave”.

Obama likens Rahul Gandhi to a kid lacking aptitude or passion trying to impress a teacher

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The Commune
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Former US President Barack Obama has come out with his latest memoir titled “A Promised Land” in which he has opened up about several political leaders from around the world.

A review of the book carried by the The New York Times has thrown some excerpts about what the two time former POTUS thought of the leaders around the world which includes former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

About the former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Obama said he was a man of ‘impassive integrity’. “Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh both come across as having a kind of impassive integrity,” the New York Times quoted  from the book.

However, Obama’s likened Rahul Gandhi as an inept student. He says in his book “Rahul Gandhi has “a nervous, unformed quality about him, as if he were a student who’d done the coursework and was eager to impress the teacher but deep down lacked either the aptitude or the passion to master the subject.”

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had met Barack Obama when the latter visited India in 2017. He had taken a picture and shared it with the caption “Had a fruitful chat with President @Barack Obama. Great to meet him again.”

This has now come as a severe setback to the image of the Congress leader who is already referred as ‘Pappu’ (a child). The Congress leader is believed to be in Jaisalmer on vacation following the humiliating defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections and in the by-elections held across the country.

Barack Obama’s remarks on Rahul Gandhi has now set social media on fire with ‘Pappu’ and ‘RaGa’ trending.

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Fake love: Ex-lover blackmails married woman with pictures and videos and extorts money

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The Commune
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The Tirunelveli police are on the lookout for a person who in the pretext of love, lured a young woman into a trap and extorted money by blackmailing her with intimate photos of them both. A complaint was lodged with the ASP Pradeep by the woman in which she alleged that her former boyfriend has been trying to extort money from her by blackmailing her.

The woman had been in a relationship with Solomon, a mason from Kandapatti near Mukkoodal, before her marriage. Solomon, who was ‘supposedly in love’ took pictures and videos on his cell phone when the two were together which includes intimate ones. Solomon, who did not do anything when the woman married someone else, started extorting money by blackmailing with their intimate photo and videos they took when they had been together. When she ran out of money, he had demanded a gold chain and jewellery worth about ₹1 lakh rupees from the woman. His accomplices Johnson and Mano, too started threatening the woman and started harassing her.

Whilst the woman had been perplexed as to what to do in this scenario, her husband had gotten suspicious of his wife’s behaviour over the recent past and had sent her out of the house. Following this, she had lodged a complaint with the inspector of the region.

Police are searching for Solomon, who has turned from a bricklayer to a blackmailer.

Hosur police inspector assaults Hindu Munnani leader who complained against religious conversion

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The Commune
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Christian missionaries, who have been campaigning for the spread of Christianity in Hindu-majority areas by receiving funding from abroad in the name of social service, educational assistance, and financial assistance to the underprivileged, have been freely proselytizing, using local police and politicians.

It has been reported Hindu Munnani activists who had caught and handed over the Christian missionaries to the police were intimidated by the police inspector at Therpettai police station near Hosur.

The public had informed the Hindu Munnani leaders in the area regarding a group that had been involved in proselytization through ‘jeba koodam’ (prayer meetings). Following this, a Hindu Munnani activist with public help caught the missionary who had come and took him to the police station. But the police inspector is said to have intimidated the complainant instead of taking action against the missionary.

Later, Hindu Munnani Divisionaly Secretary Umesh had arrived at the police station after the intimidated activist informed Hindu Munnani leaders.

The police inspector reportedly insulted the Hindu Munnani leader with inappropriate words and is even said to have assaulted him along with a fellow police officer. Following this, the Hindu Munnani cadres staged a road blockade in front of the police station demanding immediate action against the police inspector and the attacker. To bring the situation under control, the Hosur DSP held talks with the Hindu Munnani and assured that appropriate action would be taken against those responsible for the issue.

Christian missionaries indulge in proselytization activities hiding behind the cover of Article 25 of the constitution. But Article 25 comes with reasonable restrictions that the right to practice and propagate religion is subjected to public order, morality and health. But, these missionaries in the ‘jeba koodams’ claim that ‘Jesus is the only God’ and resort to abusing and attacking other faith, especially Hinduism.

Trangenders cheer as Kerala High Court rules action for discrimination against the third gender

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The Commune
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Kerala High Court is now pushing for equal rights for transgenders coming as a relief to the members of the community in the state.

It recently issued a ruling that said that a person cannot be denied basic rights just because they are a transgender. This had been issued by Justice Devan Ramachandran in a recent case.

The petitioner Hina Hanifa, a trans woman, had challenged NCC’s exclusion of those belonging to the transgender community. She is a student of the Thiruvananthapuram University College. An interim order to include her in the program had also been sought by Raghul Sudheesh, her counsel.

During the hearing of the case, the petitioner was asked to be excluded in the enrollment process of the NCC unit, as she was a transgender despite identifying as a woman. The council from the central government’s end argued that the petitioner had identified as male until the age of 21 ever since birth. Post this, he had undergone surgery to reassign his gender to female. But Section 6 of the National Cadet Corps Act only granted enrollment to male and female genders.

Following this, the petitioners submitted the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, which banned discrimination of any kind against the transgender community. The petitioner later also filed a case in the court seeking an amendment of the criteria.

19ft tall gold statue of favourite dog breed of Turkmenistan’s President unveiled

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The Commune
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Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov inaugurated a 19 feet tall golden statue of the Alabai breed of dog, on Thursday. It is a homebred variety and belongs to the Central Asian Shepherd breed of dogs. This has been installed in the country’s capital of Ashgabat.  The new statue has been in the works for several years. Last November, President Berdimuhamedov, currently serving his second term, had unveiled a plan to build the statue though he had suggested that it be 15-metre in size.

The statue had been designed and built by Sargart Babayev, a famous architect, under the supervision of local firm Altyn. This is also surrounded by an LED display of Alabai puppies playing.

The former Soviet Union republic country considers dogs as a national heritage symbol, and this particular breed holds great value in their culture. The only other animal to have an equal amount of reverence is the Akhal Teke horse.

Notably, this is the President’s favourite dog breed. Last September, Berdimuhamedov also launched a book on the Alabais during a weekly cabinet meeting. In October 2017, he had even gifted an Alabai puppy to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his birthday. Needless to say, the internet at that time erupted into a volley of memes in connection with this.

DMK’s propaganda video shows P-o-K and Aksai Hind as part of Pak and China

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The Commune
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The DMK youth wing helmed by ‘actor’ Udhayanidhi Stalin has been releasing propaganda videos for quite some time in the run up to the Assembly elections. On November 11, they released a propaganda video targeting the late AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa and Vedanta Sterlite in which it claimed that the AIADMK government brought in Sterlite Copper Smelter in Thoothukudi and made the place dreadful for its residents.

The more than 10 minute long video that seems like a scene out of a Tamil commercial film, was released in view of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s visit to Thoothukudi who had come to inspect developmental and COVID-19 prevention work.

In the video, a map of India was shown in which Gilgit-Baltistan (currently occupied by Pakistan) and Aksai Hind (occupied by China) was shown as part of Pakistani and Chinese territory respectively.

This had come under severe criticism with netizens lashing out at the party for time and again exposing its anti-Indian and pro-Pakistan agenda. It is being said that even party insiders are discussing about Udhayanidhi Stalin’s ignorance.

Netizens also made a reference to how Udhayanidhi Stalin’s grandfather M. Karunanidhi gave away Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka when he was Chief Minister to secure his chair.

The BJP Tamil Nadu came down heavily on the DMK and Udhayanidhi Stalin asking whether if they have signed any secret pact with Pakistanis to peddle anti-Indian agenda.

Military Intel and UP Police bust Army recruitment scam, ISI hand suspected

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The Commune
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India to increase its defence budget

The Indian Army’s Military Intelligence (MI) in conjunction with the Uttar Pradesh Police has busted a racket detrimental to India’s national security. The army’s intelligence arm and the UP Police have found that a racket that allegedly assisted several youths who gave fake documents in the last two years to get jobs in the army, the Times of India, reported.

The investigation led to an ex-serviceman, two police officials, and five others getting arrested. But what is alarming for the investigating team is the possible involvement of Pakistan’s rogue spy agency, the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI). It is suspected that certain other anti-national elements might have managed to induct their men into the army through this sinister racket.

The racket was active in four districts of UP and 21 people have landed jobs in the army through this method. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been roped in by the state police for the re-verification process of all candidates who made it into the armed forces through this scam from January 2019.

Rajesh Pandey, DIG OF Bareilly range said, “I have ordered re-verification of all the successful candidates in Bareilly, Pilibhit, Budaun and Shahjahanpur. We have also asked the IB and other security agencies to join the investigation. I am monitoring the case and coordinating with all the agencies,”.

The five accused: Suresh Som, Hukum Singh, Paramveer Singh, Mukesh Kumar, and police constable Manveer Singh were arrested from a rented apartment in Banda area, Shahjahanpur.

“Suresh Som was a havildar in 26 Rajput Regiment and retired in February 2010. Our Bareilly unit is thoroughly investigating the case with police. A separate internal investigation is also going on. The possibility of the involvement of anti-national groups like ISI cannot be ruled out as Som had leaked inside information to recruit the candidates on fake document,” stated an MI officer from Bareilly.

The investigation agencies are examining the antecedents of the concerned 21 candidates currently. More individuals could be discovered as the investigation proceeds. 

One of the arrested police officer, Manveer Singh according to S Anand, senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Shahjahanpur, said he exploited his position and approved the fake documents of the candidates. “It is a very big scam. Data of 21 candidates, shortlisted in the army through fake documents and showing them as residents of Bareilly division, has been found so far,” the SSP said in a press conference.

Anand added, “We have seized 23 fake stamps of government offices and village heads. Several forged mark-sheets and other fake documents were also recovered from the accused. We are trying to find out the total number of candidates who were recruited through fraudulent means. This is a matter related to national security and no one will be spared.”

The SSP further declared, “One of the accused constables, Manveer, had accepted a bribe of Rs 52,000 from the accused for the verification of a candidate. The accused were getting huge amounts of money for the recruitment. The involvement of ISI or some other anti-national forces behind this racket cannot be denied.”

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