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Pastors in AP grab lands of Dalits to build Church, LRPF comes to the rescue

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The Commune
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In Dorasanipalli village of Proddatur block in Kadapa district, families of Budaga Jangala community, have been threatened and forcefully evicted from their homes by Church pastors to build a Church.

These families have been living on a Poromboke land in make-shift tents, for more than 15 years. Now, the land is being claimed by 2 pastors who are also getting a Church constructed nearby.

The Budaga Jangala community comes under the Scheduled Caste category. Members of this community earn their livelihood by weaving mats, selling itinerant items, fortune-telling and even alms seeking. They go to the nearby villages and town and return to their homes by evening.

The two pastors – Ashok and Krupakar – reportedly started the Church construction illegally and stealthily when the community members were not at their homes. When they were confronted later by some of them, the two pastors hurled abuses at them and got them evicted using force. In the video shared by Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF), a woman and a man can be seen resisting attempts by the pastors and to get them evicted.

Along with the pastors, revenue officials and police officers can also be seen. It was reported that some of the protestors who took on the pastors were taken to the police station.

LRPF had written to the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Dr Ramshankar Katheriya and the Collector of Kadapa to take strict action against the pastors and those involved. They had met the Collector on July 1 to seek proper accommodation for the marginalized community.  The Church construction has now been halted and revenue authorities have initiated a land survey.

Sydney becomes 100% renewable

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Preetika Parashuraman
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Source: www.sydneyrenewable.com

Clover Moore, Sydney Lord Mayor announced that the city of Sydney is completely powered by renewable energy on July 1, 2020, calling it an “exciting day.” In 2019, the city negotiated with Flow power, a $60 million, 10-year contract to provide 100% renewable electricity for the city’s operation. 

This will include 115 buildings such as libraries, community halls, office buildings, parks, pools, and 23,000 street lights.

The city is expected to save half a million dollars every year, over a period of ten years for ratepayers, and reduce their emissions by 20,000 tonnes a year. 

The renewable energy is said to come from a wind farm in Glen Innes and solar farms in Shoalhaven and Wagga Wagga. This step is a testament to addressing climate change and reducing emissions. In addition, it will also provide jobs in New South Wales contributing to a transitional phase to renewable energy. 

In order to support new projects, they partnered with a community energy group that required help with a project. With the help of their investment,  Repower Shoalhaven became operational. The aim was to not only buy renewable energy but to aid in growing the renewable energy sector.

“We have shown that the emissions-reducing renewable-use at scale is not only possible, it is also good for the growth of jobs and the city’s finances,”she says. She also hopes that other governments watch and follow. 

 

Source: The City of Sydney

 

Father of Swayamsevak murdered in cold blood in Kumbakonam

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The Commune
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Gopalan (68), father of Vasudevan, an RSS worker and in-charge of Madavilagam area of Nachiyar Koil, was brutally murdered in cold blood on Tuesday (June 30) outside his residence late in the evening at around 9 PM.

Gopalan was a retired teacher and was serving as a manager in the Uttaradhi Mutt overseeing the properties held by the Mutt in Nachiyar Koil and Kumbakonam areas.

In one of the properties, Saravanan, a BJP man was running his tailor shop. For quite some time, Gopalan had urged Saravanan to vacate his shop as it encroached the Mutt’s property. He said that a settlement of 2 lakhs would be done to vacate his shop. However, Saravanan refused to arrive at a settlement. Later, Gopalan had filed a case at the court which gave the order in his favour (Mutt’s favour) and asked Saravanan to vacate from the Mutt’s property.

Saravanan had reportedly asked for the 2 lakhs that was earlier offered which Gopalan had refused saying that he was ready to settle before going to court but now it can’t be done.

This had angered Saravanan. On the night of June 30, when Gopalan was outside his house, Saravanan hacked the former to death and fled the spot. Neighbour had taken Gopalan to the hospital and was declared dead.

Saravanan was caught by the police within an hour.

Source: Vikatan

Father who raped his own daughter by giving sleeping pills arrested

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The Commune
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A 19 year old girl was raped by her own father by making her have sleeping pills in the name of treating her with cough and fever tablets.

The girl had come to her father’s place where he lived with his second wife and daughter. The first wife reportedly lives separate.

The girl is said to have developed symptoms of cold and fever. Her father brought instead of treating her gave her sleeping tablets. After having the tablets she fell unconscious and her father sexually assaulted her. When she knew that she was being sexually assaulted by her father she tried to complain about it to her stepmother.

As it fell on the deaf ears of the stepmother, she became depressed and drank bathroom chemicals. Later she went to the nearby police station to complain about it.

A complaint was registered with the Bellandur police and the father was arrested immediately under POCSO.

Tiktok caught red-handed for spying on iPhone users in India and abroad

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The Commune
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iPhone users recently found  that TikTok was recording what they were typing on their phones, ranging from non-sensitive information to passwords and even sensitive emails, from TikTok accounts in India and around the world.

The whole issue revolves around iOS’ clipboard function which lets a user copy text/ image and pastes it on another app. The clipboard can also be used to copy-paste text and images from one Apple device to another Apple device, like from an iPhone to an iPad or Mac computer.

Apple software designed is in such a way that, any app was able to record all text and images that were copy-pasted via the clipboard function. There would be no warning or notice to the user that a particular app is recording information the user was copying via the clipboard function.

TikTok on an iPhone can read anything and everything one copies on another device like passwords, financial information, work documents, sensitive emails, etc.

Now, Apple has released a beta version of the upcoming iOS 14 software. The beta version alerts a user whenever an app copies what the user has pasted on the clipboard.

In April TikTok claimed that it would stop the ‘invasive practice’, but users testing Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 have caught it copying from clipboard functions.

Source: Business Today

Prague throws “farewell party” for corona as country ends lockdown

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Vaibavi Jayakumar
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Citizens of Prague threw a “farewell party to coronavirus”, as the country emerges out of the pandemic and ended its lockdown with just 350 deaths. A 500 metre table was set up on the famous Charles Bridge in the capital of the Czech Republic. People threw social distancing norms to the air as they attended this party in massive numbers, and shared food and drinks.

The Czech capital held the unorthodox gathering to say a “symbolic farewell” to the infection and to show residents should no longer be scared to meet with friends or visit local businesses. Local bands and musicians dotted the streets, as they danced and partied to mark the end of the lockdown.

The number of diners was limited and they all had to register through the Goout.cz website.

The event was held despite some 260 new Covid-19 cases being found in the country last week. Fears that such an event could become a super-spreader if just a few undiagnosed sufferers turned up were apparently dismissed. Notably, this country has had less than 12,000 diagnosed infections, and the leaders had enforced a lockdown that was implemented hard and early.

Largely free of foreign tourists, Charles Bridge was transformed into one long dining table – as people gathered to mark what organisers described as the end of a period of crisis, although everyone here freely admitted that such celebrations might well turn out to be premature.

Bombay High Court permits minor rape survivor to go through with abortion

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Vaibavi Jayakumar
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The Bombay High Court has permitted a 17-year-old rape survivor to go through with the abortion of a 25-week pregnancy. This has been considered as a milestone judgement of sorts since this verdict has come despite the civic-run KEM Hospital here advising against the abortion. This board that had made the recommendation also suggested that the court provide the victim with the necessary medical and psychological support to go through with the pregnancy.

The bench, which was headed by Justices K K Tated and Milind Jadhav, ordered this on Tuesday, in response to a plea lodged by the victim’s father on her behalf. As per the plea, the girl is a victim of rape and a case against the perpetrator is lodged at the Vakola police station in Mumbai.

Provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act do not permit a woman to terminate the pregnancy if it has crossed 20 weeks and she will have to seek the high court’s permission to do so. The bench in its order, however, noted that in the present case the pregnancy was caused by rape, and hence, there is no doubt that continuance of this pregnancy “is causing a grave injury to the mental health of the petitioner”.

“In case the child is born alive during the termination procedure and if the petitioner and her parents are not willing or are not in a position to take responsibility of the baby, then the state government and the agencies concerned will have to assume full responsibility of the child, the court directed.

Boiler explosion at Neyveli Power Plant kills 6

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Vaibavi Jayakumar
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A boiler exploded in the thermal power plant of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation on Wednesday, killing 6 contract workers and injuring 17 with burn injuries. The accident took place at the fifth unit of the Centre-run thermal power station-II (210 MW x 7) when workers were in the process of resuming operations in the morning.

It was reported that when this explosion had happened, the boiler had been out of operation. The six men who had died were aged between 25 and 42 years. The area has been cordoned off to prevent villagers around the area from entering the facility. The injured workers were given first aid in the NLCIL hospital and were later referred to a hospital in Chennai for further treatment.

Speaking about this, Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah, had expressed condolences to the families of those who had lost their lives. He also added that he had spoken to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami about providing all possible help to the families of the fallen.

The labour union, as well as various political fronts, have been blaming the management for the frequent accidents that have been happening in the plant. Notably, this is the second time this year that an incident like this has happened at the NLC. In May, eight workers had sustained injuries due to a similar incident. There have been five incidents in the same plant over the last 18 months.

Tihar prisoner kills inmate to avenge rape of his sister

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The Commune
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On June 29, in jail number 8 of Tihar Central Jail, 28-year-old Mehtab was stabbed to death by a by Zakir (22) to avenge the rape of  his sister .

Mehtab was accused in a rape case of the minor sister of Zakir in 2014 and the girl committed suicide later. Mehtab was booked under POCSO Act .

Delhi Police said “during initial inquiry at Tihar jail no 8, it surfaced that the prisoner Zakir stabbed Mehtab multiple times with a self-made knife-like metal piece,”

It is said that Zakir somehow got himself transferred to the close vicinity of Mehtab at jail premises to target him. Police said that Zakir plotted the murder before committing it .

While other inmates came for morning prayers Zakir used the opportunity to execute his plan, police said. Zakir have been booked for murder.

Explosion kills more than 13 at clinic in Tehran

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The Commune
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An explosion was reported at Sina Athar hospital in the northern region of Tehran, followed by a fire. It resulted in damage to the buildings in the area as thick black smoke was sent to the atmosphere.

Patients in the clinic were reported to be evacuated on wheelchairs. According to an Emergency official, it was caused due to an explosion of a cylinder at the medical center.

The death toll from the incident has crossed 15 while 14 were injured.

Tehran’s police chief, Hossein Rahimi told the Islamic Society of North America that ten of the casualties were women.

Tehran Fire Department Spokesman explains in detail to State TV that first gas canisters in the clinic’s basement caught fire resulting in an explosion. Victims of the explosion were on the upper floors in operating rooms. The fire was extinguished around two hours after.

This was followed by another explosion that occurred near a military facility in Tehran.

“My deepest sympathies go out to the families of the victims, particularly the patients, who lost their lives in the catastrophic fire in Tehran’s Sina Clinic. My heartfelt condolences to all the people of Tehran. Wishing quick recovery of those hurt and injured in the fire,” said Maryam Rajavi who is the leader of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.

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