Over 200 suspected 'illegal migrants' detained in Gurugram; 10 Bangladeshi nationals identified https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Jul/24/over-200-suspected-illegal-migrants-detained-in-gurugram-10-bangladeshi-nationals-identified

Comment by  Karuna John POOR MUSLIMS OF WEST BENGAL: PERSECUTED BY HINDUTVA RULERS, ABANDONED BY CIVIL RIGHTS FORUMS AND EVEN BY INDIAN MUSLIM ORGANISATIONS!
My wife, Neelima Sharma and I have never felt so helpless and ashamed in life as for almost last 10 days we remained and continue to be spectators to brutal repression of West Bengal Indian Muslims. They are being rounded up by plainclothes men (many times abusive, no queries allowed) even in late night hours and taken to different police stations in Gurgaon. They were/are being picked up for being illegal migrants. The victims have alleged that before they were asked to produce papers, they were brutally thrashed for hours and then taken to one or more police stations to be given more doses of lawless justice. A trademark dialogue by thrasher/s is "YAHAN MAMTA DIDI KA RAJ NAHEEN HAE, MODI KA RAJ HAE' 
[Mamta does not rule here but Modi].
Many are released paying what 'price', nobody knows as victims are too fearful of the repercussions. The condition of the women of the families of the detainees outside detention centres is to be seen an believed. According to police many more are at detention centres as Aadhaar and voting cards or no more 'legal' documents to prove one’s Indian citizenship. 
I wrote a letter [The text of the letter is pasted below]
to West Bengal Resident Commissioner (Ms. Ujjaini Datta), Deputy Resident Commissioner (Mr. Rajdeep Datta), and Assistant Director of Information (Mr. Ashis Jana) on July 16, 2025, copied  to all PUCLs, their office-bearers. Since received no response from the Resident Commissioner’s office called at their office numbers. Till writing this note nobody has responded. 
In the meantime, victims known to us told that they come from a WB constituency which is represented by Trinamool Congress MLA, Ms. Rekha Roy. We also came to know that her husband Nukul Dada manages her affairs. We called his number ‪(+919775874794‬). He seemed to be in hurry, cut short my narration and disconnected. 
The most of victims are devout Muslims but even Indian Muslim organizations which we find leaving no stone unturned for enforcing Shariat, triple talaq and purdah are missing from the scene! 
Our contact in Kolkata, a dear friend, Dr. Fuad Halim informed that Comrade Ashadullah Gayen is incharge of CPM’s WB Migrant Workers Union. Fortunately, we could connect with him (M-9830202822). He informed that the family members or friends of the detained workers should contact him any time for getting Aaadhar verified urgently by the District Magistrate of their areas in Bengal. Of course, he did inform that it was a time-consuming process.  
In order to follow the process explained by Ashadullah Gayen we must arrange following facilities where detainees are kept:
1.    Writers conversant with Bangla with smart phones who can process papers and forward. 
2.    Female volunteers for providing support to women of the victimized men. 
3.    Socially committed legal counsels.  
This task can easily be fulfilled if the above mentioned organizations come out of inertia as if they are waiting for a more horrendous project of Hindutva to unroll.  
TEXT OF THE LETTER DATED 16 July, 2025
Namaskar!
I am a retired faculty of Delhi Unive

Dr. Sunil, former MLA, President Kisan Sangharsh Samiti addressing the conference under the campaign 'Change Bihar, Build New Government' in Bhagalpur
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https://www.voiceofbihar.in/seminar-organized-in-bhagalpur-under-change-bihar-new-government-civic-campaign-tushar-gandhi-addressed/

संगोष्ठी में भागलपुर और आसपास के क्षेत्रों से बड़ी संख्या में सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता, छात्र-युवा, बुद्धिजीवी और आम नागरिक उपस्थित थे। सभी वक्ताओं ने एक स्वर में कहा कि “अब समय आ गया है कि जनता सिर्फ़ वोटर न रहे, बल्कि बदलाव की निर्णायक शक्ति बने।” संगोष्ठी का उद्देश्य बिहार में जन सरोकार आधारित शासन और वैकल्पिक राजनीति की नींव तैयार करना था।

इस आयोजन को जन-जागरूकता की दिशा में एक ठोस प्रयास के रूप में देखा जा रहा है।

The study, authored by Sacchidananda Mukherjee of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), used data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) for 2022-23 to analyse the impact of the indirect tax regime on consumption. 

New Study Shows Bottom 50% Bear Undue GST Burden; Govt Forgoes Rs 99,000 Crore in Corporate Tax - The Wire 

It found that both the bottom 50% and the middle 30% of Indian consumers living in rural areas shared 31% of the GST burden. Similarly, in urban areas, the bottom half and the middle 30% groups faced 29% and 30% of the GST burden respectively.

According to the Indian Express, the findings of this study contradict a 2023 Oxfam report that said the poorest 50% of Indians were paying two-thirds of the total GST collection while the richest 10% accounted for a mere 3-4%.

The Union government told the parliament on Tuesday that nearly Rs 99,000 crore were foregone in corporate tax revenue in 2023-24 on account of tax incentives extended to corporates.

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झूठे गवाह, फ़र्ज़ी सबूत, टॉर्चर, मुंबई बम धमाके की जाँच का आया सच  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LAFMpZQFMY The game of arresting 12 innocent people in the July 2006 Mumbai bomb blast case has been exposed. To make them accused, the accused in other cases and the Panchnama witnesses were presented as witnesses in the Mumbai bomb blast case. The Bombay High Court's decision records every detail of how the story was fabricated. The police did not even care that if 189 people were killed in the terrorist attack, the real accused should be caught. To implicate the innocent, the Mumbai police put all its efforts in preparing a 44,500-page charge sheet. Shouldn't the investigation process and system in terrorist cases be improved? Shouldn't such officers be held accountable? What was ATS doing for 18 years? Why couldn't it catch the real accused? Is India fighting terrorism on the strength of the officers who fabricate stories?

ICJ delivers an unambiguous order on states’ responsibilities to halt climate change https://scroll.in/article/1084853/icj-delivers-an-unambiguous-order-on-states-responsibilities-to-halt-climate-change  Meena Menon  The United Nations’ judicial organ paved the way for states to be held accountable for fossil fuel emissions and the resultant climate harm. failure of states to take measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by continuing fossil fuel production, granting exploration licences or fossil fuel subsidies constituted an internationally wrongful act. States also have an obligation to regulate private actors as a matter of due diligence. in the event that restitution should prove to be materially impossible, responsible states have an obligation to compensate.  

the court held that it was scientifically possible to determine the emissions contribution of each state in both current and historical terms.... states were obliged to adhere to both customary and international laws as well the climate treaties: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement and other United Nations conventions on biodiversity, desertification as well as human rights and the Law of the Sea.

Two books that reflect life In Mumbai
Former police officer Madhukar Zende’s ‘Mumbai’s Most Wanted’ and journalist Anil Singh’s ‘The Fault with Reality’ reveal life under the surface of the city.

Anil Singh’s collection of his articles is a veritable judgment on the quality of governance by successive governments.  he delves also on the city’s vanishing trees, pavements and the quality of its roads, encroachment on wetlands which leads to flooding during heavy rains. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMfLsWKPF_Y/ ndtv Insta 24.7.25

Another man has been beaten up in Maharashtra by MNS workers for not speaking in Marathi and saying, “I will not speak in the language. What will you do?”.

A video which has gone viral shows a man confronting a worker at a public toilet in a bus stop in Nanded, alleging that women were being charged Rs 5 to use the facilities.

Why India-UK FTA may push medicines out of ordinary Indians’ reach https://thefederal.com/category/business/why-india-uk-fta-may-push-medicines-out-of-ordinary-indians-reach-198364 

India is set to sign an FTA with the UK on July 24; most details are public except the IPR chapter, The IPR chapter may include provisions like evergreening of patents, extended patent terms, and data exclusivity, potentially raising medicine costs and limiting access for ordinary Indians.

Big Pharma advantage: Leaked drafts suggest the deal could weaken safeguards, block public objections to patents, and protect pharmaceutical monopolies far beyond global norms (TRIPS), benefitting multinational drug companies. 

“The module ‘Pratibimb’ maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give visibility to jurisdictional officers. The module also facilitates seeking and receiving of techno-legal assistance by Law Enforcement Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has lead to arrest of 10,599 accused, 26,096 linkages and 63,019 Cyber Investigation assistance request,” the MHA said in its reply.

Cyber Crime Cases See Annual Increase by At Least 40%, Rs. 30,000 Crore Lost to Fraud Since 2023: Govt - The Wire

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