“Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam” Mother of All Jumlas!? 23 September 2023 by Sukla Sen Mainstream, VOL 61 No 39 September 23, 2023 http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article13834.html two significant departures. One, the title has undergone a very radical and, arguably, silly (or sinister?) transformation. Two, the implementation of this Bill even afterenactment would have to wait for census and, then, delimitation.

All in all, the Special Session of the Parliament, which also sort of inaugurated the New Parliament Building, it’s now more than amply clear, was meant to precisely pass the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam to hold up Narendra Modi as the God’s chosen one to champion the causes of women — while actually doing precious little — and camouflage his actual track record as illustrated by e.g. the premature release of eleven convicted gang rapists in the Bilkis Bano case as a part of the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav [24], atrocities in Hathras (ref.: https://www.outlookindia.com/national/revisiting-hathras-a-timeline-of-how-the-case-unfolded-news-266802), and Manipur [25].

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Times of London - Editorial  Prime Suspect
Mr Modi’s muscular instincts are well known. Under his rule India has slipped down global rankings for religious and press freedom. In February the BBC’s offices in Delhi were raided in retaliation for a documentary alleging that Mr Modi failed to protect Muslims suffering deadly sectarian attacks in 2002 when he was chief minister of Gujarat.  His foreign policy is marked by a reluctance to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a pragmatic if cynical stance based on trade and Moscow’s importance as an arms supplier. But the sanctioning of a political assassination of a foreign national would take matters to an altogether different level...The diplomatic fallout from this affair is likely to be extensive. This is not Russians carrying out a “wet job” on Russians on foreign soil, which in the case of Sergei and Yulia Skripal resulted in severe reprisals against Russian embassies in the West. It is allegedly the murder by a foreign power of a Canadian citizen in Canada. This is a huge provocation that Mr Modi and his shadowy lieutenants in India’s intelligence apparatus may come to regret.

Canada's allegations politically driven, there's degree of prejudice: MEA on diplomatic row Sep 21, 2023 https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/canadas-allegations-politically-driven-theres-degree-of-prejudice-mea-on-india-canada-row-101695292917077.html

 The statement from MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi confirmed that Canada shared no specific information regarding the allegations. "From our side, very specific evidence of criminal activities based on Canadian soil has been shared with the Canadian authorities on a regular basis but has not been acted upon," the MEA spokesperson said

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/09/20/if-india-ordered-a-murder-in-canada-there-must-be-consequences  If India ordered a murder in Canada, there must be consequences India denies everything. But Canada is reported to have shared intelligence about the murder with its allies in the “Five Eyes” pact. None appears to have questioned it. Shortly after Mr Trudeau levelled the charge in Canada’s parliament, America and Britain released cautiously supportive statements, urging India to co-operate with a Canadian probe.

Delimitation debate: gender vs regional, caste identities https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delimitation-debate-gender-vs-regional-caste-identities/article67327620.ece September 20, 2023 The next delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies will involve two shifts — from the southern to northern and eastern States, and from men to women across India   “Northern States like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have decennial growth rates of 12% to 15%, whereas, in the southern States, the decennial growth rates range between 6% and 10%. .. In the process, the serious concerns regarding the diminishing say of States that have stabilised their populations in the affairs of the Union could possibly be overshadowed by the countrywide unanimity on women’s empowerment. 

So the proposed expansion of women’s representation in lawmaking will weaken not only politics around regional identity, but also autonomous OBC politics in the Hindi heartland. The BJP had already subsumed caste identity politics within its Hindutva umbrella to a significant extent in the heartland.

Union Minister RK Singh On How India Plans To Meet Its Rising Power Demand https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-power-demand-add-30-gigawatt-thermal-electricity-generation-capacity-to-meet-rising-demand-rk-singh-4393566
Power Minister RK Singh has said India will soon launch a pilot project for producing 100 MW of round-the-clock power using green hydrogen as storage.
India NewsPress Trust of IndiaUpdated: September 15, 2023

*India to burn 40% more coal with new plans for thermal power*
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/industry-india-to-burn-40-more-coal-with-new-plans-for-thermal-power-3247742/ Comment by Shankar Sharma

If the country continues to increase its coal consumption at such a high rate even in 2023, as against the global need of massively reducing it immediately and making it zero in the near future, the climate change goals can only go for a toss with devastating consequences for our people. The pollution and contamination of air, water and soil are not the only concerns for our people, but the other ecological impacts such as ever depleting forest & vegetative cover and unacceptable increase in GHG emissions are fast escalating to become the existential threats for human kind.

That mushroom cloud Gopalkrishna Gandhi Published 23.07.2 https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/that-mushroom-cloud-some-thoughts-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-pokhran-ii/cid/1953898
Today, one does not hear voices from civil society talking of the nuclear threat or, for that matter, of biological and chemical threats to the world. Disarmament is a piety in conference agendas

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Election Commissioners' Appointment Bill: Impact on independence of Election Commission of India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA6bpln-XAQ
चुनाव आयुक्तों की नियुक्ति विधेयक- चुनाव आयोग की स्वतंत्रता पर प्रभाव

Justice Madan Lokur, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Prashant Bhushan, advocate, Supreme Court of India
SY Quraishi, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
Sanjay Kumar, Professor, CSDS Delhi
MG Devasahayam, former IAS officer
Anjali Bhardwaj, Satark Nagrik Sangathan

Being the 5th largest economy 'impressive,' but per capita income must also rise, says ex-RBI Governor  https://www.deccanherald.com/business/being-the-5th-largest-economy-impressive-but-per-capita-income-must-also-rise-says-ex-rbi-governor-2689078  16 September 2023 Rangarajan said post Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, there is a need to lay down a clear roadmap for India’s future development and the first and foremost task is to raise the growth rate.... In 2020, India’s rank with respect to per capita income was 142 out of 197 countries.  According to calculations, he said, if the country achieves a seven per cent rate of growth continuously over the next two decades and more, it will make a substantial change to the level of the economy and India may almost touch the status of a developed economy. India needs to absorb the new technologies.. though the new technologies may lower the employment elasticity with respect to output