On name change: SC says don’t belittle Hinduism and keep country on boil!। BJP । ASHUTOSH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J80EJaTJJqU
 28.2.2023 मोदी सरकार आने के बाद मुस्लिम नाम बदलने की बाढ़ आ गई है । शहर, बाग, सड़क के नाम बदले जा रहे हैं । सुप्रीम कोर्ट में ऐसी ही एक याचिका पर कहा कि ऐसी पिटीशन न लाये जिससे समाज बंटता हो । सबको साथ लेकर चले । सुप्रीम कोर्ट की टिप्पणी के बाद बीजेपी की नाम बदलने की। मुहिम को धक्का लगेगा ? आशुतोष के साथ चर्चा संजय हेगड़े, फ़िरदौस मिर्ज़ा, गौहर रजा और आलोक जोशी ।

Why Supreme Court is angry with Renaming? । BJP । HINDUTVA POLITICS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Mo25MK5MQ Feb 28, 2023 #supremecourt #namechangepolitics #bjp नाम बदलने की पिटीशन क्यों सुप्रीम कोर्ट में डाली गई ? क्या वो वाकई देश को बाँटना चाहते हैं और देश को उबलते देखना चाहते हैं ? क्या है असली मक़सद ? बता रहे हैं गौहर रजा Why was the petition to change the name put in the Supreme Court? Do they really want to divide the country and see the country boiling? What is the real purpose? Gauhar Raza is telling

There is an assault in secular nation! । BJP । SUPREME COURT । NAME CHANGE POLITICS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI9z6SigZ8E Feb 28, 2023 क्या सरकार वैज्ञानिक सोच पर हमला कर रही है ? क्यों अतीत को कुरेदा जा रहा है ? इसके पीछे की सोच क्या है ? नाम बदलने से क्या होगा, शहर तो वही रहेगा ? बता रहे हैं गौहर रजा। Is the government attacking scientific thinking? Why is the past being dug up? What is the thought behind this? What will happen if the name is changed, the city will remain the same? Gauhar Raza is telling.

Supreme Court ने मुस्लिम नामों वाली जगहों के नाम बदलने को लेकर कही इतनी बड़ी बात - Ajit Anjum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305dfaQ_K8c Feb 28, 2023

 History can’t haunt present; no bigotry in Hinduism: Supreme Court https://indianexpress.com/article/india/supreme-court-junks-plea-restore-names-places-changed-invaders-8469691/ February 28, 2023
Justice Nagarathna said invasions were a historical fact which cannot be wished away and wondered whether there were no other problems that the country could focus on.  “a country cannot remain a prisoner of the past” and that the “court should not be an instrument to create havoc.” there is no space for bigotry in Hinduism but the counsel sought to remind that the benevolent nature of Hinduism had resulted in it being wiped out from places like Afghanistan and Pakistan and Hindus being reduced to a minority in seven states even in India.

George Soros Prediction ACCURACY is Scary - India BEAR MARKET Coming?! General Theory of Bubble.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SislbKs4-Y

What Is Reflexivity? How It Works, History, and Opposing Theories https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/reflexivity.asp By THE INVESTOPEDIA TEAM

Soros: General Theory of Reflexivity https://www.ft.com/content/0ca06172-bfe9-11de-aed2-00144feab49a Scientific laws are hypothetical in character and their truth remains subject to testing. Ideologies which claim to be in possession of the ultimate truth are making a false claim; therefore, they can be imposed on society only by force. This applies to Communism, Fascism and National Socialism alike. All these ideologies lead to repression. Popper proposed a more attractive form of social organization: an open society in which people are free to hold divergent opinions and the rule of law allows people with different views and interests to live together in peace. Having lived through both Nazi and Communist occupation here in Hungary I found the idea of an open society immensely attractive.

While I was reading Popper I was also studying economic theory and I was struck by the contradiction between Popper’s emphasis on imperfect understanding and the theory of perfect competition in economics which postulated perfect knowledge. This led me to start questioning the assumptions of economic theory. These were the two major theoretical inspirations of my philosophy. It is also deeply rooted in my personal history.

Is Tourism Destroying Goa? https://www.rediff.com/news/column/ramesh-menon-is-tourism-destroying-goa/20230224.htm By RAMESH MENONFebruary 24, 2023 16:24 IST
Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and migration, points out Ramesh Menon.

Real estate companies are vying with each other to build cottages, villas and flats all over the state as residents from mainland India wish to shift to the scenic state or build a second home.

Rapid urbanisation is unable to sustain itself, given the poor infrastructure. It is no more the paradise it was.

Public transport is in a mess. Uber and Ola services are unavailable as the taxi groups will not let it come in.

So cab and auto fares are very unreasonable. It is common for cab drivers to demand Rs 100 or more for a kilometre.

Waste management is a serious issue plaguing the state, especially in rural areas, as garbage tied in polythene bags is just flung on the roadsides from passing vehicles.

https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/interviews/goas-big-projects-wont-last-if-its-ecology-is-destroyed/ 

Abhijit Prabhudessai: ‘The government completely disregards the well-being of the people’

‘If Goa dies real estate projects won't survive’

Development projects in Goa are sanctioned through regional plans which is basically demarcation of zones across Goa of permissible land uses. In ecologically sensitive zones like orchards, paddy fields, slopes, forests and so on, development activities are not permitted if they are contrary to agriculture or forestry.

But once lands are demarcated and shown as settlement zones, irrespective of present land use, they can become tourism projects or commercial projects. Similarly, the regional plan is supposed to demarcate a number of things which it does not. Like groundwater resources, community lands, prime tenanted agricultural lands. These are often shown as settlement zones in regional plans.

The situation is that the scientific community is completely under the control of the government. It is, therefore, not in a position to do the work it needs to do. For example, the Mopa airport project or any large project where the government or a large real estate owner is involved — you will not see the scientific community coming forth to provide facts and science. We understand even circulars have been passed that they should not divulge facts to the public.

The first step is for the government to accept and acknowledge the existence of these economies. The GDP doesn’t show it. If you grow your own food or share it or barter it the government doesn’t consider that to be an economic activity. The huge khazan lands are all sustainable farming systems. Some 400 or 600 families live off that paddy the whole year. These are economic activities that sustain life in Goa. And, yes, a self-sufficient village has to be the way forward.

At liberation Goa had a population of 600,000 which sustained itself on local resources. Large tourism projects will not sustain the moment you start losing the ecological balance. And agriculture, fishery, and forestry give more employment than anything else.

Our water bodies, lakes, rivers and nallas are by policy being concretized. Contractors spend crores to build concrete walls replacing an existing laterite structure already there in mud. Instead, you can employ thousands of people to use the existing material and restore it. Pay them handsomely and you will save more than half the money you are at present spending.

Quit Hate, Save the Constitution Campaign  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCnup5lb-x0  Oct 16, 2022
Quit Hate, Save the Constitution Campaign

Prashant Bhushan, advocate Supreme Court of India

Anjali Bhardwaj, social activist, Satark Nagrik Sangathan

Jignesh Mewani activist & MLA, Gujarat

Purshottam Bhatt, singer

Vinay & Charul, Loknaad (recording)

Moderator Amrita Johri, Social activist, Satark Nagrik Sangathan

Organised by ANHAD & Satark Nagrik Sangathan

Manish Sisodia Arrested By CBI In Delhi Liquor Policy Case After Hours Of Interrogation Delhi Liquor Policy Case After Hours Of Interrogation; 10 Points https://english.jagran.com/india/manish-sisodia-arrested-by-cbi-in-delhi-liquor-policy-case-after-hours-of-interrogation-10066775   Sisodia appeared before the CBI today for questioning in connection with the alleged irregularities in the AAP government's now-scrapped excise policy. By Akanksha Verma Sun, 26 Feb 2023

- The Anti-Corruption Branch of CBI asked the AAP leader about his alleged links to Dinesh Arora and other accused, and sought the details of the messages exchanged through multiple phones.

- The CBI investigators alleged that Sisodis did not cooperate in the probe and kept avoiding clarifications on crucial points sought by them resulting in his arrest, they said.

At $1.1 trillion, renewable energy investment matches fossil fuels in 2022 for 1st time: BloombergNEF https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/energy/at-1-1-trillion-renewable-energy-investment-matches-fossil-fuels-in-2022-for-1st-time-bloombergnef-87355 The hydrogen sector received least boost at $1.1 billion but the sector grew the fastest, tripling investment every year Seema Prasad  Friday 27 January 2023

Investment towards energy transition grew by $261 billion from the previous year — a 31 per cent increase from 2021. But the investment in fossil fuels was also simultaneously up $214 billion over 2021 levels....“The growth in fossil fuel investments in 2022 occurred against the backdrop of high commodity prices, with many oil and gas majors earning record profits. Increased climate awareness has, however, made these companies more focused on share buybacks and diversifying to lower-carbon assets,” the researchers explained.

GOBAR-Dhan: Scheme announced in budget a welcome step, but challenges ahead https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/energy/gobar-dhan-scheme-announced-in-budget-a-welcome-step-but-challenges-ahead-87558 Biogas can be purified and upgraded up to 98 per cent of purity to make it suitable to be used as a green fuel for transportation or filling of cylinders
By Siddharth Ghanshyam Singh, Kaifee Jawed 08 February 2023

500 new ‘waste to wealth’ plants for promoting a circular economy with a total investment of Rs 10,000 crore under the GOBAR-Dhan scheme in her budget speech in the Parliament on February 1, 2023.

Of the 500 new plants announced, 200 will be compressed biogas plants (CBG), including 75 in cities and the remaining 300 will be community or cluster-based plants.

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The National Bioenergy Programme specifically mentions (paragraph five) that waste-to-energy plants based on thermal technologies like incineration, pyrolysis, etc., are not supported under the programme.

The National Bioenergy Programme specifically mentions (paragraph five) that waste-to-energy plants based on thermal technologies like incineration, pyrolysis, etc., are not supported under the programme.

HOW ASSAM’S MISING COMMUNITY IS COPING WITH FLOODS THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
By Sanskrita BharadwajonFeb. 02, 2023 https://vikalpsangam.org/article/how-assams-mising-community-is-coping-with-floods-through-architectural-design/ the indigenous Mising community in Assam constructs and lives in traditional flood-resilient houses called chang ghors that are perched above the ground on bamboo stilts. Medhipamua in Dhemaji district is a typical Mising village that lies along the Brahmaputra river. “Our houses are built at an eight foot height while there are others in the interiors that are 12-13 feet high. We keep our bamboo poles stacked before the monsoons arrive,” Janmoni Doley, a resident of the village said. Many families, she said, still prefer moving a few kilometres away from their houses on country boats to a more secure raised platform like the village community space where the magnitude of the water is also usually less.