Bad Corporate Loans and Their Write-offs Are Draining the Economy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6MAR_F_F24 The Wire In March 2015, the total NPAs were at Rs. 3.23 lakh crore. This increased to Rs. 10.36 lakh crore in March 2018, the highest in the history of the country. In March 2023, NPAs came down to Rs. 5.71 lakh crore. Did the defaulter companies suddenly decide to pay their dues on time? No, it is only because the banks decided to let them go, and wrote off half of their debts. Contrast this with the life of the common man, whose entire family is haunted to recover the loan amount. Is the system working for the people who deposit their hard earned money in the banks? Or the corporates who get hefty loans at throwaway interest rates?

@Srichand47 
This globe runs on the axis of "Powerful Vs Powerless" ...Not on the axis of "Dharm Vs Adharm".... Unfortunately.... we citizens lost our track,  by keep believing exactly the opposite, for entire life. Become Powerful enough to stop the injustice..just believing in "Justice"  won't change the system. 

@bindaasmard664 It's been going for decades now. For instance tata group took over Air India (AI) recently which used to be a state (gov) owned airline only after gov write off it's debt. Ironically it was JRD Tata who founded AI and then under Nehru's socialist agenda was forced to hand it over to the gov. Ever since AI got under gov control it's decline began so much so that it had more than 40K crores of unpaid loan on it when vijay mallay fled the country who's kingfisher airline had become defaulter in some 9K crore loan. No gov babu (AI used to be headed by some senior IAS officer) was ever held accountable for debt that piled up in AI books for so many decades. By 2023 the estimated default debt on AI had rose to over 60K crores which tata group made gov to write off it's books before taking over the AI. 

• larger design to use this legislation to settle scores with political adversaries and ideological dissenters.
• tendency to defame and gag all those who keep our democracy from turning into an elected autocracy
•  “special laws” that bypass the procedural safeguards under the law of the land; misuse is the principal use of such laws. 

Shri Fadnavis should come up with specific charges and prima facie evidence thereof ,  release the list of such "Maoist frontal organisations" in the BJA and name the BJA participants in the foreign meetings that he referred to.

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Parliament Scuffle I "Congress Targeted Amit Shah, He Wont.." I Ambedkar Row I Who Hit Whom?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsNmGDHq3og   As the controversy surrounding Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks over Ambedkar stirred up protests, a scuffle broke out between the BJP & Congress outside the Parliament gate, resulting in the hospitalisation of two BJP MPs' and an FIR being filed against LoP Rahul Gandhi. 

Amid the high octane drama in Delhi, BJP workers vandalised a Congress party office in Mumbai.

 Opposition, BJP MPs jostle in Parliament premises  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9fKN3dey2c| Faye D'Souza The country witnessed high drama as a face-off between the opposition and NDA MPs broke out in Parliament premises over the alleged insult to B R Ambedkar on Thursday. As the Parliament session is all set to end on Friday, several other crucial socio-economic issues did not find a place in the public and political discourse, observes Faye D'Souza.

Editorial with Sujit Nair | ‘Building Ram Temple Doesn’t Make You A Hindu Leader’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NlWPG1O17g : Mohan Bhagwat In this episode of Editorial, Mr. Sujit Nair discusses the recent statements by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat. Bhagwat has conveyed a message of harmony while addressing the ongoing temple-mosque dispute. Mr. Nair questions why Bhagwat makes such neutral statements only after elections. He also highlights the disconnect between Bhagwat’s statements and the actions of Sangh-affiliated organizations. 

Faye D'Souza

The mosques and dargahs that are targeted are not merely places of worship but it is part of our rich syncretic tradition. It’s a testimony of the melting pot that India is acclaimed for the world over. Any contestation on such places of heritage is an assault on the composite culture of India.

It is ironical that such demands are acted upon by the courts despite of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which ensures that the religious character of the place of worship doesn’t change and is maintained as it was on 15th August, 1947. This legislation intended to prevent conflicts and any threats to these places of worship in the future...

--demands and assaults on mosques and dargahs are threatening to deepen fault lines and plunge the country into darkness of untruth, communal violence and injustice.

we are also troubled with your silence as the Prime Minister of the country, on such frenzy demands and urge you to condemn such demands unequivocally to stop the spiral of contestation and communal churning. Nothing less than these measures will instil confidence, sense of security and law in the minds of the citizens of this country.

 Mohandas Pai questions wage disparity in India Inc  salaries at the top have risen sharply. “Look at an IT CEO's salary five years ago, and look at it now—it has gone up 50-60%. Board compensation has increased by 20%, 30%, even 40%. But for the bottom 20%, wages have only risen by 20-25%.”

The disparity is even worse for contract employees. A Quest study shows that their wages have increased by just 1-2% over the past five years. These workers, often in roles like janitors, shop assistants, and electricians, earn salaries tied to stagnant minimum wages. “There is a great degree of exploitation of the bottom 50%, and India Inc has to really pay them better,” Pai asserted.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-safe-place-than-jail-chief-justice-on-delhi-journalists-bail-request-1926805  

Journalist-political commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra,  was arrested on September 20, 2018 in Delhi, after he posted a video on Twitter of his visit to the famous 13th century Sun temple in Konark. He had allegedly made objectionable remarks about Lord Jagannath and "vulgar sculptures".

The Odisha police told the court that he had "made unpalatable and irresponsible remarks about Konark Sun Temple with an intention to outrage and to hurt religious feelings which may create communal friction."

The journalist was let off on bail by a lower court and asked him to appear before the Odisha police by September 28. However, the journalist didn't join in the investigation alleging threat to life. 

When Mr Iyer-Mitra's lawyer argued that his life was under threat, the Chief Justice said, "If your client is facing threats, there is no better place than jail."

Adaptive governance key to protecting biodiversity and supporting sustainable transformation https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/ipbestransformative-change-reportadaptive-governance-key-to-protecting-biodiversity-and-supporting-sustainable-transformation.  IPBES report:  Governance shapes how societies manage their natural resources and interact with the environment. Poor governance, which can include corruption, fragmented policies and unequal power, often leads to overuse of resources and increased biodiversity loss.

Marginalised groups, particularly indigenous peoples who are closely linked to their natural surroundings, often find themselves excluded from decision-making, making it harder to conserve the environment effectively, Adaptive governance systems seek to include various types of knowledge, such as indigenous, local, and scientific perspectives. By encouraging teamwork among different stakeholders, these systems can create effective policies that protect biodiversity while ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard, and the benefits are shared fairly.

despite some successes, challenges still exist. Wealthy groups often control decision-making, leading to power imbalances. Corruption slows down progress, and different institutions often do not work well together, making conservation efforts less effective. 

Governance systems that focus on transparency, adaptive monitoring, and ongoing evaluations respond better to new challenges. Adaptive learning allows governments to refine strategies, ensuring resilience and reducing unintended consequences

Environment defenders & civil societies key to halting biodiversity loss but face violence, neglect  https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/ipbes-transformative-change-report-environment-defenders-civil-societies-key-to-halting-biodiversity-loss-but-face-violence-neglect  - a Transformative Change report published December 18, 2024 by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).The analysis examined 2,802 social mobilisations from 1992 to 2023, which challenged 46,955 environmental threats over biodiversity loss, soil contamination, climate change, groundwater, surface water and landscape degradation, waste overflow and deforestation. 

While 54 per cent of these actions achieved reforms — such as technical solutions, environmental improvements and compensations — nearly 27 per cent resulted in regressive outcomes, including violence against defenders and underreported and overlooked gender-based violence.

Between 2012 and 2022, over 2,000 environmental defenders, including journalists, were killed for opposing environmentally destructive activities like mining, dam construction and deforestation, the paper said.

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Stop blaming EVMs when you lose, Omar Abdullah tells Congress'  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/stop-blaming-evms-when-you-lose-omar-abdullah-tells-congress/articleshow/116346011.cms   ..parties should not contest elections if they do not trust the voting mechanism...If one is certain that the EVMs are being hacked then the only logical response would be to boycott the polls till these machines are trashed.
Just think of it that such an insane move would have saved the BJP the big humiliation, and consequent erosion in legitimacy, of being drastically reduced from 303 to 232 -- well below the bare majority mark -- despite the shrill cry of "over 400 this time!". 
Not to forget that if one EVM can be hacked then any and every EVM can be hacked -- with scaling up of efforts input.

''Why this approach after being CM?': Congress hits back at Omar Abdullah's remark on EVM' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-this-approach-after-being-cm-congress-hits-back-at-omar-abdullahs-remark-on-evm/articleshow/116351411.cms 

BJP to release book against EVMs today(Feb 2010) https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bjp-to-release-book-against-evms-today/story-yGi1uLuJDmHQykPAadUIYP.html  ByShekhar Iyer, Party president Nitin Gadkari will release a book by the BJP’s election analyst, G.V.L. Narasimha Rao on Friday. Rao’s Democracy at Risk questions the very constitutional validity of EVMs and even cites the ways they can be hacked.

WA/email by SS:  As yet no random tallying of the VVPAT slips with the EVM outcomes, being mandatorily carried out, has come up with any mismatch.

Of course, in the era of fast evolving technology and the ECI virtually being the 12th member of the BJP team full transparency and further improvements must be forcefully and consistently demanded. 

Also the fact that the polls are indeed being manipulated to the advantage of the ruling party in terms of allowing unchecked hate speeches, huge financial assymetry, voters' lists manipulation, vote suppression by using the state machinery etc. needs to be adequately highlighted.

The unsubstantiated clamour about EVMs only helps to distract. It also adds to apathy of the anti-BJP voters.

Comment:  The whole concept of "scientific rigging', involves during it in a manner that is believable. And this also involves using different tactics in different situations. the most obvious is you cannot get all candidates in all consitutencies with withdraw candidature. 

Comment:  The whole concept of "scientific rigging', involves during it in a manner that is believable. And this also involves using different tactics in different situations. the most obvious is you cannot get all candidates in all consitutencies with withdraw candidature.   Therefore the only way to beat rigging and also EVM manipulation is to turn up in larger numbers, and vote and that too in the first half of the day

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 08:49 Devasahayam MG <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> wrote:    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cant-celebrate-evms-when-you-win-blame-when-you-lose-omar-abdullahs-jibe-at-congress/articleshow/116337229.cms 
    Omar has hit the nail on its head.. Soon after the Loksabha election we flagged huge spike in votes in 15 states and possible stealing of mandate in 79 constituencies. INC did nothing and their chief advisor, Yogendra Yadav derided us. In the process Rahul Gandhi has lost credibility as LOP!! -     MGD