I’m Used To It But ‘Endangering Sovereignty’ Is Too Much’: Fact Checker Mohd Zubair Faces Gravest Criminal Case Yet
Betwa Sharma  https://article-14.com/post/-i-m-used-to-it-but-endangering-sovereignty-is-too-much-fact-checker-mohd-zubair-faces-gravest-criminal-case-yet--674d39ead4fec 

After the Supreme Court granted him bail in the UP cases in July 2022—23 days after he was arrested—and disbanded the special investigation team in UP and moved the matters to the Delhi police. The new section 152 BNS, which the police had invoked was the gravest yet, and regarded by lawyers and human rights activists as the new avatar of the colonial era section of sedition under the IPC. 

    “He was never asked to join the investigation in the other FIRs. It has been more than two years. No chargesheet has been filed. They are lying dormant,” said Vrinda Grover, one of India’s most famous human rights lawyers who is representing Zubair. “That tells us there was nothing ever serious in terms of investigation that was required.”

As Zubair has persisted with his work, not only have his supporters have grown but also his detractors and with them the narrative that he is “anti India” and “anti Hindu”, a trope used by the  right wing to discredit and harass people who question or criticise the ruling party, its allies, and Islamophobes who spew hate against minorities. 

India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it https://restofworld.org/2024/india-banned-camscanner-government-agencies/  The Election Commission is not the only Indian government-adjacent entity still using this banned scanning app. Rest of World found 30 other instances of documents uploaded by government departments and ministries that were scanned with CamScanner .

the Indian government has not clearly communicated to the public why it has banned the app. Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia Pacific policy director and senior international counsel at Access Now says.. “The CamScanner blocking was a political action and less a cybersecurity one, Most experts agree that bans aren’t the best way to protect national security, especially when they target tech from a single nation of origin. “The way to go forward is to have policies in place that all companies, all applications have to follow,” Rajmohan said, adding that India needs to have robust national cyber security policy and data protection laws that foreign and domestic firms must comply with.

 ARCs Exposed: Controversies & Collusions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJadGKM8A0Y Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) were designed to resolve bad loans and clean up the banking sector, but a series of controversies, shady deals, and RBI crackdowns have cast doubt on their legitimacy. From ever-greening bad loans to leaving retail investors and homebuyers in limbo, ARCs face a bleak future as new regulations tighten the noose. In this insightful video, Sucheta Dalal explores the flaws in ARC operations, their impact on ordinary citizens, and what the future holds for this industry.

 Natural Resources, Crony Capitalism and Failure of Governance https://youtu.be/7eNiMLMUFas?t=786  Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (Senior Journalist & litical Commentator, New Delhi)    Apr 9, 2015  ISSUES IN GOVERNANCE  ,
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BJP cites TISS study to claim ‘illegal migration’ is reshaping Mumbai – but scholars say it’s flawed  https://scroll.in/article/1075656/bjp-cites-tiss-study-to-claim-illegal-migration-is-reshaping-mumbai-but-scholars-say-its-flawed“ Several projections for 2051 estimate that Hindus could fall below 54 percent, with the Muslim population rising to approximately 30 percent”.

In fact, the executive summary makes a different claim, stating that by that year, “the rise in Muslim population will be approximately 30%”.

Trump has a choice: Obliterate Palestine or end the war   https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/trump-two-choices-obliterate-palestine-end-war David Hearst 7 November 2024  Under Trump and his son-in-law adviser, Jared Kushner, Washington became a policy playground for the settler movement, with which the former US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, was unashamedly aligned.

The Zionist dream of a liberal, secular, democratic Jewish state had been the main vehicle of Israeli expansion, with its salami slices making ever-deeper inroads into historic Palestine. By killing it, the liberal fig leaf dropped from the Zionist project, and the religious Zionist forces who were once regarded as fringe and even as terrorists, such as far-right politician Itamar Ben Gvir and the Kahanists, became mainstream.  This fundamentally altered the whole project to establish Israel as the dominant state between the river and sea.

सुरक्षाबलों का एक्शन, 11 Kuki उग्रवादियों को मार गिराया | https://youtu.be/Seu9dHzP7n0   Nov 11, 2024   Action by security forces, 11 Kuki militants killed | https://youtu.be/Seu9dHzP7n0  Nov 11, 2024 The militants attacked the CRPF camp located at Boro Bekara in Jiribam. The CRPF also retaliated and at least 11 Kuki militants were killed in the encounter. One CRPF jawan is also seriously injured.

    
  
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A Larger Scam Than Electoral Bonds’: Anjali Bhardwaj Levels Huge Allegations Against The PMO  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4XQM-w3M84   the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) which was set up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Citing lack of transparency, Bhardwaj draws parallel between PM CARES Fund and the Electoral Bonds and hints at a possible ‘Quid Pro Quo’ between the government and the donors. Bhardwaj goes further to say that “The PM CARES is a larger scam than the Electoral Bonds”. 

 KYC Crisis: Financial Death instead of Financial Inclusion   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWlKgZDt68   Nov 7, 2024 
The JAM Trinity (Jan-Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile) was supposed to bring financial inclusion to India’s underserved communities. But for millions, Aadhaar-based verification has become a barrier rather than a bridge. This video, based on Sucheta Dalal’s article, uncovers the real struggles faced by rural Indians whose bank accounts are frozen due to mismatches and errors in their Aadhaar-linked information. Watch as we delve into the systemic issues causing financial exclusion, and the urgent need for reform in India's KYC and Aadhaar systems.

https://moneylife.in/article/jammed-how-aadhaarbased-inclusion-turned-into-financial-exclusion/75544.html While the ‘mission mode’ approach delivered large numbers, unfortunately, it prioritised targets over proper verification and banks opened many Jan-Dhan accounts without proper authentication of Aadhaar. A decade later, the re-verification of documents under the know-your-customer (KYC) process is wreaking havoc. These ‘low-risk’ accounts are being frozen or closed due to documentation issues, effectively inflicting 'financial death' on vulnerable account-holders.