Kashmir’s media crisis,  | Reporters Without Orders Ep 339 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZTtbQ2eWY  newslaundry
Sep 28, 2024  Reporters Without Orders  

Manisha reported on press freedom in Kashmir from ground zero. She speaks about her interviews and conversations with journalists in the valley, who described an intensifying clampdown on media, a sense of suffocation, and censorship, particularly after the abrogation of Article 370. 

Inside Kashmir’s media crisis: The REAL story no one is talking about this election https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqiRfnIHd1Y newslaundry

Saket Court flags defective affidavit by BJP's Suresh Nakhua in suit against Dhruv Rathee https://www.barandbench.com/news/saket-court-flags-defective-affidavit-bjps-suresh-nakhua-suit-dhruv-rathee Nakhua had moved the Court against Rathee alleging defamation for uploading a video titled “My Reply to Godi Youtubers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFe8bJ9e_FA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l21pMU0jyA   Dhruv Rathee पर करने गए थे केस...BJP नेता की कोर्ट में भारी फजीहत ?
Ulta Chasma uc 

 My Final Reply to Godi Youtubers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVqhgfoFaDk | Elvish Yadav | Dhruv Rathee
Dhruv Rathee

How the Attack on Rahul Gandhi For His US Remarks Exposes BJP's Own Dubious Relationship with Sikhs https://thewire.in/politics/how-the-attack-on-rahul-gandhi-for-his-us-remarks-exposes-bjps-own-dubious-relationship-with-sikhs/ Paramjeet Singh and Rajarshee Narayan Chowdhury 28/Sep/2024  Senior BJP leaders such as Hardeep Singh Puri (who is himself Sikh) pulled-no-punches, in a column for the Indian Express, Puri wrote: “The only time Sikhs have felt insecure and faced an existential threat in India was in the early 1980s.” 
 BJP’s national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, referred to Rahul Gandhi’s comments as supposed evidence of the latter having gone from making “childish comments” to “dangerous and mischievous activities”. ..Congress leader Pawan Khera, in responding to the BJP leaders’ attacks on Gandhi, pointed to how the saffron party often construes any criticism of its policies as attacks on India. Khera further reminded how the Prime Minister himself was not above-often in pejorative terms-referencing people’s clothing, most recently, the anti-hijab movement of the BJP, against the school-going girls of Karnataka, fanning communal flames in educational institutions; with members of the judiciary openly attending events by organisations such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). 

 Modi will close NITI Aayog due to fear, evidence found red handed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVhXhc7cUk  
The Public India  Sep 29, 2024  Anjali Bharadhdwaj says Modi will close NITI Aayog due to fear, evidence found red handed

Govt ignored Niti red flag that data protection law could weaken RTI  https://indianexpress.com/article/india/govt-ignored-niti-red-flag-that-data-protection-law-could-weaken-rti-9593569/
Niti’s concern: Disclosure of personal info of public officials may not be possible in larger public interest too. On Jan 16, 2023, the NITI Aayog formally wrote to the Ministry of Electronics and IT urging it not to pass the proposed law as it would weaken the RTI act... the suggestion had come as part of the then ongoing inter-miniterial consultation and hte law was still in the draft stage.. 

 How a US-Based PR Firm Is Profiling Activists, Scientists Opposing Pesticides and GMO
Sarasvati Thuppadolla, Margot Gibbs and Elena DeBre  https://thewire.in/agriculture/how-a-us-based-pr-firm-is-profiling-activists-scientists-opposing-pesticides-and-gmo The firm spearheading this work is Missouri-based v-Fluence Interactive, founded and run by a former Monsanto executive, Jay Byrne, who previously worked as a communications executive at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Since its creation in 2001, v-Fluence has provided a range of services including “in depth research, ongoing intelligence gathering, proprietary data-mining and analytics” to the global agrochemical and biotechnology industry.

v-Fluence also has links to corporate pesticide giants such as Syngenta which is currently facing a lawsuit in the US, with Byrne and v-Fluence as co-defendants. The lawsuit was filed by farmers with Parkinson’s disease who have alleged that their illness was caused by the company’s paraquat herbicide. They accuse Syngenta and v-Fluence of suppressing negative information on the dangers of paraquat, working to “neutralise” those who criticise it, and investigating the social media pages of people who reported injuries to Syngenta’s crisis hotline. 

 This Impending Disaster Can KILL 35 Lakh People | Mullaperiyar Dam Danger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQHPPdp0Cjg 
Gaurav Thakur   Sep 5, 2024 A major disaster could hit India, but we can prevent it. The 123-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam, located between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, is at risk of collapsing. If it bursts, it could flood five districts, affecting 3.5 million people. The dam, built in 1895, has shown cracks and leaks for decades, and experts, including the UN, IIT Roorkee, and Kerala's disaster management, recommend replacing it. If the dam fails, it could trigger a domino effect, breaking three nearby dams, including Asia's largest, Idukki Dam. But, despite the danger, Kerala and Tamil Nadu government are doing Blame Game Politics.

https://www.moneylife.in/article/dont-stop-citizens-from-recording-video-inside-police-stations-nagpur-police/71149.html  Don’t Stop Citizens from Recording Video inside Police Stations: Nagpur Police
Moneylife Digital Team 20 June 2023 

In an order issued last week, Dr Ashwini Patil, deputy commissioner of police (headquarter), says, "It is observed that the duty officers are unnecessarily arguing with citizens who are doing video recording inside police stations and registering a complaint against them. A police station is a public place, and you are directed not to prohibit citizens from video recording inside the police station."
 
“The HC had clarified that 'prohibited place' as defined in section 2(8) of the official secrets act, does not cover police station and hence no case can be registered against a citizen for recording inside the police station,” Dr Patil stated.

 गुस्ताख-ए-रसूल के नाम पर ध्रुवीकरण या बदलाव का चेहरा  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIRsj-wa4mc     । Navin Kumar
Article19 India Sep 24, 2024
महाराष्ट्र की राजनीति में ओवैसी ने चाल चल दी है। लेकिन क्या इम्तियाज़ जलील का नया उभार उन्हें हज़म होगा? कांग्रेस और भाजपा दोनों हिसाब लगाने में जुटे।

https://x.com/SauravDassss/status/1839133837261156374 Sep 26, 2024

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#DelhiRiotsLargerConspiracyCase:  ... Bail petitions have been pending for more than 2 years, arguments heard at least 3-4 times, and yet, Judges unwilling to pass orders. It is nothing less than a scandal. ...this is definitely NOT routine. First Bench reserved orders for more than 6 months and yet failed to pass them. Second Bench, despite being told to reserve orders, chose not to do so. This is absolutely abnormal. The other possibility, of course, is if the Judges themselves are self-censoring and kowtowing with the govt for Chief Justiceship and possible elevation to Supreme Court. Either way, this case is a stain on the Delhi High Court. One must also ask that if the senior Judge on the bench is doing this, is the junior judge supposed to sit like a lame-duck? Can the junior judge not put their foot down and say “I will write an order if you don’t”? Is every junior judge of all the benches that have so far heard these bail pleas not with a spine?

Delhi riots cases: Judges’ new postings mean bail pleas to be heard afresh, third time https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-riots-cases-judges-new-postings-mean-bail-pleas-to-be-heard-afresh-third-time-9588269/
Filed separately beginning March 2022, the bail pleas of Abdul Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima, Md Saleem Khan and Shifa Ur Rehman have been argued fully by their lawyers twice before two different benches. With both the benches, the presiding Judge was appointed as Chief Justice of another HC, and no verdict was delivered.
With Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, who headed the bench that last heard the case, taking oath as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh HC on Wednesday, the case will have to be heard de novo (from the beginning) before a new bench.
In April 2022, a bench comprising Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar began hearing the bail pleas. The bench reserved its order in all four cases — for Saifi on January 5, 2023; for Fatima on February 13, 2023; and for Khan and Rehman on March 6, 2023. The bail pleas of two other accused, Athar Khan and Shadab Ahmad, were also heard at length. While both sides completed their arguments, the accused were to submit a rejoinder to rebut the prosecution’s arguments.

Northeast Delhi riots: Four years on, where do the 700 cases registered in its aftermath stand? https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/northeast-delhi-riots-four-years-on-where-do-the-700-cases-registered-in-its-aftermath-stand-9179340/ Police sources also stated that in the 695 cases, 47 persons were convicted whereas 183 were acquitted. While 1,738 people are out on bail, 108 are in jail. Moreover, 50 have been discharged.