Court on climate right and how India can enforce it  https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/court-on-climate-right-and-how-india-can-enforce-it/article68352441.ece   Navroz Dubhash & Others of  Climate futures Collaborative July 01, 2024 Also available at https://afeias.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/01-07-24-Newsclips.pdf
Because India is still developing, what the country needs is a law that enables progress toward low-carbon and climate resilient development
One way forward is the slow accretion of judicial decisions around this right. But another is new
legislation to actively realise a right against the adverse effects of climate change. -.. ensuring that the law works effectively within Indian federalism. Many areas relevant to climate action, from urban policy to agriculture and water fall under the authority of sub-national governments — States or local levels, and electricity also is a concurrent subject. ..

Business, civil society and communities, particularly those on the frontlines of climate impacts, have essential knowledge to bring to energy transition and resilience. Finding ways of enabling participation in decision making would enable all these sections of society to bring their knowledge to the table in addressing climate change. 

Supreme Court of India bolts Right To Life with climate justice https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/supreme-court-of-india-bolts-right-to-life-with-climate-justice/109874429 The recent Supreme Court of India judgment M K Ranjitsinh & Ors. v. Union of India reads in the right against climate change to protect the rights to life, health, food, water and a healthy environment. It recognizes the collective responsibility to take immediate action and advocates for policies that prioritize both human rights and climate action.

Human Rights as defined by the PHR Act 1993 means rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of an individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India, i.e., Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR); International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); International Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination; The Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

The 42nd constitutional amendment 1976 introduced the principle of environmental protection in an explicit manner into constitution through introduction of Article 48A and Article 51A (g). Article 48A part of the Directive Principle of State Policy provides that “State shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.” Additionally, Article 51A(g) specifically stipulates the “fundamental duty of the citizens to protect and improve the natural environment which includes forests, rivers, lakes, wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures.” Under T.N. Godavarman Thirumalpad v. Union of India & Ors. (1997), The Supreme Court ruled that both the state and its residents have a fundamental duty to preserve and protect their natural resources. The recent judgment obliquely makes way for an enforceable right, and a potential obligation on the state unless the same is overturned by an act of Parliament.

India's Majority Population Would Be In Minority One Day If Conversions In Religious Congregations Not Stopped: Allahabad HC
Sparsh Upadhyay
1 July 2024  https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-high-court-india-majority-population-minority-conversions-religious-congregations-not-stopped-261962   "Article 25 of the Constitution of India provides for Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion, but it does not provide for conversion from one faith to another faith...The word 'Propagation' means to promote, but it does not mean to convert any person from his religion to another religion," the Court said.

Importantly, the bench also noted that it has come to its attention in several cases that unlawful conversions of people from SC/ST castes and other economically disadvantaged groups to Christianity are occurring at a "rampant pace" throughout the State of Uttar Pradesh.

Whatsapp: MAC:  I wish the concerned Judge had gone through the matter properly and appropriately investigated to find out if the said people were actually converted instead of making his own conclusions...The fact remains that till today there is not a single conviction of anyone being forcefully converted in any courts of law anywhere in our country though there are hundreds of cases filed against pastors with allegations of forceful conversions. Most of them have been acquitted by the courts. ..The judge in the same order acknowledges that the said brother is not converted to Christianity. In the order he goes on to say that huge numbers of people were taken to Delhi to convert them by paying huge money. What proof does he have to make such a statement? 

 US Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless camps   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj774nxrpy7o By Samantha Granville, The US Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines that cities can ban homeless people from sleeping rough.
It is the court's most significant decision on homelessness since at least the 1980s, when many experts say the modern US homeless crisis began. The ruling says that local governments can enforce laws against people sleeping in public places without being in violation of the US constitution's limits on cruel and unusual punishment.

Comment on WA: I suppose the saving grace is the part which says " without being in violation of the US constitution's limits ".. Note the words "without being" rather than "provided that".. I suppose we can expect such an enabling legislation to to be brought in in India.  And given the new laws which have come into force from today, the dark clouds abound! As it is, Olga Tellis has been diluted by work arounds by the administration, the police and the bulldozer backed up by hate propaganda.  

Homelessness is on the rise in the US, fuelled in part by chronic shortages of affordable housing. Around 653,000 people did not have homes in 2023, the largest number since tracking began in 2007, according to US government figures.
There were also an estimated 256,000 people living without shelter on a given night across the country last year, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Cracks in the Infrastructure narrative? https://heyzine.com/flip-book/c07b6b0fe3.html#page/4 From the railway accidents to the falling of airport roofs, from the silkyara tunnel collapse to the cracks in the approach road of Atal Stu, the flooded Ayodhya railway station to the underpass of Delhi.. the facade of projects inaugurated by the PM is collapsing.. Social infrastructure has been starved of funds.. 

 Modi Kundalini infrastructure ashoobh kaal  .. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FaQaCmrYrUU?start=1533&end=1759 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b6I8VWQw20   एयरपोर्ट की छत गिरने के पीछे की सच्चाई आपको हैरान कर देगी, मोदी पर बड़ा खुलासा! BIG BREAKING 4PM
प्रियंका तेजस्वी का करारा हमला! मोदी के 'विकास' की 'पोलखोल' !एक के बाद एक पुल- एयरपोर्ट धराशाई! Abhisar Sharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJuqzzVR2rg Jun 29, 2024

https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/finance/indias-external-debt-stands-663-8-billion-at-end-march-2024-rise-of-39-7-billion-from-year-before/articleshow/111261158.cms India’s external debt stands $663.8 billion at end-March 2024, rise of $39.7 billion from year before
SECTIONSIndia’s external debt stands $663.8 billion at end-March 2024, rise of $39.7 billion from year beforeET OnlineLast Updated: Jun 26, 2024..

If the valuation effect (due to the appreciation of the US dollar and yen vis a vis Rupees) were excluded, external debt would have increased by $48.4 billion instead of $ 39.7 billion.

Govt’s gross liabilities rise by 3.4% to Rs 171.78 lakh crore at March-end: Finance Ministry https://indianexpress.com/article/business/gross-liabilities-rise-by-3-4-march-end-finance-ministry-9421305/ 
The ownership pattern of central government securities indicates that the share of commercial banks surged to 37.7 per cent at end-March 2024 as compared to 36.6 per cent in March 2023.

https://in.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/indias-debtgdp-ratio-dips-to-187-per-cent-in-march-2024-4273630  India's debt-GDP ratio dips to 18.7 per cent in March 2024 from 19.0 per cent at end-March 2023 eflecting a strengthening of the country's macroeconomic fundamentals

Finance pe: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/c07b6b0fe3.html#page/2 - The strategy of heavy borrowing for growth through private investment has increased debt without achieving the intended econmic growth, potentially jeopardising future borrowing capacity for crises or large scale credit needs..

Comment on WA: Question arising if the privatisation of public assets like land, infrastructure is coincident with increased private debt both internally and externally,  what kind of pressure does it put on the valuation of currency, which has been shown to increase the external debt figures.. 

RBI red flags NBFC consumer credit, calls for close monitoring of a few https://www.business-standard.com/finance/news/rbi-red-flags-nbfc-consumer-credit-calls-for-close-monitoring-of-a-few-124062701063_1.html 

concerns

First, delinquency levels among borrowers with retail loans below Rs 50,000 remain high,  particularly ~ NBFC-fintech lenders,

Second, vintage delinquency, which is a measure of slippage, remains relatively high in personal loans at 8.2 per cent.

The third aspect,more than half of the borrowers in this segment have three live loans at the time of origination and more than one-third of the borrowers have availed more than three loans in the last six months.

From https://heyzine.com/flip-book/c07b6b0fe3.html  Share of Scheduled Commercial Banks has jumped from 47.5% In Dec 2018 to 55.1% in Mar 2024, Failure of any NBFC could produce shock waves for the banking secot.

https://thewire.in/government/delhi-airport-gmr-group-terminal-one-bjp Firm Managing Delhi Airport Among Top Donors to an Electoral Trust Which Gave Lion's Share to BJP  28/Jun/2024 The Wire Staff  According to an April 2024 Reuters report which reviewed public records, this March, Prudent had raised $272 million since its creation in 2013, “funnelling roughly 75% of that to prime minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP”... Four companies whose transactions were identified by Reuters were ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel, Bharti Airtel, Essar and GMR. It underlined that these companies “have not given money to the party directly and do not appear on its donors’ list.”..

Prudent features as BJP’s biggest donor according to Association for Democratic Reforms’ (ADR’s) year-by-year analysis of electoral trusts. In ADR’s report on electoral trust for 2018-19, Prudent is mentioned as the only trust which declared to the Election Commission its contributions since the financial year 2013-14. That report said that GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited made the largest contribution – Rs 25 crore – out of all corporate and individual donors to electoral trusts in 2018-19.

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation https://x.com/GoIStats/status/1807084205001593182 
@GoIStats
MoSPI has launched 'eSankhyiki portal' ( https://esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in  ) - a user centric data portal on 29th June 2024 for easing access to official statistical data and enabling use and reuse of data as information by various stakeholders.

NTV, TV9 Telugu and Sakshi blocked in Andhra? TV war with Chandrababu Naidu | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZi4VIqf0Cw Pooja Prasanna  explores how media clampdowns occur in both Telugu states and what the law says about taking channels off the air.

extract: four news channels that's NTV tv9 Telugu 10 TV and sakshi have been blocked in Andra Pradesh since June 6thassembly results came in and TDP was all set to form the government with a thumping majority of 135 seats the same set of channels were made unavailable from June 21st once again.

sakshi TV is owned by ysrcp Chief jagan Mohan R's family, NTV is owned primarily by Rachna television private limited  which belongs to Narendra Chowdhury . ri the TDP has always alleged that NTV is a proxy of  ysrcp.  TV 9's promoting company is associated broadcast private limited or abcl.  in 2018 Alanda media took majority stakes in ABC Alanda is in turn owned by influential businessman Jupali iRrameshwar Rao, the owner of real estate company my home. 
10TV was a Cooperative News Channel run by cpim members but in 2018 the ownership changed and was taken over by people associated with my home once again

There is also a Caste angle to the ownership of TV channels, as some channels are owned by Kammas supporting Chandrababu N. 

Under TDP govt in Andhra, cable TV operators take four channels off the air https://indianexpress.com/article/india/under-tdp-govt-in-andhra-cable-tv-operators-take-four-channels-off-the-air-9409225/ YSRCP flags freedom of press in letter to TRAI, minister Lokesh says no such order
 Sreenivas Janyala  June 23, 2024

Andhra Police Seal CID, Fibernet Offices Ahead Of TDP Combine Forming Govt https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!state/andhra-police-seal-cid-fibernet-offices-ahead-of-tdp-combine-forming-govt-enn24060602804 Jun 6, 2024,

Fibernet case: A.P. govt. allows CID to seek attachment of properties of accused https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/fibernet-case-ap-govt-allows-cid-to-seek-attachment-of-properties-of-accused/article67951485.ece  March 14, 2024
. In the G.O., the government alleged that the prime accused in this case and TDP national president Nara Chandrababu Naidu conspired with the accused Vemuru Harikrishna Prasad (A2), and Tummala Gopichand (A5), and a director of Tera Software Limited (A4), and awarded the AP Fibernet Project Phase-1 in favour of Tera Software, in a fraudulent manner by accepting false experience certificates. .. While executing AP Fibernet Project Phase-I, the accused in pursuance of their conspiracy violated the tender agreements and involved the companies of the accused Viplav Kumar V.L.S. (A11), Vijaykumar Rammurthy (A13), Ramkumar Ramurthy (A14) and Kanumuri Koteswara Rao (A18) with a mala fide intention, utilised substandard materials and got the funds released to Tera Software Ltd. in a fraudulent manner without supply of goods and services.”

Andhra CM Jagan defends Naidu’s arrest, accuses ‘yellow media’ of bias https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-cm-jagan-defends-naidus-arrest-accuses-yellow-media-of-bias 
16 Sep 2023 ‘Yellow media’ like Eenadu, Andhra Jyothi and TV5 still present a picture of a wrongly accused Naidu. They will not show the truth even though Naidu’s corruption has been thoroughly exposed, Jagan said.