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Chetakji I don’t think that picture is of Danish funeral.
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but clicking pics of funeral pyres in India and selling them as disaster p0rn is ‘courageous journalism’ onlee

or don't brown lives matter to these creeps




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Tanaji wrote:Chetakji I don’t think that picture is of Danish funeral.

Thanks, Tanaji saar.

that was an image from chittagong, bangladesh, in 2019 where devotees took part in a religious procession.

my bad.

I have corrected the original post
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any coverage on pegasus in regional news?
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vijayk wrote:any coverage on pegasus in regional news?
Media in non BJP-friendly states off course is making a big issue out of this. Though know one really knows what the issue is.
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I think it hardly matters if its a BJP or Non-BJP ruled state. The issue itself is highly elitist and masses won't even connect to it, forget understanding it.
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https://www.opindia.com/2021/07/nso-gro ... n-stories/
NSO group, owner of spyware of Pegasus, says the list of ‘potential targets’ for surveillance does not belong to them at all

The company also said that it does not have access to the data of its customers and added that its clients "are obligated to provide us with such information under investigation".
The company told NDTV that it is “not related to the list published by Forbidden Stories”. According to the company, the list of Indian phone numbers that were supposedly ‘potential targets’ of surveillance was “not ours, never was”.

Forbidden Stories is the name of the journalism project that had provided information to The Wire and other media organisations along with Amnesty International. “It is not a NSO list, and it never was – it is fabricated information. It is not a list of targets or potential targets of NSO’s customers,” spokesperson for the NSO Group told NDTV and added that “repeated reliance on this list and association of people on this list as potential surveillance targets is false and misleading.”
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How these mofo eco-system works as displayed in this case:

some dubious left mafia funded scum org puts up an excel sheet supposedly of targets ... no one knows who generated excel. Some one verified said it might be target of people or might not be but they are anyway since they said so.They don't have any proof but they are anyway target. They have not found anything that ties the excel sheet or phone to any Govt. data or some leaked data but they anyway did it because scums said so. They found 37/50000 (0.075%) of these numbers where the Pegasus trace may be there for up to few seconds but no way of proving it is Pegasus or not but they are spied anyway.

Now every scum/filthy garbage fellow in Pee Pee Cee, Nazi times, Nazi Propaganda Radio or Con News Network now refer this is list as targeted people by India.
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They have the entire global media at their disposal, they are free to set any narrative they like. Its a typical "hit and run" job by these NGOs and their media arm, first create a huge splash, keep up the lie for the next few days to generate outrage and then slowly backtrack and move on to the next manufactured outrage. The way the Pegasus story was constructed reminds me of wikileaks, fake documents/edited documents were inserted into the wikileaks cache to make it seem authentic , ISI used fake wikileaks documents to whip up hysteria against Nawaz Sharrif and zardari al dus percenti .
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/amar ... 210720.htm
Amarinder won't meet Navjot Sidhu without apology
There is no change in the stance that Singh will not meet Sidhu till he publicly apologises for his "derogatory" tweets against him, chief minister's media advisor Raveen Thukral said, indicating the simmering tension between the two leaders is far from over.
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"Reports of @sherryontop (Sidhu) seeking time to meet @capt_amarinder are totally false. No time has been sought whatsoever. No change in stance... CM won't meet #NavjotSinghSidhu till he publicly apologises for his personally derogatory social media attacks against him," Thukral tweeted.
More like this

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/wive ... 210604.htm
Amarinder-Sidhu tussle intensifies as their wives join the battle
The widening differences between Punjab Congress leaders -- Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu intensified with their wives joining them in the conflict.
Now we are talking ... at least interesting
A day after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's wife and Lok Sabha member from Patiala, Preneet Kaur targeted Sidhu for 'ignoring' Amritsar, Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur hit back at her stating that she need not worry about Amritsar which is being handled 'very efficiently', adding that her husband who is providing ration to the people from his savings, will not leave his people in the lurch.

'While COVID was devastating people, you were not in Patiala for almost a year but in your farms. Do not bother about Amritsar East, it's being handled very efficiently.


'He will not leave his people in the lurch. He used his savings to provide ration to his people,' tweeted Navjot Kaur.

This comes amid the second and the last meeting of the three-member panel, constituted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to resolve differences among its leaders in Punjab Congress, is underway at the party's 'war room' at 15, Gurdwara Rakabganj road in the national capital.
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It's good that this scumbag left BJP.
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Sidhu and Khujliwal are two people who will do anything for power. People of such ilk are a danger to the country.
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X post from economy thread
Kakkaji wrote:Govt aim is to make Tamil Nadu a $1 trillion economy: Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has set an ambitious target for the State to be a $1 trillion GDP economy by 2030. “We want Tamil Nadu to be one of the best States in South Asia. Our government's target is to make Tamil Nadu a $1 trillion economy,” “We want to ensure that there is a conducive business environment in the State,” he added.

This represents a welcome change in the political language being used in India.

That states are setting targets for economic development.

I see this as a positive aspect of GST.
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Pratyush wrote: This represents a welcome change in the political language being used in India.

That states are setting targets for economic development.

I see this as a positive aspect of GST.
Language is one thing, reality on the ground can be something else. The politicos have to curb their natural instincts of trying to squeeze every last drop of money out of any new project into their own pockets before letting it go ahead. Otherwise, even the Kerala government talks about the state being business friendly. That said, I have higher expectations from TN based on past performance. While both DMK and ADMK govts. have lined their pockets they did enough for a decent amount of industrial development in the state by Indian standards.
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nachiket wrote:
Pratyush wrote: This represents a welcome change in the political language being used in India.

That states are setting targets for economic development.

I see this as a positive aspect of GST.
Language is one thing, reality on the ground can be something else. The politicos have to curb their natural instincts of trying to squeeze every last drop of money out of any new project into their own pockets before letting it go ahead. Otherwise, even the Kerala government talks about the state being business friendly. That said, I have higher expectations from TN based on past performance. While both DMK and ADMK govts. have lined their pockets they did enough for a decent amount of industrial development in the state by Indian standards.
Politicians who have shut down a critical copper plant will never deliver growth- they write nice letters and press will act as their but nothing positive on the ground.
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Vips wrote:Sidhu and Khujliwal are two people who will do anything for power. People of such ilk are a danger to the country.

BIF
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Aditya_V wrote:
nachiket wrote: Language is one thing, reality on the ground can be something else. The politicos have to curb their natural instincts of trying to squeeze every last drop of money out of any new project into their own pockets before letting it go ahead. Otherwise, even the Kerala government talks about the state being business friendly. That said, I have higher expectations from TN based on past performance. While both DMK and ADMK govts. have lined their pockets they did enough for a decent amount of industrial development in the state by Indian standards.
Politicians who have shut down a critical copper plant will never deliver growth- they write nice letters and press will act as their but nothing positive on the ground.
he didn't say "best state in India", he said something like "best state in southeast asia"

these guys are espousing their separatist agenda openly.

BTW, does he expect other Indian states to simply stand by, watching impotently, while this character stalin orchestrates the growth of only TN
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forget pegasus for a time, have the mafia famiglia and the congi goons ever explained this.

more importantly, why has the press remained silent.


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Aditya_V wrote:
nachiket wrote: Language is one thing, reality on the ground can be something else. The politicos have to curb their natural instincts of trying to squeeze every last drop of money out of any new project into their own pockets before letting it go ahead. Otherwise, even the Kerala government talks about the state being business friendly. That said, I have higher expectations from TN based on past performance. While both DMK and ADMK govts. have lined their pockets they did enough for a decent amount of industrial development in the state by Indian standards.
Politicians who have shut down a critical copper plant will never deliver growth- they write nice letters and press will act as their but nothing positive on the ground.
Also, how casually Indians have replaced "Indian Subcontinent" with "South Asia." This is the success of American psyops against Indians as the Yanks began this trend mischievously 20 years back. The American embassy is playing another psyops these days: replacing the term Indian Americans with "Bengali Americans," or "Punjabi Americans" or "Tamil Americans." The idea is to pretend as if the word India doesn't exist. "Sub-nationalities" is the name of the psyops these days to denationalize Indians and widen their ethnic fault lines. Whites are rolling in heathen hatred, obsessed with destruction of heathen civilization. The day we get rooted in our own ancient philosophy as superior alternative to desert monotheism and start questioning their faith, their house of cards will collapse, and they know it.
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When 2BHK "journos" like Rohini Singh start liking your tweets, rest assured that the ideology of jehadin Suhasini Haidar has taken control.

Swamy is now taken as seriously as Yashwant Sinha. He has trashed himself.

Modi was right all along.



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chetak wrote:When 2BHK "journos" like Rohini Singh start liking your tweets, rest assured that the ideology of jehadin Suhasini Haidar has taken control.

Swamy is now taken as seriously as Yashwant Sinha. He has trashed himself.

Modi was right all along.
Nothing's changed, he has always been this way. A couple of years back when i called him out on twitter for taking credit for 'Ram Janmabhoomi' verdict in SC, i got panned by his army of supporters on twitter. This self-proclaimed "hindu hridhaya samrat" called for a ban on RSS in the 90s. When does his current RS term end ?
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Petrol has hit 110 INR in BLR pumps...time to arrest this up slide...this is seriously affecting the wallet for a lot of people including me. I know international crude prices have risen 40%+ since last year, which is reflected on domestic prices as well but the inflation level is quite high for most people who are not earning a lot. A trip to bunk now gives a bad wallet heartburn...people don't care about economics of oil bonds and bad decision behind the same etc. (or taxes from fuel is being used in other places like infrastructure etc.)...all they see is prices going up around them of commodities but savings going less & less each month.
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In show of strength, Sidhu hosts 62 Congress MLAs as tussle with Amarinder continues.
In what appears to be a show of strength, newly-appointed Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu hosted 62 party MLAs at his residence in Amritsar on Wednesday.

The meeting assumes significance as it comes amid a public tussle between Sidhu and Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, who was strongly opposed to the former's elevation.

Among the prominent ministers who reached Sidhu's house were Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Charanjit Singh Channi and Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria besides outgoing state unit chief Sunil Jakhar.

Only 18 out of the 80 Congress MLAs in Punjab skipped the meeting.

Later, Sidhu, along with the MLAs, boarded luxury buses and went to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where a large number of Congress supporters gathered. They also went to the Durgiana temple and Ram Tirath Sthal.

While Sidhu has been appointed as state unit chief, the crisis in Punjab Congress is far from over.

Amarinder Singh, who has sought a public apology from Sidhu for his "derogatory" tweets, has made it clear that there is no change in his stance. The CM's media adviser on Tuesday tweeted that Amarinder won't meet Sidhu until the cricketer-turned politician apologises.

However, Sidhu found support from the MLAs who gathered at his house, with some of them saying there is no need for the Punjab Congress chief to apologise.

Minister Randhawa, who was behind organising the meeting, told reporters he was surprised at the “behaviour” of the chief minister.

Sidhu's elevation as state unit chief has to be respected and accepted by all, irrespective of whatever differences there might have been in the past, he said.

Randhawa said even senior leader Partap Singh Bajwa and Sukhpal Singh Khaira earlier were at loggerheads with Amarinder Singh but now they have sunk their differences.
“Why can't the chief minister sink his differences with Sidhu,” Randhawa asked.

MLA Kuljit Singh Nagra said Sidhu will formally assume the charge of the state party chief at Chandigarh on Friday and expects the chief minister to be present at the event.

Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said, "I think at this level, leaders should not ask each other to apologise."

Pargat Singh also said there was no need for Sidhu to apologise.

"I have always said it cannot be a fight between personalities. The fight was about issues," said Pargat, a former India hockey

On Tuesday, scores of Congress workers and Sidhu supporters had accorded a warm welcome to Sidhu when he arrived in Amritsar after being appointed the state party chief.

The party workers put up posters of Sidhu at many places in the city.

Sidhu had been calling on ministers and legislators in Chandigarh to mobilise support in the past few days amid escalating tension with Amarinder.

Going by the reception Sidhu received from party workers and local leaders on his way to Amritsar, it seems that he has managed to consolidate his position among party cadres.

Some party functionaries claim that energy has also started following among cadres as the organisational functioning of the party remained in inertia after Congress president Sonia Gandhi had dissolved Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and district committees in January 2020, and a meeting of the PPCC coordination committee was never held.
It looks like Amarinder Singh's goose is cooked. Time for him to retire to his Paki wife's ISI guest house in Lahore.

Wish he now returns the favour of single handedly winning Punjab for Pappu Maino Family by floating his own unit and ensuring congress defeat in the upcoming elections.

Seriously what is the reason Sidhu joker has so many supporters in the congress ? Did Amarinder mismange his MLA's so badly?
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Nepotism is almost always the reason. Capt Amrinder Singh is 79 and at the end of his political career, he was prepping his son Raninder Singh to take over the reigns which may not have sat well with the party old timers in the state. That said, i am surprised that Sidhu was able to garner the support of majority of MLAs, i always thought PJ INC won't accept orders from the puppetmasters sitting in DL, so looks like the Capt had stepped on quite a few toes. What next for Amrinder Singh ? AAP ? SAD ? Or floating a new party ? If the chatterati are to be believed , him and his son are contemplating floating their own party, but as we've seen in many other states, the gestation period for a new party is anywhere from 8 to 10 yrs before they are strong enough win on their own. Sidhu is bad news as the CM of a sensitive border state like PJ.
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Zynda wrote:Petrol has hit 110 INR in BLR pumps...time to arrest this up slide...this is seriously affecting the wallet for a lot of people including me. I know international crude prices have risen 40%+ since last year, which is reflected on domestic prices as well but the inflation level is quite high for most people who are not earning a lot. A trip to bunk now gives a bad wallet heartburn...people don't care about economics of oil bonds and bad decision behind the same etc. (or taxes from fuel is being used in other places like infrastructure etc.)...all they see is prices going up around them of commodities but savings going less & less each month.
It will fall on deaf years. The only thing saving India's economy is our demographics, the median age in India is 26, meaning most have the opportunity to increase their earnings, recuperate the loses and adjust wages to cost of living increases. However, given our sheer population we have tens of millions of elderly, retirees and the very poor who do not benefit from inflation adjusted wage/earning increases . To put things in perspective, in 2006 almost exactly this month the crude oil prices hit $70/barrel, the price per litre of petrol increased from Rs 44 to Rs 46.50 in Bangalore (there was uproar in parliament), today when oil is again at $70/barrel the cost per litre of petrol is Rs 109 in Bangalore. Agreed, rupee has lost value against the dollar but that still does not explain 2.5x higher cost, and honestly it does not take long to debunk the "we have to pay the oil bonds" reasoning.

Fuel prices have a direct effect on cost of everything because of the increase in transportation cost. I really don't understand what calculation is running in the head of NS that she thinks this won't be a net negative on the very consumers and MSMEs she claims to help. Nothing is worse than stagnant income , low interest rates and rising inflation to widen the income inequality.
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Ambar wrote: Fuel prices have a direct effect on cost of everything because of the increase in transportation cost. I really don't understand what calculation is running in the head of NS that she thinks this won't be a net negative on the very consumers and MSMEs she claims to help. Nothing is worse than stagnant income , low interest rates and rising inflation to widen the income inequality.
Chiming in quickly:

1. Nothing to do with NS. State taxes are a significant chunk for petrol prices at the petrol station.

2. If the states do too much of uproar, Center will bring petrol under GST. States do not want that. States want petrol and liquour out of Central's ambit. Hence no uproars.

3. Public transportation is slowly improving. So are highways and rail corridors. This is putting a dent on supply side issues. For example, the cost of shipping bulk material in terms of time and money has been almost halved in major corridors. This is putting actual inflation under lid (mostly).

4. Earnings have increased. In terms of petrol price outlay for a normal budget, yes it hurts. But it does not hurt so much as of yet that people have to break their budget. Minor adjustments like not going to a movie theater once in a month with a family changes the balance.

5. This is temporary. There is still so much of crude oil supply that oil prices have nowhere to go but down. In fact it may go down to $10-$12 per barrel. Yes. There is a glut in oil supply.

https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/ <- one can do comparison with WTI crude and Indian basket charts.
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Lots of generalization there Dishaji. Like i said in my previous post, it hurts the poor, the middle class and the elderly the most but it may hurt the younger population and those who can adjust their earnings upwards less compared to those who cannot.

Fuel prices have a direct impact not just on personal transportation but also on transportation of goods, we are already seeing this in increasing food and construction material costs. I don't know where you are seeing cost of transportation decreasing , it has increased multiple fold , everyone from food and pharma suppliers to telecommunications has taken a hit due to the increase in fuel prices.

Yes, states are equally to blame for the high taxation but their argument has always been our tax % is on the base rate, and the base rate is controlled by the center. The central excise is 235% higher than it was in 2014 ! Not sure how we can absolve NS from all blame when even the usually neutral RBI has advised the govt that it needs to take steps to reduce the taxation.

Glut or no glut , OPEC will find a way to manipulate the market as they always have. Besides, last year when the international oil prices fell to $20, the GoI increased the excise to keep the retail prices high, so the consumer does not benefit in either case.

Lastly, inflation is a political hot potato. I said so before the Bengal elections and i am saying so again that for the aam janta a 5th airport in Ladakh means less than higher prices for dal , aata and petrol, unless inflation is brought under control there will be a political price to pay sooner or later. UPA-2's decimation was based on inflation and corruption, as was Rajiv's loss in 1989 and Janata's loss in 1980.
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CM Stalin and his BIF are slowly laying the grounds for secession by their "choice of words" - Last week it was "Union of India" and not "Republic of India", the week before was fighting against centralizing port authorities, and now wanting to be the 1T economy in South Asia (we know who uses this terminology the most). CM Stalin will meet the same fate as his father CM Karunanidhi when he paraded LTTE cadres in a state function. CM Stalin is part of the BIF complex.
Pratyush wrote:X post from economy thread

This represents a welcome change in the political language being used in India.

That states are setting targets for economic development.

I see this as a positive aspect of GST.
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The future is uncertain and so the govt has no option but to conserve its resources to cater to any unforeseen circumstances. Hence the govt at the center is keeping its powder dry.

no one knows what to expect in the so called third wave

It is not going to bust up its international credit rating just to satisfy some unwashed commies and naxals.

petrol seems to be a reliable source of tax revenue.

There was no reason for the center to be saddled with the entire burden of vaccination and PDS and the states have all but washed their hands off and refused to take any responsibility.

they are all desperately pushing for modi to overextend himself financially and chew up the economy. He is not going to do it. Sitharaman has done a very good job and the few nicks and cuts to the economy are only to be expected in an undertaking of this magnitude.

some pillars of democracy have become needlessly overactive and the center has played along for the time being. Tax revenue from petrol is also flowing to the states via the SGST.

A lot of the states are openly blackmailing the center into giving them "more" money and the center seems to be caught in the crossfire between the states and the hizzonners.

The squeeze will fall on the aam aadmi and petrol seems to be the best bet.

What are the options left for the center. The states are lucky that it is not a congi led govt at the center and chiddu is not the FM. The states would have got nothing.

Modi knows the dangers of inflation as well as high prices.

The prices are higher but not painfully so. veggies and staples still seem to be reasonable, given the circumstances.

Going out has become greatly curtailed and petrol consumption is no where near that of normal times. Traffic is a lot less and many are working from home. Pregnancies are rising so it is not all work only.

this whole petrol price thing may just be getting overplayed by vested interests. Higher prices are a global phenomena in these covid times and not specific to Modi's or even Sitharaman's India.

Tax revenue from petrol and diesel is also flowing to the states via the SGST, so why not the states cut the SGST and reduce petrol and diesel prices

or is it written in some पवित्र किताब that only center has to cut the taxes on petrol and diesel
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krithivas wrote:CM Stalin and his BIF are slowly laying the grounds for secession by their "choice of words" - Last week it was "Union of India" and not "Republic of India", the week before was fighting against centralizing port authorities, and now wanting to be the 1T economy in South Asia (we know who uses this terminology the most). CM Stalin will meet the same fate as his father CM Karunanidhi when he paraded LTTE cadres in a state function. CM Stalin is part of the BIF complex.
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This represents a welcome change in the political language being used in India.

That states are setting targets for economic development.

I see this as a positive aspect of GST.
This BIF/Roler/roper group with CM stalin has been at an independent "eelam/tamil nadu" etc for a long time now ( Remember kumari kandam or a separate continent? ) Sad thing is the opposition is chasing its tail and not really standing up to this nonsense
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Ambar wrote:Nepotism is almost always the reason. Capt Amrinder Singh is 79 and at the end of his political career, he was prepping his son Raninder Singh to take over the reigns which may not have sat well with the party old timers in the state. That said, i am surprised that Sidhu was able to garner the support of majority of MLAs, i always thought PJ INC won't accept orders from the puppetmasters sitting in DL, so looks like the Capt had stepped on quite a few toes. What next for Amrinder Singh ? AAP ? SAD ? Or floating a new party ? If the chatterati are to be believed , him and his son are contemplating floating their own party, but as we've seen in many other states, the gestation period for a new party is anywhere from 8 to 10 yrs before they are strong enough win on their own. Sidhu is bad news as the CM of a sensitive border state like PJ.
Khalistanism is also an option, isn't it?
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On the petrol proces front, with all due respects, Petrol prices being expensive will force people to look for alternative fuels (solar/electric) which will then reduce dependency on these fossil fuels.
I remember back In May 2020, he Delhi govt increased VAT on fuel from 27% and 16% (on petrol and diesel respectively) to 30%. and no major publication of this happened.
But in July 31 2020 (2 months later), they reduced their VAT back to 16.75% on diesel - with much publicity. that delhi reduced VAT and hence reduced fuel prices. - when in effect, they just put that tax right back to where it was.
they blamed the center for high fuel price and positioned themselves as saviors of the poor people.
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Petroleum products are cash cows for both the central and state governments. The excise collection on fuels has reached a record 330 lakh crore Rs in the last fiscal, up from Rs 53,000 crores in 2014. While i agree that we need to seek alternate fuel sources, i am sure the government will increase electric tariffs to make up for the loss on petroleum excise when most vehicles turn electric in the coming decades.

We have crossed the threshold where the taxation on a product serves as a net positive to the economy , both the excise and the state taxes must be reduced .It is very difficult to implement reforms when one is not in power, as unfair as it may seem but when fuel prices go up people blame the center and this is true whether NDA is in power or UPA.
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https://m.rediff.com/news/column/pegasu ... 210722.htm

By M.K.Bhadrakumar. He has not actually come out to defend the government but using weasel words tried to absolve the government of India.

Explaining what is state of craft and how India is an important player.
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Taliban ran a car over Danish's dead body because he was Indian. Then went all 'we are sorry' and Indian 'liberals' then hailed Taliban for 'apologising'. Danish, your jamaat, from all sides, failed you.
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Taliban killed, mutilated Danish Siddiqui’s body as he was Indian, ‘apologised’ after details of his work was hailed


Taliban killed, mutilated Danish Siddiqui’s body as he was Indian, ‘apologised’ after details of his work was hailed

'They killed him, kept his body and refused to return it,' local persons tell how Taliban killed Danish Siddiqui, mutilated him as he was Indian and expressed regret after his body of work showing pics of funeral pyres during COVID were hailed

21 July, 2021
OpIndia Staff

Taliban killed Danish and mutilated his body because he was Indian

Taliban’s claims that they were unaware that Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was with the Afghan forces when they ambushed them, leading to his death, fall flat as local Afghan leaders tell a different side of the story.


Aaj Tak report states that Danish’s body was mutilated because he was an Indian. Speaking to Aaj Tak, Afghan army commander Bilal Ahmed said that Taliban first shot Danish then ran a car over him after they got to know he is Indian since Taliban hates India and Indians. That they knew Danish had died of the bullet but they still ran a car over him because he was an Indian.

Interestingly, after his death, Danish’s body of work, especially the pictures of funeral pyres during the second wave of coronavirus and Rohingya crisis, was publicised and hailed by all, Taliban expressed sorrow on killing him. In fact, Taliban had claimed they did not know how the photojournalist had died. “Any journalist entering the war zone should inform us. We will take proper care of that particular individual. We are sorry for Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui’s death. We regret that journalists are entering war zone without intimation to us,” The Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid had told News18.

In an article published by Newslaundry, Afghan journalist Ahmad Lodin said that the Taliban killed Danish and kept his body. In fact, they even refused to return his mortal remains.

Snippet from Newslaundry article
As per Lodin, who spoke to Newslaundry, the Afghan authorities contacted Taliban and Red Crescent but they refused to return Danish’s body. After much negotiation, his body was returned at 3 PM. Lodin also said that Danish’s body had been ‘disrespected and mutilated’. According to the report, Reuters was aware that Siddiqui was injured few days prior to the attack that killed him. However, they did not pull out an injured journalist from the conflict zone.

Subsequently, Danish Siddiqui’s friends and colleagues in media and other ‘liberals’ had hailed Taliban for expressing regret at killing Danish, whom they killed and mutilated his body because he was an Indian.
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Now Amnesty says they never claimed those names were indicative but never claimed targeted or Pegasus related.
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and the usual spineless amnesty walk back..........

“Amnesty, and the investigative journalists and media outlets they work with have made clear from the outset in very clear language that this is a list of numbers marked as numbers of interest to NSO customers” – meaning they are the kind of ppl NSO clients might like to spy on
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just like imran ahmed khan niazi says: aap ne sabse pehle ghabrana nahin..

Kerala HC dismisses petition by Sister Lucy Kalappura seeking police protection to continue her stay at Franciscan Clarist Convent at Karakkamala, Wayanad.

Court also clears that it can't direct her to go out of the convent

She had protested against rape accused Franco Mulakkal
via@ANI·2h
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