-PTI/ The Hindu At least 38 people were injured in an Attack by a skulk of foxes in West Bengal’s Malda district on Thursday, police said. The incident happened in Hardam Nagar village in the Harishchandrapur police station area. A skulk of 15-20 foxes Attacked several houses in the village at the break of the dawn, injuring at least 40 people, as most were caught by surprise, the police said. Twenty of them...
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Demonetisation one of independent India’s most devastating measure that left a permanent scar on the economy -Prabhat Patnaik
-National Herald The combination of ignorance, arrogance and the desire for “shock and awe” on the part of Modi government can be quite lethal, as the Indian people have learned to their great cost In the entire history of post-independence India, no single economic measure has been as devastating for the people and as utterly futile in achieving its stated objectives, as the demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs...
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-The Telegraph In most cases, the mosques were targeted in the dead of night by people who moved around in small groups, a joint fact-finding team said A joint fact-finding team of four Muslim organisations on Saturday said Hindus and Muslims in Tripura provided an example of how to stand up to bigotry by neither getting swayed by the narrative of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal nor being provoked into retaliation...
More »Tripura Police Books 102 People Under UAPA for Social Media Posts Against Communal Violence -Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
-TheWire.in Opposition leaders have lashed out at the police's 'highhanded' behaviour. New Delhi: The Tripura Police has booked 102 people under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for protesting, or even merely mentioning, the recent communal violence in the state’s northern districts on different social media platforms. This latest move reflects the trend of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states attempting to criminalise protests. According to sources in the Tripura Police, cases have been filed...
More »India’s Coal Crisis -CP Chandrasekhar
-NetworkIdeas.org In recent weeks the media have featured stories bordering on the alarmist about a coal shortage in India. Coal inventories with thermal power plants had fallen to levels at which major country-wide power outages seemed inevitable. Fortunately, that has not (as yet) materialized, but it is indeed true that coal inventories with the power producers did collapse from the equivalent of around 30 days requirement to that for a couple...
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