-TheCitizen.in Visuals of cops in PLAinclothes shoot unarmed protesters in Thoothukudu NEW DELHI: “For those who are not yet aware. These are our Police commandos in civil dress shooting at civilians using self loaded rifle which are used to neutralise terrorist. These civilians had PLAcards to defend themselves. This is called premeditated murder,” writes Antony Rubin, a Chennai based activist. A chilling photograph showing a policeman, dressed in PLAin clothes, taking aim...
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"At Least 1 Should Die": Cop On Video Of Sterlite Protests That Killed 10 -J Sam Daniel Stalin, Uma Sudhir & Aloke Tikku
-NDTV.com Nine people had died in anti-sterlite protests inTuticorin by the time Chief Minister Palaniswami announced an inquiry into Tuesday's police action Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu: Some distance from where the anti-Sterlite protesters were, a Tamil Nadu policeman in PLAinclothes had parked himself atop a police bus. He was armed with what appeared to be an assault rifle and had been seen in photographs, taking aim. On the road below, are a...
More »Whether It's Health or Crops, India Isn't Doing Social Insurance Right -Satya N Mohanty
-TheWire.in The Modi government is pushing insurance schemes in both health and agriculture. But are they really making a difference? How successful, effective and equitable is insurance as a state policy? Does it address what it is meant to address in the first PLAce, be it in health or agriculture? How does it handle systemic risk, which is essentially uninsurable? Does it also present a lost opportunity for improving the delivery of...
More »How Modi Government Helped Vedanta's Sterlite PLAnt Bypass Environmental Norms -Nitin Sethi
-TheWire.in/ Business Standard New Delhi: The controversial expansion of Vedanta’s 1,200 tonnes per day copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu has been stayed by the high court on May 23 after at least 11 people protesting against the PLAnt were shot dead by state police. The court has ordered that the company consult people before building the PLAnt – something the company claimed it was legally not required to do. Vedanta claims...
More »Govt to hire social media monitors for all 716 districts -Swati Mathur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After its PLAn to penalise journalists identified as purveyors of fake news was nixed by the PMO, the I&B ministry has now decided to set up a social media communication hub and deploy executives to monitor online content across each of India’s 716 districts. The monitoring mechanism, once in PLAce, will be able to read, contextualise and respond to content in most Indian and foreign languages...
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