Days after Virat Kohli was dropped as the one-day captain, he revealed today that he was informed about the decision just one and half hours before the decision was taken officially. Addressing a press conference today, the former white-ball captain of the Indian cricket team said that he was ready to continue as the one-day captain even after resigning as the T-20 captain, but the BCCI had other ideas. It is notable that BCCI has appointed Rohit Sharma as the one-day captain, saying there is no need for two white-ball captains.
He said that reports about the BCCI’s communication with him ahead of the decision were inaccurate, and he was contacted just before the selection committee meeting for the test team. There was no prior communication from BCCI after he had announced resigning as the T-20 captain. Virat Kohli said that he got a call from BCCI one and half hours before the meeting, and he was informed that all five selectors have decided to remove him from the captaincy of the one-day team. He accepted the decision of the committee, he informed.
Virat Kohli also denied reports that BCCI had requested to stay on as T-20 captain, saying the decision was well-received by the team management. He said that the decision was taken as a progressive step, there was no hesitation in accepting the resignation, and there was no request to him to withdraw the resignation.
He further informed after resigning from the T-20 captaincy, he had told BCCI that he will like to continue as the captain of one-day and test captains, but will accept any decision taken by the selectors in this regard.
On December 13, dozens of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers showed up at the wedding of slain Constable Shailendra Pratap Singh’s sister. Constable Singh of the 110 Battalion of CRPF made the supreme sacrifice on October 5, 2020, while valiantly retaliating a terrorist attack in Pulwama.
A video of the event was shared on Facebook by one Sandeep Balhara. He wrote, “CRPF Jawans came to the wedding of the sister of slain constable so that she does not miss her brother.” In the video, the Jawans could be seen carrying a flower-veil above the bride and walking her to the stage. The Jawans came to attend the wedding as a surprise. As per reports, one of the soldiers of the battalion came to know about the wedding that was scheduled to take place in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh and informed the others, after which they all decided to show up and fill the space for the martyred Constable Singh. The video had left everyone teary-eyed.
The official handle of CRPF shared photographs of the wedding and wrote, “Brothers for life: As elder brothers, CRPF personnel attended the wedding ceremony of Ct Shailendra Pratap Singh’s sister. Ct Shailendra Pratap Singh of 110 Bn #CRPF made the supreme sacrifice on 05/10/20 while valiantly retaliating terrorist attack in Pulwama.” The tweet was shared with the hashtag #GoneButNotForgotten
Brothers for life:
As elder brothers, CRPF personnel attended the wedding ceremony of Ct Shailendra Pratap Singh’s sister. Ct Sahilendra Pratap Singh of 110 Bn #CRPF made supreme sacrifice on 05/10/20 while valiantly retaliating terrorist attack in Pulwama.#GoneButNotForgottenpic.twitter.com/iuVNsvlsmd
Kashmir Ops Sector CRPF also shared the photographs on Twitter and said, “Last year in October, Shailendra Pratap Singh was martyred while fighting terrorists in Pulwama, Kashmir. Singh, who joined the CRPF in 2008, was posted in the 110th battalion of the force. His company was in Sopore. CRPF Salute our martyrs and stand with the families of our martyr brothers.” The tweet was published in Hindi.
पिछले वर्ष कश्मीर में शहीद हुए 110 Bn @KOSCRPF के जवान शहीद शैलेंद्र प्रताप सिंह की बहन की शादी में रायबरेली के @crpfindia कार्मिकों ने अपने स्तर पर एक अच्छी पहल कर भाई की भूमिका अदा की।#CRPF अपने शहीदों को सलाम करते हैं और अपने शहीद भाइयों के परिवारों के साथ खड़े हैं। pic.twitter.com/JqAquBLNh9
These men walking with the bride are central reserve police force officers. The bride is the sister of late Shailendra Pratap Singh who was martyred in 2020. The marriage ceremony was solemnised in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh Vc #Faiz_Abbaspic.twitter.com/wnhQHBzB4e
— आदित्य तिवारी / Aditya Tiwari (@aditytiwarilive) December 14, 2021
Thousands had shown up for the final journey of Constable Singh
Last year, On October 5, two motorcycle-borne Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] terrorists opened fire on the Road Opening Party (ROP) of the CRPF at Kandizal near Pampore. Constable Shailendra Singh and Head Constable Dhirendra Tripathi lost their lives while three others soldiers were critically injured.
When the mortal remains of martyr Constable Shailendra Pratap Singh reached home, thousands of people showed up for the funeral procession. A video of his son Kushagra was shared on social media where he was saluting his father for the last time while chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.
He has survived parents, father Narendra Bahadur Singh, mother Siya Dulari Singh, wife Chandni alias Deepa, son Kushagra and three sisters Sheela, Preeti, Jyoti. Two sisters were married at that time, and the third one got married recently.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly developed Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi, Chief Ministers of 12 BJP ruled states are visiting Ayodhya today. The CMs along with some deputy CMs, who were present in Varanasi, are visiting the Ram Mandir and other temples in the city.
Apart from host CM Yogi Adityanath, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, Manipur CM N. Biren Singh, Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Dev, Gujarat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, and Goa CM Pramod Savant are scheduled to visit Ayodhya, along with Deputy CMs of some states.
Reportedly, Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb, Bihar Deputy CM Renu Devi, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu and Manipur CM N Biren Singh have already arrived in Ayodhya, and the rest are expected to arrive soon. Apart from the above mentioned CMs, the CMs of the Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Karnataka, and Puducherry are also expected to visit Ayodhya.
“After a night halt in Lucknow, the chief ministers are expected to reach Ayodhya by 11am on Wednesday, visit Hanumangarhi temple before offering prayers at Ramjanmabhoomi,” district magistrate Nitish Kumar told Times of India.
The 12 Chief Ministers visiting Ayodhya were in Varanasi, where they had attended the inauguration of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor on Monday, and from there they are reaching Ayodhya. In Varanasi the CMs also participated in a conclave of CMs presided by PM Modi.
Last night, PM Modi had posted photographs of the conclave of BJP CMs and Deputy CMs held in Varanasi.
Earlier today, continued the discussions with @BJP4India CMs and Deputy CMs. They shared different good governance practices from their respective states. pic.twitter.com/VuZMWSR4pP
Along with the CMs, BJP national president JP Nadda is also visiting Ayodhya. Talking to reporters after arriving in Ayodhya, he said that after the conclave of the CMs, all of them wanted to have a darshan of Ram Lalla, and accordingly, the visit was scheduled. He added that as the CMs were already in Kashi, they wanted to visit Ayodhya too.
It was heart's desire that a grand Ram Temple be built. It's a matter of joy that the dream of crores of Indians are being realised. After the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham, a meeting of CMs was held. All of us wanted to have a darshan of Ram Lalla: BJP chief in Ayodhya pic.twitter.com/RaEHdOy2Oe
The BJP president said that they also wanted to review the ongoing construction of the grand temple. “It was heart’s desire that a grand Ram Temple be built. It’s a matter of joy that the dream of crores of Indians are being realised,” Nadda said.
The CMs will visit Ram Ki Paidi along with their families and perform religious rituals. After that, they will visit the Hanuman Garhi mandir, from where will go to the Ram Janamabhumi Mandir site. They will observe the ongoing construction of the grand temple, and will take part in rituals being held there and pray to Lord Ram.
This is the first time that such a large number of CMs are visiting Ayodhya at the same time, and the district administration has made arrangements for the same.
On December 14, Araga Jnanendra, Home Minister, Karnataka, issued orders to the State Police to take action against Maulana Nooruddin Farooqui, Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), for his comments in which he threatened to gouge the eyes of RSS members. In his statement to Times Now, Jnanendra said, “I have instructed the police to take action immediately in the matter. I have informed Mysuru cops about taking Suo moto cognisance, I agree that Mysuru cops have delayed in taking action, but now it will be done.”
The Home Minister has directed the police to take sou moto cognisance of the video in which Farooqui was seen making a comment and initiate action against him. The video is from December 6. Farooqui allegedly threatened to gouge the eyes of activists from Bajrang Dal and RSS. He also made inflammatory comments about Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
While referring to the controversy around the Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna, he alleged that pro-Hindu groups claimed the mosque was built over a Hanuman temple. He alleged they were trying to instigate residents of the area.
He said, “I want to tell the Bajrang Dal and RSS in Karnataka that if they intend to destroy secularism and dare look up at the Srirangapatna Mosque, every single soldier of [18th-century Mysuru ruler] Tipu Sultan is standing ready to gouge your eyes out. Construct however vibrant a temple you want, the chant of Allahu Akbar will echo there.”
Tipu Sultan Party members say they will gouge out eyes of RSS/Bajrang Dal cadres if they attempt to take back temples in Karnataka. Jehadis say they will demolish the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and again build a mosque over it. Hindus shouldn’t dismiss these threats. pic.twitter.com/0CiOYZd7Kw
According to media reports, some Hindu groups have decided to recite Hanuman Chalisa at Srirangapatna Mosque. They said that the mosque was built on a Hanuman Temple. SDPI had organised a march against the event planned by the Hindu groups. The News Minute contacted SDPI that confirmed that the person in the video was Nooruddin Farooqui. They claimed that his comment was a reply to the comments made by Minister K. S. Eshwarappa and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal.
Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the Tamil Nadu chopper crash tragedy has passed away.
IAF is deeply saddened to inform the passing away of braveheart Group Captain Varun Singh, who succumbed this morning to the injuries sustained in the helicopter accident on 08 Dec 21. IAF offers sincere condolences and stands firmly with the bereaved family.
The Indian Air Force in a tweet informed the citizens about his passing. In a tweet, the IAF said that he succumbed to his injuries in the morning today. “IAF offers sincere condolences and stands firmly with the bereaved family,” it said in a tweet.
Group Captain Varun Singh was the only survivor of the crash that claimed lives of CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, Brig LS Lidder, Lt Col H Singh, Wg Cdr PS Chauhan, Sqn Ldr K Singh, JWO Das, JWO Pradeep A, Hav Satpal, Nk Gursewak Singh, Nk Jitender, L/Nk Vivek and L/Nk S Teja.
On 8th December, 2021, a helicopter carrying the above personnel crashed on its way from Sulur Air Force base in Tamil Nadu to Wellington where Gen Rawat was to deliver a lecture in Defence Staff college. A total of 14 people were on board the aircraft, and 13 of them perished in the accident.
Group Captain Varun Singh, Shaurya Chakra awardee, was admitted to the hospital with severe burn injuries. He was maintaining his vitals and was shifted to a hospital in Bengaluru. As per reports, his health has improved slightly. However, he, too, unfortunately succumbed to injuries.
Indian-origin Leena Nair will now be the global chief of French luxury brand Chanel. Nair, a British national now, is currently the chief of Human Resources at Unilever.
I am humbled and honoured to be appointed the Global Chief Executive Officer of @CHANEL, an iconic and admired company.
Born in Maharashtra, Nair did her schooling in Kolhapur and earned a degree in electronics engineering from Walchand College of Engineering in Sangli.
Nair joined Hindustan Unilever in 1992 after graduating from Xavier School of Management with a gold medal. In 1996 she was appointed Employee Relationship Manager by HUL and was elevated as the HR manager of Hindustan Unilever India by 2000.
Nair is the second Indian-origin woman after Indra Nooyi to become Global CEO. Nooyi was the global CEO for PepsiCo in 2006 before stepping down in 2018.
The French billionaire Alain Wertheimer, a 73-year-old who owns Chanel with his brother Gerard Wertheimer and had originally taken on the CEO job on a temporary basis. He will move to the role of global executive chairman. Chanel was founded in 1910 by fashion legend Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel as a hat boutique on rue Cambon in Paris. The brand is now synonymous with luxury fashion and is known for tweed suits, handbags and No. 5 perfume.
Rajdeep Sardesai has faced humiliation on live television once again. On December 14, during a debate on India Today where former Indian Captain Sunil Gavaskar was a panellist, he told Rajdeep it would not matter if Sardesai would not agree with him as he would not lose sleep over it. The debate was about the alleged rift between cricketers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli that has been making rounds the whole day.
Towards the end of the debate, when anchor Rahul Kanwal asked Gavaskar what would he suggest to Jay Shah and Saurav Ganguly about handling the situation, he said it would be better if they both ignored it. He added that it could be just a rumour as there has been no official word over this by anyone. Both players have not said anything about it. Therefore, it would be better not to answer any controversy.
To his reply, Sardesai said that he did not agree with him. Gavaskar, with an ear-to-ear grin on his face, said, “Rajdeep if you don’t agree with me, it doesn’t matter. I won’t lose sleep over it.” Humiliated, yet again on Live TV, Rajdeep could not do anything but laugh over it.
Rajdeep Sardesai and his long history of humiliation
This is not the first time Rajdeep got schooled or humiliated during a conversation. Here are X incidents from the past that might haunt Sardesai for the rest of his life.
‘I don’t take you seriously’, said Mukesh Ambani
In March 2017, India Today Conclave published a 6-minute interview of Rajdeep Sardesai with business tycoon Mukesh Ambani. Sardesai introduced him as the most powerful person in the country. When he asked Ambani how he felt when he introduced him the way he did, Ambani said, “I don’t believe that. I do not take you seriously.” Sardesai, humiliated by the ‘most powerful person’, could only say, “Are yeh kya baat hui (What are you saying).”
Former President Mukherjee scolded him for interupting
In the same year, when former President Pranab Mukherjee completed his tenure, he gave an interview to Rajdeep Sardesai on the launch of his book. During the interview, Sardesai kept interrupting the former President. At first, he did not say anything but by the ninth minute, he had enough. He said, “Let me complete. You don’t have this habit. I am sorry to take you and remind you are interviewing the former President. Please have the necessary courtesy. Don’t interrupt.”
Bachchan refused to fall for his ‘trap’
In January 2016, during an interview with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, Rajdeep questioned him about his views on the alleged intolerance in the country. Bachchan, who was clearly taken by surprise by the question as earlier it was mostly about his career, said he was not qualified to answer the question. He said, “You know Rajdeep, I don’t know how the journalists address this issue, but really I am not qualified to answer this question at all. I am the least educated as far as these issues are concerned.” When Sardesai asked him if he was being diplomatic, Bachchan said, “So you are agreeing that it is some sort of trap.”
Sania Mirza expressed shock over Sardesai’s ‘disappointment’
In July 2016, Sardesai, during an interview with ace Tennis Player Sania Mirza, got schooled for his question about motherhood. He asked, “Where is Sania going to settle down? Is it going to be Dubai? Is it going to be in another country? What about motherhood? Building a family. I don’t see that in the book. It seems you don’t plan to retire just yet to settle down?” Sania countered and asked, “You don’t think I am settled?” She seemed surprised and shocked at the same time. He kept asking that she did not talk about retirement or raising the family in her book.
Sania called out his stereotypical views on women. She said, “You sound disappointed that I am not choosing motherhood over number one in the world at this point in time. But I will answer your question anyway. That is the question I face all the time.” She further said, “No matter how many Wimbledon we win or number one in the world we become, we don’t become “settled”. But eventually it will happen not just right now.”
Rajdeep must be very “happy” now as Sania is indeed a mother of a baby boy who was born in October 2018.
Sardesai schooled by PM Modi
If that is not enough, he was even schooled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2007 when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat. PM Modi was attending Hindustan Times Leadership Summit as a guest. Sardesai, who was interviewing him, asked if he was sorry about what had happened in 2002.
Then-CM Modi said, “A person who had got a chance to become anchor is trying to impose his propaganda while going out of the line from the topic for which I was called for in this Summit.” He questioned the organizers and asked them to decide how they wanted to move ahead with the interview.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been at the receiving end of a lot of hatred, online abuse and even threats from ‘trans activists’ over her frank and practical approach on the issues of gender identity and its problems for biological women.
Recently, the author had shared a Times UK article written by John Boothman titled “The absurdity of police logging rapists as women”. The article had expressed concerns over a recent decision by Scotland Police where they had said that they will record rapes committed by offenders with male genitalia as being committed by a woman if the rapist just says he is a woman.
The Scotland police had further stated that even if the accused has not undergone any gender change surgery or is not in the process of changing his gender, and just ‘identifies’ as a woman, they will record the crime of rape as being committed by a woman, as per the wishes of the rapist.
Rowling had tweeted sarcastically, “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. The penised individual who raped you is a woman.”
She was quoting from George Orwell’s book ‘1984’.
War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.https://t.co/SyxFnnboM1
As per a Daily Mail report, the recent proposal by Police Scotland has received wide criticism from several feminist groups and intellectuals, including Rowling and many politicians too. Feminist and women rights groups are concerned that such a move will warp the records of crime and eventually will understate the threat of male violence faced by women, apart from affecting the trial process of the crimes.
‘Dogma overriding common sense’
The Police Scotland’s statement has emerged after former SNP leader Kenny MacAskill wrote to the police asking them how it plans to deal with rape cases under the SNP’s new Gender Recognition Act, which makes it easier for people to be officially recognised as whichever gender they choose.
Gary Ritchie, Assistant Chief Constable for the police Scotland, stated that there are a number of scenarios under which a rapist can be recorded as a woman, “They include where a person, born male but who identifies as a female and does not have a full gender recognition certificate and then commits rape”, the Daily Mail reported.
It is notable here that under Scotland’s sexual offences law, rape is defined as non-consensual penetrative sex with a penis.
MacAskill, who has been a former Justice Secretary and a lawyer, said, “I have seen some absurdities as a lawyer for 20 years, but this tops it all and is dangerous. It’s physically impossible and is about dogma overriding common sense.’
Scotland’s new Gender Recognition Act
The SNP in Scotland has brought in a new Gender Recognition Act which will remove the necessity of a medical check for anyone who wants to change their gender. It claims to help shorten the time people have to live in their chosen gender before it is legally recognised, but essentially it states that a trans person can just choose their gender by which they want to be identified and it will be admitted officially, without needing documentation of a gender change surgery or treatment.
Asserting the police’s stand on it, Detective Superintendent Fil Capaldi said: ‘The sex/ gender identity of individuals who come into contact with the police will be based on how they present or how they self-declare, which is consistent with the values of the organisation.
“Police Scotland requires no evidence or certification as proof of biological sex or gender identity other than a person’s self-declaration unless it is pertinent to any investigation with which they are linked”, said the officer as per the Daily Mail UK.
Rowling gets called a ‘transphobe’, again, for speaking the truth
As usual, Rowling faced a barrage of online abuses and allegations of being a transphobe for pointing out some obvious truths and raising practical questions. The trans activists usually do not tolerate even a hint of criticism and even the most basic questions over the absolute dominance of trans identity politics are met with vicious trolling and ‘cancelling’.
One person named Stefania Sperandio even declared that Rowling is quoting Orwell without reading the book, or any other book.
image via Twitter
Another individual accused Rowling of behaving like Professor Umbridge, a reprehensible, cruel character from Rowling’s Harry Potter novels.
Image via Twitter
Another person named Jonathan Van Ness stated that the biggest threat of danger against women has always been cis-gender men, not transgender men. But people like JK Rowling sit safely in their mansion (and peddle transphobia) as trans women are deprived of work, killed and raped.
The biggest threats of violence against women has always been cis gender men. Not trans women, unless Jk’s constant transphobic cherry picked vitriol convinces you otherwise. But as trans women are assaulted, deprived of work, killed, and raped JK is safe in her mansion. https://t.co/4OJXX96gOC
It is not the first time that JK Rowling, one of the world’s most successful and popular authors, has been ‘cancelled’ by the woke lot. She has been vocal about how the new ‘trans’ politics endangers women from vulnerable socio-economical sections and even claims spaces that are meant to be for women.
She had received death threats in the past from trans activists, for voicing her opinion against opening women’s toilets to ‘tans’ women.
Rowling had drawn the ire of the LGBTQ community last year after she linked her experience of sexual assault with her concern over transgender access to women-only spaces in a 3,600 words long essay.
In her article, Rowling, a domestic violence survivor, said she was perturbed that “the new trans activism” was undermining women and girls’ rights to single-sex spaces by “offering cover to predators”.
‘Trans fakers’
It is notable here that there have been instances where rapists and paedophiles have gained access into women’s spaces by just claiming to be ‘trans women’, and continued their crimes. In 2018, a convicted rapist and paedophile ‘Karen White’ was transferred inside a women’s prison in the UK after he claimed he is a woman, despite having never undergone any gender change procedure.
Inside the women’s prison, which had a mother and baby unit too, White continued his sexually predatory behaviour and was later found to have raped four inmates. The authorities were aware that White has undergone no gender change procedure and is still a biological male when he was transferred inside the women’s prison. He had claimed to be a woman by just wearing a wig and a dress.
Popular Facebook and Instagram based meme page ‘AndheriWestShitPosting’ on Tuesday took to its sh*t posting page and let out a rant against the Indian Army, paramilitary and police forces.
Hello @Balram1801 , so as per you Indian Army officers should resign if they are feeling their Job is tough.
In a now-deleted post, the meme page advised those serving the armed forces and other security agencies to not think that their jobs are hard. “I don’t get why folks in the police, defense and paramilitary forces (and their family members for some reason) always ask people to respect them because they think their job is hard.” it stated. The meme page then went on to justify that when these people chose their profession, they would have calculated sacrifices they would have to make, the ‘long working hours’.
Referring to the courage and strength required to face the enemy as ‘occupational hazard’ the sh*t posting meme page pointed out how no one asked these personnel to don the uniform. The page then added how these are not the only ‘jobs’ with ‘occupational hazard’ and how firefighters, ward doctors, railway foreman, sewage cleaner all have ‘similar occupational hazards’. “… (they) make similar sacrifices like missing on festivals, family events and shit like that, yet I’ve never seen anyone of them cribbing about it all the time,” the sh*t page said.
It concluded by giving an advice that if the armed forces, police and other security personnel find their jobs tough, they could ‘resign and chill’ as we live in a society where everyone does their part and everyone’s important.
The post came barely a week after the nation lost its Senapati, so to say, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, Brig LS Lidder, Lt Col H Singh, Wg Cdr PS Chauhan, Sqn Ldr K Singh, JWO Das, JWO Pradeep A, Hav Satpal, Nk Gursewak Singh, Nk Jitender, L/Nk Vivek, L/Nk S Teja lost their lives in a tragic helicopter crash. Lone survivor of the crash, Group Captain Varun Singh is currently fighting for his life.
Soon after the post went viral, the sh*t page admins likely got critical feedback which they then blamed on the ‘right wing trolls’ and ‘fauji brats’ who are not ready for such conversation.
Andheri West Shitposting page
The page admin claimed that he hoped one day India will reach a place where ‘no one will have to do a favour on anyone’ and all kind of jobs would be treated with equal respect.
AndheriWestShitposting page
A January 2021 article on Vice profiling the sh*t page talks about how one Balram Vishwakarma, whose family hails from Bihar but currently residing in Mumbai, started this ‘fun’ page to post memes back in 2018. The page now has about a lakh followers on Instagram. Fardeen Shaikh and Melvin Deepak Sadankar are two more admins of the page.
As per the profile drawn by Vice, Vishwakarma was at one point a Modi supporter, wished him on his birthday every year and was also homophobic and sexist. But then he became a left-liberal, he claims. However, it is not clear whether the transition to becoming ‘left-liberal’ was at the time of launching the sh*t page. The sh*t page owner also claims he has ‘traded toxic masculinity for G&T’.
Whether the page admin believes or not, the Defence personnel are indeed doing a favour defending, protecting those who sh*tpost because they themselves did not have the courage to sign up for taking the enemy’s bullet on their chest.
Chennai-based newspaper The Hindu that drew flak from its readers for carrying a disrespectful headline for martyred CDS General Bipin Rawat recently brazened out its stand, stating that the news daily avoids using honorifics and ranks or designation in the headlines.
Many folks wrote to @MaliniP 's @the_hindu about that crass headline on Gen. Rawat's death.
Today editor @nambath published a "note. They are not one bit apologetic about their crass headline. Instead we are told they have their own (silly) rules which justifies the headline pic.twitter.com/FchtAlfeRK
“As a general rule, The Hindu avoids using honorifics and rank or designation in headlines. Again, as a general rule, The Hindu stylebook allows the use of only commonly recognised abbreviations or acronyms in headlines,” The Hindu published as an Editor’s note, adding that they did not mean any disrespect to General Rawat in the headline on December 9, 2021, of the report on his death.
CDS Gen Rawat, along with 12 others died in a chopper crash on December 8 while he was on his way to Wellington College. A day after his unfortunate death in helicopter crash, The Hindu published a report on his death. The headline of the article read, “Rawat, 12 others killed in T.N. chopper crash.”
However, it did not sit well with readers as well as social media users after it was shared by people on the internet. They accused The Hindu of disrespecting the martyred General, stating that the newspaper did not accord the veneration that he deserved. They made their displeasure apparent by writing to the newspaper’s editor for its irreverence to the martyred general.
Readers, Social media users express their displeasure over irreverent headline in The Hindu report
Social media users were particularly angry with The Hindu and condemned the newspaper for disrespecting the decedent general who was killed in a chopper crash along with 13 other senior personnel.
However, instead of paying heed to the criticism, The Hindu refused to admit its mistake and cited arcane rules and practices to assert that there was no error made by it in report on CDS General’s death.
CDS General Bipin Rawat, 12 others martyred in chopper crash
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter crash on December 8 which was on its way from Sulur Air Force base in Tamil Nadu to Wellington where he was to deliver a lecture in Defence Staff college. Gen Rawat along with his wife Madhulika Rawat and other senior officials were onboard the aircraft. Gen Rawat was shifted to nearby hospital where he succumbed to the burn injuries. His wife, too, succumbed to the burns.
A total of 14 people were on board the aircraft, and 13 of them perished in the accident. Group Capt Varun Singh SC, Directing Staff at DSSC, is the lone survivor, and he is currently under treatment at Military Hospital, Wellington. He is reportedly being shifted to Bengaluru.
