On Sunday, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) wrote a letter to Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner of Chandigarh, seeking action against a Christian Pastor named Prophet Bajinder Singh, who was seen using a minor boy for carrying out forceful religious conversion activity.
In a letter to Chandigarh DC, Dharmendra Bhandari, the Principal Secretary to the Chairperson of NCPCR, has said that the child rights body has come across a video posted on Twitter that showed the pastor Bajinder Singh using a minor boy for unusual superstition activity. The commission noted that the minor boy was seen crying in the video, and the body language of both the prophet and the child seemed unusual.
On examining the said complaint, the NCPCR noted that it has come to the commission’s notice that several such videos are available on social media in the name of Prophet Bajinder Singh Ministries, The Church of Glory Wisdom, Chandigarh.
The NCPCR noted that prima facie it appeared that such videos promoted superstition and used children for such purposes, thus violating the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
Further, the commission also pointed out that nobody in the video was seen even using the mask and followed the social distancing norms, a violation of COVID protocol guidelines issued by the Government of India.
Therefore, the Commission has taken cognizance of the above under section 13 (1) (j) of the CPCR Act, 2005 and directed the Deputy Commissioner to inquire into the matter and furnish an Action Taken Report within the next seven days.
Conversion viral video ignites meme fest on social media
A few days ago, a video of Prophet Bajinder Singh and the minor boy had gone viral on the internet. The video had sparked controversy and fuelled a meme fest on the internet. The video appears to be from a Christian missionary event in which the minor boy was seen weeping profusely.
Then, a man, identified as Bajinder Singh, asks him if his sister could speak earlier. The boy answers in the negative. Then he is asked whether she could speak now, and this time he answers in the affirmative. The song that was playing in the background is “Mera Yeshu Yeshu”.
Late ….But still vibing on “Mera yeshu yeshu …Mera yeshu yeshu “?????Damn too hilarious ?? Behan bolne lagi ???? pic.twitter.com/CECearb9iv
The mannerisms of the boy, though comical, had evoked mixed reactions on the social media platforms. Naturally, a torrent of memes involving the video flooded social media websites. A lot of mashups were available on the internet with the “Mera Yeshu Yeshu” video.
“Mera Yeshu Yeshu” here basically translates to “My Jesus Jesus”. The song, quite obviously, was meant as a tool for religious conversion to Christianity. The video itself is likely from a Christian evangelical event where such hilarious scenes are frequently observed in the name of “miracles”.
As it turns out, “Mera Yeshu Yeshu” is actually a song from 2014, first uploaded seemingly by one Jo Mathew on YouTube. The song has typical elements of Bollywood item song numbers with a distinctive Arabic feel to it.
The United States of America – the self-proclaimed leader of the free world, has been hit by not one but two major crises. From facing humiliating defeat against a Jihadist outfit in Afghanistan to massively mishandling the Covid-19 crisis at home, the USA is at the brink of collapse.
On the one hand, the Afghanistan disaster has driven away all the political hegemony that the United States of America claimed to have carried all these years, while the Covid-19 disaster has exposed the myth of invincibility of the “first world” societies.
According to NBC News, the US has seen a sudden spike in cases due to the highly contagious delta variant. More than 1 lakh people have been hospitalised currently in the US, the highest in the last eight months. On average, the country saw a 12% increase in new cases over the past week, and deaths were up by 23%. The fresh infections have risen in 42 of the 50 states, while deaths are now increasing in 43 states – the worst tally since December, before America’s deadliest month of the pandemic.
In the last 24 hours alone, the United States of America has recorded over 1,50,000 fresh cases of Covid-19, and at least 1,100 deaths, the highest level since mid-March. The United States of America is facing its worst Covid-19 pandemic currently, with at least six states in the country running out of capacity to treat patients severely ill from the coronavirus.
Five other states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Oregon- have all seen higher hospitalisation in the last few weeks. In Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Texas, 90 per cent of the ICU beds are occupied by the Covid-19 patients, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. As Covid-19 cases continue to soar, the health infrastructure in the United States has started to crumble.
The state of Florida is one of the most hit with the pandemic as it is going through a major crisis as hospitals and funeral homes are running out of space to store dead bodies. The worst part is that Florida is facing a huge oxygen shortage, leading to fears of causing more deaths due to the Oxygen shortage.
In hospitals, mortuaries have run out space, and the hospital authorities are stacking the bodies one above the other to the ceiling due to the shortage of space. Reportedly, the staff is working day and night to honor the dead.
A report by the WION news suggested that Florida has recorded 1,51,764 new Covid cases for the week on Friday, reaching a new seven-day average of 21,681 cases per day, more than any other state in the US. More than half of the ICU beds in the state have been occupied by Covid patients.
#Gravitas | The western media is hiding a big story. The US is running out of ICU beds and oxygen. Florida may be out of oxygen in 24 hours- it recorded its highest daily deaths. Why isn’t the media reporting it? Because the US is not India.@palkisu calls out selective reporting pic.twitter.com/UdIVtzWf4e
On Thursday, Florida reported 901 Covid deaths, the highest since the pandemic began last year. On average, 227 people have lost their lives due to the pandemic on a day on an average this week.
According to the survey published by Florida Hospital Association, 68 hospitals in the state have oxygen supplies of fewer than 48 hours. In addition, oxygen demand has skyrocketed in the region with the rapid spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus.
The grave situation can be witnessed in other states such as Kentucky and Texas as increasing Covid hospitalizations has put pressure on the health infrastructure, especially on doctors and nurses. The intensive care units around the nation are filled with Covid-19 patients such that 77 per cent of the total ICU patients are Covid-19 patients.
Despite the high number of Covid-19 cases in the United States, the US media outlets seem to have found no courage at all to question the authorities over their failure to manage the pandemic in the country. The media outlets that were extensively reporting on the pandemic outbreak in other countries, especially India by predicting doomsday scenarios, have chosen silence over the failure of the “superpower” United States to handle the pandemic effectively.
Western media, Indian liberals predicted doomsday scenario for India, remains silent over Covid-19 disaster in the US
As India battled the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, western media outlets joined hands with India’s “liberal-secular” media ecosystem to unleash a concerted campaign to discredit the Indian government’s efforts to tackle the pandemic. In an effort to humiliate and discredit the country, the western media had come up with dubious research to imagine higher deaths in the country.
The foreign liberal media displayed a strange attitude while reporting on India. The Indian government was scrutinised to the most over its management of the pandemic, and India became the centre of attention for media worldwide. The western press focused on the deaths and captured images of funeral pyres to proclaim that India was one of the worst affected countries globally, thus creating a wave of “shock” among their non-Indian audience.
New York Times coverage over India’s Covid–19 crisis/ Image Source: NYT
Here is another image that was published by Reuters to mock India during its Covid-19 sufferings.
Image Source: Reuters
To please the western press, the Indian “liberals” joined their vulture journalism by capturing images of funeral pyres, cremations to humiliate and disrespect their own country in the global fora. The likes of Barkha Dutt, deceased photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed by the Taliban recently, far-left websites in the country, excitingly worked towards bringing shame to India by overdramatising the deaths.
Several images of deaths and suffering were happily shared across the platforms to show how India was still a ‘third-world’ country and declared that India does not deserve the respect it gets. Sadly, the left-liberal ecosystem strived hard to bring a bad name to the country.
First, the colossal failure to save the living from covid, now the unforgivable refusal to count the dead. I write in @washingtonpost about the deeply shameful and flawed public morality of this moment and why it only will lead us as nation to more peril https://t.co/SPgkQkVxIw
Despite all their efforts, India put up a brave fight against the Chinese pandemic and also had to cope with a massive misinformation war initiated by the global left-liberal establishment.
However, it looks like all the ridicule and criticism of the western press over the mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic is limited to only “brown” countries. As the United States struggles to cope-up with the Covid-19 pandemic, neither the US media nor the Indian liberals have the courage to speak “truth to power”. They have conveniently chosen to ignore to speak about how the world’s alleged “superpower” has utterly failed in tackling the Chinese pandemic while India successfully stopped it.
Western media and their Indian “sepoys” looks other way
In contrast to their extensive coverage over the second wave of the pandemic in India, there has been almost zero coverage on the US Covid-19 disaster. Even as the US records over lakhs of fresh cases, not a single media outlet, both in the US or in India, have made it their primetime story to hold authorities in the country accountable.
The same media that shamed India by displaying dead bodies and funeral pyres has not even reported on the raging Covid-19 infections in the country. Not a single publication that was predicting “doomsday” for India a few months ago suggesting that the country would record over a million deaths due to Covid-19 is reporting the looming threat of Covid-19 in the United States.
Instead, the foreign press is trying to cover up for the humiliating loss of the Biden administration at the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan by over-emphasizing on plain rhetorics.
Well, the whitewashing of Biden’s failures is not limited to the western media alone. Even Indian “journalists” have been attempting to gloss over the blunders committed by the Biden administration that has set dangerous chain of events in Afghanistan.
Barkha Dutt, who is accused of causing casualties on the Indian side as she gave away military locations in her broadcast during the Kargil war, has been doing extensive shows to discuss American withdrawal from the Afghanistan and the subsequent Taliban onslaught against the Afghan national government.
Strangely, Barkha Dutt or any other “independent” journalists who were speaking truth to power just a few months ago during the second wave of the pandemic have shown guts to question the same Biden administration on its failure to handle the Covid-19 crisis.
Well, it seems like all the heroics of the western “liberal” media and their cronies in India is just limited to trying to malign and humiliate the so-called “third world” countries, spread misinformation while completely ignoring the situation in their own countries.
IAS officer Lokesh Jangid, during the weekend, inadvertently found himself in the center of a controversy after asking a woman out on social media. While there did not appear to be anything creepy in his texts, a debate ensued on Twitter after the woman shared a screenshot of the messages on her profile.
Source: Twitter
Lokesh Jangid is the same IAS officer who fell victim to an alcohol related online fraud recently. He paid Rs. 17,000 for alcohol but the alcohol was not delivered to him. Consequently, a case was registered related to the matter in Madhya Pradesh.
Quite clearly, the IAS officer is not going through a very enjoyable period in his life. After the woman shared the private messages on her profile, it has sparked a serious debate regarding appropriate behaviour on the internet.
While some argued that Twitter is not Tinder, others were of the opinion that the IAS officer was only politely asking her out over tea and she could have just said no if she was not interested and moved on.
There is a flood of reactions by social media users on the matter.
This is why guys are afraid to express their feelings, he honestly asked you out if you are not interested just tell him and move on . https://t.co/WUu34FJ5e1
Okay wow. He just asked you really politely and what you're doing is embarrassing him just for internet clout? What a low life. https://t.co/ExVWAan2y3
The world is so over dramatic! There is nothing cheap about these messages. If you’re not interested then ignore and move on. Is this the first time you’ve been asked out? Is this why you’re showing off to the world? this behaviour of yours surely points to that. @criticpedagoguehttps://t.co/qR4FJzPJKo
What's the purpose behind sharing the SS. He wasn't being indecent or rude at all.. if you didn't like..just turn his proposal down. Why make a hue and cry? https://t.co/Emqe4WWov1
Idk what’s wrong with this? If you want to go, Say yes. If no, Say no. What’s the big deal? Posting a screenshot doesn’t make you cool. Civil servants also have a life, stop being so judgmental people. Please ask someone out is not a crime. https://t.co/NZvbmjab6r
To be fair, there does not appear to be anything untoward in the texts from Lokesh Jangid. He was being extremely polite and a gentleman while asking her out for a cup of tea. One could even argue that it is was a model text of how to ask someone out.
Some people have pointed out that he mentioned that he is an IAS officer but there is nothing wrong with it. It is only natural for a man to attempt to establish his credibility before a woman he seeks to impress. Also, it could very well be that the invite was not motivated by any romantic interest at all.
We are assuming that the texts were motivated by a romantic interest, and perhaps the woman did as well, but on the face of it, it could very well be that it was platonic and the IAS officer just wanted to make new friends.
Furthermore, there are texts which ooze creepy vibes and there are those that not. Jangid’s texts clearly fall on the latter category. For instance, a creepy way of asking someone out would be, “Hey bby girl, wanna go over for some tea??” On the other hand, “Would like to see you over a cup of tea somewhere in case you’re free and willing! :)” does not seem creepy at all.
But then again, the entire episode reveals the dark side of the internet. There are just no rules anymore. We are walking through landmines all the time. For instance, a couple of years back, the video of a woman abusing girls using vile language had gone viral on the internet.
After that, the woman herself became a victim of the worst sort of abuse and people called for her to be raped. The current instance is obviously nor comparable to that but the online rage mobs that can be instigated at the drop of a hat is a cause for concern for all.
A lot of people appear ever willing to expose others to rage mobs for the sake of online clout. This online clout industry has become a cause for much strife and is a threat to mental health. We are not accusing the woman here for sharing screenshots of private texts for clout but it is a behaviour we are all familiar with.
The worst thing that Lokesh Jangid can be accused of being guilty of is sending cringeworthy texts but cringeworthy texts are surely not a crime serious enough to crucify someone online. However, it is a good idea perhaps to avoid asking random strangers out for tea over the internet.
Not because there’s something inherently wrong with it but because there is always the risk that some lunatic could use the texts to embarrass someone online.
United States President Joe Biden courted controversy after a video of him allegedly ‘sleeping’ during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett went viral on social media. It must be mentioned that the concerned meeting took place between the two world leaders at the White House on Friday (August 27).
Republican leaders and social media users began speculating whether US President Joe Biden was indeed sleeping during the meeting. EHA News tweeted, “US president Joe Biden fell asleep during a press conference he held with Naftali Bennett. Bennett continued to talk while Biden was sleeping.”
?| #Biden falls asleep during press conference with #Israel‘s PM Bennett
▪️#US president Joe Biden fell asleep during a press conference he held with Naftali Bennett. ▪️Bennett continued to talk while Biden was sleeping. pic.twitter.com/p2EzWdQ3tF
Political strategist Chuck Callesto emphasised, “Joe Biden Caught SLEEPING During High-Level MEETING with Israel’s new prime minister Naftali Bennett…The Israeli Prime Minister Naftali looked DIRECTLY AT THE US PRESIDENT as if in disbelief…”
BREAKING REPORT: Joe Biden Caught *SLEEPING* During High-Level MEETING with Israel’s new prime minister Naftali Bennett…
The Israeli Prime Minister Naftali looked DIRECTLY AT THE US PRESIENT as if in disbelief…
A Twitter user, JD Sharp, criticised Joe Biden for allegedly sleeping during his meetup with the greatest ally of the United States i.e. Israel. “The 25th Amendment must be started by Kamala Harris and confirmed by Congress immediately.” It must be mentioned that the 25th Amendment allows the vice president to take up the role of President in case of his death, resignation or removal from office. Such a decision must be backed by a majority vote in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Joe Biden sleeping in the middle of a meeting with the Prime Minister of one of our greatest allies, Israel.
The 25th Amendment must be started by Kamala Harris and confirmed by Congress immediately. https://t.co/91sU1aFfJa
However, according to CNN reporter Daniel Dale, the video of Joe Biden allegedly sleeping during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is ‘nonsense’. He had shared the link of the video wherein it can be seen that the US President was actively participating in the meeting.
This “Biden asleep” stuff is nonsense. Full vid https://t.co/1jC9JjOXag shows: 1) Biden talking; 2) Biden looking at Bennett; 3) Biden looking downward, his hands moving, starting right when Bennett mentioned this week’s “difficult days”; 4) Biden immediately replying to Bennett. pic.twitter.com/dJ9dLsoiTY
Joe Biden was seen talking, looking at his counterpart and only putting his head down when Bennett started speaking. The US President was also prompt in responding to the Israeli Prime Minister.
Biden was given the nickname ‘Sleepy Joe’ by former US President Donald Trump. The name of “Sleepy Joe” came from Trump’s suggestion that Joe Biden is suffering from a cognitive decline of his mental faculties.
Netizens slam Joe Biden for ‘disastrous optics’ on Afghanistan crisis
On Thursday (August 26), United States President Joe Biden appeared visibly frustrated on being quizzed about the death of 13 US Marines in a deadly terror attack at the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul. Without mincing any words, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Biden whether he was willing to take any responsibility for the Afghanistan crisis.
“Mr. President, there had not been a U.S. service member killed in combat in Afghanistan since February of 2020. You set a deadline, you pulled troops out, you sent troops back in, and now 12 Marines are dead. You said the buck stops with you. Do you bear any responsibility for the way that things have unfolded in the last two weeks?” he inquired. Joe Biden, who kept Doocy waiting till the end, fumbled as he was pressed with a tough question. The US President managed to get his act together and said that he bore responsibility for everything that had occurred ‘of late’.
However, he blamed former President Donald Trump for setting May 1 as the final date of exit for all US troops from Afghanistan. “This was a year before. In return, he was given a commitment that the Taliban will continue to attack others but not attack the American forces. After having comprehended the US President’s tactics to avoid answering hard questions, Peter Doocy emphasised, “Donald Trump is not president right now.”
Biden tried to interject and stop the Fox News correspondent halfway. At about 1:27 minutes into the conversation, he went on bend his head, close his eyes and rest his hands on the podium. It was evident that Biden was irritated with Doccy’s line of questioning. His gesture was widely criticised by the netizens for showcasing the US government’s weakness and incompetence in dealing with the situation.
Indian Railways is introducing a new category of coaches for its passenger trains, the Economy 3AC coaches, which are 3 tier AC coaches with an increased number of berths. Yesterday, the Railways had informed that the ticket price for Economy 3AC coaches will be 8% cheaper than the regular 3AC coaches. These new coaches will have 83 berths, against 72 berths present in regular 3 tier AC coaches, which has enabled the Railways to decrease the fare.
However, some reports on how the number of coaches has been increased have created confusion among people. On Sunday, a PTI report said that the new coaches will see the return of side middle berths to increase the number of seats. It said, “The regular 3AC coaches have two side berths, which will be increased to three in the new coaches.” The report was carried by several media houses. An independent report by Indian Express also made the same claim.
This had created confusion among several readers, who wondered why the Railways is bringing back a ‘dreaded feature’ which was earlier removed due to huge outrage from passengers. The side middle berth was originally introduced by Indian Railways in 2006, when Lalu Prasad Yadav was the union Railways minister. The coaches with additional side berths were added to Garib Rath, Mail and Express trains. This had increased the number of berths in the sleeper and 3AC coaches from 72 to 78, increasing revenue. However, this was a hugely unpopular move, as it had made travelling in the side berths very uncomfortable, especially on the side middle and upper berths.
Side middle berth in a coach
To accommodate the 3rd berth, the side upper berth was moved up, which already has lesser space due to the curved roof of the coaches. This has made climbing to the upper two berths very difficult. Due to massive protests from passengers, the side middle berth was removed from mail and express trains. But they were kept in the Garib Rath trains, as the fare for Garib Rath trains is much lower.
Therefore, it is unlikely that the Railways is bringing back the hated side middle berth. Earlier this year, the Railways had released photographs of the newly developed 3AC Economy coach, and the images make it clear that they don’t have three berths on the side. The newly designed coaches have increased convenience for the passengers, like individual AC vent in each berth, reading light for each berth, improved stair design for climbing up to upper berths, better designed foldable tables etc.
A compartment in the new Economy 3AC coach
Even though the number of berths has been increased, it was not done by adding the side middle berth. The Railways had earlier informed that in the new coaches, they removed the high voltage electric switchgear which is installed in the coaches near the doors. This equipment has been moved below the underframe of the coaches. Moreover, the storage space near the doors for storing bed linen has also been removed from the coaches.
The designers of the coaches also have used thinner composite materials for the partitions between the compartments. These measures have created additional space in the LHB coaches, which have enabled the Indian Railways to add 11 more berths. Therefore, the number of berths has been increased without compromising on passenger comfort, as the media reports are suggesting.
The mainstream media in India has always served as apologists for Islamic extremism. The media has always managed to find the light at the end of the tunnel when the ones bringing the darkness happen to be Islamic extremists. On this particular occasion, the offenders are people at Dainik Bhaskar.
Dainik Bhaskar, it appears, has taken us for fools and clowns. On Sunday, it published a report making an astonishing claim. The report claimed that all Hindus and Sikhs have left Jalalabad in Afghanistan but relations between them and the Muslim community are so great that Muslims are taking care of their business establishments for them.
Source: Dainik Bhaskar
We are being serious here, Bhaskar does want to us to believe that. They even quote one Muslim man as saying, ‘I daily update the owner of the clinic with recent developments. We believe that he will return once things improve over here. Until then, we will not let his business shut down.’
And the Indian Hindi newspaper bought into that fantasy completely. The complete and utter naivete of Bhaskar does call for a certain meme to be mentioned here.
The legendary meme is very appropriate in this context
Of course, the inspiration for the meme is a clip from a Showtime documentary where the journalist asks the Taliban whether they will have Democracy in Afghanistan and allow women to vote. But it is very applicable here.
It is quite clear what is happening in Afghanistan with the properties of Afghan Hindus and Sikhs that have been left behind. They are being taken over by local residents in the name of ‘looking after’ them. It is an inversion of reality that we are witnessing here and the media is helping whitewash the misery that has been heaped upon Afghan Hindus and Sikhs.
Does anyone really believe Afghan Hindus and Sikhs will be able to return to Afghanistan once things ‘calm down’? And what does ‘calm down’ mean in the context of Afghanistan? There has been civil war in the country for well over four decades now. Has any Sikh or Hindu who has come over to India ever return? Why would they even want to? The writing on the wall is obviously and yet, the media continues to take us for fools.
It is not even a new thing that is happening here. Whenever Hindus have been forced to flee due to Islamic aggression, their properties have been occupied by their neighbours and people they once thought they were on good terms with. It happened in Kashmir, it happened in Bangladesh and now it is happening in Afghanistan.
The media surely knows this and yet, it is arrogant enough to believe that they can get away with peddling such ridiculous narratives. The timing is quite fascinating as well. Whenever Islamic extremists unleash violence and hell somewhere in the world, the media rushes to manufacture ridiculous nonsense to somehow minimize the threat that it poses to world stability.
It is consistent with the way Indian media has conducted itself during the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. NDTV, for instance, provided platform to the spokesperson of the Taliban to peddle their agenda. At the same time, Indian liberals hailed the Jihadist outfit for holding a press conference.
Thus, it is not surprising at all that the industry which buys into Taliban propaganda also believes that local Muslims in Afghanistan are also ‘taking care’ of the properties of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus.
A purported video of Dasna priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati went viral on Saturday, stoking a heated debate on social media platforms.
In an undated video, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati was allegedly heard using derogatory language against women in politics, especially against those who are in BJP. Several netizens strongly condemned the harsh words used by Yati and demanded strict action.
Besides Hindu social media users, several radical left elements, Islamists descended on Twitter to utilise this opportunity to spread Hindumisia. The radical left and the members of the “liberal-secular” lobby did not miss their chance to drag the entire Hindu community after videos of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati went viral.
Kavita Krishnan, a politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML), took to Twitter to further target BJP leader Kapil Mishra for his alleged support to Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati in the past. The hyper-activist, who doubles up as a freelance protestor in her free time, claimed that Kapil Mishra had supported Yati by raising Rs 25 lakhs in the past.
She claimed that the people, who think about the “Sulli Deal” to Muslim women, will have similar thinking about Hindu women. She targeted Kapil Mishra for his alleged support for Yati, claiming that he was funding him. The rants by Kavita Krishnan against Kapil Mishra came despite his unequivocal condemnation of Yati Narsinghanand for his derogatory words against women politicians. Kapil Mishra had called Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati’s words against women politicians as “Jihadi thinking”.
यति नरसिंहानंद के लिए @KapilMishra_IND ने लाखों रुपए जुटाए. जो “सुल्ली डील” जैसा सोच मुसलमान महिलाओं के बारे में रखते हैं वे हिंदू महिलाओं के बारे में भी वही सोच तो रखेंगे ही. इक्स्पोज़ हो गया तो मिश्रा इसी सोच को “जिहादी सोच” बता रहा है. पर इस “जिहादी” की फ़ंडिंग तो तूने किया न? https://t.co/o1Iv2dPFVK
Responding to Kavita Krishnan, Kapil Mishra defended his past support for Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, saying that they had collected money for his safety after Islamists in the country had demanded his beheading.
Slamming Kavita Krishnan, Mishra said that they have the courage to openly call out the wrong things and also have the power to crush those who dream of beheading Hindus by calling for ‘Sar tan se juda’. He also warned her not to have any misunderstanding that India will be run by fatwas.
हाँ हमने इनकी सुरक्षा के लिए पैसे इकठ्ठे किये जब देश भर में “सर तन से जुदा” के जुलूस निकल रहे थे
हम गलत को गलत कहने की हिम्मत भी रखते हैं और सर तन से जुदा का ख्वाब देखने वालों को कुचलने का माद्दा भी रखते हैं
Well, Kavita Krishnan continued to attack the BJP, saying party leaders loved Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for his anti-Muslim venom and violence. Kavita Krishnan also attacked Kapil Mishra for calling Yati a “Jihadi” and asked what would he call to those who allegedly auctions Muslim women online.
BJP leaders love Narsinhanand for anti Muslim venom & violence. He’s caught on camera abusing women in politics, & the same @KapilMishra_IND & co says his mind is “jihadi” (I.e that of a Muslim terrorist). Hey Mishra, what do you call those who auctioned Muslim women online? https://t.co/o1Iv2dPFVK
In response, Kapil Mishra gave a befitting reply to the far-left ‘activist’ saying he refers to those who auctions women as “Talibani” and the ones as “Communist”, who exploits women in the name of revolution.
Those who auction women – I call them Talibani
And those who exploit women in the name of Revolution – I call them communist https://t.co/kqBytH24Z0
It seemed like Kavita Krishnan did not want to waste her free time. She yet again put out provocative tweets targeting Kapil Mishra, saying one should remember the tweets put out by the BJP leader targeting Anti-Hindu Delhi riots accused Safoora Zargar. She claimed that the language spoken by Mishra and PM Modi’s words on Sunanda Pushkar were all akin to those languages spoken by people who allegedly auctioned Muslim women on “Sulli Deals”.
याद है सफ़ूरा के बारे में @KapilMishra_IND कौन सी भाषा बोले थे? याद है @narendramodi सुनंदा पुष्कर के बारे में कौन सी भाषा बोले थे? ठीक वही भाषा तो यति नरसिंहानंद भी बोले हैं, और मुस्लिम महिलाओं को “सुल्ली डील” पर नीलाम करने वाले भी वही भाषा बोल रहे थे.
Frustrated by hearing repeated rants by Kavita Krishnan, the BJP leader asked her to stop dreaming about him throughout the day and advised the far-left ‘activist’ to brush her teeth.
The attack against the BJP leaders for allegedly supporting Yati Narsinghanad Saraswati by Communists and left liberals in the name of supporting women rights is nothing but the irony in itself. In fact, it is actually a bit rich coming to Kavita Krishnan, whose party and ideology has been one of the most brutal persecutors of women in the last few decades, not just in India but across the world.
The hypocrisy of left on women rights
The left-liberals, who are now preaching about women rights, thanks to the Yati Narsinghanad Saraswati episode, are the first ones to go into hiding when their comrades or someone from their ‘fraternity’ is accused of sexually harassing and abusing women. The very liberals who scream the loudest about “feminism”, “gender equality”, etc., maintain a stoic silence when one of their own turns out to be sexual predators, as we witnessed during the MeToo saga.
When victims began to reveal the trauma they faced by the members of the left-wing comic group AIB, the left sympathisers gave a lukewarm response out of pressure from the general public. The left-liberals did not show any genuine intent or anger against the perpetrators simply because they shared the same ideology.
The ‘woke’ feminists like Kavita Krishnan were silent when the left-liberals Tarun Tejpal or even RK Pachauri were accused of abusing and preying on innocent women. In 2017, a journalist with leftist propaganda website was accused of cheating and abusing in a failed love affair, leading the girl to attempt suicide. In Facebook posts, the girl and her friends have accused Krishnakant, of mentally torturing a woman leading her to attempt suicide. They also raise questions on the publication, The Wire, which regularly raises questions pertaining to feminism and women empowerment, but are maintaining total silence on the accusations put up by the woman on one of their employees. Krishnakant continues to write articles for The Wire.
In 2018, another journalist at The Wire was manhandled by a mob, the Editors asked her to ‘let it go’ because some of the accused were so-called Dalit activists.
The left-liberal “feminists” who preach morality to every other individual have also been at the forefront of whitewashing the crimes committed by their ideologues against innocent women. It is worth remembering that a damning list containing names of far-left academics was put up on Facebook by a student, accusing them of engaging in sexual harassment. However, the “feminists”, including Kavita Krishnan, had taken it upon themselves to absolve the left-liberals academicians mentioned in the list. A group of self-proclaimed feminists, including Ayesha Kidwai, Nivedita Menon, Vrinda Grover, Kavita Krishnan, had all jumped to discredit the allegations made by the student against their comrades.
In fact, these ‘feminist’ activists were the first to call out the list and ask everyone not to hold anyone guilty unless proven. Of course, most accused were leftist professors. So-called champions of women’s rights and safety chose to save one of their own instead of standing by women because ideology above cause.
In 2018, a JNU student had alleged that the ‘Hero of Kathua protest’ had brutally raped her but she remained quiet lest her speaking out against abuse ‘jeopardise’ the Kathua rape case.
On August 28, Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi, announced recommendations for Padma awards. He said that the committee led by Deputy CM Manish Sisodia received over 9,400 suggestions. The committee has shortlisted “the names of three doctors- Dr SK Sarin from ILBS, Dr Suresh Kumar from LNJP, and Dr Sandeep Budhiraja from Max Hospital for Padma Awards”, he said.
Controversy over names suggested by Kejriwal
The names suggested by Kejriwal have attracted criticism from the netizens as the three doctors recommended by him had pushed Aam Aadmi Party’s narrative over oxygen requirement in Delhi. On April 20, 2021, Dr SK Sarin had said, “There is an acute shortage of oxygen in Delhi. The demand is about 700 metric tonnes, but we are getting close to just 300. There is a huge gap.”
Tweet by NDTV quoting Dr Sarin. Source: Twitter
On April 24, 2021, Dr Suresh Kumar pushed the narrative further and said, “All ICU beds at our hospital are full for the last 4-5 days. Some critical patients need 40-50ltr of oxygen per minute to maintain oxygen saturation level. The oxygen supply chain is compromised.”
Tweet by ANI quoting Dr Suresh. Source: Twitter
In June 2021, when the Interim Report on the audit of medical oxygen demand and consumption in Delhi prepared by a Supreme Court-appointed committee came to public light, it was clear that the oxygen demand might have been exaggerated by the Delhi Government.
The report pushed Dr Sandeep Budhiraja to come to the rescue of the AAP-led government. He had claimed that he and Bhupinder S Bhalla, principal secretary (home), Delhi government were not in agreement with some of the key findings of the report that had suggested that the Delhi government had “grossly overstated” the medical oxygen requirements during Covid-19 second wave.
He alleged that he had sought changes and additions in the interim draft report. Hindustan Times, in its report, stated that in a letter written by Dr Budhiraja, he had pointed out that the minutes of the May 15 meeting were not shared with the panel for approval as a result, he did not attend an important meeting on May 18.
SK Sarin is a Padma Awardee
Interestingly, one of the nominees recommended by the Delhi Government is a Padma Awardee. Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin had received Padma Bhushan Award, the third-highest civilian India award, in 2007. It is unclear for which Padma Award Kejriwal government has recommended his name.
Screenshot from https://padmaawards.gov.in/
Reaction by netizens
Several netizens raised objections over the nominations. Nayan said, “Remember Oxygen shortage propaganda? Some hospitals and doctors helped Arvind Kejriwal and gang to peddle this narrative then backtracked in the court the time asked to file it on affidavit. same team.”
Remember Oxygen shortage propaganda ? Some hospitals and doctors helped @ArvindKejriwal and gang to peddle this narrative then backtracked in the court the time asked to file it on affidavit.. same team .. @mansukhmandviyahttps://t.co/5wjnmBU9GQ
Kartikay shared how three doctors favoured the AAP government during the Covid-19 wave and helped in setting up the narrative that there was a shortage of oxygen in Delhi.
BeFittingFacts pointed out Dr Sarin has already awarded with Padma Bhushan.
Kejriwal sent the name of Dr. S K Saring for Padma Awards, he already had received one. All media published Kejriwal’s claim but no one mentioned it. ??♂️ pic.twitter.com/OcCfl53Ozq
Delhi Government’s mismanagement during the second wave of Covid-19
Notably, Kejriwal’s government came under the scanner during and after the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic over the alleged mismanagement of medical oxygen. It was also alleged that the Delhi government did not take proactive steps to get the oxygen supply in order and fix the crisis. Rather, Kejriwal and his team spent time issuing statements against the union government and neighbouring states.
During a hearing in Delhi High Court, it was revealed that even after a month the second wave had started, the Arvind Kejriwal government had not arranged a single tanker to transport medical oxygen allocated by the centre. The hospitals in Delhi were being supplied by the suppliers like Inox using their own tankers, but additional tankers were needed to collect oxygen allocated from other plants in nearby states, which was the responsibility of the state govt. The Delhi High court had slammed the Delhi government for the mismanagement in April.
When Indian Railways started the Oxygen Express initiative, several states, including Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, sent requests for the trains immediately, but the Kejriwal-led Delhi government sat idle for over a week. His government also failed to arrange a storage facility for the extra oxygen required by the state hospitals. As a result, tankers were left stranded for hours, waiting for authorities to get them emptied so that they could head back to the oxygen plants. Additionally, due to the lack of oxygen storage facility, Delhi lifted lesser oxygen than required.
The allocation of oxygen was mismanaged to a level that the suppliers had to approach Delhi High Court to know to which hospitals they should supply. Reportedly, some hospitals were not even on the lists, depriving them of oxygen as suppliers were to distribute oxygen only to those hospitals which had been allocated to them. All the mismanagement created by the Delhi government gave an opportunity to the black marketers. Allegedly Delhi government did not take enough steps to curb the black marketing of medical oxygen and other essential life-saving drugs or equipment. Delhi High Court had slammed the Delhi government for failing to curb black marketing.
On Saturday (August 27) morning, the mother of a deceased US marine Ryle McCollum slammed President Joe Biden for the death of her son and his disastrous policies in Afghanistan. Born in 2001, 20-year-old McCollum was killed in the suicide bombing attack outside the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul.
Kathy McCollum, the mother of Ryle, had called up the ‘Wilkow Majority’ show on SiriusXM Patriot radio to display her angst against the Biden administration. She had learnt about her son’s untimely death on Friday (August 26). While lambasting Joe Biden, she remarked, “Twenty years and 6-months-old, getting ready to go home from freaking Jordan to be home with his wife to watch the birth of his son, and that feckless, dementia-ridden piece of crap just sent my son to die.”
Kathy informed that the news of her son’s death was delivered to her by two other marines at 4 am in morning. “I woke up at four o’clock this morning, two Marines at my door telling me my son was dead. So, to listen to that piece of crap talk about diplomatic crap with frickin Taliban terrorists who just freaking blew up my son and no, nothing, to not say anything about oh my god, I’m so sorry for families. So, my son is gone,” she lamented.
Mother of U.S. Marine Rylee McCollum, who died in the Kabul bombing: “all you Democrats… who voted for [Biden], you just killed my son… never would have happened under Trump.” pic.twitter.com/74eZ24jwaE
While speaking to the conservative host Jason Rantz, the mother of Ryle McCollum also hit out at the Democrats who fraudulently or legitimately voted for Joe Biden during the 2020 US Presidential elections. “So, my son is gone…And I just want all you Democrats who cheated in the election or who voted for him legitimately: You just killed my son. With a dementia-ridden piece of crap who doesn’t even know he’s in the White House who still thinks he’s a senator. So, I’m gonna try to calm down, sorry.”
Kathy emphasised that her son would have been alive had Donald Trump been the President of the United States. “My son was a genius child. He could have done anything he wanted to do in the military, and he chose to be a marine sniper, and that was his choice. Instead of just being fast-tracked, he chose this course, but I never thought in a million years he would die for nothing…He (Joe Biden) needs to be removed from office. It never would have happened under Trump,” she concluded.
According to Cheyenne McCollum, her brother Ryle wanted to become a history teacher and a wrestling coach on completion of his service with the US Marine Corps. A Lance Corporal by designation, Ryle McCollum hailed from Bondurant in Wyoming. He was married on February 14, 2021, and was expecting a child in September this year. He is now survived by his mother Kathy and sisters Cheyenne and Roice.
Suicide bombing by ISKP at Kabul airport kills stranded Afghans
On Thursday (August 26), bomb blasts inside Hamid Karzai international airport in Afghan’s capital Kabul killed more than 100 people, including 13 US troops, disrupting the ongoing Afghan evacuation of tens of thousands of stranded civilians. Soon after the attacks on their forces, the United States officials attributed attacks that killed more than 100 people at the Kabul airport to Islamic State’s regional affiliate Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). The ISKP had also taken responsibility for the bombing of the Kabul airport and has released images of the terrorist who blew himself up inside the Kabul airport. Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri of the ISKP was allegedly identified as the suicide bomber.
Earlier today, the US again warned its citizens of a very likely terror attack at Kabul Airport and asked them to stay away. “The situation on the ground continues to be extremely dangerous, and the threat of terrorist attacks on the airport remains high. Our commanders informed me that an attack is highly likely in the next 24-36 hours. I directed them to take every possible measure to prioritize force protection, and ensured that they have all the authorities, resources and plans to protect our men and women on the ground,” US President Joe Biden said in a statement.
Two weeks after Bharat Biotech received permission from the drug regulator to produce Covaxin at its plant at Ankleshwar in Gujarat, the Hyderabad-based company has released the first batch of the vaccine produced at its newly constructed plant.
The Ankleshwar plant would help increase the availability of Covid-19 vaccines in the country and stimulate the world’s largest vaccination drive.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to Twitter to announce that Bharat Biotech has released its first batch of the Indian-made vaccine on Sunday.
देश को कोरोना से लड़ाई में मज़बूत करने के लिए सबसे ज़रूरी है टीकाकरण। आज अंकलेश्वर, गुजरात स्थित @BharatBiotech के प्लांट से #COVAXIN के पहले commercial batch को रिलीज़ किया।
इससे देश में वैक्सीन की आपूर्ति में बढ़ोतरी होगी एवं हर भारतीय तक वैक्सीन पहुँचाने में मदद मिलेगी। pic.twitter.com/Z2NzvRwEuj
Earlier, Bharat Biotech had signed deals with three public sector enterprises (PSEs) – Haffkine Biopharmaceutical Corporation Ltd, Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) and Bharat Immunologicals Biologicals Corporation Ltd to set up new plants across the country to enhance the production of Covaxin.
The permission for the same was given earlier this month.
Govt of India approves vaccine manufacturing facility for production of @BharatBiotech's #Covaxin in Ankleshwar, Gujarat.
Following PM @NarendraModi ji's vision of #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine, this will increase vaccine availability & accelerate the world’s largest vaccine drive.
On 10th August, Union Minister Mandaviya had tweeted that the Government of India had approved vaccine manufacturing facility for Bharat Biotech in Ankleshwar. “Following PM @NarendraModi ji’s vision of #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine, this will increase vaccine availability & accelerate the world’s largest vaccine drive,” he had tweeted. Gujarat government got into mission mode to get the facility up and running.
Bharat Biotech had said that IIL’s Ankleshwar-based production facility would add another 200 million doses to its overall vaccine production.
Besides Ankaleshwar, the Bharat Biotech had decided to set up production facilities in Karnataka and Maharashtra, with the active support of the state governments. Reportedly, Bharat Biotech is expected to start Covaxin production in its Bengaluru plant in the next few weeks. These facilities have been repurposed for Covaxin production, and the production is likely to start in a few weeks.
There is no clarity yet on the status of Covaxin facilities that are set up in Maharashtra. Bharat Biotech, along with respective state governments in Gujarat and Karnataka, had worked on a mission mode in these two states to facilitate the production of Covaxin in a war-footing. However, the Maharashtra government is yet to streamline its process, thus leading to a delay in production.
India vaccinates 1 crore people on a single day
India achieved a momentous milestone in its Covid-19 vaccination drive on Friday by administering over 1 crore doses in a single day, its highest single-day count so far. Over 73 lakh doses were administered on Saturday, taking the total tally to 63 crores.
According to the latest data provided in the CoWIN portal, the total doses administered on Friday was 1,03,00,992. On Saturday, 73,61,506 vaccines were administered, taking the tally to 63,00,45,516, the second-highest in the world after China. The inoculation of more than one crore doses of vaccines in a day is a very significant achievement, which is more than the population of over 100 countries in the world.
