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Tokyo Paralympics to start from August 24, India to send largest-ever contingent with 54 para athletes

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Tokyo Paralympics to start from August 24, India to send largest-ever contingent with 54 para athletes

After the flames of the Tokyo Olympics, 2020 were extinguished, Paralympics 2020 is set to commence from August 24 which will conclude on September 5, 2021. The Tokyo Paralympics will feature 539 events across 22 different disciplines to be hosted at 21 venues. 

India will be sending its largest-ever contingent with 54 para athletes to compete in nine sporting disciplines. Mariyappan Thangavelu, the 2016 Rio Gold Medalist in the men’s high jump, has been selected as the captain and will lead the Indian contingent. 

Talking about the preparations, Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) President Deepa Malik had told ANI, “We had to make some really bold decisions in the welfare of the athletes. This year’s March National Meet was very important. There was a difficult time in getting the trials done, to be able to make the SOP, we want to thank the Sports Authority of India. Secretary sir personally overlooked the arrangements at the JLN Stadium.”

At least 4 medals expected

The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) is confident that the country will win at least four medals in Tokyo Paralympics. 

In a first, a record 10 para shooters including top pistol shooters Singhraj and Manish Narwal have been named for the Tokyo 2020 Games. The final list includes Manish Narwal (P1, P4), Singhraj (P1, P4), Deepender Singh (P1), Deepak (R1, R6, R7), Sidhartha Babu (R3, R6), Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar (R1), Akash (P3, P4), Rahul Jakhar (P3), Avani Lekhara (R2, R3, R6, R8), and Rubina Francis (P2). 

Star javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia and high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu will also make their presence felt. Other players to represent India include Sharad Kumar and Varun Singh Bhatti (all high jump T-63), Amit Kumar and Dharambir (club throw F-51), Nishad Kumar and Ram Pal (high jump T-47), Sonam Rana (shot put F-57), Navdeep (javelin F-41), Praveen Kumar (high jump T-64), Yogesh Kathuniya (discus throw F-56), Vinod Kumar (discus throw F-56), Ranjeet Bhati (javelin F-57), Arvind (shot put F-35), Tek Chand (javelin F-54).

Ekta Bhyan and Kashish Lakra (both club throw F-51), Bhagyashri Jadhav (shot put F-34), Simran (100m T-13) represent the women’s team. 

‘Kar de tu Kamaal’- official theme song

The Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) launched the Official theme song for the Indian Para Athletes on August 03 and urged the nation to root for our players. 

The song composed and sung by Indian Divyang player Sanjiv Singh was launched by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Sports Secretary Ravi Mittal, PCI President Deepa Malik and Secretary-General Gursharan Singh.

Union Minister Thakur took to Twitter to share the theme song.

What is Paralympics?

Paralympic Games is a major international sports competition for differently-abled athletes. The Paralympics are split into Winter Games and Summer Games, which alternately occur every two years.

Paralympic athletes compete in six different groups—amputee, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal cord injuries, intellectual disability, and “les autres” (athletes who do not fit into one of the other categories, including dwarfism) and then further divided into various segments. 

West Bengal: CPIM to unfurl Tricolours at party offices for the first time in 75 years this I-Day

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West Bengal: CPIM to unfurl Tricolours at party offices for the first time in 75 years this I-Day

On August 8, CPI (M) West Bengal announced that the leadership would unfurl the Indian national flag in its headquarters located at Alimuddin Street along with other party offices in the state. The party will celebrate India’s Independence in WB for the first time in 75 years. As per reports, the party high command approved the same after former MLA Sujan Chakraborty had submitted a written proposal.

It is notable here that the CPI(M) had never hurled the Indian national flag in its party office on the occasion of Independence Day. Soon after India’s independence, the undivided Communist Party had raised the slogan ‘Ye Azaadi jhootha hai’.

The proposal was approved by the central committee on August 8 during the central committee meeting. Chakraborty said, “We will celebrate the 75th Independence Day, and it will be celebrated by the party across the state, starting from the party’s headquarters at Alimuddin Street. There will be a year-long program on this occasion.”

Chakraborty denied the contention that the party is celebrating Independence day for the first time. He said they had celebrated it before but differently. PTI quoted him saying, “We usually observe the Independence Day by holding discussions on issues and dangers faced by the country by fascist forces, by communal forces. This time the day will be held in a bigger way. Seventy-fifth or 100th year don’t come every time.”

According to a report in TV9 Hindi, CPI (M) leadership believes that Bharatiya Janata Party has influenced people by using nationalism and patriotism. The Left Front needs to change its strategy to fight BJP in elections. Notably, the Left Front is often accused of being more sympathetic towards communist-ruled countries like Cuba, Vietnam and even China. Recently, CPI (M) had participated in the 100-years celebration of the Chinese Communist Party that drew widespread criticism.

In the 34-years of rule in West Bengal, the Marxist Party was often accused of being more concerned about what was happening in Cuba rather than concentrating on the needs of the people of West Bengal.

75th year of Independence

On August 15, 2021, India will enter the 75th year of Independence. The government of India has announced a series of events under Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th Independence day on August 15, 2022. The Government of India is planning to celebrate “Amrut Mahotsav” – the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence as a “people’s movement”. The Modi government has already started preparations for the 75th-anniversary celebrations and intends to organise several events to commemorate the historic event. A national implementation committee headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah will manage the events.

Athlete allegedly dropped from World Deaf Athletics Championships in Poland by SAI because she was the lone woman in the team

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Athlete allegedly dropped from World Deaf Athletics Championships in Poland by SAI because she was the lone woman in the team

Even as the nation is celebrating the Olympic medals won by Indian athletes, including female sportspersons, a deaf athlete has been allegedly denied the opportunity to participate in an international event because she is the sole female athlete qualified from India. According to reports, track and field athlete Sameeha Barwin has been dropped by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) from the Indian contingent at the 4th World Deaf Athletics Championships to be held from August 23-28 in Poland.

Reportedly, Sameeha Barwin is the sole female athlete in the Indian team, and the SAI is unwilling a lone girl with 5 male athletes who have qualified for the event. According to the family members of the athlete, even though her records exceed the qualifying criteria for the championships in Poland, the All India Sports Council of the Deaf (AISCD) told them that the SAI has refused to include her in the Indian contingent.

While the qualifying criteria for high jump and long jump for females are 1.4 meter and 4.25 meters in the event, Sameeha had achieved 1.45 meters in high jump and 4.75 meters in long jump in the 2019 national deaf games.

Later in July 2021, the AISCD held a national selection trial for the World Championships in Poland, where 12 hearing-impaired athletes had participated. There were two female contenders, including Sameeha. As the other women failed to qualify, the SAI officials allegedly decided to drop Sameeha also as she would have been the lone female member in the Indian contingent.

Her mother Salamath told media, “I was told that they cannot send my daughter alone as she is only a female athlete and also arrangements cannot be made for an escort due to shortage of funds.”

According to Twitter user Chennapragada who talked to Sameeha’s mother, at the end of the national selection trials, the organisers told her in sign language, ‘better luck next time. You can go next time,’ informing her that she is not going to Poland this time. The Twitter user said that the Sameeha and her family members were not given proof that SAI is actually responsible for dropping her for the championships, as she was informed about the same only by the All India Sports Council of the Deaf.

The Twitter user said that the state officials have been avoiding the calls of the athlete’s mother ever since she was informed about dropping her on July 22.

The state officials of the Council have asked the athlete the accept the decision allegedly taken by SAI. According to the officials, there were not enough funds to send an escort with the athlete. The family members of the athlete tried to get her back in the time, but they couldn’t.

Kanyakumari MP V Vijayakumar wrote to union sports minister Anurag Thakur to intervene in the matter. He even said that funds for an escort can be arranged through sponsors, but allegedly no response was received from the union ministry.

Ben Shapiro goes up against MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’: Here is everything that was said

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Ben Shapiro goes up against MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’: Here is everything that was said

On Saturday (August 7), conservative host Ben Shapiro went against MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance during a discussion on ‘critical race theory’ and other matters. The fierce debate was aired on the ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ show.

During the discussion, Nance made a wild claim that about 40,000 people stormed into the US Capitol Hill on January 6 this year, even though the number is in less than thousands. Shapiro corrected the MSNBC journalist and stated, “I will tell you why this (exact figure is important)… You have a terrible habit of conflating people who do actual violence with a wide group of people. For instance, (consider) the number of people who voted for Donald Trump is 75 million (7.5 crores). And that (gross generalisation) is ugly.”

Ben Shapiro added how Malcolm Nance had labelled him as ‘racist’ and demanded that he be stopped from entering Washington DC. “That sounds rather authoritarian to me. I have never called for you to be kicked out of MSNBC. I have never called on anybody to not buy your work. I have never called on anybody to censor you on Twitter,” the conservative speaker drew distinct lines between the dealings of the left and right. A rattled Nance could only resort to creating hysteria about the existence of authoritarianism during the Trump era by equating it with the Rwandan genocide and Holocaust.

Given the tendency of the MSNBC journalist to switch back to the Trump era so as to not hold the incumbent Biden administration accountable, Shapiro said, “I think I am living in a parallel universe.” He pointed out how the Democratic party has been in control of the White House, Senate and the House of Representatives. While reiterating that Trump has not been in Office since January 20 this year, the major challenges posed to the country are by big tech giants and the government-run by the Democrats.

Nance alleged that the United States was on the verge of autocracy in the last four years. The conservative host was quick to point out that Nance did not face censorship during the Trump administration, even though he claimed that it was dictatorial in nature. In his defence, he alleged to have been terminated from MSNBC due to a letter fired off from the Trump White House.

Show host Bill Maher chipped in to claim that Republicans have a ‘dictator immunity’ i.e. they can interact with dictators freely and not face repercussions. Ben Shapiro was quick to intervene and pointed out how Barack Obama held hands with Raul Castro (Fidel Castro’s son) and went to a baseball game with in Cuba. He also added how Obama promised Russian Medvedev “flexibility” after his reelection.

Ben Shapiro shreds MSNBC journalist on critical race theory

The debate then moved from Donald Trump to the critical race theory. Ben Shapiro stated, “Critical race theory basically argues that racism is baked into all the old systems of the American society and that a neutral system was meant to benefit those in power.” He clarified that disparity does not equate to discrimination. Citing the example that if the black community is not performing well on one indicator, it must automatically imply that the system was meant to benefit the white people. Shapiro added that the superfluous theory also stated that white people had the duty to tear down the system to make it alleviate the racial divide.

Malcolm Nance then claimed that ‘inconvenient history’ such as the Scalp Act of 1749 and the Chinese exclusion Act of 1840 was not being talked about. Shapiro intervened and said that there were enough discussions already on the said topics. Referring to the critical race theory, he said, “You seem to be a pretty good beneficiary of the meritocracy because you have merit…If you’re going to criticize the meritocracy as an outgrowth of white supremacy, than you’re going to have to tear down the system…you’ve succeeded in.”

A baffled Malcolm Nance was also caught off guard about campaigns such as ‘Defund the police’, which implied that there would be none for the protection of black people.

But, the MSNBC journalist defended it by claiming that the terminologies have been hacked by the right ecosystem to give it a bad name. He then went on to make personal attacks against Shapiro, after being left with nothing to defend. While the conservative host of ‘The Daily Wire’ slam-dunked Nance during the debate, the liberal stooges on Twitter claimed moral victory for the MSNBC journalist.

Indian Women’s Press Corps asked to vacate govt house after expiry of accommodation, over ₹30 lakh in rent remains unpaid

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Indian Women’s Press Corps asked to vacate govt house after expiry of accommodation, over ₹30 lakh in rent remains unpaid

As per an order issued on August 5, 2021, the Government of India has cancelled the allotment of Government accommodation to the President of Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC). The government house has been used as the office of the IWPC. The order states that the accommodation has been cancelled as the tenure of the allotment of the house had expired in January this year.

The accommodation that was allotted to the IWPC is a 6B house type located at Windsor Place in New Delhi. It was allotted on May 13, 1994, and the allotment expired on January 6, 2021, which means the allottee has already overstayed in the premises by over eight months. The allotment was extended by three years in 2018. According to official sources, if the due amount is paid, the allotment may be extended further.

Source: Twitter

The order stated that in case the allottee fails to hand over the possession of the accommodation to the authorities immediately, necessary action would be taken to evict the allottee under the Public Premises (Eviction of unauthorised occupants) Act, 1971. The allottee is also responsible for clearing all the dues before leaving the premises, and the account would not be settled without obtaining a “No Demand Certificate” from the authorities.

IWPC owns Rs.30.30 lakh in rent

According to a report published in The Hindu on August 4, 2021, IWPC is among the allottees of govt houses who have not paid a substantial amount of rent to the New Delhi Municipal Council. Dr Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe had asked the Urban and Housing Ministry in Rajya Sabha for details of accommodation allotted to social organisations and Non Governmental Organisations on rent or leased within the limits of New Delhi. Hardeep Singh Puri, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, said that nine NGOs, trusts, memorials and social organisations have such accommodations allotted hand they have Rs.1.40 crore in dues as of June 30.

Source: Rajya Sabha

In a written reply, Puri said, “Space has been allotted to 9 NGOs/Trusts/Memorials/Social Organisation within the limits of New Delhi Municipal Council as per list enclosed. The payment of rent is regularly monitored through the website of the Directorate of Estates. As of 30.06.2021, a sum of ₹3,79,48,957/- has been received from these organisations from the date of their allotments. Notices have been issued to the organisations whose rents are due.”

Source: Rajya Sabha

IWPC that received eviction notice owns Rs.30.30 lakhs as of June 30, 2021. Other organisations that are using government accommodation and have pending rent including Mahila Dakshata Samiti (Rs.64.76 lakhs), Fakhruddin Ali Memorial Committee (Rs.32.80 lakhs), Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (Rs.11.06 lakhs), The Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation (Rs.1.50 lakhs) and the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial (Rs.18,440).

IWPC says they received notice for the first time

Vineeta Pandey, President, IWPC, was quoted by The Hindu saying, “This is the first time we have been informed of any dues. We will check with the department concerned and clear the same immediately.”

NCW India directs UP Police to register FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati

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NCW India directs UP Police to register FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed the DGP of Uttar Pradesh to register an FIR under relevant sections against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati. The direction came after videos of his alleged speech went viral on Twitter.

Source: @NCWIndia/Twitter

NCW India cited a video shared by Vinod Kapri on the basis of which it concluded that Yati Narsinghanand had made “inappropriate remarks for Women and using indecent words”. Vinod Kapri had tagged NCW in his tweet.

There have been assassination attempts on Yati Narsinghanand’s life in recent times. On June 2, sevadaars of Dasna Mandir, Ghaziabad, caught two men identified as Vipul Vijayvargi and Kashif on suspicion of carrying out assassination attempt on Mahant Yati Narsinghanand. Yati Narsinghananad Saraswati said in a tweet, “Two more pigs were caught today who came to murder me. It is not that easy to kill me.”

Anil Yadav, a close aide of Dasna Priest, filed a complaint with the Police. Superintendent of Police Dr Iraj Raja said that both the suspects had been arrested. On May 17, Delhi Police uncovered an assassination plot against Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsighanand Saraswati with the arrest of a 24-year-old Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorist Mohd. Dar alias Jehangir from Delhi’s Paharganj area.

Virat Kohli fans hurl vile sexist abuse at social media user for mocking him while drawing comparison with Neeraj Chopra

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Virat Kohli fans hurl vile sexist abuse at social media user for mocking him while drawing comparison with Neeraj Chopra

On Saturday, purported fans of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli abused a Twitter user and passed vulgar comments over her satirical post on the cricketer.

A social media user- Kr!T!kA (@kakthiyawadi07), posted an image on her Twitter timeline on Saturday that compared the Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli. In her satirical post, Kr!T!kA compared the two sportsmen by posting similar images of the two side by side to take a dig at the Indian cricket captain.

On the left of the image, just above Neeraj Chopra’s image, she referred to the athlete by his name “Neeraj” while referring to Virat Kohli as “Nirlaj” or shameless.

After tweeting the post, she clarified that it was just a fun tweet and urged the users not to freak out.

The purported fans of Virat Kohli stormed onto her timeline to abuse her. Several abusive and vile tweets were targeted at Kr!T!kA for taking a dig at Virat Kohli.

Image Source: @tiredcskfan
Image Source: @tiredcskfan

Some fans of Virat Kohli even referred to her as a prostitute and made sexist remarks against her.

Some fans resorted to the worst forms of online sexual harassment against the social media user.

Another user took it to the next level by even involving Kr!T!kA’s parents as they dragged her family members for the tweet that had nothing to do with them.

Well, this is not the first time that Virat Kohli’s fans have lost their cool on the internet and resorted to hurling abuses at other cricketers and their fans.

Just a few months ago, New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson had faced the wrath of Virat Kohli fans on social media after he had dismissed Team India skipper in the World Test Championship (WTC) final in Southampton. Jamieson had trapped Kohli lbw during India’s first innings on Day 3 of the ongoing summit clash to help New Zealand bundle out India cheaply.

Several Kohli fans had abused Jamieson on his Instagram posts after he dismissed Kohli on 44 off 132 balls. While some fans urged Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to cancel his IPL contract, others resorted to abuse him.

One comment called him a “f****** drunk player”, while other users directed offensive curse words against his mother and sister. “Your mother’s v***** should be split wide”, “your sister’s v***** should be cut and fed to dogs” were some of the abuses thrown at his Instagram posts. There were posts containing rape threats.

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Following the embarrassment caused by Virat Kohli’s fans, several Indians had stepped in to issue apologies for the abuses hurled at him and his family.

Social media erupts after Lionel Messi breaks down into tears during press conference announcing departure from Barcelona

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Social media erupts after Lionel Messi breaks down into tears during press conference announcing departure from Barcelona

Footballing legend Lionel Messi, and one of the greatest to ever play the game, broke down into tears during the press conference announcing his departure from FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona is the club he grew up as a footballing, rising through the youth academy to become the legend he is today.

Lionel Messi said, “A lot of things have gone through my head. I’ve still not come to terms with the reality of leaving this club now and changing my life. We need to accept it and move forward. The time when I made my debut, that was my dream come true and everything that came later was amazing. I will always remember that moment where everything started.”

“Honestly last year with all the nonsense with the Burofax I was convinced I knew what I wanted to say, but this year is not the same. This year my family and I were convinced we were going to stay here at home, its what we wanted more than anything,” he added.

Messi also mentioned that he had agreed to cut his salary by as much as 50% in order to remain at the club. However, La Liga regulations made it impossible for him to stay.

Social media erupts after Lionel Messi announces departure

Social media has been abuzz lately after FC Barcelona announced that Messi will leave the club this year. After the press conference, social media erupted with reactions on Messi’s departure. Fans were extremely upset watching Lionel Messi in tears.

Others pointed out how sad it was to watch him leave FC Barcelona, a club he has brought such glory to.

Fans were spotted chanting ‘Messi, Messi’ as he departed from Camp Nou.

There were memes as well, as there are on every occasion.

Lionel Messi has been heavily linked to a move to PSG in France. Although he has not spoken about his future but it is extremely likely that he will end up there. Brazilian superstar Neymar and Kylian Mbappe play for the club.

Rahul Gandhi Fan page spreads fake news about hockey captain Manpreet Singh rejecting prize money for not revoking the farm laws

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Rahul Gandhi Fan page spreads fake news about hockey captain Manpreet Singh rejecting prize money for not revoking the farm laws

On Saturday (August 8), a Facebook page by the name of ‘With RG’ sparked a controversy after it alleged that the Men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh held the Modi government to ransom over the newly enacted farm laws.

In its Facebook post, the page claimed, “Manpreet Singh Captain Hockey Team refused to accept Award money from Modi government until 3-black Agriculture laws are cancelled.” Within a span of a day, the post went viral on social media. At the time of writing, it had received 10,000 likes, 895 comments, and 1600 shares.

Screengrab of the Facebook post by ‘With RG’ post

As per the ‘About’ Section of the page, it is run by fans of Congress scion Rahul Gandhi (abbreviated as RG). It clarified that it is not the official page of the Congress leader. “He believes in the growth of individuals with a strong focus on common people with the nation,” the page owners eulogised Rahul Gandhi. The Facebook fan page also boasts 7.72 lac followers. However, just like the Congress scion, the owners of the ‘With RG’ page are habitual purveyors of fake news. And the claim about Manpreet Singh happens to be one of them.

Screengrab of the Facebook page of ‘With RG’

What is the Truth?

There are no media reports, which suggest that Manpreet Singh had denied any award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the hockey team’s performance in Olympics. Given that field hockey is a team sport, Singh could not have made the decision on his own without the approval of his team members. Further online research into the matter revealed that the Central government has not announced any awards for the India Men’s hockey team so far. It is only the State governments that have so far announced cash prizes and other incentives.

For instance, the Madhya Pradesh government had announced ₹1 crore for 2 players namely Nilakanta Sharma and Vivek Saga. Similarly, the Punjab government announced a reward of ₹1 crore for 8 players who were part of the Indian Men’s hockey team, including Manpreet Singh. Haryana government had also sanctioned ₹2.5 crore, government job, plot of land for two hockey players from the State. Even the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) had announced a reward of ₹1.25 crores for the hockey team. However, the Central government has not made any such announcements till now.

While the political affiliation of Manpreet Singh or his stance on the farm laws is unknown, a glance at his Twitter profile shows no ill-will for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On being congratulated by PM Modi for his leadership, Singh tweeted, “Thank you so much sir for your encouragement, never-ending support for me and the team – this is not the last, will work harder to bring more laurel for the nation! Jai Hind!”

Screengrab of the tweet by Manpreet Singh

He had also responded to a congratulatory message by the official handle of the Bharatiya Janata Party. After having secured the bronze medal for India, he responded, “Many thanks for the support.”

Screengrab of the tweet by Manpreet Singh

PM Modi had also dialled Manpreet Singh after India defeated Germany in the bronze medal match. “Many, many congratulations to you and the entire team, you have made history. The entire country is filled with joy. Your hard work has paid off. You have done a lot of hard work, please wish the entire side on my behalf. The entire country is happy, congratulations coach Reid, you have created history. My best wishes are with you,” the Indian Prime Minister had said.

A humble Manpreet Singh responded with a ‘Namaskar.’ Given that the Congress regime has been vocal against the farm laws, it is understandable that its fan pages are peddling the same propaganda on its behalf. However, politicising India’s sporting achievement by creating a wedge between a sportsperson and the ruling dispensation is unacceptable. Although the fan page of Rahul Gandhi tried to propagate the fake news, aware netizens are unlikely to fall for it.

South Africa riots: How we know global media ran propaganda during farmer protests in India

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South Africa riots: How we know global media ran propaganda during farmer protests in India

Anyone remember the “farmer protests”? Yes, that thing where everyone who had been against exploitation of farmers by middlemen suddenly decided that they were for it. Remember how foreign media, foreign governments and foreign activists all got involved?

Take for instance, the now infamous tweets by Rihanna or Greta Thunberg, or the several lakh dollar full page ads in The New York Times. Or this segment from The Daily Show, which sought to educate the whole world about these protests.

That’s Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show. He cares about Black Lives Matter protests in the US, farmer union protests in India and generally about anyone who is working for justice anywhere in the world. If you don’t know, now you know.

It should have been obvious anyway that this was a motivated campaign against India. But in case, you had any doubts, let me show you how. The trick to exposing the global elite is to follow up. Keep track of what they talk about and what they don’t talk about.

So let us do that. How much does Trevor Noah really care about the world? Enough to care about this?

Civil unrest in South Africa

Over the past few months, South Africa has descended into the worst chaos in thirty years. Cities have been consumed by mobs which have been burning and looting everything. In many places, these took the form of race riots. At least three hundred and thirty people are dead. People came out with guns in the streets to defend themselves. Entire communities have lost everything. As an aside, Indians were particularly targeted in the violence. I mention that because I am an Indian. And because I know Trevor Noah cares so deeply about the Indian people.

Trevor Noah is from South Africa. Did Trevor Noah speak out about what is happening in his own country?

Of course not. Because Trevor Noah now has a much better life, in America. He doesn’t care if his old country goes up in flames.

Imagine if the country of your birth was burning. Imagine if you were far away from that, living a life of high luxury. Would you feel just a little bit guilty, or at least concerned. Now suppose you had a big global megaphone that you could use to speak out about what was happening. Would you use it?

When the violence broke out in mid-July, I asked on social media where Trevor Noah was and why he would not speak up. A number of liberals responded to my tweet. Besides calling me names for my Indian heritage, they informed me that Trevor Noah is on “vacation.” Of course. The greatest humanitarians always go on vacation when their own country is burning.

Trevor Noah is back, by the way. In latest news, he has done a segment on Obama’s dance moves and wishing the former president a happy birthday. Nothing on South Africa yet.

Trevor Noah is now one of the global elite. He has no interest in what happens to ordinary people, whether in America, in India or in South Africa.

So now you have to ask. Why would this individual, who doesn’t give two hoots about his own country, care about yours or mine? Why would he be so moved by “farmer” protests in India, when he couldn’t care less about his own South Africa? Because agenda. He lives to push an agenda. Right now, the global elites have ganged up to push anti-India propaganda.

If you don’t like my explanation, give me another one.

The week that Rihanna tweeted against India, it had just so happened that India had gifted vaccines to her country of Barbados. But why would Rihanna acknowledge that? She has a great life in America, far away from the lives of real Americans.

Here is a thumb rule. Whenever the global elite pretend to care about something, you can be sure that they are trying to screw over common people. Never believe a word that they are saying. And always do the opposite of what they want you to do. Remember that Trevor Noah is not your friend.

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