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Loni assault case: FIR does not mention Jai Shri Ram slogan, victim didn’t want to file complaint and local SP leader behind false allegations

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Loni assault case: FIR does not mention Jai Shri Ram slogan, victim didn’t want to file complaint and local SP leader behind false allegations

Note: Later reports suggests the main accused’s name is Parvez Gujjar and not Parvesh Gujjar.

Startling new details have surfaced in the case of the assault of Abdul Samad Saifi in Loni in UP, which had gone viral on the internet after Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair shared it on Twitter claiming that the man was assaulted and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram. The Ghaziabad police promptly busted the propaganda, stating that the incident was related to personal enmity and had no religious angle.

Journalist Swati Goel Sharma of Swarajya Magazine shared the sequence of the events before the video went viral on social media websites. According to Sharma, Abdul, who was into the business of selling occult amulets, was beaten on June 5 by the assaulters because the talisman sold by him did not work as promised. However, Abdul did not file a police complaint against his attackers.

On June 7, a local Samajwadi Party man, Umed Pahalwan did a Facebook live along with Abdul in which he claimed that Abdul was beaten by miscreants who forced him to chant Jai Shri Ram slogans. This is how police came to know about Abdul’s assault and approached him to get the details of the incident.

The FIR was filed on June 7 after police took cognisance of the claims made by Umed Pahalwan in his Facebook Live session. However, in his statement to police, Abdul made no mention of Jai Shri Ram slogans. He failed to identify any of the attackers and pretended he did not know any one of them, even though Parvesh was one of his client to whom he had sold an occult amulet.

The SP of the region told Swati that Abdul was not keen on filing a complaint against his attackers. He said Abdul did not come to the police station even once despite several reminders. He came to the police station on the night of June 14 but left briefly after complaining of stomach ache. The SP, who has watched the original video of assault said that there was no mention of Jai Shri Ram in the video. All he could hear was Parvesh and others accusing Abdul of cheating them.

Swati’s team also spoke to Parvesh’s maternal aunt, who admitted that Abdul knew who Parvesh was and had been visiting his family for the last three months. Yet, in the FIR, Abdul claimed that he knew none of his assaulters. His aunt revealed Parvesh took the services of Abdul on the recommendation of his friend Intezaar.

However, Parvesh claimed that far from proving beneficial, the amulet started showing negative effects starting with the miscarriage of Parvesh’s wife and later with his home temple catching fire. This enraged Parvesh and he, along with his friends, accosted Abdul and assaulted him over the effectiveness of the amulet.

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair tries to defame Jai Shri Ram over a petty squabble

A nefarious attempt to give a communal twist to a seemingly ordinary criminal incident was made by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair when he posted a mute version of the video to allege that one Sufi Abdul Samad Saifi was attacked by five goons in Loni, Ghaziabad, and was forced to chant Jai Shri Ram.

Zubair, who has a knack for peddling lies and misinformation on social media platforms, also shared a video in which Saifi was testifying that he was assaulted in the name of Jai Shri Ram. While speaking about the matter, Abdul Samad Saifi claimed that he was about to board an autorickshaw but was stopped by the accused. He said that his face was covered with a handkerchief and taken to an undisclosed location. Saifi alleged that he was locked inside a room and brutally thrashed. He also claimed that the miscreants had forced him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at gunpoint. “They told me that they have killed several Muslims in the past and will do the same to me,” Saifi further alleged.

It is noteworthy to mention that the video of the assault does not contain any audio, which can verify the claim that Saifi was coerced into chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ or ‘Ram Ram’. Moreover, the victim had alleged that a gun was used by the accused to intimidate him although it wasn’t visible in the video footage. 

Many social media warriors and prejudiced journalists nonetheless bought into this fiction and started sharing the video online to vilify Hindus and allege that an elderly man was browbeaten, threatened, assaulted and forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. 

Ghaziabad Police issues clarification after the case is brazenly communalised on social media

In a tweet, Ghaziabad police informed that three accused had been arrested in the case. According to the police, the incident took place about 10 days ago on June 5, 2021. The victim Abdul Samad Saifi had travelled to the Loni border from Bulandshahr, where he was escorted to the house of accused Parvesh Gujjar in Banthala in Loni. After some time, the co-accused, namely, Kallu, Poli, Arif, Adil aka Mushahid arrived at Parvesh’s house and began thrashing the victim.

The victim Saifi sold amulets for a living. According to the police, the accused were miffed after the amulet proved harmful to them. Unlike what the victim had alleged, the police said that he knew the culprits for a long time. Reportedly, Saifi had sold his amulets to several people in the village through the accused. The police had initially arrested Parvesh while Adil and Kallu were nabbed on Monday (June 14). A case has been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The cops assured that the other culprits would soon be arrested.

Greta Thunberg-inspired student climate activist group in New Zealand disbands itself for being ‘racist and white-dominated space’

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Greta Thunberg-inspired student climate activist group in New Zealand disbands itself for being ‘racist and white-dominated space’

In a bizarre incident, a New Zealand chapter of a climate change movement linked with child activist Greta Thunberg has disbanded itself on Saturday claiming that the group was a “racist and white-dominated space”.

According to the reports, a group of child-climate protestors – “School Strike 4 Climate”, who got inspired by fellow child-activist Greta Thunberg and often protested against global warming has dissolved itself after realising that they have turned racists.

The group that began with Thunberg’s activism and later ballooned into widespread student strikes in 2019, had organised marches demanding action on the climate crisis. The Auckland chapter was one of the groups that helped mobilise a protest with more than 80,000 people through the country’s largest city in September 2019.

However, in a major surprise, in a lengthy Facebook post on Saturday, School Strike 4 Climate Auckland said that it will disband over concerns it has become a ‘white-dominated space”.

The statement said, “School Strike 4 Climate Auckland is disbanding as an organisation. This is under the suggestion and guidance of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) members of our group, as well as individual BIPOC activists and organisations. We are not holding any more climate strikes in the Auckland region. Our members have also separated from the national SS4C team. Going forward, we will only be using our social media to uplift BIPOC-led climate justice spaces in Auckland.”

We have become racist, tokenised marginal voices: School Strike 4 Climate Auckland

In the post, the group further added that SS4C AKL “has been a racist, white-dominated space” and “tokenised” BIPOC voices such as “those of Pasifika and Māori individuals in the climate activism space”. They said that the group “has avoided, ignored, and tokenised BIPOC voices and demands, especially those of Pasifika and Māori individuals in the climate activism space.”

The statement also apologised for the hurt, burnout, and trauma caused to many BIPOC individuals and it was well overdue said the disbanding of the chapter was well overdue.

Meanwhile, the decision of the child-activist group to disband itself has met with a mixed reception, with some supporting the decision and others thinking it could divide the movement.

Anevili, a spokesperson for indigenous youth climate advocacy group Te Ara Whatu said, “Decolonisation is a big task, and it’s a brave call for them to say they have problems with racism… and then step back and say that disbanding is the right thing to do.”

However Mary Moeono-Kolio, another activist and the Wellington coordinator of 350 Pacific Climate Warriors, said the announcement was sad, disappointing, and most especially divisive. Mary Moeono-Kolio added that the climate movement needs everyone’s involvement and commitment.

The global movement was sparked after Greta Thunberg decided to skip her schooling in order to protest politicians at the Swedish parliament in 2018. Since then millions of young people worldwide had joined movement to protest against their respective governments.

Islamism apologist profiled by Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint pushes anti-Semitic content, spreads disinformation claiming human rights violations by Israel in Palestine

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Islamism apologist profiled by Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint pushes anti-Semitic content, spreads disinformation claiming human rights violations by Israel in Palestine

CJ Werleman, a far-left troll who was profiled by Shekhar Gupta’s The Print who is branded as a journalist, has been called out for his rampant anti-semitic contents on social media platforms after he pushed disinformation against Israel by claiming that the country was perpetrating human rights violations against the Palestinian population.

Habitual fake-news peddler CJ Werleman, who is notoriously known for peddling rabid Islamist propaganda on social media platforms, took to Twitter on Wednesday to claim that 40 per cent of Palestinian children in Israeli custody were raped and almost 100 per cent of them were tortured by the Israelis.

In his show on Youtube, citing dubious sources, Werleman made several claims saying that Israeli security forces and Jewish settlers sexually and physically abuse Palestinian children. More than 600 children were sexually harassed by Israeli forces inside Palestine, claimed Werleman as he propagated anti-Semitic views in his show.

Terming Israel as a totalitarian state, the far-left troll claimed that at least 45 Palestinian children are harassed every month in detention centres by Israel Defence Forces. Spewing venom against the Jewish population, the Print columnist said that the Israel Defence Forces often kidnapped Muslim kids from Palestine and raped them in those detention centres.

However, CJ Werleman did not provide any credible sources to substantiate his claims but went on to make more anti-semitic comments on his show.

Social media users call out CJ Werleman’s Anti-semitism

The false propaganda against Israel peddled by Werleman has invited massive criticism from the Israeli population, who not only debunked his lies but also called out his hatred for the Jewish population.

Popular social media account The Mossad: The Social Media Account, the parody Twitter account of Mossad, which goes by the handle @TheMossadIL, called out CJ Werleman for his propaganda against Israel and termed his claims as blatantly ‘anti-semitic’.

Attacking Werleman, the social media account said that every pogrom, including the Holocaust and every antisemitic massacre, was started with a lie just like this one that one CJ Werleman was spreading against Israel, particularly Israel. The account also asked social media users to feel free to explain how his claims were not antisemitic hate speech.

Netizens countered CJ Werleman with facts to prove that it was terrorists in Palestine and Palestinian government that has inflicted atrocities on its own population and not Israel.

Another user discredited the views by highlighting how Palestinian terrorists uses children to unleash terror on Israel.

In fact, it is not unsurprising to see the amount of hatred the likes of that CJ Werleman spew against countries and culture that stands against the Islamic conquest.

Werleman called out for his anti-India propaganda

A few days back, CJ Werleman took to Twitter to further his anti-India hate. However, his anti-India propaganda was slammed by former India former speedster Venkatesh Prasad, who lashed out at a journalist for using cricket to spread his communal agenda.

On Sunday, Werleman on Twitter backed New Zealand for the upcoming ICC World Test Championship, however, he came up with a communal remark in order to justify his comment. In his tweet, Werleman said that he was rooting for New Zealand to win the ICC Test Championship scheduled to be held in Southampton, the United Kingdom, from June 18 because it would make him miserable to imagine 500 million Hindutva extremists being happy even for a second.

Essentially, Werleman admitted the truth that only ‘Hindutva extremists’ in the country would celebrate India’s win. However, his attempts to communalise the sports to further his anti-India hatred met with severe criticism.

Former Indian speedster and bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad lashed out at the journalist and called his thinking miserable. Slamming the far-left troll Werleman, Venkatesh Prasad said that it does not matter who won the ICC WTC Final but uttering such words showcases the ‘low and miserable’ life of the man.

Ventakesh Prasad also slammed Indian publications such as The Print for allowing such kinds of people to use their platform.

This is not the first time that CJ Werleman has been called out for his anti-Hindu comments. In December 2019, Uttar Pradesh Police had called out the Hinduphobic propaganda of the Print columnist after he peddled lies about police brutalities against citizens who “peacefully protested” against Citizenship Amendment Act.

Note: Earlier this article identified CJ Werleman as columnist with ThePrint. However, it turns out, he was only ‘profiled’ by Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint and has not written any article for them. We have updated the copy. Error is regretted.

Delhi govt to spend Rs 9 crore to make modifications to the residence of Arvind Kejriwal, informs BJP leader

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Delhi govt to spend Rs 9 crore to make modifications to the residence of Arvind Kejriwal, informs BJP leader

BJP leader Naveen Kumar Jindal has accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of spending Rs 9 crore of taxpayer’s money for upgrading his residence. 

In a video shot outside the premises of Kejriwal’s residence, Jindal claimed that amidst the pandemic when the people of Delhi grasped for basic health facilities, the CM decided to spend crores on giving his residence a makeover.

“At a time when the residents of Delhi are struggling for 1 liter of clean water, he (Arvind Kejriwal) is building a swimming pool in his residence,” Jindal was heard saying in the video while showing papers of proof.

Jindal displayed a Delhi govt order issued to a contractor informing that the tender for addition/alternation in the residence of the Delhi chief minister has been approved, and an amount of 8,61,63,422 has been approved for the same. The BJP wondered what kind of modifications are going on at such high cost. Are they making a swimming pool, water park, he asked.

Jindal also questioned that when the government already spends crores of rupees for the upkeep of the government residence, what prompted the Chief Minister to use taxpayer’s money to upgrade it further.

Screengrab of the video shared by BJP leader Naveen Jindal which highlights the amount spent on alteration for Delhi’s CM residence. Image Source: Twitter

Miffed by the media’s silence on this latest update, Jindal urged the social media users and the residents of Delhi to raise their voices and demand an explanation from Kejriwal for wasting taxpayer’s money amidst a pandemic.

Jindal also took a jibe at Kejriwal for his failed promise to provide free vaccination to the people of Delhi.

Lashing out Aam Aadmi Party’s recent role in alleging a ‘land scam’ by the Ram Janmbhoomi Trust, Jindal said,” They question (Ayodhya) Shri Ram Temple and create hindrances in the construction while on the other hand, they splurge on their own luxury.” 

Ad spent by Kejriwal government

Arvind Kejriwal has been caught time and again splurging on ads with the taxpayer’s money. We reported in April how the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has spent Rs 150 crores from January 2021 to March 2021 on advertisements and publicity through various mediums. 

Further, Kejriwal government has spent over 800 crores in advertisement expenses in past two years.

Ruckus in Pakistan parliament: Ruling party and opposition leaders hurl abuses against each other, throw papers

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Ruckus in Pakistan parliament: Ruling party and opposition leaders hurl abuses against each other, throw papers

Chaos swept the Pakistan National Assembly on Tuesday after the Opposition parties attacked the Imran Khan government’s budget proposals stating that it had failed to provide relief to the people suffering from the menace of unemployment and inflation.

According to the video of the incident, the members of the treasury benches created a ruckus on the floor and started making noise and abusing each other. The legislators were seen throwing the copies of the budget and using choicest of the expletives against their opponents.

Source: YouTube

In the video that has now gone viral, Pakistan National Assembly member Ali Nawaz Awan was seen using abusive words after an argument on a certain topic began. Federal minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was also seen in the video standing by his seat and watching the ensuing commotion.

The pandemonium resulted in the adjournment of the session till Wednesday at 2 pm. “The Sitting of the National Assembly has been adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, the 16th June 2021 at 2:00 p.m,” the National Assembly of Pakistan wrote in a tweet.

Videos of the ruckus, with parliamentarians hurling choicest abuses against each other, are now viral on the social media.

Pandemonium breaks out after Leader of Opposition Shahbaz Sharif slams Imran Khan government

Apparently, the chaos broke out after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) President and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif addressed the house and highlighted the Imran Khan government’s failures to keep up with its promises.

“Imran Khan Niazi promised 10 million jobs. Where are those jobs? Where are the USD 300bn that was supposed to be brought back to the country from abroad?” Sharif asked.

According to Geo News, Sharif’s piercing questions was a trigger for the treasury members to behave in an unruly manner in the Pakistan Assembly. They greeted Sharif with jeers, slogans, whistles and even hurled abuses at him.

However, Sharif was undeterred by the rowdy behaviour of the treasury members. He continued lashing out at the Pakistani government, saying that Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s claims of eliminating corruption were hollow and false. “Pakistan is stricken with the worst form of corruption today,” he added.

Speaker Asad Qaiser kept asking legislators to refrain from shouting and allowing the leader of the Opposition to complete his say. However, no one paid heed to his request. The leader of the opposition continued speaking wearing headphones to drown out the opposition jeers.

The budget was presented by Pakistan finance minister Shaukat Tarin earlier this week.

‘Celebrities project themselves as messiahs’: Bombay HC orders probe on how Sonu Sood obtained Covid-19 drugs

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‘Celebrities project themselves as messiahs’: Bombay HC orders probe on how Sonu Sood obtained Covid-19 drugs

On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court frowned upon ‘Messiah’ Sonu Sood and Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddique for ‘illegally’ supplying anti-Covid drugs to netizens and asked the Maharashtra government to scrutinise their role in procurement and supply of such drugs.

In a scathing order, the Bombay High Court also observed that these celebrities projected themselves as some kind of “messiahs” without verifying if the drugs were spurious or if the supply was legal.

A Bombay HC bench of Justices SP Deshmukh and GS Kulkarni issued directions to the Maharashtra government to probe the actor and the Congress MLA after the government informed the court that it had registered a criminal case at the Mazgaon metropolitan court against a charitable trust, BDR Foundation, and its trustees for supplying anti-Covid drug Remdesivir to Congress MLA Siddique despite having no requisite licence.

Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni said that the Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddique was merely supplying the drug to citizens who had approached him, so no action had been taken against him yet.

With regards to actor Sonu Sood helping patients with Remdesivir vials, the Maharashtra government said that during the investigation they were directed “from A to B, and then from B to C and we finally ended up at shops inside Lifeline Medicare Hospital. It had come from Cipla in Bhiwandi. This is what we know so far. This is outside government allocation. An inquiry is pending.”

The AG also said that Sonu Sood received the anti-Covid drugs from several pharmacies located inside the private Lifeline Care Hospital in Goregaon. He added that they have launched an inquiry to know how these pharmacies received drugs such as Remdesivir from Pharma company Cipla.

Remdesivir, among other anti-Covid-19 drugs, is directly procured by the central government and then allocated to various states depending on the need. Hence, private persons were barred from procuring and distributing the drug, according to government rules.

Bombay HC asks from where did Sonu Sood and Siddique obtained anti-Covid drugs

Slamming both Siddique and Sood for violating the rules, Justice Kulkarni said, “In both the situations, when the personalities were directly dealing with the public at large, was there any reasonable basis for the common man to know the drugs were available with either BDR Foundation or Lifeline? These people projected themselves as some kind of messiahs without verifying if the drugs were spurious or if the supply was legal.”

The judge further said that the roles of these two personalities need to be investigated as many people might follow the suit.

The court said that in both these cases, they expected the state government to scrutinize their actions because, without their actions, no person could know that these are the suppliers. “We want you to examine the role of these two very seriously, and whatever you want to say in the affidavit, please say so,” said the court.

The court further added, “What is the public perception? In reality, the government is taking all the efforts to procure the drug. But they tell the public at large we are doing this, but you are a parallel agency, totally unauthorized. This is very easy. Tomorrow anyone will go to social media and say the government is not coming to your help, we are.”

Meanwhile, the judges adjourned the matter till further hearing on Friday to know the status of the probe against Sood and Siddique.

Sonu Sood and his dubious charities during Covid-19 pandemic

Sonu Sood turned to philanthropy last year after the nation was hit by the coronavirus pandemic. From what started as sending migrants back home during the lockdown, Sood allegedly has come a long way to arranging oxygen and Covid-19 medicines within minutes anywhere in the country and ordering oxygen plants from France for India. 

However, more than his work, his narcissism and dubious charities caught the attention of the nation. Amidst his self-promotion, the netizens have slammed and exposed the actor for alleged false claims of arranging beds, plasma and oxygen for Covid-19 patients during the pandemic.  

A controversy had broken out recently after the actor was accused of taking credit for arranging plasma for a Covid-19 patient when he had not done so. In another case, Sonu Sood had claimed to have arranged a hospital bed for a patient who had already succumbed to Coronavirus infection

Sonu Sood was again called out after a video of him being approached at the airport for a Covid emergency went viral. Netizens were left puzzled as to why anyone in need of critical medical supply wandered at an airport for help. Again, last month, Sonu Sood duped the citizens after he claimed that his team had helped a critical patient in Bengaluru by arranging Oxygen. However, it was later revealed that the patient had received help from the BJP young leader and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya and not from Sonu Sood.

Similarly, Sonu Sood had recently called out by Ganjam DM for taking credit for arranging a bed for the Covid-19 patient when the administration had received no such communication from the actor’s charity foundation.

UP govt surpasses its own record with the procurement of 53.80 lakh metric tonnes of wheat in the current season

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UP govt surpasses its own record with the procurement of 53.80 lakh metric tonnes of wheat in the current season

Amidst the ongoing ‘farmers’ protests in and around the national capital, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has broken its own record in wheat procurement this year by purchasing 53.80 lakh metric tonnes of wheat in the current season.

This is the highest wheat procurement in any given year with the previous high being 52.92 lakh metric tonnes in the year 2018-2019.

According to the reports, more than 12.16 lakh farmers have benefitted from this procurement.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the state government is prepared to procure the wheat till the time farmers come to sell their produce. He has also extended the wheat procurement for the current season till June 22.

Commissioner, Food and Supply Manish Chauhan cites several reasons for the record purchase of wheat this year. He says the increased number of purchase centres, the increased MSP, no fixed time limit and transparency in procurement are some of the reasons that fuelled this year’s record-high purchase of wheat.

For the year 2021-22, the government has increased the MSP on wheat from Rs 1,925 to Rs 1,975. Even the number of procurement centres have increased from 5,000 last year to 6,000 this year.

“Despite the ongoing pandemic induced slowdown, we are still purchasing almost one lakh metric tonnes of wheat every day. On June 14, we bought 1.14 MT of wheats from the farmers,” Chauhan said.

Chauhan also revealed that it is the first time that farmers have received the benefits of Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT). The payment is directly credited into the bank accounts of farmers within 72 hours of purchase. In a bid to get rid of middlemen in wheat procurement, the state government has introduced the electronic point of purchase (e-PoP) machines ensuring transparency in the purchase of wheat.

“For the first time, the farmers have received direct benefits against the sale of their wheat crops without any delay and cuts under the ‘One Nation, One MSP, One DBT’,” Chauhan said.

Prices of key commodities come down, edible palm oil down by 19% while pulses see a drop in prices by 8%

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Prices of key commodities come down, edible palm oil down by 19% while pulses see a drop in prices by 8%

A significant decline in prices of essential pulses and edible oils has been recorded this month giving a respite to consumers reeling under financial constraints due to the ongoing pandemic.

As per the data from the Department of Consumer Affairs, the prices of edible oils have come down by as much as one-fifth as compared to the last month.

Palm oil that costed Rs 142 per kg on May 07 has come down to Rs 115 per kg, recording a drop of 19%. Sunflower oil costed Rs 188 per kg on May 05 has dropped by 16% and now available at Rs 157 per kg. Similarly, Soya oil now costs Rs 138 per kg which costed Rs 162 per kg on May 20, a drop of 15% in the prices.

The report also suggested a decline of 10% in the prices of Mustard oil and 8% in Groundnut oil as compared to the last month.

Edible oil prices witness a hike globally

As per a Times of India report, hindrances in the global production of key oilseeds coupled with rising biodiesel use have fuelled the global vegoil rally.

Prices of palm oil, the most widely consumed edible oil, rallied 18% in 2020 after Covid-19 lockdowns curbed output from Southeast Asia plantations.

Additionally, poor rapeseed and sunflower seed harvests in Europe and the Black Sea region further tightened edible oil supplies, thereby, aiding an increase in global food prices to 10-year highs last month.

As the top edible oil importer and the third-biggest import item for India after crude oil and gold, the domestic prices of the oils witnessed a surge.

Steps taken by government

The government apart from considering reducing taxes on vegetable oil imports after cooking oil prices hit record highs last month, is also working at promoting domestic production of oil crops. 

Domestic oilseed production is unable to keep pace with the demand, as farmers in India prefer to grow grains like rice and wheat, the price of which is guaranteed by the government.

However, the government is expected to announce incentives for farmers willing to expand in the production of oilseed. 

Prices of pulses see a decline

The Department of Consumer Affairs also revealed that the retail prices of pulses have shown a declining trend. 

The price of Tur Dal which was Rs 120 per kg on May 01 has come down to Rs 110 per kg in Delhi, thereby, recording a drop of 8%. Whereas the price of packed Moong Dal which was Rs 110 per kg on May 16 is down to Rs 102 per kg in Delhi. 

Congress student body NSUI expels 7 leaders for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group, says it is ‘anti-party activity’

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Congress student body NSUI expels 7 leaders for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on official WhatsApp group, says it is ‘anti-party activity’

The student wing of the Congress party, NSUI, has expelled 7 leaders of its East Singhbhum unit in Jharkhand for three years for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in the party’s official WhatsApp group, a report published in the Hindustan Times said.

An expulsion order issued by the NSUI district President Rose Tirkey deposed NSUI Jamshedpur workers Kamal Agrawal, Raj Mahato, Rahul Giri, Anand Singh, Prashant Kumar, Lav Kumar and Jayanto Pramanik from the party.

In its order, Tirkey accused the members of promoting factionalism against the NSUI district president and encouraging a particular religion in the official communication group of the party. “All leader are being expelled immediately from the NSUI for three years for their anti-party activities, social media posts against party lines organisational protocol, and promoting factionalism within the organisation,” Tirkey stated in the order.

Defending the expulsion of Congress leaders for posting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ message on an official WhatsApp group, Tirkey said the act ran counter to secularism, the foundation on which Congress and NSUI stands.

“Congress and NSUI do not espouse any particular religion. There’s no need and place for leaders resorting to such acts. Additionally, they were continuously posting rebellious and objectionable posts against the district president on social media, leading to mental harassment. They have been indulging in anti-party activities. They were also promoting factionalism and accusing NSUI district leadership of arbitrarily forming a new team,” Hindustan Times article said quoting Tirkey’s expulsion order.

However, one of the 7 expelled persons, Kamal Agrawal, denied having received any such order. Agrawal said he has not received the expulsion order yet but came to know about it from the media. He said he recently had a detailed talk with state president Aamir Hashmi over organisational matters and questioned if people do not have the right to practice their religion in the country. He said Jai Shri Ram is a greeting akin to the way Sikhs say ‘Wahe Guru’.

The BJP was quick to attack the Congress party for its intolerance against Jai Shri Ram slogans. BJP district general secretary Rakesh Singh termed the expulsion order as “anti-Hindu”. “This is promoting appeasement. Now, Congress has an objection to Jai Shri Ram in Jharkhand after Mamata Banerjee opposed it in West Bengal. Congress’ student wing taking Lord Ram’s name in Lord Ram’s country. Top Congress leaders raise doubt over the existence of Lord Ram, who is revered and worshipped by billions of Hindus,” said Singh.

ABVP invites the suspended 7 NSUI members

Following the 7 NSUI leaders were suspended by the organisation, ABVP invited all them to join ABVP any time. In a press released issued on Tuesday, ABVP said that it has came to know from newspapers that NSUI district president Rose Tirkey has suspended 7 members of NSUI for writing ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in a WhatsApp group on the grounds that it is against the ideology of the organisation.

The convenor of Kolhan unit of ABVP, Shantanu Chakraborty, condemned NSUI and said that its action against the 7 leaders violates religious freedom. He said that the incident shows the attitude of NSUI as well as its parent political party Indian National Congress towards Bhagwan Shri Ram.

He said that ABVP has kept its doors open for all the 7 NSUI members who have been harassed for their practicing their faith. He said that these suspended NSUI members can join ABVP any time they want.

Rahul Gandhi furthers fake news defaming Jai Shri Ram slogan

It is worth noting that not just Congress workers but their all-too powerful leadership have also demonstrated its hatred for Jai Shri Ram slogans. Recently, senior Congress leader and former party president Rahul Gandhi shared fake news and slandered Hindus by sharing an unfortunate crime incident in Uttar Pradesh.

Islamists and ‘Liberals’ on social media brazenly communalised a random crime incident and gave it a communal colour by linking it to the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan. Even though the Ghaziabad Police had refuted the communal angle ratcheted up by the left-leaning liberals, the Gandhi scion took to Twitter to share a screenshot of a news clipping to claim that an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad was beaten up for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. The claim, which was first shared by pro-Congress ‘fact-checker’ Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair was debunked by Ghaziabad Police late last night.

The Ghaziabad Police had said that the ‘victim’ Abdul Samad Saifi was allegedly beaten up by people known to him after an occult amulet he had prepared for one of them did not work as per them. Accused Parvesh Gujjar, Adil and Kallu were arrested on Monday while efforts were on to nab Arif and Poli.

Euro 2020 sponsor Coca-Cola loses billions after Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘Drink water’ stunt

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Euro 2020 sponsor Coca-Cola loses billions after Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘Drink water’ stunt

In what seems to be one of the most bizarre events of recent history, the decision of legendary Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to move a couple of bottles of Coca-Cola out of his sight during a press conference has resulted in the drink giant lose nearly $4 billion of its market value.

The 36-year-old footballer Ronaldo arrived to attend Portugal’s press conference with manager Fernando Santos at Budapest ahead of their clash against Hungary on Tuesday. The Portuguese star, who seems to be no fan of carbonated soft drinks, removed two bottles of Coca-Cola kept in front of him at a Euro 2020 press conference.

As he put the Coca-Cola bottles away and held a bottle of water up, Ronaldo was heard saying, “Agua” (water) in Portuguese, suggesting that people drink water instead of aerated drinks. The video of the whole episode went viral on social media.

The unexpected reaction from Cristiano Ronaldo had a real-world impact on Coca-Cola as its stock prices dropped from $56.10 to $55.22, a drop of 1.6%. The gesture from Ronaldo brought the worth of Coco-Cola from USD 242 billion to USD 238 billion, causing a loss of USD 4 billion.

Coco-Cola is also one of the major sponsors of the 2020 UEFA Euro Championships.

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Following Tuesday’s episode, Coca-Cola put out a statement saying, “Everyone is entitled to their drink preferences as people have different tastes and needs.”

A spokesperson of the Euro 2020 tournament said that players are offered water, alongside Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, on arrival at our press conferences.

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