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‘We are converting labourers into farmers in Brazil’, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait confirms his global links

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‘We are converting labourers into farmers in Brazil’, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait confirms his global links

In an interview on Hindi news channel Aaj Tak, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, who has emerged as one of the prominent leaders leading the ‘farmers’ agitation against the three Farm Bills passed by the Centre in September 2020, inadvertently admitted to his global links.

Speaking to journalist Prabhu Chawla on Aaj Tak’s show Seedhi Baat, Tikait confirmed that the organisation he is associated with has its branches in 73 countries and he has an alliance with the Indian branch. The BKU spokesperson further added that the organisation he is associated with has also been protesting in Brazil, where efforts are being made to convert Brazillian labourers to farmers. “Brazil main hum mazdoor se kisaan bana rahe hai”, said Rakesh Tikait.

Amusingly, though, here too, Tikait pretends to be absolutely clueless about the international stars, such as Rihanna, Mia Khalifa and environmental activist Greta Thunberg who had backed the farmer’s protest, he accidentally, concurs to the International support the farmers’ protest has been drawing.

Answering to Prabhu Chawla’s question on whether they have been drawing support from all the 73 branches of the organisation across the globe, the BKU leader confirmed that all those members whose ideological preferences are similar to his have been supporting him.

Taikat, who came under the scanner for egging on the protesters to use brute force and violence during the tractor rally on Republic Day, confessed during the interview, that the organisation he is associated with intends to adjudicate policies for the next 50 years, inadvertently disclosing the larger conspiracy behind the ongoing agitation.

During the entire interview, Rakesh Tikait appeared extremely confused as he did not know what he exactly wants from the government or for what exactly have they been protesting for the last 75 days. The only thing he could recollect at this time was that they are against the big multinational companies entering the fray.

When the journalist told Tikait that the Govt’s paddy procurement at MSP has reached a record high this year, the confused Taikat started beating around the bush. Every time, journalist Prabhu Chawla tried questioning Taikat about government’s claim that it has purchased a record high of paddy at MSP this year, Tikait cuts him short. Here, the confused BKU leader, was heard saying, that their only demand is that the government should assure that the traders would also buy the farmer’s produce at MSP or a price higher than the MSP.

The BKU leader further claims that during all the 11 rounds of negotiations between the protesting farmers and the government, none of the ministers spoke to them. They were reading out from paper slips which they were carrying, he claimed. “Hum toh sarkar ko dhoond rahe hain…sarkar hain kahan? (we have been looking for the government, where are they?), said Taikat, as he further demanded that the Prime Minister of India should provide them with his personal number for negotiations.

The full interview can be viewed here:

Rakesh Tikait has been the face of the ongoing farmer’s agitation. He has been trying his best to milk the protest to kick start his political career. For the uninitiated, the FIR, filed by Delhi police to probe a larger conspiracy and criminal design behind the violent tractor rally on January 26 in Delhi, mentioned Bharatiya Kisan Union(BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait for spearheading and inciting the mob that wreaked havoc in Delhi.

A video of Tikait asking protesters to carry sticks, flags during the tractor rally had gone viral on the internet. But as the tractor rally carried out by protesters devolved into chaos and disarray, with protesters resorting to violence and vandalism, Tikait refused to shoulder the responsibility of the violence and pushed the blame on the Centre and the Delhi Police for the Republic Day disruption.

UK hospital trust goes woke, goes from ‘breast-feeding’ to ‘chest-feeding’, changes post-natal terminologies

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UK hospital trust goes woke, goes from ‘breast-feeding’ to ‘chest-feeding’, changes post-natal terminologies

In a bizarre incident, a hospital trust in the United Kingdom has instructed its staff to adopt ‘gender-inclusive language’ for its perinatal services, including referring to ‘breastfeeding’ as ‘chestfeeding” and “mother” with “mother or birthing parent”.

As per reports, the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to be more “gender-inclusive” to respect ‘trans and non-binary birthing people’. In doing so, they have now changed the post-natal terminologies and instructed their staff to use phrases such as “human milk”, “chest milk”, and “milk from the feeding mother or parent” instead of the word “breastmilk”. They have somehow concluded that the word ‘breast’ is discriminatory.

This particular health trust has become the first to formally implement the “gender-inclusive” policy for its maternity services, which will now be referred to as “perinatal services” because the word ‘maternity’ is not “gender-inclusive”.

The trust has also changed terminologies of “woman” with “woman or person”, “father” with “parent”, “co-parent” or “second biological parent”.

A policy document of the trust said that gender identity could be a source of oppression and health inequality. It further said, “We also recognise that there is currently biological essentialism and transphobia present within elements of mainstream birth narratives and discourse.”

The trust has also said that the staff need not stop using the word “woman” or other terms describing motherhood, but they should consciously start adding in the word “people” and other more inclusive languages.

Faridabad police arrest one Rahim Khan for harassing and demanding nudes from over 50 girls and women on social media

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Faridabad police arrest one Rahim Khan for harassing and demanding nudes from over 50 girls and women on social media

One 19-year-old youth named Rahim Khan has been arrested by Faridabad police for stalking and harassing more than 50 women and girls online from his fake accounts. According to the reports, the accused had morphed images of these women and uploaded it online. The police said that the youth was harassing more than 50 girls and women by stalking them on social media platforms through a fake identity.

The accused Rahim Khan morphed images of women through various morphing mobile applications, the police said. He also harassed and stalked them on social media platforms and sent vulgar messages using the fake identity of a woman. Rahim Khan had targeted minors too by morphing their pictures.

Shared morphed images, asked for nudes

The police arrested the accused after a complaint was received at the RP Puram police station on Tuesday from one of the victims, who alleged that an unknown person was sending her morphed pictures from an Instagram handle “ch_rahim_khan786”. She had said that the handle demanded her nude photos.

The police obtained the details of the Instagram account and traced the location of the accused. Rahim Khan was nabbed from his house in Haryana’s Faridabad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh said.

During interrogation, Khan has confessed about his involvement, saying that he had harassed over 50 girls and women across the country for personal satisfaction. The police have recovered evidence, including chat details, video clips, and various women’s photographs from his mobile phone.

‘Fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair shares 4-year-old news to berate Hindus, deletes quietly when caught

Jhankar Mohta
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‘Fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair shares 4-year-old news to berate Hindus, deletes quietly when caught

Self-proclaimed ‘fact-checker’ Zubair from Alt News was again caught on Thursday notoriously spreading fake news on social media. This time he has tried passing off 4-year-old news as a current one to berate Hindus.

A Twitter user going by the handle @SmokingSkills shared a screenshot of Zubair’s Tweet and the original piece of news to call out the lie of the Islamist propagandist who has regularly uses social media to spread misinformation and lies.

Mohammed Zubair, who has quietly deleted the Tweet after being called out, had shared a Hindi article in his Tweet, which he posted in the afternoon today. In his attempt to demonise Hindus, Zubair highlighted that a ‘Baghwadhari’ (saffron-robed) baba absconded with Rs 15-20 lakh temple offerings. While sharing the screenshot of the Hindi report, Zubair carefully edited out the date of the report, so that he could pass it off as a current report.

Mohammed Zubair’s now deleted Tweet

However, Zubair’s painstaking efforts soon went in vain, as Twitter user Smoking Skills shared that screenshot of the original report which was published by Hindi Daily Dainik Bhaskar, 4-years-ago.

The 4-year-old news item was about a fake Sadhu who had apparently collected donations from villagers and absconded with temple funds.

Zubair and Alt News peddle misinformation and lies quite frequently. In fact, last year, activist Ankur Singh in a series of tweets took it upon himself to lay bare Zubair’s penchant to lie and rumour-monger.

In a thread that ran over 25 tweets, Singh had exposed Mohammed Zubair’s constant lies, misinformation habit of quietly deleting those tweets once they go viral without issuing any clarification.

Prior to this, an FIR has been lodged against AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair under stringent POCSO Act for online harassment of a girl child.

After thousands start migrating to Koo from Twitter, co-founder Aprameya says single-digit Chinese investor to exit

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After thousands start migrating to Koo from Twitter, co-founder Aprameya says single-digit Chinese investor to exit

Made-in-India microblogging app Koo has received considerable backing from the netizens after union ministers and official accounts of ministries started moving to the app. However, soon questions were raised about the financing and ‘Chinese investment’ in the app.

As per the reports, Shunwei Capital, a Chinese investor, has a small single-digit stake in the company at present. However, the stake is now being bought by the other companies.

In a tweet, co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna replied to the questions raised over app’s Chinese connection.

Aprameya in a tweet confirmed that there is a single-digit Chinese investment in Koo app, but it happened during the time when the capital was raised 2.5 years ago. He said, “Koo is an India registered company with Indian founders. Raised earlier capital 2.5 years ago. Latest funds for Bombinate Technologies is led by a truly Indian investor 3one4 capital. Shunwei (single-digit shareholder) which had invested in our Vokal journey will be exiting fully.”

Koo has raised almost Rs 30 crore from the investors, which will be more than enough to take back the control of single-digit stakes from the Chinese company.

Koo is adding more servers to meet the demand

As thousands of new accounts are popping up on Koo app, the current server cluster is unable to manage the load. Thus, there have been periodic server outages. Koo is quickly adding servers to match the demand.

Aprameya in a tweet said, “We have got more love than we expected. Our systems are facing more load than ever. Thank you for placing your trust in us. Our team is working on overdrive to fix it. We request your patience and support through this time.”

Face-off between the Indian government and Twitter

In recent times, the Indian government and Twitter have locked horns Twitter’s inaction against accounts that were inciting violence and spreading misinformation. MeiTy had sent several orders to block accounts that tried to paint a picture as if PM Modi is planning genocide. After Twitter denied to take action against some accounts associated with press, leaders and journalists, government departments started to move to Koo and urged people to join the platform. The support for the app from government officials resulted in a spike that no one had anticipated.

OpIndia’s interview with Koo’s Aprameya

Recently, OpIndia’s Rahul Roushan discussed with Koo’s Aprameya where they talked about the future plans, policies, freedom of expression and political atmosphere on social media apps. You can read more about the discussion here.

The Washington Post report claiming case against Urban Naxals is based on planted evidence does not add up, here is how

Raju Das
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The Washington Post report claiming case against Urban Naxals is based on planted evidence does not add up, here is how

On February 10, left-leaning American newspaper Washington Post published a report alleging that the Bhima Koregaon case accused were falsely implicated in the case by planting fake evidence on their computers. Following up on an earlier report by Caravan making the same claims, the Washington Post report quoted an alleged forensic study of the ‘electronic copy’ of a laptop belonging to one accused Rona Wilson by an American company to claim that incriminating letters were planted in the laptop by a hacker.

Quoting a report from Arsenal Consulting, a Massachusetts-based digital forensics firm, the report claims that Wilson’s laptop was hacked using malicious emails. Arsenal claims to have recovered PDF files in a hidden folder in the laptop, which contained the letters that became part of the charge sheet against Wilson. According to police, the email letters show that Wilson was in contact with a top Maoist leader named Comrade Prakash, and he had sought guns and ammunition from the banned left-wing terror group, and had also urged them to assassinate PM Modi. However, now the alleged forensic study by Arsenal Consulting claims that Rona didn’t write these letters, and these were planted by hackers during a course of 22 months between 2016 and 2018.

The Washington Post report was subsequently carried by several Indian media houses, and it was shared widely by left-liberals in India, claiming that it proves how the entire case against urban naxals is baseless.

While the left-liberals want everyone to believe that the Arsenal Consulting is absolute truth, there are several problems with the report. The main point made by Arsenal supporting the hacking claim is that the PDF files in the hidden folder were made using MS Word versions 2010 and 2013, while the version of MS Word installed on the laptop was 2007. Therefore, those files must be planted by a hacker, the report claims.

This is a highly questionable claim, because the Maharashtra police had stated that they had recovered email correspondence between Rona Wilson and the Maoist leader, and the MS Word is not an email application. Emails will be stored in the server of the email provider, and their local copy will be stored in the computer if the user was using an email application, like Microsoft Office Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. There is no way to claim the emails were fake based on PDF files created by MS Word, they are completely unrelated computer applications.

The report by Arsenal Consulting mentions several PDF, RTF (rich text), ORG (Lotus organiser) files, none of them related to emails. The report has not recovered any known email database files like PST and OST files, and does not mention any forged email. Therefore, while the charge sheet said Rona had exchanged emails with Comrade Prakash, the ‘forensic report’ only recovered offline document files. Therefore, the report has nothing that can claim that the emails were forged.

Some of the ‘planted’ files recovered by the company

Moreover, the fact that Wilson’s laptop had a different version of MS Word can’t be conclusive proof that he didn’t create the PDF files. He may have simply used a different computer to create them, and later copied them to his laptop. A US based IT company can’t be competent enough to claim that the accused didn’t had another computer, or had not access to any other computer, that is almost an impossible claim make based solely on a  copy of a computer.

The Washington Post report also claims that the Arsenal Consulting report was based on a forensic study of the ‘electronic copy’ of the laptop, which is a curious and confusing nomenclature. It is notable that the laptop is in the possession of police as it was seized by them, and the US based company can’t have access to it. However, the Arsenal report states that it had received a hard disk containing ‘forensic images’ and ‘police work product’ related to Wilson and other accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. It can be assumed that they were referring to a clone copy of the hard disk from the laptop, which was reportedly handed over to the defendants on a court order. Arsenal further stated that they received copies of a Toshiba hard disk installed in the HP laptop and a SanDisk thumb drive attached to the same.

Although clone copies of hard drives are exact replica of the original, it is not impossible to tamper with them. To prove that the cloned disk has not been tampered with, the hash values of the disk have to be matched with the original, and unless that is done, it can’t be determined that the copy is actually a clone of the original disk.

A forensic expert working in a Pune based cyber security company, who refused to be named, said that forensic analysis done on clones is not unheard of and they are employed in situations when original hardware is not in possession. However, he said that he can’t comment on the accuracy of the report without seeing the details, but agreed that a forensic analysis on clone may not be the same as a forensic analysis on the original, as there are chances of tampering with data in the cloned disk after it has left the custody of the police.

In view of this, it can be concluded that the alleged forensic study by the American firm can’t be proof that the evidence was planted in the laptop.

YouTube removes viral video that argued Toolkit ‘media houses’ like AltNews are linked to George Soros, who floated fund to attack leaders like PM Modi

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YouTube removes viral video that argued Toolkit ‘media houses’ like AltNews are linked to George Soros, who floated fund to attack leaders like PM Modi

Google’s online video-sharing platform YouTube has removed a viral video that exposed the links between the foreign vested interests and a set of ‘Indian’ media and propaganda websites.

The String tweet that the video is removed by YouTube

The String – a popular Indian YouTuber, who has around 3,75,000 subscribers on YouTube, published a video on Wednesday exposing the links between foreign vested interests that plotted a global propaganda campaign against India and propaganda website such as AltNews.

In the expose, the String had highlighted how left-wing billionaire George Soros had been indirectly influencing India’s political affairs by funding a few far-left websites. He also highlighted how these websites were mentioned in the Greta Thunberg ‘Toolkit’, the documents inadvertently shared by Greta Thunberg that exposed that the foreign conspiracy against India.

In the video, The String revealed that AltNews has certification from the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which is backed by the Poynter Institute. The Poynter Institute in turn is funded by the Open Society Foundations, which is controlled and funded by George Soros. In addition to George Soros, the Poynter Institute is also funded by Big Tech oligarchs like Facebook and Google.

Soon after the release of the video, it became viral and garnered over 1.5 lakh views in just few hours.

However, the 12-minute video is now being taken off the platform without providing any reason. The YouTube video was widely shared on social media platforms. Taking to Twitter, the String (@StringReveals) said that YouTube had removed their latest expose.

It is pertinent to note that during the course of his life if there was one thing George Soros has hated the most, it is Nationalism. And at Davos, in his speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Soros committed $1 billion towards fighting nationalism and nationalists. George Soros claimed that the “biggest and most frightening setback” was in India and accused Narendra Modi of “creating a Hindu nationalist state.”

The progressive Jewish-American philanthropist has a reputation for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries through his network of NGOs. Viktor Orban’s Hungary and Vladimir Putin’s Russia have taken concrete steps directed towards curbing his influence in their internal matters. It would be safe to assume that a significant share of that investment would find its way in India. There are several NGOs and organisation that are connected to, directly or indirectly, to George Soros in India. These organisations often work against national interest as OpIndia has reported in this article.

The video by String, that has now been taken down by YouTube showed a rather direct link between media houses like AltNews, The Wire, Scroll etc to the billionaire Geroge Soros, who has declared war against India.

Govt may arrest Twitter officials if they fail to respect Indian laws and continue to allow their platform to promote hate speech

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Govt may arrest Twitter officials if they fail to respect Indian laws and continue to allow their platform to promote hate speech

As Twitter continues to disrespect Indian laws by refusing to follow orders passed by an elected government, the central government is mulling to take strict against the top Twitter executives in the country.

According to sources, the micro-blogging site’s top Twitter executives may face arrest if Twitter fails to follow Indian laws. The centre has made it clear that Twitter has to remove anti-India and Khalistani accounts, especially those accounts that posted hate speech on the platform.

The government has warned the tech-giant that its patience was wearing out over the company’s refusal to follow the rules under Section 69A of the IT Act.

However, the US-based micro-blogging giant has repeatedly flouted the rules and has failed to take any action against the anti-India accounts that incited violence. Citing free speech, Twitter had categorised some of these accounts as ‘activists’, journalists’, ‘media’ and had absolved its act of crime.

Brazening it out, Twitter had said that the orders issued by the government were not inconsistent with Indian laws. Challenging the Indian government, Twitter had refused to take down anti-India accounts and had added that other accounts that are being suspended would only apply to India.

Twitter fails to comply even after stern warning

Following Twitter’s refusal to comply, the Indian government had taken a strong view and had issued a statement on the newly developed Indian app ‘Koo’. It is being reported that senior executives of the Twitter met with the officials of the Indian government to discuss the issue and said that they are unwilling to take action against any of those anti-Indian accounts.

During a meeting with Twitter executives Monique Meche and Jim Baker on Wednesday, Union IT secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney has made it clear that the use of the controversial hashtag was neither journalistic freedom nor freedom of expression. He also expressed his displeasure over differential treatment by Twitter in its handling of the problems on Capitol Hill and Red Fort.

The US micro-blogging giant may approach the courts if the government considers taking any action. The government insists that Twitter follow the orders and that banning of anti-India accounts is not a subject matter of negotiation.

Twitter supports anti-India accounts, promote hate speech

The ongoing tussle between the Indian government and social media giant Twitter started after the platform failed to act against anti-India accounts that spewed venom against India during the so-called ‘farmer’ protests.

The centre had issued a new notice to social media giant Twitter directing it to block 1,178 accounts from Pakistan peddling Khalistani secessionism during the protests. This was an addition to the government’s earlier notice asking them to ban 257 anti-India social media accounts for making hate speech.

The misuse of the social media platform for spreading anti-India propaganda, provocative content and misinformation had irked the Union government. The government believes that the said Twitter accounts have the potential to cause a threat to public order.

However, Twitter showed its reluctance to comply with the central government’s notice under Section 69A of the IT Act. The social media site has banned only a handful of 1,400 handles, and Twitter said it would not be taking action against any media, journalists, activists, and politicians despite the government’s notice.

Referring to some handles as ‘newsworthy’, the social media platform brazened out by saying that this Twitter handles will only be blocked within India and would not include the handles of journalists, media entities, activists and politicians.

Twitter also claimed that they did not believe that the actions they have been directed to take are consistent with Indian law. They said that keeping with their ‘principles of defending protected speech and freedom of expression’ and will not take any action on accounts that consist of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians.

PM Modi speaks about the ‘New World Order’ and India’s role in it: Here is what it means, its history and significance

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PM Modi speaks about the ‘New World Order’ and India’s role in it: Here is what it means, its history and significance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking in the Lok Sabha, highlighted the need for India to be self-sufficient in order to thrive in the post-COVID New World Order. In his address in the Lok Sabha. The PM cited many historical instances and examples in order to fully illustrate his point. The Prime Minister stressed upon the need for India to emerge as a leader in the post-Covid new world order, and not just remain as a mute spectator, struggling to find her place.

PM Modi recounted the horrors of the two world wars, and how humankind and human values were under severe threat during this period in time. “After the Second World War, post world war, a New World Order emerged and took shape.” said PM Modi. describing the chain of events which took place in order to usher in the era of a New World Order.

The phrase ‘New World Order’ has an interesting history behind it. The phrases ‘new order of the world’ and ‘new international order’ were both a part of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s speeches. Woodrow Wilson was also a proponent of the League of Nations, which in itself was an attempt to establish a new world order post the death and destruction of World War I.

The New World Order that PM Modi mentions, however, does not refer to this but instead refers to the new world order which emerged after World War II. The New World Order which emerged post World War II refers to the creation of international institutions like the United Nations, the Bretton Woods system, international alliances like NATO etc.

Bretton Woods System

In order to understand the post World War II New World Order, it is necessary to study the Bretton Woods Agreement and its consequences. The Bretton Woods Agreement, signed in 1944 between 44 Allied nations with the goal of establishing a new global monetary system, is still relevant today. In simple terms, it replaced the Gold Standard with the U.S. Dollar as the new global currency. Bretton Woods required countries to not redeem its currency with gold, but instead with U.S. dollars. And because of that, the Bretton Woods agreement established the U.S.’s dominance on the world economy which still persists to this date.

The Bretton Woods Agreement also established the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, both of which continue to be major international financial institutions even to this date. The IMF was instrumental in the survival of the Bretton Woods system as it was important in order to bail out countries if their currency values dropped off.

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) also played a crucial role in establishing the post World War II New World Order. Its initial mission to finance and fund the reconstruction of European countries after the destruction of World War II was necessary in order to secure the U.S.-Western Europe alliance. This later led to the formation of a formal military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO in 1949.

Increase in Military Power

PM Modi then recounts that in the aftermath of World War II, even though multiple institutions like the U.N. and various mechanisms were set up in order to walk the path of peace, it did not happen. The world immediately after the end of World War II, saw the rise of two new superpowers, the USA and the USSR. The constant brinksmanship between them started from 1950 itself with the Korean War, with USA backing South Korea and the USSR backing North Korea. This ‘Cold War’, which fortunately never lead to head-to-head confrontation between the USA and USSR, lead to many other Cold War-related conflicts though. The Vietnam War is a prime example.

“But the experience turned out to be very different. The experience was, that everyone started talking about peace, but in the middle of it, whoever had the capability to increase their military power, did so.” This is considered to be a direct reference to the Cold War and the Arms race. Every country which had the capability to increase its military power, did it, including India with the development of nuclear weapons. The message that PM Modi was trying to convey was that the New World Order established post World War II had failed to maintain and uphold peace.

Post-COVID New World Order

PM Modi, after giving a proper historical context as to how India missed the bus the last time a New World Order emerged, urged India to not miss out again. “After the 2nd World War, we saw the New Word Order emerge as mute spectators and tried to adjust and fit into our place in the world”, PM Modi said. The PM rued over historical missed opportunities but sent a strong message that India intends to be a part of the post-COVID New World Order.

“For India to make its place in the New World Order, India has to be independent and capable, and the way to do that is through Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ the PM exclaimed in the Lok Sabha today. Aatmanirbhar Bharat is a policy program whose aim is to boost self sufficiency and self reliance within India and amongst Indians. As PM Modi says himself, currently we are not sure as to how the post-COVID New World Order will take shape. However, we do have a guess.

The Great Reset and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are the two contenders in what a post-COVID New World Order economic system can look like. Great Reset is a fanciful utopian idea lobbied by the billionaires in the World Economic Forum. The “Great Reset” promises to build “a more secure, more equal, and more stable world” as long as everyone on the planet agrees to “act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies, from education to social contracts and working conditions.” The Great Reset is the agenda of the next World Economic Forum summit in Lucerne, Switzerland in May 2021.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the ongoing automation of traditional manufacturing through the use of smart modern technology. This ‘Revolution’ has picked up speed, ever since the COVID lockdowns because of its ultimate benefit of utilizing a machine instead of a worker. Automation poses a serious threat of job losses in the West, as machine threatens to overtake man in various jobs. However, India is still insulated from this fourth industrial revolution because of the abundance of labour and inferior technologies than in the West.

The Hindu journalist Suhasini Haider puts misleading details about Trudeau’s call to Modi: Read details

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The Hindu journalist Suhasini Haider puts misleading details about Trudeau’s call to Modi: Read details

Even as Khalistani elements from Canada are attempting to create chaos in India, the Modi government on Wednesday took a very considerate view of the people of Canada and decided to extend its helping hand by assuring help to Canada to get COVID vaccine supply from India.

On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss India’s support for Canada’s vaccination efforts. The Canadian Prime Minister has reportedly requested PM Modi to consider Canada’s requirements of Covid-19 vaccines from India.

Speaking to Trudeau, Prime Minister Modi has assured that India would do its best to support Canada’s vaccination efforts. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi also announced, “Was happy to receive a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau. Assured him that India would do its best to facilitate supplies of COVID vaccines sought by Canada. We also agreed to continue collaborating on other important issues like Climate Change and the global economic recovery.”

The Indian government’s large-hearted response to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and its willingness to the help the people of Canada comes at a time when the Canadian government is not only trying to interfere in India’s domestic affair but also actively supporting Khalistani elements which are instigating and organising the so-called ‘farmer’ protests in the country.

Despite continued attacks on India, the Modi government has shown its empathy towards Canada by agreeing to supply the much-needed vaccines to Canada.

However, the left-liberals in the country, who had rejoiced international misinformed opinions against Indian government regarding the so-called farmer protests, suffered a major jolt as Canadian PM Trudeau sought help from the Indian government to get vaccines. As left-liberals could not hide their embarrassment, they resorted to misleading the public by putting half-truths about Modi and Trudeau’s conversation.

Suhasini Haider distorts facts, bats for Canada

Suhasini Haider, the journalist at ‘The Hindu’, twisted the statements released by the Indian government to claim that Canada PM Trudeau did not request for vaccines from India, instead he discussed on the issue of ‘access’ to vaccines. The ‘foreign affairs expert’ Suhasini Haider also blatantly lied when she claimed that Trudeau spoke to PM Modi about resolving the issues ‘farmers protests’ through dialogue.

Ironically, Suhasini Haider refused to see the stark realities of Canada’s vaccine situation. Instead, the journalist at ‘The Hindu’ attempted to confuse the readers by trying to differentiating the statements issued by the two countries. Suhasini Haider seems to ignore why Canada would seek ‘access’ to the Indian-made vaccine when they do not have a ‘requirement’ for it.

It is pertinent to note that it was the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who dialled PM Modi and not the other way around. Essentially, when two leaders spoke about the ‘access to vaccines’, it meant that both were discussing the requirement of vaccines for Canada and not for India.

Canada needs vaccines and doesn’t have them. India has vaccines and Canada wants help. That is the plain truth

Haider here is trying to claim that ‘access’ and ‘requirement’ are different. It is a fact that Canada ‘requires’ the vaccines. It is also a fact that Canada doesn’t have enough vaccines for its citizens as of now. And it is also a fact that India is the world’s largest vaccine producer, with millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines being sent to friendly nations. Canada needs vaccines and doesn’t have them. India has vaccines. So, Canada needs India’s help. That is the simplest truth here.

When one looks at the statement, it clearly appears that the Canadian authorities have downplayed its request for vaccines with the Indian government. However, Suhasini blindly assumes that Canada has been extremely truthful in its press release and tries to spread rumours on her ‘own’ country.

Did Trudeau and Modi speak about farmer protests?

Secondly, Suhasini Haider alleged that two leaders discussed the so-called ‘farmer protests’ and questioned why the Indian government had not mentioned this aspect of the discussion in their read-out.

It is a normal practise in the international diplomacy that the stakeholders interpret statements based on their interests and priorities without actually changing the implicit meaning of such a statement. Even in this case, India has the prerogative to highlight the issues it thinks are important and sideline other ‘issues’ that the present Canadian government finds interesting to appease its vote-bank.

Even if the two leaders had indeed spoken about the alleged ‘farmer’ protests, it is somewhat baffling to know why the so-called Indian ‘journalists’ would cheer for the same and make a strong pitch for further foreign interference. The left-liberals, who are now concocting foreign leaders’ statements to target their own country, are strangely defending Canada and not India even as it continues to meddle in the country’s affairs.

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