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Pakistan: Another Hindu girl abducted and forcefully converted to Islam and married off in Sindh province

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Pakistan: Another Hindu girl abducted and forcefully converted to Islam and married off in Sindh province

In yet another deplorable act of forced conversion to Islam in the terror state of Pakistan, a young Hindu girl has been allegedly abducted and converted to Islam. The Hindu victim was later forcibly married by the abductor, reports Times Now.

According to reports, a young girl named Chandri Kolhi from Noukot, Mirpurkhas, was allegedly abducted, converted and married to Allah Dino. The family of the girl filed a complaint alleging that she was abducted and forcefully converted to Islam.

The brutalities against minorities continue unabated in the terrorist state of Pakistan as multiple instances of atrocities against minorities especially Hindus and Sikhs have been reported recently.

This horrific news comes just a month after the killing of Namrita Chandani, who was found dead in her hostel room. Even though the local police had said that the girl committed suicide, however, the girl’s kin claimed that she was murdered. The rumours began circulating that it was potentially the case of forced conversion.

Read: Pakistan: Hindu student found dead in hostel room, foulplay suspected even as college admin tries to pass it off as suicide

Earlier last month, following an allegation of blasphemy against a Hindu school principal, Hindu temples, shops and homes of minority Hindus were ransacked by Muslim rioters. However, later it was revealed that the attack on Hindus was a pre-planned event to cover-up a child abduction incident. The school principal had thwarted efforts by giving refuge to one of the Hindu girls, who was abducted by associates of child kidnapper radical Islamist Mian Mithoo.

Pakistan is notoriously known for its persecution of not only religious minorities but also ethnic minorities within their own country. The forceful conversion programmes have often been unleashed against the minorities especially Christians, Sikhs and Hindus living in Pakistan with utmost brutality.

This violence against Hindus in Pakistan’s Ghotki comes months after a series of abductions and forceful conversions of minority Hindu and Sikh girls. In March, two underage Hindu girls Raveena (13) and Reena (15) were abducted from the Ghotki in Pakistan’s Sindh on the eve of Holi. The girls were later forcefully converted and married off to older Muslim men.

Earlier, Jagjit Kaur, a Sikh girl was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam in Nankana Sahib which had caused a huge uproar. In another horrific incident, a 13-year-old Pooja Sotahar Kumari, daughter of Fatan Rathore, resident of village Bakhsho Laghari in Hyderabad district’s Hosri Taluka, was kidnapped, forcefully converted and subsequently married off to a man identified as Syed Irshad Shah.

I would not condemn the killing of Kamlesh Tiwari, he deserved this fate: Political Analyst Abdul Razack Khan

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I would not condemn the killing of Kamlesh Tiwari, he deserved this fate: Political Analyst Abdul Razack Khan

A political analyst named Abdul Razack Khan appearing on the Times Now debate on Saturday said that the slain Hindu leader Kamlesh Tiwari deserved the brutal death and he would not condemn the killing.

Abdul Razack Khan, who identifies himself as a political analyst on Saturday appeared on Times Now debate to discuss the fateful murder of Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari. During the debate, Khan said that he will not condemn the killing of Kamlesh Tiwari and asserted that the deceased deserved this fate.


Abdul Razack Khan, who proclaims himself to be a political analyst has been associated with multiple political parties. Reportedly, he was a BSP candidate for the BBMP municipal polls and also performed his role as a JDS spokesperson in the past.

The horrific killing of Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari by Islamist has shaken the collective conscience of the society. The killing of Kamlesh Tiwari was even welcomed by some sections of Muslim societies, as they expressed their jubilation over his death on social media.

Read: Shamim, Faizan and Mohsin Sheikh admit they killed Kamlesh Tiwari over his Prophet Muhammad remarks, plot hatched over 2 months

Former Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari was assassinated on Friday by two men who entered his house in Lucknow with a gun and a knife concealed in packets of sweets and had brutally murdered him by slashing his throat.

UP DGP OP Singh had informed in a press conference that the three suspects and the two killers were all radicalised and they had planned Tiwari’s murder because of the remarks he had made in 2015, calling Prophet Muhammad gay.

On Saturday, Gujarat ATS arrested three accused- Shamim, Faizan and Mohsin Sheikh from Surat in connection with Tiwari’s murder. According to the sources, they have confessed to the killing of Tiwari citing his remarks on Prophet Muhammad in 2015 as the motive behind the murder.

Reportedly, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to meet the family of the deceased Kamlesh Tiwari at his official residence in Lucknow at 11 AM on Sunday.

Kamlesh Tiwari case: Woman seen in CCTV footage identified as Shahnaz Bano, police rules out her involvement in murder

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Kamlesh Tiwari case: Woman seen in CCTV footage identified as Shahnaz Bano, police rules out her involvement in murder

As per reports, the woman who was seen in the CCTV footage of Kamlesh Tiwari murder case suspects, is one Shahnaz Bano. The police, upon initial investigation, has reportedly ruled out her involvement in the murder. As per Live Hindustan, Shahnaz Bano is a resident of Mandiya and was in Ganeshganj to campaign for an upcoming bypoll. The two suspects reportedly asked her way to Khurshedbag Colony. The police and STF interrogated her and ruled out her involvement in the brutal murder of Kamlesh Tiwari.

Late night on Friday, hours after Tiwari was assassinated at his office in Lucknow, CCTV footage revealed murder suspects walking toward his office. Two men and a woman, now identified as Shahnaz Bano, wearing orange clothes were seen walking toward Tiwari’s office.

At one point in the video, the man on the left turns back and appears to be speaking to Shahnaz Bano. The family of the woman claims that after the CCTV footage of Kamlesh Tiwari murder suspects went viral, they only approached the police.

Read: Lest we forget: When countless Muslims marched, went on a rampage and rioted demanding the head of Kamlesh Tiwari

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will meet Tiwari’s kin today at 11 AM. The Gujarat ATS has also arrested three youth Khurshid Pathan, Faizan Pathan and Mohsin Sheikh from Surat who had reportedly confessed to the crime of murdering Kamlesh Tiwari in his residence. On Saturday, UP DGP OP Singh had informed in a press conference that the three suspects and the two killers were all radicalised and they had planned Tiwari’s murder because of the remarks he had made in 2015, calling Prophet Muhammad gay.

Read: UP DGP’s press conference: Confirms Gujarat ATS arrests, says suspects were radicalised and planned Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder

However, casting aspersions on those arrested, Kamlesh’s son Satyam Tiwari said that the video footage of these three accused should be matched with those who entered their house and killed his father. He further said that his family’s demand is to have an NIA probe and they have no trust over the state administration.

The Lucknow divisional commissioner Mukesh Meshram met with the bereaved family members of slain Kamlesh Tiwari, assuring the family of security and financial aid. “We have taken their demands into consideration. A meeting with UP CM Yogi Adityanath has been fixed for the family. We are ensuring their security and recommending a government residence for them,” he added.

He further said that a gun will be provided to the eldest son of Kamlesh Tiwari for self-defence. “A licensed weapon will be provided to the eldest son for self-defence. He’ll also be recommended for a job. They will be helped with monetary assistance. The investigation into Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder is currently underway,’ he said.

Ayodhya case: Hindu parties allege violation of court order as Muslim parties submit ‘moulding of relief’ in sealed cover

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Ayodhya case: Hindu parties allege violation of court order as Muslim parties submit ‘moulding of relief’ in sealed cover

In a new twist in the politically sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case, the Muslim parties have received flak from the concerned Hindu parties, for submitting the ‘moulding of relief’ in a sealed envelope before the court.

The objecting Hindu parties have alleged that this is a gross violation of court orders. In a letter to Secretary-General of the Supreme Court, it said the Muslim parties did not take permission to file documents related to relief before the court in a sealed cover.


The letter by the Hindu side said: “The filing of submissions in a sealed cover without service upon the parties appearing in the case is improper and cannot be taken on record, especially when the hearing of the case is concluded and judgement is reserved.”

“The practice of filing written submissions in a sealed is not permissible as it encourages addressing the court in secrecy, keeping the other party in the dark, and it would also prejudice the rights of the other parties”, said the Hindu side.

Ejaz Maqbool, advocate-on-record, for one of the main litigants in the case, filed the submissions in a sealed cover. It is learnt it is a joint submission by all the Muslim parties involved in the matter.

The “moulding of relief” in civil disputes is usually nature of relief parties seek from the court, and it can be resorted to at the time of consideration of final relief in the main suit and not at an interlocutory stage. In simple terms means the kind of other options that the SC can consider incase the verdict does not go in favour of any party.

The Supreme Court on October 16 had reserved its judgement in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case after hearing arguments from all the concerned parties.

The Hindu side has also urged the court to return the sealed cover submissions as defective and that it should not be placed before the five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi as they questioned as to why the Muslim parties were trying to maintain secrecy and keeping the other parties in the dark.

It is pertinent to note here that while the Muslim parties had made submissions in a sealed envelope the Hindu parties had made the details of its ‘moulding of relief’ public.

Kartick Chopra, the spokesperson for Nirmohi Akhara, said: “Sealed cover submission is not at all accepted. How do we know what is filed? Technically, they should have circulated their submissions among other parties involved in the dispute.”

The marathon hearing in the case concluded after forty days, making the Ayodhya hearing as the second-longest in the history of the Supreme court after the landmark hearing in Keshavananda Bharati case which lasted for 68 days.

Reportedly, the Supreme Court finished hearing all arguments in the Ayodhya case one hour before the set deadline. The Supreme Court has allowed the parties to submit their written notes over the next three days.

On the last day, in a high octane drama, the senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing the Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi – Babri Masjid land dispute case, suffered a meltdown and tore up a pictorial map showing the exact birthplace of Lord Ram.

Later, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) filed a complaint with the Bar Council of India (BCI) against Dhavan. BJP leader Abhishek Dubey also filed a police complaint demanding FIR against advocate Rajeev Dhavan.

Moreover, the Supreme Court witnessed another drama on the last day of hearing after the CJI fixed 5 pm as the deadline for concluding arguments in the protracted legal battle. “Enough is enough”, had said the bench, which revised the deadline for the case from October 17 to a day earlier.

The Supreme Court had been hearing a total of fourteen appeals filed against the 2010 judgment of Allahabad High Court which ordered that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among three parties – the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi had earlier asked for parties to conclude their arguments in the land dispute case to be concluded by October 17. The bench also comprises of Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer, who are hearing appeals against the September 30, 2010, verdict of the Allahabad High Court.

The Supreme Court has been carrying out day-to-day hearing of the case and the arguments were to be concluded by 18th October but then, October 17 was given the last date for arguments. The Supreme Court had earlier warned that the parties will not be given any extra day. It is speculated that the Supreme Court will deliver the judgement on or before November 17, the day CJI Ranjan Gogoi retires.

Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee brushes aside responsibility for Congress party’s NYAY, says it was not a well-designed scheme

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Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee brushes aside responsibility for Congress party’s NYAY, says it was not a well-designed scheme

In an interview with CNN News18, this year’s winner of Nobel prize in Economics Abhijit Banerjee shrugged off the responsibility of NYAY, claiming that it was not “necessarily a well-designed scheme”. Banerjee said that he only provided information and had no say in the design of the scheme.


Banerjee seemed taken aback when asked if he believed that NYAY was an idea whose time was yet to come. Fumbling while responding to the question, Banerjee said, “I don’t take the responsibility of NYAY, nobody asked me if that is how it should be designed and I don’t think it was necessarily well designed.”

Banerjee further added, “Even if the idea was politically supported, it may not have been the best design scheme, maybe afterwards if the UPA had won, they would have had to adjust the scheme because there would be political and economical pressures to change the scheme. My role in the all of that was not to design the scheme but to provide information that you could use to make choices.”

Also Read: Where is the money? Rahul Gandhi’s promise is going to cost a whopping Rs 3.60 lakh crore a year, 13% of union budget

Banerjee’s comments contradict the comments made by the Congress party and its leaders crediting him for the NYAY scheme. While congratulating him for winning the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Congress party had said that he was a key consultant for the NYAY programme. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had also tweeted that Abhijit Banerjee had helped conceptualise NYAY.


Banerjee is under intense fire for being a proponent of Congress’ ill-conceived Universal Basic Income scheme- NYAY. Recently, Union Minister Piyush Goyal slammed Abhijit Banerjee saying that his thinking is totally “left-leaning” and that his thinking was rejected by the Indian voters.

Abhijit Banerjee was one of the economists who was consulted by the Congress party before the announcement of their ambitious social welfare programme-NYAY (Nyutam Aay Yojana). Earlier this year, in his interview with Business Today, Banerjee defended himself stating that he had suggested a minimum income guarantee of Rs 2,500 per month, keeping in mind the fiscal discipline. However, the Congress announced a more extensive and ambitious Rs 6,000 a month with an outlay of Rs 3.60 lakh crore.

Kolkata police arrest playwright Sudipto Chatterjee after women file complaints of sexual assault

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Kolkata police arrest playwright Sudipto Chatterjee after women file complaints of sexual assault

The renowned playwright and poet Sudipto Chatterjee has been arrested by Kolkata police on Friday evening on the basis of the complaint lodged by two women in different police stations accusing him of raping them on the pretext of teaching acting techniques.

Deputy Commissioner (south-east division) of Kolkata Police Debasmita Das confirmed the arrest on charges of rape but did not divulge further details. The court has granted 2 days of police custody of Chatterjee.

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The first allegation against him surfaced on October 17, wherein a theatre student Angela Mondal accused Sudipto Chatterjee, the helmsman of the theatre group Spectator, of sexually harassing her during a rehearsal.

A PhD from New York University, Chatterjee has taught at esteemed educational institutions across the world like New York University, University of California, Berkeley, Tufts University in the US as well as India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University.

In a Facebook post, Angela Mondal had written a detailed account of turn of events where she was allegedly subjected to sexual harassment by Chatterjee while ‘rehearsing’ for a sexual assault scene.

Describing her traumatic ordeal, Angela Mondal in her post, alleged that Sudipto Chatterjee had tried something similar on another occasion, however, she could vocalize her ‘NO’ this time, so Chatterjee stopped harassing her.

Mondal claimed that when she finally confronted Sudipto Chatterjee with a written statement on WhatsApp, he blocked her. Sudipto’s wife Annesha Chakroborty, who was aware of the entire incident since the beginning, asked her to forget about it because exposing these allegations would destroy their relationship, alleges Mondal in her post.

She said that she had informed few other members of Sudipto Chatterjee’s theatre group ‘Spectators’, but they could not take any measures against him due to his power and position, however, they showed empathy through personal chats.

Mondal said she filed an official complaint with the institution against him on Monday and on 16th of October she was called for a meeting at the college and during the same meeting, the authority had informed me that Sudipto Chatterjee had ‘apparently’ submitted his resignation a day before the hearing.

A day after, responding to the post of Mondal, two more women came up against sexual harassment charges against playwright and poet Sudipto Chatterjee. They too took to Facebook to reveal similar horrific experiences with him.

Sudipto had denied the rape charges, but he didn’t deny the detail of incidents narrated by the women. Instead, he defended his behaviour by saying that such techniques are required to teach ‘diaphragm breathing’, and he did all these with the consent of the women. He has even said that he using nudity and physical touch while acting to students and nobody complained before.

A senior officer of Kolkata Police said, “the victim alleged that the accused raped her a number of times since last year on the pretext of teaching her various breathing techniques that helped in acting. We have arrested the filmmaker and launched a probe into the complaint.”

The victim lodged a complaint at the Phoolbagan police station on Friday morning. The accused was first detained by the police and later, arrested from his Phoolbagan residence in the evening. During interrogation, the accused confessed to his crime, the officer said.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath to meet Kamlesh Tiwari’s family tomorrow, family assured of financial help, security, gun license and job

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath to meet Kamlesh Tiwari’s family tomorrow, family assured of financial help, security, gun license and job

The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath is going to meet the family of the deceased Kamlesh Tiwari by tomorrow evening. Former Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari was yesterday assassinated by two men who entered his house in Lucknow with a gun and a knife concealed in packets of sweets and had brutally murdered him by slashing his throat.

According to reports, the UP CM will meet the family members of late Kamlesh Tiwari at his official residence in Lucknow at 11 AM on Sunday.

The Gujarat ATS had today arrested three youth Khurshid Pathan, Faizan Pathan and Mohsin Sheikh from Surat who had reportedly confessed to the crime of murdering Kamlesh Tiwari in his residence.

Earlier today, UP DGP OP Singh had informed in a press conference that the three suspects and the two killers were all radicalised and they had planned Tiwari’s murder because of the remarks he had made in 2015, calling Prophet Muhammad gay.

Read: UP DGP’s press conference: Confirms Gujarat ATS arrests, says suspects were radicalised and planned Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder

However, casting aspersions on those arrested, Kamlesh’s son Satyam Tiwari said that the video footage of these three accused should be matched with those who entered their house and killed his father. He further said that his family’s demand is to have an NIA probe and they have no trust over the state administration.

The Lucknow divisional commissioner Mukesh Meshram met with the bereaved family members of slain Kamlesh Tiwari, assuring the family of security and financial aid. “We have taken their demands into consideration. A meeting with UP CM Yogi Adityanath has been fixed for the family. We are ensuring their security and recommending a government residence for them,” he added.


He further said that a gun will be provided to the eldest son of Kamlesh Tiwari for self-defence. “A licensed weapon will be provided to the eldest son for self-defence. He’ll also be recommended for a job. They will be helped with monetary assistance. The investigation into Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder is currently underway,’ he said.

 

Note: This report has been updated with relevant information

The Wire demonises Kamlesh Tiwari even in death, lies about him being ‘convicted’ in the blasphemy case against him

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The Wire demonises Kamlesh Tiwari even in death, lies about him being ‘convicted’ in the blasphemy case against him

On 16th October 2019, Kamlesh Tiwari was brutally murdered by radical Islamists because, in 2015, Tiwari had allegedly ‘insulted’ Prophet Muhammad. Tiwari was with the Hindu Mahasabha before floating his Hindu Samaj Party. In 2015, he had stoked a controversy with a statement on Prophet Mohammad leading to his arrest. The Uttar Pradesh Police had slapped the National Security Act (NSA) on him.

After his murder, there have been several attempts by the ‘secular’ brigade to not only further malign the Hindu leader but also to downplay the violent death that was handed to Tiwari by radical Islamists. There have been several insinuations on social media from the usual quarters and they have been vociferously countered.

For example, from the CCTV footage, it is evident that the assailants who murdered Kamlesh Tiwari did so wearing saffron kurtas. This was used by the secular brigade to insinuate that Hindus had killed Tiwari and Islamists had nothing to do with it. They were later proven wrong, of course, when the perpetrators arrested turned out to be Muslims and they admitted that they had murdered Kamlesh Tiwari because of his 2015 remarks against Prophet Muhammad. The secular gang was reminded that even Ajmal Kasab, the perpetrator of the heinous 26/11 terrorist attack wore a Kalawa around his wrist. This is a classic technique adopted by Islamists. They do this so if they are neutralised during their attack, their real identity is not revealed and people assume that the attack was carried out by a Hindu and not a Muslim.

Another onslaught on Kamlesh Tiwari even after he was brutally murdered by Islamists came from the Leftist rag, The Wire.

While the outrage from The Wire was entirely missing, they covered the news of Kamlesh Tiwari being murdered, but, with a twist.

The Wire article on Kamlesh Tiwari murder

In the first paragraph itself, The Wire calls Kamlesh Tiwari as someone who was ‘convicted’ for making ‘allegedly derogatory remarks’ against Prophet Muhammad.

There are multiple things which are wrong with this.

Firstly, Kamlesh Tiwari was never ‘convicted’ in the blasphemy case against him. In 2016, The Allahabad High Court had quashed the NSA charges that had been slapped against him and thereafter, Kamlesh Tiwari was out on bail. Tiwari was arrested in December 2015 as charges under sections 153-A and 295-A were slapped against him. He was granted bail in these charges by a Lucknow court in the second week of January 2016, but had had to remain in jail as UP government had additionally slapped the NSA against him. The NSA was revoked by Allahabad High Court in October 2016, and subsequently, he was released from jail.

Also Read- The Wire falls off a cliff: New article on the propaganda site claims Dalits will be next victims of ‘Shah’s lethal strategies’

The case against Kamlesh Tiwari never proceeded after that. No chargesheet was filed against him, hence there was no trial had started the case. Therefore, The Wire’s assertion that Tiwari had been convicted is patently false.

Second, almost in a Freudian slip, The Wire writes that Kamlesh Tiwari was ‘convicted’ for his ‘alleged derogatory remarks’. If Kamlesh Tiwari had been convicted, the fact that his remarks were ‘derogatory’ would not have remain ‘alleged’ anymore. The fact that The Wire framed the sentence in this manner proves that either they are not very good with legal terminology, or they are simply malicious, the latter explanation being far more believable.

There is a reason why The Wire chooses to lie about this. It is almost as they were trying to lessen the sympathy that the brutal murder of Tiwari would invoke by lying that he had been ‘convicted’.

Along with the Wire, NDTV was not to be left far behind. While Islamists celebrated the brutal murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, NDTV tried to downplay his murder by calling Kamlesh Tiwari a ‘fringe leader’.

One wishes that the Left would understand that while a ‘fringe’ Hindu leader might make uncomfortable comments, ‘fringe’ from the community that must not be named brutally murder the ‘fringe’ Hindu leaders for such comments.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has zeroed in on a new enemy now: Physics

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has zeroed in on a new enemy now: Physics

The sixteen-year-old Sweedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg who rose to fame after her dramatic critique of the ramifications of climate change at the United Nations has now blamed ‘Physics’ in her latest rant against the imminent environmental degradation. Thunberg said that the main issue is not party politics and rivalry between political opponents but it is ‘Physics’.

Addressing a crowd outside the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Canada, the teen climate activist urged the people to stop seeing this climate crisis from a partisan prism.

She said:

“We cannot allow this crisis to continue to be a partisan, political question. The climate and ecological crisis are far beyond party politics and the main enemy right now should not be any political opponents, because our main enemy is physics. We cannot strike deals with physics.”

Read: No ‘Adultsplaining’: Here is a teenager’s grouse with the Greta Thunberg phenomenon

Once again training guns at the world politicians, Greta asserted that though prominent politicians, renowned business leaders claim that climate change is under control, the reality is far different from their fictional assertions. She continued, “It appears that we are surrounded by fairytales. Business leaders, elected officials all across the political spectrum conjure up bedtime stories that soothe us, that make us go back to sleep. These are ‘feel-good’ stories about how we are going to fix everything. How wonderful everything is going to be when we have ‘solved’ everything. But the problem we are facing is not that we lack the ability to dream or to imagine a better world, the problem is that we need to wake up now.”

“Let’s face the reality, the facts, the science. Science tells of implicit human sufferings, which will get more serious and serious the longer we defer action – unless we start to act now. And yes, of course, a sustainable transformed world will include lots of new benefits. But you have to understand. This is not essentially a chance to create new green jobs, new businesses or green economic growth. This is above all an emergency and not just an emergency. This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced,” Thunberg exclaimed.

Read: The Left has lost its moral compass and using Greta Thunberg to further their narrative is just proof of that

Thunberg has been making international headlines for criticizing world leaders who she accuses of letting down youth by doing too little to tackle climate change. Earlier, in the United Nations, Thunberg had held world leaders responsible for not doing enough to counter the consequences of climate change in her over-dramatised ‘How Dare You?” speech. Speaking to dozens of heads of states, business leaders, and senior representatives from civil society from around the world, Greta, in an overly theatrical manner held them all accountable for the deteriorating environment, telling them that they are still “not mature enough to tell it like it is”.

Kashmir comment fall out: After scrapping Naval deal with Turkish firm, PM Modi cancels visit to Turkey planned for later this year

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Kashmir comment fall out: After scrapping Naval deal with Turkish firm, PM Modi cancels visit to Turkey planned for later this year

PM Modi has cancelled a planned Turkey visit scheduled for later this year. As per reports, the government of India has planned not to go ahead with an upcoming visit to Ankara. The decision is believed to have been taken after Turkey’s anti-India remarks at the UNGA address over Jammu and Kashmir.

As per reports, the visit was planned in June this year when PM Modi had met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Osaka.

Turkey’s anti-India stand over Article 370 abrogation in Jammu and Kashmir, its support to Pakistan over the FATF blacklisting and negative statements against India has seemingly caused a dent in the bilateral relations between the two nations.

Following Erdogan’s remarks, PM Modi had also held meetings with the heads of Cyprus and Armenia at the UNGA. Both are Turkey’s rivals.

India’s assertive and non-submissive stand over its sovereignty and national interests on a global level, that has been practised under the Modi government recently saw India giving it back to Turkey in its own way.

India has openly criticised Turkey’s invasion of Syria, saying that it will create humanitarian and civilian distress in the region. India’s MEA had issued a stern statement condemning Turkey’s military offensive against the Kurds and had urged the Erdogan government to respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Earlier, India had also put a 2.3 billion naval deal with Turkey’s Andalou Shipyard on hold. The deal is expected to be scrapped, causing the Turkish company considerable loss of business. The deal was for procuring five 45,000 tonne fleet support ships for the Indian Navy.

Read: UNGA outcome: Erdogan’s anti-India stand may cost Turkish company a 2.3 billion USD deal with Indian Navy

A report in The Hindu has stated that India’s foreign ministry has stated that no such visit was finalised. However, Turkey’s Ambassador to India Şakir Özkan has stated to the media outlet that there was a discussion over PM Modi’s visit and they have been waiting for alternative date proposals in the next couple of months.

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