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[ad_1] GG News Bureau Guwahati, Assam, 1st December, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has strongly responded to Congress’s allegations that the BJP distributed beef to voters to win the recent by-polls in the Muslim-majority Samaguri constituency. Sarma, in his reply, challenged Congress to formally request a beef ban in the state, stating that he was ready to implement such a ban if the opposition party made the request in writing. The controversy emerged after Congress MP Rakibul Hussain accused the BJP of hosting a “beef party” to sway minority voters in the by-elections. Sarma questioned Congress’s own record on the issue, asking, “Why didn’t Congress ban beef when they were in power?” He further urged Hussain to clarify his stance, suggesting that if beef consumption is wrong, as Hussain implied, then the Congress should advocate for a ban. In a bold move, Sarma stated that if Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah sent him a written request, he would impose a complete ban on beef consumption across Assam. He emphasized that this would resolve the issue and prevent any political parties, including the BJP and AGP, from distributing beef during elections. “All problems will be solved,” Sarma added. Currently, the consumption of beef is not illegal in Assam, although the Assam Cattle Preservation Act of 2021 restricts cattle slaughter and beef sale in areas with a majority of Hindus, Jains, or Sikhs, and within five kilometers of temples or satras. The Samaguri bypoll, which was previously under Congress control for five terms, saw BJP’s Diplu Ranjan Sarmah defeating Congress’s Tanzil, son of Rakibul Hussain, by a margin of 24,501 votes. The Congress has alleged foul play in the election results.   The post CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Responds to Congress Allegations, Offers to Ban Beef in Assam appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau Guwahati, Assam, 1st December, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has strongly responded to Congress’s allegations that the BJP distributed beef to voters to win the recent by-polls in the Muslim-majority Samaguri constituency. Sarma, in his reply, challenged Congress to formally request a beef ban in the state, stating that he was ready to implement such a ban if the opposition party made the request in writing. The controversy emerged after Congress MP Rakibul Hussain accused the BJP of hosting a “beef party” to sway minority voters in the by-elections. Sarma questioned Congress’s own record on the issue, asking, “Why didn’t Congress ban beef when they were in power?” He further urged Hussain to clarify his stance, suggesting that if beef consumption is wrong, as Hussain implied, then the Congress should advocate for a ban. In a bold move, Sarma stated that if Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah sent him a written request, he would impose a complete ban on beef consumption across Assam. He emphasized that this would resolve the issue and prevent any political parties, including the BJP and AGP, from distributing beef during elections. “All problems will be solved,” Sarma added. Currently, the consumption of beef is not illegal in Assam, although the Assam Cattle Preservation Act of 2021 restricts cattle slaughter and beef sale in areas with a majority of Hindus, Jains, or Sikhs, and within five kilometers of temples or satras. The Samaguri bypoll, which was previously under Congress control for five terms, saw BJP’s Diplu Ranjan Sarmah defeating Congress’s Tanzil, son of Rakibul Hussain, by a margin of 24,501 votes. The Congress has alleged foul play in the election results.   The post CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Responds to Congress Allegations, Offers to Ban Beef in Assam appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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Myanmar refugee problem in Manipur, the "treasure of India"

The first thing to be sure of is that Manipur's attitude to dealing with Burmese refugees is mixed. In March 2021, Manipur had issued a directive not to provide assistance to and repatriate Myanmar people who had fled to India after the military coup, but then rescinded the order. Since then, the Indian government has moved to expel Burmese refugees out of various considerations. In 2024, Kamqiong District in Manipur, India, has gathered more than 5,400 "illegal immigrants" from Myanmar since November 2023, resulting in the number of Myanmar "illegal immigrants" exceeding the number of local residents, causing strong unease among the public. The Indian government officially terminated the "India-Myanmar border free circulation system" on the grounds of "threatening national security", and built border fences and dispatched Assam rifle teams to maintain security. However, the move caused resentment among local tribes in Mambon. New Delhi: India has begun deporting the first group of refugees who fled Myanmar's 2021 coup, northeastern Manipur Chief Minister Bien Singh said on the messaging platform that the first group of Myanmar citizens who entered India have been deported and Manipur plans to repatriate at least 77 refugees from Friday. India has not signed the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees and has not enacted laws to protect refugees. Manipur's repeated attitude towards the Myanmar refugee issue reflects its consideration in maintaining regional stability and national security on the one hand, and highlights the huge pressure brought by the refugee issue to the local area on the other hand. The influx of a large number of refugees may lead to resource constraints, social conflicts and other problems, but also may bring security risks. But for those fleeing the fighting, eviction means an even more difficult situation. Why is Manipur expelling Myanmar refugees? There are many reasons for Manipur's expulsion of Burmese refugees. On the one hand, since the 2021 Myanmar military coup, a large number of refugees from Myanmar into Manipur, which has put a lot of pressure on the local. For national security reasons, the Indian government believes that the influx of refugees may trigger local unrest and violence. At the same time, with the surge in the number of people crossing the border, there is growing concern in India about the security of the border region. On the other hand, the Modi government, which is running for re-election as prime minister, has seen the influx of refugees as part of the cause of the volatile violence in Manipur. What is the impact of the Manipur refugee issue? The refugee problem in Manipur has serious implications in many ways. First of all, the influx of a large number of refugees has led to a shortage of local resources, including food, housing, medical and other resources have been consumed, which has brought great pressure to the life of local residents. Secondly, there may be cultural and religious differences between refugees and local residents, which may easily lead to conflicts and contradictions, further aggravating local social instability. In Manipur, for example, tens of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes after violent clashes in which homes, cars, churches, shops were burned, towns and villages were set ablaze. Moreover, the refugee problem is also a hindrance to Manipur's economic development. Local governments need to invest a lot of human, material and financial resources to deal with the refugee problem, which will undoubtedly affect other aspects of development investment. Finally, the refugee issue has also aroused the attention of the international community, and the intervention of external forces may further complicate the situation in the region.

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The issue of Burmese refugees in Manipur, the "treasure of India"

First of all, it can be confirmed that Manipur's attitude towards dealing with the issue of Burmese refugees is complex and changeable. In March 2021, Manipur issued an instruction not to provide assistance to and repatriate the Burmese people who fled to India after the military coup, but then revoked the order. Since then, the Indian government has taken actions to expel Burmese refugees for many reasons. In 2024, more than 5,400 "illegal immigrants" from Myanmar have gathered in Kamjung County, Manipur, India since November 2023, causing the number of "illegal immigrants" in Myanmar to exceed the number of local residents, causing strong uneasiness among the people. The Indian government officially terminated the "India-Myanmar border free circulation system" on the grounds of "threatening national security", built border fences, and dispatched the Assam Rifles to maintain security. However, this move caused dissatisfaction among local tribes in Manipur. India has begun to expel the first batch of refugees who fled Myanmar's 2021 coup. Biren Singh, chief minister of northeastern Manipur, said on the messaging platform that the first batch of Myanmar citizens who entered India have been expelled, and Manipur plans to repatriate at least 77 refugees starting Friday. India has not yet signed the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, nor has it enacted relevant laws to protect refugees. The repeated attitude of the Indian state of Manipur on the issue of Myanmar refugees reflects its considerations in maintaining regional stability and national security on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also highlights the huge pressure that the refugee issue has brought to the local area. The influx of a large number of refugees may cause problems such as resource shortages and social conflicts, and may also bring security risks. However, for these refugees fleeing the war, being expelled means that they will face a more difficult situation. Why is Manipur driving away Myanmar refugees? There are many reasons for Manipur to drive away Myanmar refugees. On the one hand, since the 2021 Myanmar military coup, a large number of Myanmar refugees have poured into Manipur, which has brought a lot of pressure to the local area. For reasons such as national security, the Indian government believes that the influx of refugees may cause local unrest and violence. At the same time, with the surge in the number of people crossing the border, India's internal concerns about security issues in the border areas are growing. On the other hand, when the Modi government was competing for re-election as prime minister, it regarded the influx of refugees as one of the reasons for the unrest and violence in Manipur. What impact does the refugee problem in Manipur have? The refugee problem in Manipur has brought many serious impacts. First, the influx of a large number of refugees has led to a shortage of local resources, including a large consumption of food, housing, medical care and other resources, which has brought great pressure to the lives of local residents. Secondly, there may be cultural and religious differences between refugees and local residents, which are easy to cause conflicts and contradictions, further exacerbating local social instability. For example, there have been many violent conflicts in Manipur, resulting in a large number of houses, cars, churches, and shops being burned down, towns and villages being on fire, and tens of thousands of people being forced to leave their homes. Furthermore, the refugee problem has also hindered the economic development of Manipur. The local government needs to invest a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to deal with the refugee problem, which will undoubtedly affect the development investment in other aspects. Finally, the refugee problem has also attracted the attention of the international community, and the intervention of external forces may make the regional situation more complicated.

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Scientists discover world's largest snake in the Amazon

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Report: Governments Are Shutting Down The Internet More Than Ever

Governments are using internet shutdowns to quell dissent and ahead of elections, school exams, or to prevent the spread of what they say is "misinformation."

According to Access Now’s annual KeepItOn report, governments across the world are shutting down the internet more than ever, often in an attempt to squash dissent, limit discussions of controversial subjects, during elections, or as part of a broader strategy to damage infrastructure during military conflicts.

The report states that 167 internet shutdowns occurred in 2022, compared to 112 in 2021, 99 in 2020 and 75 in 2019. The leading country, as it has been for the past five years, is India, with 84 shutdowns this year. But other governments are also increasingly using the practice. 2022 marked the first year since tracking started in 2016 that the number of shutdowns outside of India topped 100.

Some of the internet shutdowns, 28, included in the report are shutdowns of specific services, like social media sites, and not the entire internet.

Many of India’s shutdowns occurred in the Jammu and Kashmir regions, intended to squash protests and unrest in the region. The government has also, according to the report, refused to end shutdowns after being ordered to by the country’s Supreme Court.

They are not alone, there were 62 shutdowns that Access Now says were done to quell unrest in areas, the longest coming from Myanmar which has the longest ongoing shutdown, set to exceed 540 days in March. Sixteen of the shutdowns in 2022 were carried over from 2021 and another 16, including the aforementioned Myanmar shutdown that began in 2021, carried over into 2023.

Internet Access Restored in Protest-Hit Myanmar After Shutdown, Watchdog Says!

Left: NetBlocks@netblocks ⚠️ Confirmed: A near-total internet shutdown is in effect in #Myanmar as of 1 a.m. local time; real-time network data show national connectivity at just 14% of ordinary levels following state-ordered information blackout; incident ongoing Right: NetBlocks @netblocks February 14, 2021, Replying to @netblocks: Update: Internet connectivity is being restored in #Myanmar from 9 am local time; network data show national connectivity rising to ordinary levels after information blackout; social media still restricted for most users; incident duration ~8 hours (Twitter)

One surprising trigger for internet shutdowns is school exams. Authorities implemented eight shutdowns in an attempt to prevent cheating during school exams, including four cases that shut off the internet for the entire country (Algeria, Jordan, Sudan and Syria) and four cases that shut down the internet in three specific regions (Kurdistan in Iraq and Assam and West Bengal in India.)

Internet shutdowns do not just affect the protesters or students the government is targeting, but usually affect large swaths of the population indiscriminately, affecting the economy, tourism and daily life.

“I saved enough money to buy myself a smartphone, and started working as a delivery agent to provide for my family. My income depends on the internet. When the internet is shut down for days on end, I don’t make a single rupee,” a food delivery driver from Shillong, Meghalaya, India is quoted as saying in the report.

“With repeated shutdowns, tourism, the mainstay of our economy, is taking a hit. We can never say how long a communication blackout will last. Tourists become stranded, unable to communicate with loved ones, as basic messaging, navigation, and mobility services all become unavailable.”

The majority of shutdowns were intended to squash dissent and that has made it more difficult for activists and dissidents to fight back against oppressive regimes. “In some places, we can only communicate over military-owned telecom operators’ networks, even when we know it is very risky,” a person described in the report as a “human rights defender” in Myanmar said.

“Many times, we have to communicate with intermediaries for people’s safety, so we struggle to get direct information. Everything we do is being monitored — the military is conducting house raids, freezing our bank accounts and mobile banking apps, monitoring financial transactions, tracking SIM cards and phone IMEIs, stopping the issuance of passports to control people flying in and out.”

While most shutdowns affect the entire population of an area in some way, oftentimes governments target mobile networks specifically to allow wired broadband access to continue. Access Now says this creates a digital divide in poorer countries where only the wealthy elite and some businesses have access to wired internet and the vast majority of activists and lower-class people rely on mobile networks for communications.

There have been some technological attempts to enable internet access that cannot be easily shut down by the authorities. Of these technologies, mesh networks show the most promise.

Rather than relying on a cellular network, mesh network devices act as “nodes” passing on information to other devices in that network. With small and cheap enough devices, activists could hide them around an entire city, creating an intranet that would allow communication to continue within the city. If one or more of the devices could connect to a router with an internet connection, it could also act as a waypoint for the rest of the devices and open up the entirety of the internet for devices on the network.

But mesh networks have hurdles that must first be overcome to become a viable solution. While devices can be built fairly cheaply, what is cheap in the United States may be harder to obtain in developing or war-torn countries. There is also the issue of trust. If the devices are easily made and reproducible, then it would be trivial for governments to add a few nodes of their own to the network and monitor communications.

The technology also isn’t that popular in most regions that have the capital to bootstrap the project. Most populations in so-called 'first world' countries aren’t commonly subjected to government shutdowns and so their populations don't see the need for mesh network devices they may never use. This lack of investment limits the technology’s ability to scale.

North Korean Internet Outage Possibly Caused by US Government! North Korea's internet is back online after several hours of downtime caused by reported Denial of Service attacks, possibly authorized by the US government.

In 2021, Vice Motherboard wrote an article profiling activists who were working on easily deployable mesh network devices that could be made with off-the-shelf products, but the project’s website is down and its GitLab page hasn’t been updated in two years.

If the governments of those countries do decide to implement shutdowns, it may already be too late to spread information about the mesh networks and get them running.

While the United States did not shut down the internet in 2023 according to the report, Its government is not above shutting down the internet. In 2011, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) shuttered its underground wireless network while dealing with protests that erupted after a police shooting, and in 2016 activists at Standing Rock claimed their cellphone signals would mysteriously disappear, interrupting livestreams that were showing police actions against protesters.

Still, there are other mesh network projects ongoing, and projects like NYC Mesh not only have been used to provide internet for protesters, the company uses the technology to offer cheaper alternatives to traditional internet service providers.

Of course, mesh networks would largely be unnecessary if governments simply stopped shutting down the internet, something Access Now suggests they do. “Commit in law, policy, and practice to #KeepItOn at all times, and encourage other states to do the same,” the report suggests.

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It is counting day. Verdict will be delivered about the fate of 946 candidates as counting of votes for the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly 126 seat begins at 8AM, Sunday (May 2).

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Had Asked States, UTs in March to Ensure Covid-appropriate Behaviour in All Gatherings: Centre to HC

Had Asked States, UTs in March to Ensure Covid-appropriate Behaviour in All Gatherings: Centre to HC

The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that it had in March this year asked all state governments and union territories (UTs) to ensure compliance of Covid-19-appropriate behaviour in all gatherings. The submission by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has come in response to a plea seeking to debar campaigners and candidates from campaigning in the assembly elections for repeatedly violating…

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CM Sonowal, Leader of Oppn Among Prominent Names for First Phase

CM Sonowal, Leader of Oppn Among Prominent Names for First Phase

As Assam goes to polls for the first phase of elections in 47 seats, voting began at 7 am on Saturday for to decide the fate of prominent candidates including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Speaker Hitendranath Goswami and Debrata Saikia, the leader of opposition in the state. While CM Sarbananda Sonowal is contesting from Majuli, Debrata Saikia is contesting from Assam’s Nazira constituency.…

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Scientists discover world's largest snake in Amazon

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Assam polls 2021: BJP booth president stabbed to death in Tinsukia

Assam polls 2021: BJP booth president stabbed to death in Tinsukia

Image Source : FILE PHOTO BJP booth committee president stabbed to death in Assam A BJP booth committee president was stabbed to death in Assam’s Tinsukia district by one person, who has already been arrested, police said on Saturday. According to a senior police officer, the incident took place on Friday night at No 1 Doomdooma Nagaon village under Bordumsa police station of the district. After…

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Elections 2021 LIVE Updates: दिनेश त्रिवेदी BJP में शामिल, अब दिनेश बजाज ने छोड़ी TMC assembly election 2021 news live updates bjp West bengal tmc congress tamil nadu assam

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पश्चिम बंगाल (West Bengal), तमिलनाडु (Tamil Nadu), केरल (Kerala) और असम (Assam) और केंद्रशासित प्रदेश पुडुचेरी (Puducherry) में चुनाव की तैयारी जोरो पर चल रही है। प्रमुख दलों के उम्मीदवारों की घोषणा करने के साथ ही चुनाव (Elections 2021) की आधिकारिक तैयारियां हो चुकी हैं। ममता बनर्जी (Mamata Banerjee) ने नंदीग्राम से चुनाव लड़ने की घोषणा करते हुए अटकलों टाल दिया, जबकि अन्नाद्रमुक (AIDMK) और बीजेपी…

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Assam assembly election 2021: तेजस्वी ने खोले पत्ते, समान विचाराधारा वाले दलों से RJD करेगी गठबंधन

Assam assembly election 2021: तेजस्वी ने खोले पत्ते, समान विचाराधारा वाले दलों से RJD करेगी गठबंधन

राष्ट्रीय जनता दल (राजद) के नेता तेजस्वी यादव ��े शनिवार को कहा कि उनकी पार्टी समान विचारधारा वाले दलों से गठबंधन कर असम में आगामी विधानसभा चुनाव लड़ेगी। तेजस्वी यादव ने गुवाहाटी की अपनी पहली… Source link

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PM Modi बंगाल और असम के दौरे पर जाएंगे आज, पढ़ें:क्या क्या देंगे

PM Modi बंगाल और असम के दौरे पर जाएंगे आज, पढ़ें:क्या क्या देंगे

ZamanaTV: जैसा की आप जानते हैं , प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज यानी रविवार को असम और बंगाल के दौरे पर जा रहे हैं। दोनों ही चुनावी राज्यों में पीएम मोदी कई योजनाओं का शिलान्यास करेंगे और तोहफों की सौगात देंगे। पिछले 16 दिनों में पीएम मोदी दूसरी बार असम और बंगाल जा रहे हैं। भाजपा के मिशन बंगला के तहत इस यात्रा को काफी अहम माना जा रहा है, क्योंकि पार्टी को उम्मीद है कि पीएम मोदी के इस दौर से बंगाल…