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[tomorrowusa]

Social media barons once again kowtow to authoritarians.

Ethno-nationalist authoritarian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has been the subject of a series of critical documentaries on the BBC. The rightwing control freak contacted numerous platforms to suppress the docs. He got a favorable reception from them.

Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi

Twitter and YouTube censored a report critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in coordination with the government of India, according to a top Indian official. Officials called for the Big Tech companies to take action against a BBC documentary exploring Modi’s role in a genocidal 2002 massacre in the Indian state of Gujarat, which the officials deemed a “propaganda piece.”

In a series of posts, Kanchan Gupta, senior adviser at the Indian government’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, denounced the BBC documentary as “hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage.” He said that both Twitter and YouTube had been ordered to block links to the film, before adding that the platforms “have complied with the directions.”

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This act of censorship — wiping away allegations of crimes against humanity committed by a foreign leader — sets a worrying tone for Twitter, especially in light of its new management.

Elon Musk’s self-identification as a “free-speech absolutist” has been a primary talking point for the billionaire as he has sought to explain why he took ownership of the platform last year.

It looks like Elon is willing to put aside his “free-speech absolutist” approach if it might threaten Tesla sales in India.

And a familiar (ugly) face is returning to Facebook/Instagram.

Meta allows Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

Former President Donald Trump will be allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram more than two years after he was banned for inciting violence when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump's accounts will be reinstated "in the coming weeks" with new guardrails "to deter repeat offenses," Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Facebook's parent company Meta, said on Wednesday.

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Meta's announcement drew immediate blowback from civil rights and advocacy groups.

"[Meta CEO] Mark Zuckerberg's decision to reinstate Trump's accounts is a prime example of putting profits above people's safety," said NAACP President Derrick Johnson. "It's quite astonishing that one can spew hatred, fuel conspiracies, and incite a violent insurrection at our nation's Capitol building, and Mark Zuckerberg still believes that is not enough to remove someone from his platforms."

On Fb it’s fine to spew hate speech, encourage a coup, and spread pandemic disinformation as long as you’re a billionaire with lots of brainwashed followers.

I’d add that Nick Clegg, the Meta mouthpiece, is a former UK deputy prime minister. As leader of the Lib Dems in 2010 he got into an ill-fated coalition with Conservative David Cameron which proved disastrous for his party. He is an idiot whose only true skill is making it look like he’s more talented than he actually is. He is a hood ornament for Facebook the way Gerhard Schröder was for Gazprom.

Moth Meta and Twitter have been hurting financially with massive layoffs of workers. The decisions to censor on behalf of Modi and curry favor with Trump’s MAGA zombies have more to do with authoritarian money than anything else.

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Many Indians, including a minister, have been criticising a cartoon in German magazine Der Spiegel that they say was racist and in bad taste.

The cartoon shows a dilapidated Indian train - overflowing with passengers both inside and atop coaches - overtaking a swanky Chinese train on a parallel track.

It is being seen as mocking India as the country overtakes China to become the world's most populous nation.

Der Spiegel is a weekly news magazine.

Many Indians have tweeted, saying that that the magazine was stuck with an outdated idea of India and hadn't recognised the progress made by the country in recent decades.

Federal minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted: "Notwithstanding your attempt at mocking India, it's not smart to bet against India under PM @narendramodi ji. In a few years, India's economy will be bigger than Germany's."

Kanchan Gupta, senior adviser in the ministry of information and broadcasting, tweeted that the cartoon was "outrageously racist". Another Twitter user said the cartoon showed the magazine's "elite mindset".

The magazine has not reacted to the criticism.

While overcrowded trains can still be seen in many parts of India, significant investments have been made to improve the country's railway network and its trains.

Cartoons published by Western media have caused outrage in the country earlier as well. The New York Times newspaper had apologised in 2014 for a cartoon on India's Mars Mission following readers' complaints that it mocked India.

The cartoon showed a farmer with a cow knocking at the door of a room marked Elite Space Club where two men sit reading a newspaper. It was published after India successfully put the Mangalyaan robotic probe into orbit around Mars.

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Twitter censors BBC documentary revealing Narendra Modi's role in 2002 massacre of Muslims in India The Intercept reports that Twitter and Youtube have both censored postings about a BBC documentary which exposes Indian premier Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat massacre of Muslims. Kanchan Gupta, senior adviser at the Indian government's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, denounced the BBC documentary as "hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage." — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/01/25/twitter-censors-bbc-documentary-revealing-narendra-modis-role-in-2002-massacre-of-muslims-in-india.html

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The corporation has geared up to stop people from going for open defecation

Now the Municipal Corporation has started working on a war footing under the cleanliness survey. Corporation workers have already been deployed to continuously monitor the OD sites identified in the city. After this, the corporation has now taken advantage of the darkness to stop people from going for open defecation. Mayor Abhay Dare on Thursday gave instructions to make adequate lighting arrangements at the identified OD sites of the city. Apart from this, he also talked about providing torches to the corporation workers deployed at OD sites. So that continuous monitoring can be done at the OD site.

The Mayor Abhay Dare has been active regarding cleanliness, first of all, he inspected the open defecation places around the railway track in Bhagwanganj ward early in the morning. Apart from this, he also took stock of the cleanliness arrangements at OD sites in Bhagat Singh Ward, around Bhuteshwar Temple, Santarvidas Ward, Subhash Nagar, Tulsi Nagar, Motinagar, Ambedkar Ward, and the area around IHSDP scheme.

Inspected the cleanliness of Sulabh Complex located at Rahatgarh Bus Stand. While discussing with the people, he advised them to use community toilets and also talked about motivating the people around him. Ward residents including councilor Mahesh Ahirwar, Sitaram Pachkodi, Delansingh Chaudhary, Prabhu Dayal Sahu, and Manoj were present during the inspection.

Will build temporary toilets

Mayor Abhay Dare said that continuous monitoring of OD sites has started. Apart from this, instructions have been given to make cleanliness and lighting arrangements here. Besides, temporary toilets will also be constructed at 19 OD sites in the city. So that people do not face any problems.

Distribute dustbins

In the afternoon, Mayor Abhay Dare along with cleanliness brand ambassador Yogacharya Vishnu Arya and officials of the Sarafa Association gave the message of cleanliness by distributing dustbins in the Bada Bazaar area. Dare said that last year there was competition between 434 cities in the country, ow there is competition between 4041 cities. Therefore we need to work harder and support everyone. So that we can reach first place in the country. People should keep dustbins at their establishments. On this occasion, Bullion Association President Govind Jadia, Ayodhya resident Goldsmith Society President Makhan Soni, Vikram Soni, Councilor Yakriti Jadia, Dharmendra Khatik, Kanchan Gupta, Somesh Jadia, Madhav Soni, Prashant Dare, etc. were present.

Two employees suspended

Corporation Commissioner Anurag Verma has suspended Kallu Raikwar of the Planning Branch and Samaypal Ramesh Kushwaha of the Public Works Branch for missing from duty and being negligent in the cleanliness program.

Encroachment will be removed Mayor Abhay Dare said that during the inspection of the Rahatgarh bus stand, it was found that there was an illegal occupation. Half of which has been removed by the corporation, action will be taken against the remaining encroachments. The bus stand premises will be leveled by pouring mud and arrangements will be made to park the passenger vehicles and buses parked on the road in the premises.

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Kanchan Gupta said that Rahul Gandhi has asked 92 questions between 2019 and 2023 in Parliament of India

இந்திய நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் எதிர்க்கட்சிகள் பெரும்பாலும் மவுனமாக்கப்படுகின்றன என்ற ராகுல் காந்தியின் குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கு 2019 முதல் 2023 வரை ராகுல் காந்தி நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் 92 கேள்விகளை மட்டுமே கேட்டுள்ளார் என்று தகவல் மற்றும் ஒலிபரப்பு அமைச்சகத்தின் மூத்த ஆலோசகர் கஞ்சன் குப்தா பதிலடி கொடுத்துள்ளார். இங்கிலாந்தின் லண்டனில் அந்நாட்டு நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களிடம் காங்கிரஸ் கட்சியின்  முன்னாள் தலைவர் ராகுல்…

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MIB Senior Adviser Kanchan Gupta Slams Rahul Gandhi, Says 'Disturbing to...

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India has blocked the airing of a BBC documentary which questioned Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing any clips via social media is barred. Directions to block the clips from being shared have been issued using emergency powers available to the government under the country's information technology rules, said Kanchan Gupta, an adviser to the government, on his Twitter handle on Saturday. While the BBC has not aired the documentary in India, the video was uploaded on some YouTube channels, Gupta said. The government has issued orders to Twitter to block over 50 tweets linking to the video of the documentary and YouTube has been instructed to block any uploads of the video, Gupta said. Both YouTube and Twitter have complied with the directions, he added. Modi was the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat when it was gripped by communal riots that left more than 1,000 people dead, by government count - most of them Muslims. The violence erupted after a train carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire, killing 59. Human rights activists estimate at least double that number died in the rioting. Modi denied accusations that he failed to stop the rioting. A special investigation team appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the role of Modi and others in the violence said in a 541-page report in 2012 it could find no evidence to prosecute the then chief minister. Modi was later named the head of his party, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which he led to power in general elections in 2014 and then in 2019. Last week, a spokesperson for India's foreign ministry termed the BBC documentary a "propaganda piece" meant to push a "discredited narrative".

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India blocks BBC 'propaganda piece' — RT World News

The mini-series ties Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a bloody and fatal ethnic riot India has blocked the sharing of a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on YouTube and Twitter, government adviser Kanchan Gupta announced on Saturday. Slammed for its “colonial mindset” by the country’s Foreign Ministry, the series examines the PM’s alleged role in instigating ethnic violence…

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India Invokes Emergency Laws To Ban BBC Modi Documentary

Government Accused of ‘Censorship’ Over Ban on Film, “World’s Most Wanted Criminal , Killer, Hindu Extremist,” About Prime Minister’s Role in Violence During 2002 Gujarat Riots

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World’s Most Wanted Terrorist, Hindu Extremist, Killer and Criminal Narendra Modi, then Dhief Minister of Gujarat, answers questions before a supreme court-appointed panel investigating riots in Gandhinagar in 2010. Photograph: Ajit Solanki/Associated Press

The Indian government has invoked emergency laws to block a BBC documentary examining the role of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, during riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002.

Controversy has erupted in India over the first episode of the two-part programme, India: The Modi Question, which tracked his rise through the ranks of the Bharatiya Janata party and his appointment as chief minister of Gujarat.

The BBC also uncovered memos showing that Modi’s conduct was criticised at the time by western diplomats and the British government, including in a government report which found that the riots had “all the hallmarks of an ethnic cleansing”.

Modi has been haunted for decades by allegations of complicity in the violence that took place during the Gujarat riots, which broke out after 59 Hindu pilgrims died on a train that had been set on fire. The fire was blamed on the state’s Muslim population.

Almost 1,000 Muslims died in violence across the state. Police were accused of standing by and Modi of not doing enough to protect the minority community from the Hindu mobs and even tacitly supporting the Hindu extremists. He has denied accusations he failed to stop the rioting and in 2013 a supreme court panel said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him.

The first episode of the documentary was broadcast in the UK on Tuesday last week. It has not aired in India but its content – including unauthorised video clips – have been circulating on social media. It prompted a vehement response from the Modi government, which has described the documentary as “a propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative”.

“The bias and lack of objectivity and frankly continuing colonial mindset are blatantly visible,” said Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson for the foreign affairs ministry.

The documentary was also criticised in a joint statement by more than 300 former judges, bureaucrats and prominent figures who accused the BBC of pushing a British imperialist agenda and “setting itself up as both judge and jury to resurrect Hindu-Muslim tensions”.

It was also raised in the UK parliament, where the Labour MP Imran Hussain challenged the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, over the British government’s alleged knowledge of Modi’s role during in the violence. “I am not sure that I agree at all with the characterisation,” responded Sunak.

Over the weekend, India’s ministry of information and broadcasting issued directions banning any clips from the episode being shared under legislation introduced in 2021 that allow for the “blocking of information in case of emergency”.

Kanchan Gupta, an adviser at the ministry, said the government had ordered Twitter and YouTube to take down dozens of accounts that had been airing clips of the Modi documentary on the basis that it was “undermining the sovereignty and integrity of India” and “making unsubstantiated allegations”.

“Videos sharing BBC World hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage, disguised as ‘documentary’ on YouTube, and tweets sharing links to the BBC documentary have been blocked under India’s sovereign laws and rules,” Gupta said in a tweet.

The BBC has said in a statement that its documentary was “rigorously researched according to highest editorial standards”.

The decision to block the documentary comes amid an increasingly challenging environment for media and freedom of the press under the Modi government, with critical journalists and media subjected to state and judicial harassment. Last year, India slipped eight places in the press freedom index to 150 out of 180 counties, its worst position on record.

The ban on the BBC documentary was met with outrage by opposition politicians, who accused the Modi government of censorship. Mahua Moitra, an MP for opposition party Trinamool Congress, tweeted a link to a clip, writing: “Shame that the emperor and courtiers of the world’s largest democracy are so insecure. Sorry, haven’t been elected to represent world’s largest democracy to accept censorship.”

Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party, questioned why a documentary on Modi was blocked while another upcoming film venerating Gandhi’s killer, Nathuram Godse, was being released unchallenged.

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India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary • TechCrunch

The Indian government has ordered YouTube and Twitter to take down videos and tweets about a BBC documentary that is critical of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued the directions “for blocking multiple YouTube videos” and “over 50 tweets” linked to the videos of the first episode of the BBC documentary, Kanchan Gupta, an adviser to the…

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Pellet Frying Line for food processing industry

India’s driving food gear assembling and food handling organization has as of late sent off a Pellet Frying Line with Pre-Fryer for the developing tidbits and food handling industry.

This item is created for Fryums-Pellet Bites, Namkeen fixings like Sabudana, Vatana and different items that require double stage Broiling. The twofold wall fryer with lower Fryer having Direct (with heat recuperation framework) and Aberrant oil warming choices brings about eco-friendly Broiling while at the same time adding Pre-Searing to existing Fryers brings about expanded creation limit, better item development and crunchiness.

The item’s USP lies in full control on searing boundaries and least space prerequisite. The line limit of the Pellet Frying Line with Pre-Fryer begins from 300kg/hr onwards till 1000kg/hr. Pre-Radiator innovation assists with eliminating dampness of crude pellets by at lower entice. The machine is inbuilt with framework which is fit for taking care of an extensive variety of pellet shapes utilizing an exceptionally productive broiling process.

Quite possibly of the best element, when contrasted and different frameworks, is the low support part. Aside from this, it has a coordinated clean set up (CIP) framework which includes mechanized frameworks used to clean the inside surfaces of the fryer.

Raghav Gupta, chief, Kanchan Metals, said, “We are really glad to declare the send off of our new item called Pellet Frying Line with Pre-Fryer. This broiling line is planned by our accomplished experts involving present day innovation and the best quality parts in adherence with industry quality standards. The gave broiling line is checked against different quality measures to guarantee its quality.

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Anandi Baa Aur Emily’s Mishkat Varma on judging Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar for doing tobacco ads

Anandi Baa Aur Emily’s Mishkat Varma on judging Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar for doing tobacco ads

Mishkat Varma is a very familiar face of the telly industry, who has been part of numerous TV shows over the years. The actor shot to fame as Raj Purohit with his debut show Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya and was last seen in Divya Drishti. He had taken a break from TV for some time and now he is back with a new entertainment show, Anandi Baa Aur Emily. In an interview with Hindustan Times, he talked about…

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दूसरे फेज में चालीस लोगों को टीका

दूसरे फेज में चालीस लोगों को टीका

केनगर। एक संवाददाता प्रखंड मुख्यालय स्थित प्राथमिक स्वास्थ्य केन्द्र केनगर में पदाधिकारी… Source link

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"India's Rahul Gandhi takes helm of Congress party to challenge Modi" has been added to my site. Please visit for details. http://www.stocknewspaper.com/indias-rahul-gandhi-takes-helm-of-congress-party-to-challenge-modi/

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Strategic partnership with UAE in India's moment

Strategic partnership with UAE in India’s moment

 Kanchan Gupta

It’s a tough choice to decide as to what is the most memorable sight in Abu Dhabi, the largest of the seven emirates that make up United Arab Emirates and the capital of this Gulf country. The awesome Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, built with sparkling white marble and crafted by Indian artisans, should be the clear winner. But if the mind were a hard disk, memories of a visit to this…