ही बातमी समजली का - भाग १६८

Americans who practice yoga 'contribute to white supremacy', claims Michigan State University professor

Religious studies professor Shreena Gandhi argues the practice has 'flourished' in the US from the 'cultural void of white society'. She made the arguments in a report, titled “Yoga and the Roots of Cultural Appropriation”, co-authored with Lillie Wolff, an “antiracist white Jewish organiser, facilitator, and healer”. The authors wrote: “This modern day trend of cultural appropriation of yoga is a continuation of white supremacy and colonialism, maintaining the pattern of white people consuming the stuff of culture that is convenient and portable, while ignoring the well-being and liberation of Indian people. “While the (mis)appropriation of yoga may not be a life-threatening racism, it is a part of systemic racism nonetheless, and it is important to ask, what are the impetuses for this cultural ‘grabbing’?”. Prof Gandhi said yoga is intimately tied to colonialism and was originally used as a tool to show the British that Indians “were not backwards or primitive".

Dr Arvind Subramanian has been a good doctor since his appointment as the CEA in October 2014. The NDA government has been a terrible patient. The uneasy relationship between a good doctor and a bad patient is best illustrated by the divergence between the Economic Survey (ES) and the Budget ______________ P Chidambaram

6. The ES pointed out that savings and private investments had been consistently falling for a few years, that the twin engines that propelled the economy’s take-off in the mid 2000s are running below take-off speed, and the government must announce a roadmap for reviving private investments. In the Budget, the Finance Minister did not even acknowledge the worrying situation of savings and investments!

इकॉनॉमिक सर्व्हे मधला गुंतवणूक व बचतविषयक भाग इथे आहे. त्यातला मुख्य आलेख खाली देतो आहे.
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चिदंबरम यांनी यामधे जबरदस्त चलाखी केलेली आहे. म्हंजे लबाडी म्हणावं इतकी. डोमॅस्टिक सेव्हिंग्स व इन्व्हेस्टमेंट कमी झालेली आहे तो ट्रेंड खरंतर २००९ पासूनचा आहे. म्हंजे युपीए २ पासूनचा.

(१) त्यादरम्यान चिदंबरम यांनी हा ट्रेंड रिव्हर्स करण्यासाठी काही का केलं नाही ते सांगणार नाही ?? ठीकाय. एनडीए च्या कार्याचे मूल्यमापन करणाऱ्या व्यक्तीने युपीए-२ शी तुलना न करता आदर्श स्थितीशी (म्हंजे काय हे कोणालाच माहीती नसतं) तुलना करावी - अशी अपेक्षा आहे ?? ठीकाय.

(२) पण जोडीला एनडीएने जे ॲकच्युअली केलं ते नमूद न करताच निष्कर्ष काढून रिकामं व्हायचं की एनडीए काही करत नैय्ये म्हणून ??
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Israel said on Wednesday it would pay thousands of African migrants living illegally in the country to leave, threatening them with jail if they are caught after the end of March.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in public remarks at a cabinet meeting on the payment program, said a barrier Israel completed in 2013 along its border with Egypt had effectively cut off a stream of “illegal infiltrators” from Africa after some 60,000 crossed the desert frontier. The vast majority came from Eritrea and Sudan and many said they fled war and persecution as well as economic hardship, but Israel treats them as economic migrants. The plan launched this week offers African migrants a $3,500 payment from the Israeli government and a free air ticket to return home or go to “third countries”, which rights groups identified as Rwanda and Uganda.

Maldives president declares war on SC, court seeks India help

"The chief of judicial administration, Hasan Saeed, had his home raided on bribery charges and judges are being intimidated. We need India to take tough measures to ensure that rule of law is implemented in the Maldives," a top source in the SC told TOI. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was closely involved with the SC ruling which ordered the release of all political prisoners, including Mohammed Nasheed, the country's first democratically elected president. The Indian mission in Male, according to sources in New Delhi, was in touch with "all relevant agencies" involved in the crisis.

मालदीव च्या सर्वोच्च न्यायालयातल्या कर्मचाऱ्याला भारत सरकारबद्दल विश्वास का वाटतो ?? भारत सरकारने हस्तक्षेप करावा असं का वाटतं ? मोदी हे भारतातल्या इन्स्टिट्युशन्स खराब करत आहेतच पण इतर देशांच्या इन्स्टिट्युशन्स पण खराब करत आहेत.

Framers producing fruits & vegetables are our 'TOP' priority. 'TOP' means 'Tomato, Onion & Potato'. We have launched 'Operation green' in interest of these farmers. 'Operation green' would be beneficial for farmers just like the Amul model was successful in dairy: PM Modi

— ANI (@ANI) February 4, 2018

अरे ह्या माणसाला आवरा रे कुणी तरी!

SAD (Serious Acronym Disorder)

When two people get into wedlock, no one should interfere: SC to khap panchayats

The Supreme Court on Monday asked khap panchayats to not be the “conscience keeper of the society”, adding that “no khap, no individual or no society can question the marriage of two people”. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, made the observation while hearing a plea against the khap panchayats. “When two people get into wedlock, no panchayat, no one should interfere,” CJI Misra said. During an earlier hearing, the apex court had termed the attacks on those opting for inter-caste marriage as “absolutely illegal”. The court had also added that such associations cannot collectively punish any men or women for marrying each other of their own choice. “Even if panchayat is a collective body, they cannot threaten a girl or a boy from marrying each other. Whatever it is, it shall not be archaic. It should be alive,” the court said. The bench had also asked the Centre to give its response on the suggestions given by senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae. It also added that if the government does not come out with its suggestions, then the court would contemplate passing the order on the amicus’ suggestion.

सर्वोच्च न्यायालयानं दणका दिलेला आहे.
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Boeing in talks to sell F/A-18 fighter jets to India

Boeing Co. is in talks to sell F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Indian Navy, which is reviewing proposals for 57 jets. Gene Cunningham, Boeing's vice president for defense, space and security, said at the Singapore Airshow that much technical evaluation still has to take place on the potential deal, Bloomberg reports. In addition to 57 jets for its navy's aircraft carriers, India's air force is also seeking to buy at least 100 planes. If combined, the order would represent the largest fighter jet order in play, Bloomberg reports.

In another setback to Pakistan, a bill was on Tuesday introduced in the US House of Representatives to end non-defence aid to Islamabad as it “provides military aid and intelligence” to terrorists. The bill sought that the amount be redirected to infrastructure projects in the US. Congressmen Mark Sanford from South Carolina and Thomas Massie from Kentucky, who introduced the legislation, said the bill will prohibit the US State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from sending American taxpayer money to Pakistan.

काल बोईंग ला एफ-१८ ची विमाने खरेदीची ऑर्डर मिळण्याचे संकेत दिले गेले ... आणि आज ही बातमी.

Budget’s bias toward privately-delivered care undermines universal health coverage

Until about four decades ago, specialist healthcare (secondary and tertiary care) was largely a province of public hospitals, and the private sector largely kept itself to the provision of generalist healthcare. This underwent a transformation with the rise of the advanced medical interventions comprising tertiary-care medicine like organ transplantation and open heart surgery. Given these highly-profitable medical advances, the private sector quickly turned its attention to tertiary care. With little being done to erect a robust public health infrastructure that could make healthcare available regardless of one’s ability to pay, highly-priced sophisticated medical interventions kept pushing into the Indian healthcare scenario. This has evolved into an entrenched characteristic of modern Indian healthcare.

In a country where primary care still remains the central need of most of the population, and where the slightest of out-of-pocket expense can be a significant deterrent in accessing health services, market forces, whose interests remain attached expensive specialist healthcare, are no answer to universal health coverage. This long-standing trend of unduly favouring specialist care over generalist care and private over public healthcare, has to go for universal health care to become a reality.

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हजारो शोषित कुटुंबातील मुलांना डॉक्टर होण्यासाठी अनेकविध उपाय केले गेले. गेल्या ७० वर्षांत. आता तिच मुलं डॉक्टर झाल्यावर आता प्रायव्हेट प्रॅक्टिस करू इच्छीतात व पैसे कमवू इच्छितात व आपल्या कुटुंबाला शोषितत्वातून बाहेर काढू इच्छितात. त्याला पायबंद घालणार ?? कारण ती मुलं मार्केट फोर्सेस चा हिस्सा झालेली आहेत म्हणून ??
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ब्रिटनमधल्या 'इकॉनॉमिस्ट' माध्यमगटाच्या लोकशाही निर्देशांकानुसार गेल्या वर्षीच्या ३२व्या स्थानावरून भारत ४२व्या स्थानावर घसरला आहे. राजकीय संस्कृती, सरकारचं कामकाज, आणि व्यक्तिस्वातंत्र्यासारख्या मुद्द्यांवरून ही घसरण झाली आहे. अल्पसंख्यांविरोधात हिंसा, पत्रकारांच्या जिवाला धोका,वगैरे घटकही ह्या घसरणीला कारणीभूत ठरलेले दिसतात.
India slips to 42nd place on EIU Democracy Index

बँकांचे नॉन-परफॉर्मिंग अॅसेट्स यूपीएच्या काळातले असल्याचा, पण यूपीएनं ते देशापासून दडवल्याचा दावा काल माननीय पंप्रंनी केला. मात्र विदा काही वेगळे सांगतो असा दावा एनडीटीव्हीनं केला आहे. इतकंच नव्हे, तर शंका उपस्थित होताच भाजपच्या अधिकृत ट्विटर हँडलवरून संबंधित ट्वीट गायब झालं -
Prime Minister's NPA Allegation Against Congress: Mystery Data, Deleted Tweet

BJP will make major assault on Constitution if it controls both Houses, says Shashi Tharoor

आमच्याकडे एक छत्री होती. प्रथम आम्ही तिचा दांडा बदलला, नंतर काड्या बदलल्या, नंतर मूठ बदलली, नंतर कापड बदललं. आता "ते" छत्री च्या जिवावर उठलेत.
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Arun Jaitley slams Congress: Compromising India’s security by asking Rafale details

याला विनोद का म्हणू नये, जेटली साहेब ?

तुम्ही Fincantieri आणि AgustaWestland च्या व्यवहाराचा तपशील मागितलात तेव्हा देशाची सुरक्षितता महत्वाची नव्हती का ? बोफोर्स ?
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Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday the drug problem in the state's colleges was not as big as it's being made out to be. "But we are definitely worried," the CM said, adding that girls drinking beer was also a concern.

हे असले फालतू विचार प्रवर्तन करण्यापेक्षा..... सेवानिवृत्ती हा एक मस्त विकल्प आहे, पर्रीकर साहेब.
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गब्बर टाइम्स आणि नबा'काळ मस्त.

Saving Sharda a shared demand in AJK

Modi becomes first Indian PM to visit Palestine

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Trump phones Modi over Maldives, Burma, Afghanistan as US, India strive for strategic consonance

In fact, the White House readout went so far as to reveal that "President Trump and Prime Minister Modi then discussed further steps to ensure denuclearization of North Korea," drawing India into a crisis that the US has been trying to handle with surrounding powers such as China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea.

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ONGC, partners acquire 10% stake in Abu Dhabi oilfield for $600 million

धंदो मे फायदो छे !!!
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India gets access to strategic Oman port Duqm for military use, Chabahar-Gwadar in sight

In a strategic move to expand its footprint in the Indian Ocean region, India has secured access to the key Port of Duqm in Oman for military use and logistical support, top sources have told The Indian Express. This is part of India’s maritime strategy to counter Chinese influence and activities in the region. This was one of the key takeaways of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Oman over the last two days. He met Sultan of Oman Sayyid Qaboos bin Said Al Said and an annexure to the Memorandum of Understanding on Military Cooperation was signed between the two countries. Sources said following this pact, the services of Duqm port and dry dock will be available for maintenance of Indian military vessels. The Port of Duqm is situated on the southeastern seaboard of Oman, overlooking the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. It is strategically located, in close proximity to the Chabahar port in Iran. With the Assumption Island being developed in Seychelles and Agalega in Mauritius, Duqm fits into India’s proactive maritime security roadmap.

जबरदस्त. फार आवडलं.

पण हे प्रोॲक्टिव्ह कसं ? हे चीन ला प्रत्युत्तर म्हणून असेल तर ते रिॲक्टिव्ह नाही का ?
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सोहराबुद्दीन एनकाऊंटर केसवर पूर्वी काम केलेले निवृत्त न्यायाधीश अभय ठिपसे यांची मुलाखत इंडियन एक्स्प्रेसमध्ये आली आहे.

मोदींचं परराष्ट्र खातं जोरदार काम करतंय. मागच्या वर्षी नाही का नवाज शरिफकडे {अचानक} खाना झाला. पत्रकारांसह पन्नास जणांचे जेवण तयार होते.

गब्बर सिंग आणि ढेरे शास्त्रींसाठी.......

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/after-stopping-haj-subsidy-bj…

Mass exodus from 'Mad Max violence' in Venezuela: Thousands flee across bridge to Colombia amid desperate hunger and soaring crime following economic crisis

समाजवादाचे अनंत उपकार. आतील चित्रे एकदम प्रेक्षणीय.
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उपेक्षित, वंचित, शोषित, रंजलेगांजलेले, तळागाळातले, आर्थिक दृष्ट्या दुर्बल घटक यांच्यासाठी खासकरून निर्माण केलेल्या महान, उदात्त समाजवादाची ही अशी दुर्दशा ?? की हेच उपेक्षित त्याच समाजवादास तिलांजली देत आहेत ??? ... मार्क्स च्या व एंगल्स च्या आत्म्यांना आज फार क्लेश होत असतील.
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नीरव प्रकरण डिटेल्स?
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बँक भ्रष्टाचार - १)मंजुरीपेक्षा अधिक रकमेचा ओवरड्राफ्ट देणे, २) तारणाचे खोटे वॅल्युएशन, ३)या संबंधी वरून फक्त तोंडी निरोप येणे. "मी मागितले, बँकेने दिले" हाच युक्तिवाद."
* उघडकीस आले तर अधिकारी तुरुंगात, बाकी लाभार्थी मोकळे आणि पैसे परत येतच नाहीत.

बरेच इकडे तिकडे ऐकण्यात आणि वाचण्यात येतंय . भाजप म्हणतंय की ही २०११ ची घाण आहे . ढेरे सर यांना निरोप पाठवलाय . ते अभ्यास करून न भडकाउ पद्धतीने लिहितात ( कट्टर भाजप वाले असूनही , आश्चर्य आहे ना ?) त्यांच्या उत्तराची वाट बघुयात , नक्की डिटेल्स करता .
अजून एक होतं , मोडींपाठोपाठ काल अर्थ राज्य मंत्रीही म्हणाले की 2014 नंतर एक पैशाचा एनपीए नाही म्हणून .
आहे का असं काही खरच ?
परत माईक ढेरेनकडे देतो.
किंवा थत्ते ...

Iranian President Rouhani could give India key to port

Rouhani landed in Hyderabad on Thursday evening. He will be given a state reception and will meet PM Narendra Modi on Saturday.

भारत एकाच वेळी इस्रायल व इराण दोघांना खेळवतोय का ? जसं अमेरिका भारत-पाकिस्तान हायफनेशन करते (व नंतर डिहायफनेट केल्यासारखं दाखवते) तसं ??
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असं काही नाही. प्रत्येक राष्ट्राला आपला माल विकायचा आहे आणि काही घ्यायचा आहे. पैसा प्यारा. राजकारण नंतर मामला.

The vigour of PM Narendra Modi’s travels can barely disguise the fact that in terms of India’s security objectives, he is looking very weak indeed

थत्ते चाचांना अत्यंत आवडेल असा लेख.
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India to get control of key port in Iran for 18 months

१८ महिनेच का ? भगवदगीतेमधे १८ अध्याय आहेत म्हणून ?
१८ महिन्यांत असं काय साध्य होणार आहे ?
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मोदींचा प्रोटेक्शनिझम चीनसारखा असण्यापेक्षा नेहरूंसारखा- स्वामीनाथन अय्यर

इथे पण नेहरूचीच कॉपी?

Shashi Tharoor pointed out that 19 of Modi’s 23 “new policies” were in fact old Congress policies with new names. Nothing wrong with that. It’s sensible to pick up and upgrade the best ideas of your opponents.

The problem arises when you start picking up their worst, failed policies.

डिल्यूजन कंटिन्यूज.....

https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/men-and-ideas/maunmohan-to-ma…

मोदींना २०१४ मध्ये मतं मिळाली ती म्हणे ते विकास करणार होते म्हणून !!

Mr Modi does not like journalists... But it is time to get over it, or the Prime Minister could find himself friendless and alone at a time when he needs friends in the media, not sycophants. ___________ तवलीन सिंग.

The magic of those early euphoric months of Narendra Modi’s tenure has faded so it is more important than ever for the Prime Minister to realise that the media can no longer be ignored.

मिडियातल्या लोकांचे स्वत:बद्दल फार गोड समज आहेत असं दिसतं.
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नोटाबंदीचा खेळ आता सर्वोच्च न्यायालयात जाणार -
जिल्हा बँका सुप्रीम कोर्टात

PM Modi lays foundation stone for Navi Mumbai international airport: Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the Rs 16,700 crore-Navi Mumbai international airport, which is expected to ease flight operations at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

हे दोन वर्षे आधी करायला हवं होतं.

What Can’t Be Debated on Campus

There is a lot of abstract talk these days on American college campuses about free speech and the values of free inquiry, with lip service paid to expansive notions of free expression and the marketplace of ideas. What I’ve learned through my recent experience of writing a controversial op-ed is that most of this talk is not worth much. It is only when people are confronted with speech they don’t like that we see whether these abstractions are real to them.

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ट्रंप चा लेटेष्ट ट्वीट. आवडला.
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Beautiful weather all over our great country, a perfect day for all Women to March. Get out there now to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last 12 months. Lowest female unemployment in 18 years!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the BJP's new headquarters on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, spread over 1.70 lakh square feet, on Sunday in the presence of party chief Amit Shah, former BJP chiefs, several Union ministers and office-bearers.

While Modi lauded Shah and his team for building the multi-storeyed, three-tower HQ in 18 months, the party chief said the building was bigger than the office of any political party in the world.

पण --- भाजपाने स्वत:च्या पक्षाचे कार्यालय १८ महिन्यांत बांधले परंतू रस्ते बांधणीच्या प्रकल्पांमधे उशीर होतोय ---- असा आरडाओरडा कसाकाय झालेला नाहिये अजून ?
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लोक जर गावं सोडूनच शहराकडे पळताहेत, शेतीही सुटलीच आहे तर त्या रस्ंत्यावर कोण फिरणार?

Post-Damore, 46% of self-identified moderates feel less comfortable expressing their views in Silicon Valley.

As first reported in WIRED, today Lincoln Network, a Bold partner and the leading right-of-center technology group in Silicon Valley, released the full findings of its pilot survey of nearly 400 tech employees on how they perceive the industry’s openness to different political ideologies. The survey was previewed on Fox Business by Bold Founder Carrie Sheffield. The most disturbing discovery was how Google’s response to James Damore’s “Diversity Memo” has already discouraged openness. Last year, Google condemned and fired Damore, a senior software engineer, after the viral public response to his internally-published memo. Damore is now suing Google for bias. When we asked our survey respondents if Google’s response has made them more or less comfortable sharing ideological viewpoints with colleagues, 47 percent replied “less.” The impact on different ideological groups was starker: 70 percent of self-identified “very conservative” respondents, 64 percent of “conservatives,” and 66 percent of “libertarians” were “less” comfortable. Even 46 percent of moderates were less comfortable. By contrast, 13 percent of liberals and 26 percent of “very liberal” respondents felt more comfortable sharing their views.

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U.S. Navy: China’s military buildup won’t stop patrols

ABOARD USS CARL VINSON, Philippines — U.S. forces are undeterred by China’s military buildup on man-made islands in the South China Sea and will continue patrolling the strategic, disputed waters wherever “international law allows us,” said a Navy officer aboard a mammoth U.S. aircraft carrier brimming with F-18 fighter jets. Lt. Cmdr. Tim Hawkins told The Associated Press on board the USS Carl Vinson that the Navy has carried out routine patrols at sea and in the air in the region for 70 years to promote security and guarantee the unimpeded flow of trade that’s crucial for Asian and U.S. economies.

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