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       India
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: November 18, 2020, 5:13 pm
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       How India is transforming towards authoritarianism | DW Analysis
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       > 2020 has seen the deadliest Hindu-Muslim violence for decades
       in Delhi. And the majority of the victims belonged to India’s
       Muslim minority. The riots were soon eclipsed by another crisis:
       coronavirus.But in the months since, people involved in the
       protest movement say they’re being quietly targeted. India’s
       government claims it is bringing perpetrators of February’s
       violence to justice. But activists and monitors are raising
       questions about these moves: is India’s government trying to
       silence its critics?
       >
       > In December 2019, the Indian parliament passed what it called
       the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The new law grants amnesty
       to people who came to India illegally from three neighboring
       Muslim-majority countries. It also offers a fast-track to Indian
       citizenship. But it includes a key exception. It only applies to
       non-Muslim migrants. Opponents of the law say is unfair and
       discriminatory. Over 1,500 people were ultimately arrested or
       detained in connection with the Delhi riots. Some of those
       detained or questioned by police say victims of the violence are
       being treated like perpetrators. Rights monitors say his case is
       part of an alarming pattern. Apart from arresting Khalid, the
       police have named at least 15 prominent academics and activists
       in connection with the riots. And there’s one thing in common:
       They have all publicly spoken out against the CAA.
       >
       > Activists and human rights defenders have also come under
       mounting pressure in recent months, particularly because of
       their engagement in mass protests against the Citizenship
       Amendment Act that took place across the country earlier this
       year. More than 1,500 people have reportedly been arrested in
       relation to the protests, with many charged under the Unlawful
       Activities Prevention Act - a law which has also been widely
       criticized for its lack of conformity with international human
       rights standards.
       >
       > India’s standing on the World Democracy Index has declined
       since Prime Minister Modi took office in 2014: It ranked 27th at
       the time. By 2019, India had dropped to position 51. There’s
       growing fear India could be drifting away from its status as the
       world’s largest  democracy.
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       Re: India
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: November 28, 2020, 2:49 pm
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       Thousands of farmers march to Indian capital defying tear gas
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       > Farmers are protesting against new laws passed by Modi
       government, which they fear will benefit corporations.
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       > Thousands of farmers have entered the capital New Delhi for a
       planned protest against new farm laws hours after the police
       fired several rounds of tear gas and used water cannon to stop
       the Dilli Chalo (Go to Delhi) march.
       >
       > Protesting Indian farmers scuffled with police earlier on
       Friday during the march to the capital, against new laws, which
       will make it easier for farmers to sell their produce directly
       to private buyers and enter into a contract with private
       companies.
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       Re: India
   DIR By: rp
       Date: November 30, 2020, 6:11 pm
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       Indian Army propaganda video:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl3XSPB3D_k
       Based on the video, to me, The Indian Army appears very well
       disciplined and courageous, something that is lacking in Western
       "military" forces. If only it could be put to use against the
       real enemy, instead of being instigated to fight the enemy of
       Jews (i.e. China and Pakistan)...
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       Re: India
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: November 30, 2020, 10:48 pm
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       Dugin has his eyes on India:
  HTML https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/russias-strategy-in-central-asia-inviting-india-to-balance-china/
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       > the idea of India linking up with the EAEU brings a sense of
       déjà vu. Like the enlargement of the Shanghai Cooperation
       Organization (SCO), this appears to be a Russian tactic of using
       India to balance China’s increasing economic power in Central
       Asia.
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       Will India fall for this trick? Or can India be made to
       understand that its allies of true destiny are its fellow former
       victims of colonization?
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       Re: India
   DIR By: rp
       Date: November 30, 2020, 11:09 pm
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       There are Israelis and Russians in the comments of the video
       "praising" India to make them more Zionist/Duginist. However,
       there are some Pakistanis in the comments who also say they
       respect the Indian army. So it could go either way, just as it
       could with China.
       Which do you consider worse: A False Leftist technocratic China
       or a rightist Duginist India?
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       Re: India
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: December 3, 2020, 10:53 pm
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       India denies reprisal attacks after troops killed in Kashmir
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       > The Indian army has denied reports of reprisal attacks after
       the deaths of two of its soldiers in Indian-administered Kasmir
       last week.
       >
       > But residents of one area outside Srinagar have told Al
       Jazeera details about an attack they say was carried out by
       security forces.
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       Re: India
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: December 7, 2020, 8:07 pm
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       'Mystery illness' appears in India's Andhra Pradesh
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       > A "mystery illness" has appeared in Eluru city of India's
       Andhra Pradesh state. One person has died, and at least 450 have
       been hospitalised.
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       Mysterious new illness afflicts hundreds in India
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       > A strange illness has surfaced in India, killing at least one
       person and hospitalizing hundreds more. The sickness sparking
       global concern.
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       Re: India
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: December 9, 2020, 12:13 pm
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       Indian Farmers Lead Historic Strike & Protests Against Narendra
       Modi, Neoliberalism & Inequality
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       > As COVID rages through India, which has the second-highest
       number of reported cases worldwide, hundreds of thousands of
       farmers are converging on the capital New Delhi to demand the
       government repeal new laws that deregulate agricultural markets,
       saying the reforms give major corporations power to set crop
       prices far below current rates and devastate the livelihoods of
       farmers. Agriculture is the leading source of income for more
       than half of India’s 1.3 billion people. The farmer revolt comes
       as some 250 million workers across the country took part in the
       largest strike in history against the Modi government’s
       neoliberal labor reforms. We speak with P. Sainath, a longtime
       Indian journalist and the founder of People’s Archive of Rural
       India, or PARI, who describes why working-class Indians are
       standing up against “absolutely vicious” new rules that were
       rammed through Parliament, and the protests show no signs of
       stopping.
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       Re: India
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: December 14, 2020, 12:34 am
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       Workers reportedly protest at iPhone plant in India over unpaid
       wages
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       > A violent riot has reportedly taken place at an iPhone
       production factory in India over unpaid wages and exploitation.
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       Re: India
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: January 9, 2021, 12:25 pm
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       India to go ahead with purchase of S-400 system despite US
       sanctions threat
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       > India says it will go ahead with the purchase of Russia's
       S-400 air defense system despite the US sanctions threat,
       reminding Washington of New Delhi’s independent foreign policy.
       >
       > "India has always pursued an independent foreign policy. This
       also applies to our defense acquisitions and supplies which are
       guided by our national security interests," said the Ministry of
       External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava in a Friday
       statement as quoted by Time of India daily.
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