The Good Word

THE GOOD WORD

Oct 4, 2021 - Week 42

Volume 7S-21| Pages 1

Russian ally Tajikistan becomes a growing

cause of concern for the Taliban in Afghanistan

Bharat First

Agrasen Ground.

Following this, the

Sanyukta Kisan

Morcha (SKM) claimed

that one of the farmers

was shot dead by

Ashish Misra - son of

Union MoS Ajay Misra

Teni and two farmers

were killed after his car

ran over them. In

retaliation, farmers

resorted to stone-

pelting at the car which

had overturned, killing

four BJP workers -

including Misra's driver.

Clashes ensued after

the incident resulting in

many injuries. The

state imposed section

144 in the Lakhimpur

District and suspended

mobile and internet

Oct 4, Pakistani Taliban,

known as TTP or Tehreek-

e-Taliban Pakistan had

announced a three week

ceasefire on Friday with

the Pakistan government

but has since backtracked

on the declaration.

It targeted Pakistan

armed forces in a vehicle

travelling near the

Afghan border killing four

soldiers and one

policeman. Claiming

responsibility for the

attack it said it had target

a raiding party.

Prime minister Imran

Khan had said earlier that

their government was in

talks with TTP to work

out a reconciliation deal.

However, a TTP

spokesperson

Muhammad Khurasani

denied it saying the

militant outfit does not

seek a peace agreement

with Pakistan.

According to Pakstan

Today the spokesperson

also urged TTP fighters to

continue their attacks on

the Pakistan armed

forces wherever they are.

He claimed the TTP was

an organized movement,

cohesive and devoid of

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Oct 1, leading actress

Kangana Ranaut met

Uttar Pradesh (UP) CM

Yogi Adityanath after

the state accorded her

the role of its brand

ambassador for the

flagship scheme, ‘one

district one product’.

Under the scheme UP

intends to create

product-specific

traditional

manufacturing centres

across 75 districts.

At the cordial meeting

Kangana complimented

the work of the Yogi

Adityanath-led

government and wished

him luck for the coming

elections. Yogi

Adityanath gifted

Kangana a coin from the

Ram Janm Bhumi Pujan

and invited her to visit

the Ram temple in

Ayodhya.

At: Republic, Image – Zee5

Oct 4, hearing a plea filed

by a Noida resident

against the road blockade

by farmer groups the

Supreme Court (SC)

issued a notice to 40 farm

leaders and groups,

impleading them in the

case as respondents. The

Haryana government had

urged the court to do so

after a committee it set

up to hold talks failed as

farmer leaders refused to

participate. Rakesh Tikait,

Yogendra Yadav, Darshan

Pal, Gurnam Singh are

among those impleaded.

On Sep 30, the top court

had questioned how long

highways could be

blocked. It reasoned the

problem could either be

solved through a judicial

forum or parliamentary

debate. It then asked the

Centre what steps were

taken to remove the

blocks. The Centre had

clarified it would not

backtrack on the farm

laws. The matter is

posted for hearing on Oct

20. At: OdishaTV

services.

Meanwhile the state

police detained a

number of political

leaders who had tried

to rush to the spot

sensing an opportunity

for securing political

mileage. Congress

leader Priyanka Vadra

was detained in

Sitapur, security was

heightened at SP

leader Akhilesh Yadav’s

residence after he

announced he wanted

to visit Lakhimpur.

Chhattisgarh CM and

the Punjab deputy CM

were denied

permission to land in

Lucknow.

At: Republic, NewIndianExpress

Sep 30, Uttarakhand

authorities demolished

an illegal mosque that

had stood since 2001

when during the

construction of the dam,

a temporary mosque

had been erected for

some workers. The

mosque was not

removed on completion

of construction.

OpIndia had reported

that locals and Hindu

organizations had rallied

to remove the illicit

structure. The state

minority commission

tried to delay the

removal after the

mosque administration

approached it, but the

issue trended on social

media after the OpIndia

report and the national

attention it got, led to

the state authorities

razing it promptly.

At: OpIndia

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Pandora Papers

leak exposes huge

offshore dealings

Yogi government controls Lakhimpur Kheri

violence as opposition senses political gains

SC notice to farm

protest leaders

on road blocks

factions.

The TTP has intensified

attacks on security

forces in recent months,

mounting heavy

casualties among

Pakistan’s security

forces. In August alone,

it claimed to have

carried out 32 attacks.

The TTP was formed in

December 2007 and its

members were trained

and educated in the

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan kill 5 Pakistan Army

troops despite a call for a ceasefire

Oct 4, The Pandora

Papers leaks by the

International

Consortium of

Investigative Journalists

exposes a list

individuals and entities

that created about

29,000 off-the-shelf

companies and private

trusts through 14 global

corporate services firms

in tax havens aimed to

evade tax and hide

wealth and identity. It

lists over 380 Indians

including Anil Ambani,

Sachin Tendulkar, Jackie

Shroff, Neerav Modi’s

sister Purvi and Niira

Radia. In a similar

Panama Papers leak

earlier, the Indian tax

department detected

undeclared foreign and

domestic assets to the

tune of Rs 20,000 crore.

While not all off-shore

entities are illegal, past

record shows much of it

could be and the IT

department tweeted

today, that it will

investigate the leak.

At: FinancialExpress, Quint, ET

Oct 4, Share trading of

China's biggest real

estate developer

Evergrande was

suspended in Hong Kong

on Monday ahead of a

‘major transaction’

announcement. The

company faces default,

with debts exceeding

$300 billion of which

$37 billion was to be

repaid next year. This is

thrice its cash holding.

A cash crunch had led it

to default on a key bond

payment last week and

the group faces

deadlines on dollar bond

payments totaling

$162.38 million in the

next month.

Evergrande’s overall

liabilities equal nearly

2% of China’s gross

domestic product. Its

woes have sparked

concern that defaults

could reverberate in a

domino effect through

China’s economy and

even around the world.

Chinese authorities have

stepped in curb rampant

borrowings by real

estate companies.

At: RT, TimesOfIndia

Evergrande

defaults loom over

China and world

same religious

seminaries that

produced the Afghan

Taliban. The group

carried out terrorist

attacks in Pakistan and

was pushed out into

Afghanistan in 2014.

However, it has

regrouped in its earlier

stronghold of Waziristan

since and has been

emboldened by the

Taliban success in

Afghanistan. TOI-1-2

. At: tr

Oct 4, Chief minister

(CM) Yogi Adityanath

held an emergency

meeting to discuss the

situation in Lakhimpur

with deputy CM Keshav

Prasad Maurya and top

officials after clashes

between farmers and

BJP workers took place.

On Sunday, the farmers

were protesting against

the Farm Laws at

Lakhimpur Kheri outside

an event venue where

Uttar Pradesh deputy

CM Maurya was

scheduled to be present.

The farmers had

planned to display black

flags and prevent

Maurya from landing at

the helipad at Maharaja

Oct 3, in a dent to

Bollywood’s image, a

Narcotics Control

Bureau (NCB) team led

by Mumbai director

Sameer Wankhede

arrested actor Shahrukh

Khan’s son, Aryan Khan

and 7 others under

section 27A of the NDPS

Act, for consumption,

financing, illicit traffic of

drugs and harbouring

offenders. The NCB

team boarded a

Cordelia Cruises’

Empress ship disguised

as passengers after

receiving a tip off that a

high-profile rave party

with drugs would be

held onboard. Arrests

were made at the bash.

A special court in

Mumbai rejected

Aryan’s bail plea and

sent him to NCB

custody till Oct 7.

At: OpIndia, New18, Twitter

Oct 2, SDM Kotwali with

police and other officers

of the administration

busted a secret mass

conversion racket on

the outskirts of

Ayodhya along a

highway. Having

received information

from angry locals the

team detained over 40

people, including

women.

Most of the conversion

targets were ‘dalit’ and

people from ‘backward’

Hindu community. Fake

healing in the name of

Jesus, money and ‘black

magic’ were used to

lure people to

Christianity. Local Hindu

organizations protested

the conversion racket

near the Hindu holy

centre of Ayodhya, the

birth place of Lord

Rama. They complained,

that missionaries get

substantial funds from

abroad. Poor Hindus are

converted with the lure

of money. The game will

go on until the source of

the funds is checked.

They demanded a ban

on such conversions.

At: HinduExistence

National Defence Academy

Khadakwasla

Warriors

with integrity, leadership and

courage

Admissions twice a year

Web: https://nda.nic.in

Kangana named

brand ambassador for

UP flagship scheme

Christian conversion

racket in Ayodhya

busted, 40 detained

Uttarakhand

demolishes illegal

mosque at Tehri dam

NCB nabs Shahrukh

Khan’s son in drug bust

aboard cruise ship

Sameer Wankhede, NCB

Tajik forces along the Afghan border – courtesy Gandhara

residents of access to

food, electricity, and

Internet. Rahmon also

expressed a concern

about the gathering of

extremist groups such

as the Islamic State and

Al-Qaeda under the

Taliban.

Rahmon was

Tajikistan’s leader more

than 20 years ago when

the Taliban had earlier

reigned in Afghanistan.

He had supported the

resistance against the

Taliban in the 1990s.

Tajiks make up about

27% of the population

in Afghanistan and are

second in numbers only

to the Pashtuns.

Russia is the biggest

arms supplier to

Tajikistan. After

tensions mounted

Taliban moved its

special forces to the

Tajik border. Tajikistan

had already deployed

20,000 additional

troops to the frontier

and conducted a

nationwide military

drill involving 230,000

service personnel.

Analysts say, now that

the US has left, Russia

may not want to give

full control of

Afghanistan to Pakistan

and is playing a double

game. Hence the Tajik

belligerence.

At: Gandhara 1-2, AsiaTimes

Sep 24, Tajikistan

president Emomali

Rahmon addressed the

UN general assembly

calling the recent

developments in

Afghanistan a serious

threat to regional

security and stability.

Rahmon accused the

Taliban of not living up

to its promise to form an

inclusive government

and criticized human

rights groups for their

silence over ‘violation of

the rights of ethnic

minorities in the

country.

In Panjshir, he accused

Taliban of carrying out

killings and depriving