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GOOD WORD
Nov 1, 2021 -
Week 46
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ED arrests former Maharashtra Home Minister
Anil Deshmukh in corruption
case
Bharat First
Nov 2, the income tax
(IT) department
provisionally attached
properties worth about
₹1,000 crore in
Maharashtra, Delhi and
Goa linked to
Maharashtra deputy
chief minister Ajit Pawar.
This includes a
cooperative sugar
factory. IT acted after
discovering unaccounted
income of about ₹184
crore last month during
a search operation.
The IT department also
provisionally attached a
flat owned by Ajoy
Mehta, former state
chief secretary and
present chairman of the
Maharashtra Real Estate
Regulatory Authority, as
they suspect it could be
a benami property of
Pune businessman
Avinash Bhosale. Mehta
had bought a flat in
Samata, south Mumbai,
for ₹ 5.3 crores where its
market value was ₹10
crores from a Bhosale
controlled company .
At: HindustanTimes,
TimesOfIndia
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be halted by 200,000
plus soldiers of the
army's Kolkata-based
Eastern Command, but
planners worried about
the 22-km-wide Siliguri
corridor and
vulnerability of Agni IIIs
placed in the
northeastern fringes.
The Agni V has a range
of between 5,000 and
5,500 km (even longer
with a lighter payload)
and allows Indian
nuclear weapons to be
launched from mainland
India into almost all of
China. Its induction ends
the vulnerability that
China could strike India
from its mainland while
being shielded from
retaliatory attacks by
India.
Image MSN,
IndiaToday
Oct 27, after the J&K
police initiated action
under UAPA against
students raising pro-
Pakistan slogans and
celebrating its win over
India in a T-20 World Cup
match, Islamists targeted
Hindu student Ananya
Jamwal, studying at
Sher-E-Kashmir Institute
of Medical Sciences,
Srinagar (SKIMS) on
social media alleging that
Jamwal was a police
informer and responsible
for leaking the video.
Jamwal denied both
charges saying she had
only urged those raising
anti-India slogans to
stop. In the wake of
targeted killings of
minorities in the last
fortnight, Jamwal bravely
refuted those attacking
her. SKIMS belongs to
India and many like her
will study there she
asserted. At: OpIndia, Twitter
Oct 27, India successfully
tested the 5,000-km
range Agni V
intermediate range
ballistic missile in a user-
trial conducted by the
Strategic Forces
Command (SFC) that
deploys India's nuclear
arsenal. The Agni V can
carry a 1.5 tonne
payload, possibly a
boosted-fission device
tested in 1998.
Until now, the 3,500 km
Agni III, served as the
backbone of the Indian
nuclear deterrent against
China. It could target all
of Pakistan but only parts
of mainland China. Even
so, the rail-mobile Agni
III needed to travel to
India’s northeast for a
launch. Ground-based
Chinese invasions could
Deepawali – Nov 4, 2021 - images
courtesy DollsOfIndia,
Ellementry
Sri Lankan task
force to push one
country-one law
Slogans in support of enemy
country
won’t be tolerated: UP CM Yogi
Adityanath
Kashmir: Ananya
braves Islamist
death threats
Oct 31, India and UK
held a first tri-services
bilateral exercise off the
Konkan coast following
a partnership pact to
deepen defense ties.
The
Nov 2, Sri Lankan
president Gotabaya
Rajapaksa appointed a
hardline Buddhist monk
Gnanasara, known for
his anti-Muslim stance,
as the head of a 13-
member task force for
the establishment of the
‘One Country, One Law’
concept. ‘One Country,
One Law’ was
Rajapaksa’s election
slogan in 2019 when he
won with overwhelming
support from the
Buddhist majority
nation’s Buddhist
electorate. The task
force has four Muslim
scholars and no minority
Tamil or women
representatives. It will
transform the Muslim
personal law, and the
minority Kandyan and
Thesawalamai laws. It is
aimed to counter
extremism such as the
2019 Easter suicide
attack in which 270
people were killed. The
task force will prepare a
draft Act by Feb 2022.
More at: India.Com
Nov 2, the Pakistan
government announced
that it has reached a
ceasefire agreement
with the outlawed
Islamist party Tehreek-i-
Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
The TLP had mobilized
tens of thousands of
protestors to stage rally
moving from Lahore to
Islamabad demanding
that the Pakistan
government release
their leader Saad Rizvi,
who was arrested last
year for demonstrations
against France after a
French magazine
published caricatures of
Prophet Muhammad,
and expel the French
ambassador. Oct 30, it
emerged that TLP
members had used sub-
machine guns (SMGs)
against policemen
during anti-government
protests. Footage,
showed men firing
80
rounds of SMGs. Seven
policemen were killed
and several injured. The
terms of agreement
between the TLP and
government have not
been revealed as yet.
At: TheWeek,
WION
Pakistan offers a
ceasefire to SMG
firing TLP
UK fielded its 65,000 ton
(displacement) aircraft
carrier HMS Queen
Elizabeth with its carrier
strike group.
At: IndianStar, image-TheKhyberMail
Nov 2, at the Glasgow,
UK hosted 26th UN
Climate Change
Conference of Parties
(COP26) prime minister
(PM) Modi announced a
bold pledge that India
will achieve net-zero
carbon emissions by
2070. He also said that
India is the only major
economy that has
adhered to its
commitments on climate
change under the Paris
Agreement. India aims
to install 500GW of
renewable energy by
2030. 50% of its energy
requirement will be met
by renewable energy by
then. By 2030, it also
plans to reduce carbon
emissions by 1 billion
tonnes and the carbon
intensity of its economy
by 45%. It asked to be
made part of the NSG to
help meet its goals.
. At: image - AajKal, Zee
Oct 25, superstar and
top grossing Indian
actress Kangana Ranaut
received the best-
actress award a fourth
time at the 67
th
National Film Awards
event held in Delhi. She
won the title for her
performances in
Manikarnika (2019) and
Panga (2020). The
award was announced
in March but its
distribution ceremony
was delayed due to the
pandemic. Vice
president Venkaiah
Naidu handed her the
prize. A joyous Kangana
later posted a picture
with her parents and
the award on social
media.
The award for best film
went to late actor
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
film ‘Chhichhore’.
At: image – HBWNews,
Oct 31, the Mazagon
Dock Limited (MDL) has
delivered the first of
four stealth guided-
missile destroyers, INS
Visakhapatnam, under
project-15B, to the
Indian navy. The 164
meters long destroyer is
among the largest made
in India. It has a
displacement of over
7,500 tons, can
accommodate a crew of
312 and has an
endurance capacity of
4,000 nautical miles
allowing it to carry out a
typical 42 day mission
with extended time in
remote areas. Onboard
are 127 mm guns and
two helicopters. Its
radar footprint is
smaller than its Kolkata
class predecessors. It
has 72% indigenous
content. The remaining
3 destroyers will be
commissioned 2022
onwards.
Image - HindustanTimes, GKToday
Navy gets a
stealth guided
missile destroyer
alleged that Deshmukh
had ordered API Sachin
Vaze to extort ₹100
crore per month from
1,750 bars, restaurants,
and outlets in Mumbai.
In April, CBI registered
an FIR against
Deshmukh and in May
the ED followed up with
an ECIR for corruption.
The ED then conducted
multiple raids at
premises linked with
him in Mumbai and
Nagpur, attached
immovable assets
costing ₹ 4.2 crore
following a trail of that
sum, worth over ₹ 300
crores at market value.
In June, ED arrested
two of his personal
assistants. In Sep, the
CBI arrested Anand
Daga, Deshmukh’s
laywer for bribing a CBI
officer. Then a day ago
CBI arrested a
middleman in a related
police transfer
corruption case.
Deshmukh had failed to
show up for five ED
summons and had
moved High Court (HC)
to have the summons
quashed. His arrest
follows HC’s rejecting
the petition.
Deshmukh claims
innocence.
Image – NewsDayExpress,
Republic
1-2
Nov 2, after over 12
hours of interrogation
the Enforcement
Directorate (ED)
arrested former
Maharashtra home
minister Anil Deshmukh,
early morning, in a
PMLA (prevention of
money laundering) case
against him.
Trouble began for
Deshmukh in March
when his former
subordinate, then police
commissioner, Param
Bir Singh levelled an
'extortion' charge
against Deshmukh in a
letter to Maharashtra
chief minister Uddhav
Thackeray. Singh
5000-km range
Agni 5 test successful,
ends India’s north east predicament
Kangana awarded
best actress a
fourth time
Oct 31, UP CM Yogi
Adityanath said his
government would not
tolerate people
celebrating Pakistan’s
win against India in the
recent T20 World Cup
match. Those who
come out in support of
an enemy country will
face consequences. The
UP Police arrested ten
for celebrating
Pakistan’s win from
different parts of UP
including 3 Kashmiri
students. Cases of
sedition will be made
out against them.
At: Tehelka, MSN
India, UK hold maiden joint
tri-
service exercise ‘Konkan Shakti’
Maharashtra
deputy CM and ex
CS face IT action
Modi at COP26:
India to be carbon
net zero by 2070
Sri Lanka port deal
for Adani, next to
Chinese jetty
Oct 2, the Adani group
will have a 51% stake in
a $700 million project
to build a new
container terminal next
to a Chinese jetty at
Colombo port. In 2017,
after failing to repay a
Chinese loan, Sri Lanka
was forced to sign a 99
year lease on its
southern Hambantota
port. The Adani
investment will balance
geopolitical exposure.
At: TheIGMP
Oct 29, the Tamil Nadu
government affirmed to
the High Court that it will
stop melting gold
ornaments offered by
devotees to temples. A 3
member committee will
first complete an
inventory of temple
offerings. The judges had
asked temple trustees be
appointed first and they
must decide if gold
ornaments should be
melted for monetization.
IndianExpress
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THE GOOD WORD
powers under Special
Acts like the Passport
Act, NDPS Act, Customs
Act etc. The recent
extension of
jurisdiction of BSF has
been made keeping
this evolution in mind.
There is no secret that
the State police is
hopelessly politicised
and under pressure
too. In many States,
where two parties
come in power
alternately, the police
force is divided with
their respective
loyalties to one or the
other party. This
explains why there is
an en masse transfer of
police officials after a
new government is
sworn in a State.
This is not the case with
the Central
Government. The
Chiefs of Central Police
Organisations are not
changed after the
coming of a new
government at Centre.
More or less, central
police agencies are
independent except the
‘caged parrot’ CBI
which has been used
multiple times as a tool
in the hands of the
party in power at
Centre. There are also
serious allegation of
bias against the
agencies like Income
Tax and ED probing
economic offences of
the people owing
allegiance to
opposition parties. In
spite of these
aberrations, central
forces are seen to be
impartial and even
relied upon to ensure
the peaceful conduct
of General Elections.
The recent times have
witnessed serious
confrontation between
the central police
agencies like CBI, NIA,
NCB , CRPF and BSF on
one side and the
States police on the
other in States where
the party other than
the one in the Centre is
in Government. The
central police officers
are not accorded any
courtesy, not
cooperated with and
sometimes even
harassed by State
police. This has
reached a point of
absurdity now.
Recently
Maharashtra Police
filed a case against
the Director of CBI
and summoned him.
The NCB officials
handling Aryan Khan
Drug case are alleging
that they are being
followed by
Maharashtra Police
personnel. Every
army movement in
West Bengal is break
down of federal
structure as per the
statement of its Chief
Minister. CRPF cover
is required for Central
Police officials to
carry out its duty in
West Bengal.
It does not end here.
The States police
indulge in full scale
war amongst
themselves too.
During the lockdown
–1, the Rajasthan and
Haryana Police fought
at the Dharuheda
border. Fortunately
there was no
casualty. Recently
there was an armed
conflict between
Assam and Mizoram
Police in which five
Assam police
personnel were killed.
This brings us to the
main issue. Under
these circumstances,
can the matters of
national security be
left in the hands of
States? The answer is
a big NO. This is not
negotiable. So if an
additional power to
the organisation like
BSF is given, it is a
welcome step. The BSF
is the pride of the
nation and our first
line of defence. They
serve the country in
the condition that
politicians can’t even
imagine. If extending
the power of BSF for
its operational
efficiency is an attack
on the States’
misunderstood
federalism, then let it
be so. There can be no
compromise on this
matter whatsoever,
irrespective of what
the political clowns in
the States say.
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Image of the Border
Security Force courtesy
IDR
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The bigger issue here
is the division of the
policing power of
States and Centre. This
has a British legacy
wherein the Princely
States were allowed to
enjoy the day to day
authority on law and
order within their
States and British were
more interested in the
revenue and trade.
After Independence,
continuing with Govt
of India Act 1935, the
States were allowed
the power of
maintaining law and
order. This was to be
carried on as per the
provisions of CrPC and
IPC. In course of time,
new challenges to
national security
emerged leading to
the enactment of
Special Acts. It
necessitated certain
offences to be
investigated by the
central agencies. Many
of these Special Acts
do not strictly follow
CrPC and have special
provisions in the Act
Itself. Accordingly, the
central agencies were
invested with extra
The ideal man is he
who, in the midst of
the greatest silence
and solitude, finds
the most intense
activity, and in the
midst of the most
intense activity finds
the silence and
solitude of the
desert. He has
learnt the secret of
restraint, he has
controlled himself.
He goes through the
streets of a big city
with all its traffic,
and his mind is as
calm as if he were in
a cave, where not a
sound could reach
him; and he is
intensely working all
the time. That is the
ideal of Karma-Yoga,
and if you have
attained to that you
have really learnt
the secret of work.
But we have to
begin from the
beginning, to take
up the works as they
come to us and
slowly make
ourselves more
unselfish every day.
We must do the
work and find out
the motive power
that prompts us;
and, almost without
exception, in the
first years, we shall
find that our
motives are always
selfish; but gradually
this selfishness will
melt by persistence,
till at last will come
the time when we
shall be able to do
really unselfish
work. We may all
hope that some day
or other, as we
struggle through the
paths of life, there
will come a time
when we shall
become perfectly
unselfish; and the
moment we attain
to that, all our
powers will be
concentrated, and
the knowledge
which is ours will be
manifest.
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Swami Vivekananda
Karma Yoga
a series of extracts
Swami Vivekananda Image courtesy Newsgram.com;
Punjab just before the
State election?
The problem emanates
from the mistaken
belief that India is a
true federal country. As
per the Constitutional
scheme of the things,
India is an Union of
States that has some
federal features like
bicameralism, division
of power through three
i.e. Union, State and
Concurrent lists of
subjects for making
laws. India is not a
‘coming together
federation’ like
USA
but a ‘holding together
federation’ like Spain.
Most of the features of
the Constitution
indicate an unitary
nature of the country.
The Centre has an
overriding power in the
Constitution to make
any law under
Concurrent List and
enforce it whether the
States like it or not.
These facts are known
at the entry level of
politics in India. Still we
have Chief Ministers
calling every action of
Centre as an attack on
federalism.
Source- Indian Defense
Review (IDR) – with
minor edits
Author-Rakesh Kr Sinha
The Government of
India in the exercise of
the powers conferred
by sub-section (1) of
section 129 of the
Border Security Force
Act, 1948 (47 of 1968),
has extended BSF’s
jurisdiction to 50 km in
Rajasthan, West Bengal,
Assam and Punjab
where earlier it was 15
km. Some States like
Punjab are seeing this
as an attack on
federalism. A similar or
even harsher tirade is
likely to emerge from
West Bengal.
It is ridiculous to think
that when BSF all along
had a jurisdiction of 15
km for its operations in
Punjab, it was fine.
Once extended to 50
km, it is hurting
federalism. Does
federalism mean that
the border guarding
agencies is not given
adequate power? Is it
just a desperate
attempt to woo the
secessionist forces in
BSF gets extended
powers to search in border states.
Why
the fuss?
