1.#OPINION : Friday, September 17, 2021. 6:45 PM. 2514. 1.#On PM Modi’s birthday, India achieves record vaccination numbers, 2 crore doses and counting in a single day : 17 September, 2021 : OpIndia : Media Report. 1.#The first 1 crore mark was crossed in just 6 hours on September 17. + More ....

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1.#OPINION : Friday, September 17, 2021. 6:45 PM. 2514.
1.#On PM Modi’s birthday, India achieves record vaccination numbers, 2 crore doses and counting in a single day : 17 September, 2021 : OpIndia : Media Report.
1.#The first 1 crore mark was crossed in just 6 hours on September 17.
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#India administers over 2 crore vaccines on PM Modi's birthday

##India's record breaking vaccination: Over 2 crore doses given on a single day

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India on Friday achieved an unprecedented milestone as it jabbed over 2 crore vaccines doses in a single day, the highest so far and shattering all previous records of single-day vaccinations. 

The achievement came on the occasion of the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Modi. As of 5:09 PM on Friday, September 17, India has already jabbed over 2.03 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines, bettering the previous best of 1.41 crore vaccine doses in a single day, which was achieved on August 31. 

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This is the fourth time that India has crossed the mark of administering more than 1 crore vaccine doses in a single day, the first time being on August 27.

As of Friday evening, India had administered close to 79 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines.

The first 1 crore mark was crossed in just 6 hours on September 17.

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###BJP had trained over 8 lakh volunteers for ‘Vaccine Seva’

The BJP had sought to register record COVID-19 vaccinations on September 17 to mark the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Besides, a 20-day mega event – “Seva and Samarpan Abhiyan” – has also been planned by the BJP, to mark PM Modi’s “20 years in public service”.

Ahead of PM Modi’s birthday, BJP had prepped its volunteers to ensure that the maximum number of people get their Covid-19 vaccines on September 17. The BJP had set the target of administering 2 crore vaccine doses on PM Modi’s birthday and had trained around 8 lakh volunteers for the same. 

Leaders of the BJP urged healthcare officials and its volunteers to double the daily rate of vaccination. “Let’s do #VaccineSeva and give him (PM Modi) birthday gift by getting vaccinated those who have not taken the dose so far,” Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said yesterday, urging people to get the shots.

Senior leaders in the party had aimed to provide a unique gift to PM Modi on his birthday by registering a record number of single-day vaccinations in the nation’ history. 

BJP General Secretary Tarun Chugh, who is in charge of the health volunteers initiative, said that party chief JP Nadda wanted to celebrate the birthday of the Prime Minister in a special way.

“What can be more special than protecting people for which the Prime Minister is working day and night. It is a matter of pride that we have two Covid vaccines in our name and we have been able to protect citizens from this deadly pandemic. It would be a befitting tribute to PM Modi who strived hard to ensure people remain protected from Covid,” TOI quoted Chugh as saying.

India embarked upon its phased COVID-19 vaccination programme on January 16, 2021. India has approved six Covid-19 vaccines so far, Covishield developed by Astra Zeneca and Oxford University, Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech, Sputnik V developed in Russia, Spikevax developed by Moderna, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, and ZyCoV-D developed by Zydus-Cadila.

 However, the bulk of the vaccination programme in the country is dependent on Covishield and Covaxin, both made in India.

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2.##DRUGS ABUSE WILL DESTROY CIVILISATION

2.##'Narco Jihad' malady – Time to hold the bull by its horns : Sep 17, 2021 : Nirendra Dev : Organiser : Media Report.
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##'Narco Jihad' malady – Time to hold the bull by its horns

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The Narco money is already being used in India to foment various anti-government and anti-national protests and agitation and the growing cases of Hawala money funding individuals and organisations–which otherwise look innocuous and not with suspicion–have only forced authorities to raise eyebrows.

 New Delhi: Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt from Kerala has done a yeoman's service to the country by raking the twin issues of Love Jihad and Narco Jihad. His statement suggests that the Islamic radicals are in full swing, wooing non-Muslims, including Hindus and Catholic Christians – into the Islamic fold. That this came from a respected Bishop in Kerala under Marxists' rule is more than a sheer coincidence. 

Even the terminology Love Jihad had originated from Kerala after Christians felt the heat and took the trouble of ventilating their grievance to the rest of the country and the world. 'God's own Country' had these happening in the backyards and were certainly an eye-opener.

In circa 2021–the post-Taliban takeover of Afghanistan–the Bishop's statement ought to be taken seriously.

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As expected, the gravity of Bishop's statement is being analysed and judged from the sense of 'timing' by security agencies. "To say that the Narco trade is strongly related to the Islamic terror groups is only to point out at the tip of an iceberg," said a source in the knowledge of things.
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The recent Afghanistan developments have only alarmed countries such as Russia, Israel, Iran and even Iran besides India that narcotics trade would grow by leaps and bounds in the region.

Afghanistan's economy is in shambles, and even their 'permanent well wisher' Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is now campaigning for financial 'incentives'. 

The Narco money is already being used in India to foment various anti-government and anti-national protests and agitation, sources say. The growing cases of Hawala money funding to individuals and organisations–which otherwise look innocuous and not with suspicion–have only forced authorities to raise eyebrows.

The Bishop's statement coming in September - a fortnight after the fall of Afghanistan - is thus crucial. 

The Taliban takeover is not just about terrorism and violence. It also has to do a lot about 'unclean' money and the drug business.

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The development in Afghanistan is a massive booster to the propagandists who are only laughing at the helplessness of the superpower US and the global community. The terror groups, including Taliban or Al-Qaeda and narco operators in the Af-Pak region, are symbiotic and collaborative. Now that the Taliban insurgents have taken over a country, something the IS has failed despite the best attempts, the drug operators and their financiers with links to all terror groups now "have something to prove". Hence, security analysts say there will be more actions from groups such as the IS in core areas like the Iraq-Syria region and also there will be enhanced Narco trades.
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"It is more of a huge psychological victory now for terror networks and also Narco business cartels," a source pointed out.

Here comes the significance of the crucial warning from the Bishop in Kerala.

BJP leader Tom Vadakkan, also a Christian and who hails from Kerala, says: "The intervention by Bishop is not just a wakeup call for his dioceses, it is the voice of the community who are victims of love Jihad and the fallout of Narco terrorism."

Moreover, the Bishop's statement backed by Catholic bodies has come from socially respectable and considered "apolitical" camps and with no elections in Kerala. Thus, there are voices from the rational school of thought who want to emphasise the remarks about the prevailing Narco-Jihad threat.

"Muslims would do well to start soul searching. The Bishop in question is not a political man. He has only ventilated his genuine concerns. It would be wrong to dismiss the remarks either as alarmists or something prejudiced to help BJP's politics," says analyst Ramakanto Shanyal in West Bengal.

The government officials say various groups faced a financial crunch once Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of high-value currency notes in 2016. The Covid-inflicted economic crisis during the last two years globally have further dried up the established sources. Some of these organisations, including terror groups and sympathisers (of militancy) in Kashmir, northeast or Islamic groups in northern states, are now desperate for funding.

The drug business is booming in India in vulnerable states such as Punjab, Kerala, Goa, Christian-dominated northeastern states. Hence, the Bishop's statement must be taken 'sincerely', and the bull has to be held by the horns. 

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3.###BHARATIYA ARE NOT SRIOUS ABOUT OUR SAMSKARAM ( CULTURE ) - SECURALISM IS ALIEN & WESTERN PRODUCT :

3.###Dismantling Vs Criticizing: Dismantling Global Hindutva, Savarkar and Hinduphobia : Sep 17, 2021 : Akshay Jog : Organiser : Media Report.
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###Dismantling Vs Criticizing: Dismantling Global Hindutva, Savarkar and Hinduphobia

 

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Supporters of the “Dismantling Global Hindutva” (DGH) conference often argued that ‘Hindutva and Hinduism are distinct. Hindutva is a narrow political ideology whereas Hinduism is a broad-based religious tradition…..it is offensive to conflate the two.’ (Ref: https://www.hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/defininghindutva) They also stated ‘V D Savarkar as the godfather of Hindutva ideology’ who ‘rejects diversity as a social value, instead seeking an extreme form of homogeny.’ (ibid). Let us look at what Savarkar said or wrote about Hindutva and Hinduism.

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Savarkar stated in his seminal work ‘Essentials of Hindutva’ that, ‘Hinduism is only a derivative, a fraction, a part of Hindutva’. (Samagra Savarkar Vangmay-SSV-Vol 6, Page 2) So he didn’t want to categorize the level of Hinduism and Hindutva as alleged such as ‘Hinduism was inferior in comparison to Hindutva’; (Chaturvedi, Vinayak. Reading Savarkar: Was the Hindutva icon actually Hinduphobic?, 6 September 2021, Scroll.in) Here Savarkar just points out that Hinduism is a part of a larger, broader way of life and of thinking called Hindutva.  and that also to avoid confusion, because it is absolutely necessary to have a correct grasp of the meaning, otherwise confusion or vagueness of thoughts may lead to chaos and may blur the understanding.

Savarkar said, ‘From the word 'Hindu' has been coined the word 'Hinduism' in English. It means the school or system of religions the Hindus follow. The second word 'Hindutva' is far more comprehensive and refers not only to the religious aspect of the Hindu people as the word 'Hinduism' does but comprehends even their cultural, linguistic, social, and political aspects as well. It is more of less akin to 'Hindu polity' and its nearly exact translation would be 'Hinduness'. (SSV-Vol 6, Page 350)

Savarkar writes, ‘The Hindu Sanghanists Party aims to base the future constitution of Hindusthan on the broad principle that all citizens should have equal rights and obligations irrespective of caste or creed, race or religion, provided they avow and owe an exclusive and devoted allegiance to the Hindusthani state. The fundamental rights of liberty of speech, liberty of conscience, of worship, of association, etc., will be enjoyed by all citizens alike.’ (SSV - Vol 6, Page 365-366) It means Savarkar gave all Indian citizens equal fundamental rights and never discriminated on the bases of sect, race, caste or religion. So, Hindutva is a socio-political concept, but not narrow or aggressive and it accepts diversity as a social value and not seeking an extreme form of homogeny.

While speaking to Shaukat Ali, Savarkar clearly stated, ‘if you are organizing themselves for the sake of justice or civil rights, then we will also continue with ours. We don’t have any qualms about it. Because [the] Hindu organisation believes that if others have the right to organise it, so do us [sic]. But they should not have aggressive intentions, because neither I nor the Hindu organisations have any such motive.’ (SSV- Vol 3, Page 759, 764) Savarkar espoused the just, fair and equitable rights of Hindus. Even as the President of the Hindu Mahasabha, he never sought for Hindus any rights or privileges that he was not prepared to concede to non-Hindus. Savarkar championed the Hindu cause because in the British and Congress scheme of policies, Hindus were deprived of fair treatment.

 

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###Savarkar abhorred violence :
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Savarkar never advocated Hindus to kill other Hindus, as stated by Chaturvedi. Savarkar did not approve of inhuman violence and violence among his own people. Although he was a revolutionary, he was not a proponent of arsenal, murder, violence and destruction. He writes in a letter to his younger brother, Narayanrao Savarkar, from Andaman in 1920: “But even while combating force with force we heartily abhorred and do yet abhor all violence.” Speaking on the occasion of Abhinav Bharat’s valedictory ceremony in 1952, Savarkar said, ‘Secret conspiracies, armed rebellion, fear mongering, unrest, treason are all essential for overthrowing the alien state. They are virtues. If these tools and all these instincts continue to be our part [sic] even after we establish Swarajya, it would be the greatest of sins. They should be got rid of immediately. Otherwise, they would prove to be much more dangerous and deadly than the real foreign enemy.’ (SSV- Vol 8, Page 483, 484, 486)

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###Are Hindus intolerant to criticism?
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In Hindu religion too, reformers or social revolutionaries faced adverse situations like opposition or protest from orthodox people, but Hindu religion evolved gradually, because a famous notion-- ‘We can agree to disagree’ is acceptable in Hindutva and Hinduism. So, any critique of Hindutva or Hinduism is not a form of Hinduphobia. However, the title of conference is not “Criticism or Critique of Hindutva” but “Dismantling Global Hindutva” (DGH). Dismantle means to demolish, to destroy, to quash. Even if there is difference between Hindutva and Hinduism, they are not opposite to each other and most importantly it includes and attached to, related to Hindu people. As Savarkar himself said, “The words Hindutva and Hinduism both of them being derived from the word Hindu, must necessarily be understood to refer to the whole of the Hindu people.” (SSV-Vol 6, Page 66) Therefore, opposition to DGH is not because it is hurting sentiments of Hindus, but because it may lead to Hinduphobia.

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###Denial of Hindu genocide :
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If we try to know by searching what these so-called scholars of this DGH conference actually wants to exhibit, then we can identify that DGH has promulgated the “Hindutva Harassment Field Manual” (HHFM) as resource for the conference. HHFM claims that, ‘individual cases of discrimination, no matter how painful, do not amount to “Hinduphobia.” And “Hinduphobia” ‘rests on the false notion that Hindus have faced systematic oppression throughout history and in present times.’  (https://www.hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/badfaith)

The fact which is stated by Hindu American Foundation (HAF) of US wrote to the presidents and key administrators of all universities listed as co-sponsors of the DGH event, which also pointed that ‘The event platforms activists with extensive histories of amplifying Hinduphobic discourse even while denying the existence of Hinduphobia…..support or minimize violent extremist and separatists movements and deny the resulting genocides and ethnic cleansings of Hindus.’

HHFM intentionally ignores and erases the ethnic cleansing of Hindus during the partition in East & West Pakistan, the Bengali Hindu genocide of 1971, the ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus, especially and most recently in 1989-1990, the ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, which continues today. ‘This discourse actively erases and denies the persecution of Hindus while disproportionately painting Hindus as violent.’ (https://understandinghinduphobia.org/working-definition/) so it’s not the endless repetition of Hinduphobia, on the contrary it is the endless repetition of denial of Hindu genocide and ethnic cleansing.

As Parth Parihar and Indumathi Viswanathan said, ‘the right of scholars to conduct inquiry and engage in constructive debate and disagreement without threat or intimidation; yet, this upcoming conference imperils our ability to freely do so in good faith and thus constitutes the very antithesis of this ideal.’ (Parth Parihar and Indumathi Viswanathan, Hinduphobia is a reality. Scholars at ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ conference must know, 7 September, 2021, ThePrint)

Rajiv Malhotra states that ‘a level playing field requires that all faiths must be treated with equal intensity. One does not find similar kinds of academic assaults against other religions.’ (Rajiv Malhotra, Dismantling Global Hindutva' and the American nexus of Hinduphobia, Firstpost, 27 August 2021) Sarva-Dharma-Sam-Tika or equal criticism of all religions is not welcomed by pseudo-seculars or intellectuals with the same enthusiasm with which they propagate Sarva-Dharma-Sam-Bhav (Equal respect for all religions). This hypocrite nature of so-called seculars or intellectuals compel Hindus to protest such conference. 

Why DGH organizers or supporters prefer Hinduism over Hindutva? Because in the past, Hindus lost their political vision, they were ignorant and not conscious about their own political capacities; but concept of Hindutva created political awareness among Hindus. So entire edifice of pseudo-seculars or intellectuals falls apart. The political consciousness of Hindus is the real cause of mourning of pseudo-secularists or intellectuals. Therefore, they want to dismantle this political consciousness of Hindus i.e Hindutva.

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