[Goanet] Kamala Harris Should Tell Her Family’s Story

2024-07-27 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher and an immigrant from a Brahmin family in India, raised her two daughters, Kamala and Maya. Kamala’s parents—her father, Donald Harris, is a renowned Marxist economist from Jamaica who taught at Stanford University for decades—might seem like toxic assets to

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Salil Tripathi, Journalist- "Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2, 500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality & Corruption"

2024-07-24 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Amy Goodman Published in: *Democracy Now !* Date: July 23, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynJq7T01jC8 *Note:* The interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source "The death toll in Bangladesh from a crackdown on massive student protests has risen to at least

[Goanet] Is Trump’s near-death experience part of God’s plan?

2024-07-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"Trump’s history of pettiness, demagoguery and sheer narcissism is so long and consistent that it seems a fantasy that he might ever change and put his country over his own wants and desires. But it is worth fantasizing for a moment." >"A brush with death has — at least temporarily — ushered in

[Goanet] Colin Gonsalves writes: Under proposed ‘urban Naxal’ law, I could be arrested for fulfilling my duty

2024-07-15 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"All the provisions of the Bill are already contained in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the National Security Act and the Public Safety Acts. Why, then, is it necessary? The answer is because the state requires a statute that has nothing to do with terrorism but will strike terror in the

[Goanet] Watch: “सबसे ख़ूनी नेता को गले लगाया” | रूस-यूक्रेन पर मोदी की अंतरराष्ट्रीय फ़ज़ीहत | Arfa Khanum Sherwani

2024-07-10 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Trans: “Hugged the bloodiest leader” | International humiliation for Modi over Russia-Ukraine | Arfa Khanum Sherwani By: Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Sr. Editor and Journalist Published in: *The Wire* Date: July 10, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd6glQwCjLs *Note:* The news report is in

[Goanet] Rep. Vargas Reintroduces Resolution to Honor Life of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy

2024-07-09 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Rep. Juan Vargas, U.S. Congressman for California 52nd District Published on: Congressman Vargas website Date: July 5, 2024 Source: https://vargas.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-vargas-reintroduces-resolution-to-honor-life-of-jesuit-father-stan-swamy "WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Prof. Santosh Mehrotra, Professor, Centre for Development Studies at the University of Bath, UK--"Unemployment has increased youth suicide rate by 33% in last 6 years" t

2024-07-05 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: July 5, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aoTaDgqskg "In an interview to discuss the situation in the unorganized sector of the economy and the consequent impact on jobs and employment, one of our most highly regarded labour economists

[Goanet] Cardinal O’Malley pushes for Vatican [inter alia Jesuit] accountability: Last week in the Church with John Allen Jr.

2024-07-04 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: John Allen, Jr. Published in: *Crux * Date: July 3, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls_46iOmtps "Crux offers the very best in smart, wired, and independent coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church."

[Goanet] Watch interview: With Profs. Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar, political scientists--"The Politics of School Books"

2024-07-01 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Prof. Apoorvanand Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 30, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVcVu1mo40g *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "Political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar wrote to the National Council of

[Goanet] Preaching consensus, provoking confrontation

2024-06-30 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"On June 4, 2024, *the verdict of our country’s electorate was delivered* clearly and resoundingly. It signalled a personal, political, and moral defeat for a Prime

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Dr. Muqtedar Khan, Professor at Delaware University, "How is the religious freedom report going to impact India?" | PM MODI | HINDU MUSLIM POLITICS

2024-06-29 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Prof. Mukesh Kumar Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: June 29, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWHW-ndu4wo *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and there is no transcript. "क्या अमेरिका की धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता संबंधी रिपोर्ट का मोदी सरकार पर कोई असर पड़ेगा? क्या कहती है ये रिपोर्ट और

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate & Professor at Harvard University--"Election Result Rejection of BJP’s Hindu Rashtra; PM Must Apologize for Calling Muslims Infiltrator

2024-06-29 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 29, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e-XkdLqBQk *Note*: This interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the transcript. "In his first formal interview on the Indian election results and the third Modi government,

[Goanet] Watch interview: With Iqra Hasan, MP from Kairana UP--"Why Iqra Hasan thinks Bulldozer politics is ruining India's image?" | KAIRANA MP | YOGI ADITYANATH

2024-06-28 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Smita Sharma Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: June 29, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXolerr6ocA *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source "‘Bulldozer Politics’: Iqra Hasan (29), should be heard, what kind of image is created at the

[Goanet] Why is Arundhati Roy being prosecuted for a 14-year-old speech?

2024-06-27 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"What is a writer, even a world-renowned one, against the political needs of an authoritarian political movement suddenly on its heels?" >"Almost 14 years ago, in 2010, one of India’s most prominent writers — Arundhati Roy — spoke at a public conference in New Delhi. Her subject was the disputed

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Talmiz Ahmad, former Ambassador, Saudi Arabia, Oman and UAE --Is India Selling Weapons to Israel Morally Repugnant or Morally Justified?

2024-06-25 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 25, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTG89zJ6a8M *Note:* This interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source. "Should India be selling weapons to Israel when we know they will be used to kill Palestinian

[Goanet] The Cost Of Becoming A Doctor Is So Huge That 98% Indian Can't Afford.

2024-06-24 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Ajay Kumar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 25, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF5SKE3wQk *Note*: This news report is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "डॉक्टर बनने का खर्चा इतना ज्यादा बड़ा है कि या मेडिकल की दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी धांधली और सबसे बड़ी

[Goanet] Ministry of Education constitutes a High-Level Committee of Experts to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations

2024-06-22 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Published by: *PIB* Date: June 22, 2024 Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2027892 Ministry of Education constitutes a High-Level Committee of Experts to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations Committee to make recommendations on Reform in

[Goanet] The hounding of Arundhati Roy shows there’s still no room for dissent in India

2024-06-22 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"Hussain [Sheikh Showkat, a former professor of Central University of Kashmir] and Roy [Arundhati, won the Booker prize in 1997, for The God of Small Things] are to be tried for making speeches at a conference called Azadi [Urdu for “freedom”]: The Only Way, which questioned Indian rule in the

[Goanet] Watch: Vinay Shukla and Ravish Kumar Accept the Peabody for POV: While We Watched

2024-06-21 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Published by: Peabody Awards Date: June 18, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMn1sEu_2kI "Larry Wilmore presents Director Vinay Shukla and celebrated journalist Ravish Kumar the Peabody for 'POV: While We Watched' during the 84th Annual Peabody Awards. This ceremony took place June 9,

[Goanet] Vatican charges pope critic Carlo Maria Viganò with the crime of schism

2024-06-20 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"He [Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former Vatican ambassador to the United States] has called Pope Francis a liberal 'servant of Satan ,' demanded his resignation

[Goanet] Neet से लेकर Net परीक्षा पर विवाद, राजनीति भी हुई तेज़ । 20 जून । दिनभर (BBC Hindi)

2024-06-20 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
LISTEN TO PROF. ANIL SADGOPAL, EDUCATIONIST AND FORMER MEMBER (CABE), RECOUNTING THE TRAGIC STORY OF ANITA, 18 YEARS OF AGE, FROM TAMIL NADU, AND NEET. (THIS IS IN HINDI AND IN THE MID-SECTION OF BBC NEWS). By: Iqbal Ahmed Published in: *BBC News* Date: June 20, 2024 Source:

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Suhas Palshikar, political scientist, "“नहीं चला पायेंगे मोदी गठबंधन सरकार, बीजेपी की गिरावट शुरू” | Suhas Palshikar | Arfa Khanum

2024-06-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Trans.: “Modi will not be able to run the coalition government, BJP's downfall has begun” By: Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Sr. Journalist Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 19, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkAoLBmOMcY *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in

[Goanet] Watch Interview: "Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal Loses Job Offer for Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide"

2024-06-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Amy Goodman Published in: *Democracy Now* Date: June 19, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_Y3oz-HsY *Note: * This interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source. "We speak with Israeli American Jewish scholar Raz Segal about the University of Minnesota's

[Goanet] Watch video: "Goa’s resentment toward outsiders and settlers is rising. Calangute tourist tax is a sign"

2024-06-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karanjeet Kaur, Published in: *The Print* Date: June 13, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKKmPqSomgc "Goa's resentment towards tourists and settlers stems from their negative impact on the environment and local life. A proposed tourist tax by the Calangute panchayat aims to fund

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Mumtaz Patel, daughter of the late Congress leader Ahmed Patel--"Vadodara housing segregation not isolated, happened even with us, says Patel's daughter"

2024-06-18 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Sourav Roy Barman, Special Correspondent Published in: *The Print* Date: June 16, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iko3UikWiwY "Mumtaz Patel, daughter of the late Congress leader Ahmed Patel, speaks out against the trend of house owners refusing to rent out or sell properties to

[Goanet] India says novelist Arundhati Roy could be tried under anti-terrorism law

2024-06-17 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"The Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could face serious charges over comments she made 14 years ago about Kashmir after an official from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday authorized her prosecution under a stringent anti-terrorism law." >"On Friday, Saxena [the BJP lieutenant governor of

[Goanet] Watch interview: With Arundhati Roy--"RSS-BJP's Fascism Experiment Will Fail Thanks to the People of India:"

2024-06-17 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 16, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeuH5Z_mgSw=136s "In a February 2022 interview, Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy told Karan Thapar that the people of India have had enough of the Narendra Modi government's

[Goanet] Watch interview: With Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor of South Asian Politics at Sciences Po, Paris, and King’s College, London --If Modi Can’t Handle a Coalition, RSS Could Replace Him With

2024-06-15 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 15, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46uhFZZd5U *Note:* This interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source. "In a comprehensive interview to Karan Thapar to analyse and understand the campaign waged by

[Goanet] NEET fiasco puts the spotlight on the National Testing Agency and its error-ridden record

2024-06-14 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By*:* Johanna Deeksha Published in: *Scroll.in* Date: June 14, 2024 Source: https://scroll.in/article/1069259/neet-fiasco-puts-the-spotlight-on-the-national-testing-agency-and-its-error-ridden-record "Anil Sadgopal, an educationist and one of the founders of the All India Forum for Right to

[Goanet] Watch: Panel Discussion--"How India Voted"

2024-06-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Moderated by Bharat Bushan [Journalist, former Executive Editor, Hindustan Times] Published in: *The Media Foundation* Date: June 10, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8C1scHpwG0 *Note:* The discussion is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source. "The Media

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Prof. Krishna Kumar, former NCERT director--On The Deep Flaws In India's Examination System। NEET

2024-06-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Ajay Kumar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 13, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnvblmvbz-Y *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "NEET की परीक्षा में धांधली को लेकर के पूरे देश में बवाल मचा हुआ है। इसी का संदर्भ बनाते हुए इस वीडियो

[Goanet] Shrink the Economy, Save the World?

2024-06-09 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
PERHAPS THIS IS OF INTEREST. THANK YOU. >"Economic growth has long been considered such an obvious boon that it’s pursued by governments across the world as a matter of course." >"Gains in economic growth have too often buoyed the fortunes of the richest instead of lifting all boats. Prosperity

[Goanet] In India, the voters have spoken. They do not want autocracy.

2024-06-07 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"The key outcome of the balloting is that Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party will not become the sole power center in India for the next five years, as Mr. Modi had hoped and predicted. Mr. Modi and the BJP will lack a free hand for further repression of civil society, imprisonment of the

[Goanet] India Keeps Its Glorious, Messy Tradition Alive

2024-06-07 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"The ever unpredictable electorate of the world’s largest democracy responded to Modi’s demand for still more power resolutely: No thanks." >"It struck me as particularly apt that despite all the fanfare about the glorious new temple in Ayodhya, Modi’s party lost the city’s parliamentary seat

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Yogendra Yadav, political analyst and founder Swaraj Abhiyan --"Lok Sabha Results : PM Modi का तीसरा कार्यकाल, Rahul Gandhi की नई छवि, Yogendra Yadav की नज़र में.

2024-06-07 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
THIS ANALYSIS IS PERHAPS WORTH YOUR VIEWING. THANK YOU. By: Rupa Jha, Editorial leather, BBC Hindi Published in: *BBC News Hindi* Date: June 7, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FORgU1Pps98 *Note*: This interview is in Hindi and there is no transcript. "लोकसभा चुनाव 2024 के नतीजे आ

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Parakala Prabhakar, the economist, author and political commentator, Parakala Prabhakar, who is also Finance Minister's husband--Results “A Very Clear Tight Slap on PM’s

2024-06-06 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 6, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNnAQbv7FJg "In an interview to discuss the election results the economist, author and political commentator, Parakala Prabhakar, who is also Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband, has

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, biographer and journalist - "Can Old Mr Modi Become New Mr Modi? His Biographer Thinks Not."

2024-06-05 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 5, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFdEORJpQoU *Note:* The interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source. "In an interview with his biographer to discuss whether Narendra Modi will be temperamentally and

[Goanet] India’s early election results point to rebuke for Modi and his party

2024-06-04 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"In the end, it was voters in the devout Hindu heartland, the BJP stronghold that propelled Modi to victory in 2014 and 2019, who appeared to be pulling back their support. >"Such a result [BJP might not single-handedly secure the 272 seats needed in the 543-member Lok Sabha lower house, as it

[Goanet] Fear and Hope post the Fourth of June

2024-06-04 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Satya Sagar Published in: *Countercurrents.org* Date: June 2, 2024 Source: https://countercurrents.org/2024/06/fear-and-hope-post-the-fourth-of-june/ For weeks now, everyone and his uncle in India has been speculating about the outcome of the country’s general elections, hunting for clues on

[Goanet] Watch interview: With Yogendra Yadav, political analyst - "Could Exit Polls Be a Smokescreen To Conceal Something, . . .

2024-06-03 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta, Political Affairs Editor Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 4, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4FAKxuSrvE *Note:* The transcript is embedded in the source and the interview is in English "The political scientist Yogendra Yadav speaks about a number

[Goanet] Union Home Minister calling 150 District Magistrates directly- Does it not amount to a corrupt practice?

2024-06-02 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
From: E A S Sarma Former Secretary to the Government of India To Shri Rajiv Kumar Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar Election Commissioner Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Election Commissioner Dear Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, S/Shri Gyanesh Kumar/ Rajiv Kumar, I understand that the Congress

[Goanet] Watch: 'Democracy Survives Only Because People Believe In It': Prabir Purkayastha

2024-06-01 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 1, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgk7w0-i6pQ "In an event organised by the Press Club of India on 30th May, fresh out of jail Newsclick founder Prabir Purkayastha spoke on curtailment of the ‘Freedom of Expression in Today’s India’ along with

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Shravan Garg, journalist and political analyst- 2024 Election- How politics will change after 4th June? Will nation see a new Modi? | INDIA ALLIANCE

2024-05-29 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
"There are doubts about Modi's democratic credentials. As a result the democratic transfer of power in India is in doubt? A question which has never risen earlier with regard to India." By: Ashutosh, Co-founder, Satya Hindi Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: May 29, 2024 Source:

[Goanet] Watch Interviews: With various intellectuals of Varanasi- "A Political Evening on Ganga Ghat in Varanasi with Arfa Khanum Sherwani: Will INDIA Gain In UP?"

2024-05-28 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Editor and Journalist Published in: *The Wire* Date: May 28, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-n2O6DRVIc *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "As the Lok Sabha elections enter the seventh phase, all eyes

[Goanet] I’m an Indian Muslim, and I’m Scared to Say So

2024-05-26 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"I used to answer the phone with 'Salam.' Not anymore. I don’t want people to know I’m a Muslim." >"In the India of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, you can’t take any chances." >"Many Indian Muslims fought against British colonization, and millions rejected the 1947 partition of the country into

[Goanet] Watch: Ground Report by Sheetal P. Singh, Journalist, "Sixth phase polling. Live from UP | LOK SABHA ELECTION 2024 |"

2024-05-25 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
THIS IS PERHAPS WORTH YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. "IN EVERY SEAT IN THIS PART OF UP, BJP'S OWN CADRES ARE ACTIVELY DEFEATING THEIR OWN CANDIDATES." WHY? LISTEN, PLEASE. By: Dr. Mukhesh Kumar Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: May 25, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV9EZFrWvgk *Note:* This

[Goanet] Watch: जा रही है मोदी सरकार -राहुल हैं असली दावेदार | Laxmi Shankar Bajpai on Loksabha Election |#dblive

2024-05-24 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Trans.: "Modi government is leaving - Rahul is the real contender" By: Atul Sinha Published in: *DB Live* Date: May 17, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUfnl5movQA *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "Laxmi Shankar Bajpai is a poet,

[Goanet] Watch Interviews: With Anjali Bhardwaj, Sushmita Dev and Nalini Singh -Half the Sky: What Women Bring to Politics is Invaluable

2024-05-20 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Published in: *Dil se* with Kapil Sibal Date: May 20, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqXEalfyYPE *Note*: This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source "In a discussion with host Kapil Sibal on

[Goanet] Strangers in Their Own Land: Being Muslim in Modi’s India

2024-05-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
*LONG READ* >"It is a lonely feeling to know that your country’s leaders do not want you. To be vilified because you are a Muslim in what is now a largely Hindu-first India." >"It colors everything. Friends, dear for decades, change. Neighbors hold back from neighborly gestures — no longer

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Alishan Jari, an independent journalist and an aspiring documentary filmmaker--What's It Like to be Muslim in Modi's India? To Be Called an ‘infiltrator’ in your own hom

2024-05-16 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: May 14, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHR8pMCGPDg "At a time when the Prime Minister has called Muslims 'infiltrators' and people who have more children than the rest of us, the independent journalist and an aspiring documentary

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Parakala Prabhakar, Finance Minister's husband, the author and economist-- BJP Will Get 200-220 Seats, NDA Below 272; Dictators End Badly

2024-05-15 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: May, 15, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ6J3-j5xiA *Note:* The transcript is embedded in the source "The respected author, economist and commentator Parakala Prabhakar, who is also Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband, has

[Goanet] Bhima Koregaon: Gautam Navlakha gets bail as Supreme Court lifts stay on Bombay High Court order

2024-05-14 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
*>"'We are inclined to not extend the stay as High Court order is detailed in granting bail. Trial would take years and years and years for completion. Without going at length into contentions, we will not extend the stay,' *the Court said." >"Navlakha, who is a human rights activist and the

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Dr. Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP, and head of its Communications department- History Tells Us that India’s Future is Best Secured by Embracing Its Many Diversities

2024-05-14 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Published in: *The Wire* Date: May 14, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bkgjUcTPro *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and transcript is embedded in the source. "Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP and head of its Communications department

[Goanet] Watch: Q: What do India's elections mean for coal communities and climate change? (Long Read)

2024-05-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Aruna Chandrashekar Date: May 13, 2024 Published in: *Carbon Brief* Source: https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/india-coal-mines/ "As prime minister of India for the past decade, Narendra Modi has overseen a rapid expansion of the country’s coal-mining and coal-fired power generation. That

[Goanet] Watch: Q: What do India's elections mean for coal communities and climate change? (Long Read)

2024-05-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Aruna Chandrashekar Date: May 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM Published in: *Carbon Brief* Source: https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/india-coal-mines/ "As prime minister of India for the past decade, Narendra Modi has overseen a rapid expansion of the country’s coal-mining and coal-fired power

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Derek O'Brien, Member of Parliament, TMC, Rajya Sabha-Interview to Kapil Sibal (Dil se with Kapil Sibal)

2024-05-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Published in: *Dil Se with Kapil Sibal* Date: May 12, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tn1im5Uvko *Note:* The transcript is embedded in the source. "Why Opposition MP Derek O'Brien wears a Tee Shirt says 'BJP Vs Democracy.'"

[Goanet] Watch: राहुल गांधी: सामाजिक न्याय के नए प्रवक्ता | Rahul Gandhi's Nyay

2024-05-12 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Trans.: Rahul Gandhi: New spokesperson for social justice PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO WATCH THIS VIDEO MAY SEE THAT TIMES THEY ARE CHANGIN' AND FAST. By: Ravish Kumar Published in: *Ravish Kumar Official* Date: May 12, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM8q0x1wsEw *Note:* This video is in

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Sunanda Datta-Ray, former Editor, The Statesman--Modi ‘An Unashamed Showman', has 'Frog in a Well' Attitude to World, Considers Muslims ‘Outsiders'

2024-05-11 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Date: May 11, 2024 Published in: *The Wire* Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaqEX-OVDt0 *Note*: The transcript is embedded in the source "In an interview to discuss and analyze the often bizarre and inexplicable things said by Prime Minister Modi in his election

[Goanet] WHY: Australia Advised its MPs & Ministers to Carry BURNER PHONE While Travelling to India

2024-05-10 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
MUST LISTEN & SHARE. THANK YOU. By: Dinesh K. Vohra Published in: Dinesh K. Vohra Show Date: May 10, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFBlQFlWuM *Note:* This news report is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "WHY: Australia Advised its MPs & Ministers to carry

[Goanet] Listen to the interview: With Shravan Garg, journalist and former Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar-Who After Modi in BJP? Why Australian paper asked this question during election? | AMIT SHAH

2024-05-10 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Ashutosh Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: May 10, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPdL7OfUiRs *Note:* This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "मोदी के बाद कौन होगा ? ये सवाल बीजेपी के एक नेता से आस्ट्रेलिया के अख़बार क्यों पूछा कि मोदी के बाद

[Goanet] Listen to: Interview with Mujib Mashal, South Asia bureau chief for The Times - "One Strongman, One Billion Voters, and the Future of India"

2024-05-09 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Hosted by: Sabrina Tavernise Published in: *The New York Times* Date: May 9, 2024 Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/podcasts/the-daily/india-election-modi.html?action=click=audio-series-bar=header=Article "India is in the midst of a national election and its prime minister, Narendra

[Goanet] Watch Interviews: Election Commission Will Be Judged by How it Deals With Ruling Party, Not Opposition

2024-05-09 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Published in: *The Wire* Date: May 9, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KajX-MlvO6o *Note:* The transcript is embedded in the source. "In #CentralHall this time, [we discuss] the threats to Election Commission of India's credibility

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Prof. Ravikant, Academic and Political Analyst- This issue will bring BJP further down | LOKSABHA ELECTION 2024 | AKHILESH YADAV

2024-05-08 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Sharat Pradhan, Journalist Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: April 8, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JizIeyblwuQ *Note*: The interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the source. "पिछले दिनों कन्नौज में जो हुआ वह भारतीय जनता पार्टी की पिछड़ा-विरोधी और सामंती

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Shravan Garg, former Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, भाजपा की ऐसी बुरी हालत,मोदी और शाह से नहीं संभल रहा ॥ Election 2024 ॥ Modi

2024-05-05 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Trans.: "BJP is in such a bad condition, Modi and Shah are not able to handle it. Election 2024॥ Modi" By: Sanjay Sharma, Editor 4PM Published in: *4PM* Date: May 5, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKLN6K_58Sw *Note*: This interview is in Hindi and the transcript is embedded in the

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Shyam Rangeela, Comedian--"मोदी जी को उन्ही की भाषा में जवाब देने वाराणसी जा रहा हूँ" | श्याम रंगीला V/S नरेंद्र मोदी

2024-05-03 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Trans.: "'I am going to Varanasi to answer Modiji in his own language.' Shyam Rangeela V/S Narendra Modi." ELECT A CLOWN EXPECT NOT A CIRCUS, BUT CHAOS AND PERHAPS CATASTROPHE ! By: Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Sr. Editor Published in: *The Wire* Date: May 3, 2024 Source:

[Goanet] The Hasdeo movement is a model of resistance’: Alok Shukla

2024-05-02 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"His [Alok Shukla's] 'Save Hasdeo Aranya Resistance Committee', which mobilised Adivasi communities from across the State, has saved 4,45,000 acres of forests from no less than 21 proposed coal mines. The Hasdeo is home to 15,000 Adivasi people, who depend on forest produce and the Hasdeo river

[Goanet] In Goa, a glaring disconnect between people’s concerns and political narrative

2024-05-01 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Source: https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/goa-politics-bjp-congress-lok-sabha-2024/article68093562.ece frontline.thehindu.com In Goa, a glaring disconnect between people’s concerns and

[Goanet] Chunk of India’s forests ‘missing’ after 27-year-delay to file reports

2024-04-30 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"In compliance with a February 19, 2024, Supreme Court order, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) uploaded the various State Expert Committee

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India--PM “clearly breached” MCC & “undoubtedly violated” RPA whilst ECI response “insult to constitution”

2024-04-30 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 29, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09bCzbd1u54 "Modi [has] "very clearly and categorically' breached Model Code of Conduct and 'undoubtedly violated' Representation of People Act; Election Commission has 'abdicated its solemn

[Goanet] Watch video: Alok Shukla, 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize, India

2024-04-29 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Published in: Goldman Environmental Prize Date: April 29, 2024 Source: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGxStwKVwDKDSrpvrKvgGvqQbSL?compose=CllgCJZbjcSwwsVzdmmHsFwWbhlPNRSrJxlCtrKGZhcnwFsGtdrqmnfnkGmzLklvptCzzbftfvq=1 Note: The transcript is embedded in the source "Alok Shukla led a

[Goanet] From Chai to Pani Puri. The times they are a changin'

2024-04-27 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
"Meet The Pani Puri Seller Who Looks Like PM Narendra Modi" Published in: *Nandighosha TV* Date: April 27, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1hATnnlPzM

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Shravan Garg, Former Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar-"What does second-round polling indicate?" | BJP | INDIA ALLIANCE | LOK SABHA ELECTION 2024

2024-04-26 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
THIS IS PERHAPS WORTH YOUR TIME. IF SO, PLEASE SHARE. THANK YOU. By: Prof. Mukesh Kumar Published in:* Satya Hindi* Date: April 26, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAoXqgxZ9aY *Note:* This interview is in Hindi, there is no transcript. "दूसरे चरण का मतदान क्या कहता है? क्या कम मतदान

[Goanet] Maharashtra officials told to pay activist Rs 2 lakh for blocking letter from jail to mother

2024-04-26 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has asked the state government and the superintendent of the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai to pay compensation of Rs 2 lakh to activist Arun Ferreira

[Goanet] Australian journalist says Indian government pressured her to leave

2024-04-24 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
> "An Australian journalist with the country’s public broadcaster was pressured to leave India after Indian authorities expressed anger over her reporting on Sikh separatism and informed her that her journalist visa would not be renewed, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the journalist,

[Goanet] Watch: Ab Ki Baar - No 400 Paar?? | Supreme Leader's Meltdown | Akash Banerjee

2024-04-24 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
PLEASE WATCH & SHARE. THANK YOU. SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME? By: Abhishek Banerjee Published in: *The Deshbhakt* Date: April 24, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiECG7BOdiU "Supreme Leader is pissed - reports are showing that 400 Parr is not happening! Supreme Leader's long standing

[Goanet] Watch Interview: "With If You're Too Good & Independent, You're Out": Justice Rohinton Nariman On Justice Akil Kureshi

2024-04-24 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Rohinton Nariman, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India Published in: *LiveLaw* Date: April 24, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbMCkdSjQ4 *Note:* Transcript is embedded in the source "Speaking on the appointment of judges, former Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Rohinton

[Goanet] Watch Interviews: "I am an Indian Citizen. No Matter My Faith, Caste, Region or the Food I Eat"

2024-04-23 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 23, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qosEDyLHsDo *Note:* The transcript is embedded in the source "In #CentralHall, senior advocate Kapil Sibal explores the question of one identity at the heart

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Alpa Shah, Professor of Anthropology, LSE & Oxford--“Modi’s India is a Modern Fascism”

2024-04-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 19, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ_tIRYyiNQ *Note:* The transcript is embedded in the source. "We need to call Modi's India a modern Indian fascism": Alpa Shah, Professor of Social Anthropology, Oxford University, to Karan

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Yogendra Yadav - The Missing Modi Wave as Livelihood Issues Dominate | MK Venu

2024-04-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: M.K. Venu Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 19, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4toVAUxZDJA *Note*: The transcript is embedded in the source. "National convenor of the Bharat Jodo Abhiyan Yogendra Yadav, who is on a 1,500-km tour of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Bihar,

[Goanet] Minister ‘called for tea’, read headlines with ‘sarcasm’: NYT journo recalls her time in India

2024-04-19 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
MUST WATCH. THANK YOU. >“'To be clear,' she [Emily Schmall was the Delhi-based South Asia correspondent for *The New York Times*] said, 'journalism is under threat in India.'” >"She [Schmall] recalled India’s 'antagonistic' climate, saying foreign correspondents find themselves being 'targets of

[Goanet] Archbishop of Goa urges to skip pilgrimage, vote for candidates with 'secular' credentials

2024-04-18 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"The Church's obligation to participate in nation-building and in shaping the moral character of society is a requirement of our faith, it is an all-important part of the mission we have received from Jesus Christ. It is in this spirit that all eligible Catholic voters need to exercise their

[Goanet] PM's Interview To ANI News Channel Prima Facie Violates The Model Code Of Conduct

2024-04-16 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
Source: https://countercurrents.org/2024/04/pms-interview-to-ani-news-channel-prima-facie-violates-the-model-code-of-conduct/ PM’s interview to ANI news channel prima facie violates the Model Code of Conduct by E A S Sarma 16/04/2024 -- by Jagdeep S. Chhokar & E A S

[Goanet] Watch Interviews: With Ashok Lavasa, S.Y. Qureshi and Maj. Gen. Anil Verma ADR--Is it Right to Put the Election Commission in the Dock? #CentralHall

2024-04-16 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 16, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhelBaWK88o "The Constitution mandates the Election Commission (EC) to conduct free and fair elections in India, the backbone of India’s democracy. But how

[Goanet] Fwd: When Did Inter-religious Weddings Become Communal Conspiracies In Kerala?

2024-04-15 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"They ['most Christian denominations'] do reflect an unacceptable and toxic mix of orthodoxy with a dose of patriarchy and racism in the guise of tradition and culture. But not communalism, or religious targeting." >"The church hierarchy needs to be questioned on how it zeroes down on an issue

[Goanet] When Did Inter-religious Weddings Become Communal Conspiracies In Kerala?

2024-04-15 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"They ['most Christian denominations'] do reflect an unacceptable and toxic mix of orthodoxy with a dose of patriarchy and racism in the guise of tradition and culture. But not communalism, or religious targeting." >"The church hierarchy needs to be questioned on how it zeroes down on an issue

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With K.M. Chandrasekhar, former cabinet secretary - "Modi guilty of impropriety, telling bureaucrats to make post-election roadmap is undemocratic, wrong "

2024-04-15 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 15, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaulTI5BwcM *Note:* The transcript is embedded in the source "In an interview to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s order to senior civil servants to prepare a roadmap for the first 100

[Goanet] 'Unchristian Act': Concerned Catholics Slam Idukki Diocese Over Screening of 'The Kerala Story' A poster for 'The Kerala Story'.

2024-04-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"In a statement issued, the group of Catholics said the decision by the Church authorities to screen the film is 'deeply concerning because it actively sows seeds of hatred, intolerance and prejudice, among children, instead of promoting peace, compassion, and acceptance, which are the core

[Goanet] Open Letter To President Of India: Take Control Of Election Commission And Other Regulatory Bodies

2024-04-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
PLEASE READ & SHARE. THANK YOU. >"An Election Commission that considers itself subservient to the political executive cannot conduct elections in an apolitical manner." >"With almost all institutions brought to near-total submission, with almost every regulatory authority rendered subservient

[Goanet] The Kerala story, Manipur documentary, church factions & BJP's strategy in its most distant state

2024-04-13 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief Published in: *The Print* Date: April 12, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDsAMPbFS7w "Amid Kerala's multi-party, multi-faith politics, BJP is trying to ground its image as the number 2 party and weaken the Congress led UDF. In Episode 1431 of Cut

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Parakala Prabhakar, economist - "Of Course Modi’s a Dictator & His Return Would be a Disaster”: Finance Minister’s Husband

2024-04-12 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
A MUST WATCH & SHARE. THANK YOU. By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 12, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLy3YOJeogA "Of course, Modi's a dictator; he's dragging India back to the dark ages; his return to power would be a disaster for India": Finance Minister

[Goanet] Israel’s Spy-Tech Industry Is a Global Threat to Democracy

2024-04-11 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"Israel’s surveillance industry is one of the most advanced and prolific in the world. A unique environment of legal enablement, partnerships between private firms and the Israeli military, and the availability of Palestinians as free test subjects

[Goanet] Watch Interview: Shravan Garg, Former Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar -SC livid with Ramdev, rejects apology, Will (it) further penalise him! | PATANJALI | CORONIL

2024-04-11 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Ashutosh Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: April 11, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go1v9CvczZU *Note:* This interview is in Hindi The transcript is embedded in the source "रामदेव के पतंजलि ने पिछले दस सालों में खरबों का साम्राज्य खडा किया है । जो भ्रामक विज्ञापनों की बिनाह पर

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Praveen Chakravarty, Congress Manifesto Committee- Congress wants to "bring back the original idea of India, an inclusive liberal Republic"

2024-04-10 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 11, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6iXJ3ZtoWw *Note*: The transcript is embedded in the source "In an interview to discuss in some detail the 2024 manifesto of the Congress Party, a key member of the Congress Manifesto Committee

[Goanet] Watch Interview: With Praveen Chakravarty, Congress Manifesto Committee- Congress wants to "bring back the original idea of India, an inclusive liberal Republic"

2024-04-10 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 11, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6iXJ3ZtoWw *Note*: The transcript is embedded in the source "In an interview to discuss in some detail the 2024 manifesto of the Congress Party, a key member of the Congress Manifesto Committee

[Goanet] Watch Interview: Dhruv Rathee- “Modi is 80% a Dictator and a Darpok (Coward)”; I Call on Indian Voters to Throw Him Out" on YouTube

2024-04-09 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: April 9, 2024 Source: https://youtu.be/4bBIfkK0Z7g?si=huxIPHPZOrcsalNn Note: The transcript is embedded in the source "Dhruv Rathee, who is arguably the most widely followed and most highly admired YouTube video-maker of his generation in India,

[Goanet] Trump to Sue Judge in Last-Ditch Attempt to Avert Manhattan Trial

2024-04-09 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"Court records showed on Monday that Mr. Trump was filing an action against the judge, Juan M. Merchan , though the papers were not immediately made public." >"Two people with knowledge of the matter said

[Goanet] Watch: Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud-"Need To Balance Seizure powers and Individual privacy rights "

2024-04-08 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
>"Need To Balance Seizure powers and Individual privacy rights " By: Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud- Delivering the D.P. Kohli memorial lecture, New Delhi, April 8 ,2024 Published in:* Live Law* Date: April 8, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIf24YfLNj0 Note: The

[Goanet] Watch: Shravan Garg, Former Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar- Is New Congress emerging! Is New BJP only to win for Modi? | RAHUL GANDHI | 2024 ELECTIONS

2024-04-08 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
By: Ashutosh Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: April 8, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wMgf17j8WE *Note:* This news program is in Hindi "श्रवण गर्ग की खरी खरी । राहुल गांधी क्या नई कांग्रेस का जन्म दे रहे है ? क्या पुराने चेहरे ग़ायब हो जायेंगे ? क्या मोदी की बीजेपी किराये की कोख

[Goanet] Watch: Rajasthan is going to surprise this time | ELECTION 2024 | BJP | PM MODI

2024-04-07 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
PLEASE WATCH. THANK YOU. By: Sheetal Singh Published in: *Satya Hindi* Date: April 7, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAX57v-XKmM *NOTE:* This ground report is in Hindi. The transcript is embedded in the source. "राजस्थान इस चुनाव में चौंकाने जा रहा है । किसानों के आंदोलन ने यहाँ

[Goanet] Watch: BREAKING: Supreme Court के वकील Kapil Sibbal ने किया बड़ा खुलासा!।DilliTak।

2024-04-07 Thread Dr. Vivek Pinto
PLEASE WATCH & SHARE. THANK YOU Trans.: Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal made a big revelation!. Dilli Tak. By: Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Published in: *Dilli Tak* Date: April 7, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRW_f1Em7nU *NOTE:* This important press

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