Caught in the middle of this is the now 18-year-old Greta, who shared an online ‘protest toolkit’ along with the message, “I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest”
This ‘toolkit’ was put together by the Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF), a Canada-based Sikh organisation accused in India of links with separatist Khalistanis looking to create an independent homeland in Punjab. Not exactly top of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘to do’ list.
As it happens, some time back I had business with the PJF founder Mo Dhaliwal, a Sikh who also runs an online strategy company called Skyrocket. In my dealings with him, he was a courteous and clever operator. Apparently nothing has changed, although he’s certainly more controversial these days.
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Autistic climate activist Greta Thunberg accidentally tweeted and quickly deleted a screenshot showing she receives instructions on what to post online and which celebrities to reach out to.
The 18-year-old liberal icon posted a message of “suggested posts” along with instructions on how to interact with others to maximize reach.
The instructions in the message specifically refer to an ongoing farmer protest in India.
The Twitter account Breaking911 was able to capture the now-deleted posts.
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The West Midlands police in the UK claimed to have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of Rulda Singh, then national chief of the RSS-affiliated Rashtriya Sikh Sangat in Patiala in 2009.
As per a report by BBC, West Midlands police said they had arrested two men aged 37 and 40 in Coventry and a 38-year-old man in Wolverhampton.
“The [West Midlands] force said all the three had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder,” the BBC report said. It also said, “The three men were arrested on Monday after extradition warrants were issued at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.”
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On 8 January, Twitter indefinitely suspended the account of one Donald J Trump, president of the United States.
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Lockdown rule-breakers are more likely to be fined as Covid laws will be enforced "more quickly", the UK's most senior police officer has said">_______
The company warns users in a pop-up notice that they "need to accept these updates to continue using WhatsApp" - or delete their accounts.
But Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, said European and UK users would not see the same data-sharing changes, although they will need to accept new terms.
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PM Boris Johnson announces closure of most shops and stronger police powers to quash the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom.
The PM held a public address after an emergency COBRA meeting.
Yesterday, the PM issued a warning that "fresh air" does not give "immunity" after crowds of Brits flocked to beaches and parks this weekend.
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A 60-year-old man was assaulted and paraded on a donkey after his face was blackened. Blackface still appears in countless ways.
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Hindus constitute the largest non-Muslim group in the country. But today the number of this minority in Pakistan is decreasing and they are fleeing to other countries where their rights are better protected. One of the main causes of the Hindus concern is that forces conversion of their girls. The girls escape from house as a result of kidnapping, when they are found; they are forcefully married to some Muslim boy and converted to Islam.
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By dating the rocks in Earth's ever-changing crust, as well as the rocks in Earth's neighbors, such as the moon and visiting meteorites, scientists have calculated that Earth is 4.54 billion years old, with an error range of 50 million years.
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On 31 December 1600, a group of merchants who had incorporated themselves into the East India Company were given monopoly privileges on all trade with the East Indies. The Company's ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608.
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“Punjabi” is a term that describes a person who has cultural links to Punjab. It can refer to the people, language, alphabet, tradition, culture, and other issues that are related to Punjab, which refers to an Indian and Pakistani state.
On the other hand, a Muslim is a descriptive term for a person who is practicing the religion of Islam. Anyone can be called a Muslim if the person follows the tenets of the said faith and the religious teachings.
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Delhi Smog: Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Government Blaming each Other for Pollution in Delhi-NCR.
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A young widow alleges that a cleric from an important shrine sold her to his friends in a prostitution ring, while secret filming reveals another cleric conducting a pleasure marriage with a girl he believes to be only 13.
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Ever considered earning some money through paid drug trials? We what are the dangers of medical research?
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I’ve even heard women say things like, “Balls are gross. I hate them.”
If a woman overheard men talking about vaginas being dirty and disgusting, she’d surely think this was misogyny and micro aggression.
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Meanwhile, Jack Hawley (New World Library, 2011 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 197 pages) wrote: "The Bhagavad Gita has been called India's greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives."
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We take it for granted that the sun is just going to keep on shining… But what if it didn't? Could we survive on planet Earth without the rays of the sun beating?
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We tend to like people who think like us. If we agree with someone’s beliefs, we’re more likely to be friends with them. While this makes sense, it means that we subconsciously begin to ignore or dismiss anything that threatens our world views, since we surround ourselves with people and information that confirm what we already think.
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May 8, 2019 Source: American Geophysical Union Summary: Radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from 20th-century nuclear bomb tests has reached the deepest parts of the ocean, a new study finds. Crustaceans in deep ocean trenches have incorporated this 'bomb carbon' into the molecules that make up their bodies.
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The term White Australia policy was widely used to encapsulate a set of historical policies that aimed to exclude people of non-European origin, especially Asians (primarily Chinese) and Pacific Islanders (primarily Melanesians) from immigrating to Australia. Governments progressively dismantled such policies between 1949 and 1973.
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The calm on my face is an ongoing sin.The world must stay out; I've built up a wall. My fragile lie will collapse should it ever fall.
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The remnants of the airliner and all aboard fell into the Atlantic Ocean approximately 120 miles (190 km) West-Southwest of the southwest tip of Ireland, killing all aboard. A total of 329 people were killed, including 268 Canadian citizens, 27 British citizens and 24 Indian citizens.
The bombing of Air India Flight 182 is the largest mass killing in Canadian history, and was also the world's most destructive act of aviation terrorism until 9/11.
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Pakistan was created out of India in 1947 when both the countries became Independent from Great Britain.
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GREENWOOD, Ind. -- Police say a brawl at a Sikh temple in suburban Indianapolis has left four people with minor injuries. Greenwood Assistant Police Chief Matthew Fillenwarth says police and medics responded Sunday to a verbal and physical fight involving about 150 people at the Gurdwara Sikh temple in the city just south of Indianapolis.
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Ever since Karan Johar was called the flagbearer of nepotism on his famous talk show by actress Kangana Ranaut, nepotism has become the talking point in India.
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The Qur'an is a continuation and completion of the earlier scriptures like the Torah and the Gospel; and the mission of Muhammad was a reconciliation between the harsh Law of Moses and the non-violent Gospel of Jesus.
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CellCentric in Cambridge has received approval from the UK regulatory authority, the MHRA, to start clinical trials of its CCS1477 technology to treat certain blood cancers.
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It was the result of a well-planned strategy by Hindu fundamentalists. They have worked to convert the vision of India?
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India has for the first time published detailed figures on the number of people killed in the religious riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002.
The government told parliament that 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed, 223 more people reported missing and another 2,500 injured.
Unlabelled in supermarkets, a consumer watchdog has warned. The proportion of animals stunned before slaughter for halal meat last year."
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The Sikhs fought a number of battles to preserve Hinduism. True or false?
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SPECTRUM S1 • E4
Do All White People Think The Same About Race?
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36-year-old man from Secunderabad gave triple talaq to his wife last month allegedly for her crooked teeth.
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