Saturday, November 11, 2017

Quick notes: Minority status, Climate toll...

  • Minorities to decide fate of Hindus: SC declines to entertain PIL seeking minority status for Hindus in seven states and one Union Territory. Directs the petitioner to approach the National Commission for Minorities. The Indian Constitution nowhere defines a community as a minority. 


  • A simple executive order would suffice: Modi govt can easily give minority status to Hindus in 8 states.. It is astonishing that the Supreme Court thinks it perfectly fine for a sectarian body to adjudicate on matters concerning the fate of millions of Hindus.


  • Abolish discrimination: Our goal is NOT to get minority status. It is to abolish all laws and rules that make this "status" a coveted possession.


  • Will Telangana wake up?


  • India becoming world's top sulphur dioxide emitter: India's emissions of sulphur dioxide increased by 50% since 2007, while China's fell by 75%.. Sulphur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems.


  • India tops climate toll: India lost more people to the impacts of climate change than any other country during 2016.


  • Revered Advaita master: Jamaican born Mooji Baba


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