Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Trashing each other.

"India is seeking to normalise the 'brutal and repressive denial of democratic and other rights of Kashmiri Muslims and other minorities' by holding G20 meetings in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, said." Scroll. "The third meeting of the G20 tourism group is scheduled to be held in Srinagar between May 22 and May 24," and will be the first international summit in J&K since the abrogation of Article 370 which gave it a special status, and "will see the participation of delegates from guest countries and several international organisations." India trashed the report. "India...strongly rejected as 'baseless and unwarranted allegations' the statement issued by the United Nations expert on J&K," saying "As G20 President, it's India's prerogative to host its meetings in any part of the country." TN. Indeed, it is. Just as India will host G20 meetings in New Delhi where female wrestlers are protesting against a BJP MP. "India's female and male wrestlers are braving rain and canings by police as they continue their protests in Delhi demanding 'convincing legal action' against a former top Indian wrestling official who is accused of harassing several female wrestlers." VOA. Their demand has been trashed while the ladies have been thrashed. In February, George Soros, 92, said that "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be weakened as a politician due to the financial troubles Gautam Adani finds himself in," and "would have to answer questions from foreign investors." DNA. He was trashed by all of BJP, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar calling him "old, rich, opinionated and dangerous". HT. Recently, "India...categorically trashed as 'biased' and 'motivated' a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that alleged 'several violations' of religious freedom in the country." TOI. India slipped 11 places in the World Press Freedom Index, 2023. "The situation has gone from 'problematic' to 'very bad' in three other countries: Tajikistan (down 1 at 153rd), India (down 11 at 161st) and Turkey (down 16 at 165th)," the RSF report said. ET. Below Tajikistan? Trash RSF and the press. In 2018, we trashed a report by the WHO which said that 57% of allopathic doctors in the country have no medical qualifications. They are quacks. ET. In 2019, India trashed a US report that said that India is the chief source of counterfeit medicines in the world. TOI. In 2021, a report by Freedom House downgraded India to 'partly free' from a 'free', while Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute called India an 'electoral autocracy'. "It is hypocrisy. We have a set of self-appointed custodians of the world who find it very difficult to stomach that somebody in India is not looking for their approval," Jaishankar trashed both. With so much trash, it is no surprise that other countries do not want Indians. The Indian passport has fallen to 144 in 2023 and our mobility index has fallen to 70 from 73 in 2022. ET. Trash others and they trash our passports. It's prerogative.

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