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History: Which is the Oldest Language of India? Sanskrit or Tamil!

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It is a common belief that Sanskrit is the oldest language of India. S cript is very important aspect of any language. Script is a written form of a language. Script is considered one of the important evolution of a language as people can transmit their knowledge through writing to future generations with ease. In olden days, words of languages were written in rocks and stones. The oldest known Sanskrit inscriptions on stone, written in the Brahmi script, are the Hathibada Ghosundi inscriptions, dating back to the 2nd-1st century BCE, found near Chittorgarh in Rajasthan. Sanskrit didn't have it own script during those days. So, they used brahmi script for writing Sanskrit. Most stone carving found in North India had Brahmi scripts in it. So researchers assumed, Brahmi was the oldest script in India with Sanskrit as the oldest language. But, many stone carving & inscriptions found in Tamil nadu and Kerala didn't match with the Brahmi script. Also, the language written in sto...

1 Crore Forest Trees to be Uprooted, 32.123 acres of Pristine Forest to be deforested...

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Union Government of India has planned mega infrastructure development project in Great Nicobar Island, situated in the south of Andaman Island. Union has also allocated 80,000 crores of public tax money to implement this ecocide. The Government has proposed a host of new "development" projects, including an international cruise terminal to facilitate port-led city and accommodate high-end tourists, a ship-building and ship-repair facility, and an export-import (exim) port to help bring in construction material from neighbouring countries, a power plant and 130 sq.km township project and other real estate projects by destroying the 32,123 acres of forest. A key concern with the project from the very beginning has been the scale of forest destruction proposed, with a large portion allocated for the township, real estate infrastructures, large commerical shipping port that are proposed. Initial numbers for trees to be cut ranged from 8.65 lakh, as mentioned in the March 2021 pro...

Bill Gates GM Mosquitoes causing Paralysis in USA

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A Biotech company called Oxitec, which is funded by Bill Gates, released "hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes" in Florida. They did this to try out a new way to control the mosquito population. The first group of these mosquitoes was released in May 2021, as the company announced in a press release. The Oxitec company confirmed that they are funded and supported by the Bill Gates Foundation. Three months after the release of the GM Mosquitoes by the Gates Foundation, residents in the impacted area have begun experiencing paralysis. Residents from florida is just furious that they have not been taken into consent before the project implementation. Also, they have to take the burn of this project. They also told that nobody knows what will happen to them and they feel violated for being treated as a lab rats. On that day, news from around the world said that the CDC found mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in at least six states, and people have gotten...

Bayer's take over of Indian Government's Agricultural Institutions

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​ ICAR is an autonomous body public body under Ministry of Agriculture. It is the largest network of agriculture research and educational institutions in the world. The Council is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 113 ICAR institutes and 74 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world. Every year, around crores of Public taxed money is being allocated to ICAR by Union Government of India for its functioning. In June 2024, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) launched for commercial cultivation two herbicide-tolerant (HT) rice varieties that are tolerant to herbicide Imazethapyr. ICAR says these new rice varieties are tolerant to the application of Imazethapyr herbicide to eradicate weeds in the Directly Seeded Rice system....

Hand harvesting Indigenous Paddy of our Village

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In Traditional paddy farming, harvest is a big celebration particularly in Tamil culture. In Pre-colonial era i.e before British left India, majority of India's people dwelled in villages and their major occupation was agriculture. Whole village functioned as a community. When the harvest is over, the people carry paddy to a common place. Its called "kaalathu medu". There everyone from farmer, to carpernter, to farm labour to people who work on maintaining water bodies and other farm labourers of the village get their share of paddy. The exchanged paddy grains in the place of money. This was the barter system which they were practising for centuaries. No central banks. This was prevalent in our village until 2000s. Paddy grains were their currency. So, harvest marks of importance in India villages particularly in Tamil nadu. Whole village comes to celebration mode during this festival. In Tamil calender, Thai month(in mid January) is celebrated as New year which marks th...

HPV Vaccine: Un-safe and In-effective, Explained

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Cervical cancer ranks second among women's cancers next to breast cancers in India, with over 1,23,000 new cases. It is one of the leading cause of death in women. The primary cause of cervical cancer is the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is a group of more than 200 related viruses with more than 20+ subtypes that causes cervical cancer in people with Cervix. While many types of HPV are harmless and do not cause any symptoms, others can lead to health problems such as genital warts and various forms of cancer some leading to death. Union health Minister of India announced in Parliment that Indian Government is planning to introduce HPV Vaccine to National immunisation program. This means, HPV vaccine will be given to all adolescent girls in India. This will cost hundreds of crores of public taxed money. Union Government of India is planning to introduce Serum Institute developed Cervavac HPV vaccine to Universal vaccination schedule. Usually, Cervical cancer is caused due to 50+ v...

Exposed: How Tata Trust is Poisoning the Food of millions of People across India

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The demise of Ratan Tata has brought Tata Trusts into the spotlight. As the largest public charitable foundations in India and the majority owner of the $165-billion Tata Group, the Trusts' boards will have to appoint a new chairman from among the trustees. Before that, let us understand how Tata trust in the name of philanthropy and humanitarian aid is poisioning the food plate of millions of people in India Rice has the highest uptake in government food programmes such as the public distribution system, mid-day meal schemes, integrated child development services, etc. It has a potential to reach 740 million people, especially women and children . India’s ration scheme also called Public distribution System(PDS) is the largest food safety scheme in the world, reaching 80 crore or 800 million individuals. Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, every member of a poor household receives five kg of grains, wheat or rice, at very low costs at village ration shops. Tata Trusts is w...

டாக்டர்.ரிச்சாரியா உள்ளூர் அரிசி விதை பாதுகாப்பு மய்யம், 2024

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2023 உலகில் உள்ள 125 நாடுகளில் மக்கள் பசி நிலமையை பற்றி அறிய, உலக புகழ் பெற்ற ஆய்வு ஒன்று நடந்தது. இதில், இந்தியா 111 இடம் பிடித்துள்ளது. அப்பிரிக்காவை விட இந்தியாவில் பசி மோசமாக நிலவுவதாக இந்த ஆய்வு நிறுவியுள்ளது. இந்தியாவில் ஊட்டசத்து குறைபாடு தலைவரித்து அடுவதாகவும் கூறியுள்ளது. இன்றைய இரசாயணம் கலகப்பட்ட உணவில் மனித உடலுக்கு தேவையான எந்த ஊட்டசத்தும் இல்லை என்றும் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. இதனால், மனிதன் உடல் மற்றும் மூளை தன் முழு ஆற்றலை அடைய முடியாமல் பாதிக்கப்படுகிறது. இது பல்வேறு நேய்களுக்கு வழி வகுக்கிறது எனவும் இந்த ஆய்வு கூறுகிறது. மேலும், இந்தியாவில் 2 இல் 1 குழந்தைக்கு, மூளை வளர்ச்சி குன்றியுள்ள உண்மையை தெளிவாய் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளது. இந்த விதாமான நவீன பசிக்கும் நமது உணவும் அதில் கலக்கப்பட நஞ்சுமே காரணம். இன்றைய நவீன வேளாண்மையில் பயன்படுத்தபடும் அதிக மகசுல் தரும், ஒட்டு ரக விதைகளிலlல் மனித உடலுக்கு தேவையான எந்த ஊட்டசத்துகள் இல்லை என்பது அறிவியல் உண்மையாகி இருக்கிறது‌. உணவு உற்பத்தியில் கலக்கப்படும் ராசாயனங்களும் நஞ்சுகள், குழந்தைகளுக்கு கடுமையான மூளை மற்றும் நரம்பு மண்டல பாதிப்பை எற்படுத்த...

Meta - Whatsapp - Privacy

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Recently, Telegram CEO and Founder Pavel Dhrov was arrested in France for indulging in criminal activity such as money laundering and other illegal activity in his telegram application. Telegram was founded by Pavel Durov in 2013. Telegram is the fastest growing competitor against popular social media messaging platform Whatsapp and is expected to reach one billion users by this year. It is the most downloaded social media app next only to WhatsApp and Snapchat. Telegram is officially banned in Iran, China since telegram has been used by Pro democratic protesters and opposition to voice their opinion against authoritatuve and facist regime. The application had been used by democratic activist to voice thier opinion against Government in Thailand. Since then, telegram was banned in Thailand. Telegram has been used during Hong Kong protests to speak against the human rights violation of Chinese Communist Party. The platform specifically stays away from “politically motivated ...

May 18: Tamil Genocide Rememberance Day

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Today, Tamil speaking communities live in countries like Sri lanka, India(Tamil Nadu), Singapore, Malaysia and Mauritius and other Southeast asian countries. Tamil-Brahmi, also known as Tamili, was used to write the early form of Tamil. The Tamili script is "oldest" known writing system of India dating back to 600 BC. While Sanskrit does not have an native writing script: from around the turn of the 1st-millennium CE, it has been written in various Brahmic scripts. Ta milians form the biggest minority in Sri lanka. Sri Lanka got its independence from the British Empire in 1948. Shortly after gaining independence, Sinhalese was recognised as the sole official language of the nation. Sinhalese people are the largest ethic group in Sri lanka. Violent persecution erupted in the form of the 1956, 1958, 1977, 1981 and 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms, often carried out by the majority Sinhalese mobs with state support. This led to the birth of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam called as LTTE...

Explained: How Election commission became Modi's Commission

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 The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a Constitutional body established by the Constitution of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in India. The Election commission is headed by a Chief Election Commissioner and two other Election Commissioners. This post should not remain vacant during any General elections. In March 10, just weeks ahead of General election 2024, Arun Goel, an Election commissioner suddenly resigned from his post.This has come as a surprise and shook to many regarding the timing of his resignation. He had tenure till 2027. Anup Chandra Pandey, who was an Election commissioner retired on February 14, 2024 making election commission with just one member out of three. This happened for the first time in the history of election commission. Former secretary to the Government of India E.A.S. Sarma has written to President Droupadi Murmu raising concerns about the status of the Election Commission of India. Earlier, Supreme court directed that a commi...