01-12-2020 The Asian Independent

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01-12-2020 to 15-12-2020 ASIA
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GANDHI, Churchill statues
in UK could be toppled
Bhim Army chief
visits Ghazipur border
to support farmers
London : There are fears that statues of
Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi
in the UK could be toppled after both were
named in a Welsh government report
reviewing historical figures as "complicit"
in colonialism and slavery.
The report said that "many reputations
have been brought into question" and
"there is a need to assess the culpability or
otherwise of individuals who are publicly
commemorated and celebrated".
This comes amid Black Lives Matter
protests, and brings into question the reputation
of the former wartime Prime
Minister Churchill and civil rights leader
Gandhi. Churchill, which has two buildings
and 15 streets named in his honour,
has been found to be "widely hated in
South Wales mining communities for his
actions as Home Secretary during the
Tonypandy riots", the report said.
The report added that Churchill
"expressed a belief in the superiority of the
Anglo-Saxon race", was "opposed to dismantling
the British Empire", and failed
"to take sufficient action to relieve the
Bengal famine".
The report also named Indian independence
leader Gandhi, whose statue
stands in the Welsh capital.
Gandhi has been implicated for "racism
against Black South Africans".
An audit of memorials in Wales has
assessed the historical figures they celebrate
for "culpability" in the slave trade,
imperialism, and racial bigotry, The
Telegraph reported.
Leading the audit, Gayor Legall told
The Guardian that some contentious
memorials "could be moved to museums
so people can see the links".
I don't see the point of destroying
things, there's enough death and destruction
around as it is." Andrew Roberts,
author of "Churchill: Walking with
Destiny", said: "It's rare for quite such a
level of ignorance to be squeezed into one
single paragraph, but the Welsh
Government has exceeded itself in the
bilge it has regurgitated about Winston
Churchill. "Churchill did not order troops
with bayonets into Tonypandy. Nor did
any of Churchill's actions make the Bengal
Famine worse than the typhoon had
already made it." Roberts added that the
Welsh government had authorised "tripe
posing as history".
Ghaziabad : Even as scores of farmers owing allegiance to the
Bharatiya Kisan Union continued to protest at the Singhu border
entry point on the Delhi-Ghaziabad route, Bhim Army chief
Chandrashekhar Azad visited them on Tuesday to extend his
party’s support to the cause.
“I have come to extend support so that farmers don’t feel left
alone. Farmers, Dalits and labourers are all the same. If the farmer
will not cultivate his land, how will a labourer run his household?
I come from a family of labourers. How can I abandon the farmers
cause?” he said. Azad asserted that he had come just to extend
moral support and not lead the farmers’ protest, adding that farmers
have not come out on the roads happily.
“Why is the central government holding talks after six days?
The government knows the strength of the Dalits. The government
should have held talk on the very first day. In winter season, farmers
are sitting on roads, facing tear-gas shells and water cannons.
They are the ones who provide us food,” the Bhim Army leader
said. He said that the government knew that the farmers had come
prepared to sustain their protest over a long period of time and
hence the Centre had to listen to them.
Chhattisgarh govt begins process
to employ engineers on contract
New Delhi/Raipur :
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel has initiated a
process to employ the unemployed
youth of the state.
The E-category registration
system in the Public Works
Department is to be initiated in
all the construction departments,
bodies and boards of the
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state government. The Chief
Minister affirmed that the integrated
"E" category registration
system has been implemented
in the state by the Public Works
Department.
A provision has been made
to employ the local unemployed
youth via the "E" category
system in a single work
through a limited tender at the
block level costing up to Rs 20
lakh. The appointment of
Diploma Engineers in the projects
undertaken worth Rs 20
lakh and graduate engineers to
be appointed in projects costing
up to one crore in construction
contracts has been made
mandatory by the Public Works
Department. "A provision has
been made to pay Rs 15,000
per month to the diploma engineers
and Rs 25,000 per month
to the graduate engineers. A
large number of unemployed
engineers will be able to avail
employment with the mandatory
appointment of engineers via
the tender contracts," said
Baghel. The Chief Minister
directed the Chief Secretary
that instructions should be
issued to follow the above two
decisions of the Public Works
Department in all construction
departments, bodies, boards
etc. so that more and more
youth of the state could avail its
benefits.
First-of-its-kind museum to conserve
sacred TREES OF SIKHISM
Chandigarh :
Punjab Governor and
Chandigarh
Administrator V.P.
Singh Badnore on
Monday virtually
inaugurated the firstof-its-kind
Museum
of Trees -- a unique
environmental project
here for conservation
of sacred trees of
Sikhism after which
many Sikh gurudwaras
are named.
Extending Gurpurab greetings
on the 551st birth anniversary
of Guru Nanak Dev, the
Governor said this was the
most appropriate day and most
appropriate manner of remembering
Guru Nanak whose
hymns are replete with references
to nature, environment,
trees, plants and animal life.
The Governor warned that
climate change is an immediate
crisis for humanity and to meet
this challenge people will have
to come forward with initiatives
like the Museum of Trees
to mobilise public opinion. He
complimented former Indian
Administrative Service (IAS)
D.S. Jaspal for patiently working
for 10 years to clone 12
sacred trees and hoped work on
the remaining trees will also be
completed soon. Tarlochan
Singh, former member of
Parliament and Minorities
Commission of India
Chairman, thanked the
Governor for supporting the
cause of conservation of sacred
trees of Sikhism. He pointed
out that Guru Nanak was the
most widely travelled religious
preacher of the world. The
Guru interacted with common
people in the open under the
shadow of trees which is why
most of the sacred trees are
associated with Guru Nanak.
He praised the government
of India for supporting this
project for conservation of
sacred trees, since in many
gurudwaras the sacred trees
have been cut or have died due
to improper care.
Creator and curator of the
Museum of Trees, D.S. Jaspal,
thanked the Governor for supporting
the project, which he
said will be a source of attraction
not only for Sikhs but for
all nature lovers.
Jaspal pointed out that many
of the sacred trees
also have botanical
significance.
For example, the
Beri tree of
Gurudwara Ber
Sahib in
Sultanpur Lodi is
unique because it
has very few
spines.
Similarly, the
leaves of the
peepal tree in
Gurdwara Pipli
Sahib have a unique yellow
pigmentation. Jaspal said the
trees are protected by entirely
in-house organic spray of garlic,
chillies and heeng mixed
with water, which is why the
trees are healthy and bearing
rich fruit. Over a period of 10
years, the museum has been
successful in reproducing
genetically true replicas of 12
sacred trees, including Dukh
Bhanjani ber tree of Golden
Temple; Ber tree of Gurudwara
Ber Sahib, Sultanpur Lodhi;
Ber tree of Gurudwara Babedi-Ber,
Sialkot, Pakistan; and
Peepal tree of Gurudwara Pipli
Sahib, Amritsar.
The Museum of Trees has
India's most modern mist
chamber facility and a glass
house conservatory, with 16
air-conditioners, to preserve
and propagate rare and endangered
species which grow at
high elevations.
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