Documentaries India

Electoral Bonds,the Great Fraud , Nitin Sethi at Manthan The Electoral Bonds scheme fundamentally alters how electoral politics gets funded in India. The scheme, in its current shape, is set to have a deep impact on political practices as well as the nature of governance and democracy in the country. What do we know of the scheme so far? How is the new dispensation for political funding created by the Electoral Bonds scheme different from the one that prevailed earlier? Does the scheme create transparency and route legitimate monies into politics? The talk presents evidence based on the speaker's investigations to answer these questions and posit alternative methods to clean up the funding of Indian politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5HIgiDuIVU

Wounded Hills: A documentary on the environmental issues of the Western Ghats Rains are not new to Kerala. The monsoons are the elixir of life to this southern State of India. But in the past two years, things have changed. Landslides in the Western Ghats have swept away land and lives at an unprecedented scale. What is it in the hills that has triggered this disaster? Much effort from eminent environmentalists and scientists have gone into understanding the issue. In broad terms, the understanding is that human intervention has upset the delicate balance among the various forces of nature in this ecological hotspot. Reports that detail the toll of human activity in the hills, such as the one from the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel led by Madhav Gadgill, have been the focal points of much deliberation and allegedly, little action. Amid the push and pull among governments and those tasked with action, it is the people that depend on them that bear the brunt of nature. In this documentary from The Hindu, we visit the wounded hills and people of the Western Ghats. We also talk to the experts and environmentalists who point us towards root causes and coming disasters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTV-56QagQM

Bengaluru is forever dug up, Mumbai in decay, why are metros are cursed. India's major are struggling with delayed infrastructure projects and consistently changing politics. https://youtu.be/DWFG1XsCXYY

Do read the series of reports done by the journalist Nitin Sethi: https://www.huffingtonpost.in/author/nitin-sethi/

Nitin Sethi on how electoral bonds are a new form of 'currency' In this exclusive interview, Newslaundry's associate editor Meghnad S sits down with journalist Nitin Sethi, who's been making waves this week with his investigative reports on electoral bonds. Meghnad pokes and prods Nitin to explain the issues with electoral bonds, why the government's explanations don't make sense, and whether these bonds can actually clean up political funding in India. Through the course of the interview, Nitin explains how electoral bonds are a new form of currency and why citizens need to be made aware of the influence they might have on India's political economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl5ZZQfbXAA

WhatsApp confirms: Israeli spyware was used to snoop on Indian journalists, activists It is learnt that at least two dozen academics, lawyers, Dalit activists and journalists in India were contacted and alerted by WhatsApp that their phones had been under state-of-the-art surveillance for a two-week period until May 2019. The NSO Group claims Pegasus has been sold only to government agencies. “We license our product only to vetted and legitimate government agencies,” it said. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/whatsapp-confirms-israeli-spyware-used-snoop-on-indian-journalists-activists-pegasus-facebook-6095296/

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has acknowledged today that malware attributed by others to North Korean state actors had been found on the administrative network of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP). The admission comes a day after the company issued a denial that any attack would affect the plant's control systems. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/indian-nuclear-power-company-confirms-north-korean-malware-attack/

Details for 1.3 million Indian credit cards details put up for sale on Joker's Stash Today's Indian card dump considered one of the largest of its kind; prized at more than $130 million. https://www.zdnet.com/article/details-for-1-3-million-indian-payment-cards-put-up-for-sale-on-jokers-stash/

Please do note: At this point the authorities are denying any breach, but technical experts claim public data which point towards serious breach in our National Security.

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Hit By Cyberattack | GreatGameIndia India’s second nuclear power unit stopped operating on 19th October 2019. It is suspected that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was hit by a cyberattack and the authorities were already alerted of the threat months in advance. The power plant project built in collaboration with Russia has been a target of foreign players since its inception. Read more 👉🏾 http://greatgameindia.com/kudankulam-nuclear-power-plant-hit-by-cyberattack/

The ease of WhatsApp feeds the craze for child porn in India https://factordaily.com/the-ease-of-whatsapp-feeds-the-craze-for-child-porn-in-india/

Rape videos, child porn, terror — Telegram anonymity is giving criminals a free run The end-to-end encryption provided by social media app Telegram has paved the way for a host of illegal activities. https://theprint.in/tech/rape-videos-child-porn-terror-telegram-anonymity-is-giving-criminals-a-free-run/307959/

7 Indians booked by CBI for ties to international paedophile racket. A paedophile's arrest by German Police revealed an international racket of child pornography. Among the 483 names which surfaced in the case, 7 are Indians. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/7-indians-booked-by-cbi-for-ties-to-international-paedophile-racket-1609376-2019-10-14

Number of political parties increased two-fold in the last 10 years, crosses the 2000 mark https://www.newslaundry.com/shorts/political-parties-election-commission-of-india

India is a multi-party democracy. But does it have too many parties? | There are over 2,300 registered parties. No, really https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT0cWBJObuM

Many of you have their contact numbers visible to strangers. Please do change your Telegram settings immediately and disable the option. How to do it: Goto Settings > Privacy and Security > Phone number > change to 'Nobody'.

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Films Division runs out of space, decades of films stored in corridors Film Division officials requested Pune-based National Film Archive of India (NFAI) to accept these reels for preservation. But NFAI expressed its inability to do so because of space shortage at its own facilities. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/films-division-runs-out-of-space-decades-of-films-stored-in-corridors-6022743/

Babri Masjid demolition: The most comprehensive video coverage from 1992 In this video news episode, Eyewitness, released in January 1993, the reporters piece together what transpired in Ayodhya on 6 Dec, 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-bhAFsnv2s