Documentaries India

New offshore records reveal several Indian firms tapped Mauritius route to save on taxes The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) was signed between India and Mauritius in 1982. Under this, any entity could apply for tax residency and pay zero capital gains tax. This became the principal reason why Mauritius emerged as a top channel for investments being routed into India. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/offshore-records-reveal-several-indian-firms-tapped-mauritius-route-to-save-on-taxes-5843404/

What the Mauritius Leaks on MNCs avoiding Indian taxes show #Podcast The Mauritius Leaks- 200,000 leaked documents which essentially show how one country’s low tax rates were leveraged and misused by Multinational Companies to avoid taxes. How was the Indian economy impacted by years of such tax avoidance? If it was not illegal, then how was an India-Mauritius tax agreement misused? On this episode, Ritu Sarin and Sandeep Singh, who reported on the issue for the Indian Express as a part of the ICIJ global collaboration, join us to break down important points- the leaks and their significance, how an amendment to a tax treaty with Mauritius affected our FDIs, and how these leaks along with the Panama and Paradise papers have affected the offshore economy. https://indianexpress.com/audio/3-things/what-the-mauritius-leaks-on-mncs-avoiding-indian-taxes-show/5846090/

Launch of GSLV MkIII - M1 / Chandrayaan - 2 Mission – tomorrow noon at 2:43 pm. Set up a reminder, if interested! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f_HxuVHfrw

State of Doctors: A series of short documentaries from The Quint depicting working conditions of doctors in various states of India. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkwj3jpG3Xo34WL6dgIHrDVMyBBqap9M9

The plan to mine the world’s research papers - But is it legal? A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast swathes of science for computer analysis — of text and images extracted from 73 million journal articles dating from 1847 up to the present day. The cache, which is still being created, will be kept on a 576-terabyte storage facility at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02142-1

Revisiting the Bhopal Gas Tragedy 30 Years later The Tragedy from 1984 still hovers over Bhopal as people still come to terms with the loss of loved ones to the newer generations still suffering the aftermath after 30 long years. This is a heart wrenching story of the tribulations and accounts of that fateful night on December the 2nd 1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUDQRUBkzxI

Hunting The Corporate Killers (2003) - "It was an Indian-managed company. I have nothing to say." Warren Anderson, the man many people consider to be responsible for the world’s worst industrial tragedy, continues to defy attempts to hold him accountable. In December 1984 a toxic gas cloud from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal silently enveloped the surrounding city. The gas ate away at victims’ lungs and throats, causing the deaths of up to 10,000 people. “People were begging to die. They didn’t want to live,” recalls survivor Rashida Bi. Even now 150,000 people are chronically affected. They blame Union Carbide’s former CEO, Warren Anderson, for their suffering and want him to stand trial in India. “It’s not revenge. It’s to show the world that someone like him cannot get off scot-free,” explains Bi. They are angry that none of the plant’s safety systems were working on the night of the accident and countless safety warnings were ignored. Anderson was arrested on charges of culpable homicide but was later released on bail and allowed to leave India. He has never returned. His friends claim he is being persecuted for who he is, not what he did. But if the Chief Executive can’t be held responsible, who can? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxjR-G23RMI

Bhopal gas tragedy: The man who tried to expose Union Carbide and the warnings that were ignored Journalist Rajkumar Keswani shot into fame in the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984. His passionate stories in 1982, warning of the disaster waiting to happen were ignored. Keswani was so convinced about the threat the pesticide plant of UCIL posed to Bhopal that he wrote to the then chief minster Arjun Singh, all the members of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh and even petitioned to the Supreme Court and yet nothing moved. Keswani's was a solitary voice that was ignored. The Bhopal gas tragedy struck six months after Keswani wrote his last article. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda, Keswani revists some defining moments of the world's worst industrial disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ayUczHfyHI

Inside Story - Bhopal: Too little, too late? It has taken more than 25 years for an Indian court to convict the people responsible for the world's worst industrial disaster. In 1984, a gas leak at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India killed up to 25,000 people. Seven former company executives have now been sentenced to two years in prison for causing death due to negligence. But the men are already out on bail. So what does this mean for the victims and their families? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT5S49WYAOc

The Bhopal Gas Tragedies #Podcast In episode 35 of The Seen and the Unseen, economist and lawyer Shruti Rajagopalan explains why there were three Bhopal Gas Tragedies, not just one. http://www.seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/9/11/episode-35-the-bhopal-gas-tragedies

Bhopal Gas Disaster — Thousands killed; a generation left to struggle – but does the world's biggest industrial disaster resonate with today's Indians, two-thirds of whom were born after 1984? https://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/Bhopal_Gas_Disaster/index.htm

More images here: — https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141202/nation-current-affairs/gallery/bhopal-gas-tragedy-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster — http://news.indiaonline.in/out-of-box/the-scars-of-the-tragic-night-bhopal-gas-tragedy-587

[NSFL Warning] Example: Jars containing deformed foetuses preserved from the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster at the forensic department of Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal.

Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Continue To Suffer DNA Damage: Study https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bhopal-gas-tragedy-victims-continue-to-suffer-dna-damage-study/305249

National Geographic documentary on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in India. An industrial accident in 1984 where 2,259 immediately died and many more were severely injured. The total number of injuries from the incident were 558,125. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsuUQzhP2Ds

Station can support 47 personnel on twin sharing basis in the main building during summer as well as winters with additional 25 in emergency shelters / summer camps during summers and thus making the total capacity as 72. The station consists of one main building, fuel farm, fuel station, sea water pump house, a summer camp and a number of smaller containerized modules. The main building offers regulated power supply, automated heating and air conditioning with hot and cold running water, flush toilets, sauna, cold storage, PA system, aesthetically designed living, dining, lounge and laboratory space. The communication is through dedicated satellite channels providing connectivity for voice, video and data with India mainland. Source: http://www.ncaor.gov.in/antarcticas/display/377-bharati

About 3000 km east of Maitri, the new Indian research base ‘Bharati’ is located between Thala Fjord & Quilty bay, east of Stornes Peninsula in Antarctica at 69° 24.41' S, 76° 11.72' E approximately at 35 m above sea level. The station with a very small footprint was commissioned on 18 March 2012 to facilitate year-round scientific research activity by the Indian Antarctic program.

Breaking the Ice: The Story of How India’s Antarctic Mission Turned Ambition into Action https://www.thebetterindia.com/58743/india-antarctic-mission-dakshin-gangotri-maitri-bharti/

HORN PLEASE Horn Please is a documentary that encapsulates various aspects of an age-old folk art form of India — the TRUCK ART, an art form that makes journeys through the dusty highways of India, incredible in more ways than one. With a kaleidoscope of bright paints, motifs, typography and some unique couplets, these Indian trucks take you on a rather colorful journey of diverse cultures and beliefs of the country. The designs painted on the trucks do not merely stand for aesthetic purposes, but they also attempt to depict religious, sentimental, and emotional viewpoints of the people related to the truck industry. This documentary focuses on the origin of truck art and its evolution since then. And also how it influences not just the world of art, but also the lives of its artists and the truckers who interact with it on a daily basis. Largely, it investigates on whether the once-accepted type of art as a unique form of expression, will survive the test of time in this era of capitalism. The title of the documentary — Horn Please — is derived from a message seen behind each and every truck in India. It is a signal for the vehicles behind the trucks to blow the horn before overtaking. The sheer exposure of the signage has led it to become a popular phrase among Indians. https://vimeo.com/158847126

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