– Is India Under Weaponized Biological Attack? – OpEd
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India, Telangana: 15 New Cases Of Swine Flu Reported
– Telangana: 15 new cases of swine flu reported:
Hyderabad: Fifteen new cases of swine flu have been reported in Telangana, taking the total number of persons infected by the virus to 682 since August 1 last year, the state government said here on Thursday. In all, 94 samples were tested of which 15 were tested positive for the H1N1 virus, an official release said.
As many as 5,449 samples have been tested till Wedesday since August 1 last year and 682 of them were positive, it said, adding no death was reported on Wednesday.
H/t kevin a.
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50 Rhino Poachers Shot Dead After India Unleashes “Zero Tolerance” Conservation Policy
– 50 Rhino Poachers Shot Dead After India Unleashes “Zero Tolerance” Conservation Policy:
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“The instruction is whenever you see poachers or hunters, we should start our guns and hunt them.”
“You shoot them?”
“Yah, yah. Fully ordered to shoot them. Whenever you see the poachers or any people during night-time we are ordered to shoot them.”
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Preventing and Treating Colon Cancer with Turmeric Curcumin
– Preventing and Treating Colon Cancer with Turmeric Curcumin:
The low incidence of bowel cancer in India is often attributed to natural antioxidants such as curcumin, the yellow pigment in the spice turmeric, used in curry powder. However, it is important to remember that the benefits of a diet are seldom produced by a single ingredient in that diet. For example, diets rich in beta-carotene lower the risk of tobacco-related cancers, but beta-carotene pills do not. That doesn’t stop researchers from trying, though.
Back in 2001, in a last ditch attempt to save the lives of 15 patients with advanced colorectal cancer that didn’t respond to any of the standard chemotherapy agents or radiation, researchers started them on a turmeric extract. The extract appeared to help stall the disease in a third (5 out of 15) of the patients, suggesting that turmeric extract may clinically benefit at least some patients with advanced refractory colorectal cancer.
Read morePreventing and Treating Colon Cancer with Turmeric Curcumin
Record snowfall in Kashmir
11-feet snow depth in Gurez – Avalanches kill 18, so far
A Meteorological department official said Kashmir has recorded the heaviest snowfall in the valley since 1992.
“We had witnessed major snowfall in 1992 and 2006 but the present snowfall has broken the record of last 25 years,” the official said.
India’s Downward Spiral Accelerates: “The Real Pain Is Just Beginning”
– India – On a Downward Spiral:
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Indians should move their savings out of India while they still can — it is still possible to buy gold or open bank accounts in safer and more reliable jurisdictions outside of India. Keep in mind that capital controls will likely be imposed soon. Those who still have the opportunity and the necessary skills should move out of India.
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Obama Administration Behind Cash Ban In India
– Washington Secretly Behind Cash Ban In India:
The Obama administration were behind the recent ban on cash in India, which saw millions of citizens take to the streets in protest.
In early November, without any warning, the Indian government banned two of the largest denomination bills at Washington’s request.
Norberthaering.de reports:
US-President Barack Obama has declared the strategic partnership with India a priority of his foreign policy. China needs to be reined in. In the context of this partnership, the US government’s development agency USAID has negotiated cooperation agreements with the Indian ministry of finance. One of these has the declared goal to push back the use of cash in favor of digital payments in India and globally.
“60 Minutes” Interview (June 4, 1978) With Former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai by Dan Rather, Mike Wallace and Morley Safer
On the television program “60 Minutes” aired on June 4, 1978, the former Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai, was interviewed by Dan Rather, Mike Wallace and Morley Safer.
Excerpts include:
Rather: Tell us how are you able to run the government of India, working 12 hours a day or more, horseback riding in the countryside, talking vigorously in public at the age of 82 years young. Tell us your secret.
Desai: My diet consists of fruit and vegetable juices, fresh and natural milk, plain yogurt, honey, fresh fruits, raw nuts, five cloves of garlic every day, and I drink five to eight ounces of urine every
morning on an empty stomach.
Rather: Yack! You drink your urine? That is the most repulsive thing I have ever heard.
India Fears Run On Banks: Capital Controls And Withdrawal Limits To Continue
– India Fears Run On Banks: Capital Controls And Withdrawal Limits To Continue:
Indian banks are fearful of running out of cash as lines queue up to withdraw money.
Bankers say they cannot cope with any sudden increase in demand, and warn against lifting cash withdrawal limits.
A decision by New Delhi on November 8 to scrap all large-denomination banknotes overnight removed 86 per cent of India’s currency from circulation. In an effort to prevent banks running out of cash, the finance ministry then imposed strict limits on the amount of new notes that could be withdrawn. Customers can currently withdraw just Rs2,500 from an ATM per day — equivalent to $37 — or Rs24,000 over the counter per week.
Read moreIndia Fears Run On Banks: Capital Controls And Withdrawal Limits To Continue
India’s Prime Minister Has Singlehandedly Crushed the Economy with His Reckless Cash Ban
– India’s Prime Minister Has Singlehandedly Crushed the Economy with His Reckless Cash Ban:
Today’s piece should be seen as a bit of a followup to yesterday’s post, India’s Demonetization Debacle Highlights the Dangers of Monetary Monopoly. While yesterday’s piece was more philosophical/strategic in nature, today’s zeroes in on some of the devastating real world impacts of Narendra Modi’s insane and inhumane cash ban. It’s hard to overstate the damage this policy has done to India’s economy. Modi is quickly solidifying his place as one of monetary history’s biggest idiots.
First, let’s take a look at the destructive impact the move has had on India’s massive small businesses community. The Washington Post reports:
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India to Build Immense Statue, Twice the Size of the Statue of Liberty, of Medieval King Shivaji
– India to Build Immense Statue, Twice the Size of the Statue of Liberty, of Medieval King Shivaji:
India intends to construct the world’s tallest statue . The massive construct is meant to honor a medieval King named Shivaji. Once completed, the gigantic structure is expected to be twice the size of the Statue of Liberty and will sit on land reclaimed from the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai. However, there is also a great deal of controversy saying that the tax-money set for the statue could be better used.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: Founder of Maratha Empire in India
Shivaji Maharaj is widely remembered as a medieval Hindu ruler in the western state of Maharashtra who fought the Muslim Mughal dynasty and carved out his own kingdom. He was born in 1627 AD (or 1630 AD) at Shivneri, a hill fort near Puna.
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H/t reader kevin a.
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Indian Security Forces Are Blinding Hundreds Of Protesters With Shotgun Pellets
– Indian Security Forces Are Blinding Hundreds Of Protesters With Shotgun Pellets:
In the past five months more than 6,000 people, mostly young men, have been injured by shotgun pellets, including hundreds blinded in one or both eyes.
SRINAGAR, India — Indian authorities call the shotgun shells filled with hundreds of small metal pellets a “non-lethal” weapon for crowd control, but that does not make them harmless. They’ve inflicted a permanent toll on hundreds of Kashmiris hit by them.
Their faces are scarred. Their eyes are damaged or simply gone, replaced with prosthetics. And their psychological wounds run deeper still.
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India Confiscates Gold, Even Jewelry, In Raids On Hidden Money
– India Confiscates Gold, Even Jewelry, In Raids On Hidden Money:
Global financial repression picks up steam, led by India. After declaring large denomination notes illegal, India now targets gold.
It’s not just gold bars or bullion. The government has raided houses, no questions asked, confiscating jewelry.
For background to this article, please see my November 27 article Cash Chaos in India, 86% of Money in Circulation Withdrawn; Cash Still King in Japan.
Large denomination means 500-rupee ($7.30) and 1,000-rupee notes ($14.60), which account for more than 85 percent of the money supply. They are no longer legal tender, effective immediately.
As one might imagine, chaos ensued. And it continues.
India Confiscates Gold
Read moreIndia Confiscates Gold, Even Jewelry, In Raids On Hidden Money
India: Millions Rise Up Against New World Order Ban On Cash
– India: Millions Rise Up Against New World Order Ban On Cash:
Bankers attacked and locked up by angry mobs as Indian government teeters on the brink of collapse after citizens revolt against draconian anti-cash laws that have thrown the country into chaos
Millions of protestors in India are rising up against a ruling class determined to take away their rights. There is anarchy in the streets as the Indian government continue to lean on mainstream media to suppress the scale of events and cover up the chaos caused by their draconian ban on cash.
Millions of Indians – the world’s second most populous country – are revolting against new anti-cash laws that are designed to protect and enrich the top tier of the wealthy global elite at the expense of ordinary people. The country is in chaos as hundreds of millions of ordinary people are unable to access their savings. In a country where 98% of transactions are performed using cash, the sudden ban on cash transactions, and the withdrawal of cash from circulation, has created outrage.
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India’s Modi Admits Plan Shifting Nation To “Cashless Society”
– India’s Modi Admits Plan Shifting Nation To “Cashless Society”:
Well who could have seen this coming? Just as we noted, the slippery slope towards full government control in a cash-less society is where Indian PM Modi is heading following his chaos-creating demonetization efforts of the last two weeks. While massive opposition protests are planned tomorrow, Modi remains indignant, as Reuters reports, “we can gradually move from a less-cash society to a cashless society…this is the chance for you to enter the digital world.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the nation’s small traders and daily wage earners to embrace digital payment channels, as a cash crunch following the government’s surprise ban on high-value bank notes drags on.
Read moreIndia’s Modi Admits Plan Shifting Nation To “Cashless Society”
Breaking News on the War on Cash: Now Spain
H/t reader squodgy:
“CASH BANNING ~ Greece, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, India, Uraguay, and the demolition of the USD$100 bill….and now Spain.
The Rothschilds are working overtime.”
https://youtu.be/fA5lCdPwUbQ
Nov 23, 2016
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‘Sold like cows and goats’: India’s slave brides
– ‘Sold like cows and goats’: India’s slave brides:
Thousands of girls and women in India are sold into marriage and often face a lifetime of abuse and hardship.
The first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in his 70s.
Marriage and a baby quickly followed. But, three years later, the man died and Muklesha was again put up for sale.
This time, her buyer was a horrific abuser.
Indian Currency Crashes To Record Low As Cash Exchange Of Old Notes Suspended
– Indian Currency Crashes To Record Low As Cash Exchange Of Old Notes Suspended:
It appears the social unrest, economic collapse, and currency crisis sparked by Indian PM Modi’s decision to demonetize “corrupt” high-denomination bank-notes was not enough.
As the Rupee crashed to a record low overnight, officials announced a suspension of the exchange of ‘old notes’ as of tomorrow to, in their words, “encourage people to deposit old notes in their bank accounts.” With as much 60% of banknotes still un-exchanged, we suspect chaos will be the operative word for the immediate future.
Those with old notes will still be allowed to deposit them into their bank accounts until Dec. 31, but not permitted to do outright exchanges.
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This Is Where I Get Off
H/T reader squodgy:
“Three days. Not a lot.
Get the ammo dry.”
From the article:
“It’s been said that the average person abandons his moral inhibitions after three days without food. After this time, an otherwise morally responsible man is literally prepared to kill his neighbour for a loaf of bread.”
And just ten days more and humans turn into cannibals.
We began writing on the War on Cash some time ago, when it was still just a theoretical ploy that we believed banks and governments were likely to employ as their economic adventurism continued to unravel.
But, in the last year, several countries have, as a part of the War on Cash, begun removing larger bank notes from circulation in order to force people to perform all economic transactions through the banking system, ensuring that the banks would gain total control over the movement of money.
Indian Economy Grinds To A Halt After Cash-Ban: “Faith In System Shaken”
And that is nothing compared to what will happen when the greatest financial/economic collapse in world history is taking place.
Continue to prepare for collapse.
– Indian Economy Grinds To A Halt After Cash-Ban: “Faith In System Shaken”:
Amid scenes of panic across India, following PM Modi’s shock decision to withdraw high-value bills in the middle of the sowing and wedding season, Reuters reports the move, aimed at cracking down on the shadow economy, has brought India’s cash economy to a virtual standstill. With over 90% of all transactions done in cash, money flows in and out of the black-and-white system… until now, as Devangshu Datta exclaims, “The system works because everybody believes that those pieces of paper will be accepted by everybody else… This move has shaken that trust.”
Farmers have been left stranded as traders have no cash to pay for their produce, while millions of Indians lined up outside banks and post offices for the ninth day to exchange old banknotes or withdraw rationed money from their accounts.
Many of India’s 260 million farmers have no bank accounts and depend on local money lenders to fund sowing, which means those that have to borrow to sow winter crops like wheat or rapeseed could face debt trouble without a good harvest.
And so India’s government on Thursday announced immediate steps to ease a cash crunch for farmers amid widespread criticism. In the latest in a series of ad hoc steps, Modi allowed farmers to withdraw up to 25,000 rupees ($368) a week against their crop loans to ensure that sowing of winter crops “takes place properly”, a senior finance ministry official said.
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