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Delhites woke up witnessing a cloudy morning and the air quality plunged into the poor category. The overall air quality index (AQI) was 280, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on Friday. Some areas in the national capital including Pusa Road, Lodhi Road, IIT Delhi and Ayanagar recorded air quality in the poor category with an AQI of 249, 235, 249 and 239 respectively. According to SAFAR, AQI between the range of 51 and 100 is considered as satisfactory or very good , 101-200 is moderate , 201-300 falls under the category of poor . While 300-400 is considered as very poor , levels between 401-500 fall under the hazardous category.
The mass radicalisation that India does not acknowledge
The persecution of Muslims is rooted in growing bigotry within Hindu society and its normalisation in politics, judiciary and police. Jan 24, 2021 · 06:30 am Hindu Yuva Vahini members pose inside the vigilante group s office in the city of Unnao. | Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
It is now clear that if you are Muslim in Narendra Modi’s new India you can be arrested for selling shoes, taking part in a protest, talking to or walking with a Hindu girl, driving a cattle truck, cracking a joke – or not. If you are a Muslim in the wrong place at the wrong time, the Constitution means little and the law can be twisted in any manner to imprison you.
Thakur Shoes: UP Police Detain Muslim Vendor But Agra Firm s Been Selling Brand for Decades
The police action follows a complaint lodged by a Bajrang Dal organiser from Bulandshahr, alleging that the seller was promoting communal disharmony.
Screenshot from the video shared on social media.
Communalism06/Jan/2021
New Delhi: A Muslim shopkeeper in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr was detained by the police on Tuesday for selling shoes embossed with the word ‘Thakur’ on the sole with the authorities accusing him of inciting communal hatred.
Thakur is a common Hindu name, normally associated with a so-called ‘upper’ caste.
The shopkeeper, Nasir, was booked after a Sangh parivar activist objected to shoes being branded in this manner.