FIR filed against journalist Rana Ayyub for her remarks on Karnataka Hijab row
Bengaluru: Journalist Rana Ayyub has once again come under fire from the right-wing groups after an FIR was registered against her in Karnataka’s Dharwad over her remarks in the ongoing Hijab row.
Ayyub has been booked under section 295(a) of the Indian Penal Code that deal with deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings). The FIR has been registered at Vidyagiri police station after a volunteer from a group called ‘Hindu IT Cell’ filed a complaint against her for describing those who have opposed Muslim girls wearing Hijab to schools as “Hindu terrorists” during an interview with BBC.
During the interview, Ayyub had said “For decades, students across the religious spectrum have been wearing their symbols of faith. Sikhs wear their turban to school; Muslim girls were allowed to wear the hijab to the school.”
“These girls have been wearing the hijab for a very long time — it is not for the first time — so why suddenly has this group of young Hindu vigilantes, Hindu terrorists for that matter, who are hoisting saffron flags in an education complex in Karnataka? Why are students, why are male students, furling the saffron flag in an educational institution? What does that mean?” she asked.
A fierce journalist who does not shy away from criticizing the government and authorities, Ayyub often finds herself between social media outrage and trolls from fringe right-wing Hindutva activists.
Reacting to the latest FIR that has been filed against her, Ayyub took to her Twitter account and said the obsessive attention on every word she speaks means that her work is making difference.
“This obsessive attention on me over every word I speak or write. Thank you for letting me know that my work is making a difference.” She wrote in the tweet.
This obsessive attention on me over every word I speak or write. Thank you for letting me know that my work is making a difference #alhamdulillah https://t.co/pEh7NG1gyY
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) March 5, 2022
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Delhi govt likely to conduct trail for artificial rain in May to combat pollution: Minister
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI): The Delhi government is likely to conduct a trial for artificial rain in May as part of its efforts to tackle air pollution, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Thursday.
The trial will be carried out in an area in outer Delhi, with the final site selection to be made by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and IIT Kanpur, he said.
Sirsa said the plan is part of a broader strategy to tackle pollution using multiple methods.
“This is a war against pollution and we are working on various measures, with artificial rain being one of them. Before implementing it on a large scale, we will try to conduct a trial in May when summer is at its peak,” he added.
He further said, “We have asked for detailed reports to determine whether the chemicals used in cloud seeding could have any harmful effects on human health or the environment."
Based on the findings, we will conduct a small-scale test and analyze water samples. If the trial is successful, we will expand the project across Delhi during periods of severe pollution, the environment minister said.
