28 residents in a Bengaluru apartment complex test COVID-19 positive

Coronavirus

BBMP Commissioner Manjunath Prasad told TNM that more tests will be conducted on Monday and the premises of the complex had been sanitised.

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Twenty-eight residents of an apartment complex in Bengaluru’s Bommanahalli zone have tested positive for the coronavirus. The residents of the complex were tested on Saturday and Sunday, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunath Prasad told TNM. As many as 26 residents tested positive on Saturday while two more people tested positive on Sunday. A party hosted in the apartment complex is being considered as a probable cause for the cases. “There are 1,000 more residents who are yet to be tested, which will be carried out on Monday. The cause cannot be ascertained yet but a party hosted is being considered to be a probable reason. Among the five blocks, 533 residents in three units were willing to be checked,” the Commissioner told TNM. He further added that members who have tested positive are self-quarantining and that they are using the reverse isolation technique to limit the exposure of those who tested negative for the virus. In addition to this, the Bengaluru civic body has been carrying out health check-ups and maintaining the sanitation of the apartment complex. He added, “We are taking all precautions and have sanitised the premises. Surveys of the households are underway and we will also be sending samples for genome sequencing to NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences) on Monday.” Karnataka on Sunday reported 414 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, taking the total number of infections and death toll to just over 9.45 lakh and 12,265 respectively, the Health Department said. Bengaluru Urban district accounted for 241 of the fresh cases, Dakshina Kannada came next with 24 followed by Mysuru at 21, while the remaining cases were scattered over the state.  Cumulatively 9.45 lakh COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the state so far, which includes 12,265 deaths and 9.27 lakh discharges, the bulletin said. Karnataka at present, has 5,836 active cases. One death was reported in Bengaluru Urban and the other in Kalaburagi. Four of the 31 districts, Bagalkote, Ramanagara, Haveri and Shivamogga, reported no new infections and fatalities. A total of 1.70 crore samples have been tested so far, including 60,876 on Sunday, the bulletin said.  

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Karnataka CM and son dividing Veerashaiva-Lingayats for political gain: BJP MLA Yatnal

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Yatnal was recently issued a show-cause notice over allegations he levelled against the Chief Minister.

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Bharatiya Janata Party’s Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Sunday, in Tumkuru, alleged that Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and his son BY Vijayendra, the state vice president of BJP, were making systematic attempts to divide the dominant Veerashaiva-Lingayat community for their political gain. He told the media that the CM does so every time he receives intimation of a threat to his position from the party high-command. “Whenever Yediyurappa gets an indication from the top that there is a threat to his chair, he uses the Veerashaiva-Lingayat issue for his benefit. His son, Vijayendra, acts on similar lines. Their intentions behind not granting the community Other Backward Class (OBC) status,” claimed Yatnal. He also made allegations that Vijayendra and Minister Murugesh Nirani were trying to divide the community systematically and that they would never succeed. Yatnal has often actively participated in the agitation by Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami of Kudalsangama mutt seeking OBC 2A category (non-creamy layer category) status to the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community. The seer last week started a padayatra from Kudalasangama to Bengaluru to press for the demand and is supported by various seers and leaders of the Veerashaiva and Lingayat communities. Yatnal alleged that Yediyurappa, a Lingayat himself, was not keen on granting 2A status to the community. The Vijayapura MLA said that no government order had been issued on the matter. To a question on the show-cause notice issued by the BJP high command for speaking against the Chief Minister and others, Yatnal said he was yet to receive it. He alleged that issuing the notice was part of false propaganda to stop other BJP MLAs from speaking. Yatnal has been up in arms against the Chief Minister and his son Vijayendra and has even said that Yediyurappa would be 'removed' from his position shortly. Yatnal's outburst against the CM intensified after a recent cabinet expansion, in which he was not included, despite being a senior party functionary and a former union minister. 

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CDC director: Too early for states to roll back mask mandates

“It's encouraging to see these trends coming down but they're coming down from an extraordinarily high place,” Rochelle Walensky said.

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‘Disha is a passionate environmentalist’: Friends, activists shocked at her arrest

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A climate activist based in Bengaluru, Disha will spend the next five days in jail after she was arrested under charges of sedition and conspiracy.

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Disha Ravi was a regular college student at Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru, when she watched a documentary on animal cruelty at a screening. Her friends describe her as a tenacious and social person who had always dreamed of becoming a chef, even though she thought her parents would never let her go to culinary school. But that documentary changed her life. It opened her eyes to the cruelties of the meat industry, and set her on a path of environmental activism, which has now landed the 21-year-old in trouble with the Delhi police.  On Saturday evening, Delhi police turned up at Disha’s home in north Bengaluru, took her on a flight to Delhi and arrested her.  The allegations? She planned and edited parts of the ‘toolkit’ or a Google document on farmers’ protests that Greta Thunberg had tweeted. Though toolkits are nothing but Google documents used to prepare a social media campaign or to plan protests, the Delhi police have registered an FIR under sedition and conspiracy, alleging that this toolkit was being used to malign India. Disha will be spending the next five days in police custody. Disha is a familiar face at cleanups and tree-planting drives in Bengaluru. She is both passionate and concerned about climate change and her arrest has come as a shock to close friends and family members who describe her as a young and dedicated climate campaigner. “She was just 19 when I met her at two events — one of them was a lake cleaning drive in Ulsoor and the other was an event in Sarjapur called Mara Kadi Bedi (Don’t Cut Trees). As a person, she was very resourceful and knowledgeable. She explained how many human activities were linked to climate change,” says Mukund Gowda, who volunteers for pro-environment groups in Bengaluru. Another activist shares that Disha attended cleanup drives in Hebbal in 2019. “She carried reusable bottles and even came to cleanups by travelling on buses. She often promoted alternatives to industrial dairy production,” says the activist. Before her life of environmental activism, she was a business administration student in Bengaluru’s Mount Carmel College and was known to be an avid animal lover and an aspiring chef. “As a student, she enjoyed doing what most of us do — vibe to the latest Bollywood songs, keep up with YouTubers who talk about skincare and fashion, watch Netflix, cycle, chill with her friends or her dog Sammy. She also loves making food and experimenting with new vegan recipes and is determined to make the world's best hummus,” says a close friend of Disha. Her friends say her role model is Jane Goodall, a primatologist who spent her life in the jungles of Asia and Africa, and is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on chimpanzees. “Disha dreamt of working with turtles and marine life and hoped to pursue a career in ecological conservation and restoration,” says her friend. Her family’s experiences spurred her to take up causes related to the environment. “Her grandparents were farmers and she has seen how they struggled and how food production gets affected by the climate crisis through droughts, floods, change in pH balance of the soil and other problems,” says her friend. In college, Disha was introduced to the cruelties of the meat industry. “She attended an on-campus screening of a vegan documentary that really opened her eyes to the cruelties of the meat industry. As an animal lover and a passionate chef who hoped to travel the world and try all sorts of cuisines, it wasn't so surprising that she'd been so deeply affected by what she'd seen. After getting involved with the vegan community, she eventually started attending rallies to help spread awareness on the problems with industrialised farming,” says her friend. Disha then turned vegan herself and interned at Goodmylk, a company that makes plant-based alternatives for dairy products. “She lives by the principles she believes in and straight out of college, she joined Goodmylk full-time,” says her friend. In January 2019, she was inspired to take up volunteer work with Fridays For Future (FFF), the international movement led by climate change activist Greta Thunberg and was a part of protests that took place in Bengaluru in September 2019. The ‘toolkit’ that Greta shared had information on how to support the farmers’ protests, including text that could be tweeted and Twitter handles that could be tagged to amplify those tweets. However, Greta deleted her February 3 tweet that had a link to the toolkit, as it contained dates from January, and replaced it with a new one. The modified tweet is still on her profile. However, by then, screenshots of the older Google doc had gone viral. According to the Delhi police, Disha shared the document with Greta. When the Public Prosecutor accused Disha of conspiring against the nation, she told the court, “I was just supporting the farmers. I supported the farmers because they are our future and we all need to eat.” Also read: Disha Ravi sent to 5-day police custody, she breaks down in court Disha’s neighbours say that she and her mother have been living in her residence in north Bengaluru for over a year now. Activists and friends who know her well say she is the sole earner in her family and was looking to take up extra work. “She came to me looking for extra work from 7 am to 9 am and 7 pm to 9 pm. It was evident her pay was not enough to manage herself and her family,” the activist says. The same activist scoffs at the idea that she was being funded for her activism. “I have Splitwise accounts of all my transactions to manage expenses. Our volunteer work is not being funded by anyone,” says the activist. Prominent environmentalists came forward to condemn her arrest on Sunday. “I know a lot of young people like her and I am proud to know people like her that are upset with the way in which the government has prioritised corporations over their futures and how it has neglected important issues. These are people who have taken the principles of the Constitution to heart. Penalising or criminalising their voices is something that is condemnable,” says Nithyanand Jayaraman, a Chennai-based environmentalist. Also read: Academics, activists condemn Disha Ravi's arrest, say govt distracting from real issues He adds that environmentalists were first targeted during the protests against the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), 2020. “The government has targeted young people since the time of the protests against EIA when charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) were invoked on organisations and websites that had hosted petitions,” says Nithyanand. “A democracy cannot function like this and the government should ideally engage with them. People who are older, including me, need to listen to younger people and understand what their aspirations and concerns are,” he adds. One of the organisations that was charged under the stringent UAPA in 2020 was Fridays for Future. The charges were later withdrawn after the Delhi police said they had erroneously sent notices.    This time, the Delhi police have pressed charges against Disha and are also investigating others who made edits to the document. But the police’s actions were decried by several youth-based environmental collectives which came out in support of Disha. “To imply that climate change activists are a danger to the peace and harmony of this country in a political climate that is highly polarized is to play fast and loose with their safety and security, especially when there is absolutely no proof to back up this claim,” a statement issued by the collective says. Also read: Youth-based environmental collectives condemn Disha Ravi’s arrest in ‘toolkit’ case With inputs from Soumya Chatterjee

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Academics, activists condemn Disha Ravi's arrest, say govt distracting from real issues

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Disha Ravi, 21-year-old Bengaluru climate activist, has been sent to 5 days police custody by a Delhi court on Sunday

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The arrest of Disha Ravi, the 21-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, by Delhi Police on Saturday night has triggered outrage among academics and activists across the country who have called for her immediate release. In a joint statement, more than 50 academics, artists and activists have voiced support for Disha and called the arrest “disturbing,” “illegal in nature" and an "over-reaction of the State.” The statement says that instead of arresting her, the Union government should be proud of her. They said this act by the Delhi Police is also an attempt to "delegitimize the ongoing farmers' protest" which have been going on for more than two months against the three contentious farm laws. Disha was picked up from her Bengaluru residence on Saturday afternoon by a team of police officers and taken to Delhi, where she was subsequently arrested that night. According to the police, she has been arrested for allegedly editing a Google document shared on farmers’ protests by international climate activist Greta Thunberg. She was sent to five days' police custody on Sunday afternoon by a Delhi court. Read; Disha Ravi sent to 5-day police custody, she breaks down in court Also read: Youth-based environmental collectives condemn Disha Ravi’s arrest in ‘toolkit’ case Toolkits are inventories, usually in the form of Google Docs, that are shared online used to educate and promote online campaigns containing basic information on any issue, tweet suggestions and information on what hashtags to use and whom to tag on social media. These are regularly used for streamlining protests and are also used by social media teams of political parties to plan a social media campaign. While the Delhi police have alleged a larger conspiracy behind the toolkit Greta had tweeted, Disha has denied these claims in court and said she had just voiced her support for the farmers. The statement issued on Sunday terms Disha's arrest as "extra-judicial abduction" and calls for her immediate release. The statement has been carried in full (see below) and along with the endorsees.

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Focus on real issues: India's environmental and social justice crises

Stop targeting India's youth and environmental activists 

News that Disha Ravi, a young woman and climate activist from Bengaluru, has been “picked up” - in what is referred to as a “closely guarded operation” of the Delhi police - is highly disturbing both for what appears to be its illegal nature and for the over-reaction of the State that it represents. Earlier today, Disha has been remanded to police custody for five days. 

Young environmental activists, that the country should be proud of, are the latest victims of the Centre’s continuing efforts to deligitimise the ongoing farmers protest and the nationwide solidarity it has generated. Disha has reportedly been picked up for sharing an advocacy toolkit inviting solidarity with the farmers’ protests outside Delhi, which was shared by noted teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg.

Delhi Police’s actions are all the more sinister because the 21-year old was taken to Delhi from Bengaluru with no disclosure about her whereabouts, not even to her parents, an action that can be termed extra-judicial abduction. 

Delhi Police’s disregard for the rule of law is no secret. However, this action against an individual without following the due process of law, and in clear violation of norms for arrests and detentions laid down by the Supreme Court, reflects absolute contempt for constitutional principles. The act of criminalising young people for extending solidarity to a struggle that resonates with their own aspirations for a healthy and secure future, strikes as a new low. 

From the controversial Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2020 and in advancing laws that has drawn farmers’ across India to protest, the wider public is becoming increasingly aware of the Union Government’s tendency to put corporate interests over the well-being and future of the nation. It is also becoming increasingly clear that the current actions of the Central Government are diversionary tactics to distract people from real issues like the ever-rising cost of fuel and essential items, the widespread unemployment and distress caused due to the lockdown without a plan, and the alarming state of the environment.. 

The grave state of India's environment is evident from the recent Uttarakhand disasters and the floods across Western Ghats, the Ganges and Brahmaputra. In attending to this disastrous state of affairs, the Government needs to reach out to India’s youth, not attack them.

India should count itself fortunate that conscientious young Indians are actively engaged with shaping their futures in the face of ecological catastrophes. Aware that the government policies are hurting millions and harming the environment, these youngsters are exercising their constitutional rights and performing their fundamental duties by systematically holding the government accountable. 

The Government’s heavy-handedness are clearly focused on terrorising and traumatising these brave young people for speaking truth to power, and amounts to teaching them a lesson. A confident Government must appreciate this resilience of our youth and hold open dialogues with them across the country. The current actions of the Indian Government, instead, amount to gagging democracy itself.

As people involved in various campaigns for environmental and social justice, and as citizens who believe it is our sacred responsibility to hold governments to account, we invite the government to treat multiple serious ecological/climate, economic and social crises we now suffer from with the full attention they deserve. 

We call on the Indian Government to take India’s youth into confidence, understand their concerns about their future, and work with them to safeguard our environment and strengthen institutions of democratic decision making.

We demand that Disha Ravi be immediately released and assisted to get back home to resume her life. 

Endorsed by:

Ashish Kothari, Kalpavrish, Pune

Nityanand Jayaraman, Write and Activist, Chennai

Leo F. Saldanha, Environment Support Group, Bangalore

M. J. Vijayan, New Delhi

Meera Sanghamitra, National Alliance of Peoples Movement (NAPM)

Soumya Dutta, Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha (BJVJ)

Arundhati Dhuru

Sandeep Pandey

Kavita Krishnan, AIPWA

Ramnarayan K., Munsiari, Uttarakhand

A C Michael, Former Member of Delhi Minorities Commission

Evita Das, PIPFPD and NAPM (Delhi)

Veena Padmanabhan, Gurgaon

Nisha Biswas

Shripad Dharmadhikary, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Pune

Sahana Subramanian, Bangalore

Simar Kohla, Founder, Lifetide - Collective for water sustainability and Justice

Anuradha Banerji, Independent Researcher, New Delhi.

Benny Kuruvilla, Researcher, New Delhi

K. Sajaya, Independent journalist, Social Activist, Hyderabad

Amani Ponnaganti, Researcher, Bengaluru

G. Sundarrajan, Poovulagin Nanbargal

T. M. Krishna, Singer, Writer, Activist

S.P. Udayakumaran, Pachai Thamizhagam Katchi, Green Tamil Nadu Party

Richa Singh, Sangtin kisan majdoor sangthan Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh

Joe Athialy, Centre for Financial Accountability, New Delhi

Karthik G, Chennai Climate Action Group, Chennai

Adv Purnima Upadhyay, Amaravati, Maharashtra

Shalini Gera, Advocate, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur

Khalida Parveen, Social activist, Hyderabad

Dr. Bittu K R, Associate Professor of Biology and Psychology, Ashoka University

Narasimha Reddy Dhonti, Hyderabad

Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity, West Bengal

Shramajivi Mahila Samity, West Bengal

Dr Akhileshwari Ramagoud, Academic and Independent Journalist

M.Yuvan - Writer, Naturalist, Activist - Chennai Climate Action Group

Sushmita, Mumbai

Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Feminist and Human Rights Activist

Rinchin, Writer, Chattisgarh

Punjab Womens Collective

Padmaja Shaw, Rtd. Professor, Osmania University

Karthik Ranganathan, Engineer, Bangalore

Amit Kumar, Delhi Solidarity Group, New Delhi

Suma Josson, Film maker

Siddharth K J, Independent Researcher, Bengaluru

Nikita Naidu, Hyderabad

Arundhati Ghosh, Cultural Professional, Bangalore

Manoj Pande

Abhayraj Naik, Visiting Faculty, Azim Premji University, Bangalore 

Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Gudalar, TN

Sujatha Padmanabhan, Chennai

Anil Varghese, Delhi Solidarity Group

Ramanand Wangheilakpa, Secy, Chingmeirong Maning leikai Singlup and Exe.Dir, Indigenous Perspectives,Manipur

Chirag Dhara, Mumbai, India

Ashik Krishnan, Co-Creator, Travellers' University

Sridhar Radhakrishnanm Environmentalist, Kerala Paristhithi Aikya Vedhi

Tara Murali, Architect, Chennai

Akshay Chettri, Pune

Om Prakash Singh, Chennai

Jaya Iyer Delhi, bhumi ka

Rajeswari S Raina

Madhu Sarin, Chandigarh

Shalmali Guttal, Karnataka

Eric Pinto

Cassandra Nazareth/ Mumbai

Neelam Ahluwalia, (NCR resident)

Ammu Abraham

Terence Fernandes 

Aysha, Right to Food Campaign

Dr.G.Vijay, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad

Sheila Kapur

Manasi Pingle, Bangalore

Nishant Bangera, Thane, Muse Foundation

Dunu Roy, Hazards Centre, New Delhi

Yash Marwah, Let India Breathe

Amrita Bhattacharjee

Nachiket Udupa, Delhi

Smruthi Ananth, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

Dr.S.G.Vombatkere

Anand Kulkarni, Development professional, ex Gandhi Fellow and IIT Guwahati 

Nisha Shetty, 

Sushant Bali, Mumbai

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Disha Ravi sent to 5-day police custody, cops allege she ‘edited’ Greta toolkit doc

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Twenty-one-year-old Disha Ravi was arrested from her north Bengaluru home on Saturday night by a Delhi police team.

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Disha Ravi, the 21-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru who has been arrested over a Google document shared on farmers’ protests by international climate activist Greta Thunberg, has been sent to police custody for five days. Disha was arrested from Bengaluru on Saturday night, and Delhi police have alleged that she “edited” the Google document which was shared as a “toolkit” for the protests.  Disha was produced before a Delhi court on Sunday afternoon, where she was remanded to police custody for five days. Disha’s arrest marks the first in the case registered by the Delhi police over this ‘toolkit.’ In a statement, Delhi police have stated that Disha was “one of the Editors of the Toolkit Google Doc and a key conspirator in the document's formulation and dissemination.” Though the ‘toolkit’ shared by Greta has triggered a big row, it is to be noted that ‘toolkits’ are documents, that contain basic information on any issue, tweet suggestions and information on what hashtags to use and who to tag on social media, and are a regular inventory while organising protests online. Various forms of toolkits are also used by social media teams of political parties as well when they need to plan a particular social media campaign. The police's contention is that in this case, the document was made with an intention to malign India. 21-year-old #DishaRavi has been sent to five-day police custody. Visuals of her after she was brought to Delhi. She was arrested from Bengaluru in connection with the #GretaThunberg 'toolkit' case. pic.twitter.com/K6n5Icy2mu — The News Minute (@thenewsminute) February 14, 2021 Disha Ravi is a co-founder of ‘Fridays For Future’ campaign, which was inspired by Greta Thunberg’s protest for the environment. She was arrested under the FIR filed by the cyber-crime unit of the Delhi police on February 4 against the creators of the "toolkit" on farmers' protest under charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy and promoting hatred. Currently, Disha Ravi, who graduated from Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru, is currently working as a culinary experience manager with a company that produces plant-based food. Disha was taken to New Delhi on a 6 pm flight on Saturday and her arrest was registered late at night. Several youth-based environmental collectives have condemned her arrest, calling the charges baseless, and have demanded that she be released.  Also read: Youth-based environmental collectives condemn Disha Ravi’s arrest in ‘toolkit’ case

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Climate activist Disha Ravi arrested in Bengaluru in Greta Thunberg ‘toolkit’ case

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Twenty-one-year-old Disha Ravi is a co-founder of ‘Fridays For Future’ campaign, which was inspired by Greta Thunberg’s protest for the environment.

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Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, was arrested by a team of Delhi police on Saturday in connection with a case filed against the ‘toolkit’ on farmers’ protests that was shared by international teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. The police have accused Disha of “sharing” and "spreading" the ‘toolkit’ related to the farmer protests in Delhi. One source said that the Delhi police have also accused Disha of contributing written material for the toolkit. She was taken to New Delhi on a 6 pm flight on Saturday. The Delhi police have arrested her under the FIR filed by the cyber-crime unit of the Delhi police on February 4 against the creators of the "toolkit" on farmers' protest under charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy and promoting hatred. This is the first arrest the Delhi police have made in the case. This toolkit, which is a nothing but a document, was on the online campaign to support farmers' protest. Disha Ravi, one of the founders of ‘Fridays For Future’ campaign in India, was reportedly ‘picked up’ from her house located within Soladevanahalli police station limits in Bengaluru on Saturday. The Fridays For Future movement began in August 2018, after then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg and other young activists sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis, according to the website. The group comprises college students and young working professionals who are working towards highlighting the climate crisis and demanding leaders to find solutions.  Also read: Youth-based environmental collectives condemn Disha Ravi’s arrest in ‘toolkit’ case  There has been a lot of debate around the online campaign document tweeted by Greta. Many have argued that toolkits, which comprise basic information of any issue, tweet suggestions and information on what hashtags to use and who to tag on social media, are a regular inventory while organising protests online. This particular toolkit had a synopisis on what the farmers protests are, hashtags to use, people to tag and handles to follow for news. Disha Ravi, who graduated from Mount Carmel college in Bengaluru, is currently working as a culinary experience manager with a company that produces plant-based food.  In an interview to Citizens Matters, Disha highlighted the inspiration behind starting the campaign against climate change. “The science on climate change is constantly changing and upgrading. Our new demands are more ambitious than the details listed out by the Paris Agreement, and they need to be too,” she said.  Watch: Disha talk about the movement in India On February 3, Greta Thunberg had shared a tweet sharing a ‘toolkit’ or online campaign document on how to support the farmers’ protest. Although she deleted the tweet soon, since the dates mentioned in the document mentioned tweeting in January, that evening, Greta posted a new tweet sharing another ‘toolkit’ with updated details. The Delhi police registered an FIR the following day under sections 124A, 120A and 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).  Greta Thunberg had tweeted in support of the farmers who are protesting near Delhi to repeal the three controversial farm laws. 

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