Tag: Greta Thunberg

Montreal: Around half a million people led by Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg marched through the streets of Montreal to demand Canadian authorities to take action to tackle the climate crisis. Thunberg, 16, spearheaded the march on Friday in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also participated along with his family, reports Efe news. […]

London: Swedish teen climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg on Tuesday threw her weight behind postponing the NEET and the JEE exams in India in view of the coronavirus, saying it is deeply unfair that students are asked to appear in the tests during the pandemic. Several students and political leaders across the country, including Congress […]

Washington: Amid ongoing tensions over the results of the US presidential election, Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg has mocked US President Donald Trump in his own words in the ultimate social media revenge. In response to Trump’s “stop the count” tweet, the 17-year-old said on the micro-blogging platform on Thursday: “So ridiculous. Donald must work […]

New Delhi/Washington: In a clear attempt to polarise India, US Vice President Kamala Harris’ niece Meena Harris and some international celebrities with hardly any expertise on Indian affairs, on Wednesday extended their support to the Indian protesters agitating against the new farm laws. The government in a strong reaction described them as part of “vested […]

New Delhi: Swedish youth activist Greta Thunberg shared a toolkit on social media for the farmer protests in India which indicates that a widespread campaign may have been on much before January 26. Twitter erupted in India after the toolkit surfaced which included a document on details of January 26 protests and online and street […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday registered an FIR with its Cyber Cell to investigate an “international conspiracy” to defame the country, in garb of support of the farmers’ protest. Special Commissioner of Police Praveer Ranjan said that the FIR has been registered for “criminal conspiracy” and an attempt to “promote enmity between groups” […]

Following reports claiming that pop star Rihanna was paid around 2.5 million dollars to tweet in favour of the ongoing farmers’ protest, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Friday expressed her shock, and took a dig at the pop singer quoting the amount as “So Little”. According to a digital news platform- The Print, Poetic Justice […]

New Delhi: International child rights activist Greta Thunberg has come under attack for using her “bully pulpit” to wade into political issues, such as the farmers’ protest in India. Mohinder Gulati, Former Chief Operating Officer, United Nations Sustainable Energy for All, has written a letter to Thunberg, which is also marked to the United Nations […]

New Delhi:  A 21-year-old climate activist has been arrested from Bengaluru for being allegedly involved in sharing the “toolkit” related to the farmer’s protest on social media, police said on Sunday. Disha Ravi was arrested by a Cyber Cell team of the Delhi Police from Bengaluru on Saturday, a senior police officer said. Earlier, the […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday alleged that climate activist Disha Ravi along with two other suspects Nikita Jacob and Shantanu created the “toolkit” document related to the farmers’ protest and shared it on social media. The police claimed Disha, who was arrested by the force on Saturday from Bengaluru, sent the “toolkit” to […]

New Delhi: The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) staged an agitation here on Wednesday against the arrest of environment activist Disha Ravi and alleged that the government is “flirting with fascistic techniques” to quell democratic protests in the country. The members of the students’ wing of the Congress raised slogans against the BJP-led Centre […]