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Singapore Resumes Hangings for Drug Offenses, Provoking Outrage, Rare Public Protest | Death Penalty Information Center
Bird Flu Is Killing Millions of Chickens and Turkeys Across the U.S. | Food Manufacturing
Meat ban in Delhi: What the battle to define India as vegetarian misses – BBC News
Until now, the battle over food was largely restricted to beef. Hindus consider the cow sacred and its slaughter has long been banned in most Indian states.
But the war on beef has intensified since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government swept to power in 2014. His party has shuttered slaughterhouses in stronghold states and Hindu right-wing groups have lynched Muslim cattle farmers.
There is a visible effect – when beef does appear on menus in cities such as Delhi now, it’s often described as just “meat”; upscale meat sellers – who offer imported pork ribs and lamb shanks – don’t stock it; and those who eat beef sometimes half-jokingly whisper the word.
This runs counter to the fact that while many upper-caste Hindus do not eat beef, millions of Dalits (formerly untouchables), Muslims and Christians across India do. It’s also a popular meat across communities in the southern state of Kerala where only a minority avoid it for religious reasons.
Game meats were integral to Indian diets since 70,000BC, says Manoshi Bhattacharya, a nutritional therapist who has researched Indian dietary traditions.
History suggests that beef and even pork were consumed widely in ancient India as far back as the Indus valley civilisation. Animal and cow sacrifices were common in the Vedic era, between 1500 and 500BC – the meat was offered to the gods and then consumed at feasts.
So, it wasn’t Muslim kings or invading armies that brought meat-eating to India, as the right-wing often suggests. Rather, existing diets changed in response to new empires, trade and agriculture. Over centuries, beef and then meat disappeared from the diets of brahmins and certain other upper-castes. The reasons vary but religion was not the only driver.
Source: Meat ban in Delhi: What the battle to define India as vegetarian misses – BBC News
COVID patients may be at higher risk for blood clots for up to 6 months | CIDRAP
Federal Labor Agency Wants to Crack Down on Anti-Union Meetings
A federal labor agency Is cracking down on union-busting meetings, and Biden vocally supported the new Amazon union. We’re cautiously optimistic!
Source: Federal Labor Agency Wants to Crack Down on Anti-Union Meetings
Yes, Republicans Are Coming for Gay Marriage (Me: Vote Blue in 22!)
Meduza publishes new footage evidencing civilian murders in Bucha during Russian occupation — Meduza
Shanghai continues citywide lock-down despite public outcry, food shortages and chaos · Global Voices
The lockdown of 26 million people in Shanghai has been extended indefinitely until the latest Omicron outbreak is under control.
The 2-phase citywide lockdown was announced on March 27 and initially set to end on April 5. However, the number of confirmed cases has been surging and reached a recorded high of 17,077 cases at the scheduled end date and the city authorities decided to conduct another round of universal testing, hoping to suppress the outbreak under the zero-COVID policy.
Meanwhile, below the surface, the city is in chaos as many residents under lockdown are running out of food, being denied standard health care, and struggling to access basic everyday goods, according to the latest report by Human Rights Watch.

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