A good monsoon season is expected to boost crop yields this year, pumping more money into the rural economy. This will likely drive stronger demand for both gold and silver. Rural silver consumption accounts for around two-thirds of total Indian demand. Record gold prices also boosted silver demand in India, particularly silver jewelry sales. https://activistpost.com/2024/10/indian-silver-demand-drives-record-prices.html

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the implementation of DPI for agriculture in the Union Budget 2024-25. The approved Digital Agriculture Mission will receive a total public funding of US$335.36 million, which includes $230.95 million from the central (federal) government. Through the AgriStack initiative, each farmer will receive a unique digital identifier, similar to the Aadhaar system. The digital identifier will be connected to various personal and farming-related information, including land records, livestock ownership, crops grown, and benefits received. https://www.activistpost.com/2024/09/india-to-digitize-the-agricultural-sector-through-unique-digital-farmer-id.html

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For years people have suspected that their smartphones, laptops, and home assistants were secretly eavesdropping on their private conversations. Now, a leaked pitch deck seems to confirm that our devices are, in fact, listening—and the implications are far-reaching. A leaked pitch deck presentation from Cox Media Group (CMG) - major player in the digital advertising space, appears to detail how its "Active-Listening" software uses artificial intelligence to capture and analyze "real-time intent data" from users' conversations. The presentation, obtained by 404 Media, lays out how CMG's software could listen to everything spoken near a microphone-equipped device—whether it's a phone, laptop, or home assistant like Amazon's Alexa, the Daily Mail reports. https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/media-giant-cmg-bragged-about-eavesdropping-phone-laptop-or-smart-home-microphones

Today, there are trillions upon trillions of incredibly small plastic particles known as “microplastics” that have literally saturated our entire environment. You may not realize this, but microplastics now make up approximately 40 percent of the dust in our homes. Every time it rains, microplastics come pouring down from the sky, our soil is absolutely teeming with microplastics, the air that we breathe is filled with microplastics, and microplastics are in virtually everything that we eat and drink. https://www.activistpost.com/2024/09/an-extinction-level-threat-is-poised-to-dramatically-reduce-the-global-population-and-most-people-have-absolutely-no-idea.html

Welcome to the brave new world of smart toys, where every playtime could be a potential privacy pitfall. An eye-opening new study by researchers from the University of Basel uncovers alarming shortcomings in the privacy and security features of popular smart toys, raising concerns about the safety of children’s personal information. The study, published in the journal Privacy Technologies and Policy, examined 12 smart toys available in the European market. These included toys equipped with internet connectivity, microphones, cameras, and the ability to collect and transmit data. https://www.activistpost.com/2024/08/your-childs-smart-toy-is-a-data-scientist-heres-how-its-quietly-watching-and-what-its-learning.html

If you care about your health, and even more importantly, your children's health, watch what you stick in yours and their pieholes . . . Sick to Death: Unhealthy Food and Failed Technologies , Colin Todhunter The world is experiencing a micronutrient food and health crisis. Micronutrient deficiency now affects billions of people. Micronutrients are key vitamins and minerals and deficiencies can cause severe health conditions. They are important for various functions, including blood clotting, brain development, the immune system, energy production and bone health, and play a critical role in disease prevention. The root of the crisis is due to an increased reliance on ultra processed foods (‘junk food’) and the way that modern food crops are grown in terms of the seeds used, the plants produced, the synthetic inputs required (fertilisers, pesticides etc.) and the effects on soil. In 2007, nutritional therapist David Thomas noted a precipitous change in the USA towards convenience and pre-prepared foods often devoid of vital micronutrients yet packed with a cocktail of chemical additives, including colourings, flavourings and preservatives. He noted that between 1940 and 2002 the character, growing methods, preparation, source and ultimate presentation of basic staples have changed significantly to the extent that trace elements and micronutrient contents have been severely depleted. Thomas added that ongoing research clearly demonstrates a significant relationship between deficiencies in micronutrients and physical and mental ill health. https://countercurrents.org/2024/01/sick-to-death-unhealthy-food-and-failed-technologies/

The UK was running at 60% self-sufficiency home production figure for most of the past two to three decades. It dropped to around 45% five years ago and this year (2024) that figure has fallen to just 32%. Add to this some six decades of government backed agribusiness land management policies based on pharmaceutical inputs replacing soil nourishing crop rotations, farm yard manures and diverse mixed cropping regimes – and a huge crisis looms just around the corner. https://www.activistpost.com/2024/07/uk-in-grip-of-top-down-starvation-policy.html

Italy BANS solar panels on farm land against the Klaus Schwab agenda (Yes!) In order to protect farming, the right-wing government in Italy has now banned the installation of ground mounted solar panels in agricultural areas. Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has said that the rollout of solar panels on farmland is a ”threat to our food sovereignty”. Climate fanatics are not happy with this move, as they complaining that this will undermine the green goals and that Italy won’t be able to fulfill its green goals by 2030. However, they will still allow agri-voltaic solar panels that are placed 2.1 metres above fields in a way that will allow crops to grow underneath the panels. Georgia Meloni says that this new decree corrects ”the ideological eco-follies of which Italy and its farmers have been victims”. This is good news, as otherwise special Italian products that is loved all around the world might have been under threat. Now we are seeing a continued attack on farmers under the guise of climate change. In reality what we are seeing is Climate Communism. This isn’t the first time that the right-wing government in Italy has gone against the WEF agenda. Last year they became the first country in the world to ban fake lab grown meat. They have also banned the use of insects in their pasta and pizza.

Trudeau caught cropping China Communist Party affiliate from official photos 🇨🇦 #resigntrudeau 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud 🇨🇦 https://www.westernstandard.news/news/trudeau-caught-cropping-china-communist-party-affiliate-from-official-photos/55728