India, as a democratic and heterogeneous state, holds a lot to explore, perceive, and welcome. But people with small minds are unable to afford all these elements to satisfy their beliefs. Recently, a clothing brand, Fabindia has been receiving a lot of backlashes when it released an advertisement that includes a range of fashion collections for Diwali captioned as Jashn-e-Riwaaz which is known as ‘Celebration of traditions.’ This triggered a controversy with many as they comprehended it as “de Hinduising Deepawali”. Hereafter, social media was bombarded with tweets against Fabindia, and #boycottfabindia was trending. The Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha president Tejasvi Surya tweeted that, “Deepavali is not a Jashn-e-Riwaaz. This deliberate attempt of ab...
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Punjab Politics: Amarinder Singh To Form A New Alliance With Like-Minded Parties
The former chief minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that he will form his own political party. There is also a slight chance of him allying with the BJP and Akali Dal if the farmer’s protest is resolved. The former CM said that congress has no right to talk about secularism, pointing to the alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. Amarinder Singh with Sonia Gandhi Read more: PM Modi Was Called An “Angootha Chhaap” In A Tweet By Karnataka Congress Amarinder Singh aspires to align with like - minded parties. He said that his main agenda is nationalism and would keep nation as the first priority and also welcomed the parties who want to form alliances with him on this agenda. After his resignation from his position of chief minister, he said that he was humil...
Read MoreOn 18th October, the Chinese parliament planned to consider legislation to punish parents if their children expose a ‘very bad behavior’ or commit any crime. The upcoming statutory provisions will require guardians as well as parents to go through family education guidance programs if their child commits any crime. The law will also force parents to teach their children to love the party (communist), nation, people, and socialism. Parents must also ensure that they make arrangements for children to play, rest, and exercise. As usual, parents are always concerned about the behavior of their children. Every parent wants their child to be grown with a great personality and fair knowledge. Now, the recent legislation might make them more concerned and they would try to bring up their c...
Read MoreIndra Pratap Tiwari- also known as Khabbu Tiwari, BJP MLA from Gosaiganj in Ayodhya, is set to lose his MLA status due to a fake mark sheet case which was filed against him 29 years ago. In 1992, the then principal of Saket college had filed a case against three people in Ram janmabhoomi police station for using fake mark sheets for admission and Indra Pratap Tiwari was one among them. It is interesting that he is convicted after 29 years, that too after becoming an MLA. Indra Pratap Tiwari Along with him, former students’ union president of Saket college Foolchand Yadav and chief of Chanakya Parishad, Kripa Nidhan Tiwari have also been found guilty of creating fake mark sheets. All three of them were sentenced to five years in jail and also imposed a fine of 8000 by the special ...
Read MoreAfghanistan: Will The Dreams Of Afghani Girls Under Taliban’s Rule Shatter?
On 15th August 2021, The Taliban, an Islamist fundamentalist movement took over the control of Afghanistan by conquering its capital, Kabul. This has turned the functioning of the Afghan government upside down. Taliban’s encounter and their extreme interpretation of Islamic sharia law have severely impacted the lives of young girls and women in Afghanistan. Taliban has not only restricted women to work across the country, but also excluded girls from school during the year 1996-2001 when they held power over roughly three-quarters of Afghanistan. After the U.S led invasion toppled Taliban rule in 2001, girls began attending schools and universities and the female literacy rate has reached 30 percent by 2018. But now everyone fears if the history repeats again. Because the girls of s...
Read MoreA few days ago, the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) revealed the Pandora Papers. These documents contain the names and financial activities of numerous influential and ultra-rich people. There are over 300 Indian citizens too, varying from billionaires to top government officials, celebrities, public figures, and sportsmen. The word "Pandora" is derived from the expression- ‘Pandora's box’ of Greek mythology which essentially denotes a source of unseen trouble. What are the Pandora papers? What do they reveal? They are 11.9 million leaked files from global corporate services firms. These documents reveal the ultimate ownership of assets settled in private off-shore trusts and investments including cash, shareholding, and real estate properties held by...
Read More“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost.” This quote by Thomas Jefferson aptly describes the effect of regulation on the press. Today, the role of media in our daily life has become inimitable. Depriving our society of the right to voice their opinion, or to publish their views and sentiments is incredulous and disastrous. Both the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court have time and again provided significant value to press freedom. On 8th October, Journalists Dmitri Muratov of Russia and Maria Ressa of the Philippines won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Peace for their courageous fight for freedom of expression. Both of them are deserving personalities who stood for this idea in a "world where democracy and freedom of the press co...
Read MoreThe “Ballon d’Or” or golden ball is the most prestigious annual football award that is presented by France Football Magazine to the best football player in the world. It has been awarded since 1956. Stanley Mattews of Blackpool was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d’Or. There is also a women’s Ballon d’Or, that honours the best female football player. It was first awarded in 2018 to Ada Hegerberg of Norway's women’s national football team . After being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, The Ballon d’Or is back and a short list has been announced on Friday (8th October) by France football. The football sphere has been buzzing with ardent debates over who holds most power in this year’s race! The list consists of 30 players, joining 2019 winner Lionel Messi, as contende...
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