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Centre Committed To Privatize Two Public Sector Banks In Current Financial Year: Sitharaman

Arpita SarkarMay 26, 20220

The Central wants to expedite the privatization of two state-owned banks. The necessary government process has already started in this regard. The news agency PTI quoted a source in the center as saying on Wednesday. The Narendra Modi government had earlier amended the Banking Regulation Act to pave the way for private investment in state-owned banks. According to sources, the Center wants to pass a bill in this regard in the upcoming Badal session of Parliament. Initially, two state-owned banks have been listed for liquidation. The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said last year that the Center wanted to start the process of privatization of several state-owned banks. She said that for this purpose two laws of bank nationalization of 1970 and 1980 and the Bank Control Act of ...

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West Bengal Has Devastatingly Less Number Of Job Opportunities Compared With Others: Survey

Arpita SarkarMay 25, 20220

CM Mamata Banerjee has given the message of industrialization in the state after coming to power for the third time in West Bengal To that end, industry conferences have been held almost regularly to attract investment. But the fact that West Bengal is still far behind the industrialized states of the country in terms of manufacturing mills again came up in the industrial survey of the Center. A preliminary report of the 'Annual Industrial Survey' of the Union Ministry of Statistics and Project Implementation has been published. The 2019-20 survey shows that the total number of factories in West Bengal is only 9,650. About 5 lakh 80 thousand workers work in these factories. But there are more than 38,000 factories in Tamil Nadu which are in the first row in terms of the number of factor...

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‘International Transitional Agreement’: CEO Of Serum Institute, Adar Poonawalla Calls For A New Treaty To Deal With Pandemic!

Arpita SarkarMay 24, 20220

The world should be prepared in advance before any next supermassive start. That's what Adar Poonawalla, head of the Serum Institute, the world's largest vaccine maker, hopes. The Indian industrialist has gone to Davos, Switzerland to take part in the World Economic Forum. In an interview with an all-India media outlet there, Adar said he wanted to reach an international agreement with the next ultimatum in mind. Adar said he was scheduled to hold important meetings with a number of multinational organizations on the sidelines of the Davos conference. He has already drafted a "Pandemic Treaty". The rest needs to be discussed. In Adar's words, "it cannot be imposed on anyone. But it is not the work of a particular country. We all have to work together to prevent further atrocities...

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CPI To Enforce Strict Age Norms Even After Objections; Read On Here!

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

The Communist Party of India (CPI) is trying to implement the age policy in the organization in a more strict way. From the recent party congress in Kannur, this rule has been implemented at the party's central committee level, with amendments being made to the party's constitution. CPI had planned the age policy one step ahead of the CPM. A large part of the leaders raised questions within the party about this. CPM, on the other hand, has already introduced an age policy in the party. A letter of objection was sent to the central leadership of the CPI. After that, at the organizational level, the National Assembly of the CPI has prepared an outline in this regard and sent it to the leadership of various states. According to party sources, there was no mention of the relaxation o...

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Four States In Sight For Child Missing In India: National Crime Records Bureau

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

On average, 29 children are lost every day in Madhya Pradesh. 14 persons a day in Rajasthan. That was the picture in 2021, showing a report by a volunteer organization working with children. The National Crime Records Bureau says, "The average number of children lost in the two states on a daily basis is at least five times higher than that of boys." The voluntary organization fears that a large proportion of these lost children and adolescents may be employed as child labourers. There is also a fear that girls will be involved in domestic help and even in sex work. Not only in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, but the number of missing children has also increased dramatically in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. According to last year's Khatian, at least five children go missing every day in Del...

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Call For Ban On Widowhood In Villages Of Maharashtra: Rural Development Department

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

Breaking the boundaries of conservatism, an initiative was taken to ban the practice of widowhood in the province of Savitribai Phul. Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Musharraf has called on all Gram Panchayats in the state for this. In this case, he gave the example of Herwar village in Kolapur. A circular in this regard was issued at the Rural Development Department last Tuesday. After that, an official statement has been issued on behalf of the department. The CEO of the District Council has been given the responsibility to implement this circular. No punishment has been provided for disobeying the circular. However, emphasis has been laid on raising awareness in this regard. The CEO will be assisted in this task by all the Gram Panchayat officials under him. Mi...

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Pollution Kills 24 Lakhs People Every Year In India: Lancet Planetary Health Journal

Arpita SarkarMay 19, 20220

India tops the world on the pollution map. Every year at least 24 lakh people are dying in India due to pollution from the air, water, organic and industrial wastes, vehicles, etc.! Second, on the list of pollution in China, the number of annual deaths is 22 million. This has been reported in a recent international study on pollution. A pollution report published in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal, as a result of pollution, at least 9 million people worldwide die each year. America is in seventh place on that list. More than 1 lakh 12 thousand people die every year due to pollution there. The death toll from pollution has risen by more than 55 percent in the two decades since 2000, according to the study. Philip Landrigan, a member of the survey team and director of the Globa...

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‘Heat Islands’ Detected Around New Delhi; Picture Released By NASA!

Arpita SarkarMay 17, 20220

There is a hint of barren red in the blue of the sea. A picture was recently released by the space research agency NASA. It can be called the mirage map of the capital Delhi and adjoining areas. A NASA satellite called Ecostress measures soil temperature from space. It has taken statistics of about twelve and a half thousand square kilometres in Delhi and adjoining areas from 5 to 13 May. The base is marked in red as 'Heat Island' or 'Heat Island'. Temperatures there hover around 39 degrees Celsius during the day and 35 degrees Celsius at night; At least 4-5 degrees higher than the surroundings. According to environmentalists, the more the natural landscape in the city is covered with concrete, the more it starts to retain heat. And that is the consequence. The maximum tempera...

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Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Among Top States To Have Marriages Among Blood Relations: Centre

Arpita SarkarMay 14, 20220

Tamil Nadu ranks first in the country in blood relations. Karnataka is in second place. Such information was given by the National Ministry of Family Welfare in a nationwide survey. According to the survey conducted in the financial year 2019-20, 2% of marriages in Tamil Nadu are between blood relations. Karnataka, another southern state, is only 1% away. According to the survey, 11% of marriages in the country are between families. However, as a state, this trend is more prevalent in the southern states. Doctors say that there are various problems in marriage due to blood relationships. It includes health issues. Inter-caste marriages increase the risk of thalassemia in children. There are two main reasons for such a trend. One is the issue of caste and the other is the issue...

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Wife’s Right To Live Not Limited To In-laws, But Also In Rented Houses: Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarMay 13, 20220

The right of married women to reside will not be limited to the in-laws. She may also have the right to stay in the rented house of her husband who is out of work. The Supreme Court made important observations at a hearing in a domestic violence case on Thursday. A division bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice VV Nagaratna said, "The issue of property rights of the married couple would not be confined to the husband's ancestral home." The case was filed by a woman. She complained of domestic violence after becoming a widow. She also told about the difficulty of her living. According to the apex court's observation, in many cases, Indian women living outside their in-laws' houses have to face a number of problems. In particular, about their living. So their right to live or pro...

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HIV Awarness Increased In Country: Central Government

Arpita SarkarMay 12, 20220

Awareness has increased a bit, but the deficit remains quite a bit. Nearly 30% of parents in the country do not want their child to attend classes with an HIV-infected student. Similarly, at least 35% of men and women object to buying goods from an HIV-infected grain seller. As far as awareness is concerned, only 30% of men in the country know about the disease in detail. The situation in West Bengal is even worse. The survey said, "Only 15%of men in the state have complete knowledge about HIV. The women of Bengal have more information about the disease than the men of this state." The National Health Family Survey shows that although awareness is higher than ever before, there are still misconceptions about HIV in society and in the family. For example, about 51% of women and at...

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Congress Proposes ‘One Family One Candidate’ Plan For Party

Arpita SarkarMay 11, 20220

It is difficult to implement the policy of 'one person, one position'. This time it was proposed to implement the 'One Family, One Candidate' policy to strengthen the Congress! This means that only one person from a family will be a candidate in the election. But the question is whether this policy will be applicable to the Gandhi family as well. The draft, which has been prepared for discussion at the Congress think tank in Udaipur since Friday, speaks of the policy of 'one person, one post' as well as 'one family, one candidate'. It will be presented at the Chintan Shibir in Udaipur after a discussion in the Congress Working Committee on Monday. Though the voters did not join the Prashant Kishore Congress, the Congress leaders could see the shadow of his advice in proposing a m...

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