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Julian Assange To Be Extradited: A Messenger Silenced For Delivering

Agamapar ChadhaJune 30, 20220

Julian Assange is arguably the most wanted whistleblower in history. The founder of the online gazette ‘WikiLeaks’, a site is known for its notoriety for publishing and spreading the news, photos and videos and other ‘classified’, is nigh close to being hunted down by the US for good. After being a jailbird for more than a decade due to jumping bails and multiple allegations and asylum-seeking, extradition now permitted by the British High court and looming over Julian Assange’s head; the US may finally have been successful in hunting him down.  Wikileaks under Julian Assange had already gained recognition and a reputation for its bold attempts to unveil the truth. The site’s primary goal is to get information from whistleblowers and leak it all on their website for everyone to take not

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Insulin In America: Living Life Becomes Luxurious

Agamapar ChadhaJune 30, 20220

  Insulin prices remain high in the U.S.A. regardless of countless protests, petitions and health issues are experts commenting on American insulin’s exorbitant $113.39 price tag per vial. This amount is 13 times higher than the average $ 8.19 cost of insulin globally. Insulin, in reality, is cheap to produce bio-similar drugs used for breaking down sugars in the body. The production costs only $3.69-$6.16, and ingredients like insulin bacteria and easily accessible insulin save someone from dying and suffering because of diabetes which is relatively well known for the compilation of problems it brings with ultimately leading to death. The patenting problem in the U.S.A. is the most significant blame for making a living for people with diabetes a luxury. Patents are used to gran...

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Russia’s ‘Z’ Propaganda: Nazi Swastika Reincarnated

Agamapar ChadhaJune 29, 20220

The Russo-Ukrainian conflict has gained more attention than any other conflict between two countries has gained in the 21st century. With the use of innumerable famous, everyone is aware of the geopolitical disaster of the U.S. and the E.U. in containing Russia, which leads to an attack on Ukraine. On closer inspection, however, one can observe the anonymity behind the letter ‘Z’, which has constantly been channelled across social media war broke out between Ukraine and Russia. The usage of this letter was first spotted on the rear end of a Russian tank in late Feb 2022 when the Russian army started shoring up on the Russo-Ukrainian border. Other markings on the armoured vehicles constituted a ‘V’ and an ‘O’. . There wasn’t a clear explanation for any of the symbols. They piqued th...

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Slovakia’s Luník IX Slum : A Smear On Europe’s Clean Sheet

Agamapar ChadhaJune 29, 20220

Europe is considered the pinnacle of human luxury and comfort in lifestyle. However, this projection overlooks or discounts any predicament as part or portion of the citizens' face; some are similar to ones that persist and are magnified when ‘developing’ countries are viewed. Luník IX, dubbed ‘Hell on Earth’, is the largest slum in Europe.It is a neighbourhood in the city of Košice in Slovakia. It is the largest slum/ghetto area in Europe. The community living there mainly consists of Roma people. They are said to originate from migrants from South Asiatic regions and travel to central parts of Europe. Historically, nomadic tribes like the Roma were forced to settle down due to Czechoslovakia declaring nomadism illegal due to the immigration crisis in the 1930s. After being indu...

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Paedophilia In India: Elders’ Way Of Respect Reeks Conservative Backwardness

Agamapar ChadhaJune 28, 20220

Paedophilia in India, from a social point of view and victim’s perspective, remains undeterred even after the law is made for it. The victims of this sexual misconduct have to suffer and continue to stay mum. This is because paedophilia is no more than just another taboo due to the obvious sexual connotation. Adding on to the sex is the incestuous sexual misconduct which conflicts with India’s conservative family values. An Aunt, an in-law or parents of the child’s violator will never believe such an act and discard any complaint by children as they don’t think the violators are capable of acting this way. Moreover, due to the taboo nature of sex in India, children in society are less informed and are to trust and obey elders in their community completely. This makes them more susceptib

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Belarusian Border Crisis Continues: Migrants Caught In Political Crossfire

Agamapar ChadhaJune 27, 20220

Immigrants who escaped their war-torn countries: Libya, Iraqi Kurdistan, Yemen and Syria continue to find themselves between a rock and a hard place. They have been stuck between the border of Belarus and the neighbouring E.U. countries since the 7th of July 2021. Alexander Lukashenko, the current president of Belarus after being backed by Putin, is the longest-reigning president of Europe. After his latest re-election in 2021, the Belarusian people revolted and protested again Lushenko cracked down on the protesters by forcing false confessions, jailing and threatening political opponents. Due to Lushenko’s dictatorial handling and attitude toward the protests EU imposed sanctions on Belarus. In response, Lukashenko encouraged migrants to come to E.U. by Belarus and, upon their arrival...

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Political Sugarcoating Of India: A Sweet Truth Too Bitter To Bare 

Agamapar ChadhaJune 25, 20220

Consuming something sweet is considered a good luck charm among Indians before they take on any tumultuous challenge. However, an estimated 77 million diabetics and 700,000 deaths due to diabetes leave a terrible aftertaste of the sweets consumed. Many media reports have claimed India is the 'Diabetes Capital' of the world. On average, Indians consume 50g of sugar daily. Conversely, WHO recommends half of that -- 25g in one day. The perpetrator of such a medically chronic epidemic can be found in the politics of the sugar industry, and the free reign that is given to companies by politicians. This issue could be traced to pre-colonial India, where the industrialisation of white sugar (a nutrient less chemically induced sweetener) combined with tariffs in 1930 increased its productio...

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Sex Weaponised In Ethiopian Civil War: Everything ‘Fair’ In Love And War?

Agamapar ChadhaJune 24, 20220

Except for the Islamic terrorism and regions where the western intervention took place, Africa is heavily underreported, reflecting the world’s discriminatory outlook on Africa and Africans. Like this, many will be unaware of an ongoing civil war in Ethiopia called the Tigray conflict. Breaking out on 3rd November of 2020 after a schism between the Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party and the Tigray’s regional government: Tigray People’s Liberation Front(T.P.L.F). Abiy Ahmed postponed the election on account of the coronavirus. This added more fuel to the fire of the T.P.L.F., which vested all power and had autonomy in Ethiopia before Ahmed’s rise. This power previously held by the Tigray faction was ended. Tigray, in defiance, held their regional election in their are...

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Sexual Exploitation Of Girls: Japan Continues To Allow Underage Prostitution

Agamapar ChadhaJune 23, 20220

Japan always has faced backlash for sexualising and prostitution of young and pubescent children. After enough calls were made to Japan from other countries to illegalise Child Pornography and prostitution in 1999, this law had a loophole as it outlawed “production, transport, import and export, as well as possession of child pornography for the aforementioned purposes.” It took till 2014 on 18th June for Japan to illegalise possession of child pornography which was legal even after 1999 after being internationally pressured again. The government frustratingly Paedophiles a year to dispose of all the videos. Otherwise, the paedophiles will be imprisoned for a year and have to pay $10,000. Yet this problem continues in different forms in Japan. “Enjo Kosai’’ (援助交際), translated as

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Manipuris In India: An Enclave In Nationality

Agamapar ChadhaJune 22, 20220

India as an ethnically and religiously diverse country is prone to differences between people leading to violence, displacement due to violence and discrimination because of the people involved . Prime example is Kashmir which an area covered in news reports  for its religious fervour , border disputes and terrorist attacks lead by islamic terrorist groups. Often overlooked due to religious and political issues in Kashmir, the insurgency in Manipur for freedom of Manipur from India continues to plague the state. Since 1992 various insurgent groups like the People’s Liberation Army (P.L.A.) and the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak ( PREPAK) have killed civilians, army personnel and government officials in the name of freedom from India’s grasp. These include ambushes in legisla

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Conversion Therapy in India: A Cure To LGBTQIA+ ‘Disease’ To Appease Cultural Virtue?

Agamapar ChadhaJune 21, 20220

Conversion therapy by the medical profession is an illegal practice to ‘cure’ and covert any sexual orientation of a person to strictly heteronormative. The patient subjugated to these will be ‘cleansed’ from their sexuality which is part of the L.G.B.T.Q.I.A+ section of sexuality. This practice involves physically and psychologically breaking to resolve their ‘abnormal’ tendencies. There are many reasons why this practice continues to prevail in India. From a religious perspective in Islam(14%) and Christianity( 2%), homosexuality is considered a sin. In Indian society, heteronormativity has become a symbol of pride, family honour, and reputation. There is an infusion of heteronormativity with the idea of masculinity and femininity with the underlying aspect of patriarchy in Indian soc...

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Infidelity Pleasure More Than Sin: France’s Paternity Test Ban To Ensue Societal Chaos?

Agamapar ChadhaJune 20, 20220

The paternity test checks whether a child is the father’s offspring and involves extracting blood from the father and the child. These samples are given to a lab for analysis to prove/disprove a man is a child’s father. These tests have an obvious way of being useful as a tool for examining genetic conditions. This data would help in times of medical crisis. Socially and financially, this test has many undertones with “absent fathers” paying child support to the previously helpless mothers, extra-marital affairs getting caught, and mothers not being able to claim fatherhood to take financial backing. France, however, stands apart from these implications by banning genetic testing altogether. Tests are performed under strict restrictions by the court’s orders in the circumstances ...

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