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Nupur Sharma’s Rise To Become Most Controversial Character; Let’s Know More About Her!

Isha PoddarJuly 4, 20220

Being a law student at Delhi University, former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma started her political career in 2008 when she was elected to be president of the students' union as a candidate of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh movement. Nupur Sharma's political career swiftness rose in 2011 when she completed her master's in international business law from the London School of Economics and returned to India. She could argue and put her point of view in both English and Hindi and conquered her place in BJP's media committee in the 2013 Delhi assembly elections. After two years when elections were held, she was the BJP's candidate against Arvind Kejriwal. Who is the chief minister of Delhi? This shows her tale...

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Anti-Defection Statute Is Ineffective In Times Of Crises; It Should Be Repealed

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 4, 20220

Maharashtra's anti-defection statute has again come to the fore in the recent political upheavals in the state. There are a number of issues to be resolved. While a no-confidence vote is being considered, may the Speaker (or in his absence, the Deputy Speaker) rule on a petition for disqualification of the current Speaker? Is it possible for the Supreme Court to examine the judgement before it is made? If two-thirds of the party's MLAs choose to break away from the party's leadership, would they have to unite with another party to avoid being disqualified from the election? As a first step, we must address the core source of these problems and abolish the anti-defection statute. In a nutshell, the anti-defection rule, also known as the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, prohibits MPs a...

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Press Freedom And Mysterious Disappearance Of ‘Hanuman Bhakt,’

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 4, 20220

After India was rated 150th out of 180 nations in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2022, more sober friends asked the same issue. For comparison, China is at 175, Bangladesh is at 162, Russia is at 155, Afghanistan is at 156, and Pakistan is at 157. At 146, Sri Lanka outperforms India, whereas Bhutan (33) and Nepal (76) are both substantially poorer countries. Since 2016, when India was ranked 133rd, its position has steadily slipped. North Korea is ranked at the bottom of the ranking, which includes Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. The World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) is compiled using qualitative and quantitative criteria by a non-profit organisation named Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Authorities in India aren't happy with the technique, particularly the subjective nature of the q...

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Maha Politics: BJP’s Move To Make Shinde CM Is More Troubling To Uddhav Than His Resignation

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 1, 20220

The BJP showed its tactical prowess by appointing Eknath Shinde as Maharashtra CM. The BJP's mistake in 2019 was to play the position of a big brother too aggressively, and that cost them, Shiv Sena, as a partner. With Devendra Fadnavis as Shinde's deputy, the larger Sena group has returned to the NDA with a courteous re-entry. Having a Maratha Sainik as the CM would lessen the sting of the charges of treachery levelled by Thackeray's father and son. Furthermore, deputy CM Shinde has a higher chance of wooing supporters of the Uddhav faction than CM Shinde. Shinde, in contrast to Uddhav, may be less difficult for BJP to deal with since he never forgave the party for lowering Sena to its junior partner. The CM is Shinde, although the BJP is expected to retain a large number of critic...

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Turkey Ready To Negotiate With Sweden, Finland: There’s No Permanent Enemy In Geopolitics

Vikas DeshwalJune 30, 20220

Finland and Sweden finally removed the barrier of Turkey and now joining NATO. On June 28 2022, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a meeting between Turkey, Finland and Sweden, held at the NATO summit 2022 in Spain. This MoU was signed by Finland's President Niinisto and Sweden's Prime Minister Andersson, who sympathised with the national security of Turkey. After this guarantee, President Erdogan agreed to support Finland and Sweden in their proposal to join NATO. What are the provisions under the MoU? Some significant provisions under Memorandum are a joint duty between Turkey, Sweden and Finland to counter-terrorism, investigating any financing and recruitment activitie

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Ukraine War Is Reconstructing Armenia-Azerbaijan Dispute; US-Russia Unsure How To React

Isha PoddarJune 30, 20220

The world's eyes on Ukraine, the standoff between Armenia and Azerbaijan is moving quickly, and Russia and the United States are unsure how to react. A 2020 Russian-brokered ceasefire concluded that the second Karabakh war had preferred neither full stability nor protection to the area. Even earlier to the Ukraine war, Moscow's pacifists have suffered to do their jobs. But a new peace operation between Baku and Yerevan may become visible anyway with a new broker—the European Union—progressively active. These dynamic modifications over the previous two months highlight how Russia's war is preparing for Ukraine's shaking up the Eurasian terrain. The dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan began in the late Soviet period when citizens of the ethnically Armenian autonomous area of Nagorno-Ka...

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India’s Coal Production And Imports At Record High, Yet Power’s Struggle Continues

Isha PoddarJune 30, 20220

According to the previous record, India's domestic coal production has increased by 28%. The coal sector superabounds in paradoxes and perennially remains in a predicament. India is the largest producer and Importers of Coal. The Government is trying to revive and rejuvenate the sector and, simultaneously, pledging to Phase it out as a part of its zero-emission commitment. Coal India Limited (CIL), the public sector, continues to make efforts which are on the way to concluding its dominance and paving for the global mining industry. The Ministry of Coal has announced a limit of imports to zero, while the Ministry of Power has made imports compulsory. After record-breaking coal production of 777 million tonnes (MT) in 2021-22, domestic coal production continues to grow in the current fisca

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Uddhav Thackeray Resigns: Shinde-BJP Wins This Round, Further Political Change Anticipated

Sayani ChakrabortyJune 30, 20220

After Maharashtra governor BS Koshyari ordered the MVA administration to establish its majority, it hurried to the Supreme Court yesterday. Uddhav Thackeray has been forced to resign as chief minister after the Supreme Court supported the integrity of the floor test and refused to allow any additional postponement. Disqualification notifications for Shiv Sena rebels should have been sent on July 12 to 16, rather than July 12 to 16. There had been concerns that the floor test might be delayed as a result. To cut through the haze of competing claims and counterclaims, the use of trust motions has proven effective throughout the years. Ten days have passed since the last episode of Shiv Sena's internal squabbles. Prolonging the chaos served no purpose for the general people. Delays would h...

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Udaipur Beheading Case: Was It Blasphemy Or Something Else?

Our CorrespondentJune 29, 20220

Seeing such a deplorable killing of a tailor in Udaipur is deeply shocking. No matter what it is called for immediate punishment for spreading terror through such brutality. Two muslim men with a cleaver beheaded Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur city's Dhan Mandi region and posted recordings online that said they are avenging an insult to Islam, setting off stray instances of viciousness in the Rajasthan city. The murderers masquerading as customers entered the shop and decapitated a tailor for a social media post supporting ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in the row over her comments on the Prophet. Few days prior to this occurrence, Kashmir-based YouTuber Faisal Wani, who runs the wellness channel Profound Agony Wellness, shared an animated video which showed him decapitating ex-BJP repr

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Rather Than Advancing Free Expression Of Speech, ALT News Journalist Is Put In Jeopardy

Sayani ChakrabortyJune 29, 20220

Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have detained Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of ALT News and a self-described "fact-checker." An angry Hanuman devotee has accused Zubair of spreading hostility and hurting religious sensibilities with a tweet. The anti-Modi movement has been put to the test by Zubair's detention. Anti-Muslim sentiments have been criticised by opposition parties and some well-known opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claim that the arrest is the product of a vindictive "Islamophobia." To wit: "Delhi Police arrest Muslim Journalist Mohammed Zubair..." in the UK's The Guardian newspaper. The Guardian seems to agree with opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Zubair's identity is important to the tale. Taking a cue from the situation, maybe...

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Punjab By-Election: S S Mann’s Victory Is Worrisome; Not Because AAP’s Losing Shine

Sayani ChakrabortyJune 28, 20220

The results of a single Lok Sabha by-election are seldom sufficient to draw broad generalisations. That being said, SS Mann's Sangrur triumph for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is exceptional enough to be the outlier. Mann, a politician commonly regarded as "extreme", has beat the odds and defeated AAP with 35.6% of the vote share. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has held the Sangrur constituency in the previous two Parliamentary elections. Candidates from the SAD, Congress and BJP, three long-time administrators of Punjab, all forfeited their deposits. Mann's success may be attributed to a growing dissatisfaction with the AAP. However, it is vital to situate his victory in the context of SAD's decline and the tumultuous nature of Punjab. Politics and Sikhism go hand in hand in the SAD. In 1996, ...

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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Dilemma, Doubts For India

Dr. Kankana DebnathJune 28, 20220

US President Joe Biden visited Tokyo on May 23 ahead of the QUAD summit and launched the the Indo-Pacific Economic Partnership Framework (IPEF) along with 13 Indo-Pacific nations including India. The framework is launched to ‘balance’ the growing Chinese market. Biden has stressed on the fact that the future of 21st century will be pivoted on the Indo-Pacific which is a ‘free, open, connected, secured and prosperous’ region where the economic growth is inclusive and sustainable. India’s Perspective India joined the IPEF as it stands for an inclusive, open, secure and well-connected Indo-Pacific region for the purpose of sustainable growth of the region. Also it aims to counter China and its ‘aggressive expansion’ of trade along with, what US and its allies have alleged, to be unfair ...

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