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Impact Of Russia-Ukraine War On India’s Long-Term Projects

Pooja YadavFebruary 25, 20220

Russia is one of India’s largest arms suppliers; around 23% of Russian arms exports between 2016 and 2020 were done to this country. Russia has launched a special operation on Ukraine, which resulted in simultaneous attacks coming from the south, east and north, by land and air. Missiles and bombs rained from the sky, tanks rolled across the border, and explosions were seen across the country after Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin gave the order to attack. The attacks quickly drew condemnation from world leaders with President Joe Biden saying that the planet would hold Russia accountable. The attacks also have heralded more sanctions for Russia, with the EU's European Commission’s president Ursula von der Leyen saying that the sanctions would be its ‘harshest’ ever. These san...

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Russia-Ukraine War: What Implications Would India Face? Read On!

Pooja YadavFebruary 25, 20220

Germany is a part of NATO and has disinclined to supply combat troops to defend Ukraine, whereas Russia clearly sees the expansion of NATO into what it considers its strategic space as a line. Moscow is now seen as willing to use a social unit to secure its interests across what it believes should be its unquestioned sphere of influence within the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and beyond but will the western powers defend Ukraine. As per various published reports, when statesmen were discussing the reunification of Germany with Helmut Kohl, it was promised by various leaders including the then US Secretary of State James Baker that NATO wouldn't expand to the East. These promises were primary to President Putin’s speech at the 2017 Security Conference in Munich w...

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Karnataka Hijab Row: Verdict Of Court Questions Essence Of Article 25, Says Experts

Pooja YadavFebruary 25, 20220

One of the eccentricities of the continued hijab ban case is how a secular court has got to decide whether wearing a hijab is remitted by Islam. One cannot fault the Karnataka tribunal to some extent, because it is just following the ‘Essential Religious Practices Test’ laid down by the Supreme Court of India. Courts use this test to see whether a practice is crucial to the faith, so as to determine if such practice is ought to have protection under Article 25 of the constitution, which guarantees the liberty of faith. While scholars have highlighted the inconsistency of the precedents governing this test moreover because of the inappropriateness for a secular court to interpret religion, shall elaborate on why the courts or maybe the state, lack the competence to work out if a pr...

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Ukraine-Russia War: Likely To Impact Defense Deals With India, Says Defense Experts

Pooja YadavFebruary 25, 20220

Senior military officers said that seeable of the Russian offensive, ongoing projects to upgrade aircraft and provide missiles would be interminably delayed, if not eventually terminated. Ukraine’s invasion by Russia will damagingly impact several of India’s ongoing programs that would, within the medium term, compromise its prospective operational efficiency. These projects include upgrading the Indian Air Force's (IAF) fleet of Antonov An32 ‘Cline’ transport aircraft and supplying critical R-27 air-to-air missiles for its multi-role Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters. These also involve providing engines for four Indian Navy missile frigates, amongst other assorted bilateral military contracts under review and negotiation because of the Russian offensive. These ongoing projects would be int...

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Hunger Watch Report : 66% Families’ Income Suffer Loss; 25% Have Severe Food Insecurity Due To Pandemic

Sonia SolankiFebruary 24, 20220

A survey conducted by the Right To Food Campaign in association with the Civil Society Organization reveals that 66% of families faced losses due to the pandemic. The Hunger Watch report states that the income of 2/3rd families is decreased in the two years of the pandemic. Almost 60% of people said that their income is reduced by 50% or more in the two years of the pandemic. The survey was conducted in 14 states. It included a total of 6,697 households from low socio-economic strata. Hunger Watch Report Details The report presents some numbers and data which are of major concern in today's society. Nearly, 45% of households are still having some sort of debt. Out of these 21% have debt above 50,000 Rs. This data comes in from the second round post lockdown in 2020. It covered 3,994 ...

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NSE Racket: Truth About ‘Himalayan Yogi’; Aligns With Subramanian Recruitment

Monomita NagFebruary 23, 20220

In the light of the former NSE CEO  Chitra Ramakrishna and the mysterious 'Himalayan Yogi', ex-SEBI chairman M Damodaran's comments carry much weight. He openly said that confidential information was sent to an unauthorized person, coupled with multiple governance failures at NSE. All of these impacted India's capital market enormously. He asked, "How did Anand Subramanian come on board?  Who recommended him to the board?" He insisted that these vital questions have to be answered first. Earlier, it was reported that Ramakrishna was receiving all directions regarding NSE governance from the Himalayan Yogi. A forensic audit by a consultancy firm stated that this Yogi was no other than Subramanian himself. Who Is This Mysterious Yogi? Anand Subramanian was appointed to the NSE as th...

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Earth Escapes Sure Havoc From A Gigantic Solar Storm

Monomita NagFebruary 23, 20220

The NASA Solar Orbiter satellite made history by capturing images of a massive solar eruption. The eruption is also called prominence and surprisingly the string of fire that was attached to the Sun was extending millions of kilometres into space. Such solar storms cause coronal mass ejections (CME) which can cause havoc on the earth. This orbiter was a joint mission between NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) and was launched in February 2020 and it began its operation in November 2021. This particular image of a solar storm will help scientists study how they are created. It is to be noted here that such solar storms create clouds of gas that remain concentrated above the magnetic field of the Sun. The scientists agree that the massive solar eruption could have caused a gigant...

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Fodder Scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav Gets 5 Years Jail Sentence, Rs 60 Lakhs Fine

Sonia SolankiFebruary 23, 20220

Lalu Prasad Yadav, the RJD Supremo and former CM of Bihar, gets a life sentence of 5 years by a special CBI court in the Fodder Scam case. Along with this, a fine of Rs 60 lakh has also been charged by the special court. Other 5 convicts have also been sentenced to five years in jail, 32 convicts got 4 years of jail and three convicts got a jail term of 3 years. CBI till now has examined 575 witnesses in the case and filed a charge sheet against 170 people. The trial started in 1996 for the case, which has 99 accused including Lalu Prasad Yadav. The CBI court has fined convicts ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 crore being the highest amount as a fine in this case. As soon as the verdict came in, Lalu Yadav tweeted saying that he will continue to fight against injustice. Lalu Pr...

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SC To Hear Plea Challenging Offline Mode Of Board Exams

Pooja YadavFebruary 22, 20220

Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to concentrate on a plea that seeks the cancellation of physical examinations for classes 10 and 12 to be conducted by the Central Board of exertion (CBSE) and several other boards this time. The plea is heard by Justice A M Khanwilkar's bench on Wednesday, February 23.   A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said that an advance dupe of the solicitation is served to the standing counsel for the Central Board of pedagogy (CBSE) and other repliers concerned. The plea was mentioned for a critical table before the bench, also comprising Judges Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar. Admissions to all or any professional courses are delayed 2 times now. "Results of examinations held in 2021 were declared between July and August and admissions t...

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UGC Permits 900 Autonomous Colleges To Run Online Courses; Know Commission’s Stand On Delhi Colleges

Pooja YadavFebruary 22, 20220

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted permission to 900 additional colleges to produce online degrees for students. This decision will open up new learning opportunities for scholars. the choice was also made keeping in sight the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which promotes online education. Students are going to be able to get their degrees remotely with the assistance of online education. Before this order, only universities were allowed to own online courses. Now, around 900 autonomous colleges, which have National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) 3.26 grade, are allowed to supply online degrees and courses. The eligibility criteria for college students to enrol in online degree courses includes being Class 12 and undergraduate, qualified for takin...

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Russia-Ukraine Tensions To Impact Stock Markets, Other Sectors: Experts

Pooja YadavFebruary 22, 20220

The impact of the invasion of Ukraine by neighbouring Russia would be felt across the stock market and other markets from wheat and energy prices, sovereign dollar bonds to safe heaven to the stock markets. In general situations due to uneventful events, people tend to pull out their investments and divert them to safe-haven securities. People will start investing in bonds, especially sovereign bonds. In the present situation, there is anyways a risk of inflation. In the forex market, the Euro currency exchange is considered to be the biggest indicator of geopolitics risk in the eurozone as the Swiss currency has been long seen as safe haven by investors. The swiss currency exchange rate saw hit its highest hit since May 2015 in late January. Gold has also been seen as a shelte...

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Nepal Becomes First To Adopt India’s UPI System

Pooja YadavFebruary 22, 20220

Nepal is the primary country to adopt India's UPI system, which played a pivotal role in transforming the digital economy of the neighbouring country. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said on Thursday, it'll revolutionalize the digital payment system in Nepal. UPI is a real-time payment system providing simplicity, safety and security in P2P and P2M transactions in India. In 2021, it enabled 3,900 crore financial transactions valuable USD 940 billion which is reminiscent of approximately 31% of India's GDP. According to some reports, UPI is estimated within the yr 2022, making it to cross $1 trillion in overall volumes for the present yr. The international arm of NPCI has joined hands with the gateway payments services and Manam infotech to supply the service...

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