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Lalu Yadav Found Guilty In Last Case Fodder Scam; Lets Analyse Timeline

Pooja YadavFebruary 17, 20220

Lalu Prasad Yadav, former chief minister of Bihar and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo, was on Tuesday was found guilty in Rs 139 crore scam from the Doranda (Jharkhand) treasury. According to a media report, the Doranda treasury scam could be a bizarre case where documents showed that cattle were transported from Haryana and Punjab to Bihar on scooters during the years 1990-92. A special CBI court in Ranchi had concluded hearing the case on January 29 this year and had fixed February 15 because the date to pronounce its order Fodder scam: How It Started The fodder scam, popularly referred to as chaara ghotala, refers to dozens of cases of monetary irregularities to the tune of around Rs 930 crore within the husbandry department of the undivided Bihar between 1985...

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Centre Plans On Running 400 Vande Bharat Trains By 2024; Read More About These Semi-High Speed Trains

Pooja YadavFebruary 17, 20220

Union minister Nirmala Sitaraman has proposed investments for Vande Bharat trains. But Indian Railways plans for 400 such trains by the end of 2024. This itself is a booster for the economy where in terms of job employment generation or technological advancement. Through this article let's analyze how this plan will impact the economy and what's so special about this train. In the Budget speech, the finance minister announced that 400 Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in the next 3 years. Introduced in 2019, these are the semi-speed trains that have been a novelty so far. Two Vande Bharat train sets originally called Train18 are currently running both from Delhi to Varanasi and Katra. The budget announcement signals the government's intention to turn these self-propelled trai...

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New Electoral Reforms Proposes Linking Aadhaar With Voter IDs; Know More Its Merits

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

The Union cabinet cleared the proposed amendments to the electoral law seeking to bring in key electoral reforms such as the linkage of voter ID with Aadhaar to weed out bogus and duplicate entries in the electoral roll. Sources indicated that another reform sought to be implemented is allowing multiple dates in a year rather than only January 1, for those above 18 years to register themselves as voters. Since the Aadhaar number is unique in itself, therefore, linking it with the voter ID will solve the problem of having multiple IDs. There will be uniformity in the process as well as transparency. The bill amends the representation of people act approved by the cabinet and is likely to be brought before parliament in the ongoing winter session. It also makes gender-neutral a prov...

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Bombay HC Directs Development Authority To Preserve Lonar Lake; Know Interesting Facts About Its Existence

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay judicature has directed a court-appointed development body to approach the Wetland Authority to notify the Lonar Crater lake in Maharashtra as a wetland and to make sure its preservation, conservation and also sustainable management. The lake in Lonar town of Buldhana district was created over 50,000 years ago because of a meteorite impact. The HC had last year directed the government to appoint ‘Lonar Crater Lake Development Authority’ for the preservation of the water body. Lonar lake of Maharashtra is the best example of a 1.8 diameter crater and is Maharashtra's best-hidden secret. This crater is located in the basaltic bedrock in Maharashtra is a real example of terrestrial impact craters. It has attracted many scientists to explore its exist...

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Kashmir-Iran Dispute Over Apples: Producers Demand Imposing Import Duty On Iranian Apples

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

Whenever we talk about apples, the name that comes into our mind is Kashmiri apples. The contribution of apples in boosting the economy of Kashmir has played a vital role. However, in recent years, the Kashmiri apple vendors have faced heavy losses due to the illegal imports of Iranian apples. Kashmiri apple growers are up in arms against the import of illegal apples from Iran which has been selling at cheaper rates than the local apples in markets outside the valley. The apple growers and those associated with apple farming appealed to the government of India to ban the import of Iranian apples into the Indian market. The illegal import of Iranian apples happening in the Indian market has severely damaged the rates of Kashmiri produce in the apple market. The Iranian apples ar...

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ISRO Confirms Free-Area Quantum Verbal Exchange; Read To Know More

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) currently confirmed free-area quantum verbal exchange over a distance of three hundred miles in the primary stage. The demonstration included staying videoconferencing and usage of quantum-key-encrypted signals. This is a first-rate success for unconditionally secured satellite TV for PC information verbal exchange the usage of quantum technology. It is stated that some of the key technology had been evolved indigenously to perform this principal feat, which covered the usage of an indigenously evolved navigation satellite tv for pc system, with an operational call of NavIC, a receiver for time synchronization among the transmitter and receiver modules, and gimbal mechanism structures in place of cumbersome large-aperture telescopes for optical...

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Ford Motors Mulls Discontinuing; Exploring Possibilities As EV Manufacturer In India

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Ford Motors has recently decided to quit the Indian market due to some taxation and low sales issues. It has now decided to take a U-turn and return to India with the PLI scheme. When Ford decided to leave, it shook the market as its presence is felt all over the world economy. Ford will enter the market under the government's PLI scheme. What Has Happened? Ford declared on February 11 it is considering its production of electric vehicles in India for exports and probably for local sale. It came just a month after the American automaker announced its decision of discontinuing its selling and manufacturing in the country. It was said that in September 2021 the decision was under consideration and taken back as the company could not see any future profits. Ford's Take Accord...

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Ambani Dethrones Adani As Asia’s Richest; Gains 10th Spot In World

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are edging one another to regain the richest Asian tag. On a daily basis, after Adani had gained the highest spot, Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani snatched the crown from Adani. As per Bloomberg's Global Ranking of Billionaires, Ambani is now in the 10th spot with a complete net worth of $89.2 billion, while Adani is now ranked 11. Two days ago, Indian coal mining tycoon Gautam Adani became Asia's richest person because of a push into green energy that has boosted his fortune to $88.5 billion, The Guardian reported. Adani had overtaken fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to enter the highest 10 of the world's richest people, in step with figures from Forbes and Bloomberg, after seeing his fortune rise by $12 billion within the past year. Amo...

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Mcleodganj To Dharamshala In 5 Minutes; CM Thakur Launches Skyway To Help Tourists Beat Traffic

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Travel is food for the soul and you aren’t consumed by wanderlust if you don’t head to McLeodganj or Dharamshala to recharge your souls. With incredible crown-like snow-capped mountains, fresh air, and yummy Himachali food, these places have all our hearts. We now have one more reason to go over to those places. Read on to understand more. North India's one of the famous tourist destinations – McLeodganj, which is additionally an abode of Tibetan leader Dalai Lama is barely 1.8 km skyway away from Dharamshala. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur recently inaugurated the much-awaited Dharamshala Skyway. It is a ropeway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj that stretches for about 1.8 km and has been constructed with an average expenditure of Rs 207 crore. CM Thaku...

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Centre Consigns Lands In J&K To Army As ‘Strategic Areas’; PDP Shows Concerns

Pooja YadavFebruary 12, 20220

Gulmarg and Sonmarg, peaks that are always covered with snow and long visited by tourists, could now see more Army presence. The Centre has allotted a total of 129 acres of land in Gulmarg, India's finest skiing destination, and 44 acres in Sonmarg, to the military for operational and training requirements. This decision has sparked concern, taken by the J&K Union Territory government, which notified the land as "strategic areas" after asking the military to use it for military purposes. Both the areas remained free from conflict. The military already incorporates a presence in both places where it's running high-altitude warfare schools. In 2020, the Centre amended rules in Jammu and Kashmir, authorizing the administration to notify "strategic areas" to use by the soldie...

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“Khel Kud In Vadi”-Check Out The Sports Policies For J&K Public

Pooja YadavFebruary 12, 20220

Sports lucrative for youth, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has sanctioned the implementation of Jammu & Kashmir Sports Policy 2022. These policies have several sports awards, incentives, scholarships, the appointment of outstanding sportspersons among other features. The policy lays the foundation to create a healthy and vibrant incentivized sports ecosystem through strategic interventions for sports within the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. the essential canons of the policy are to ‘Scout’, ‘Engage’, ‘Facilitate’, and ‘Recognise’. The sports policy reflects the worth current dispensation—being led by a functionary, Shri Manoj Sinha—is giving this sector with considering encouraging sports at both the agricultural and concrete levels while ensuring the engagement of...

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China Discovers A Robot Sitter: A Replacement Of Motherly Touch?

Pooja YadavFebruary 12, 20220

For decades, China has endured a low birth rate. Thus, scientists in the country created an advanced robot sitter. It was created from artificial intelligence (AI) to cover and watch for mortal embryos growing in artificial wombs. Despite its status as the world's most vibrant country, China is passing a population growth problem, with the birth rate lately dropping to its smallest position in six decades. Thus, scientists at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology in eastern China's Jiangsu Province developed robots to perform tasks, similar to observing, establishing and manually conforming carbon dioxide, nutrients and more in embryos. The robot can also rank embryos grounded on their experimental eventuality. The exploration paper, published in the Jo...

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