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Sri Lanka Crisis: Factors Behind Triggering A Historic Depression

Pooja YadavMay 13, 20220

Sri Lanka has been in the news such a lot recently that its current woes are the things of popular knowledge. The acute deprivation caused to its people thanks to the absence of their staple food at a reasonable price within the market and therefore the shortage of petrol at the pump is evident. The Covid-19 Pandemic that put the entire tourism industry on hold which was the beauty of Sri Lanka. As far as the percentage is concerned, It accounted for 10% of Sri Lanka’s GDP. This led to a dip in the forex reserve (from $7.5 billion in 2019 to $2.8 billion in July 2021). High debt resulting from other sources of revenue led to high cost in importing of essential items, including food. A depreciated currency, high dependence on imports and hoarding led to a steep rise in food ...

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India Made No Progress In Treating Anaemia Among Women, Children: Global Nutrition & NFHS-5 Report

Sonia SolankiMay 11, 20220

India, in the last few years, has failed to make any progress in treating Anaemia among women and children. The results from the two renowned platforms show similar findings. These two reports come from the Global Nutrition Report (2019-21) and NFHS-5 (2019-21). According to them, Anaemia is worsening in women aged between 15-49 years and in children aged between 0.5- 5.0 years. Along with this NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey) data shows that the biggest spike is seen in children between 0.5 - 5 years old, with 67.1% of children suffering. This value was at 58.6% in the year 2015-16 in the NFHS-4 report. The condition is more severe in interior parts of India with 68.3% compared to 64.2% in urban Indian children. More than 50% of Indian women are anaemic As per the survey co...

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Roar of Loudspeakers; Politics Of Vested Interest

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 10, 20220

Since Raj Thackrey, President of the MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena), in a press conference on Tuesday, called on the people to demonstrate the strength of the Hindu community by playing "Hanuman Chalisa" on loudspeakers, the topic of Loudspeaker Row has become one of the most contentious issues in the state. Raj ThackreyRaj Thackrey had previously said that the final day for removing loudspeakers from mosques would be Wednesday. He claims that if Muslims played Azan on a loudspeaker, the people of Maharashtra would respond by chanting the Hanuman Chalisa. On Wednesday morning, MNS employees in Mumbai's Charkop neighbourhood took the initiative and played the Hanuman Chalisa over loudspeakers. During the Fajr (First Namaz) at 5 a.m., the next day. In the meanwhile, people gather...

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UIDAI Cannot Share Aadhaar Data In Police Investigation; Check Out Reasons!

Snehashish RoyMay 10, 20220

A petition has been opposed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that seeks the Delhi High Court's direction to allow investigators to match fingerprints and pictures of the suspect with the Aadhar database to identify the accused in a murder case. The petition was filed by the Delhi Police. The provider of unique Aadhaar numbers, UIDAI, has prohibitions under the rule of law that it cannot share any core biometric information with police. The plea was opposed by the statutory authority and said the data is not "technologically feasible" to share with the investigating authority. The investigating case at hand is regarding a murder case where Hemant Kumar Kaushik, a jeweller, was killed by three alleged robbers in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar. Two robbers loo...

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Delimitation Commission Issues Its Findings On Constituencies Of J&K

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 9, 20220

The Centre established a delimitation panel on Thursday, and the commission has given its final report for the delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and the delimitation of the Assembly for Jammu and Kashmir, which has been the most contentious state since 2019. Because of the increased number of Assembly seats as a result of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, this delimitation commission was essential. As a result, all political parties, with the exception of the BJP, were hostile to the report. Previously, the state of Jammu and Kashmir had around 111 Assembly seats, with 46 seats in Kashmir, 37 seats in Jammu, 4 seats in Ladakh, and an extra 24 seats reserved for Kashmir held by Pakistan, according to the 2011 census. The Delimitation Commission, on the oth...

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Rahul Gandhi Accuses PM Of “All Rank, No Pension”

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 9, 20220

A tweet from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in which he expresses his support for veterans, has been trending throughout India for the last few days. On Wednesday, he resorted to Twitter to accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "insulting the nation" by failing to pay pensions to a large number of military personnel. According to this source, the veterans, who included numerous three-star commanders, did not get their pensions in April as scheduled. As stated in the tweet, Rahul Gandhi claims that the Modi administration initially conned people with the OROP (One Rank, One Pension) programme and is now implementing the ARNO (All Rank, No Pension) strategy. As a result, he asserts that the Modi administration is disrespecting the country by insulting the troops, and that the gover...

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Contribution To Post-Disaster Sri Lanka: DMK’s House Of Representatives To Give One-Month Pay

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 9, 20220

Sri Lanka is going through a difficult period as a result of its socio-economic crises. As a result, in order to alleviate their predicament, DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) members stated that they would pay one month's salary to the Sri Lankan chief minister's fund. As of Thursday, DMK President M K Stalin said that members of the ruling party's House of Representatives will be giving their one-month pay to help the Sri Lankan people in their time of need. According to the report, all of the DMK's members of Parliament, including those in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, would contribute to this beneficial measure. This call for support comes from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and President of the DMK, despite the fact that the party has already been informed that it would...

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Amit Shah In West Bengal: Introduces Water Ambulance To Deliver Life-Saving Drugs

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 7, 20220

Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, has begun a two-day tour to West Bengal, his first visit to the state since the assembly elections in 2021. When Amit Shah arrived at the Kolkata International Airport on Thursday morning, he was received by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nitish Pramanik and senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. Over the course of his two-day tour, the Union Home Minister will go to the front area along the Indo-Bangladesh border, where he will have an organisational meeting with members of the state unit that has been demoralised, as well as participate in cultural events and public demonstrations. While in India, Shah will meet with the Director-General of the Border Security Force, Pankaj Kumar Singh, and other senior personnel. Amit takes a huge lea...

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Announcing Yogi 2.0’s Upcoming Health Facilities: Likely To Be ‘Advantageous’ Than Before

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 7, 20220

Following the Yogi government's second victory in the Assembly election, the Yogi 2.0 plans are even more advantageous than they were before. The state of the health sector in the aftermath of the pandemic is the top focus of the government of Uttar Pradesh. The government intends to give beneficial support to the health sector in the state of Uttar Pradesh by expanding the number of hospitals, workers, and facilities available. Under the Yogi 2.0 administration, the government plans to provide a much-needed boost to the healthcare system by constructing seven 50-bed hospitals in the districts of Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, and Lucknow. In a recent presentation, a spokeswoman for the state government emphasised that the most important aim would be to equalise the ratio of medical profe...

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Read How Venezuela And Sri Lanka Ruined Themselves; What India Should Learn From This?

Gunjan ChaudharyMay 7, 20220

News of the economic crisis in Sri Lanka has sparked a new debate against freebies in the country. The Sri Lankan government had taken steps such as cutting taxes for all and distributing various free goods and services. As a result, the heavy burden on its economy led to the downfall of the economy. The already heavily indebted country was left with no option but to default. In the context of this development, now a debate has started on the issue of free goods and services being provided by Indian states. Freebies are becoming an integral part of Indian politics. Whether it is in the form of a promise to woo voters in the elections or in the form of free facilities to remain in power. This is the reason that at the time of elections, such expectations are being expressed by the peo...

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Why VPN Companies Want To Leave India? Read To Know More!!

Gunjan ChaudharyMay 7, 20220

Regarding the security of Virtual Private Networks (VPN), the Government of India has said in one of its decisions that VPN companies will have to keep the data of users safe for five years and they will have to give it to the authorities. Now some VPN companies have objected to this decision. Big companies like NordVPN have said that they will be forced to withdraw their business from India if the government does not change its decisions or does not provide any other option. What has the government said about VPNs? CERT, an agency of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, had said in its order last week that VPN service providers will have to store data including names, email ids and IP addresses of their users for five years. It has also been said in the same ord

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How Corruption Has Weakened, Damaged Local Governing Bodies

Pooja YadavMay 6, 20220

Corruption could be a long-standing social issue persistent in India. From reportedly 51% of respondents from a survey admitted to paying bribes, to large industries like telecommunications and coal showing signs of corruption, for the economic benefits of citizens or corporations, corrupt practices are used. All the way back to post-independence India in 1951, the Industries Act required all operations to receive a license from the govt, which limited investments from foreign countries likewise as stifling competition, and ultimately led to bribery in politics being ubiquitous. While the Anticorruption Bureau of India was created in 1961 for the only purpose of fighting corruption, it still persists all throughout the country well into the 21st century. While there are many s...

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