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Journalist Demise Dealt A Blow To The UNI

Our CorrespondentFebruary 18, 20220

By K V Venugopal T Kumar, a Chennai-based photo-journalist and bureau chief of the United News of India (UNI), committed suicide in the office premises   on the evening of Sunday, the February 13, as the agency had not paid his salary for a long time. This problem confronts a large number of staffers of the agency who regret their senior journalist, Vishwaa Viswanaath. The insiders in the organisation, who preferred to speak on a condition of anonymity, said that the 56-year-old journalist had taken the extreme step after the employees were not paid properly for 60 months in their Chennai office that was entrusted with the responsibility to Mann the Southern Zone as a connectivity centre to organise articles and features from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka and Puducherry, ap

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Delhi Police Goes Digital On 75th Anniversary, Launches India’s First Smart Card Arms License: Details Inside

Sonia SolankiFebruary 18, 20220

On the 75th Anniversary of the Delhi police, the Union home minister has launched India first Smart Card Arms License (SCAL). It will replace the existing arm license booklet. This is the first-ever digital arms license card introduced across the nation. Its design and concept are executed under the assistance given by the National e-Governance Division. The Division comes under the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Smart Card Arms License Advantages There are plenty of advantages to converting the arms license booklet into a smart card arms license. Firstly, it is very easy to carry as compared to the bulky booklet presently in use. It just looks like any debit or credit card, can easily fit in a wallet easily.  Not only this it also contains many security fe...

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Sandhaya Mukherjee Passes Away At 90, World Mourns; Know More About This Legendary Singer

Pooja YadavFebruary 17, 20220

Legendary Bengali semi-classical singer Sandhya Mukherjee died on the evening of February 15 following a large pathology, yielding numerous mourning fans of all ages across borders. She was 91. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffered a cardiac arrest. Her heart was showcasing irregular rhythm. Mukherjee, who refused Padma Shri from the Centre, was cherished both in India and Bangladesh. As Bangladesh fought for freedom, she would perform free concerts to boost money for the ten million East Pakistan citizens who were forced to hunt for refuge in India. She suffered an enormous attack at around 7.30 pm, the senior hospital official told Mourning Mukherjee’s death Mamata Banerjee said she would curtail a three-day tour to the northern districts of the state which had launched into a

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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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Centre’s UDAAN Scheme Crash Lands; Know Its Reason Here!

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Out of the 948 routes awarded within the last five years, only 403 routes connecting 65 unserved and underserved airports are operational as of December 2021. So much for prime flying. Glaringly, only 22 routes out of the 94 total routes survived after the three-year subsidy period under the UDAN scheme. The UDAN scheme was flagged off with much fanfare in October 2016 but has floundered. Since then, 154 RCS unconnected airports – including 14 aerodromes and 36 heliports – are identified for the operation of flights. Out of those, currently, only 65 have resumed flights. The catch here is that these 403 routes are facing challenges of their own. The pandemic has made the going tougher. Out of those 403 routes, a whopping majority of 300 routes are affected thanks ...

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PM Fasal Bima Yojna Withers: Does It Need Restructuring?

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Despite increasing allocated funds, the Union government has been unable to significantly improve the penetration of crop insurance in terms of enrolled farmers and insured areas. The ailing PM Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) Needs a structural redesign. The scheme, in its present structure, could be a good profit-making policy for insurance companies. India’s agriculture sector, which provides employment to 50% of the labour force and contributes about 17% of the gross domestic product, currently faces multiple challenges. Smaller land holdings, unfavourable climate changes events, dismal public and personal investment, low monthly incomes, a high proportion of indebted farmers and unfavourable terms of trade between farmers and non-farmers are just some of the foremost proble...

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Centre Bans 54 More Chinese Apps Security Grounds; Check Out Details

Sonia SolankiFebruary 15, 20220

The Union information technology ministry (MeitY) has banned 54 Chinese apps pertaining to data abuse and security issues. The occlusion takes place under Section 69a of the MeitY. This is not the first time that such action has been taken by the Indian Government. In the past, the government had banned many Chinese apps including some big names like TikTok, PUBG, UCBrowser, WeChat, CamScanner and many more. With the latest additions of more apps now the number of banned apps rises to 324. The new occluded apps lie in the categories of beauty, music, dating and gaming ones. The action is taken after a report by the Home Ministry which recommends the action pertaining to privacy and security issues. Details Of The Apps Which Are Occluded "These 54 apps allegedly obtains vari...

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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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