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What Is A Forest?: How Govt Defines It, What Supreme Court Suggests

Snehashish RoyFebruary 21, 20240

The Supreme Court of India has issued a directive to the government, instructing it to follow the broad and all-encompassing definition of forest as laid down in its 1996 judgment in the T N Godavarman case. This directive will remain in effect until a consolidated record of all types of forests across the country has been prepared. The directive was issued by a three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud, on Monday, February 19, in response to petitions challenging the 2023 amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (FCA). These amendments were being challenged on the grounds that they had substantially diluted the definition of forest and reduced the scope of the FCA. The government had passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, in ...

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Country’s First UCC Bill Tabled: To Live-In Or Not To Live-In? Understanding Its Constitutional Challenge

Snehashish RoyFebruary 7, 20240

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill was introduced in the Uttarakhand Assembly on Tuesday, which has raised concerns about privacy and personal liberty. The Bill looks to equate heterosexual live-in relationships to the status of marriage. The proposed Code defines live-in relationships as a “relationship between a man and a woman” who “cohabit in a shared household through a relationship like marriage, provided that such relations are not prohibited.” The Bill requires partners to notify the “Registrar” within a month of entering into a live-in relationship or terminating one. A jail term of up to three months is prescribed for not registering a live-in relationship. In case of failing to produce a certificate of live-in relationship, a term of six months is prescribed on conviction....

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Nitish Kumar’s Split From INDIA Bloc Dampens Opposition’s Caste Pitch, Revamps ‘Hindutva’ Tone

Snehashish RoyJanuary 29, 20240

Nitish Kumar's return to the NDA just before the Lok Sabha elections has significant implications for the BJP. As the mastermind behind Bihar's caste survey, he provided the blueprint for the Opposition's caste census call and social justice pitch against the BJP in 2024. Nitish also chaired the first meeting of the Opposition (INDIA) bloc in Patna in June 2023. This move not only gives the NDA a possible bump in Bihar's tally but also challenges the Opposition's strategy of countering Hindutva with social justice. This strategy has been the political commonsense of the Opposition since the early 1990s when an alliance of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati prevented the BJP from coming to power in 1993 in UP. Nitish's crossing comes soon after Karpoori Thakur was awarded the Bharat Ratna,...

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Bengal Split: Mamata Banerjee-Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Rift Has Bitter Past As Ex-Congress Colleagues

Snehashish RoyJanuary 25, 20240

The Opposition INDIA alliance is falling apart in West Bengal, where the Left parties have been opposing the TMC for a long time. This is because Mamata Banerjee, the TMC chief and the state’s Chief Minister, has announced that her party will go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, leaving the Congress behind. The relationship between the TMC and the state Congress unit has been sour and bitter for years, especially between Mamata and the state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who are also the CM and the Leader of the Lok Sabha respectively. They have been hostile to each other for decades. Mamata, who is 69 years old and has been the CM three times, left the Congress and formed the TMC on January 1, 1998. Adhir, who is 67 years old and has been an MP from Berhampo...

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Uses Of Typography

Himshikha ShuklaMay 18, 20230

Typography is an essential aspect of design that plays a critical role in conveying information to the intended audience. It involves the art of arranging type in a visually appealing and legible manner to communicate a message effectively. Typography is used in various fields, including advertising, graphic design, web design, publishing, and many others. In this article, we will explore the uses of typography in these fields and how it enhances communication. Advertising: Advertising is all about capturing attention and communicating a message effectively. Typography plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. Advertisers use typography to create eye-catching headlines, taglines, and slogans that capture the audience's attention even new mobile casinos Australia have adopted that 

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Centre Uproots PFI: Consequences Its Members, Employees Likely To Face

Snehashish RoySeptember 28, 20220

According to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967, the Centre has designated the Popular Front of India (PFI) as an "unlawful association." State police and federal law enforcement agencies now have the authority to detain organisation members, freeze their accounts, and even seize their property. Following are some serious repercussions that might occur in accordance with the law: The UAPA makes belonging to a prohibited organisation a crime in Section 10. According to the law, belonging to a prohibited organisation carries a two-year minimum punishment that, in some cases, can be increased to a life sentence or even the death penalty. A person who "is and continues to be a member of such association, or participates in meetings of such association, or contribu...

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Urban Governance: The Area Where India Lags Most

Snehashish RoySeptember 16, 20220

The fact that Bengaluru lacks an elected government significantly worsened the issue as the city experienced severe flooding over the previous week. The state government presently appoints bureaucrats to oversee the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike council because the tenure of the previous elected council ended in 2020. One of the major cities in the globe is Bengaluru. More than eight million people live in the Greater Bengaluru region, which is comparable to the population of Switzerland. The fact that it lacks an elected government is, to put it simply, astonishing and highlights what is likely India's worst governance weakness: a lacklustre, essentially nonexistent autonomous urban governance. What's visible in urban governance? India has 675 million urban residents. This f...

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Indo-China Disengagement Along LAC
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Indo-China Disengagement: Will It Stabilize Bilateral Relation Between Two Nations?

Dr. Kankana DebnathSeptember 15, 20220

In a major development on 7th September, India and China announced that their armies will disengage from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The exact location is Patrolling Point 15 (PP-15) in the Gogra-Hotsprings area, Eastern Ladakh. The Indo-China Disengagement Along LAC, Ladakh was reached after a consensus during the 16th round of the India China Corps Commander Level Meeting. The disengagement has been going on in a coordinated and planned way. Peace and tranquillity are given priority in the border areas. The disengagement process was over on 12th September 2022. The disengagement came just a week before the Shanghai Cooperation started on 15th September, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Two years of the standoff On 5th May 2020, a violent clash between the two armies in th...

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‘Film Industry Helps Indian Economy’: Akshay Kumar Reacts To Boycott Calls For Raksha Bandhan, Laal Singh Chaddha

Isha PoddarAugust 16, 20220

In the past couple of weeks, social media has Abeen humming with sanction manias near Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan. Aamir and Kareena have responded to people calling for a boycott, and Akshay has now shared his reaction. He pleads with the trolls not to get into such trends since the Indian film industry helps the country’s economy. A few people do all these things; they are making mischiefs, and that’s okay. They can do whatsoever; anybody can do whatever their will says. It’s an independent country; every individual is allowed to do what there will tell. I think to anyone that this industriousness or persistence, whether it is a builder’s or film industry or dresses industry, helps in economising India. By doing things mess like this, it’s not g

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Dream Girl 2: Not Sara Ali Khan Or Tejashwi Prakash, This Actress Enters Ayushmann’s Film

Isha PoddarAugust 10, 20220

Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana is making many headlines for his Dream Girl 2 film. Every day some information related to the film keeps coming out. Where Nusrat Bharucha was seen in the first part, the names of Sara Ali Khan and Tejashwi Prakash were coming out for the second part. At the same time, now the news is coming that the other actress has got the film out of the hands of Sara and Tejashwi. According to the latest reports, not Sara or Tejashwi but Ananya Pandey will be seen with Ayushmann Khurrana. However, this has not been officially confirmed, nor has the makers given any information. If all goes well, this will be the first time that the pairing of Ayushmann and Ananya will be seen on the big screen. According to media reports, the shooting of 'Dream Girl 2' can start

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Suu Kyi's democratic failure
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Death Of Democracy In Myanmar: Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s Failure As A Democratic Icon

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 2, 20220

Myanmar’s democracy is dying a slow death in the wake of the executions of four pro-democracy activists and political prisoners by the military JUNTA. Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s democratic failure is proved by these incidents which were a beacon of hope for the Burmese public. The JUNTA has further announced the extension of the ‘emergency rule’ till 2023. 1948 Post Colonial Scenario The military has always been in power in Myanmar since its independence from Britain in 1948. Myanmar had parliamentary democracy but there was influenced heavily by the military. There were widespread infringement of dissent, peaceful protest, fundamental rights. There was a military coup led by General Ne Win in 1962. He imposed a harsh authoritarian rule in Myanmar by suspending the constitution. Suu Kyi led d...

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Death Of India’s ‘Lal’ Post Peace Pact With Pakistan: 4 Conspiracy Theories Surrounding It

Vikas DeshwalJuly 29, 20220

On January 11, 1966, the then PM of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, passed under dreadful events in Tashkent, Soviet Union. This end was not expected. It was a casualty whose secret stays unsolved even today. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the government's PM for just 19 months. But in these 19 months, he created the international to acknowledge New Delhi's power. With the tagline of 'Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan', he damaged Islamabad's egotism permanently in the 1965 battle, and Islamabad's dream of grasping Kashmir was destroyed. After the 1965 battle, New Delhi and Islamabad inscribed a pact in Tashkent on January 10. Shastri passed at about 2 pm on the exact day. For an executive PM of India to pass under dreadful events in another country is unique. But at that moment, the media wasn't as powerful

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