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Palaniswami Outsmarts Panneerselvam? A Cult Leader Likely To Win Next Election As Per AIADMK

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 15, 20220

Edappadi K Palaniswami seized leadership of AIADMK and expelled O Panneerselvam after an unusual experiment in Indian politics: a party jointly governed by two leaders. The partnership between EPS and OPS was first established in 2017 and has been going strong ever since. As the chief minister of Tamil Nadu and a co-convener of the AIADMK, EPS and OPS worked together to remove an imprisoned VK Sasikala. A four-year prison sentence that began in February 2017 snatched control of the party from her hands after Jayalalithaa's death in 2016. AIADMK's tumultuous history is unique in Indian politics. Sasikala has a soft spot for OPS and EPS in her music collection at one point or another. Even though OPS is now in disgrace, she had already chosen him as her successor on two previous times...

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Digging Deep To Dissect The Colossal Chaos In Maharashtra

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 15, 20220

The BJP-Shiv Sena combo won India's 2019 parliamentary and Maharashtra state legislature elections. Every seat has a poster of Narendra Modi or Devendra Fadnavis. Both parties' candidates lauded the double-engine sarkar's quick expansion, iron-fisted law and order, and focus on Hindu nationalism. Even Uddhav Thackeray attended rallies where the BJP's national leadership promised that Modi and Fadnavis will rule the government if Maharashtra was re-elected. Sharad Pawar, Sonia Gandhi, and Sanjay Raut urged Uddhav Thackeray to forge an artificial coalition with the NCP and Congress. Thackeray's NCP and Congress allies rapidly took control, leaving Thackeray and his son Aaditya as bystanders. Maharashtra had three years of NCP-Congress governance before 2014, and it saw frequent ter...

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Pre-Pandemic Developments To Doom: Is Sustainability Possible By Reducing Gender Gap?

Pooja YadavJuly 13, 20220

The gender gap between working and uncompensated labor has widened, a veritable shadow pandemic unraveling the progress we made towards gender equality within the previous few decades. There has been a realisation lately that it's impossible to actualise sustainable development in our societies without equality between men and ladies. As a result, there has been a surge of conversations on gender equality as people feel it's the need of the hour. One needn't look further than the pandemic for evidence of the correlation between gender and social-economic equity. Women were disproportionately plagued by socio-economic consequences when COVID-19 hit. The gender gap between working and uncompensated labor has widened, a veritable shadow pandemic unraveling the progress we made to...

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West Keeps Mum On Sri Lanka Crisis: Is It Time To Rearrange Our Priorities?

Vikas DeshwalJuly 13, 20220

Last week, many protesters entered the presidential palace in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared that he would leave his office on July 13, and Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would also resign from his post of Prime Minister. Sri Lanka island nation of 22 million citizens faces record-high inflations and shortages of grains, fuel, food, and medicine, and all people of Sri Lanka face great difficulty. The Sri Lankan administration had declared bankruptcy, becoming the first nation to non-payment on its foreign reserve this century.  Recently, Sri Lanka has become a middle-to-high-income nation in South Asia. Still, today Colombo faced its worst time, resulting from a mixture of internal and external problems. The two major external points are the COVI

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Drug Abuse Disrupts Society: School, College Students Among Targets, Needs Serious Intervention

Pooja YadavJuly 13, 20220

Drug abuse has become an awfully significant issue now. Wherever we go, we discover drug addicts. There are drug addicts within the hostels of faculties, Colleges, universities, and technical institutions. we discover drug addicts in offices and even in business houses. Most o the rickshaw-pullers and plenty of factory workers are enthusiastic about drugs There are drug addicts not only in urban areas but also in rural areas the foremost alarming fact is that now we've not only men and boys who take drugs but also a number of girls and girls are using drugs. Even in yore, there have been people that accustomed take drugs mostly opium. But the number of opium-eaters was quite small. Now it's become a fashion to require drugs of all types, including. opium. Drugs that are most ordinar

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Assamese-Speaking Muslims Get ‘Indigenous’ Status: Know About Their Origin, Distribution

Snehashish RoyJuly 12, 20220

The 'indigenous' Muslims of Assam are distinct in their ancestry, different from Muslims who speak Bengali. The Assam government has recently officially identified five sub-groups of Muslims in Assam, namely, Moriya, Goriya, Deshi, Julha and Syed as indigenous. The Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam have their ancestry in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, and have migrated into the state at different times. They consist of a larger Muslim population in the state. They are also referred to as Miyas. Two broad categories of Muslims in Assam Post annexation of Assam into British India in 1826, the Bengali-speaking Muslims started migrating into the region and thus, contributing to the majority of the Muslim population. However, Muslims who speak Assamese are broad in terms of sub-catego...

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Secularism In India: Following Constitution In True Sense

Pooja YadavJuly 12, 20220

India could be a great country filled with diversities of several types. People profession different religions and have different modes of worship, speak different languages, wear different dressed, and have different eating habits board it. But in spite of this fascinating diversity, there certainly runs through them an explicit thread of unity. This unity in diversity is clear to any intelligent observer in every nook and corner of the country. When India became independent, our leaders decided to stay to the concept of secularism as enshrined within the traditions of true Indian culture. Secularism means non-interference within the religious affairs of any community and equal respect for all religions. Under the Constitution of India, everybody is absolved to practice the faith o...

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Watch Out For Boris: Change In UK’s Leadership Has No Bearing On International Politics

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 8, 20220

Following a slew of controversies, Boris' own party eventually decided it had had enough of all the loud theatre and decided to skip the performance. Boris Johnson stepped down as thr Prime Minister of the UK and leader of the Conservative Party yesterday, following in the footsteps of many other prominent cabinet members who had already quit. His party will now vote for a new leader, and the country will perhaps look forward to more policy stability about important problems. A change in leadership in the United Kingdom, however, is both interesting and of little relevance given the country's little impact on the political landscape of the rest of the world. It is a fascinating morality tale that has ramifications for other democracies to see how a leader who led his party to its...

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Drug Addiction Spread In Society Like Cancer: Lets Understand Its Repercussion

Pooja YadavJuly 6, 20220

Drug addiction is the worst social evil of contemporary civilization. It's spreading like cancer. The misguided and frustrated adults are easier to get attracted to this habit. Mostly from rich families, these people have become habitual of using drugs like heroin, smack, opium, charas, cocaine, ganja, and refined sugar. dependence could be a part of civilisation. It's thought may be a thing of fashion and modernisation. The worst aspect of this social evil is – If you begin taking drugs in fun or fashion, it becomes so habitual that it can't be left easily. it's an invite to death. This addiction not surprisingly is reaching and spreading across Asian and African countries. Dependence is self-destruction. this could take sometimes as we see just in case of cancer, but it's a sure stepp...

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Bulldozer-Led Demolitions Among India’s Extralegal Penalties; Risk To Losing Public Confidence

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 6, 20220

Modern jurisprudence holds that sanctions should fit the offence and that criminality is influenced by society. A court system that ignores current jurisprudence risks losing legitimacy and public confidence. A political perspective of the judicial system would also reflect public opinion, mass media, and the demands of dominant political parties and economic elites. This fused political system affects India's rule of law. The police and courts, the municipal corporation and civil administration, the media, and the universities have little to no operational independence. A political apparatus makes the rule of law more arbitrary. The arbitrariness of India's politicised judicial and civil systems may be seen in the rising use of bulldozer-led demolitions as extralegal penalties. ...

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Udaipur Killing: Normalisation Of Public Execution To ‘Avenge’ Has Cleaved Nation’s Symmetry

Snehashish RoyJune 29, 20220

Two men killed a local tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur over the latter’s support for the former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on social media. The killers, identified as Ghouse Mohammed and Riyaz Attari, filmed the incident as they attempted to behead the tailor, Kanhaiya Kumar, with a cleaver. Sharma sparked global outrage with her remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. Posting videos online, the killers said brandishing swords that they have avenged the insult to Islam, also threatened to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Condemning the incident, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi demanded Nupur Sharma’s arrest and slammed the Rajasthan Police for not taking strict action to prevent the killing. “I strongly condemn the Udaipur incident…we hope the Rajasthan government takes strict action...

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Water Rights To Women: Unbiased, Accurate Research Would Induce Gender Sensitivity

Pooja YadavJune 27, 20220

Agriculture in India is becoming increasingly reliant upon groundwater and irrigation to extend production amid unpredictable rainfall patterns. only if women are answerable for producing the maximum amount of 80% of food, water rights are tantamount to women’s rights. With some 100 million women working in agriculture, India’s food security depends on ensuring that these women have equitable, consistent and convenient access to water that doesn't reinforce or generate new prejudices and downsides. as an example, women and girls spend an estimated four hours on a daily basis fetching water— time that might be spent on higher-value activities, including education and agribusiness. Initiatives and projects designed to enhance water access and security to extend agricultural product...

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