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The Supreme Court on Monday cancels the bail of Ashish Mishra, Son of State Home Minister, Ajay Mishra Teni, who is the main culprit in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. The Apex court gave a one week's time to surrender. The bench consisting of CJI NV Ramana and Justice Surya Kant and Hima Kholi passed the following judgement. In a 24 page judgement, the SC bench also shows displeasure regarding the functioning of the Allahabad HC. The SC bench quotes "The presence of 'State' in the proceedings does not tantamount to according a hearing to a 'Victim' of the crime". Why SC Calls HC Approach 'Myopic'? Allahabad HC granted bail to Ashish Mishra on 10th Feb 2022. While writing the judgement Justice Kant criticized HC's "myopic' approach in granting bail to the culprit without giving chance ...

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INDIA’s Covid Death Numbers Are Altered: Rahul Gandhi Slams Modi Government

Sonia SolankiApril 18, 20220

Rahul Gandhi, via his tweet, raises questions about the truthfulness of the death numbers provided by the Modi government. He said that the official numbers are too misleading as the aim of the Modi government is to hide the reality from the public. He also adds that as per New York Times, around 4 million people dies in India in the pandemic. Whereas, as per the government data now the total number of Covid death is about 5.3 lakh. Rahul Gandhi wrote on his Twitter timeline "Modi Ji neither speaks the truth nor lets others speak. He still lies that no one died due to oxygen shortage !". He adds that due to the Central government's negligence, not 5 lakh but 40 lakh people die in India. Along with that, he adds that the "Modi government should give compensation of Rs. 4 lakh ...

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Growing Up In Slums To Winning First-Ever Election: Struggle Of 24-Year-Old Deputy Mayor Damayanti Manjhi

Gunjan ChaudharyApril 16, 20220

The daughters of the country are ready to fulfill their dreams with high spirits. The women of India are very hardworking and promising. She is handling the country, helping in nation-building and shaping her future. In a country where girls were never able to come out of the veil, in that country today, along with completing their education, daughters are working hard to take care of the family and stand on their feet. Damayanti Manjhi's name is one of these daughters. Damayanti, who hails from Orissa, is currently the Deputy Mayor. She is just 24 years old and is also studying. For the first time, a tribal girl entered the political arena through municipal elections and after the victory, a tribal girl is contributing to nation-building. Let us know about the journey of Deputy Mayo...

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US’s Human Rights Report Raises Concern On Indian Government’s Lack Of Accountability For Official Misconduct

Sonia SolankiApril 14, 20220

The Annual Human Rights Report On India by the US State Department 2021, which was released recently, raises serious concerns about the government's accountability. Recently, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during a joint press conference with Union defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, said, "Monitoring some recent concerning developments in India including a rise in human rights abuses by some government, police and prison officials." Concerns Highlighted In Human Rights Report The annual report on human rights in India speaks mainly about the undemocratic arrests, detentions, extra-judicial killings and differential treatment of various religious minorities. The report also highlights the unjustified prosecution of journalists,...

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Time To Limit Global Warming Is Running Out: IPCC Report

Sonia SolankiApril 13, 20220

The latest IPCC report says "The negative effects of climate change are worsening much faster than scientists predicted less than a decade ago and the time to limit global warming is running out". The report is titled 'Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change'. This is the third instalment of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report. What Is IPCC And Its Aim IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is a United Nations-governed body that assesses climate change in a scientific manner. It was created by the MWO (World Meteorological Organisation) and UNEP ( United Nations Environment Programme) in the year 1988. The main aim of the IPCC is to provide governments with scientific information, at different levels, that helps in making the climate policies of th...

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Delhi’s 14 Point Summer Plan To Combat Climate Issue And Promote Green Delhi

Sonia SolankiApril 12, 20220

Delhi gets into the mode of a new 14 point summer plan to promote green Delhi and clean Delhi. The main motive is to tackle the issue of climate control. At present, it has two ready in to apply plans and 12 long term plans, which will roll out soon according to the action plan. The environment minister of Delhi, Gopal Rai releases the plan on Monday after discussion with officers from irrigation, environment, flood, civic bodies, DDA, Delhi Fire services and many other concerned departments officers. Details Of The 14 Point Plan The two ready to start plan includes "Anti-open burning and Anti-road dust campaigns from 12th April And 15th April", respectively. For the Anti-open burning program, 500 teams will be working from ten different departments. The main aim is to monitor...

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How Scaling Up The ORGANIC FARMING Led To The Financial Disaster In SRI LANKA??

Sonia SolankiApril 11, 20220

organic farming may sound like a solid idea regarding an environment-friendly solution in the food and health industry. But this same thing led to a huge disaster in the economy of Sri Lanka says the experts. Organic farming is so much in vogue these days as the environmentalists are backing the idea of food free of chemicals and fertilizers. But the reality is that it's now impossible to switch to Organic farming in a go. As we clearly see the most recent example of Sri Lanka which followed this policy. Today, Sri Lanka is facing its worst crisis ever in terms of economic, social, and political matters. Lessons To Be Learned From Lanka's Failure : According to Ted Nordhans, organic farming is a practical approach when we talk about agriculture activities with respect to climate a...

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Constitution Has No Meaning Without Institutions: Rahul Gandhi

Sonia SolankiApril 11, 20220

Rahul Gandhi, at a recent book launch event, The Dalit Truth, talked about the weakening of Constitutional Institutions. Rahul said, "Constitution has no meaning without the institutions." He said that the biggest weapon of a democratic nation is the Constitution. "As it gives us the power to stand for equality. Also, it gives us the power to execute our right to choose not only the government but to speak against it, when it fails to deliver," he said. The Book "The Dalit Truth" is written by K.Raju. This book talks about the social discrimination of the people belonging to the Dalit caste and also their use as a vote bank. Rahul Talks On Misuse Of Institutions This is not the first time that the Congress leader has spoken against the BJP and its founding organisation RSS on a...

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Vaccination Drive To Delay Or Not?: Booster Dose Open At Private Centers Only

Sonia SolankiApril 11, 20220

Booster Dose is now open to all adults from 10th April 2022 onwards as the centre approves it. As per the guidelines, the gap between the second dose and the third dose needs to be a minimum of nine months. But talking of the free vaccination programme, vaccinating the adult population of India with two doses will remain unaltered. Along with this, the booster dose for senior citizens, frontline workers, and healthcare workers will continue at a much higher pace. The Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted the centre's decision of elaborating the vaccination programme "Adding an extra layer of safety! precaution dose to be available to 18+ age group from 10th April 2022 at private centres. All 18+ those who have completed nine months after the administration of the second do...

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Meat Ban In South Delhi To Hijab Ban In Karnataka: BJP’s Nature Of Controlling Under Religious Umbrella

Sonia SolankiApril 6, 20220

The latest controversy is the Meat Ban in South Delhi during the Navratri. This news comes in from the mayor of South Delhi, Mukesh Suryan. Along with this, he says that fines will be imposed on the violators, as South Delhi MCD decides to close meat shops and sales of non-veg food in restaurants. Well this is not the first time that such orders are issued keeping the religious agenda above anything else. Like the Hijab controversy, Azaan loudspeaker Ban controversy, etc all such issues are mainly based on a Hindu Vs Muslim backdrop. Why Ban On Constitutional Rights Is Dangerous? Ban on any of the basic constitutional rights is a serious violation of fundamental rights. Moreover, when any ban is justified with religious teachings it becomes a part of our social and ethical discussions...

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Women’s Safety In Unorganised Sector: A Matter Of Debate Amid Lower Participation Rate

Pooja YadavApril 6, 20220

Some measures which will be implemented immediately include sensitising informal sector workers on gender-based violence and informing them in simple language about the laws that cater to such violence. The Female Labour Force Participation rate, already low in India, received an extra setback with the pandemic. Women were the primary ones to lose their jobs once the lockdown was announced, two years ago, and they are yet to induce into the labour force. the feminine labour force participation rate was at 9.4 per cent for the amount between September-December 2021, per the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). This is often an all-time low female labour force participation rate since 2016 when the information was first compiled. In understanding the rock bottom female l...

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Centre Passes Criminal Identification Bill 2022 Despite Opposition’s Resistance

Sonia SolankiApril 6, 20220

The Criminal Procedure Identification Bill passes the Lok Sabha, despite the opposition resistance, in the House. Although, the bill is ready to go to the Standing Committee. Amit Shah, in the House, said that the "government will do everything to ensure there is no misuse of the law". As the opposition parties are raising many doubts regarding the misuse of the data. Along with that, it's a breach into personal life. Not only that, the voice voting procedure is used to make the bill a law. How Criminal ID Bill Is Useful? The Bill is going to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act 1920. While addressing the House, Shah says that the Bill is designed to keep the investigators ahead of the criminals. So, that justice can be done in a more precise manner with the use of technolo...