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Students Of West Bengal Are Ahead In Terms Of Education: National Achievement Survey

Arpita SarkarMay 29, 20220

According to the National Achievement Survey (NAS), West Bengal students are ahead in terms of education. According to the survey report, the students in the state are far above the national average in both overall and subject matter. However, in extreme cases, online study has created division among the students. One group got the opportunity of smartphone, internet, computer, the other group did not. This inequality (digital divide) has also been caught in the national survey. In order to know the condition of the students, NAS was organized by the Union Ministry of Education across the country last November. The test was taken. A total of 34 lakh 1 thousand 158 students of third, fifth, eighth and tenth classes took the test. Among them 98 thousand 694 students of this state sa...

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“Greatly Dissatisfied”: India Raises Concern Over WHO’s Methodology To Report COVID Deaths

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 28, 20220

On Monday, India voiced serious concerns over the methodology used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to compile and publish its study on an excessive amount of deaths from all causes that were linked to COVID 19. In addition to this, India proposed that WHO be "connected to an accountability mechanism." During his talk at the 75th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, the minister of health for the Union, Mansukh Mandaviya, said that the World Health Organization (WHO) ignored the concerns that India and other nations had expressed about the process and the sources of data. According to India's Health Minister, the WHO ignored country-specific real data that was provided by the legal authorities of India. He reported to the World Health Assembly that the Central Co...

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Process To Implement Uniform Civil Code To Begin Soon: Uttarakhand Government

Arpita SarkarMay 28, 20220

The chief minister of Uttarakhand, Puskar Singh Dhami, had promised that the process of enforcing the uniform civil code would begin as soon as the BJP wins the assembly polls. After winning the election and returning to power, this time he is eager to keep that promise. Headed by the retired Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, the state government has formed a committee to look into the legal process for enforcing uniform civil law in Uttarakhand. According to the Uttarakhand government, the committee will outline the same laws for marriage, divorce, land and inheritance for people of all faiths. The committee comprises retired Justice Promod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, retired IAS officer Shatrughan Singh and Dun University Vice-Chancellor Surekha Dangwal. Announ...

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Congress Criticizes Narendra Modi, Amit Shah; Calls Gujarat ‘Gateway Of Drugs’

Arpita SarkarMay 28, 20220

The question of whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah's own state of Gujarat is becoming a 'gateway to drugs' has arisen as huge quantities of drugs have been seized from various ports in Gujarat. On Thursday, Central Revenue Intelligence seized 52 kg of cocaine worth Rs 500 crore from Mundra port in Gujarat. Attempts were being made to smuggle the drug in the name of exporting salt from Iran. Earlier in September, 3,000 kg of drugs were seized from the Mundra port run by the Adani group. Today, the Congress has raised the question, why all the drugs are being smuggled to India from the Gujarat coast? Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said, "Sometimes from Pipavav port, sometimes from Mundra port run by Gautam Adani, all drugs are being seized from the ...

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Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022: PM Modi To Launch India’s Biggest Drone Festival Tomorrow In Delhi!

Aditi priya singhMay 27, 20220

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch India's biggest drone festival - India Drone Mahotsav 2022 (Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022) on Friday, 27 May. This program will be organized at Pragati Maidan in the capital of the country at 10 am on Friday. According to the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Modi will talk to the farmer drone pilots. During this, the Prime Minister will also observe the drone activities. Beginning on May 27, the celebration will run for two days. The Prime Minister will likewise collaborate with farmer drone drivers, witness the activity of drones in the open and cooperate with new companies at the Drone Exhibition Center, the explanation said. Drone Festival of India is a golden opportunity to participate and know the area and its immense benefits. Ma...

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Sex Work Is Legal, Police Cannot Intervene Or Sue: Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarMay 27, 20220

Significant guidelines on sex work from the Supreme Court. And sex workers have the same status and equal rights as people in five professions. Apart from reminding this issue, the country's apex court has also curbed the trend of police interference in the work of volunteers and filing criminal cases. A three-judge bench headed by Justice El Nageshwar Rao has issued six directives in this regard. The Supreme Court thinks that the rights of sex workers will be protected through it. The bench said, "Sex workers are also entitled to equal protection in the eyes of the law. When it is clear that a sex worker is an adult and sells sex with consent, the police must refrain from undue interference. No criminal action can be taken. Article 21 of the constitution guarantees the right of every c...

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Centre Committed To Privatize Two Public Sector Banks In Current Financial Year: Sitharaman

Arpita SarkarMay 26, 20220

The Central wants to expedite the privatization of two state-owned banks. The necessary government process has already started in this regard. The news agency PTI quoted a source in the center as saying on Wednesday. The Narendra Modi government had earlier amended the Banking Regulation Act to pave the way for private investment in state-owned banks. According to sources, the Center wants to pass a bill in this regard in the upcoming Badal session of Parliament. Initially, two state-owned banks have been listed for liquidation. The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said last year that the Center wanted to start the process of privatization of several state-owned banks. She said that for this purpose two laws of bank nationalization of 1970 and 1980 and the Bank Control Act of ...

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West Bengal Has Devastatingly Less Number Of Job Opportunities Compared With Others: Survey

Arpita SarkarMay 25, 20220

CM Mamata Banerjee has given the message of industrialization in the state after coming to power for the third time in West Bengal To that end, industry conferences have been held almost regularly to attract investment. But the fact that West Bengal is still far behind the industrialized states of the country in terms of manufacturing mills again came up in the industrial survey of the Center. A preliminary report of the 'Annual Industrial Survey' of the Union Ministry of Statistics and Project Implementation has been published. The 2019-20 survey shows that the total number of factories in West Bengal is only 9,650. About 5 lakh 80 thousand workers work in these factories. But there are more than 38,000 factories in Tamil Nadu which are in the first row in terms of the number of factor...

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CPI To Enforce Strict Age Norms Even After Objections; Read On Here!

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

The Communist Party of India (CPI) is trying to implement the age policy in the organization in a more strict way. From the recent party congress in Kannur, this rule has been implemented at the party's central committee level, with amendments being made to the party's constitution. CPI had planned the age policy one step ahead of the CPM. A large part of the leaders raised questions within the party about this. CPM, on the other hand, has already introduced an age policy in the party. A letter of objection was sent to the central leadership of the CPI. After that, at the organizational level, the National Assembly of the CPI has prepared an outline in this regard and sent it to the leadership of various states. According to party sources, there was no mention of the relaxation o...

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Four States In Sight For Child Missing In India: National Crime Records Bureau

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

On average, 29 children are lost every day in Madhya Pradesh. 14 persons a day in Rajasthan. That was the picture in 2021, showing a report by a volunteer organization working with children. The National Crime Records Bureau says, "The average number of children lost in the two states on a daily basis is at least five times higher than that of boys." The voluntary organization fears that a large proportion of these lost children and adolescents may be employed as child labourers. There is also a fear that girls will be involved in domestic help and even in sex work. Not only in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, but the number of missing children has also increased dramatically in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. According to last year's Khatian, at least five children go missing every day in Del...

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Call For Ban On Widowhood In Villages Of Maharashtra: Rural Development Department

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

Breaking the boundaries of conservatism, an initiative was taken to ban the practice of widowhood in the province of Savitribai Phul. Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Musharraf has called on all Gram Panchayats in the state for this. In this case, he gave the example of Herwar village in Kolapur. A circular in this regard was issued at the Rural Development Department last Tuesday. After that, an official statement has been issued on behalf of the department. The CEO of the District Council has been given the responsibility to implement this circular. No punishment has been provided for disobeying the circular. However, emphasis has been laid on raising awareness in this regard. The CEO will be assisted in this task by all the Gram Panchayat officials under him. Mi...

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Pollution Kills 24 Lakhs People Every Year In India: Lancet Planetary Health Journal

Arpita SarkarMay 19, 20220

India tops the world on the pollution map. Every year at least 24 lakh people are dying in India due to pollution from the air, water, organic and industrial wastes, vehicles, etc.! Second, on the list of pollution in China, the number of annual deaths is 22 million. This has been reported in a recent international study on pollution. A pollution report published in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal, as a result of pollution, at least 9 million people worldwide die each year. America is in seventh place on that list. More than 1 lakh 12 thousand people die every year due to pollution there. The death toll from pollution has risen by more than 55 percent in the two decades since 2000, according to the study. Philip Landrigan, a member of the survey team and director of the Globa...

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