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West Bengal Overhauls Governor’s Chancellor Position: Is It Constitutionally Viable?

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 18, 20220

The West Bengal government enacted a bill on June 13, 2022, to replace the Governor with the Chief Minister as the Chancellor of 31 state public universities such as Calcutta University and Jadavpur University. According to the All India Higher Education Survey (2019-20), state public institutions in India educate over 86% of all students enrolled in higher education in the country. Here, we examine the function of the Governor at state-supported colleges. Legislation approved by state legislatures establishes state public universities. Governors in most states are named chancellors of these colleges and universities by law. The vice-chancellor is appointed by the Chancellor, who is the leader of public institutions. Chancellors have the power to invalidate any university action tha...

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Satellites Catch China Bombing Japanese Aircraft: A Showcase Of Dragon’s Missile Power?

Vikas DeshwalJuly 18, 20220

A report said that the area is considered under Chinese army control, and several things resembling US warships have also been noticed there. It might have been used to practice missile strike training on debatable targets in Japan.  Many reports said that satellite images taken of the same area in mid-May showed an object that resembled an E-767 aircraft of the Tokyo Air Force.  The fighter jet is an airborne warning and control system (AWACS) of the country's Air Force. The new photo, taken on July 13, shows the object's destruction, debris, and black burn marks.  As of July 2, the thing was still visible in previous satellite pics, the report states. The exact timing of the event is fuzzy due to the weather, making it difficult to take images on some days. However, it looks like t

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Sri Lanka’s Uprising And Its Transitional Challenges

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 18, 20220

A popular revolt in Sri Lanka has finally brought down the Rajapaksa government. Throughout the globe, the massive demonstrations asking for the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Gotabaja Rajakkasa are serving as lessons on democracy. Where do we go from here in terms of political activism? Will the ashes be swept under the rug in the next weeks and months, or will the massive awakening of political awareness shape politics for the foreseeable future? The state and society in Sri Lanka are likely to be transformed as a result of the current political and economic crises. What are the immediate prospects for progressive forms of political and economic stabilisation while we wrestle with these historical questions? It's hard to have faith in a successful ...

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Alexie Navalny: The Hope Against Putin’s Autocracy

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 18, 20220

After the collapse of The United Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.), better known as the soviet union, on 26th December 1991, after attempts and making a more democratic nation by Boris, which eventually waned, Vladimir Putin announced on 31st December 1999 that he is now the head of the state. F.S.B. Masha Gessen, an author and journalist, commented on his rule by saying, “So, he was trying to remake Russia in the image of the K.G.B. Like if everything in the world could be as centralised, insular, and secretive as the K.G.B., it would work well.” Hence to concretise his control to totality. First, he took down the independent Russian media companies, gazettes and papers under the power of the Russian state. Hence Putin managed to cover his tracks and his operations’ illegality. Next...

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Biden’s Awkward Visit To Middle East: World Witnesses US’s ‘Self-Interest First’ Policy

Vikas DeshwalJuly 18, 20220

US President Joe Biden finished his four-day visit to the Middle East demanding to explain the US impact in the area, but Joe Biden came back home empty-handed. Analysts said that making a U-turn to shine up to Middle East countries when Washington is in an oil crisis has again uncovered the US' selfishness and hypocrisy toward those regional countries. Biden's first Middle East trip was an awkward diplomatic blunder. In a speech during a conference with six Gulf nations, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq, in Jeddah, President Biden said that the US would remain an energetic and essential partner in the Middle East, "The US is invested in building a positive future for the middle east, in strategic partnership with all six gulf nation. Israel was the first country on his four-day visit, followed

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Uyghur Dispute Region: Chinese President Xi’s Trip To Xinjiang Gives Ray Of Hope

Vikas DeshwalJuly 18, 20220

President Xi Jinping's says on the importance of cultural unity community for the Chinese state during his trip to the Xinjiang Uygur free region has made people in this area feel more freedom that by standing with each other and enjoying ethnic unity, Xinjiang will become more successful and they will have a superior life. Ablet Tursun, a resident of the Guyuanxiang community in the capital of Urumqi, whose apartment president Xi visited, said that the president cares greatly about ethnic and cultural unity at the deep roots level is essential for an unbeatable country with a bright future. Xi, the head of the Communist Party of China and led the Central Military Commission, scanned Xinjiang from Tuesday to Friday and made important decisions on the area's development. It was his first ...

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Fetullah Terrorist Organisation: Story Of ISIS In Hiding

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 18, 20220

Terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda and Taliban are recognized as fundamentalist groups that take haven in Islamic states like Pakistan, Afghanistan or middle eastern regions. Their methods involve bombastic attempts and harrowing messages to let the world know their presence, motive and strength to do ‘Jihaad’(holy war). However, until recently, because of their secretive ways, the Fethullah Terrorist Organisation(F.E.T.O.) has crept its root deep into the Türkish government and around the globe in an on par terror inducing way if not more than the infamous terrorist organizations we know. The organization’s head is identified as Fatullah Gulen, who was a Pennsylvania-based leader of a cult 60s. Active since the 1960s, he first commenced the growth of his terror organization as a...

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Rise Of Tucibi: Pink Columbian Cotton Candy For Adults

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 18, 20220

Colombia historically struggled to control the country's supply and trafficking of drugs. Popularised by the Netflix series, the drug market and production boomed with comfort until America came to the forefront of the action and branded itself as fighting a war with drugs. With the help of the Columbian government, the trafficking of Cocaine in Columbia was suppressed. However, a new pink terror has taken over the youth, discos, and nightlife and has started to trend in Colombia. This drug is called ''Tucibi''/''Tuci''. The original drug called Tucibi has been Latinised from the chemical name 2C-B, first synthesised by Alexander Shulgin in 1974 in California. A part of the 2C families of hallucinogenic phenethylamines affected both the euphoric M.D.M.A. and L.S.D.'s visual distorti...

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Catholic Reformers Need Significant Modification In Church Marred By Sex Abuse

Isha PoddarJuly 18, 20220

Over the past twenty years, the Roman Catholic Church has been battered by an endless succession of child-abuse scandals. In 2002 the Boston Globe newspaper revealed the sexual abuse of children by the clergyman and a cover-up by Cardinal Bernard Law, then the archbishop of Boston. Wide-ranging investigations have uncovered similar abuse in America, Australia and Europe. The revelations are still appearing. In 2018 a German report on sexual abuse by clerics recognised a systemic problem and thousands of victims. The Portuguese Church announced a federal investigation in 2021. Following reporting by El Pais, another newspaper in March, the Spanish government launched one of its own. It is likely to make some radical recommendations. Church Members wanted to end celibacy in the priesthood, ...

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India Sets Example By Abolishing Single-Use Plastic; What It Entails?

Aditi priya singhJuly 18, 20220

With the prohibition on selected single-use plastic things from this month, India has set a worldwide example in the battle against plastic contamination. Single-use plastics are generally those items that are thrown away after being used just a single time and don't go through the recycling system. The heavy utilization of plastics all over the planet represents a great danger. Hence, governments and different worldwide administrative bodies are trying to stop it. Prohibition on manufacturing, import of single-use plastic things across the nation As per news organization ANI, a report on plastic waste administration by the Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs uncovered that the per capita plastic use in India is 11 kg, while the worldwide typical per capita utilization of pl

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Why Congress Took Action Against Digambar Kamat, Removed As Permanent Invitee Of CWC

Isha PoddarJuly 18, 20220

On Sunday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi immediately removed former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat as a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The action comes days after Kamat's alleged role in the recent turmoil in the Goa unit of Congress. In Goa, the party has deferred a break in the department for the time being. Kamat was accused of collaboration with BJP. Sources said that Kamat is alleged to have played an active role in the turmoil in the party with the BJP, following which some Congress MLAs did not attend the party meetings. The Congress high command had earlier removed Michael Lobo as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in the Goa Legislative Assembly. "The Congress President has removed Digambar Kamat from his present post as a permanent in...

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Parliament Now Bans Pamphlets, Leaflets And Placards Inside Complex; How Can It Change Proceedings Of Upcoming Session?

Isha PoddarJuly 16, 20220

After a controversial list of 'unparliamentary' words, the Lok Sabha secretariat issued another advisory prohibiting the distribution of any placards, pamphlets, or leaflets in the House in the monsoon session. The advisory came in feedback to the Opposition creating ruckus at the Parliament complex for not being permitted to hold dharna and demonstrations. As per established convention, no literature, pamphlets, Press notes questionnaire, leaflets, or any matter printed or otherwise should be distributed without the Hon'ble Speaker's prior permission within the House's precincts. Placards are also strictly restricted inside the Parliament House Complex. A previous bulletin had already barricaded them from any dharna, strike, fast"demonstration, or performing any religious rituals in t...

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