Earlier this month, a 216-foot high statue of Ramanujacharya – founding father of the Vishishta Advaita school of Vaishnavism in 11 century South India – was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The statue is called ‘Statue of Equality, presumably on the lines of the Statue of Liberty in the big apple. Modi said Ramanuja’s Statue of Equality and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel’s Statue of Unity will change India. The main institutionalize of the most recent statue is Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, said to be the guru of Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao. Chinna Jeeyar Swamy claims and also the prime minister of India affirms, that a good spiritual movement of equality was launched, then again why was untouchability in those areas even more widespread than the remainder of India. For thos...
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Heated Argument Between PM Modi, SP President Akhilesh Yadav Regarding ‘Cycle’ Comment!
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has retaliated against the taunt made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the use of cycles by terrorists in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts. Yadav said that cycle is the aircraft of the common man and the pride of rural India. Insulting a bicycle is an insult to the whole country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi surrounded the SP on the issue of terrorism in the BJP's election rally in Hardoi on Sunday. He said that the terrorists used the SP's election symbol cycle to carry out bomb blasts in the country. On this taunt, Akhilesh Yadav retaliated by tweeting. In the tweet, he said, "By connecting the farm and the farmer, our bicycle lays the foundation of its prosperity, breaking social bonds, our cycle leaves the girl to schoo...
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Free Fire Ban: Singaporean Company Faces Indian Wrath For Having Chinese Connections
After banning 54 Chinese apps on the grounds of national security, India is now punishing a Singaporean Company, Sea group, making it lose 16 billion in a single day. Free Fire, one of the most profitable titles for the group, was banned, thus indicating New Delhi's sweeping change in its policy against anything Chinese. This of course is the first such action by India against Singapore. Reasons To Target Sea Group The management of the company was taken aback by this action which put it to face an unprecedented loss. New Delhi targeted Chinese companies but Sea Group is not Chinese. Its founder was no doubt born in China but he is not a Chinese citizen, on the contrary, he is a citizen of Singapore and the comoany is listed on New York Stock Exchange. Hence, the company is in no way...
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Floating Schools: Bangladesh’s Unique Concept In River-Based Community
During Monsoon, incessant rain creates extreme flooding almost throughout Bangladesh, making it impossible for the children to go to school for a significant part of the year. However, the country has overcome this perpetual problem of disruption in education by providing schooling in floating boats. It has proved increasingly effective in providing education to vulnerable children. This unique service is being offered by a non-profit organization known as Shidulai Swanirvar Sanstha, which has 56 solar-powered boats which are used for schooling purposes. In a country where the rainy season makes the roads impassable, floods the villages and disturbs education for months, these floating schools have provided education to more than 70,000 children since 2002. How Did It Start? M...
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AAP Hits Ground For Poll Battle: Can Arvind Kejriwal Emerge As BJP Alternative Nationally?
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's AAP is in a poll battle in three states Punjab, Uttarkhand and Goa. Hence, this is perhaps his biggest effort to spread the footprints of his party in a couple of states. Can people see it as an alternative to BJP at the national level in future? There has been an abysmal fall of Congress and it has become a fringe player in almost all the states except a very few. As long as it is unable to bring to fore a popular and acceptable leader, it will continue to shrink further. Hence, Kejriwal can fill the vacuum if he can notch a success in the 2022 elections and he will be able to establish himself as a significant political force in the country. His success will give the message that the Opposition to BJP is a young, agile leader. He is already ...
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Mamata And Nephew Fall-Out May Create Setback For TMC In National Expansion
There is a growing rift between Mamata Banerjee, the CM of West Bengal and her anointed successor and number 2 in the party hierarchy, her nephew Abhishek Banerjee. Her displeasure was quite clear when she made a very important statement at the airport while leaving for Lucknow that she would not go to Goa to campaign for the election, as somebody was already doing that. This harmless word 'somebody' indicated that everything in Goa now has to be handled by Abhishek independently, and she had withdrawn herself from there completely. But it is well known that TMC is running a high decibel poll campaign there as a part of its national expansion programme. It is understood that, of late, her nephew opposed certain decisions of Mamata and also tried to chalk out a new plan for the p...
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Russia-China Closeness Amid Ukraine Crisis Becomes Cause Of Worry For India
The Ukraine crisis has brought Russia close to China. A parallel situation came into being between Russia and Ukraine on one hand and China and Taiwan on the other. The possible Russian invasion of Ukraine is a distinct possibility with an aim of installing a pro-Russian govt in Kyiv. At the same time, China is also threatening to invade and annex Taiwan in the near future as the country considers it a renegade province. Against this background, the joint statement by Putin and XI during a summit on February 4 needs to be studied critically. It signals clearly that Sino-Russian relation makes no secret of their 'core interest' and therefore it is on the threshold of a deeper security alignment. What is unprecedented about the language and the cooperation of the statement is that ...
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Indian Medical Students In China Face Troubles Continuing Education; Read To Know!
Indian students studying medicine in China are facing a queer problem. They can study medicine but cannot practise practicals that are indispensable in medical education. This is because China had banned visas for foreign students studying there in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that this visa ban has affected about 23,000 Indian students who had enrolled themselves to study medicine before the pandemic. No doubt, the universities are providing virtual classes but they have no practical experience. Students are also facing difficulties in online classes when due to network problems or in cases they are unable to understand a particular concept. Students in the fourth year of their studies are facing the most brunt as they are unable to know if they will be able to go bac...
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A parliamentary panel has expressed anguish that the general public image of police across the country is negative and they are often seen as insensitive towards the soul and vulnerable sections. The Parliamentary Committee on the ministry of home affairs, headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma, also noted concernedly that corruption complaints were filed against some IPS officers. The committee noted with anguish that the general public image of police throughout the country is more on the negative side. The panel said the police are often seen as insensitive towards the commoner and vulnerable sections. “While there's no question that various reasons might have attributed to such behaviour on the part of the police, emphasis on right training during this regard is one among the wa...
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North Korea Tests Biggest Missile After 4 Years, US Gets Worked Up
North Korea has verified on Monday that it had launched a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile. It is the identical armament it had formerly hovered to concentrate on the US home of Guam, sparking fears the nuclear-fortified state could renew long-range testing. The launch of the intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was first reported by South Korean and Japanese authorities on Sunday. It was the seventh test conducted by an Asian country this month and thus the first time a nuclear-able missile of that size has been launched since 2017. The US seems worried due to North Korea’s raising bullet tests which may be precursors to proceeded tests of nuclear munitions and multinational ballistic dumdums (ICBMs) and pledged an unidentified response “designed to point out...
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“Yamana Language Dies With The Death Of Cristina Calderon Being The Last Guardian”
Cristina Calderon died on Wednesday, aged 93. She had mastered the Yamana language of the Yagan community and after the death of her family in 2003 was the last person within the world who could speak it An indigenous language from South America’s remotest south has near vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture. Cristina Calderon failed on Wednesday, aged 93. She had learned the Yamana language of the Yagan community and after the death of her family in 2003 was the last person within the world who could speak it. She worked to save lots of her knowledge by creating a wordbook of the language with paraphrases to Spanish. “ With her, a veritably important part of the artistic memory of our people is gone,” said Lidia Gonzalez, Calderon...
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Over 11 Lakh Ineligible Farmer Benefitted Under PM KISAN Scheme: Assam Government To High Court
The Assam government has informed the Gauhati High Court that a total of 12 lakh ineligible farmers in the state have received benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. The court was hearing a plea filed by NGO Amguri Naba Nirman Samity. The division bench comprising justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia asked the state government to file a close status report on the case. Nearly 12 lakh ineligible farmers received benefits under the ambitious scheme in Assam, the government has informed the HC indicating an enormous scam within the farmer flagship program. “The state has filed an affidavit wherein it's verified that over eleven lakh persons are wrongly given the good thing about the aforesaid scheme,” the HC order given on Tuesday ...
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