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Poor Air Quality Is A Nationwide Problem With No State-Specific Solutions

Sayani ChakrabortyDecember 12, 20220

There is a common misconception that India's air pollution problem is limited to the seven states spanning from Punjab in the northwest to West Bengal in the southeast, which make up the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) airshed. This was debunked by the report. Recent air quality index values in Mumbai and Chennai, two coastal metros, were worse than those in Delhi. All in all, it's a worrying situation. Of the 50 most polluted cities in the world, 35 are in India, according to the latest World Air Quality Report. The negative impacts of poor air quality on public health are widespread. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, air pollution was responsible for 18% of fatalities in India in 2019. The cost to the economy was 1.36 percent of GDP. Within India, the poorest states ...

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Urban Voting Is Low Because Politicians Have Few Middle-Class Promises; Read Here

Sayani ChakrabortyDecember 7, 20220

There were no soft words from the EC. From Shimla to Surat, "urban (voter) indifference persists unabated," it proclaimed on Saturday. The turnout in Shimla was 11% lower than the statewide average of 75.6% in Himachal. The pattern of lower voter turnout in Gujarat's cities compared to the state's rural parts continued in the first round of voting. Urban voter participation in Gujarat's first round was also down from the 2017 average. The city's more affluent residents stayed home during the recent municipal elections. This is an ongoing pattern. A larger proportion of urban residents voted in the first three decades of elections. Inequality in voter participation between urban and rural areas has grown since the 1980s. In India, 60% of GDP and a sizable share of taxes come from urb...

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Challenges For India As It Assumes New Position As G-20 President

Sayani ChakrabortyDecember 6, 20220

There were two major conclusions from the recent G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. As a major development, India has presided over the G-20 in 2023. This increased Prime Minister Narendra Modi's credibility as an innovator. It is important to note that all of Prime Minister Modi's proposals and remarks made during his talk were prominently mentioned in the final joint declaration, signalling that India's voice can no longer be disregarded. As the two-day summit came to a close, it appeared that the world's leading economies agreed with India's stance on global concerns including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. To that end, the final conclusion of the G-20 summit chimes with PM Modi's conviction that we are not living in a time of war. In this way, the importance of Indi...

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Gujarat Election: BJP Promises To Create Gujarat A $1 Trillion Economy

Sayani ChakrabortyNovember 30, 20220

With the long-awaited release of the BJP's election platform, it's time to take a closer look at the poll-promises fight taking place in the Gujarat assembly elections. With promises to create a Uniform Civil Code, a bill to seize the assets of rioters, a deradicalization cell within the police force, and stringent limitations on religious conversion, the manifesto plays to the Hindutva gallery. That's not just empty talk. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demonstrated that these kinds of promises resonate with a certain subset of Gujarat voters, and neither the Congress nor the occasional Hindutva-lite excursions by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have offered an effective response. Despite BJP's seeming dominance in shaping the terms of public debate across sectors, there is one a...

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“Don’t Betray Me” Azam Khan’s Emotional Appeal Ahead Of Rampur Bypoll: Deets Inside!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALNovember 28, 20220

Azam Khan further claimed that the BJP was threatening SP campaigners for the Rampur Sadar Assembly byelection by utilising police and district authorities. Azam Khan, a senior member of the Samajwadi Party, addressed a gathering in Rampur on Sunday and made an emotional appeal to the voters there. The top leader pleaded with the people not to desert him because he didn't have much time left: “We are forced to wait for injustice every moment. Ours is a population of unfortunate. The least fortunate people my people live here. That is why they remain oppressed.” Azam Khan said that the BJP was employing police and district administration representatives to scare SP campaigners for the Rampur Sadar Assembly byelection while he was speaking to the media in Rampur on Saturday. “Akhilesh

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SC Upholding EWS Quota Shows Its Ignorance Of Socio-Economic Fairness And Equality

Sayani ChakrabortyNovember 24, 20220

In 1985, Justice Chinnappa Reddy ruled that quotas should be utilised for equality, not charity. His ruling explains the social justice goals of Indian reservations clearly and movingly. The fact that the judiciary, which had previously rejected such notions of social justice, finally accepted the view of politicians and the majority of Indians regarding the need for vertical reservations in jobs and education to create a truly equal India is a landmark decision that will continue to symbolise this. Consider the Supreme Court's ruling in Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India (2022), which upheld the 103rd amendment in the context of reservations for economically poorer sector (EWS). By upholding the 103rd amendment, the Court implied such reservations are for charity, not parity. All thre...

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People Want To Sue Over Morbi Tragedy Can Do So In Gujarat HC: Supreme Court

Sayani ChakrabortyNovember 22, 20220

Since a division bench led by the Chief Justice of the Gujarat high court had already taken suo motu note of the incident and issued many directives, the bench stated that it will not be hearing the applications at this time. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear two petitions seeking independent inquiries into the bridge collapse in Morbi, Gujarat, that claimed the lives of more than 140 people. The court cited the fact that the Gujarat high court had already taken suo motu cognisance of the matter. The high court was ordered to keep an eye on the investigation and any other developments relating to it by a bench consisting of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli. The bench explained that it would not be hearing the petitions at this time since a division b...

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No Support, Shashi Tharoor Still ‘Outsider’ For Congress In Kerala: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALNovember 21, 20220

Shashi Tharoor has also irked a sizable contingent of state leaders. If the suggestions from the party about his possibilities if he runs for the AICC president seat are any indication, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, a former diplomat-turned-politician, still remains an "outsider" within the Kerala branch of the Congress. While the majority of Congressmen preferred to criticise Tharoor in private, senior Congressman K Muraleedharan, who has been travelling with Rahul Gandhi around the padayatra, told TNIE that only the official candidate would receive the support of the state's leadership. “Tharoor has neither sought the support of the state Congress leadership nor held any talks with the stakeholders here. This reveals the lack of support he has from the state unit,” said Mu

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Congress Party Needs To Rethink Why Its Telangana Plan Hasn’t Worked

Sayani ChakrabortyNovember 21, 20220

The Congress party's low performance in the Munugode bypoll was expected. A sitting seat was lost in a byelection and the Congress candidate couldn't preserve the security deposit while Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra was in the state. In August, former Congress MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy prompted another byelection. The BJP intends to show that BRS vs. Congress is giving way to BRS vs. BJP in Telangana by using byelections. The state's ruling party, Telangana Rashtra Samiti, has changed its name to Bhartiya Rashtra Samiti. This clever tactic recalls how the BJP used Congress leaders and cadre to oust the CPM in Tripura. The Congress is tumbling like a house of cards in Telangana as the BJP uses a systematic plan to destroy it. BRS, BJP have more resources and fighte...

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AAP’s Satyendar Jain, 2 Co-Accused Denied Bail In Alleged Money Laundering Case: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALNovember 17, 20220

Vaibhav and Ankush Jain, who were co-accused in the case, were also denied bail by special judge Vikas Dhull. Dhull had postponed passing the order on Wednesday, stating that although Jain's order was ready, the orders for the other two defendants had not yet been completed. In accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Satyendar Jain was detained on May 30 and is currently being held in the Tihar Jail. The ED submitted a request in September to have the case moved from the court of special judge Geetanjali Goel to a new judge, alleging bias, as the bail hearing for all the defendants was nearing its conclusion. The minister allegedly faked his ailment by obtaining a report from the government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital in Delhi, according to the agency.

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BJP Shaken By Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra Says Ashok Gehlot: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALNovember 15, 20220

According to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday, Congressman Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra has rattled the BJP, which has deceived the nation's citizens. Additionally, he stated that it is simple to engage in political activity in the name of a particular religion but difficult to do so when all social groups are considered. He said in reference to the BJP government at the federal level: “These people have misled the people of the country. But now people have understood. You must have felt that earlier in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh… they used to create such an atmosphere in the name of nationalism.” They believe that they are the only patriots and that "we are not patriots at all," Gehlot, a key observer for the Congress in the Gujarat assembly elections in Decemb

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“Vaccines: Injecting Hope” Science Exhibition Narrates Story Of India’s Covid Journey: Checkout Here!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALNovember 15, 20220

The British Council's "India/UK Together Season of Culture" includes an art installation that is also on display as part of the exhibition. A new exhibition, "Vaccines: Injecting Hope," which opened on November 15 at the National Science Center in Delhi, embodies the convergence of art, scientific accomplishment, and compelling storytelling. This educational exhibit shows the work, vigor, and enormous effort that went into creating a vaccine against Covid and how India and the UK addressed one of the greatest collective challenges. It offers a glimpse into what two years of the pandemic meant for the scientific community. “Knowing Science is not enough, Science has to reach people through Art,” stated Rajiv Bahl, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) at the

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