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Police Seen As Insensitive Towards Commoners: Parliamentary Committee

Pooja YadavFebruary 19, 20220

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

Pooja YadavFebruary 19, 20220

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”

Pooja YadavFebruary 19, 20220

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

Pooja YadavFebruary 19, 20220

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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“Chattisgarh Gets Another District-Shakti”- Know More!

Pooja YadavFebruary 19, 20220

The Sakti district is carved out of the Janjgir -Champa district. Sakti was the tehsil of janjgir-Champa. Sakti has a tropical wet and dry climate. Temperatures remain moderate through most of the year, though not from march to June which can be extremely hot. The temperature in April may sometimes rise above 44 degrees celsius. These summer months also have dry and hot winds. The city receives about 1300mm of rain mostly in the monsoon season from late June to early October. Winters last from November to January and are mild although lows can fall to 5 degrees. The total number of villages in the shakti district is 127. Shakti's sex ratio is 999females per thousand males. As per the 2021 Aadhaar estimates Sakti districts' population in 2021 is 173162. Accor...

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Sandhaya Mukherjee Passes Away At 90, World Mourns; Know More About This Legendary Singer

Pooja YadavFebruary 17, 20220

Legendary Bengali semi-classical singer Sandhya Mukherjee died on the evening of February 15 following a large pathology, yielding numerous mourning fans of all ages across borders. She was 91. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffered a cardiac arrest. Her heart was showcasing irregular rhythm. Mukherjee, who refused Padma Shri from the Centre, was cherished both in India and Bangladesh. As Bangladesh fought for freedom, she would perform free concerts to boost money for the ten million East Pakistan citizens who were forced to hunt for refuge in India. She suffered an enormous attack at around 7.30 pm, the senior hospital official told Mourning Mukherjee’s death Mamata Banerjee said she would curtail a three-day tour to the northern districts of the state which had launched into a

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Lalu Yadav Found Guilty In Last Case Fodder Scam; Lets Analyse Timeline

Pooja YadavFebruary 17, 20220

Lalu Prasad Yadav, former chief minister of Bihar and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo, was on Tuesday was found guilty in Rs 139 crore scam from the Doranda (Jharkhand) treasury. According to a media report, the Doranda treasury scam could be a bizarre case where documents showed that cattle were transported from Haryana and Punjab to Bihar on scooters during the years 1990-92. A special CBI court in Ranchi had concluded hearing the case on January 29 this year and had fixed February 15 because the date to pronounce its order Fodder scam: How It Started The fodder scam, popularly referred to as chaara ghotala, refers to dozens of cases of monetary irregularities to the tune of around Rs 930 crore within the husbandry department of the undivided Bihar between 1985...

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Centre Plans On Running 400 Vande Bharat Trains By 2024; Read More About These Semi-High Speed Trains

Pooja YadavFebruary 17, 20220

Union minister Nirmala Sitaraman has proposed investments for Vande Bharat trains. But Indian Railways plans for 400 such trains by the end of 2024. This itself is a booster for the economy where in terms of job employment generation or technological advancement. Through this article let's analyze how this plan will impact the economy and what's so special about this train. In the Budget speech, the finance minister announced that 400 Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in the next 3 years. Introduced in 2019, these are the semi-speed trains that have been a novelty so far. Two Vande Bharat train sets originally called Train18 are currently running both from Delhi to Varanasi and Katra. The budget announcement signals the government's intention to turn these self-propelled trai...

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International Flyers To India: No Need For Quarantine, RT-PCR Tests At Airport; Read Guidelines

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Travellers arriving in India won’t need to undergo a compulsory seven-day home quarantine or an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, as per revised guidelines for international arrivals issued on Thursday, February 10. "There will be a sampling of twenty-two of international travellers from all countries on arrival. They are required to give their samples and can be allowed to go away to the airport at that time," Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Twitter. Instead of the seven-day home quarantine mandated earlier, all travellers will self-monitor their health for 14 days after their arrival, he said while detailing the comfort of curbs for international arrivals. Apart from uploading a negative RT-PCR report (taken 72 hours before the journey), there'll be a choice to upload...

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Centre’s UDAAN Scheme Crash Lands; Know Its Reason Here!

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Out of the 948 routes awarded within the last five years, only 403 routes connecting 65 unserved and underserved airports are operational as of December 2021. So much for prime flying. Glaringly, only 22 routes out of the 94 total routes survived after the three-year subsidy period under the UDAN scheme. The UDAN scheme was flagged off with much fanfare in October 2016 but has floundered. Since then, 154 RCS unconnected airports – including 14 aerodromes and 36 heliports – are identified for the operation of flights. Out of those, currently, only 65 have resumed flights. The catch here is that these 403 routes are facing challenges of their own. The pandemic has made the going tougher. Out of those 403 routes, a whopping majority of 300 routes are affected thanks ...

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Modi Government Under Pressure: Centre Fails To Curb Inflation In Existing Economy; Learn Details

Sayani ChakrabortyFebruary 16, 20220

Keeping inflation high while sustaining the existing atmosphere of economic development and capital investment was the primary aim of this year's Union Budget, according to the Union finance ministry. It has had a disastrous impact on the Indian economy, especially on individuals who work in the informal sector and the general public. The small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector has yet to awaken from its sleep, which accounts for one-third of all employment creation. It is believed that planned capital expenditures would increase demand in other sectors in the next days and weeks, even though interest rate reductions had minimal influence on the economy thus far in 2018. Modi Government seems to be under huge pressure Since it is projected that crude o...

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New Electoral Reforms Proposes Linking Aadhaar With Voter IDs; Know More Its Merits

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

The Union cabinet cleared the proposed amendments to the electoral law seeking to bring in key electoral reforms such as the linkage of voter ID with Aadhaar to weed out bogus and duplicate entries in the electoral roll. Sources indicated that another reform sought to be implemented is allowing multiple dates in a year rather than only January 1, for those above 18 years to register themselves as voters. Since the Aadhaar number is unique in itself, therefore, linking it with the voter ID will solve the problem of having multiple IDs. There will be uniformity in the process as well as transparency. The bill amends the representation of people act approved by the cabinet and is likely to be brought before parliament in the ongoing winter session. It also makes gender-neutral a prov...

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