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Intolerance In India Has Increased During Narendra Modi’s Reign: American Commission

Arpita SarkarApril 27, 20220

Religious tolerance in India has declined "significantly" under Narendra Modi, an American commission has said. This independent commission examines the human rights situation in various countries and reports to the US State Department and recommends imposing financial sanctions on that country. For three years in a row, the Commission on International Religious Freedom has reported that religious freedom for minorities in India is being undermined. For this, they have also recommended imposing a bunch of financial sanctions on India. However, in order to maintain good diplomatic relations with India, the Foreign Office has said that it will not resort to any sanctions this time as in the last two years. In their report, the commission highlighted the high incidence of violence

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Prashant Kishor Declines To Join Congress Amid Party’s Reservations Over His Rejuvenating Plans

Snehashish RoyApril 26, 20220

Political strategist Prashant Kishor has turned down the Congress’ offer to join the party as a member of its Empowered Action Group. Speculations were high that Kishor would join hands with the India’s grand old party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “I declined the generous offer of #congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections. In my humble opinion, more than me the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep rooted structural problems through transformational reforms,” Kishor said in a tweet. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also announced Kishor’s decision to decline the offer to join the party. “Following a presentation & discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Em...

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Hardik Patel To Join BJP, Leaving Congress Behind; Criticises His Own Party

Gunjan ChaudharyApril 26, 20220

Days after criticizing his own party, Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel praised the centre ruling BJP. Hardik Patel said BJP has a better ability to make better political decisions as compared to others. He also said that he is proud to be a Hindu. He also put an end to all the speculation about joining the BJP. On these speculations, he said that all these things are baseless speculation. Hardik Patel is angry with INC's plan to include Naresh Patel in the party before these assembly elections. He felt that if Naresh Patel joins the Congress, he will lose his clout as the leader of the Patel community. He criticized the working pattern of Congress a week ago. On Friday, Hardik said that he has conveyed his opinion to the party's high command to make changes in it. He is hopefu...

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Centre Appoints Economist Suman Bery As NITI Aayog’s Vice-Chairman; Know More About His Career!

Pooja YadavApril 26, 20220

The central government appointed economist Suman Bery as the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog after Rajiv Kumar resigned from the post on 22nd April 2022. Kumar had been appointed because the vice-chairperson of NITI Aayog five years ago. The cabinet committee had accepted Rajiv Kumar’s resignation and appointed Suman Bery as NITI Aayog’s full-time member and later because the vice-chairperson. Suman Bery was the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)'s director-general for a period of 10 years from 2001 to 2011. Being one of the senior visiting fellows at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi. He's a world Fellow within the President of the United States International Center for Scholars’ Asia programme in Washington, DC. Also, he's a non-resident Fellow of Bruegel whic

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Government Blocks 16 YouTube Channels Broadcasting Anti-National Activities; 10 Operated From India

Gunjan ChaudharyApril 26, 20220

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the government of India has blocked 16 YouTube news channels for spreading propaganda related to India's national security, foreign relations and public order in the country. These 16 blocked YouTube channels include 10 Indian and 6 Pakistan based YouTube news channels. The government of India issued a statement saying that through these YouTube channels, false, unverified information was being spread to create panic, incite communal disharmony among the people of the country and they are disturbing public order in India. Let us tell you that the number of viewers of these YouTube channels was way more than 68 crores, which is quite a large amount of people watching and getting influenced by this news. "None of these digital ne...

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Ukraine Crisis: Inflation, Interest Rates Likely To Increase Debt By Rs 60 Thousand Crore, Says Report

Gunjan ChaudharyApril 26, 20220

The size of risky loans is expected to increase by Rs 60,000 crore in the current financial year due to factors such as high inflation due to the Russia-Ukraine war,  the rating agency India Ratings gave this warning in a report on Monday. According to the report, due to these problems facing the economy, by the end of the financial year 2022-23, the amount of risky debt will be Rs 6.9 lakh crore. Had the Russia-Ukraine war not broken out, the debt-to-risk ratio in the current financial year would have remained at Rs 6.3 lakh crore. By risky debt, the rating agency means more than five times the debt taken by the rating agency keeping in view the operating profit of the companies. The rating agency has given this estimate on the basis of an analysis of 1,385 companies. In such...

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Sri Lanka Crisis: Can Economic Relief Packages Without Political Reform Solve Problem?

Pooja YadavApril 26, 20220

As negotiators from the International fund try and talk of a bailout for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at talks in Washington, they’ll little doubt press the requirement for stringent economic reforms. Any such rescue action will ultimately fail unless political changes are made, too. Politics helped create the country’s current crisis. An earlier government led by then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa borrowed heavily from China et al. to finance ambitious infrastructure projects, saddling states with unsustainable debts. His brother, former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, then swept to power in 2019 and packed the govt. With cronies and relatives, including Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister and another brother as minister. In the subsequent year, the preside...

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Agnipath Recruitment Scheme Likely To Transform Defence Sector; Does It Have Organisational Flaw?

Pooja YadavApril 26, 20220

Under the new Agnipath Pravesh Yojna recruitment drive, soldiers to be called Agniveers (literally, fire warriors) are going to be recruited for a three-year tour of duty with no pension entitlement but with the promise of yet to be specified ‘assistance’ in getting post-discharge employment. Battle or ‘attributed to military service’ casualties are treated at par with regular soldiers. a hard and fast percentage from such intake is going to be absorbed as regular soldiers on merit. The primary motivation for this scheme is the reduction of the burgeoning pension bill of the military. Additional advantages cited are reducing the age profile of the armed forces, improving career prospects of normal soldiers, strengthening the society with military connections, instilling sterling mili...

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How Much Corruption Does Our Judiciary Hold? Find Out Its Impact

Pooja YadavApril 25, 20220

Whether or not it's bribery, getting the desired day in court, or any type of unjust practice to sway the results of an effort, India’s system remains mutually riddled with corruption from many sides. Lawyers, administrative staff, judges, defendants, and more have used these practices to sway countless cases, and exist in the slightest degree levels of the court system. While the Indian Supreme Court is usually reserved for the cases of highest importance or urgency, thanks to petitions and therefore the implementation of bribery, the general public or individuals outside the Supreme Court are able to decide what cases visit the best court of law in India. A minimum of at the supreme court level, one step below the Supreme Court, corrupt judges will be impeached under the Judges Inq...

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DSA To Scan Internet’s Big Social Giants, Curb Digitally Illegal Content: EU

Sonia SolankiApril 25, 20220

The EU (European Union) has come up with Digital Services Act under which the government will govern the internet. So, the aim is to curb the illegal content and any disinformation on multiple big giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google etc. The officials from the European parliament, the French presidency of the council of the EU and the Commission, all agreed to the new rules. These new rules will be applicable to internet techs and giants. "The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a major milestone," said Commissioner Thierry Breton. He also says that in the last 20 years Europe for the first time is tackling the issue of the digital and information areas. How DSA Will Help In Filtering Internet? One of the main highlights that DSA talks about is the illegal and illicit content l...

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Why India Needs National Cyber Security Strategy? Read On To Know More

Pooja YadavApril 25, 20220

Amid a surge in cyberattacks on India’s networks, the Centre is yet to apply the National Cyber Security Strategy which has been within the workshop since 2020. Conceptualised by the word council of India (DSCI), headed by Lt General Rajesh Pant the 22- runner report focuses on 21 areas to make sure a secure, secure, trusted, flexible, and vibrant cyberspace for India. The main sectors of focus are -- Large scale digitisation of public services Focus on security within the early stages of design all told digitization enterprise, developing institutional capability for assessment, evaluation, instrument, and standing of the core bias and timely reporting of vulnerabilities and incidents. Monitoring and mapping of the vacuity chain of the Integrated circuits (ICT) and electronics p

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‘Avoid Provocative And Scandalous Language’: I&B Ministry Issues Advisory To Private TV Channels

Sonia SolankiApril 25, 20220

The I&B Ministry under the Centre Government has written an advisory to the private TV channels not to use any provocative language. As seen over the last few months the private news channels in the rat race of TRPs are manipulating and using altered information for their personal benefits. This kind of false and fabricated information can lead to a sense of social and communal disharmony. Advisory For News Channels This advisory comes soon after the rising social and communal tension post the recent riots of Delhi in Jahangirpuri. Along with this the Ukraine -Russia war news coverage are claiming the onset of Nuclear war soon. According to the ministry such news hampers with the overall development of society. As it can create a state of panic and fear among the common man...

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