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Russia-Ukraine Tensions: India Suggests Peaceful Solution

Pooja YadavFebruary 22, 20220

India is trying to opt for a balanced and preventive approach in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis. Earlier, India remained silent and was appealing to sort out the differences between the countries peacefully in the international community. On January 30, 2022, India abstained from voting in UNSC when the US demanded the Russia-Ukraine crisis discussion. India neither voted in favour of it nor against it. The response, however, was not surprising for many experts as in 2014 when Russia attacked Crimea, India abstained from voting in UNSC on the resolution passed by the US. The country had passed a resolution against Russia in the UNSC. Russia took India's step as a pro-Russian view. India boycotted the Winter Olympics in China where Russia aimed to promote its views on Ukrai...

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No Development At Cost Of Livelihood: Ayodhaya Shop Owners Protest Against Road Widening Project

Pooja YadavFebruary 22, 20220

Road-widening projects are underway to cater to the crowds expected at the Ram temple. People who are running small shops, selling artefacts and puja material are afraid the project will raze their livelihoods. Ayodhya Development Plan In 2021, the event plan in the city hit its first roadblock when several hundred shopkeepers on the Hanuman Garhi road protested against the proposed widening of the roads. Several processions were taken out by the shopkeepers and many shopkeepers sat on dharna outside the district magistrate’s office to demand a response from the administration. Subsequently, letters too were written. The road-widening will cause the demolition of some shops, while others will lose a part of the shop area. Almost a year later, shopkeepers and traders are still up ...

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IRCTC Collaborates With RuPay For Contactless Payments; Learn Hegemony Of Domestic Payment System

Pooja YadavFebruary 22, 20220

IRCTC has collaborated with RuPay for contactless payments and credit payments. There are many institutions collaborating with RuPay nationally and internationally. What we need to understand that how this card system has created a hegemony and captured a major shareholder in the market. There was a time most of the online transactions were done through VISA and MasterCard, which are foreign companies. These companies used to store data related to every transaction in their servers located in foreign countries. It also collects per transactions charges from our banks to enable card-based transactions. RuPay emerged as the largest shareholder in India's debit card market. It has threatened the existence of international associations and today, they have been forced to complain US go...

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Bajrang Dal Member Killed In Shivamogga Amid Hijab Row; Tension Mounts Between Hindu-Muslim Groups

Sonia SolankiFebruary 22, 20220

The Bajrang Dal member killing in Shivamogga, Karnataka is escalating new chapters of religious animosity. The religion which a man follows teaches him to be kind and be a human first. But it seems that when religion is used to propagate political agenda, the result is disastrous. Like the recent event which is related to a killing of a young 26 years old man, named Harsha. Harsha was a member of Bajrang Dal, its a youth wing of Hindu Nationalist Organisation and a member of RSS. The Bajrang Dal shares ideology with RSS' Hindutva. As per Bajrang Dal people, the killing happened after Harsha posted a Facebook post supporting the Dress code amid the Hijab Row in Karnataka. In Shivamogga Hindu-Muslim Tension Mounts In last two months, the Hijab issue has escalated new heights. So muc...

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“Statue Of Equality And Politics”

Pooja YadavFebruary 21, 20220

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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‘No Boards’ Protest Escalates Amid Haryana’s School Board Decision Of Conducting Board Exams For Class 5 and 8

Sonia SolankiFebruary 21, 20220

The 'No Boards' protest in Gurugram was arranged against the decision of the Haryana education board's decision of conducting Board exams for class 5 & 8. The decision as per the state education board will be implemented irrespective of the school affiliated board. This decision was announced on January 18, 2022, under the amendment of the Right to Education Act. Haryana Government appointed SCERT as the academic authority to conduct board exams for classes 5 and 8. On February 4, 2022, BSEH (Board of School Education Haryana) wrote to all districts education officers. The letter stated that all schools must register with the BSEH by February 15, 2022. In addition to this, the letter states that schools will conduct exams from this March only. But the board has decided to skip class...

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PM Modi Launches “Gobar-Dhan” Bio-CNG Plant In Indore To Tackle Issues Of Garbage Landfills

Sonia SolankiFebruary 21, 20220

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through a virtual press release, has announced 75 "Gobar-Dhan" bio-CNG plants across different cities in India. The first such plant was inaugurated in Indore with a capacity of 550 tonnes with a budget of Rs 150 crores. "This is a significant step taken by our government under the Swachh Bharat Mission to solve the issue of garbage landfills," said PM Modi. The mission of this scheme is to convert the garbage landfills sites into a green zone in the coming years. Under their government, the garbage disposal capacity has increased four times since 2014. "Gobar-Dhan" Plant Scheme And Clean India Go Hand In Hand The first plant under this scheme was launched in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. This plant has the capacity to treat 550 tonnes of solid waste garbag...

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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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