The Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2020 and ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Bill 2021 passes Rajya Sabha on 8th December . The surrogacy Bill 2020 earlier passed by the Lok Sabha was went to the select committee of the Rajya Sabha. The Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told that the aim of both the bills is to curb the exploitation of women. The union minister also added that for decades IVF and surrogacy are prevalent in India. Our country has many unregulated IVF centers with unregulated surrogacy sex selection. He also added that Unmarried women sells their womb to overcome financial crisis. This should not happen as it is physically unhealthy and ethically wrong. In ART , stimulation of ovaries helps in extraction of eggs during a highly technical process and this technica...
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Rishikesh: Congress’s Three-Day Brainstorming Camp Begins, Agenda Will Be Decided Regarding Assembly Elections
Uttarakhand Congress's three-day brainstorming camp began in Rishikesh, the pilgrimage town. In view of the upcoming assembly elections, in this camp, important for the Congress, the veteran leaders of the state on the first day emphasized on making the strategy of the party by brainstorming minute by minute. In the camp that started with the meeting of the core committee, state in-charge and core committee president Devendra Yadav informed the committee members about the guidelines issued by the central organization. In the first session on the first day of the brainstorming camp organized at a hotel on Dehradun Road, state in-charge Devendra Yadav placed the agenda of the three-day brainstorming camp in front of various committees. The series of closed-door meetings which started...
Read MoreGeneral Bipin Rawat, India’s first-ever Chief of Defence Staff, has died in a helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. He was travelling with his wife and 11 others to Wellington, Tamil Nadu. The Russian-made military chopper, Mi-17V5, was heading for Wellington. The IAF said, “Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course today,”. The last rites of Gen Rawat are to be held in New Delhi. IAF chopper carrying Gen Rawat crashed in Tamil Nadu Gen Rawat was appointed as the Chief of Defence Staff in January 2019. This was the first time the post of CDS was being introduced. It was done to bring together the three defence forces of the nation, the A...
Read MoreGeneva GHO Announced That 274 Million People Will Need Emergency Aid And Protection
On 2nd December, in Geneva GHO [Global Humanitarian Overview] announced that 274 million people will need emergency aid and protection. According to GHO this is 17% more than the last year. GHO stated that in 2021 we reached 107 million people out of 157 million , which is 70% of the target. This year GHO is targeting 183 million people with aid. GHO requires funding of approximately US$41 billion to fulfill this target. GHO is the world's most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence based assessment of humanitarian needs. UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths told that the climate crisis is affecting the vulnerable people first and worst. The effects of climate change are devastating and maybe irreversible too. GHO Chief also said that we are appealing globally so that we can get...
Read MoreThe RSS and its affiliate bodies have time and again argued for a population control law even at the national level. Often BJP lawmakers have coaxed their fellow Hindu brethren to produce more children. Few BJP ruled states flirted with this idea- such as Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. But the front runner in this cause is Uttar Pradesh. The need for such a law as stated by its proponents is to stabilize and control the growing population which poses enormous stress on the limited capacity of the state. But quite often the real motives are veiled behind loaned reasoning, as the claims of population disaster are not backed by authentic data and it seems that it is not really a concern for the increasing population but that increase is specifically targeted to a community, which i...
Read MoreNo matter how hard political theorists try to convince, the modern nation-state system is essentially autocratic at the core. Whether you go to Germany, the United States or recent democracies like India, in whatever fabric the democracy is presented, certainly it is not close to anything like the textbook definition of democracy. As a system that has been in use for more than two hundred years with all the advanced ideas, it's the least perfect. One of the most fundamental differences between the various democracies lies not in their constitutional or legal arrangements but in the degree of autocracy they exercise visibly or invisibly.One can say that the army and the police are perhaps the most visible arm of the state in exercising their autocracy, but with limitations but what gets of...
Read MoreIn an interesting set of development, ex Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh met with BJP Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, what he described as a "courtesy call". The Punjab elections are scheduled to be held in 2022, and the last few months have seen intense factionalism and jostling for political power. With Capt Amarinder Singh announcing to form a new party and his hints towards a pre-poll alliance with BJP and the breakaway Akali faction called SAD (samyukt), the upcoming Punjab elections are anyone's guess. Owing to its own making, Congress is reeling under intense pressure to keep its stock together. The Punjab Congress Chief (PCC) is at loggerheads with CM Charanjit Singh Channi over certain issues over the appointment and administration with the government. T...
Read MoreUP: Instructions To Prepare At Every Level To Deal With Omicron, Facilities Will Be Available In All Districts
Due to increasing Covid cases on daily basis and on arrival of new Covid variant named Omicron now the threat of pandemic spreading all over the world is once again in front of us. And now in order to avoid this pandemic increasing on daily basis Uttar Pradesh government now came forward to handle this issue in their way. CM of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath organized an official meeting with Medical officers and Secretary of Uttar Pradesh to plan regarding the spreading of Covid virus further. Instructions have been given to prepare at all levels to deal with Omicron, the new variant of Covid in Uttar Pradesh. Along with vaccination, emphasis has also been laid on keeping normal beds and ICU ready, arranging medicines. However the new variant Omicron of Covid is said to be less dangero...
Read MoreScores of people attended a free eye check-up camp organized at Juran Chapra locality of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Little do they know that the free checkup will be their life biggest nightmare. As per the reports, people visiting the free eye checkup facility were told to undergo surgery for cataracts, after initial checkups. After a few days few people developed severe pain in the operated eye, the doctors of the hospital provided them with painkiller injections. But this made the matters worse, a severe infection caught up their eyes and eventually they were suggested to get the operated eye removed to save the other one. The blame was transferred on the patients by the facility for their negligence which led to infection. The negligence at the free check-up camp was brought to light...
Read MoreIn Uttar Pradesh 17 minor school girls sedated and molested by the school teacher and principal .This incident took place in Muzaffarnagar, U.P. These girls belongs to a private school , name not disclosed yet and asked to stay overnight in context of practical exam. Such incidents are not new in Uttar Pradesh. What is more critical is the way police functions. This heinous crime took place on 18 November but the local police did not lodge any complaint against the directors of the private school. The incident came into limelight when the local MLA met the police officials representing parents complaints on their behalf. After this intervention only the police of Purkazi came into action and filled the F.I.R . After filing the complaint one of the director of the schools involved has...
Read More‘AK-203 Rifle’ Deal Signed Between India And Russia, Signed By Defense Ministers Of Both Countries
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India today i.e. on December 6. Prior to Putin's arrival, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu have also reached India. Both the ministers met their counterparts Dr. S. Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh. After this meeting, the round of meetings has now started. Assault Rifle AK-203 deal signed between India and Russia Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a meeting in New Delhi today. During this, both the leaders signed the agreements between India and Russia. Under this agreement was signed like contract for procurement of 6,01,427 7.63x39mm assault rifle AK-203 through Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited, Program for Military-Technical Cooperation from 2021-2031. ...
Read MoreAmbedkar’s Death Anniversary: Mayawati Said, Not By Taking To The Streets, It Will Be A Matter Of Change Of Power
BSP supremo Mayawati said that not by taking to the streets, but by changing the power, talk will be made and BSP will be in power this time. She said that by forming some organizations some people are trying to stop the mission of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, but after the elections, such organizations are neither in the house nor in the space. Mayawati addresses media persons in Lucknow on the occasion of Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary. On this occasion, she said that Baba Saheb had suffered a lot but always fought to get legal rights for the people of Dalit and Muslim class. She said that if the rights given by him are to be taken full advantage, then people of this class will have to work unitedly. It was he who had told that this class of people would have to take th...
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