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Macron Refuses COVID Test During Russia Trip Over DNA Theft Fears: Source

Vasudha SFebruary 17, 20220

The French and the Russian presidents sat across a long table after Macron refused to undergo a Russian COVID test. After many memes, comes a new DNA theft theory. What is this DNA theft after all? The Putin-Macron meeting over the Ukraine crisis had barely ended when the picture of both leaders sitting across a rather long table went viral on the Internet. It spawned several hilarious memes. The reason for that distance was obvious. The Russian president Vladimir Putin has long been kept in a strict health bubble and carefully follows social distancing protocols. Putin has of course been seen in close proximity to a few other leaders like the President of Kazakhistan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev(barely 3 days after meeting with Macron). The leaders who refused t...

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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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Rajasthan Gets Its First Green Highway: Is It Better Than Traditional Highways? Read Here!

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Rajasthan has got its first green and safe expressway, partially funded by the World Bank under the green national corridor project scheme. What are green highway projects and why is it significant in developing India's road infrastructure? Let's have look. The first stretch was built under the green national highways corridor project was expected to be completed by December 2021 in Rajasthan. The entire project is scheduled to be completed in 2025 including the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, etc. This project was a joint project by the Indian government and the World Bank. In December 2020, the Centre had signed an agreement for $500 million projects with the World Bank to develop the GNHCP across 781 km in four states called Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh an...

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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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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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PM Fasal Bima Yojna Withers: Does It Need Restructuring?

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Despite increasing allocated funds, the Union government has been unable to significantly improve the penetration of crop insurance in terms of enrolled farmers and insured areas. The ailing PM Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) Needs a structural redesign. The scheme, in its present structure, could be a good profit-making policy for insurance companies. India’s agriculture sector, which provides employment to 50% of the labour force and contributes about 17% of the gross domestic product, currently faces multiple challenges. Smaller land holdings, unfavourable climate changes events, dismal public and personal investment, low monthly incomes, a high proportion of indebted farmers and unfavourable terms of trade between farmers and non-farmers are just some of the foremost proble...

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Centre Makes No Change In Repo Rates; Read To Know More

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has introduced that the repo charge below the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) will keep staying at 4.0% at some stage in its assembly hung on December 8, 2021. MPC has determined to preserve the opposite repo charge unchanged at 3.35%. The bank rate and the marginal status facility (MSF) charge keep staying at 4.25%. What is Repo Rate? Repo charge is the critical financial institution of India, i.e. Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which borrows cash from the industrial banks. In case of an economic crisis, the industrial banks can lend cash from the RBI and the charge at which the cash is furnished is known as the repo charge. Repo charge is utilized by the critical financial institution to govern the cash delivery withinside the marketpla...

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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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BJP Wants To Rule Maharashtra Using Central Investigating Agencies: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Sonia SolankiFebruary 16, 20220

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has accused the BJP government of misusing its powers. He said that the party wants to rule Maharashtra either way. "They offered me bribes too to switch sides so that they can topple the Maharashtra government," he said. He also said that they warned him that if he doesn't listen to them, they have so many ways to tackle him. Using central agencies like CBI and ED is all part of this vicious circle. "They want to break us by troubling relatives, family members and friends in false cases and accusations," he said. Sanjay Raut's Remarks Against BJP "The day I was targeted and my close ones raided, I dialled up The Union home minister Amit Shah. I told him that I respect you and you are a big leader and home minister of the country. But whatever is ha...

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Centre Bans 54 More Chinese Apps Security Grounds; Check Out Details

Sonia SolankiFebruary 15, 20220

The Union information technology ministry (MeitY) has banned 54 Chinese apps pertaining to data abuse and security issues. The occlusion takes place under Section 69a of the MeitY. This is not the first time that such action has been taken by the Indian Government. In the past, the government had banned many Chinese apps including some big names like TikTok, PUBG, UCBrowser, WeChat, CamScanner and many more. With the latest additions of more apps now the number of banned apps rises to 324. The new occluded apps lie in the categories of beauty, music, dating and gaming ones. The action is taken after a report by the Home Ministry which recommends the action pertaining to privacy and security issues. Details Of The Apps Which Are Occluded "These 54 apps allegedly obtains vari...

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