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Cuba’s Starvation For Eneregy: Tackling With Energy Crisis

Isha PoddarJuly 23, 20220

The energy crisis is of particular Tension for the central government after last year's widespread protests, the longest since the Cuban revolution, which first started after residents got bored with rolling blackouts and took the streets. Last week residents of the Western town of Los Palacios aggressively banged pans and pots in a "cacerolazo" to protest a nightly blackout. Citizens reported that the internet service was cut for hours and local officials successfully handled to calm down the rebellions. "Cuba feels like a powder keg that could blow up on any corner," statement by Miguel, who dwells in the same province where the most recent rebellions took place. He asked that his name not be used for the threat of retribution. In feedback to the growing energy crisis, officials gi...

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Japan’s New Water Discharge Policy Likely To Turn It Into ‘Sick Man Of Asia’

Vikas DeshwalJuly 23, 20220

Japan's nuclear controller on Friday supported the dismissal method of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water, with Chinese spectators expressing problems that the out of the dirty water into the pacific ocean may begin before the earlier program of next spring and witness that Tokyo will take the brunt of the damage, with people's lives underneath serious threat and seafood consumption and export nosediving. The Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan on Friday officially authorised Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) 's enactment method of releasing treated Fukushima nuclear accident polluted water. Although the Foreign Ministry statement said this does not mean that TEPCO can instantly activate the release of the polluted water into the ocean as there are staying procedures, ...

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Rohingya Genocide: International Court Of Justice Rejects Myanmar’s Objection Genocide Rohingya

Isha PoddarJuly 23, 20220

The International Court of Justice, on 22 July, rejected Myanmar's objections to a genocide case over its Muslim Rohingya minority. Myanmar, now governed by a Military Junta that seized power in 2021, had argued that the Gambia, which brought the suit, had no support to do at the top UN court, formally known as the International Court of Justice. But presiding Judge Joan Donoghue stated that all states that had signed the 1948 Genocide Convention must take the step to protect against genocide, and the court had jurisdiction in the case. The court will now proceed toward the merits of the case, which will take years. The Gambia looked up the Rohingya issue in 2019, backed by the 57-nation Organisation against Islamic Cooperation, in a suit targetting to hold Myanmar chargeable and pro

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Xi’s Attack On Islam: Urdu To Be Spoken In Chinese

Vikas DeshwalJuly 22, 20220

 Xi stayed in the volatile Xinjiang province, where the Chinese security forces, for the prior several years, have made steps to prevent protests by Uygur Muslims over territories from Han Chinese from further the region. President Xi Jinping has asked administrators to step up actions to support the regulation that Islam in China must be Chinese in exposure, and religions in the country should adjust to the socialist association being followed by the ruling Communist Party of China. During his four-day outing to the Xinjiang region, which began on July 12, Xi met with administrators. The official media reported that Xi Jinping highlighted encouraging a strong sense of neighbourhood for the Chinese nation, boosting exchanges, relations and integration among diverse ethnic classes.

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Sri Lanka’s Plight Concerns India: Detangling Impacts And Intertwined Areas

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 22, 20220

India has long been concerned about regional instability. As Sri Lanka's nearest neighbour, India has provided a US$ 3.8 billion credit line of vital products as the economic crisis deteriorated in April. Several efforts have been made to pull India into the political turmoil and depict it as a Rajapaksa backer. During the protests, social media messages linked India to the Rajapaksa dictatorship. The Indian High Commission in Colombo responded on Twitter. The MEA Spokesperson denied these rumours. MEA said India stands with Sri Lankans as they seek prosperity and growth via democratic processes, existing institutions, and constitutional framework. Sri Lankan TV showed a water cannon used on protestors on May 7 and said it was bought using a $1 billion Indian credit line. The Ind...

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USA Gears Up Taiwan For War: Is The Region Up For Chinese Impact?

Vikas DeshwalJuly 22, 20220

The US on Friday declared the fourth arms deal to Taiwan in 2022 - the fifth total under the Joe Biden leadership - despite the Taiwan inquiry having been constantly noted in several current China-US high-level discussions, which conducted a harmony to avoid escalating tension. Chinese landmass specialists on Saturday attacked the latest US agreement featuring a box involving spare elements for tanks and combat vehicles plus technical aid worth $108 million, expressing it revealed the US' two-faced nature and its failure to mark its own words. The US State Department has advocated the potential sale of military-technical aid to Taiwan for an evaluated cost of $108 million, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency told in a media conference report last week. The suggested deal will...

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Mamata Banerjee’s ‘Muri’ Politics Over Fight Against GST Hike

Snehashish RoyJuly 22, 20220

Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, is quite upset about the application of the GST on puffed rice. On July 21, when speaking at her party's annual Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata, she pulled some 'muri' (puffed rice) from her purse and summoned a vendor to the stage to make a furious point about the taxation of the food item. The typical 'muri' In the streets of Kolkata and other state cities and towns, in markets, and in the local trains that connect the suburbs with the state's capital, it's difficult to miss the 'muri' — known as 'murmura' in northern and western India — vendors. They vigorously shake their steel containers while adding chopped onions, green chillies, coriander leaves, peanuts, and a dash of mustard oil to the puffed rice to rustle up 'jhaal muri

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Unmarried Women In Live-In Relationships Have Right To Abortion: Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarJuly 22, 20220

A 24-week pregnant woman cannot be denied the right to abortion simply because she is not married. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachur said this while passing an interim judgment in a case related to abortion on Thursday. The applicant, a 25-year-old woman, told the court that she was unmarried. She became pregnant while living together. But because she is not married, she has to face difficulties during an abortion. She first approached the Delhi High Court regarding the whole issue. But the court dismissed her plea on the grounds that she was in a consensual relationship. The Supreme Court also termed the Delhi High Court judgment as 'unnecessary obstruction'. AIIMS doctors are tasked with deciding whether the woman can be safely aborted or not. The Supreme Court said that the

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Rape Culture Prevails In Thailand: School Halls Become Hell For Students

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 22, 20220

Nalinrat Thuthubthim was in highschooler when the assault happened. She'd often stay on the premises after school had ended, working on speeches with her teacher for the upcoming competitions. Needing to use the restroom, she asked a faculty to help her lift the shutter on the washroom doorway. Secluded with the teacher, he then proceeded to rape her, holding her around the neck and groping her under her clothes."I froze, I stayed still and wanted to cry. My mind was blank, it froze. My hands and feet were cold," Nalinrat said in an interview in 2021. When she told a female teacher about the attack, the teacher blamed it on what she was wearing and said they showed off her body and were sexually arousing. Nalinrat showed reporters what she wore that night: a drab grey T-shirt and black ...

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Minor Couples Should Not Enter Into Institution Of Marriage: Allahabad High Court

Arpita SarkarJuly 22, 20220

Counsel for the petitioner submitted that it was a case of love. Even as per the prosecution story as stated in the FIR he voluntarily went to Ludhiana with the present petitioner where the present petitioner entered into a physical relationship with the promise of marriage. Attention was drawn to the statement of the prosecutrix recorded under Sections 161 and 164 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 wherein she made no allegation against the present petitioner. He did not support the prosecution version but submitted that he was living with the present petitioner voluntarily. Their relationship was consensual. They got married without informing the family members. She subsequently conceived and was blessed with a male child. It is further submitted that at present the prosecutrix is ​​livin

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Poor Rural Female Labourers Get Tricked Into Hysterectomy: Females’ Privates Aborted

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 22, 20220

Hysterectomy, especially radical hysterectomy, is a medical procedure involving the complete removal of the womb(uterus ) from the women's body. It is a strenuous process both for the professionals who perform it and the female who has to endure this long surgery. This surgical operation is usually done to avoid or remove cancers ( Ovarian, uterine or cervical ), fibroids (non-cancerous tumours ) and heavy periods. Due to the toll, this takes on the patient's body. This treatment is usually reserved as the last resort if all else fails to resolve the disabilities and diseases. After the procedure, regardless of their age, women's period will stop. But they will experience the effects of menopause ( which has more compilations like osteoporosis in the long term and ageing in general ), stom...

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Pakistan’s Health Minister Encourages Reproduction In Foreign Countries: Expatriate For Patriotic Ends

Vikas DeshwalJuly 22, 20220

Amid disturbing inhabitant growth in Pakistan, specialists have cautioned that flying headcount poses a better practical danger, and the government may not be capable of meeting the requirements of its rapidly growing population. While the expansion speed, they told, is not the original reason for all issues, it deepens the forces on livelihoods, biological aids, and condition of specific benefits, mainly fitness and education. We skipped the boat on incorporating this population change into expansion planning that was done in the 60s and up to the 90s. Since about 2000, we have primarily ignored population in financial planning," warned Dr Zeba Sathar, who leads the Population Council's headquarters in Islamabad. According to an analysis led by several respected institutions, includi...

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