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Remembering Daniel Villegas’ Unfair 25-Year Imprisonment

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 4, 20220

Daniel Villegas is a 44-year-old man who was wrongfully convicted by the El Paso Police Department ( E.P.P.D.) at the age of sixteen for the double murder of two teenagers, namely Armando Lazo and Bobby (Robert ) England. He spent 25 years in prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment before finally proving his innocence in a re-trial in 2018. This all began when on 10th April 1993, when four young men, Armando Lazo, Bobby(Robert), England, Jesse Hernandez, and Juan Medina, were shot after returning from a party. Jesse and Juan escaped, but Lazo and England were shot and died. The E.P.P.D. Officers Marquez, Graves, Arbogast and Laredo were investigating the murder case. They interrogated Micheal Johnston for eight hours, threatening him. The other suspect was David Rangel,...

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Anti-Defection Statute Is Ineffective In Times Of Crises; It Should Be Repealed

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 4, 20220

Maharashtra's anti-defection statute has again come to the fore in the recent political upheavals in the state. There are a number of issues to be resolved. While a no-confidence vote is being considered, may the Speaker (or in his absence, the Deputy Speaker) rule on a petition for disqualification of the current Speaker? Is it possible for the Supreme Court to examine the judgement before it is made? If two-thirds of the party's MLAs choose to break away from the party's leadership, would they have to unite with another party to avoid being disqualified from the election? As a first step, we must address the core source of these problems and abolish the anti-defection statute. In a nutshell, the anti-defection rule, also known as the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, prohibits MPs a...

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Press Freedom And Mysterious Disappearance Of ‘Hanuman Bhakt,’

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 4, 20220

After India was rated 150th out of 180 nations in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2022, more sober friends asked the same issue. For comparison, China is at 175, Bangladesh is at 162, Russia is at 155, Afghanistan is at 156, and Pakistan is at 157. At 146, Sri Lanka outperforms India, whereas Bhutan (33) and Nepal (76) are both substantially poorer countries. Since 2016, when India was ranked 133rd, its position has steadily slipped. North Korea is ranked at the bottom of the ranking, which includes Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. The World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) is compiled using qualitative and quantitative criteria by a non-profit organisation named Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Authorities in India aren't happy with the technique, particularly the subjective nature of the q...

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Learning Outcome Through Homework: Boon Or Bane For Students?

Pooja YadavJuly 4, 20220

One in all the foremost dreaded tasks of a highschool student, homework. Several students think homework being long, arduous, highly time-consuming and painful, especially essays. Swamped with homework, students work into the late hours of night and into the first hours of the morning before school. Sometimes this is often a results of procrastination, but mainly it's because our work load is simply too heavy. Many students say that homework isn't necessary, that it's just a waste of their time. For this reason many folks tend to try and do our homework in school, copy it off of our friends or not sleep with in the slightest degree, which actually is hurting ourselves. Even those people who bed sometimes complete homework sloppily at the second, which might show the teacher that the

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Judiciary Only Accountable To Constitution: CJI Ramana

Arpita SarkarJuly 4, 20220

Social workers and journalists are being arrested in one case after another. Opposition groups called for a boycott of the Narendra Modi government. Now the country's judiciary can give some relief to the various camps. Standing on American soil in this situation, Chief Justice NV Ramana said that the judiciary has responsibility only toward the Constitution. Chief Justice Ramana was received today at an event in San Francisco by American citizens of Indian descent. "We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of our independence," Ramna said on the occasion. The age of the Republic of India is 72. Different institutions have been given different roles and responsibilities in our constitution. Sadly, we are not aware of them." According to the Chief Justice, “the ruling party thinks that...

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India Re-establishes Diplomatic Relation With Afghanistan; Read What’s On Table

Vikas DeshwalJuly 2, 20220

After ten months, India's formal return to North Asia was the reopening of the Indian Embassy in Kabul. After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, India withdrew its official in August last year. From the side of India, JP Singh takes charge of Afghanistan. JP Singh meets with two Taliban leaders. One is the acting foreign minister Amir khan Muttaqi and his deputy, Mohammed Abbas Stankizai, during JP Singh's trip to Kabul. He gifted Mr Muttaqi a plaque with a quote from the holy Quran. The external affairs ministry said that the technical team reached Kabul on Thursday and was deployed at the embassy to "closely monitor and coordinate the efforts of various collaborators for the effective delivery of humanitarian help and in continuation of our appointment with the Afghan people". Tal

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Russo-Ukrainian War Melts Winter War Ice: Finland Moves Closer To Joining NATO

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 2, 20220

Sweden and, most importantly, Finland are the only E.U. not to join North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(N.A.T.O), constituting the U.S.A and other European countries. This is subject to change as both the countries come inches close to becoming part of N.A.T.O. after the Madrid summit on 29th June 2022. Finland achieved its independence from Russia in 1917. However, being at the border of a powerful state and losing a war resulted in losing 10% of their land. Finland opted for what war experts called ‘Finladisation’, i.e. opting to be neutral when bordered by a strong neighbour. The attack on Ukraine in Finland has changed its outlook. 62% of Fins have voted for joining N.A.T.O. in 2022, which had been 7% in 2017. Finland is primarily a key to this conflict if its membership in N.

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The Papuan Conflict: Unknown War That Still Continues

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 2, 20220

The Papuan movement is little known worldwide, with little media covering the situation. As the Russo-Ukrainian conflict captures the attention due to the N.A.T.O and American planning because of domestic and international discrimination, the Papuan tribe's pain is not recognised. It is on the brink of utter submission to its aggressors Indonesia. The conflict is old as the nation of Indonesia and West Papua. In 1961 the Dutch relinquished their control over the Dutch East Indies, becoming Indonesia. The Guineas, later renamed West Papua, were also freed in 1962. However, this independence did not last long as Indonesians took control of the territory and annexed it in 1963. In the form of the U.N., the Western powers decreed the Act Of Free Choice in 1969. This was an election for P...

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Columbia’s Peace Remains Incomplete, Environmentalists Become Endangered

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 1, 20220

Since the rise of industrialisation and urbanisation across the globe for human leisure and comfort, these technological advancements have taken a toll on nature and the world's environments. Many natural disasters and ill changes have occurred globally ever since and continue to plague the Earth's ecosystem to the point of destruction. To combat this, environmentalists actively protest for stopping, reforming and innovating methods and means used by modern factories and other industrial structures to save the planet and protect the environment. However, the messengers of this message are getting killed in Columbia. In Columbia, after the historic 2016 peace agreement ended, a 50-year-old civil war between the government and the leftist F.A.R.C. guerrillas. The programme sought t...

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Maha Politics: BJP’s Move To Make Shinde CM Is More Troubling To Uddhav Than His Resignation

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 1, 20220

The BJP showed its tactical prowess by appointing Eknath Shinde as Maharashtra CM. The BJP's mistake in 2019 was to play the position of a big brother too aggressively, and that cost them, Shiv Sena, as a partner. With Devendra Fadnavis as Shinde's deputy, the larger Sena group has returned to the NDA with a courteous re-entry. Having a Maratha Sainik as the CM would lessen the sting of the charges of treachery levelled by Thackeray's father and son. Furthermore, deputy CM Shinde has a higher chance of wooing supporters of the Uddhav faction than CM Shinde. Shinde, in contrast to Uddhav, may be less difficult for BJP to deal with since he never forgave the party for lowering Sena to its junior partner. The CM is Shinde, although the BJP is expected to retain a large number of critic...

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India’s Rank Declines In Environmental Performance Index Despite Several Initiatives

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 1, 20220

India was classified last in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 despite implementing Sashakt Bharat, Swachh Bharat and Sanatan Bharat. India is the least environmentally sustainable of 180 nations surveyed. India has the lowest EPI at 18.9, according to the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, Columbia University, and the McCall MacBain Foundation. EPI is a data-driven perspective of global sustainability. It ranks 180 countries on climate change, environmental health and ecosystem vitality using 40 performance indicators in 11 domains. These measures demonstrate how close nations are to fulfilling national environmental targets. The EPI scorecard highlights environmental leaders and laggards and offers practical guidance for countries pursuing a m...

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Exposure To Air Pollutants Causes Multiple Chronic Diseases: Study

Arpita SarkarJuly 1, 20220

Exposure to air pollutants, also known as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), is associated with a risk of clustering multiple chronic diseases, according to a new study published this week by PLOS Global Public Health. Some previous studies have provided ample evidence on the link between air pollution and individual chronic diseases. Although chronic diseases become clusters due to shared biological or environmental risk factors, there is a limited idea of ​​how air pollution can promote the accumulation of multiple chronic diseases. In the new study, researchers Kai Hu and his colleagues, used data from 19,098 respondents to the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) survey from 2011 to 2015, as well as historical satellite data on PM2.5 exposure over 15 years. P...

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