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In his latest dig at Rahul Gandhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said the Congress leader's face has changed. He looks more like Saddam Hussein. Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "I told in a television interview a few days ago that there is no problem with Rahul Gandhi's new look. But if you have to change your looks, then at least make it like Vallabhbhai Patel or Jawaharlal Nehru. Even better if you look like Gandhiji, but why do you look more like Saddam Hussein now?" "Congress's culture is not close to India. Their practices are close to those who have not yet understood India," added he. Before 2014, people called it Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi or Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid. Himanta Biswa asked, "Now you think, Ram is a God and who is Babur? Why were their names t...

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Floating Solar Farms Can Put An End To Global Energy Crisis: NASA

Arpita SarkarSeptember 10, 20220

A growing number of floating solar farms are being built around the world. They are particularly popular in Asia, according to the US space agency NASA, which photographed one of the world's largest floating solar farms from space. The 320-megawatt Dezhou Dingzhuang Floating Solar Farm in China's Shandong province was built. It is as a part of a drive to decarbonize the city of Dezhou. The city of about 5 million people is known as the Solar Valley and is said to get about 98% of its energy from solar energy. "Space on land can be crowded and expensive – and using it to build solar farms can create tension with farmers, conservationists, and other groups," said NASA. Floating solar is considered a key technology in decarbonizing the economy by 2050, says NASA. A study in the journ...

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India Ranks Last In Environmental Health: Report

Arpita SarkarJune 10, 20220

India ranks last among 180 countries in the world in terms of environmental health judged for environmental performance by a US-based organization. Denmark topped the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) recently published by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, followed by the United Kingdom and Finland. EPI provides a data-driven summary of sustainable conditions around the world. Using 40 performance indicators across 11 issues, EPI ranks 180 countries on climate change effectiveness, environmental health and the vitality of ecosystems. These indicators provide a measure on a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. The repor...

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India Is Gradually Moving Towards Civil War: Lalu Prasad Yadav

Arpita SarkarJune 6, 20220

The former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav was released on bail a few days ago. However, his house and office are still being searched from time to time by the Central Investigation Agency. In this context, Lalu fired at the BJP. He claimed that India was gradually moving towards civil war. Leaders of BJP, JDU and RJD appeared on one stage in Patna on Sunday on the occasion of 'Complete Revolution Day'. RJD chief Lalu was invited but could not go due to health reasons. But sent a video message. There, Lalu attacked the central government on issues like unemployment and inflation. At first, Lalu said respecting Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan, the situation against the dictatorship which they started 48 years ago, has come before the country again. "The BJP wants to destroy the brotherho...

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Pace Of Economic Growth Is Weakening Day By Day: P Chidambaram

Arpita SarkarJune 4, 20220

The former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has accused the Modi government of slowing down the pace of economic growth, despite its "promise" to turn the economy around. The growth rate for the last three months of the last fiscal year, from January to March, was only 4.1 percent according to the official figures released on Tuesday. Today, Chidambaram said, the most shocking data is that the quarterly growth rate in 2021-22 has gradually come down to 20.1%, 8.4%, 5.4% to 4.1%. This statistic says that the economy is slowing down. There is no sign of the economy turning around as promised by the government. The Modi government's finance ministry claimed that in 2021-22, GDP had reached the previous level of Covid. According to Chidambaram, the GDP of 2021-22 is only slightly highe...

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Better To Forget About Gas Subsidies: Centre

Arpita SarkarJune 3, 20220

Although the price of cooking gas continues to rise, the subsidy is somewhere zero, somewhere nominal (only Rs 19.57 in Kolkata). In the face of pressure, the center has recently given a discount of Rs 200 per cylinder (12 a year) to the poor customers of Ujjwala only. As a result, all the low-income people who are living above the poverty line are struggling to get salt, they are ruined by counting more than a thousand rupees. In this situation, on Thursday, the question was asked in favor of not giving subsidies on behalf of the Center. Oil Ministry Secretary Pankaj Jain has made it clear that the cooking gas subsidy is only available to Ujjwala Yojana customers. The rest have to buy cylinders at market price. As a result, new suspicions have been raised all over the country. ...

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Process To Implement Uniform Civil Code To Begin Soon: Uttarakhand Government

Arpita SarkarMay 28, 20220

The chief minister of Uttarakhand, Puskar Singh Dhami, had promised that the process of enforcing the uniform civil code would begin as soon as the BJP wins the assembly polls. After winning the election and returning to power, this time he is eager to keep that promise. Headed by the retired Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, the state government has formed a committee to look into the legal process for enforcing uniform civil law in Uttarakhand. According to the Uttarakhand government, the committee will outline the same laws for marriage, divorce, land and inheritance for people of all faiths. The committee comprises retired Justice Promod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, retired IAS officer Shatrughan Singh and Dun University Vice-Chancellor Surekha Dangwal. Announ...

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West Bengal Has Devastatingly Less Number Of Job Opportunities Compared With Others: Survey

Arpita SarkarMay 25, 20220

CM Mamata Banerjee has given the message of industrialization in the state after coming to power for the third time in West Bengal To that end, industry conferences have been held almost regularly to attract investment. But the fact that West Bengal is still far behind the industrialized states of the country in terms of manufacturing mills again came up in the industrial survey of the Center. A preliminary report of the 'Annual Industrial Survey' of the Union Ministry of Statistics and Project Implementation has been published. The 2019-20 survey shows that the total number of factories in West Bengal is only 9,650. About 5 lakh 80 thousand workers work in these factories. But there are more than 38,000 factories in Tamil Nadu which are in the first row in terms of the number of factor...

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Four States In Sight For Child Missing In India: National Crime Records Bureau

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

On average, 29 children are lost every day in Madhya Pradesh. 14 persons a day in Rajasthan. That was the picture in 2021, showing a report by a volunteer organization working with children. The National Crime Records Bureau says, "The average number of children lost in the two states on a daily basis is at least five times higher than that of boys." The voluntary organization fears that a large proportion of these lost children and adolescents may be employed as child labourers. There is also a fear that girls will be involved in domestic help and even in sex work. Not only in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, but the number of missing children has also increased dramatically in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. According to last year's Khatian, at least five children go missing every day in Del...

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Call For Ban On Widowhood In Villages Of Maharashtra: Rural Development Department

Arpita SarkarMay 23, 20220

Breaking the boundaries of conservatism, an initiative was taken to ban the practice of widowhood in the province of Savitribai Phul. Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Musharraf has called on all Gram Panchayats in the state for this. In this case, he gave the example of Herwar village in Kolapur. A circular in this regard was issued at the Rural Development Department last Tuesday. After that, an official statement has been issued on behalf of the department. The CEO of the District Council has been given the responsibility to implement this circular. No punishment has been provided for disobeying the circular. However, emphasis has been laid on raising awareness in this regard. The CEO will be assisted in this task by all the Gram Panchayat officials under him. Mi...

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PM Modi Assures To Withdraw AFSPA In North-East India!

Arpita SarkarApril 29, 20220

PM Narendra Modi has claimed that the incidence of sabotage and violence in the Northeast has dropped by 75% in the last eight years since the BJP took power at the Center. "The Center is trying to phase out AFSPA from the entire Northeast," Modi said at a public meeting on peace, unity and development in Assam's Karbi Anglo. In Assam, Modi said, "Violence in Assam and the North-East has decreased significantly. The law and order situation has improved. Therefore, AFSPA has been withdrawn in 23 districts of Assam and in different parts of Nagaland and Manipur. Now that the BJP is running a double-engine government at the center and in the states, lasting peace is returning to Assam and rapid development is taking place. We are trying our best to withdraw AFSPA from everywhere." ...