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The Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party, on the other hand, are currently on the back foot due to a lack of credible leaders capable of countering the strength of Yogi Adityanath and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The forthcoming election in Uttar Pradesh is going to be a two pronged fight with BJP and its allies on one side and Mulayam Singh’s Samajwadi Party and its allies on the other side. The situation is very fluid and the floating votes will make the difference between victory and defeat. A large section of farmers who are at loggerheads with the BJP, especially in eastern UP which has a sizeable Sikh population, could switch alliance to other parties. As for  Congress  and Bahujan Samaj Party, they are on the back foot now without any credible leaders who can take on the might of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath or former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. BJP banking on the decision to revoke farm laws The BJP was counting on the fact that the withdrawal of the farm bills ...

The mandis are the hub of corruption, with touts dictating the price of agricultural produce. This is one of the causes for the big price difference between the selling price of agricultural produce and the price paid by consumers. Before the advent of the private players in the telecom field, the sector was the sole playground of public sector undertakings like BSNL and TN. In the nineties when the IT sector was booming, greenhorns like me were taking the first tentative steps in the new field. Broadband was a necessity and professionals like me who came from B and C grade cities found maintaining the Broadband connectivity excruciating. Often underground cables were cut and the BSNL workers had to be bribed to do the work. With the reforms in the telecom sector and the advent of private players, everything has changed and the biggest beneficiary is the consumer. Revocation of the farm bills a watershed moment in Indian history In this context, the revoking of the  farm bills  is go...

Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s Indian-origin CEO, is prompting the world sit up and take note of the country’s expanding presence among top corporate jobs. Parag Agrawal’s appointment as Twitter CEO has given a huge leg up to India, as he becomes the first Indian-origin chief of the renowned microblogging platform. The fact that Twitter has got an Indian-origin CEO has also made the world sit up and notice the country’s ever expanding presence among top  corporate jobs . Agrawal isn’t the first ever Indian-origin chief of a multi-national. But with Twitter having made its presence felt in the Indian psyche over the past few years, his ascend to the top job accords an additional charm for the social media major’s India activities too. With Parag Agrawal becoming Twitter boss, he joins stalwarts of Indian-origin who have made their ascent to some of the largest conglomerates. Parag Agrawal latest in list of global tech CEOs Of late, the corporate scenario has transformed in such a way that p...

As a result of the Central laws being made directly applicable to the newly formed UT, consumer courts were closed, leaving thousands of cases pending in the absence of these courts. The Jammu and Kashmir Law Department appears to be unconcerned about people's suffering, since it has failed to reopen consumer courts in the Union Territory following the repeal of Article 370 in 2019. The J-K Law Department has been unable to reopen the Consumer District Forum and Consumer Commission in Jammu and Kashmir, which were closed following the abrogation of  Article 370 , which forced the closure of many institutions, including the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). Consumer courts were closed as a result of Article 370 abrogation Consumer courts were closed as a result of the Central laws being made immediately applicable to the newly constituted UT, resulting in thousands of cases lingering for resolution in the absence of these courts. “With the new Act taking effect, the present co...

A person who is HIV positive does not have to be doomed or unable to live a normal life. Antiretroviral treatment, which can lengthen an HIV patient's remission time, is a source of hope. December 1 is celebrated all over the world as ‘World AIDS Day’. The world today has come a long way since the first discovery of the virus in the eighties. The disease has also broken many myths during its process of evolution. When the disease first hit the world scene, it was considered a disease of the West and the people in the Orient thought they were morally and culturally more superior than the promiscuous people of the West and therefore, they were at a lesser risk. However, this myth was broken and the East bore the brunt of the AIDS disease. AIDS spread like wildfire in India The disease caused much more damage in India since it did not remain within the domain of homosexuals and drug addicts but spread among the heterosexual persons also. The disease spread like wildfire and cultural...

Due to their "unauthorized absence," the School Education Department terminated the services of four teachers on November 23. Jammu and Kashmir's intelligence agencies and civil administration are planning to fire at least 47 government employees, including non-performers and those with alleged militant ties. More than 40 government employees likely to be terminated According to a Jammu-based Daily, intelligence organizations working on the identification of government officers/officials linked to "militancy or aiding militancy, directly or indirectly" have identified 28 more such staffers who have "doubtful records." Nineteen officers/officials are on the civil administration's radar as "non-performing" but unrelated to  militancy , and their records are being investigated in order to take legal action against them, according to the report. ‘Pro-militancy and under-performers not same’ Action in both categories—pro-militancy personnel ...

' STREET' to be implemented in seven districts in the first phase Looking to tap into the rural hinterland of the state, Kerala’s tourism administration is ushering in a unique travel project so as to help visitors experience the diversity of offerings in these interior terrains. Christened STREET, short for Sustainable, Tangible, Responsible, Experiential, Ethnic, Tourism hubs, the first phase of the project will be rolled out in select spots across seven districts in the state. The select spots are Kadalundi in Kozhikode; Thrithala and Pattithara in Palakkad; Pinarayi and Ancharakkandi in Kannur; Maravanthuruthu and Manchira in Kottayam; Valiyaparamba in Kasaragod; Kanthalloor in Idukki; and Chekadi in Wayanad. The project, which is expected to take at least four years for implementation, has been conceived by the Responsible  Tourism  Mission and is inspired by the ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’ slogan of The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). According to ...

Health officials scramble to trace missing woman after alert from Delhi As the world goes into a panic mode with the emergence of a new COVID variant, the crisis hits closer at home. A woman who arrived from South Africa via Delhi to Jabalpur has vanished and all efforts to trace the missing person have not succeeded till the time this news goes to press. The world has seen the  Delta variant of Corona  wreaking havoc and it is now bracing for the unknown impacts of the latest variant – Omicron. Flights are being cancelled and a close watch is being kept on travellers arriving from South Africa and Botswana where the new variant was first detected. Missing woman had travelled from Botswana to Jabalpur via New Delhi A woman who travelled from Botswana to Jabalpur via New Delhi has gone missing and authorities are trying to trace her whereabouts. Health authorities in New Delhi have been tracing all the passengers who have entered India via Africa. In the process, they are tracing the ...

The government will continue to place great emphasis on medical research, especially in medical colleges, over the next 5 years Efforts by the Kerala government to encourage research in medical colleges will be further spruced up with the state’s Health Department declaring that the best research in the health sector shall be awarded. Dwelling upon the topic of how to make medical research more effective,  Kerala  Health Minister Veena George said that the government will continue to place great emphasis on research in the health sector, especially in medical colleges, over the next five-year period. All options to make this happen in the most serious manner will be weighed, she added. Plans to spur medical research to a higher level Kerala’s medical colleges have already made a name nationally for the best healthcare facilities offered. These medical colleges that excel academically have immense scope for furthering the research activities. This realisation has led the state health ...

Vishwa Hindu Parishad has asked the police to investigate this incident of Love Jihad to prevent its recurrence. Vishwa Hindu Parishad Jabalpur Mahanagar has given a memorandum to Jabalpur SP. The memorandum called upon the police administration to put an end to instances of Love Jihad. It also asked for action on Land Mafia Don Hamid Hassan. The memorandum said that Hamid Hassan’s son was involved in Love Jihad and had abducted a girl. A case of molestation has been registered and the accused sent to jail. The case is being investigated by the police. The memorandum further said that the accused father is a known criminal and has been involved in Land Grabbing. https://youtu.be/UVF79LZJc7E However, no action has been taken against the accused father. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has asked Police to investigate and initiate NSA proceedings against the accused father. The accused father has been in the past involved in nefarious and anti-national activities including funding love j...

The AR headset will come with a higher-end main processor that has properties similar to the M1 chip seen in the first set of Apple silicon Macs How about sporting an augmented reality headset which is armed with some amazing Mac-level computing power? In case you aren’t convinced, let’s tell you that this is going to be a reality. Apple has in fact been in the works, developing an AR headset that bears a pair of processors that support high-end capabilities. Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst, who is always pumped up on gathering Apple intelligence, has put out the secret of the new upcoming AR headset from the company’s stables. M1 chip properties in AR headset Kuo has  reportedly  revealed that the higher-end main processor could have properties similar to the M1 chip which Apple had embedded in the first set of Apple silicon Macs last year. This apart, a lower-end processor will also be deployed to take care of the sensor-related aspects of the upcoming augmented reality headset. It is bei...

One of the most hyped movies of 2021, 83 releases its teaser that shows our proud Indian unity than divisive comments on 26/11 India is a land of many religions and languages, which taught ‘unity in diversity' to the world. It is undeniable that there aren’t any differences or tension, but all citizens calls themselves Indians first while introducing themselves. This is what the newly released teaser of 83 has tried to tell us. Unlike the social media irksome trends about the attack on 26/11 like ‘Hindu terror,’ the teaser subconsciously reminded us about the cries and shouts of joy after India lifted their first cricket world cup. 83 Teaser The makers of Ranveer Singh starrer 83 that narrates the story of cricketer  Kapil Dev  released the teaser today. A minute-long black and white teaser gives us a glimpse of the edge-off-the-seat match. It shows the match-winning ball where Madan Lal bowled to Vivian Richards and Kapil Dev took the catch – the moment that every Indian still c...