At a time, Narendra Modi government is proposing to bring out legislation regulating cryptocurrency, the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), the premier forum intended to protect the economic interests of Indians, demanded to ban such private digital currency. In a resolution adopted at it’s two-day national meet in Gwalior, it cautioned that “there is no underlying asset”, “issuer is not identifiable”, “recognition of cryptocurrency may lead to heavy speculation which may adversely impact financial markets” and “recognition may also result in money laundering and terror financing”. SJM further detailed its objections to this digital currency, stating: First of all, it’s a wrong notion…
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People belonging to ethnic, cultural, and religious groups in northwestern China, including Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and Hui, are currently the target of the largest organized detention of an ethno-religious minority the world has seen since World War II. Since 2017, over one million have been detained. Detainees are made to work under constant surveillance, with assigned minders and no freedom to leave. Their forced labor contributes to the production of goods for numerous multinationals. The native people of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Northwest China—known to locals as East Turkistan—are largely from Turkic ethnic groups. Ethnically and culturally distinct from China’s majority Han population, most Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz,…
Desmond Tutu, Anti-apartheid crusider and voice of justice, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who played crucial role in ending apartheid in South Africa, dead yesterday in Cape Town, at 90. the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric Desmond Tutu, whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa. Confirming his death, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences to Tutu’s family and friends, calling him “a patriot without equal.” ”A man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid, he was…
Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture G Kishan Reddy said that infrastructure is being developed in the temple town of Bhadrachalam and it would be the last station of the ‘Ramayana Circuit’ He also shared that a draft policy on tourism is being worked upon. He was speaking after handing over cheques, sanction letters to the stakeholders who have been granted the loansunder the Loan Guarantee Scheme for COVID Affected Tourism Sector Services (LGSCATSS)at a programme organised by South Region of Ministry of Tourism at Hyderabad. The Minister said that Tourism Sector was one of the most adversely affected…
Industry leaders from across 30 major sectors participated in job fairs organised across the length and breadth of the country over a period of seven days between December, 17 and 23, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Campaign. These job fairs, organised under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) programme by the Ministry of Rural Development, were facilitated by various State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLM) and Project Implementation Agencies (PIA). Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was started with an ambitious agenda to benchmark wage placement-linked programs to global standards. Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)…
Derence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for Defence Technology & Test Centre and BRAHMOS Manufacturing Centre, established by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in Lucknow, in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. A first of its kind Defence Technologies & Test Centre (DTTC), over approximately 22 acres is being set up to accelerate the growth of the defence and aerospace manufacturing clusters in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UP DIC). The BRAHMOS Manufacturing Centre, announced by BrahMos Aerospace, is a modern, state-of-art facility in the Lucknow node of UP DIC. It will cover over 200 acres and produce the new…
Telangana has a lot more to be done in affordable housing, says Center for Science and Environment (CSE)’s pilot assessment. Telangana’s Dignity Housing Scheme says that it meets some of the thermal comfort requirements, but not all. CSE’s assessment report – Guidelines for Affordable Housing in Telangana — released by Telangana’s Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar, in a meeting organised jointly by CSE and Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad. Along with building design, it suggests the need to pay attention to the layout plan of building clusters. It found that a single building block may show 38 per cent day-lit areas, but in a cluster this…
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), a leading intergovernmental organisation in the field of democracy support, deplored that “democracy is at risk. Its survival is endangered by a perfect storm of threats, both from within and from a rising tide of authoritarianism.” According to it’s recent annual report on “The Global State of Democracy” (GSoD), for the fifth consecutive year the number of countries leaning towards autocracy in 2020 outnumbered those going in the opposite direction. In total, it found 20 countries moved in the direction of autocracy compared to only 7 that improved in a democratic…
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that converted Christians and Muslims should be excluded from the list of tribes. The VHP annual joint meeting of the Central Board of Trustees and Governing Council, held in Junagadh of Gujarat, in a resolution demanded the Central Government to make necessary amendments in the Constitution to exclude converted tribal people from the list of tribes. So, it said that genuine tribes can get their due reservation rights. It recalled that many Courts in the country including the Supreme Court on many occasions have given rulings in this regard. It asked, how long will the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that from January 3, vaccination will start for the children in the age group of 15-18 years. The move is likely to aid in education normalization in schools and will reduce the worry of the parents with school going children. Announcing the nation lasat night, he also announced precaution dose for healthcare and frontline workers from January 10. This has been done in the light of the amount of time that the frontline workers and health care workers spend in the service of Covid patients. In India, this has been called ‘precaution dose’ not booster…