Tag: India
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Shashi Tharoor on USCIRF report, “To see India’s image under assault is shaming”
On 29 April, in an interview with NDTV on US’ Religious Freedom Watchdog Criticizes India over Violence against Minorities, Dr. Shashi Tharoor expressed severe concerns over the picture that has been projected in the 2020 report. Dr. Tharoor stated that to see India’s image under assault in the USCIRF report is somewhat disgracing; the religious ... -
Why does NRI population stuck in India eager to fly back to the US?
The Indian Diaspora that stays and earns in dollars is stuck in their homeland, since the lockdown was imposed on most of the Indian population. The NRI population that stays in the US is wishing to go back and appealing to PM Narendra Modi to open access to flights for their safe return. Most of ... -
How this small district has kept itself safe of Covid-19?
Chamarajanagar has been able to protect itself against the corona virus outbreak, at a time when its state of Karnataka was becoming a hotspot in the spread. It was surrounded by states that had cases multiplying by the numbers. But it could still keep itself clear off any contamination, from the time the first case ... -
Mutual funds get Rs 50,000 special liquidity support from RBI amid lockdown
The Reserve Bank Of India’s (RBI) liquidity offer has given some level of solace the debt market, which is feeling tremendous recovery pressure, particularly in credit risk investments. On Monday, the RBI announced a Rs 50,000 crores Special Liquidity Facility Scheme. Since the lockdown announcement from the end of March, mutual fund investors bared a ... -
Rahul Gandhi strikes at the Government on halting hike in Dearness allowances and Dearness relief
Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi strikes at the Government on Friday saying, suspension of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) is an inhuman and insensitive choice. The contribution of central government employees, soldiers, and pensioners has been exceptional in building our economy, he added. Suspending DA from around 1.14 crore government employees and pensioners, ... -
Why IT hardware and smart phones should be on essential services?
Looking at the way most of India has adopted the Work From Home culture, hardware availability and maintenance is the next big challenge facing everyone. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) is now urging the Home Ministry to allow sale of mobile phones, laptops, desktops, storage devices and other related products. This would mean ... -
After Delhi, now Mumbai got permission to use Plasma Therapy for Covid-19
Maharashtra State, at present, is the worst-hit state in India with 5,652 coronavirus positive cases and 269 deaths reported. On April 22, around 778 confirmed cases were recorded in 24 hours. Maharashtra has requested authorization from ICMR to utilize plasma therapy for Covid-19 patients as it was found effective in Delhi. On April 4, a ... -
Coronavirus: Is India doing the right thing to utilize surplus rice for producing hand sanitizers?
India’s poor are sleeping in hunger, and the Center decides on Monday to convert the surplus rice into Ethanol to produce hand-sanitizers. According to experts, the Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) foodgrain stocks stood at 77.6 (mt) in March 2020, Indian Express reported. Rahul Gandhi slams the Government on tweeter in Hindi, saying,” When will ... -
China reacts to India’s new FDI policy rules, calling it ‘discriminatory and against WTO norms’
On April 18, India curbed the Foreign direct investments (FDI) regulations to forestall acquisitions of Indian companies or opportunistic takeovers during the economic slowdown. The move was sharply criticized by China on April 20, stating that India’s new FDI rules are a violation of WTO rules and against the free trade norms. The Center revised ... -
US Commission recommends India be blacklisted over its religious intolerance
The recent report by the US commission on international religious freedom suggested that India should be added to the list of “countries of particular concern”, on whom sanctions can be imposed if their activities remain unchanged. The report said,“In 2019, religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities under increasing ...









