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2019 at a Glance

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2019, the last year of the decade and the nineteenth year of the third millennium was an amazing year with some unusual events. Here’s what happened in 2019  1. Sabrimala Verdict 2. Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman sent back from Pakistan 3. School shooting in Brazil 4. Last Season of Game of Thrones Released 5. Last Part of Avengers Endgame  6. Impeachment of Donald Trump 7. Hong Kong Protests 8. Triple Talak Bill Passed 9. Launch of Chandrayan-II 10. General Elections  11. Article 370 withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir 12. Amazon Rainforest Fire 13. Aarey Forest Trees Cut 14. Assassination of ISIS Leader, Baghdadi  15. Protests for Citizenship Amendment Act 16. Maharashtra Elections 17. Ayodhya Verdict 18. Hyderabad Rape Case 19. Men Too Movement 20. US warning to North Korea against Nuclear Bomb - Nehal 

Citizen Amendment Bill

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Citizenship Amendment Bill  (CAB)  has been in the news a lot recently. For those of you wondering ‘What is CAB?’ ‘Why are people of Assam protesting against CAB?’ This blog will give you a short glimpse about CAB. The  Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019  is an Act of the  Parliament of India  amending the  Citizenship Act of 1955  to give a path to Indian citizenship to illegal migrants who entered India on or before 31 December 2014. It also seeks to relax the requirement of residence in India for citizenship by  naturalization  from 11 years to 5 years for these migrants. The Act excludes  Muslims  from such eligibility.  Assam noticed a huge influx of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants added to voter list, threatening their land, culture and livelihood. While CAB is supposedly Pan India, almost entire influx happens through the Assam border, which is more than 50 lakhs till date. Assamese are protesting towards the amendment, because, even if 10% people