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Coronavirus

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Coronavirus is all over the media. The question that arises in the minds of people is ‘What is Coronavirus?’ and ‘How are people of China dying due to it?’ Coronaviruses  are a group of  viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, the viruses cause  respiratory infections which are typically mild including the common cold but rarer forms like  Severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) ,  Middle East respiratory syndrome ( MERS )  and the  currently out breaking coronavirus  can be lethal. In cows and pigs they may cause diarrhea, while in chickens they can cause an upper respiratory disease. There are no vaccines or antiviral drugs that are approved for prevention or treatment. In December 2019, a pneumonia outbreak was reported in  Wuhan ,  China . On 31 December 2019, the outbreak was traced to a novel strain of coronavirus, which was labeled as  2019-nCoV  by the...
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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 a...
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Citizenship Amendment Act

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Introduction The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB, which grants Indian citizenship to the non-Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhist, Jains and Parsis -- from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who arrived in India before December 31, 2014, was passed by the Rajya Sabha by the President. As many as 125 lawmakers voted in the favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and 99 against it. Background The Indian government passed the Citizenship Act in 1955. The Act provided two means for foreigners to acquire Indian citizenship. People from "undivided India” were given a means of registration after seven years of residency in India. Those from other countries were given a means of naturalisation after twelve years of residency in India. Political developments in the 1980s, particularly those related to the violent Assam movement against all migrants from Bangladesh, triggered revisions to the Citizenship Act of 1955. The Citizenship A...
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