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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 Act was first amende

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  World Health Organization (WHO) . Symptoms The symptoms of most coro

Cyber Bullying

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“ The digital world is developing with such force and such a pace that you simply can't ban or control it. People want to be globally connected. ” Correctly said by Elif Safak, British novelist, activist and public speaker that we cannot stop people from using technology in this developing and fast paced world, however people should know the correct use of the technologies. Crime through these digital platforms have become an unwanted but a real disease. The Internet and technologies make our lives easier, that is for sure. However, we have faced the other side of our era, that is cyber bullying and difficulties to stop it. Cyber bullying is a multi-faced problem and definitions of this problem differ when made from the point of view of various disciplines. Yet the common features of all kinds of cyber bullying are as following, insulting or hurtful texts/images are sent directly to a victim over the cell phone/Internet or posted on the web for more people to par

Media Reacts to Soleimani’s Assassination

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On 3rd January,2020 when everyone was still in a festive mood, when US President Donald Trump gave approval to kill Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani,62 at the last minute while he was on a vacation at his resort in Florida in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday. This triggered a sense of fear for World War III amongst the people   round the world. In a statement about the attack, the Pentagon said: “At the direction of the president, the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad by killing Qassem Soleimani.” It added: “This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. “The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. ” The country’s President, Hassan Rouhani, promised Iran would continue to resist “American expansionism” and “take revenge” on the dead general’s behalf . Media ar