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Why is Valentine's Day Celebrated?
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Valentine's Day , also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. There are numerous martyrdom stories associated with various Valentines connected to February 14, including a written account of Saint Valentine of Rome's imprisonment for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire. Saint Valentine The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discover
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