Author: Sayani Banerjee

To strengthen and support the healthcare network across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new mission. On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the largest pan-India schemes to reinforce the healthcare system, Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure. The mission will stretch for the next four or five years to help and strengthen our country’s healthcare infrastructure.  Apart from the mission, PM has also launched various other development projects worth around ₹5200 crores in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Objectives of the mission  The Prime Minister’s mission has three main objectives to address to fill the…

It was no small feat to secure such high scores and rank in UPSC, India’s most challenging government service recruitment exam, but Umesh Labana was not a quitter. A visual disability could not stand as a barrier to this Himachal resident as he decided to set sail towards achieving his goal. Stephen Hawking’s saying, “Disability need not be an obstacle to success”, rings true for Himachal’s Umesh Labana as he secures 397th rank in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination this year. Labana is a resident of Kolar village in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh and has been…

As per the Gregorian A, Eid Milad-un-Nabi began on the evening of 18th October and will end on the evening of 19th October. The date of the festival changes every year according to the Islamic calendar—the history and significance of the holy celebration. The festival of Eid Milad-un-Nabi is celebrated in India and other Islamic states on different dates every year according to the Islamic calendar, which is a lunar calendar. This year this holy festivity began on 18th October evening and will continue till the evening of the next day. The celebrations are honoured to mark the birth of…

Royal Marriage: The Netherlands is well known for being the first country to legalize same-sex marriage about twenty years ago. However, this freedom did not apply to the Royal Family of the country. The Dutch Royal family has given their princess a green sign to marry any person of any gender without being threatened by the idea of losing the throne. For them, the government had different rules that said that if an heir of the family wanted to enter into a marital relationship with a same-sex partner, they would have to forfeit their title and right to the throne.…

Radical Islamist mobs attack Hindus destroy temples and pandals continuously and their Puja rituals in Bangladesh Despite the government’s strict orders against violence, people vandalized Durga idols and burnt ISKCON temples while brutally abusing Hindus. Mobs Attack Hindus Destroy On the 13th of October, while India celebrated Navratri, minorities in Bangladesh suffered extreme abuse and attacks. Extremists of the country vandalized pandals, temples, and idols. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s promise to deliver justice as soon as possible does not calm the bereaved hearts who declared the date ‘Black Day.’ Mobs Attack Hindus Destroy: Why the sudden outbreak? The widespread violence…

A planet equal to our Jupiter in size is orbiting a dwarf star, and astronomers believe it is what our solar system’s future may look like once the Sun dies. Astronomers suggest what our solar system may be in the future when our Sun dies after a billion years down the track. On Wednesday, within the Journal Nature, astronomers reported observing an exciting preview of our photovoltaic system’s afterlife. Some 6500 light-years away from Earth, a Jupiter-like planet called MOA-2010-BLDG-477 Lb revolves around a star that has gone dormant. Astronomers have discovered a planet star pair that replicates the future…

Documentation of grief and loss suffered by a woman and how she picks her pieces, glueing them together, is what the movie offers. Venessa Kirby’s rewarding performance as a mother who silently accepts and endures her pain stuns everyone. Opening with a great, terrifying and most gripping prologue that one has seen recently, Pieces of a Woman initially appears to be a well-executed film that is destined to achieve great things. However,  Kornél Mundruczó’ s great exposure to loss, and mental trauma cannot penetrate deep into the audience’s minds and hearts. The exceptional opening sequence The director opens his film…

Former Facebook product manager, Frances Haugen, put forward her comments on Facebook’s policies and recommended social regulators to safeguard people from being harmed in front of the US Congress. After a recent six hours, prolonged outage suffered by Facebook and its family apps, Whatsapp and Instagram,  the social media giant faces another crisis of allegations. The blackout occurs when the company is struggling with the repercussions of a series of reports by The Wall Street Journal based on several documents provided by the whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Who is Frances Haugen? Haugen (37-year-old), an engineer with a brilliant record working as…

Sharp rise in LPG, Petrol and diesel prices just before Navratri left the public dumbfounded, Congress swoops in and demands a decline in such sky-high prices. On October 6, the fee-paying LPG ( Liquid Petroleum Gas) price increased by  ₹15 following international fuel prices. In Delhi, a non-subsidized 14.2 kg cylinder will cost ₹899.50 — which was earlier priced at ₹884.50 per cylinder. The 14.2 kg cylinders previously cost ₹911 in Kolkata and ₹900.50 per cylinder in Chennai, according to the information of Indian Oil Corporation. Present rates are yet to be determined in other metropolitans apart from the national…

While the PM CARES appears as a state fund for people in need, the Union Government maintains that it is not. On Wednesday, such notions got debunked as Delhi High Court is now deciding the Fund’s nature.    PM CARES (Prime Minister Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund) is often and generally regarded as a public fund maintained by the Government of India. However, the Union government preserves its private status. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) even refused to release pertinent information to the public domain under the Right to Information Act, 2005, regarding the funding is constitutional. To…