Author: Somashekar N

India phasing towards Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles have been the vogue of climate change mitigating strategy, mainly preferred for their non-polluting, lightweight, and cost-free maintenance. Under the view of promoting electric vehicles, the Government of India launched National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) of 2013 to speed up adoption of electric vehicles to save 9500 million liters of crude oil which is equal to ₹62,000 crores. Further, the FAME India Phase I (launched in 2015) and Phase II (launched in 2019) were eventually launched under the NEMMP to incentivize the manufacturing of electric vehicles. Under the NEMMP, all Government vehicles are…

WHO has labeled four cough syrups Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N Cold Syrup of Maiden Pharmaceutical Ltd (Haryana, India) as substandard medicines. The declaration which was made on 5 Oct 2022 (following the deaths of 66 children who consumed these products in Gambia last month) downgrades the reputation of India, which is regarded as Global Pharmacy. Further, the manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited, has not guaranteed the safety and quality of these products to the World Health Organization. India: the global pharmacy India has provided medical assistance to several nations in multiple instances, some…

Growth-chasing private companies have been slimming down their workforce in recent months to save profit. The layoffs: a sacrifice to attain growth 1. NVIDIA – 22 May 2022 In late April, Robinhood (HOOD) announced trimming off 9% of its workforce to improve operational efficiency. Growth outcome:- The company managed to balance with this decision. 2. Tesla – 4 Jun 2022 Elon Musk was likely to cut 10% of Tesla’s staff and mailed his executives to stop hiring and bring back 40 hours of work every week. He also darted at a salary cut by 10%. Growth outcome:- The company managed…

Illegal mining has affected the Aravali range which serves as a barrier to check the expansion of Thar desert into the neighboring states of Delhi, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. But, since four decades (1972 – 2022) the range has shrunk from 10,462 Km to 6,116 Km accounting to 40% degradation. As per a study conducted by the Haryana government, there are 12 breach points in Aravali range accounting to 93 Km. These gaps are widely constituted by Magar Peak in Ajmer Rajasthan to Madhogarh and Khetri in Junjhunu district and towards the north of Mahendragarh district in Harayana. The Singhana-Digrota…

Swiss bank has shared the fourth set of account details of Indian clients (on 11 Oct 2022) as part of the annual information exchange. Under this process, the bank has shared the details of about thirty-four lakh account holders with 101 nations. OECD designed the AEOI (Automatic Exchange Of Information) agreement on 9 Dec 2014. India and Switzerland entered into AEOI agreement on Jan 2018 which permits the sharing of such information. The OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development) sets the guidelines for the AEOI agreement. Under the guidelines, the shared data includes:- – Name. – address. – country…

China had deprived its economic comfort in the past to dominate the global economy at present. Till today, the dragon nation managed to rank in the top two positions in terms of GDP. History of poverty in China China was one of the well-sustained economies with a socialist model of governance at the dawn of the twentieth century. Historically pastoral society was prevalent in ancient times with bleak industrialization. The anti-western culture of the nation resisted any technological inflow apart from the domestic establishments, during the 1950s around 83% of the population was dependent on agriculture. China’s humiliations: the primary…

India is no longer just a consumer of technology but a contributor to its development too. – Prime Minister Narendra Modi (while launching 5G services – 1 Oct 2022) While the above statement instills hope for a developing nation aspiring to technological revolution, the global paradigm manifests a stark irony for India. Basically, in layman’s terms, any telecom architecture consists of three basic parameters:- A Device (held by the user), Network (vended by the service provider), and The Linking Interface (which is either wired or wireless). So, primarily any upgrade in the quality of service requires modification in all three…

“Ukraine crisis is an outrage and it should never have been allowed to occur, ………….. The problem is not that Putin is smart, it’s that our leaders are dumb. ………………. Putin is playing Biden like a drum. The real problem is that our leaders are dumb, dumb. So dumb. You could take the five worst presidents in history, and they wouldn’t have done the damage President Joe Biden has done in such a short time.” – Donald Trump (26 Feb 2022) In the wake to counter Joe Biden, Mr. Donald Trump praised Vladimir Putin humorously and mediocre America’s efforts in…

“Bangladeshi’s facing economic hardship looks for better employment in India. Not everyone who crosses the border is a criminal or smuggler. There are many who inadvertently cross the border; this includes women and children and sometimes old people. There are people who are just curious to find the border or people visiting relatives. Our forces after interrogation hand these people to personnel of Border Guards Bangladesh through flag meetings,” – S.S. Guleria, DIG and spokesperson of the South Bengal Frontier of the BSF. BSF has expressed a kind gesture towards several Bangladeshi migrants who cross over the border without authentic…

Delhi was tagged as the “Crime capital” of India in a public speech by our present Prime Minister, owing to the large number of crimes that occur in the capital. The capital city tops all the crime charts of the country with a 41% share of the total crimes committed, as per the recently released Crime in India Data by NCRB. The live evidence of such crimes can be ascertained by several Police notices issued in the newspapers, which are about either missing individuals or the identification of unknown dead bodies. Crime hot spots of Delhi Most of the reported…