Universal basic income is a form of social net where the population receives a sum of money on a regular basis, no strings attached. In this article, we look at the pro’s and con’s to UBI and why it may be a good way to keep a country’s economy growing.
Plenty of actors are outspoken about their political views. Is it any surprise then that quite a few of them turn to politics? Here is a look at the latest batch of actors who are contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections across the country.
Kashmir has long been the apple of discord between India and Pakistan. The decade long conflict has polarised Indian households too. While some declare Kashmir a terror state and demand punishment for every Kashmiri, some call out the atrocities of Indian armed force in the valley as the reasons of insurgencies. But if we are to look closely, both the groups are at the extremes of the same spectrum that kept the Kashmir issue alive for so long. But to understand the perspective of Kashmiris, you need to step in the shoe of one, look at things in the light of their experiences.
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Anna Hazare has become a household name after he did something. Everyone knows he was “not eating food” for some national thing may be corruption. But don’t you want to know why that great man went extreme to bring those high on the power charts down to Earth. Let’s find
Great people in the time create enemies, there are people who won’t agree with their ideologies or methods and in order to stop them find no other way then to terminate them. Here is a list of the world’s most impactful assassinations that had a great impact on the world.
It takes some metal to move a crowd with just words. But these words of great mean were more than just words. The speech they gave changed the world, changed the onset of mind of people who heard them.
British Empire by 1922 ruled over 25% (33,700,000 km2) of the world’s land area and over 458 million people. It was said that the Sun never sets for the empire. The country half the size of France made this possible through superb organizational skills of the “White” Empire builders. the
Anna Hazare has disbanded Team Anna and has decided not to have any more talks with the government on Lokpal issue. The attitude of government towards the Lokpal bill forced them to do so. Anna Hazare ended his indefinite fast three days earlier after they felt that the government has
Digvijaya Singh, Congress general secretary said about the decision of Team Anna to form a political party that this only depicts that their “movement against corruption has failed.” Digvijaya Singh welcomed this move of Team Anna by saying that in India everyone has a right to form a political party. But he added
India’s GDP may or may not grow but the bottomline is that the money of political parties is definitely increasing. The political parties are getting richer. The ruling party, Congress has made a total of Rs 1,662 crore in the last five years till 2011-12 with BJP at the second place with
Arvind Kejriwal, Team Anna member, today said that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was protecting his cabinet colleagues by not allowing prosecution against them. When asked if Narendra Modi is corrupt too, Kejriwal said, “I don’t have evidence which shows that Modi is corrupt, but at least Modi is protecting his cabinet colleagues,
Today, P A Sangma virtually dared UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee for a debate ahead of presidential polls, saying democracy needs debate. In a democracy, people have the right to choose their leader and there should be a debate as economy is sinking and scams are growing. Sangma said, “Who is responsible for all this
Earlier Arvind Kejriwal had demanded a special investigation team to probe allegations of corruption against 15 ministers of the Congress government. Now the External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has rejected all the allegations against him and has warned that such actions would mount to over-reaching a judicial process. There are
The famous infamy 2G spectrum scam revisits the headlines as the Supreme Court cancels 122 licenses and gave verdicts about various ministers of the contemporary period. The basic summary of the entire scam is as compiled in a few questions and answers. Q. What is 2G spectrum? A. 2G
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the government has no intention of “interfering” with the social media, nor does its plan to evolve guidelines amount to restriction or regulation. After he got a strong reaction from bloggers, social world and tweeters he had to say this. Recently tweeters did a campaign
Petrol prices has been a hot topic since the latest price hike which puts a litre of petrol at Rs70 in India. But after this people have started blaming the government (read as: congress) for all the hike and above all they have totally neglected the international crude oil price
One of the iconic figures in India’s struggle for independence has been that of Mahatma Gandhi. A believer of truth and non-violence, Gandhi had been successful in uprooting the British Raj from India with his peaceful satyagrahs. A man of simple living and high thinking, Gandhi has spent all his
The International Cricket Council has rejected the master blaster’s master proposal of revamping the current 50 over format. The ICC chief executive, Mr. Haroon Lorgat feels this is not the right time for making any change to the current format. On the contrary the little master wanted ICC to make
Finally breaking out the silence over the petrol hike issue, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed government’s inability to control them at a time when global crude prices are high. He said “Those who are criticising us, they should also remember that it is during their time all the petroleum products
Narendra Modia has finally responded back to media and to the world. Narendra modi even wrote an open letter telling the world what he went through and that he always was innocent. Doing this at this stage of time when BJP seeks a new leader, we try to our imagination to work
“A functioning police state needs no police” though Burroughs did mean it this can at best be considered an utopian dream in our society. To better realize this utopian dream Indian Police Services were created. Under the British Raj:ThenIndia Act 13 of 1856 reformed the municipal police administration in the three Presidency capitals
Bin Laden is no more. And yeah sure No RIP but RIH ( Rest In Hell ) !! But the way I hate Osama, I got no love for Obama as well. Why the praise for him. On contrary, the man cost him around a trillion dollars and don’t know