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Article 370 An Evil Which Was Easy to Kill Yet Managed to Survive For 70 Years.  Prime Minister Modi had promised to all Indians, that post winning the election he would scrap this Article by adding this issue in his manifesto’s top priority category and finally, Article 370 and 35A has been revoked, for which we were waiting for several years and were never sure that we Indians would witness this historic event at least in our lifetime, but NDA Government made it possible, thus proving the fact ‘Modi Hain Toh Mumkin Hain’ . Article 370 and 35A had been a bone of contention for India and her state Jammu and Kashmir since independence. Kashmir was like a country existing within a country, terrorism flourished and was at the apex influencing thousands of youth living in Kashmir Valley. But what actually comes to our mind is, that how did NDA government successfully revoke article 370 without much resistance.   The Process: Many debates took place in the past 70 years

Triple Talaq Bill Passed in India’s Upper House Rajya Sabha.  Triple Talaq Bill has been finally passed by Rajya Sabha, with respect to women empowerment this bill was much needed to be passed by the parliament. Triple Talaq Bill can play a very crucial role and reform our present society only if it is implemented properly. The actual name of this bill is not Triple Talaq, rather Triple Talaq Bill is a name that has been coined by Indian media. This bill was passed by Rajya Sabha as ‘Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill,2019’, waiting for President’s assent after which it will transform into law. Official Definition of Triple Talaq: Officially this bill makes all declaration of instant divorce, including in written or electronic form, to be void (not enforceable by law) and illegal. Further this bill defines talaq as ‘Talaq-e-Biddat’ or any other similar form of talaq pronounced by a Muslim man resulting in instant and irrevocable divorce. Talaq-e-Bid

Dangers Of Focussing Only On Economic Growth, Which Can Be Harmful To Humans And Environment As Well.  Recent Report By UNESCAP, Survey 2019: Recently a report, 'Survey 2019' was  published by UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific) and the theme of the report was 'Ambitions Beyond Growth'. The main aim of Survey 2019 is to focus on ways and methods to make ambitious Agenda 2030 or Agenda 30 of  SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) successful.  Steps to be Taken: An additional annual investment of $1.5 trillion will be allocated in developing countries of Asia Pacific region, so that they can achieve the set goals of Agenda 2030 of SDGs. In the report, UNESCAP has further added that the developing countries of Asia Pacific region should expand their policies beyond the focus of mere economic growth. The fundamental reason for this is, the countries facing high levels of inequality, unemployment and most importantly envi

Sudan Political Crisis. Sudan Political Crisis That Is Becoming a Cause Of Worry For It's Neighbouring Countries As Well.   Prior to 2011 Sudan and South Sudan together were one big country. Sudan was the largest nation in African Continent until Sudan broke into two separate countries Sudan and South Sudan. Now the largest country of Africa is Algeria which too is facing severe political crisis.  Sudan shares border with many strategically important countries which are Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and has a coastline with Red Sea which has the potential to serve any country of Africa to directly reach important countries like Israel, Saudi Arabia. So we can see Sudan is geographically positioned in such a way that it automatically gains high strategic importance.  As mentioned above the countries with which Sudan shares borders, those neighbouring countries are facing huge poverty, and the biggest reason for this is Sudan.

Boosting Private Investment In India, Presented By- Mohit Singh. Ways to Boost Private Investment In India In Order To Enhance Growth Rate, Employment, Exports.  If we will see the economy of India, then the primary reason that is contributing towards the growth of India's economy are Consumption and Government Spending. In India Consumption and Government Spending are the main source for gross capital formation and investment in the economy. But the problem is that, Government spending led growth is bound to hit plateau, in order to break this barrier Private Investment has to come into play to further accelerate economy, and when I am talking about private investment then it means that there should be least intervention from government side at a time when private firms want to expand their base the way they want. Government  should only intervene to the extent of imposing basic and necessary regulations.  Current Growth Scenario in India : As we know that the e

US-INDIA Trade War, A Trade War That Is Running Parallel To US-China Trade War. It's a fact that few years back when anyone used to talk about Trade War then the response that person used to get was, there could be no Trade War, the world economy is very stable, Donald Trump is a very smart businessman and he won't push US into a trade war, but soon US-China Trade War happened followed by USA Trade war with multiple countries and consequently India too fell into Trade War with the US. The Trade War that's going on between US and India is very important at least from India's point of view as we need to observe, to what extent this ongoing Trade War would impact India's relation with US and does India require to change her foreign policy in the coming years.   Developments: India hiked duty on 29 category of items that were imported from the US. This was basically a retaliatory step taken by India against US imposing high tariffs on steel and aluminium