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The concept of “moonlighting” is now in the news. Is moonlighting a recent occurrence? Why is it making headlines? Why are so many IT businesses against employees doing second jobs? Read out to find. Information technology behemoth Infosys recently threatened contract termination if its workers moonlighted. According to the firm’s employee handbook and code of…
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The Roe vs. Wade decision, which declared abortion to be a constitutional right, was overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States by a 6-3 decision. With its most recent ruling, the pro-life vs. pro-choice argument has been brought up not just in the United States but also across the globe. Joe Biden, the…
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The hijab debate has come as an unwelcome present to a BJP administration that has been on its heels since its poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis last year, much as the Pulwama suicide bombing in 2019. The same thing is about to happen again in history. Shah Bano, a 62-year-old divorced Muslim lady, won…
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India had committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2070, falling short of a major objective of the COP26 meeting that called for nations to make that commitment by 2050. Changing perspective These pronouncements signal a dramatic change in how the nation views its contribution to international climate action. India has already stated unequivocally that only…
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To commemorate the nation’s 75 years of independence, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled a lever last month while standing atop the almost finished new Parliament building. The structure’s statue at its top was revealed when a long crimson curtain pulled aside. India as a whole gasped. The cherished national emblem of India is…
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I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common as opposed to those things that separate us and ultimately lead us into conflict. – Barack Obama Humanity and nature are at combat and the evidences are all…
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People have a pessimistic inclination, and this year has provided plenty of material for the apostles of doom. I’ve used the expression it’s like we’re living in a dystopia, which I’ve also heard used more frequently. However, its underlying significance is considerably more profound, and in order to assess whether or not our society is drifting toward a dystopian future,…
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Coming up is the sad 9/11 events’ 21st anniversary. On the terrible day of September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden’s militant Islamist organisation Al-Qaeda wreaked devastation in the heart of the United States of America. A total of 19 terrorists hijacked 4 different aircraft to carry out targeted suicide attacks. They planned to assault well-known…
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A cohort of non-elective government employees is referred to as a bureaucracy. There are an estimated two crores of them in India, divided as follows: 40 lakh work for the union government, 70 lakhs for the states, 60 lakhs for quasi-government organisations, and 20 lakhs for local self-governments. An unnerving 70% of the labour force…
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Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the battle appears to have reached a treacherous impasse, with no obvious frontrunner. The Russian attack’s first stage, a rapid strike intended at taking Kyiv and disemboweling the Ukrainian leadership, was a fast and humiliating failure. Due to stiff Ukrainian opposition, the Russians were forced to…
Rushil Gupta- Thinking Beyond Imagination 