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Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas

Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas

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 A new study by CSIR’s Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has emphasised the need to avoid changes in land use patterns near forest areas to prevent transmission of parasites and infections between human settlements and wildlife.    Manmade landscape changes such as land use change and fragmentation of habitat are known to alter the diversity of wildlife. These changes are also likely to change the diversity of parasites in the wildlife with implication for their health, since host and parasite diversity are strongly connected. However, research on the subject is limited. The effects of land use change and habitat fragmentation often co-occur but may affect the parasite diversity substantially differently.    In the new study, the researc...
Postal cash-receipts should carry stickers for users of postal-services as well

Postal cash-receipts should carry stickers for users of postal-services as well

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Presently system at Department of Posts is to issue computer-printed cash-receipts where the portion used by Department of Posts has sticker while the portion given to consumer is without sticker. Department of posts for convenience of users of postal-services should have sticker also in the portion given to the consumers so that they may not require gum at their end to affix it on their despatch-registers or documents etc. It will be benefit to public-exchequer also presently appreciable man-hours and gum are utilised by various public-authorities to paste postal cash-receipts on their despatch-registers. Department of Posts will not be burdened extra because even presently one of the dual-portion of same cash-receipt still has sticker on back for the portion kept by Department of Post...
Accountability be fixed on Chairpersons of three public-sector General Insurance for their rating-downgrade, with merger-plan implemented soon

Accountability be fixed on Chairpersons of three public-sector General Insurance for their rating-downgrade, with merger-plan implemented soon

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It refers to downgrading of rating of three out of four public-sector-undertakings PSUs engaged in business of General Insurance namely National Insurance United Insurance and Oriental Insurance as announced by global rating-agency AM Best with two of them even having an erosion in their capital. The downgrade has come after Union Budget 2019-20 proposed the enabling provision for merger of non-life insurance firms by seeking to amend the General Insurance Business Nationalization Act. It is noteworthy that these three companies are continuously showing losses in past several years, and have become a white-elephant on public-money invested in these companies. Accountability should be fixed on highly paid Chairpersons (apart from too much facilities at public-cost) of these three PSUs for l...
On-line exclusive booking of new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN – 512N333V01) will save lot on commission

On-line exclusive booking of new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN – 512N333V01) will save lot on commission

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On-line exclusive booking of new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN - 512N333V01) will save lot on commission, but should also be available through all branches of public-sector banks It refers to public-sector LIC of India for the first time booking a new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN - 512N333V01) available only through on-line booking thereby cutting heavy cost paid to intermediaries as brokerage. Policy has new feature like lower premium for ladies and non-smokers. But since all the probable buyers of the plan may not be knowing or access to internet, experiment of selling LIC policies including Tech-Term policy should be available through special counters set up at all branches of various public-sector banks with nominal commission of half-percent. Presently nominal commission of just .0...

Mandatory linking of repo-rate with interest-rate should be for NBFCs also

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Recently reserve Bank of India RBI has made it mandatory for banks to compulsorily link repo-rate with interest-rate, so that loan-takers rather than loan-providing banks may be beneficiary of repo-rate cut announced by RBI. But there is no clarification in regard to Non-Banking-Financial-Companies NBFCs which continue to charge earlier increased interest-rates despite repo-rate cut announced by RBI. Earlier also RBI in its recent circular announcing total waiver of foreclosure-charges on pre-payment of loans in respect of banks deliberately and traditionally avoided applying the much-awaited decision in respect of NBFCs. Vigilance-enquiry is needed at concerned RBI division regulating NBFCs why RBI patronises NBFCs in their wrong-doings and not applying public-interest regulatory me...
Failure of civic bodies in Delhi makes Supreme Court intervene for removing encroachments

Failure of civic bodies in Delhi makes Supreme Court intervene for removing encroachments

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It is indeed regretting that Supreme Court has to spend precious court-hours on issues like encroachments and parking-space in Delhi. It was welcome to note that the Division Bench of Apex Court gave Delhi government notify its parking policy in short time by 30.09.2019 with compliance-report to be submitted in the court by 04.10.2019. Concerned authorities in Delhi should also look into large-scale commercialisation of earlier purely posh residential colony Bhagirath Palace in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi with total buildings in the colony re-built with high level illegal constructions. Bhagirath Palace with adjoining Lajpat Rai Market, New Lajpat Rai Market and Pleasure Garden Market have thus become largest wholesale markets in India for so many commodities like medicines, surgica...
India can demand shifting of Kulbhushan Jadhav to UN or Red Cross office in Pakistan

India can demand shifting of Kulbhushan Jadhav to UN or Red Cross office in Pakistan

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It was on expected lines that Kulbhushan Jadhav had to speak during counsellor-access with Deputy High Commissioner of India in Pakistan on 02.09.2019 under tremendous pressure of Pakistani authorities in accordance with tune of Pakistan. Since he has to remain in torturous custody of Pakistan, he could not speak reality in fear of extended dose of torture later. India has sufficient evidence through photographs and videos that Kulbhushan Jadhav was beaten mercilessly by Pakistan authorities. India government should raise the issue on international forum to shift Kulbhushan Jadhav to office of either United Nations or Red Cross in Pakistan if it may not be feasible to demand his shifting to some neutral country of Pakistan. Demand should also be made for a complete and comprehensive med...
कश्मीर पुराण व पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर

कश्मीर पुराण व पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर

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जब भारत की रियासतों का एकीकरण हो रहा था तब रियासत के राजाओं को यह अधिकार दिया गया था कि वो चाहे तो पाकिस्तान में मिले या अपना स्वतंत्र राज्य बनाये या फिर भारत में मिले। वहां के राजा अपना एक अलग राज्य बनाना चाहते थे। लेकिन जब पाकिस्तान ने मुस्लिम बहुल क्षेत्र समझकर कश्मीर पर हमला किया तो वहां के राजा ने हमारे तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री से सहायता मांगी। उस समय जवाहर लाल नेहरू ने भारत में विलय की शर्त पर मदद की और अंतत: कश्मीर भारत का हिस्सा बना। 1947 में ही एक तिहाई कश्मीर पर पाकिस्तान ने कब्जा तो किया पर उनके पास कश्मीर के महाराजा हरि सिंह की रियासत पाकिस्तान में मिलाने का कोई आदेश नहीं था। 20 अक्तूबर, 1947 को पाकिस्तान समर्थित आजाद कश्मीर सेना ने राज्य के अग्रभाग पर आक्रमण किया। इस असामान्य स्थिति में, राज्य के शासक ने राज्य को भारत में विलय करने का निर्णय लिया। इसके अनुसार, 26 अक्तूबर, 1947...
अब गिलगित बाल्टिस्तान पर करनी होगी पहल

अब गिलगित बाल्टिस्तान पर करनी होगी पहल

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वास्तव में अगर जम्मू कश्मीर के बारे में बातचीत करने की जरूरत है तो वह है पीओके और अक्साई चीन के बारे में। इसके ऊपर देश में चर्चा होनी चाहिए। गिलगित जो अभी पीओके में है विश्व में एकमात्र ऐसा स्थान है जो कि 5 देशों से जुड़ा हुआ है अफगानिस्तान, तजाकिस्तान (जो कभी रूस का हिस्सा था), पाकिस्तान, भारत और तिब्बत -चाइना। वास्तव में जम्मू कश्मीर का महत्व जम्मू के कारण नहीं, कश्मीर के कारण नहीं, लद्दाख के कारण नहीं, वास्तव में अगर इसका महत्व है तो वह है गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान के कारण। भारत के इतिहास में भारत पर जितने भी आक्रमण हुए यूनानियों से लेकर आज तक (शक, हूण, कुषाण, मुग़ल) वह सारे गिलगित से हुए। हमारे पूर्वज जम्मू-कश्मीर के महत्व को समझते थे, उनको पता था कि अगर भारत को सुरक्षित रखना है तो दुश्मन को हिंदूकुश अर्थात गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान उस पार ही रखना होगा। किसी समय इस गिलगित में अमेरिका बैठना चाह...
भ्रष्टाचार के चक्रवात में सोनिया से चमत्कार की उम्मीद?

भ्रष्टाचार के चक्रवात में सोनिया से चमत्कार की उम्मीद?

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सोनिया गांधी के पुन: अध्यक्ष बनने के बाद कांग्रेसियों में उम्मीद जगी थी कि उनके अच्छे दिन फिर आएंगे और सोनिया एक बार फिर विपक्ष का नेतृत्व करते हुए नरेंद्र मोदी को सत्ता से हटाने और सरकार बनाने में सफल होंगी। पिछले लोकसभा चुनावों में सोनिया गांधी ने भारतीय जनता पार्टी को 2004 के चुनाव याद दिलाए थे जब कांग्रेस अटलबिहारी वाजपेयी को हटा सरकार बनाने में सफल हुई थी। लेकिन क्या सोनिया गांधी अब वो कहानी दोहरा पाएंगी? क्या विपक्ष उनके नेतृत्व में एकजुट हो पाएगा? इसकी पड़ताल की जानी चाहिए। सोनिया गांधी की राह में सबसे बड़ा रोड़ा तो उनके परिवार और पार्टी के वरिष्ठ नेताओं का भ्रष्टाचार है। आजकल यूपीए सरकार में वित्त और गृह मंत्री रहे पी चिंदबरम के भ्रष्टाचार और उनकी गिरफ्तारी की खबरें सुर्खियों में हैं। दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय ने जब आईएनएक्स मीडिया मामले में उनकी गिरफ्तारी से रोक हटाई तो वो अचानक फरा...