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A pregnant elephant stranded in river On 3rd of June,2020, Media reported a grueling story of death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala's Pallakad district. The incident went viral after a forest section officer in Kerala posted the whole episode describing how the elephant struggled in a river and died.The incident actually took place on May 27 when the elephant collapsed standing in the river after it suffered an injury on its lower jaw. The elephant was first identified with the injury on May 23 and on the next day it reached river velliyar for water. It stood for a whole day in the water to relieve itself from the pain and collapsed in the river. The wildlife department planned to take the elephant out of the river but by then it had collapsed. Later the forest personnel gave the elephant an honorable farewell by burying it in the forest. The exact cause of the injury is yet to be ascertained as the investigation is going on,but the forest officials suspect that it might have got

Sonam Wangchuk an engineer,innovator and an educational reformist called for a boycott of Chinese goods through the power of Indian wallet. He also advocated for doing off with Chinese apps. He laid a roadmap for a self reliant India without dependence on Chinese goods by building our own software in 1 year, hardware in 2 years and other essential goods in 5 years. His call gained traction in the backdrop of esaclation of Chinese military along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Many celebrities also supported the call given by Wangchuk,and showed their allegiance by uninstalling Chinese apps like Tiktok. If we watch two of his videos on China issue,his call for boycotting the Chinese products was not only centered on Chinese military escalations but also on other issues like suppression of Ughir muslims, autonomy for Tibetans and liberating the bonded labour in China.  So he actually wanted all the Indians to support the cause to put pressure on China to soften its stand on all the ab

Total compilation of all financial measures announced under AatmaNirbhar Bharat and the breakup of total package. I) Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan yojana : 1.7 lakh crore --- 0.85 % of the GDP. Direct Beneficiaries :  1) middle class and lower middle class with ration cards. 2) MNREGA job card holders. 4) Women with Jandhan accounts. 5) Farmers under PM Kisan samman Nidhi (old initiative). 6) Widows, elders, and the disabled. 7) construction workers. 8) Organised workers with wage less than 15000/-. 9) Health workers. 10) Self help groups. 11) medical centres to fight covid-19   Benefits :  1) In kind -- free food grains, pulses and LPG gas. 2) Direct cash transfer -- daily wage increase by 20/- for  MNREGA job holders,500/- each for women for next three months, 2000/-  for  each farmer (First installment under PM Kisan), 1000 /- for old people,widows and disabled for next three months. 3) For organised workers,24 percent of their monthly wages into their PF accounts for next three mo

On May 7 2020, Visakhapatnam city has woke up to a worst nightmare of people lying unconsciously on roads and cattle lying dead due to a gas leak from a polymers manufacturing company located at a village named R.R Venkatapuram on the outskirts of the city. The Industry is owned by South Korean major LG group,holding the name LG polymers India private limited. The gas leak mishap sent ripples across the country with disturbing images and videos circulated across the social media. Many people felt it was reminiscent of Bhopal gas tragedy that shook the nation three decades ago. The gas that was purportedly leaked was reported to be a hazardous gas called Styrene. The gas leak mishap reportedly killed 12 people and hospitalised thousands of people. Within a few hours, NDRF and a central team of experts took control of the situation and managed to bring the gas leak undercontrol. A high level committee was appointed by the state government to investigate on how exactly the gas leak has ha

Recently, we have been witnessing a huge campaign going viral in social media to protect Mada forests from destruction in the state of Andhrapradesh. This social media campaign gained traction when a petition was filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by some environmental activists and the NGT immediately ordering for  a committee to enquire into the whole issue. People on social media have been posting various photographs on how these mangrove swamps have been levelled by the government with mud near Kakinada of East Godavari district. They also started a petition in change.org and gathered the support of many people to sign the petition. This campaign also added some political colour when the opposition parties in the state started to add voice to it. Putting facts together on threats to Mada forests Mada forests are dense mangrove forests located on the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh. The state has total of 404 sq.km mangrove cover spread across various costa