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Death of an elephant : Whom should we blame??

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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

Boycott Chinese products : Is it a pragmatic idea??

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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