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   When the lockdown was declared for the first time in March 2020, some biased journalists were in the front to mock and ridicule the Prime Minister for taking such a step. These journalists relish in anti-Modi stories and find fault in him, where there is none. Obviously, these journalists are either being funded by some foreign forces, which are inimical to India in general and Modi in particular. They are so powerful that with the active support of some forces they can capitulate any government with their orchestrated echo system.   There used to be regular debates on many TV channels, where all the time government was blamed to have not preparing contingency plans to deal with the pandemic. On NDTV, its proprietor-editor used to anchor a programme on the calamity of the Corona and had made it a point to always take an anti-government stand on the issue of handling Corona. All debaters, including some Doctors, used to agree on one point that ‘more people would die of hunger than

  It hardly needs to be said that social and digital media have grown beyond all proportions in the last nearly two and half decades,  due mainly to the easy availability and connectivity of the internet in all nooks and corners of the country. The speed has gained further momentum in the last decade. Another reason for its popularity is that it is not limited by any geographical barriers or time zones. It can be reached from one corner of the world to the other in a moment.  Moreover, it is empowering in the sense that anybody who has to say or inform anything to anyone can do so without any let or hindrance. This is inexpensive also in comparison to the traditional media.  However, this media has not been accorded the same importance as it is normally given to traditional media. A few years ago, while hearing the case of Sahara India Pvt Limited in the Supreme Court, the then Chief Justice of India, Justice SH Kapadia dismissed social media (not digital media) as Bazar- gossip, which

A few days back Congress leader Sonia Gandhi read out a statement in the Lok Sabha about the negative role being played by social media like Facebook, Twitter and Utube etc.   In fact, social media has been spreading all sorts of concocted and baseless stories more against the ruling dispensation than the opposition parties. Social media in India has been known to be Hindu phobic but that does not mean that it should be subjected to a blanket ban. Every type of mass media, be it electronic, print, digital or social is susceptible to misuse and that has been happening for a long time. Therefore, some regulatory measures would be welcome to make it more responsible and accountable. However, if we compare the advantages of social media it outweighs by far more than the disadvantages. The biggest advantage of social media is that it is the best leveller, and it has empowered the common and deprived sections of society. Before the advent of social media only those having access could enjoy

 It was a very sad and unfortunate spectacle to see the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar livid with rage against Assembly speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha yesterday on the floor of the House. Nitish Kumar is known for being a sober politician but the way he behaved with Speaker Shri Sinha was reprehensible, highly unbecoming of the leader of the house and deserves to be condemned in the strongest possible terms. In fact, after the verbal humiliation that was heaped on him by the leader of the house, Shri Sinha has lost all moral authority to continue in the post he is holding. If he has even an iota of self-respect, he must tender his resignation from the post of the Speaker. It is being reported that terribly hurt by the insult, he did not attend the house today.  Why was Nitish Kumar so provoked and enraged that he forgot the basic courtesy towards the Speaker and started openly fulminating against him despite many requests from him to calm down and listen to him? Nobody knows the exact re

By Parmanand Pandey Yogi Adityanath has broken many myths in the UP-Assembly elections. He has successfully cast aside the superstition that any Chief Minister who visits NOIDA would soon lose the chair. Yogi has visited NOIDA many times as the Chief Minister and yet he has led his party to a spectacular win in the assembly elections. Those who have been spreading and perpetuating this myth are, in fact, the enemies of science and the scientific temper. Unfortunately, the opponents of Yogi and Modi have been very vocal in proliferating this myth. Because of this fallacy, Mayawati and Akhilesh never ventured to visit NOIDA during their Chief Ministership, yet they lost their chairs. As a matter of fact, they have been foremost in drilling this superstition among the minds of the people, little knowing that such credulities often cause huge damage to them. The second big myth that has been broken by Yogi ji is that no Chief Minister, who has led his party to power continuously for five

  Russia- Ukraine war has thrown two surprises before us. One is the enormity of Indian students, who go to Ukraine for medical education when the whole world knows that it is grossly sub-standard? In fact, the medical degrees of only Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America is recognised and valid in India and the medical graduates from other countries including Russia and China have to get through the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) conducted by the National Board Examination (NBE) to become a qualified medical doctor. I personally know a person who holds a medical degree from a country, which was once part of the USSR. He has been working as a Compounder in a Hospital because he has not been able to clear through the FMGE even after three attempts, the maximum limit provided by the NBE. There appear to be two reasons for this. One is that anyone having resources can go and get admission in medical colleges of Russia, Ukraine, China and