THE SAMARTH CHAKRAWARTI BLOG

Recently, the government of India formed new IT rules for intermediary social media platforms and OTT platforms. In February 2021, the Government released a notification regarding the same as  (Intermediary Guidelines and digital media Ethics code ) Rules 2021. What is an intermediary platform??  Platforms that use the internet to facilitate information, for Eg, Facebook. They bridge the gap between information on the web and the end-user, which is why these are known as intermediaries. Hence, t he information available on these platforms is not their responsibility but of the end-users that upload it.  Why were these rules needed?   India welcomed a Digital revolution in 2015 which empowered 42% of its population digitally. Today, information is easily accessible and the internet has spread its roots to almost every second house. This has ripened the fruits of fake information, due to which there is a threat to communal harmony as well as law and order.   The information available on

S ince 2012, the petition filed by Swami Dayanand Saraswati is drooping in the supreme court and the court hasn't had the time to look at it. But it seems that it has had all the time in the world to take cases like Tripple talaq. As a result, in Tamilnadu, more than 30000 temples are in a state of suspension and the devotees are waiting for justice.  But why is this issue important?   Read the first part here.. PART 1 Also read-  RELIGION  SECULARISM  CAA   OXYGEN CRISIS IN INDIA RAFALE DEAL OF INDIA and much more... 1 . Firstly, the meddling of government with religious institutions leads to corruption.  2 . India is a secular country which implies the state is equally distinct from all religion. However, interfering exclusively with Hindu temples and not in other communities, the act and the working of the state become anti-Hindu, which is not how our country should work because it is against the constitution and essence of secularism. 3. Intervention of the state weakens Hindus

According to the 2007 deal, India was supposed to buy 126 Fighter jets but only 18 of them would be in ready to fly conditions and the other 108 India were to be made in India.  You can read the summary of the last blog here to understand the pricing in a better way. RAFALE DEAL OF INDIA What happened after Modi came to power?  In 2014, when Narendra Modi led the government, the previous Rafale jet deal was scrapped as UPA did not arrive at a final conclusion. What was the difference?   A Company to company deal was signed to avoid unnecessary wastage of time as there were already a lot of delays caused.   In September 2016, India signed an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with France. This means that there will be a direct conversation between the government's regarding the decisions on the Rafale deal of India.  Modi led NDA decided to buy only 36 rafales from France, which will be imported in ready to fly conditions. The budget was finalised at 58,000 crores, and the value per

"SARV PANTH SAM BHAV" I ndia has always been a secular country and we don't need an amendment of any kind to prove this because India's roots have always carried the essence of  treating every religion equally . I ndia is a secular country, so, it has to follow the basic fundamental rules of secularism. Firstly, the government or any administration should not interfere with the working and practices of a religious institution until it's against the constitution and Secondly, every religion should be treated equally.   "Considering the present situation of the country, this blog is a repost." If you have not read it before, do give it a read. So what does our today's topic say? In the Indian States like Tamilnadu, Kerala, Odisha, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and some more, thousands of Hindu temples are under government or state control but this is not the same for other religious institutions like churches, Mosques, etc. The funds received as a charit

  Understanding Oxygen Infrastructure and the Emergency in the Second wave of Covid19 (Numbers may differ due to the difference in timing between writing and posting this article)  " You may be blind, but we are not ": HC slams Centre over deaths due to scant oxygen supply in Delhi   " The system has failed ": High court slams Delhi govt over 'black marketing of oxygen cylinders'   " You can put your head in the sand like an ostrich, we won't " : HC on oxygen shortage -Supreme court and High Court's statements  Oxygen tanks I am quite sure we are all aware of the scarcity of oxygen prevailing in our country. An enormous number of people have already lost their lives and many are still struggling. Presently, when I am writing this blog, there are    21,892,676   active cases and the death tally has risen to  238,270.    But who is responsible for this frightening situation?  Some of you will say Central government and some will say State gov