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Congress, IIT students protest ‘anti-secular’ CAB, partisan politics

Mumbaikars gathered in various parts of the city on Wednesday to protest the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019, which was passed in both Houses of Parliament. While hundreds of protesters chanted slogans and waved banners against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a protest organised by the Congress outside its office in Bandra, over 120 students of IIT Bombay took out a march on campus. “The ones who run this country should be secular. India wasn’t created on the basis of religion during Partition. The Bill is part of the Centre’s agenda to marginalise the minorities and create discord among various communities,” said Mumbai Congress president Eknath Gaikwad. He said the Bill was neglecting one of the Constitution’s major clauses: Article 14, which speaks of the right to equality. State Congress president and Minister Balasaheb Thorat, who took part in the protest, said, “Right to equality is a fundamental right mentioned in our Constitution and we expect the Central and S...

IIT Madras collaborates with industry to power thermal stations with paddy straws

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is taking up Academia-Industry collaboration for technology development in thermal power generation using paddy straw as fuel. This will be a major boost to tackle ‘stubble burning,’ which causes soil erosion, kills beneficial soil organisms and emits harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and methane along with particulate matter. Punjab and Haryana alone produce 35 million tons of paddy straw per year, which is not fit for cattle feed, and are being burnt in the fields. But the same straw has the useful heating value of around 3200 to 3500 K Cal/kg, which is closer to the coal used for power generation in thermal power plants. Sukhbir Agro Energy Ltd (SAEL), which is operating two biomass-based power plants, one in the state of Uttar Pradesh and another one in Punjab, has gained sufficient experience in collection, transportation and storage of paddy straw. SAEL is in the process of commissioning two 100 per cent...

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank made investors rich, got 58% profit in 8 days

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Those who invested money in Ujjivan Small Finance Bank's IPO have received bumper returns. On Thursday, the bank's stock was listed on the NSE at a premium of 58 .78 percent. It is listed at Rs 58.75 against its issue price of Rs 37 per share. New Delhi:   Those who invested money in Ujjivan Small Finance Bank's IPO have received bumper returns. On Thursday, the bank's stock was listed on the NSE at a premium of 58 .78 percent. It is listed at Rs 58.75 against its issue price of Rs 37 per share. This means that investors have gained Rs 21.75 on one share. Let us tell you that this is the third bumper listing in the IPO market. Earlier, the shares of CSB Bank and IRCTC had doubled investors' money. The IPO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank received bids more than 165 times. It became the highest bidder IPO in the year 2019. Know about Ujjivan Small Finance Bank - Ujjivan Small Finance Bank is a subsidiary company of Ujjivan Financial Services. Ujjivan Finan...

नागरिकता संशोधन विधेयक: भारत का नया 'मुस्लिम-विरोधी' कानून ?

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एक विश्लेषक ने विधेयक को मोदी सरकार की सबसे परिणामी कार्रवाई कहा है भारत की संसद ने एक विधेयक पारित किया है जो तीन पड़ोसी देशों के गैर-मुस्लिम अवैध प्रवासियों को माफी प्रदान करता है। विवादास्पद बिल पाकिस्तान , बांग्लादेश और अफगानिस्तान में धार्मिक अल्पसंख्यकों को नागरिकता प्रदान करेगा। हिंदू राष्ट्रवादी भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) के नेतृत्व वाली सरकार का कहना है कि इससे धार्मिक उत्पीड़न से भाग रहे लोगों को अभयारण्य मिलेगा। आलोचकों का कहना है कि बिल मुसलमानों को हाशिए पर लाने के भाजपा के एजेंडे का हिस्सा है। नागरिकता संशोधन विधेयक (CAB) ने संसद के ऊपरी सदन को पारित कर दिया, जहां भाजपा के पास बहुमत की कमी है, 11 दिसंबर को 125 वोट से 105। इसने दो दिन पहले निचले सदन को मंजूरी दे दी थी। इस बिल ने पहले ही देश के उत्तर-पूर्व में व्यापक विरोध प्रदर्शनों को प्रेरित किया है जो बांग्लादेश की सीमाओं को पार करते हैं, क्योंकि वहां के कई लोग कहते हैं कि वे सीमा पार से आने वाले प्रवासियों द्वारा "अतिरंजित" होंगे। > क्या कहता है बिल? सीएबी 64 वर्षीय भारतीय नागरिकता कानून मे...