[GreenYouth] Blame the hat: General Bipin Rawat has been far too eloquent on matters he ought to be quiet about. He did sound silly while elaborating on ways to deal with the Kashmir issue

2017-06-14 Thread Sukla Sen
[I was reminded of a scene from Gillo Pontecorvo’s film on the Algerian war, The Battle of Algiers (1963). The Algerian guerrillas are forced to use the guile and deception the weaker side in asymmetric warfare typically has to resort to — stones against tanks. In a climactic scene, the colonel of

[GreenYouth] Not worth the tax: Forget agriculture, it is more prudent to collect taxes from the service sector where the bulk of black income is generated

2017-06-14 Thread Sukla Sen
[The 12th point (in a recent article by Bibek Debroy, a member of the NITI Aaayog) stated that the answer to an RTI application revealed that “In 2012, 8,12,426 individual tax payers disclosed agricultural income. The average income per individual assessee was Rs 83 crore.” So, the incomes of

[GreenYouth] Legal proceedings against Trawler, Captain demanded

2017-06-14 Thread T Peter
*Kerala: Legal proceedings against Trawler, Captain demanded **June 14,2017 | Source: India.Com * National Fishworkers Forum has urged Shipping Minister to launch legal proceedings against the

[GreenYouth] 'Govt tips for healthy baby: Avoid lust, non-veg'!!!

2017-06-14 Thread Sukla Sen
[Experts (mercifully) ridiculed the suggestions and said they have no basis. "In fact, eggs and non-vegetarian food is highly recommended during pregnancy as they are rich in protein," a doctor with a leading hospital in Delhi said. Doctors also said caution while having sex is advised during the

[GreenYouth] RBI identifies 12 mega defaulters for insolvency, their total NPA Rs 175,000 cr (gross bad debt of the Indian banking system as of March was at Rs 7.11 lakh crore): Two Reports

2017-06-14 Thread Sukla Sen
I/II. http://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/rbi-identifies-12-mega-defaulters-for-insolvency-reserve-bank-of-india-4702973/ RBI identifies 12 mega defaulters for insolvency, their total NPA Rs 175,000 cr 25% of total NPA in these accounts with overdue above Rs 5,000 crore

[GreenYouth] The Ongoing Struggle for Gorkhaland: Two Notes

2017-06-14 Thread Sukla Sen
I/II. https://scroll.in/article/840588/the-daily-fix-the-centre-needs-to-seriously-consider-the-demand-for-gorkhaland A Union of linguistic states 2 hours ago Shoaib Daniyal The hills of West Bengal have been in turmoil for the past week. The agitation started when Nepali-speaking Gorkhas