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MEDIA TODAY

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Media  have two ways to get to the people. One is, reach the people where they are. The other is bring the people where the media is. In the earlier times the former method was preferred but now it is the latter. So long as public activities are there news is part of it. Earlier style of reporting was that the actual situation was made known to the people but now the media decides whether the subject action is to be cut down to size or to flare up. Years ago, a political leader while addressing a meeting vomited on the stage. The style of reporting was: his own party said, the leader after extensive travel and attending a good number of meating could not have timely food and that made the poor soul to vomit. The opposition party mouth piece said that the leader had attended many liquor parties and that prompted the vomiting. However, no one could just report the fact that the person during speaking vomited on the stage. Media has a tendency while reporting a particular ...
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INTERPRETATION OF LAW

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According to various web sources, about 73,000 cases are pending in the Supreme Court of India. In all Indian courts put together,  over 44 million cases are pending. As on Jan 2021  there are 1,05,560 cases of those are 30 years old. Less than the required number of courts must be one of the reasons for the huge amount of pending cases.   As per available information there are 204,096 courts in China, 67,994 in Russia and 29,023 in USA. In  India  there are  25 High Courts other than the Supreme Court. Altogether there are 23,790 judges. The reasons for such amount of pending cases are said to be the following. Less number of judges, absenteeism of judges, process of trial of a case, strike by advocates, frequent transfer of judges etc. While we discuss about the process of trial cases, we may find that according to WJP (World Justice Projects) Rule of Law Index 2020, Denmark, Norway and Finland topped the Index. Venezuela, Combodia and DR...
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THE AMAZING HIGHWAYS

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A view of Highway 10 of Saudi Arabia.      The entrance of NH 44 in J&K A private road, Highway 10 connecting Highway 75 in the Haradh area to Highway 95 in the West of Saudi Arabia  built for King Fahad has a length of 240 km. This link highway pass through the desert with no bend on either side. It also has no any considerable  gradient up or down. This is the longest straight road in the world at one stretch with no bend and no gradient. The driving time needed for the whole length is 2 hours. India The longest road in India is NH 44 from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu with a length of 3745 km. (Indebted to the report of Tribune dated 13th March 2018) K V George
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HAIR CUT CHARGES AROUND THE WORLD

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        (Hair cut saloon in Paris) Hair Cut Charges in different Cities   Country                    Men    Women   City                                      (In USD) Mumbai                      05.96   06.40 Jakarta, Indonesia    04.50   07.30 Istanbul,Turkey          12.57   22.37 Mexico City                11.50   15.34 Warsaw, Poland         15.22   23.73 Shanghai, China         10.10   16.93 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14.76   40.89 Madrid, Spain              19.50   27.03 Auckland, NZ    ...
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CRUELTY AT IT'S HEIGHT

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(This is a little old news. Just being published as a reminder only) Almost all newspapers carried this heartbreaking news today. According to reports a 13 years old Dalit girl was lured by four youths and took her away out of her house and she was gang raped by these atrocious human beasts. The poor girl at her worst physical condition went to the nearest police station in a town in UP to lodge the complaint. What was that happened afterwards is unbelievable. The Station House Officer of the police station alongwith five cops were arrested on charge of raping the 13 years old Dalit girl in the police station where she came to lodge the complaint of the gang rape by four youth. All 29 personnel of the police station have been sent to the police lines. Detailed report may bring more cruelty in the matter. Why we Indians become barbarous and habitual rapists? There are two reasons behind this. One is that we never tell our children that rape is a heinous crime and should neve...
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JELLY FISH

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Is jelly fish a life form? Yes, it is totally a life form. It is a natural living animal. It is nearly related to corals and sea anemones. Though these are multi cellular marine animals, they do not have brain and heart but feel the world around by a simple set of nerves. They eat, drink, feel and reproduce. About 95% of the body consists of water. It is made of cells and need food for energy and growth. Though they are called fish, they do not fall in the category of fish but are invertebrates. They too have a uniform shape called radial symmetry. The weight of jelly fish is widely varying from a few grams upto around 200 kg. People do eat jelly fish. Those are widely used as a delicate item in China, Japan, Korea , Thailand etc and in some other countries too. Jelly fish are found more in coastal zones and warm tropical sea. Since jelly fish are easy to catch, many fishes eat them in good quantity. As these are mainly containing water and hav stinging cells, they produce ...
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GOLD STOCK OF COUNTRIES

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As it cannot be diluted , gold retains value much more than any other form of currency. Gold is found as a strong and secured guard against inflation. While comparing of storing wealth in the form of cash and gold, the latter remain much more advantageous. We may find below the top countries with highest amount of gold stock (in Tonnes). USA 8133 Germany 3359 Italy 2452 France 2436 Russia 2302 China 1948 Switzerland 1040 Japan 846 India 754 Netherlands 612 (Courtesy for data and images of web sources) K V George
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