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COMMUNISM, CASTRO AND CUBA

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Communist Party of Cuba is the ruling party of that country. Cuba is headed by the President Miguel Diaz Canel who succeeded Raul Castro as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 2021. As per the existing political system of Cuba, a single party regime is allowed where political opposition is not permitted. Elections in Cuba is not considered democratic because the government does not allow free and fair voting. Before the Cuban revolution it was Fulgecio Batista ruled Cuba from 1940 to 1944. Fidel Castro ruled the country as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. He temporarily gave power to his brother Raul Castro at the end period due to medical reasons. Fidel Castro was the first secretary of Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 to 2011. During his tenure he made Cuba a one party Communist state. Industry and business were nationalised and socialist reforms were implemented. During the regime of Castro Cuba had economic support...
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PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE ASCERTAINED BY PER CAPITA INCOME OF THE PEOPLE.

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          (pci graph of India) Let  us find the countries with the highest pci. (2021) Luxembourg - $125,923 Ireland - $90,478 Switzerland - $90,358 Norway - $76,408 USA - $66,144 Denmark - $63,045 Singapore - $62,113 Iceland - 58,371 Netherlands - $58,029 Sweden - $57,650 In simple words the standard of living of the people of these countries are very high. On the reverse we shall find the countries with the lowest pci. Burundi - $267 South Sudan - $323 Malawi - $397 Mozambique  - $431 Sierra Leone - $471 Congo DRC - $478 Afghanistan - $506 Zimbabwe - $516 Central Africa - $522 Madagascar - $554 Most of the people of these countries are spending most of their time to arrange food for the day; leave alone other amenities. Now coming back to India, the pci of 2020 was $1927.71 (courtesy - data.worldbank.org). The state with highest pci in India is Goa with about $5450 (2020). This itself is far below among the advanced countries. Though we a...
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ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES USED IN VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

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(Images courtesy - The Health Site .com,  Dreamstime.com & World Atlas) There are over 1000 types of pesticides used world wide to preserve agricultural produces. When they safeguard the agriculture all over the world by destroying wide varieties of pests, insects, fungi etc, over 800 millions or over 40% farmers all over the world are reported to have poisoned by these pesticides. There are 241 pesticides and 41 combinations are used in India.  70% of these are creating health hazards to those who are consuming these vegetable and fruits on which these are used. There are most comprehensive explanations for the adverse effects of pesticides in Kaseragod district of Kerala. Use of endosulfan in cashew plantations, tea gardens, paddy fields , fruit orchards in Kaseragod caused widespread destruction in the region. According to Health and Family Welfare department of Government of Kerala there were 778 deaths and 6721  people had seve...
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BEGGARS IN KERALA - FIND STRANGE AND SURPRISING PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS

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As  per the statistics available with Registrar General of India, Kerala has 3715 beggars on it's streets. 1,533 of them are literates. 1,115 are below matriculation. 198 are below graduation, 24 are graduates and 16 hold technical diploma certificates. Five persons hold technical degree and one among them is a female. According to a social worker from Kochi, addiction to drugs, liquor and extravaganza in life brought many educated people to perdition. A rescued person was a graduate from BITS Pilani. A beggar is informed to have an earning of ₹200/- to ₹2,000/- a day. For the sake of money some are involved in criminal activities. Begging is also a business for some. It is understood that people from other states come to Kerala with beggars for this business. Government of Kerala may come forward for the rehabilitation of the beggars. The existing Poor Homes, Destitute Homes etc can accommodate some of them. Religious organisations, Social organisations and NGOs can a ...
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OUR PROUD OWNERSHIP!

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We are the proud owners of many prestigious possessions in this world. It is like we become an owner of a very big company or the  president of a big country in one of our dreams. Not even a hair of ours can be said as our own. Today we   maintain it the best possible way and keep it as our prestigious symbol. Tomorrow when we go to the hair salon it will be cut and removed and people will walk over it. That is the case with our own body. Then think about the gold, the rupee note, the large garden and mansion we have. When we read a well written novel, we also live in a big house, travel in a posh car and eat good food. When we  finish the book, we return to ourselves without house, car and food. Our life is also like this. During our school days, the teacher sometimes ask us to go and play for a while and come   when the handbell sounds. During that playing time we may sometimes hurt others, love and say good words to some others. Some of us go...
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THE CURSE OF OUR COUNTRY IS EXCESSIVE POLITICS

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Politics is only to be used as a pointer towards the governance of a country or a region by a group of people. It is supposed to be a socioeconomic ideology presented to the people. The group who holds this ideology becomes a political party. This ideology is to be used for the betterment of the people as a whole. Under no circumstances the concerned party can be deviated from this ideology. While what we say here are the basic concept of politics, what have relevance in our country are something different. As per the latest publication of Election Commission of India dated 23rd September 2021 the total number of parties registered in India was 2850 with 8 national parties, 54 state parties and 2797 unrecognised parties. The ideal goal of governance is economic growth of the people under peaceful atmosphere. Nothing else should be mixed with this. Unfortunately, we in our country mix religion, cast, subcast, region, language etc as good ingredients in politics as well as th...
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SMARTEST KID IN THE WORLD

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Abdulrahman Hussain an Egyptian boy named 'Smartest Child in the world'. He won the first place in a global competition. The Intelligent Mental Arithmetic International Competition took place in Malasia in 2017 December to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the founding of the Intelligent Education Group. 3,000 children took part in the competition. Abdulrahman Hussain, the 13 year old boy from Egypt solved 230 complex arithmetic problems in a mere eight minutes to win the coveted prize. Children from 70 countries took part in the competition. (Indebted to a report by Independent TV)Ll ll lollipop K V George
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