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Why political science matters?

The meaning of political science is often restricted to the state, government, and everyday politics. However, it goes beyond that. We as humans share various relationships. What do we do when conflicts arise in these relationships? How do we resolve them? The Socratic dialectical method or Habermas’ idea of deliberation provides a solution. It says conflicts are better resolved through dialogue rather than domination. Hence, it tells us how to talk in a dialectical manner. It is the process of reasoning together. For instance, when your father asks you to aim for a government job, but you want to become a content creator, you do not totally oppose each other. Instead, you engage rationally: Why is a government job important? Maybe because it provides security and financial stability. But being a content creator might give you creative freedom. So you decide to take a government job but also start your creator journey simultaneously — maybe by vlogging your day as a government employee...
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Coronavirus and IPL

  source: internet Unprecedented times come with unimaginable challenges. The challenge that India is facing today is this pandemic. Research and academic works vis-a-vis the coronavirus pandemic are flooding. One debate that has still not been revived is the philosophical debate of morality, duty, and charity. With the increasing gravity of this pandemic, the authoritative direction by the general public to the affluent Indian is gaining momentum and that is to help the country financially. The recent target being the IPL which is happening in the middle of a health crisis.  There is a grave problem that lies under the basic arguments against or favoring the IPL. Most people object to it because they think that the money spent on IPL should be spent on containing the virus and treating the people. This takes us to a deeper question: why should the players/or franchise pay? Are they obliged to pay I.e is it their duty or charity? Many people who oppose it must have been think...
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Coronavirus and vaccination

  Source: Internet WHO defines vaccination as a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them. It uses our body’s natural defenses to build resistance to specific infections and makes our immune system stronger. The history of vaccines is not very much old yet very interesting. Vaccines have always faced public opposition on various grounds strongest being the sacrilege or religious grounds. One of the critics of vaccines is Mahatma Gandhi. He fully supported the anti-vaccination society established in England. According to Gandhi, "vaccination is a barbarous practice, and it is one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time, not to be found even among the so-called savage races of the world." He opposed the smallpox vaccine and said that "No one can say that smallpox will necessarily attack those who have not been vaccinated; for many cases have been observed of unvaccinated people ...
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Electoral bonds: A threat to democracy

  source: internet Before moving to the electoral bond it is imperative to understand what a political parties. A political party is a group of people with shared ideology coming under one roof for the sole purpose of contesting elections and capturing power. For contesting elections political parties need funds so that they can reach out to more people and tell them what their plan of action is. Apart from this, there are other things for which they need money. Now the Electoral bond is an instrument used by eligible political parties to raise funds. The criteria for eligibility is that the party must be registered under the Representation of peoples act 1951 and must have acquired more than 1% of votes in the last elections of Lok Sabha or the Legislative Assembly. The validity of the electoral bond is 15 days. And the interesting thing here is that one can buy any number of electoral bonds in the denomination of ₹1,000, 10,000, 1,00,000, 10,00,000, 1,00,00,000 s/he it pleases to...
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Internet

  source: internet It would not be wrong to call the internet the greatest achievement of the human mind. The Internet has become an integral part of our lives. Technology and the internet have become a solution to all the problems we humans face today. But as we know greatest opportunities come with the greatest challenge so the internet has also given birth to some of the unheard human challenges.  Can we, especially the millennials, imagine our life without the internet? The answer would certainly be no. This essay which you are reading is also because of the internet. Internet and mobile phones and the internet and computer have become so intertwined that it is impossible to think of one without the other, in the present time. Through browsers like Google, Yahoo or Bing we can know about any topic which our mind can think of. Any phenomena, any event, any place, any disease, any accident, any place among others you just put it on the internet and you get the results. The l...
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Evolution of International Monetary Fund

  Source: Internet 42 countries along with the United States of America and the United Kingdom meet at a small town of New Hampshire, Bretton Woods. The event was United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference and from there 3 instructions of global governance emerged. It was actually only 2 the IMF and IBRD( World Bank ). The third institution rather than an agreement GATT originated from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment. IMF became operational in March 1947. The main aim of IMF was to create an International Monetary order and maintain a stable exchange rate.  The IMF was created basically with an idea to oversee the new monetary order. The role of IMF has evolved over time. Initially, its role was to encourage international cooperation in the monetary field by removing barriers. In addition to this till the 1970s, IMF was acting as a ‘currency buffer’, granting loans to the countries experiencing a balance of payment crisis (BoP). But in the 1970s the...
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Evolution of World Bank

  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development generally known as the World Bank is a child of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference at Breton Woods in New Hampshire, United States. World bank was created along with IMF . It became operational in June 1946. The main goal of IBRD was to establish an International Financial Order. The World Bank Group consisted of 5 institutions namely International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Association(1960), International Finance Corporation(1956), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (1988), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(1966).  The function of the World Bank is redistributive in nature. Initially, the role of the World Bank was to bassist the post-war(WWll) recovery in Europe to contain the spread of communism. The focus was more on constructing large infrastructure projects like energy, telecommunication, and transport, etc. Its role was to...
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[Explained] 15th Finance Commission: Recommendations and criticism

  Introduction According to Article 280 of Indian Constitution, "The President shall, within two years from the commencement of this Constitution and thereafter at the expiration of every fifth year or at such earlier time as the President considers necessary, by order constitute a Finance Commission which shall consist of a Chairman and four other members to be appointed by the President". In short Finance Commission is a constitutional as well as a quasi-judicial body. The recommendations of the finance commission are advisory and non-binding in nature. But these recommendations are generally accepted by the central government  The major role of the finance commission is to deal with the problem of fiscal imbalance between the centre and the states and among the states as well. The 15th Finance Commission has made recommendations for the period of 2021-2026.  Term of references The terms of reference of 15th Commission were majorly to review the impact of the recommenda...
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3 Fundamental problems in Indian Education System

Close your eyes for a moment after reading the term " Indian Education System". What is the first word you think of? Inefficient? incompetent?  worthless? inept? clumsy? I am incontrovertibly sure there is not a single positive word that would have clicked in your mind. Our literacy rate might have come to 74.04% compared to 18.33% in 1951 but are we really making our population educated? Until we ask this question we can not bring the change. This is not an essay with vast logistics and deeply critical of the Indian education system as a whole. This is an experience-based essay that will be true across India. Because my experiences come from the two top-class institutions of our beloved country, India. This is not any other Indian education system essay you would have read or be reading in the near future.   “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. ” – Albert Einstein India ...
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Is Election Commission of India impartial?

As per Article 324 of the Indian Constitution, "superintendence, direction, and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission." The election commission is an independent, permanent and constitutional body deriving its powers directly from the Constitution. It is a multi-member body consisting of 3 members including a chief election commissioner and two election commissioners. They are appointed by the President. The Election Commission of India is concerned only with the elections to parliament, state legislature, the office of President of India, and the office of Vice president on India. Elections to local bodies don't come under its jurisdiction. Other than conducting elections Election Commission has many other powers and functions which can be classified under three headings. Administrative Grant recognition to political parties, allot symbols to them, periodic revision of electoral rolls, notification of dates elections, determining code of conduct fo...
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