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India - A Hub For Illicit Drug Trade  (By Mehak Datta )   Image By:- Goutham Sagar The most recent report discharged by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has alluded to India as a Key Hub for Illicit Drug Trade.   Discoveries of the UNODC Report    India is one of the significant hubs of illicit medication exchange running from age-old cannabis to fresher physician endorsed drugs like tramadol, and planner drugs like methamphetamine.     The global pattern of buying drugs over the web, especially on darknet exchanging platforms utilizing cryptographic forms of money has spread across South Asia and it is especially wild in India.   The investigation has discovered more than 1,000 medication postings from India distributed across 50 online crypto-advertise platforms.   The report additionally expresses that in 2017 Indian specialists have disassembled two illicit  Internet drug stores, holding onto n...

Worsening Drought is Causing Increased Desertification in India  (By Mehak Datta )   Image By:- Darshika Singh  “DON’T LET OUR FUTURE DRY UP”  Worsening droughts in India are affecting the desertification pattern, as vegetation evaporates and is regularly never supplanted. On Wednesday, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that up to 25% of the nation was presently desert.   Desertification is the procedure by which the organic efficiency of drylands (dry and semiarid lands) is decreased because of common or artificial variables. It doesn't mean the development of existing deserts.   Causes for Desertification?    Man-Made Causes:   Overgrazing   It lessens the convenience, efficiency, and biodiversity of the land.   India lost 31% of grasslands somewhere in the range of 2005 and 2015. Deforestation   A wood goes about as a carbon sink.   Deforestation discharges carbon dioxide once again into the air addin...

MODERNISATION DEGRADES OUR SACRAMENTAL BELIEFS  (By Mehak Datta )   Image By:- Sukriti Singh   “LET'S NOT FORGET OUR ROOTS”   It's convenient to attack the state for not safeguarding our culture and legacy, however, pause for a minute    And, think; what is our commitment in sparing what little has been left of our legacy?   India, a country with such vast diversity, a country where each mile changes its language, religion, food flavour and the method of living, and we call it  "Incredible India." Where our design is exciting and bewildering, our language is about words pleasantly joined by various states and religions.   Each new disclosure, be it our customs have the world to see and value our lavishness and its magnificence. We have effectively made an air that draws in the entire world by tolerating our vast culture and its beauty. India in the entirety of its bursting brilliance, individuals are adjusting our feeling of style and decor...

How are the Wetlands Playing a Definite Role in Indian Economy?  (By Mehak Datta )   Image By:- Sukriti Singh “EARTH PROVIDES ENOUGH TO SATISFY EVERY MAN’S NEED BUT NOT  EVERY MAN’S GREED”  Wetlands are territories of land where the water level stays close or over the outside of the ground for a large portion of the year. The relationship between man and wetlands is old, with the main indications of human progress starting in wetland territories, for example, the flood fields of the Indus, the Nile Delta, and the Fertile Crescent of the Tigris and Euphrates waterways. Wetlands spread about 6% of the world's land surface. There are a few sorts of wetlands, for example, marshes, swamps, lagoons, bogs, fens, and mangroves. They are home to the absolute most extravagant, generally different and delicate of characteristic assets. As they bolster an assortment of plant and creature life, naturally they are one of the most gainful biological systems.   India has a wea...

सर्व शिक्षा अभियान ALL TO LEARN AND GROW, BUT IS IT REALLY HAPPENING?  (By Mehak Datta )   Image By:- Darshika Singh “EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON TO CHANGE THE WORLD”  The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was started by the Indian government to provide primary education to the children. It aimed at giving free and compulsory education to the children between 6-12 yrs. The program was started by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Right to Education Act came into force on 1 April 2010 and educationists believed it was a great push for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The funding was done by the government providing Rs.21,000 crore for the program and was funded by many trusts as well when it became popular. But the real question is, were all the efforts worth it? Have we been able to reach all the children and provide them the basic education?   The answer would be a no because even after so muc h funding the  Abhiyan is quite a fail as 40% of the childr...