The government has suddenly called a special session from Apri...
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🖋️ From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane
The government has suddenly called a special session from April 16 to push the Women’s Reservation Bill, but the timing raises questions. In 2023, Parliament passed the law with the condition that it would only apply after a national census and delimitation of constituencies. Neither has been done. For nearly 30 months, the government stayed silent, and now it claims urgency. The simplest path would be to apply 33% reservation to the existing 543 seats, and later extend it to new constituencies after census. Instead, the move seems aimed at reshaping constituencies—expanding to 816 seats—while dangling reservation as bait. Critics argue this is less about empowering women and more about manipulating representation to secure power, especially in southern and eastern states.
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Savita Pradhan’s journey is a blazing testament to resilience. Married at 16 into an abusive household, she endured years of violence, humiliation, and neglect while raising two children. Beaten in front of them, stripped of dignity, she once thought of ending her life—but chose instead to fight back. Leaving her marriage, she rebuilt from scratch, working in a salon and giving tuitions to survive while continuing her studies. Against crushing odds, she cleared the UPSC exam in her very first attempt, becoming an IAS officer. Her rise from poverty and abuse to one of India’s most respected services is not just personal triumph—it’s a beacon of hope for thousands of women trapped in despair, proving that courage and determination can rewrite destiny in the harshest circumstances.
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Devendra Fadnavis’s Shaktipeeth Highway project has sparked outrage over its ballooning costs. Initially announced at 802 km for ₹86,000 crore—about ₹107 crore per km—it has now been extended via Man-Khatav to 856.94 km, pushing the budget to ₹1 lakh crore. That means the additional 54.94 km alone costs ₹14,000 crore, or an astonishing ₹254.54 crore per km. Critics allege this is not just infrastructure but a massive corruption scheme, siphoning off nearly ₹70,000 crore under the guise of development. The burden will ultimately fall on citizens, who must repay through tolls with interest. The question remains: is this highway being built with concrete and asphalt, or paved with dollar bills to satisfy political ambition while looting Maharashtra’s people?
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Vivek Chand Sehgal, an Australian citizen of Indian origin, is at the center of criticism in Noida. He is the founder of the Motherson Group, valued at ₹12,50,000 crore, with a net profit of ₹1,072 crore in the last quarter. Yet, thousands of young workers in its Noida branches earn only ₹10,000 a month. The company hires boys and girls aged 18–30, often without providing PF or ESI benefits to new recruits. While top executives enjoy hefty salaries, the real workforce struggles on meager pay, many near starvation. Around 10,000 youth are said to be exploited under these conditions. The question being raised is why the government allows a foreign national such freedom to profit while India’s young labor force suffers exploitation in silence.
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Uganda’s army chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba—son of President Yoweri Museveni—has stirred global controversy with bizarre demands aimed at Turkey. On social media, he asked Ankara to provide $1 billion and “Turkey’s most beautiful woman” as his wife, warning of diplomatic fallout within 30 days if ignored, including shutting Turkey’s embassy in Kampala. He justified the money as a “security dividend,” claiming Uganda bore heavy costs fighting extremists in Somalia while others reaped economic benefits. This is not his first outrageous statement: in 2022 he offered 100 Ankole cows to marry Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni, even threatening to “conquer Rome.” Uganda later apologized. Turkey has yet to respond, and the posts may have been deleted, but the episode highlights how diplomacy and spectacle are colliding in unsettling ways.
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