PUBLIC’S EASILY OBTAINABLE AND PARTICIPATORY LEGITIMATE E-MEDIA 09 Aug, 2020 Contact us at : [email protected] “A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.” @thepeopleassam –Charles Dickens Guwahati, Assam RAPE-PUBLIC OF INDIA Image Credit: Getty Images he Nirbhaya Gangrape was delayed but finally served. But, rape is reported every 15-minutes. are now just NUMBERS. Everyday, talking. INDIA ACCEPTED (2012) still shakes people to between the period, did the rate of 1.75 Lakh+ rape cases were it has become usual to encounter RAPE AS IT IS? Motherland their bottom. They prayed, the crime stop? Certainly, NOT. reported in the country (2014-18)!! reports about rape cases. Until it is screams, but do we hear them? Tthey protested, but who protected? Every part of India reported many “horrific”, it seems nobody cares to India’s horrific pandemic, and the The law? 7 (seven) years from the of such horrific incidents in the past Not surprising? Rape Cases in India give it a little bit. No longer prime dangerous rape culture. horrifying incident, and justice 7-years. NCRB data say, in India, a are now just NUMBERS. Deaths time breaking, no more everyone’s Continued On Page: 08 TRAGEDIES & CALAMITIES CLASHES PMs Faith over PMs Duty? Pandemic, it has already claimed IN BEIRUT By: Biprajit Roy Choudhury – who sadly could not be there to 40,000 lives in India, 140 in Assam. see his efforts bear fruit. Assam Floods claimed 110 lives, POST-BLAST An interesting take here would and there are Bihar Floods also n August 5, India be to consider how the war cry of Kerala’s. Following the calamities, witnessed - what a Vishwa Hindu Parishad – that an the Kozhikode Air Crash is one Thousands of Protesters have gath- majority section would auspicious chant “Jai Shree Ram” Ocall a victory for those who has been reduced to – saw a shift of the most horrific incidents. ered in central Beirut seeking justice 18-deaths, and 150+ injured. Apart over the massive explosion on Tues- purportedly battled for their faith to the more traditional chant of from these incidents, accidents, day damaging half of the city and – the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony “Siyapati Ram Chandra ki Jai” there are numerous cases of rapes, claiming at least 158-lives, 6000 which was an auspicious pretext which is understandable given that sexual assaults reported across the injuries. Protest led to the death of to the bigger event and that when the war has ended why do country. one policeman, 19-people sent to is the commencement of the you need a war cry? custody by the Lebanese Authority. construction of Ram temple in All in a while it seems, death is The Lebanese protested demanding Ayodhya. In saying that, another tradition now reduced to be counted in action from the Government amid The battle for Ram Janmabhoomi is in which Hindus refer to Lord numbers. Meanwhile, the dying their Economic Crisis, which they age old but a prominent milestone Rama as “Maryada Purshottam” 020 is definitely not the best Humanity digs out the graveyard were already facing before the blast. will be the 1992 demolition of meaning a person who is righteous year. I fear to call it the worst of history. Where the “ism” after 728+ people have been wounded af- Babri Masjid which received an and supreme in honour. already as tragedies don’t humans no longer exists. More ter the protest in the capital. insinuation from the infamous 2seem to end. Taking about the stories this week! Rath Yatra of Lal Krishna Advani Continued On Page: 08 International PUBLIC’S EASILY OBTAINABLE AND PARTICIPATORY E-MEDIA 2 Sunday, 09 August,2020 RAJAPAKSA BROTH- CAN CHINA LEAD A GLOBAL ERS SECURES LAND- ECONOMIC RECOVERY? SLIDE VICTORY IN SRI LANKA’S ELECTION Image source: www.google.com limits, bring the judiciary and police By Raktim Ronojoy Neog Image source: www.google.com under their direct control, and extend omy would help cushion the pan- The extent of the recovery in Chi- their dynastic power to a new gener- By Pallavi Dey ri Lanka’s powerful Rajapak- demic’s blow to world growth. Asia’s na was stronger than many analysts ation. sa brothers have secured a China’s role in the world in factory pain continued to lessen in expected, but it was also highly un- Sri Lanka’s opposition has accused landslide victory in the coun- terms of its contribution to glob- July with constriction slowing in big even with industrial output taking try’sS parliamentary election, according the government of corruption, censor- al GDP growth continues to be export-reliant nations, strengthening the bright spot, while retail sales ship and intimidation. to final results. “very significant and is probably going hopes that the region is gradually ris- stayed stagnant. However, the recov- Mahinda Rajapaksa was voted out Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapak- to be even more significant because ing up from the devastating hit of the ery is supported by improved senti- of office essentially just one term ago. sa’s Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) the rest of the world is lagging so coronavirus pandemic. The recovery ment after the thriving containment The previous government came to won 145 seats and can also count on far behind,” said by Mr Edward Tse, is attributed to the increase in man- of Covid-19 and significant fiscal power on the promise of change but the support of at least five allies in the founder and chief executive of Gao ufacturing in China, with an increase and monetary policy easing, raising it failed miserably. They did carry for- 225-member legislature, according to Feng Advisory (a management con- in domestic demand. expectations of the global recovery. ward some constitutional reforms but the results released on Friday. sultancy) and reiterated the strength China’s economic rebound was The Global Times in a report stat- ultimately, they were such a big disap- The SLPP’s main opponent ob- of China’s economy to offer a trail better than expected in the sec- ed that the growth in the ASEAN re- pointment that people of this country tained just 54 seats in Wednesday’s to global recovery. The International ond quarter of the year amid the gion is largely due to the economic have gone back to the Rajapaksas. vote, which saw more than 75 percent Monetary Fund projected that Chi- COVID-19 epidemic, said a World links it shares with China. And, while According to Al Jazeera, “The han- of the 16.2 million eligible voters cast na’s economy will grow 1% this year, Bank official, adding that they had some countries have imposed antago- dling of COVID-19 crisis by President their ballots. while the United States and Europe improved the future estimation. nistic restrictions on Chinese invest- Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invoked a lot The prime minister is most likely will see sharp contractions. Many analysts believe China will ments, scientific and technological of confidence in the people in contrast to be sworn in the same position by China’s GDP grew 3.2 per cent turn the crisis arising from the pan- exchanges and flagrantly interrupted with the shambles the last government his younger brother, President Gota- year-on-year in the second quarter, demic into an opening to redouble trade with China, it may not be sen- made following the Easter bombing baya Rajapaksa, and the huge win on overturning from a 6.8-per cent re- its endeavours to become a leader in sible to expect China to drive global attack last year.” Friday could enable them to change duction in the first quarter. As it is the industries of the future due to its economic recovery as it did in 2008, Sri Lanka has largely contained the constitution and strengthen the the first major economy to show a investment strategies. which was driven by global cooper- the spread of COVID-19 virus with dynastic rule. comeback from coronavirus damage, The National People’s Congress, ation and joint forces of economies. 2,839 confirmed cases, including 11 “Sri Lanka People’s Front has se- will China become the world’s “en- the country’s top legislature’s approv- Economists at Nomura said China deaths. cured a resounding victory accord- gine of economic growth” in post- al of a plan to invest US$1.4 trillion continues to face other problems, in- Mahinda Rajapaksa is unlikely ing to official results released so far,” COVID-19 pandemic recovery, as (S$1.9 trillion) over the next six years cluding the worst flooding in decades to cede any of his powers that might Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in a Twitter it did in the 2008 financial crisis is a in technology, ranging from 5G to and escalating tensions with the Unit- shrink his influence as he works on message. “It is by belief that that the topic of global discourse? artificial intelligence with local gov- ed States. There’s also the persistent promoting his son, Namal, as his heir. expectation to have a Parliament that China’s Caixin/Markit Manufac- ernments along with the country’s risk of another wave of coronavirus, Namal and three other members of will enable the implementation of my turing Purchasing Managers’ Index- private high-tech giants shows the which constrains the idea if China the Rajapaksa family contested the ‘vision for prosperity’ policy will be re- (PMI) rose to 52.8 last month from country’s future investment endeav- driving the global recovery. election and are likely to control key ality tomorrow.” June’s 51.2, denoting the sector’s third ours.