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Some Laws which Indians commonly violate everyday Knowingly or Unknowingly

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Law is the fundamental way in which a nation-state survives. But often some of these laws are ignored both by those who implement these laws and those who are bound to follow them. They are as follows: Walking and crossing the railway tracks This is something that is pretty common across railway lines across India. Whether it be crossing at the railway stations or walking on tracks outside the stations as well. But as expected, trespassing on railway property is a punishable offence under Section 147 of the Railways Act, 1989.  Building bridges and escalators while completely ignoring the basic movement of people is to be blamed here. Similarly, entering railway platforms without a ticket is not allowed. Now you can book tickets using the Rail One App.  Jay Walking Jaywalking is a term unfamiliar to many but is very common in India and everyone ha explicitly done it. This means that you do not use designated zebra crossings for crossing the road. This is common in India due to...

What are the consequences of elections to five Indian States in 2021?

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It has been quite some time since India has seen a heated election season after 2019. Sparing Maharastra and Haryana in 2019 we have not seen anything big in 2020 except for Bihar. In 2021, we have an interesting election season where we have totally new and different contents in each contour. It has been quite some time since we have discussed national-level politics. That is why we are here to remove your confusion regarding the effect of these elections on the national picture.  Before you proceed ahead with the topic, do read our previous article for a better understanding! Lessons for Indian Politics from Bihar 2020 elections.  As you must have guessed, these five states which are in the elections right now are West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry which has a legislature. The election phases for Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry are over and as of now, we have only a few phases of the Bengal elections left. The electio...