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News Capsule For The Month of February 2025

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Following are the top news for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Article of the month Kerala  Kerala Education Minister bans Class 1 entrance test, calls it 'child cruelty'. Kerala state budget presented in the state assembly.  Transgender assaulted near the metro station.  Six landing of NH 66 Stretch to begin soon. Global Investor Kerala Summit Held.  Kochi Chander Kunj Army Towers demolition: Expert panel visits site, residents raise concerns. We ensured Centre sends relief funds: Priyanka Gandhi on Wayanad landslide.  Shashi Tharoor lands in big trouble after his article in the New Indian Express praising the Kerala government.  Kerala HC rejects anticipatory bail plea of BJP leader P C George for calling 'all Muslims terrorists'.  Shashi Tharoor gives a podcast interview to The Indian Express leading to a massive controversy.  Traff...

Understanding the debates on Immigration and Deportation in USA with a Special Emphasis on the Trump Administration

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Note:- This article is solely for the purpose of education and awareness.  Immigration has always remained a controversial political issue across the world in recent times, especially in the West. The 2024 US elections had the discussion of immigration as one of the central narratives. At its heart was the debate on Illegal immigration. This issue was successful in bringing down the Biden Administration so badly that even Democrats lost the popular vote and all the swing states.  The words Illegal immigrants and Undocumented immigrants were talked about extensively largely indicating that both are kind of the same. But no, both of them are different as well as very indicate two very different aspects. The undocumented and illegal immigrants are not the same. Even media, social media and people use it interchangeably to suit their narratives.  Undocumented immigrants are those who are foreign-born people who do not possess valid immigration documentation, or even for ...

Takeaways from Kerala Budget 2025

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The budget speech was held on 7th February by the Financial Minister of Kerala K N Balagopal in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The Economic Review report was presented in the Assembly on February 7, 2023. This is Mr Balagopal’s fifth Budget after taking over as Kerala’s Finance Minister. Budget National Budget Article  Major Announcements from the Budget Speech  GSDP rate- 2024-25 -  11.77%  GSDP- ₹ 13,11,437 crore Public Debt- ₹40,848.21 crore Revenue Deficit- 2.1% ₹750 Crore for Wayanad Relief Package Expected  growth rate Local Self-Government-  ₹ 15,980.41 crore  LSG General Purpose-  ₹ 2,577 crore Kerala Climate Resilient Agri Value Chain Modernisation Project:  ₹ 2,365 crore Removal of river sand from the Bharatapuzha, Chaliyar, and Kadalundi rivers will be resumed Six-lane highway construction to be completed by December 31, 2025 Pilgrimage tourism in Kozhenchery-  ₹ 3 crore Sabarimala Master Plan-  ₹ 1033.62crore KSEB...

The Key Takeaways from the Indian Financial Budget 2025

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On February 1st 2025, the Finance Minister of India, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the financial budget for the financial year 2024-2025. It was a well-sought-after budget this time as this was the first full-year budget of Modi 3.0. On 31st January, the minister submitted the Economic Survey for the year  2024-2025 with a large set of suggestions for the improvement of the economy. The Minister and the Government deemed the budget will put money in the hands of the people mainly the poor and the middle class. It was a budget representing the core values of GYAN (Garib, Yuva, Annadata, and Nari Shakti) as per PM Modi. India i s expected to post its slowest growth in four years due to a sluggish manufacturing sector, persistent food inflation, stagnant job growth and weak urban consumption. The youth employment is also at 7.5%.  LINK To Newscapsule of January 2025 Major Announcements from the Budget Speech   Fiscal Deficit target- 4.4% No income tax till 12LPA Under th...