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News Capsule For The Month of August 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  Renowned Malayalam writer and scholar MK Sanoo passes away.  Actor and artist Kalabhavan Navas passed away. Kerala's '2-Rupee Doctor' AK Rairu Gopal Dies At 80. Swiggy delivery agent killed as speeding private bus hits bike near Kochi. R I Praveen, a resident of Deepa Cottage, Mariapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, has enrolled in the prestigious institution, breaking a long-standing gender norm in this classical dance form tradition.  'Gandhi is my hero': Kenyan Govt official Ali Hare Ruwa conducts research on Gandhian philosophy in Kerala.  NRI booked for wife's suicide in Sharjah detained at the airport. Kerala CM calls for a report on school and hospital buildings needing repair or demolition. 30 bottles of coconut oil were stolen from the Kochi store; cash, othe...

News Capsule For The Month of July 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  Fresh protest over sea incursion at Chellanam. Smart Parking vs junction development: Vyttila Hub land use sparks debate.  Bihar man puts vintage motorcycle on sale, 'buyer' from Kochi test-rides it away! LDF's Benedict elected MPC's first chairperson. BrahMos unit in Thiruvananthapuram will be brought directly under DRDO: Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Kerala HC looks into the Janaki vs State of Kerala issue.  Veteran political leader of Kerala and former LDF CM V S Achuthanandan passed away at the age of 101. Massive crowds turn up for his funeral across Southern Kerala. A stray dog attacks 20 people. High alert in 3 Kerala districts after two suspected Nipah cases trigger alarm. Ms Bindu, who was killed in the Kottayam Medical College building collapse, received the funeral. ...

What is your Politics? What is your Political ideology?

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Politics! Politics! Politics!  By now, you will be tired of my rants on Politics! Fear not, I can give you some relief. This article may not be that long or boring; also, this is not an issue-based article.  Every time you might have a conversation with a politically aware person, it is likely that you will be asked about your ideology, which is indirectly asking you, What are your politics? It doesn't mean which party you support; rather, it is about your ideology. Of course, politics is much more than ideology, but your ideology itself is one of the biggest determinants of your politics.  This article is designed to help you understand what are the various ideologies and help you understand more about your political ideology. So stick around till the end to understand this topic in a much better way.  Please note- This article is not an article meant for experts in Political Science rather for people who want to understand these topics better. No ideology is being ...

Why did USSR collapse? How did the policies of the time contribute to its fall?

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The Cold War was seen as one of the most interesting and that is why Historians always keep talking about it as it formed the base for politics today. This short article will take you back forty years to examine the reasons for the fall of the USSR.  Wiki USSR was at its peak of power at the same time there was relative calm in the Cold War under the Carter Presidency. However, the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan was a big failure which militarily and economically weakened the Soviet Union. With the death of Brezhnev in 1982 , the crisis in the USSR grew both economically and politically . The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party couldn’t no longer exert power and control in the country. Laws during that period couldn’t bring the required reforms that could bring the country back alive. Mikhail Gorbachev took control of the Communist Party in 1985. He decided to restructure the Soviet’s economic and political policy through a policy decision called  Perestroika which means re...