BHU DEBATE SOCIETY'25

  CRIMINALIZATION OF POLITICS   Almost a year back, in February 2020, the Supreme court issued a decision that requires political parties to publish the entire criminal history of their candidates along with the reasons to allow the participation of such suspected criminals. Directions issued by the Court: ·       It is mandatory for all political parties to publish all details regarding pending criminal cases against their chosen candidates, not only in local newspapers, but also on party websites and social media handles. ·       Along with the details of pending cases, the parties will have to publish “the reasons for such selection, as also as to why other individuals without criminal antecedents could not be selected as candidates”. ·       The “reasons” given for selection of the candidates have to be “with reference to the qualifications, achievements and merit of the candidate concerned, and not mere ‘w...

    26th day of January, 1950 when our Indian Constitution came into force and the dream of becoming an independent republic country became a reality.  Today, we celebrate the Republic day with delight and magnificence paying respect to the soldiers who have laid down their lives for the protection of our country and its people to breathe with peace. The Constitution of India is the largest constitution in the world and it provides the people with different rights, duties and rules to follow.  On this day, 71 years ago, the Constitution of India gave its citizens the immense power to govern themselves by choosing the government on their own which can help their society grow and prosper. Empowered by the Constitution (Right to vote), the citizens must use their voting power in order to help our country become more prosperous in the coming future by selecting the right government which leads the country on the path of prosperity. Most people don't know the significance...

For some people it is the sign of weakness and for others it is just a way to feel calm and relaxed. At some point of time in your life, you too must have experienced this circumstance. What if someone suddenly comes and stops you from laughing or smiling when you are happy? You must be thinking why would someone stop me from expressing my feelings or emotions? But the same thing is happening with all of us since our childhood if we see this from a different perspective. Let's find out how! Crying is the body's way to not only reduce emotional stress, but also process it. Think of emotions as an invisible force moving through the body, people tend to think that just because they cannot see or feel their feelings, when they refuse to feel them, they simply go away. Unfortunately, that isn't true. Rather than having that flow emotional force circulating and completing it's cycle it gets stopped. Sad to say, but our society has stigmatized the expression of sadness. Seeing...

Menstrual leave is not a nascent concept. The discourse surrounding it spans over a hundred years, with nations like Indonesia and the former USSR advocating the leave for female members of their workforce. It makes for a curious case, then, that the debate did not garner popular attention in India until very recently. The revamped interest in the dialogue has been attributed to the initiatives of politicians, organizations and media outlets, and has opened up channels for discussion on various platforms. I contend that menstrual leave is an expendable concept and the following article asserts the same. Though there is very little data to establish whether menstrual leave helps women or not, an evaluation of the facts and circumstances so far can be useful in developing a perspective. The biggest question that women’s entitlement to menstrual leaves has posed to policy makers across the world is whether it is an economic welfare issue or a labor issue. And though the course of action...

 Farmers in Punjab and Haryana and of almost whole country are protesting against three ordinances promulgated by the Centre on June 5 . WHAT ARE THESE ORDINANCES, AND WHY ARE THE FARMERS PROTESTING? They are called The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.  The protesting farmers fear that powerful investors would bind them to unfavorable contracts drafted by big corporate law firms, with liability clauses that would be beyond the understanding of poor farmers in most cases. According to the government, The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 liberates farmers by giving them the freedom to sell anywhere. The Opposition says this would lead to corporatization of agriculture, with the market, along with the monsoon, becoming an unpredic...

On the 1st day of his office after being elected as the 46th President of the U.S., Joe Biden declared his intention of rejoining the Paris Agreement, from which it had withdrawn on November 4, 2020 under the administration of Trump. Observing the noxious effect of climate change on sustenance of life,it is an exigency to unite together so as to maintain the economic stability in Paris Accord, thereby achieving the goal through INDC ( Intended Nationally Determined Contributions). Joe Biden took a major step to remove the errors in the previous decisions taken by Trump.               Climate change isn't a hoax, it is a reality. The devastating effects  of the global warming, increased industrialisation and the absence of proper measures to mitigate the climate change can be easily apprehended from the catastrophic events of the last 5 years. Amazon fires, California wildfires, wildfires in Siberia, Australia bushfire, shifting of the magnetic nor...

  What is CRYPTO CURRENCY?   It’s nothing more than the colorful 100 and 500 rupee notes that we use in our daily lives. The only difference is that a cryptocurrency is a digital currency that uses digital files as money and its records are maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by a Centralized authority. It uses an efficient technology popularly known as Block chain technology which preserves it from being distorted. The tale goes back to the year 2018 when the Indian Central bank, the Reserve Bank of India issued a circular to bar the regulated entities from imparting services to any individual or business dealing in digital (crypto) currencies. The rationale for this major development was the unregulated nature of the crypto currency which was subject to scrutiny by many governments around the world. The sudden hike in the worth of the digital currency in the previous years lead to disconcertment that such currencies could assist money lau...