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The 5 AM CLUB: A Review

“Own your morning, Elevate your life.” As the sun sets, it sets upon an incandescent ochre filter, on every surface it touches. There’s a mini volcano reflected in one’s eye while the sun melts into the abyss. One can spend days and days bidding farewell to the sun, and a healthy day, though, how often […]

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Finance National Politics

Union Budget 2021

The budget, on 01st February 2021 was introduced in the parliament. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had promised a 2021 Budget like “never before”, with the aim of making India the epicentre of global growth. 100 years of India wouldn’t have seen a Budget being made post-pandemic like this”, she said. She stated that the Government […]

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An Introduction to the Union Budget

In Article 112 of the Indian Constitution, the Union Budget is referred to as the Annual Financial Statement and is considered as the Annual Budget of the Republic of India. In simpler terms, a Budget is known as a statement holds estimated receipts and expenditures of the Government for a particular year. The first Union Budget […]

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National

India at 75: Atmanirbhar Bharat

“You don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing”. India celebrates its seventy-three years of Independence this year, along with bravely fighting the covid-19 virus with the lowest death rates per million. However, the question is, were we independent for seventy-three years? The time between 1970-1980 is our lost […]

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Finance

Economic Nationalism: Renumerative or Ruinous

Nationalism is a word that can instigate both intense allegiances and accentuated hatred. The Britannica website describes it as the ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests. Nationalism first emerged as a political concept in nineteenth-century Europe. It begot the unification of […]

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Interfaith Marriage in India

LEGAL BUT NOT ETHICAL Introduction A casual glance at the twenty-first century would suggest that religion is a contentious issue not just in India but across the world. India, well-known for its unity and diversity is, however, yet trapped in the complexities of the word ‘religion’, leading to the emergence of hatred and conflicts. Interfaith […]

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Is Overpopulation a Concern for Us?

It goes without question that our population has skyrocketed in the last two centuries. It took humans over 2 million years to reach 1 billion but only 200 more to reach 7 billion. Our population today tops 7 billion people and never before has such a large population existed on earth. It has been estimated […]

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Time Travel Paradoxes

INTRODUCTION  Time travel – hopping between various points in time is a very popular concept in the world of fiction for decades. Various movies and series like Back to The Future, Dark, and so much more are fully based on messing up with the timeline. In all these movies and series, we see a  person […]

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MUN as a Means of Personality Development

From lobbying before the committee even starts to opening speeches, moderated and unmoderated caucuses, and backbone writing, there’s always something that needs your full attention. Model UN may be a fast-growing competitive activity for several students, but to excellent deal folks, it means something more. Model UN has helped us grow into leaders, discover our […]

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Chanakya in Today’s World

These days politicians are being dubbed as being the Chanakya of their political parties. This is because of various reasons such as their policy-making capabilities or their ability to control power. Today, Chanakya is often dubbed as the creator of dirty politics, but is it so? Taking a look into the deep history, in the […]