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  Adolf Hitler, How did he harmonize one of the largest genocide in human history? How did he rise to power in a democratic country? The story of post world war 1 made Germany realize that the war was unwinnable. As the war is unwinnable, Germany thought allying makes them winnable. So, Germany signed a truce ending the fight. As the government collapsed, the entire nation started encountering civil unrest and worker strikes. Soon diplomats started fearing an uprising of the communist revolutionary party. So, politicians started suppressing the majority and established the parliamentary Weimar republic. The first task of the parliament to implement the peace treaty imposed by its allies. In addition to a peace treaty, Germany also signed to dismantle its army. And Germany had to take full responsibility for the war and pay for the destruction. Many nationalists and war veterans see this as a humiliation. These nationalists and veterans wrongly believed that they could have won the ...

  Winning the World Cup, March 25th,1992, was an iconic day for Pakistan. The national cricket team beat England to win the world cup. Imran Khan was the face of victory. The Pakistani captain Imran Khan's name was already on the global celebrity list across continents. But almost thirty years later, Imran's public identity has completely changed. He is now Pakistan's Prime Minister. I pledge to my Pakistan nation that I will prove that we can fix our governance system in this country. -Imran Khan So how did a player became the Prime Minister. Will, he able to bring change in the country? From a young age Imran Khan was exposed to foreign influences. He grew up in Lahore, where he attended British prep schools and eventually went to Oxford University. Khan's cricketing skills were shaped when he was in England, he started liking western culture. Imran's athletic career lasted more than two decades after winning the World Cup in 1992. He retired from the game, init...

  Israel bypassed its fourth election in less than two years. In search of political stability, Israel continues facing a crisis in finding a leader who can form a coalition government. It is only the Likud party that has 30 seats out of 120 seats. The rest 13 parties hold only a single-digit seat. Likud party, the party's leader Netanyahu lost his magic wand to make a stable government.  Oleg Vakhromov on Unsplash The Likud party could have been in a better position if its coalition with other smaller parties. A single-party majority is a mirage in Israel. Yet, Netanyahu doesn't accept any form of alliance with other parties with similar ideologies. Also, parties led by other majorities such as Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz, or Gideon Sa'ar opposed him because he is the first Israeli Prime Minister on trial for three criminal charges. There is a week spot in the constituency the Prime Minister does not have to resign when charged in court. But any other officials like Pres...

  India is one such country that is least ranked in the press freedom index. Some other countries with the same classification include China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. According to a report from Niti Aayog , a French-based publishes yearly report purporting to evaluate the press freedom in 180 countries. The recently released 2020 press freedom index has ranked 142 out of 180 countries. A final qualitative analysis is combined with previous data on abuses and acts of violence against journalists during the period evaluated. The criteria evaluated in  the questionnaire  are pluralism, media independence, and other media indices that support the production of news and information.  source: Press Gazette Based on the data we have assigned each country a media freedom health rating based on a traffic-light system. Countries with a good track record on media freedom by international standards are awarded a green; countries where performance on media freedom raises cause f...

  Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash Money is the mother’s milk of politics. Money always influences democracy. A study shows that over 90% of congressional races, the candidate who raises the most money wins. Why do campaigns need money? Are political campaigns fancy and costly? Here are the few areas where candidates spend money during campaigns. Most significantly, in the training of the party activist. Mass media communication. For policy development bodies. The process done by the election commission. Every candidate will visit the whole state so there comes the travel expenditure. Where does the money come from? Who supplies the huge amount? The normal citizen donate on a voluntary basis. The member of the party donates money as a membership token. But this method is not a reliable resource. So comes the plutocratic fundraising method. In plutocratic fundraising methods the elites, entrepreneurs, big cats, interest groups donate money. The more the interest group donates, the more it...

Srimathi Jayaprakash on Unsplash                                                                               If you were to ask an Indian women, to prefer between living in North India or South India, imagine what would her answer be? Most women would prefer to live in South India. And it shouldn't come as a surprise. In South India, women marry late, live longer and are more educated. The gender gap in education is 26% of the north and while for the south it is only 9%. Other than economic and social benefits, safety is another factor that could explain the woman's preference. Compared to North India there could be less crime against women in the South. It could be possible even in the states like Kerala, have high crime rates against women( According to data). But it is not clear why the cr...

  In many areas of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the price has exceeded rupees 100/litre. In many other cities, it is near the range of rupees 90/litre. Why are fuel prices changing so frequently? Why are petrol and diesel prices climbing up every day in our country? How much does the global crude oil price impact the domestic petrol price? C’mon let’s understand in depth.  Deregulation of prices In today’s time, the government in our country uses the dynamic pricing system to decide the price of petrol and diesel. The wat crude oil prices fluctuates in the global market similarly, petrol price fluctuates in the country. So, you can say it is deregulated. This is to say the government is not directly controlling the price of petrol. Rather the global market is controlling what should be the price of petrol. Reading this, A lot of questions will come up in your mind. I will answer those questions slowly. But historically, it wasn’t always so. Many years ago, the price of diesel...

  For the first time in independent India, a woman will undergo capital punishment. This woman convict will be at the only gallows at Mathura jail. Photo by Reza Hasannia on Unsplash What was her crime? Thirteen years ago, In Uttarpradesh, Amroha district, a schoolteacher's only daughter Shabnam Ali went on a killing spree with her boyfriend. Shabnam was 25 at the time, and killed seven of her family members, including her parents and a 10-month-old nephew. Shabnam's mercy petition was rejected by the supreme court and now the president of India has also rejected her mercy plea. The proceedings to execute Shabnam have already started at Mathura. How Shabnam committed the murders? Shabnam's love for Saleem drove her to drug her family members with sleeping pills. So, that she could visit him secretly on that fateful night she drugged the family, and when they were all unconscious she killed them one by one. After the murder, Saleem fled but Shabnam stayed in. The next she r...

  Once we have talked about India becoming a supergiant, still now we are talking about it. Many nations baited their kin to get back their economy. Many leaders lost their hope. But here is this particular nation in Asia sharing most of its border with India. This nation has one more name, that is the land of rivers. Yes, we are talking about Bangladesh. Thought, once Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan but got liberation in the year 1971. Still, Bangladesh is a brotherhood of Pakistan but with different principles. There was a time, Bangladesh was fighting for freedom. But now, its currency value is more than its brother(Pakistan). Bangladesh of 2.11% of the world's total population. Approximately 1260  persons per kilometre, the tenth most densely populated country in the world. We know Bangladesh is famous for its RMD(Ready Made Dresses). Even I have Bangladesh - made jeans in my closet. They are famous for labour-intensive jobs such as agriculture, garments, construction, m...