India Today Research Articles

Study of school students’ perception towards value education and advertising

Today, children are becoming silent by being busy on smart-phones or TV and while waiting for their parents to return from work; they often expect an enticing product instead of a warm hug. Sexual eroticism and its effect can be seen in increasing cases of teenage pregnancy, violence derived from the desire for expensive products by children who can barely have food; child obesity encouraged by the extreme exposure to junk food ads; and depression resulting from being unheard are some of the consequences that burden our children. India today is facing a value crisis where humanity seems to have lost its voice in the face of unending desire for wealth and pleasure. The present study is a deliberate attempt in this direction where there is a severe need for some remedial actions against the ill effects of advertising on innocent school students’ minds.

Air Quality Detection using Land Coverage Machine Learning Techniques- CNN

Air pollution is one of the world's most dangerous issues, as it has negative consequences for human health, animal health, and the environment system. In today's India, air pollution is one of the most serious environmental health threats. The most important factor that directly increases the occurrence of diseases and lowers the quality of life is the air quality in all places. The ability to make suitable judgments in a timely manner is dependent on the monitoring and analysis of air quality factors, necessitating the development of real-time air quality detection. It is possible to do a detailed level analysis of key pollutants and their sources using colour images of the earth's surface. These detection devices are critical components in a variety of specialised area projects for sensing air quality and managing pollutant concentrations in specific locations. Based on a Land coverage analysis, we provide a method for cost-effective assessment of essential environmental parameters in this project. These applications are used to assess the quality of local air.

Critical analysis study on various Indian legislations for medical negligence

One of the most pressing issues in India today is medical malpractice. As a result of our own experience, we believe that medicine is one of the most honourable professions. We expect doctors to treat their patients with care, since they are the ones who will ultimately cure and heal them of whatever ailment or health condition they may have, and patients often see them as gods. A medical malpractice case is one in which a doctor, dentist, nurse or other health care practitioner mistreats a patient in a manner that is incompetent, incompetent, or negligent. The Supreme Court of India's ruling in Indian Medical Association v. V.P. Shanta& Ors1 in 1995 expanded the definition of "service" under the 1986 Consumer Protection Act to include medical services. By enabling contractual patients to sue physicians in 'procedure-free' consumer protection courts for payment if they were harmed during treatment, this created a relationship between patients and medical providers. In India, the frequency of medical malpractice claims has increased while the quality of treatment has decreased. Examining individual instances of medical negligence may reveal the elements that lead to medical carelessness, as well as the role of the doctor-patient interaction.

Reimbursement For Electricity Supply Using Blockchain

India today is racing towards the goal of Net Zero emissions by 2070. To achieve this goal, we need to reduce the use of air-polluting fossil fuels like coal. India today has increased its infrastructure of solar panels substantially. However, the efforts of the public can be a huge factor in this sector. Solar Panels have to be adopted by the people to reduce dependence on energy distributors providing fossil energy. The people who use solar panels for energy need to either connect their supply to a local power grid or maintain huge battery rooms to ensure a stable supply. Battery rooms are not a feasible option hence people choose to connect to the local grid. Solar Energy generated by people sometimes is in excess of their usage. These extra units can be carried forward to the next bill but people are never rewarded for their contribution. With this new system, we would be able to promote the use of solar panels by rewarding users for their contribution to the local energy supply. Energy distributors would reward users with in-app currency for the number of units they generate, these credits then can be used by users to pay their electricity bills or sell the in-app currency to other users for Fiat money. Using the latest blockchain Ethereum Smart contracts technology we can ensure the safety and security of our in-app currency and transactions made between users. A whole new source of passive income can be generated using this system. Keywords: Blockchain, Mining, Solar Power, Renewable Energy, Crypto Wallet, Electricity, Clean Energy

Interrogating the limits of humanitarian art: the uncomfortable invitations of Ai Weiwei

ABSTRACT Ai Weiwei is one of the most prominent contemporary artists to engage the so-called ‘migrant’ or ‘refugee crisis’ since 2015. His work spans several mediums, from feature-length documentary films to gallery exhibits, public installations, and social media content. Ai has garnered both admiration and criticism for his representations of migrants and refugees, with some critics alleging Ai’s works are tone-deaf and self-serving publicity stunts that disregard the uneven power dynamics between the artist and his subjects. These critiques, however, often overlook Ai’s postcolonial positionality and the ways in which his own experiences with exile shape his approach to representing mass displacement. In this essay, I offer a reappraisal of Ai Weiwei’s work by considering how his documentary practices productively discomfit viewers and invite audiences to interrogate the limitations of humanitarian art. Through close readings of his documentary film Human Flow (2017), gallery installation Laundromat (2016), and the notorious India Today portrait of Ai Weiwei as Alan Kurdi, I show how Ai destabilizes humanitarian documentary tropes typically used to represent refugees. In doing so, Ai calls attention to the constructed nature of his own work and invites viewers to re-examine their practices of looking.

Relocated tigers and relocated villagers: Ferality and human–animal entanglement in Indian conservation

AbstractThis article will examine state intervention in the lives of tigers and people living in and around Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. It explores how, over a decade after a reintroduction project rebuilt the tiger population from extinction and the central government launched a new compensation scheme to relocate villagers away from the national park, relocated tigers and not-yet relocated villagers resist and challenge conservation interventions to eradicate human life in Panna Tiger Reserve and (re)construct it as a wild tiger landscape. It will show how discourses of conservation and development that motivate state intervention seek to depoliticize and obfuscate programmes of control over human and tiger lives through their separation and purported ‘care’, contiguous with colonial policies and discursive practices that have intertwined the fate of wild animals and forest-dependent villagers in this part of India. In their feral subversions against these interventions, relocated tigers and not-yet relocated villagers expose the problematic contradictions and tensions that plague animal management, wildlife conservation, and rural development in India today. Based on 15 months of ethnographic fieldwork, the article draws on case studies and accounts from communities living around Panna Tiger Reserve to present alternatives to colonial and post-colonial discursive legitimizations of state intervention and control, revealing alternate understandings of the entanglement of humans and animals and the categories of ‘wild’ and ‘tame’.

Is Mob Lynching a Contemporary Social Problem in India?

The cases of mob lynching against the vulnerable groups are the matter of grave concern in contemporary Indian Society which is the worst form of crime against humanity. Today, people belong to vulnerable groups such as minorities and Dalits are seriously attacked and assaulted to death by mob of people of a particular community. These cases of mob lynching definitely affect the way of life and sense of well-being of minorities and Dalits to a large extent causing a fracture in their social and personal status in society which they have got as a human being. The objectives of the study are to understand the nature of mob lynching in the socio-cultural context of India and to examine the linkage between social media and mob lynching. The present study employs content analysis for the study of mob lynching. The data have been collected from lynching affected regions of the country through various news papers (Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Indian Express and The Times of India etc., Delhi Edition) and monthly magazines (India Today and Economic Political Weekly etc.). The cases of mob lynching have been collected from March, 2013 to September, 2019. The study has found that the cases of lynching are committed against minorities and Dalits due to suspicion of beef consuming, cow slaughtering, skinning of dead cows child lifting, and theft. The study also indicates that most of cases of mob lynching are committed due to fake news, rumors and hate speeches which are circulated on social media platforms.

Gender Bias in Financial Planning for Retirement

<p>Socio-economic factor, family structure has impact on the various facets of economy as well as individual’s life, specifically after retirement. In the past, primarily India had joint family structure or a compound family structure, which was a great source of support after retirement. Today India’s population is growing but average family size is reducing. This phenomenon translates into more retired people per working individual. If pretired individuals are financially secure, their hardships of old age can be reduced to a large extent. Per capita income today, is far greater as compared to past with many more investment avenues to suit ones requirement. Financial plan is required to satisfy financial needs at various stages of life. Income after retirement is consequence of the investments made during work life, which is the result of the financial plan for retirement. The census data indicates life expectancy for women is higher than men. Hence, it is important that women make financial planning for their financial needs after retirement. Financial literacy, savings and clarity of objectives are positively related to financial planning by the individuals. The data for the study is collected using Google Forms from the individuals employed in ITES sector in the city of Bengaluru. Logistic regression model is used to evaluate variance in the financial planning for retirement due to explanatory factors, ‘clarity of financial goal’, ‘attitude towards savings’ and ‘financial literacy’ on ‘financial planning for retirement. Independent t test is used to evaluate difference between men and women. The study revealed that explanatory variables had influence on the financial planning for retirement and t test revealed that men and women do not differ in their behavior.</p>

Revisiting the Pasmanda Political Discourse: Feasibility, Failure and the Way Forward

This article attempts to revisit the Pasmanda political discourse (PPD) which is grounded on the premise that there exist a number of backward and dalit Muslims who remain under-represented and whose demands remain unheard in contemporary India. In recognising this reality, this article tries to understand the PPD from three perspectives. First, the feasibility and importance of the PPD in the context of the resounding victory of the National Democratic Alliance which has indicated that the present dispensation managed to dismantle caste-based politics in the last 2019 general elections. Second, it tries to explain the reasons for the failure of Pasmanda politics which could not make a headway in the Muslim community in general and Pasmanda Muslims in particular and also in other socio-religious groups and political parties, despite it being a century-old political discourse. Third, it seeks to articulate the way forward to strengthen and rejuvenate the idea of Pasmanda in India today which is witnessing a domination of majoritarian politics.

The Implied Imperative: Poetry as Ethics in the Proverbs of the Tirukkuṟaḷ

ABSTRACTThe Tirukkuṟaḷ is a text of Tamil proverbs that circulates widely in South India today. While the first two sections of the text contain practical pieces of ethical advice, the third section contains an extended love poem. This variation in content has resulted in a dichotomous view of the text in which ethics and poetry are viewed as fundamentally distinct. This paper blurs the distinction between ethics and poetry by showing how the poetic form of the Tirukkuṟaḷ's proverbs not only enhances the text's ethical message but also participates in the ethical formation of the text's audience. Building on Geoffrey Galt Harpham's notion of sub‐ethics, I argue that the Tirukkuṟaḷ uses three literary strategies—metaphor, inference, and suspense—to engage the audience in modes of “sub‐ethical” reflection by raising ethical questions and framing ethical choices.

B. R. Ambedkar: The Messiah and Emancipator of Indian Women

Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was not only the father of the Indian Constitution or a vociferous critique of caste and untouchability but he was also a staunch supporter of women’s rights, their upliftment and emancipation. He strongly criticized the ancient lawgiver Manu and the Manusmrirti or Manav Dharma Shastra for showing contempt towards women and degrading them as slaves who are devoid of intellect. Manu denied women the right to chant Vedas, the right to education and the right to property. Ambedkar requested Indian women not to abide by the Manusmriti and to openly defy the laws of Manu. In order to ensure gender equality and the emancipation and progress of Indian women, he incorporated several articles in the Indian Constitution. As the first law minister of independent India, he introduced the Hindu Code Bill to safeguard the rights of Hindu women. It was due to his tireless efforts that the Constitution of independent India today incorporates several legislations to ensure the protection of women.

Raging in Delhi and Rajasthan: Post-show Audience Discussions of Medea

From April to November 2019, eight members of the pandies’ theatre, a Delhi-based activist theatre group, toured Delhi and Rajasthan with a fifty-five-minute version of Euripides’ Medea, in Hindustani. The group gave fifteen performances in the round, in spaces ranging from a tin shed to a plush air-conditioned conference room, addressing diverse audiences. During post-performance discussions in four spaces – Ambedkar University of Delhi, the village of Mangliawas in Rajasthan, the India Habitat Centre, and Studio Safdar in New Delhi – spontaneous debates arose between women on the one side and men on the other in which the women expressed their understanding of Medea’s actions or their ‘identification’ with her character. Anuradha Marwah, the director of the play, discusses these debates with reference to the ‘agonistic’ character of Medea (431 BCE) while framing the tour as a feminist activist endeavour in India today, where the condition of abandoned women and those considered to be outsiders has become even more precarious due to increasing divisiveness and chauvinism. Anuradha Marwah is a theatre activist and a Professor in the Department of English at Zakir Husain Delhi College, Delhi University. She was a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2017. Her publications include two plays, A Pipe Dream in Delhi and Ismat’s Love Stories, three novels, and several academic and popular articles.

Role of Brand Position in Indian Automobile Industries

The riches of the vehicle industry is inextricably related to the entire health of the economy, rather just replaceable profits and customer confidence. There were no automobile manufacturers in India 80 years ago, hence there was no Indian automobile market. There were a few imported autos in India. Following independence, the government began efforts to develop a vehicle industry. At first, India’s automobile industry advanced at a snail’s pace. The situation now, however, is very different. Our country’s car market is extremely diverse. With 11 autos per thousand people and 32 two-wheelers per thousand people, India today has one of the lowest vehicular solidities in the world. This is quite low in contrast to other similar economies. The globalisation of the car industry is hastening the formation of new alliances and the entry of new manufacturers. In the automobile industry, not just in terms of sourcing whole vehicles and components, but also in terms of markets, modernization has never been more rapid. As a result, the cast of players in the global automobile business continues to expand.

Factors affecting relationship issues among clients attending youth mental health promotion services in India.

BACKGROUND:India today is home for the largest youth population in the world. Youth is a formative phase transitioning from childhood to adulthood. Relationship is fundamental for a healthy and satisfactory life. Relationships assume importance and maturity during adolescence and youth. Relationships and mental health have a bidirectional effect. The effect of relationships on mental health is stronger than vice versa.MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two-year case record analysis of 8595 beneficiaries aged 15–35 years attending youth guidance centers (Yuva Spandana Kendras) in Karnataka, India, was undertaken to understand factors affecting relationship issues among them. Multivariate logistic regression was performed with any beneficiary having a relationship issue as outcome.RESULTS:Being a student (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.49; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.18–1.89), occupation (AORbusiness/salaried = 3.04; 95% CI = 2.10–4.40 and AORothers = 1.72; 95% CI = 1.22–2.44), marital status (AORmarried = 1.42; 95% CI = 1.06–1.90 and AORothers = 3.44; 95% CI = 1.45–8.15), having health and lifestyle issues (AOR = 3.61; 95% CI = 3.05–4.27), personality issues (AOR = 2.88; 95% CI = 2.43–3.41), safety issues (AOR = 6.28; 95% CI = 5.01–7.87), gender, sex, and sexuality issues (AOR = 3.10; 95% CI = 1.93–4.98), suicidality (AOR = 1.82; 95% CI = 1.17–2.85), alcohol use (AOR = 5.43; 95% CI = 3.92–7.41), and different emotions experienced (AOR ranging from 0.37 to 3.50), had significant association with relationship issues.CONCLUSION:Investing in health promotion interventions focusing on these precursors of relationship issues among youth seems strategic. Our findings have implications for other states in India and other low-middle-income countries like India.

LEGAL CONTROL OF NOISE POLLUTION IN NCT OF DELHI

This research paper presents a comprehensive analysis on noise pollution and various sources due to which it occurs as well as various measures to make a legal control of noise pollution in NCT of Delhi.Pollution in its all sense needs to be curbed and it is the duty of both the government and citizen to take measures to prevent and address it. Noise pollution is something which can be curbed at individual level as it affects all other aspects of our lives as well as other living beings present in the environment.Due to its negative auditory and non auditory impacts, such as hearing loss and stress, noise is that annoying, disruptive, and redundant sound that should be avoided. The WHO guidelines from 2009 state that adverse health impacts of noise include environmental sleeplessness, sleep disruption, and sleep disturbance over 40 dB, and cardiovascular effects above 55 dB, which are believed to be less dependent on the type of noise. Continuous exposure to noise levels beyond the permitted limits may be harmful to one's physical and psychological well-being. One of the main environmental issues in India today is noise pollution. This research paper talks in detail about the overall effects and control of noise pollution.

The Honorable "Honorary system" in teaching/university public hospitals - An ideal blend of academics and prosperity for the medical professional.

The options available for a specialist in India today can be broadly divided into joining a public teaching institution in the capacity of lecturer or higher, freelancing, and taking up a full-time corporate position. Whereas public teaching institutions have an abundance of academics, skill and mastery development potential, corporate positions and freelancing offer better monetary stability. From an ideal blend of both systems, stems the honorary system. This article elaborates on and exemplifies the same with several doyens who have been involved, and have been a product of the honorable "honorary system."

Fire incidences in Indian Hospitals from July 2010 to April 2021

The aim of the study was to explore re incidences and re safety lacunae in Indian hospitals and recommend ways to improve it. Data from archive media of NDTV news, Indian Express, India Today, The New Indian Express, and Sakal e-paper available from July 2010 till April 2021 was analysed. Total 60 hospital re incidences from 16 states of India were covered. Ownership of the hospital, departments affected, time, month and cause of the re incidences, number of deaths and injuries, and lacunae in the re safety measures in Indian hospitals have been reported in this paper. Fire in the hospital not only leads to loss of human life but great economic loss. Although we may argue, we have plenty of lessons learned from the hospital re incidences in the past; the fact is that we are far away from properly applying those lessons to disaster response and recov¬ery operations. All the Indian hospitals must adhere to Fire and Life Safety guidelines given by National Building Code of India, National Electrical Code standards and National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare.

India: Focus Africa?

The article touches upon India’s policy towards Africa. Since the Roman era Africa has always caught the attention of developed countries, as the continent was an enormous field for exploring, a complete terra incognita. Later a new wave of interest came as Africa possessed abundant resources and had connections to commercial maritime routes: the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean. Today India does its best not only to become a trusted trade and political partner for African states, but also to win their sympathies. For example, Indian leaders never tire of reminding that India — just like Africa — fought against colonialism, thereby opposing itself to the former colonial empires and emphasizing its common historical and cultural background with Africa. The author reviews Indian foreign policy, diaspora influence, and Indian military presence on the continent. Meanwhile some countries, for example the U.S. or Japan, remain wary of Chinese wide-spreading influence, especially in Africa, where a new Chinese military base was recently built. In that regard new alliances are forming, the balance of power is shifting. A comparative analysis of Indian, Chinese, and U.S. policy towards Africa was carried out, considering the prospects of international relations between Africa and its key partners.

Development and Standardization of Naturally Fortified Litti – Chokha

In addition to being popular today in India, Litti Chokha, a traditional dish that comes from Bihar state, is now a dish of people globally. Litti appears to be baati with similar durability and shelter that makes food easy to store and carry on long journeys. The nutritional value of the different filled spices and herbs adds to the potential value of the food in nutraceuticals. In addition, chickpea is an excellent source of minerals (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and iron), fatty acids unsaturated, and β-carotene. Due to these properties and compatibility with wheat flour and chickpeas, Litti is suitable as an amplification agent. In this research, Remove these words development and standardization of the preparation of chickpea flour fortified Litti was studied. Nutritionally enhanced litti were prepared using wheat flour and chickpea flour incorporated in various ratios (20%–60%). Litti prepared from 40% incorporation (C2) had a higher acceptance compared to others. The variant C2 contained protein 8.20g, fat 3.22g, carbohydrate 26.83g, energy 523.0 kcal, and fiber 7.06g

India's Revolutionary Spiritual Urge: Bhagat Singh and the Naxalites

Bhagat Singh is an iconic figure of the radical left tradition in India. If Singh, killed in the resistance to British colonialism, were to return from the dead, would he feel that the India of today, brought about by its ruling classes and their political representatives, was really worth his and his comrades' martyrdom?