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Here is all you need to know about ECI, EVM, VVPAT And counting process. Listen to this Podcast to find out more details.

The GDP data for the last quarter of the financial year 2019-20 was released. The provisional GDP for the whole year reveals that the economy is still in one of its worst states. The share market, however, is on the rise for the last four days with sensex and nifty performing better than its recent numbers. Is this good news for the Indian Economy? Watch our explainer 'Asaan Bhasha Mein' to know more.

Telecom Ministry is ready to roll out a Central Equipment Identity Register, a database of IMEI. What is an IMEI number? How to find it on your mobile phone? Why is IMEI number important?

In this edition of Aasan Bhasha Mein (Finance Explainer) we have tried to explain the Tax structure of and for Gifts. What and how much? What are the exceptions and how much do we need to pay in case of winning a Lottery or KBC kinda game shows? What is TDS?

To fight the infamous Delhi smog, CSIR-NEERI have launched 'Green Crackers'. Here's what is special about them.

Modi government approved the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda to make it a globally competitive lender. With the merger, BoB will become the second largest government bank after State Bank of India. "There will be no impact on the service conditions of the employees and there will be no retrenchment following the merger," Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters about decisions taken by the Union Cabinet.

Cyclone Vayu updates. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the central government was closely monitoring the Cyclone Vayu in Gujarat and other parts of India.uthorities have already planned to evacuate about three lakh people from identified vulnerable areas.

The price of US benchmark WTI crude oil plunged below Zero on April 20th. This happened for the first time in history. Saurabh Dwivedi explains what this means for oil economy and how it may affect Indian oil prices.

With the health ministry and ICMR batting for Remdesivir for the treatment of Coronavirus patients in India, Siddhant Mohan of the Lallantop tried to breakdown the medicine over its core. While the medicine has been cleared for intravenous use, its approval is only backed by the research conducted by Gilead pharma, which eventually manufactures Remdesivir.

With the coronavirus is on outbreak, Indian government has drafted a new rule for the treatment of critical patients admitted in the hospitals. Under the new rules, hospitals, patients and their next kin would have say in experimental drugs. Tune in to the episode by Prateeksha Pandey, researched by Siddhant Mohan.

Government has already provided postal ballot facilities for certain voters. But in this time of COVID-19 crisis it has extended the list of postal ballot eligible voters. In the upcoming Bihar election Covid -19 patients can also cast their vote through postal ballot.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted transit anticipatory bail to Shantanu Shivlal Muluk in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case registered by the Delhi Police in connection with the ongoing protests against the three farm laws. The transit anticipatory bail has been granted to Muluk for 10 days to allow him to approach the competent court in the national capital for a pre-arrest bail. On Wednesday, the High Court also granted transit bail for three weeks to lawyer and activist Nikita Jacob in the same case. What does the law say about the procedure regarding bail?

British home secretary Sajid Javid orders Vijay Mallya’s extradition. But now he will appeal in the Upper court against the order. Here is all you need to know about economic fugitive Vijay Mallya's extradition Issue.

The appointment of Sanjiv Khanna and Dinesh Maheshwari to the Supreme Court on January 10 saw controversy on 15 January as former Delhi High Court judge Kailash Gambhir wrote to the President with objection. He wrote in the letter that the decision is “superseded almost 32 judges”. After this letter supreme court judge sanjay kishan kaul also wrote a letter to CJI.

US President Donald Trump nominated jurist Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court. A professor named Christine Blasey Ford alleged Kavanaugh molested her during High School. Ford gave her statement in fornt of a Senate Panel. Know the deatils of this case.

Chinese hacking communities and Chinese army-backed hackers are discussing ways to target Indian companies and government agencies. Here is all you need to know about India's cybersecurity.

Coronavirus outbreak latest: The pharma sector in India could possibly be faced with shortages in finished drug formulations from April in case the supply chains are not restored by the first week of March. Prices of paracetamol that is commonly used as an analgesic have gone up by 40 percent due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured that prices will not increase in the short term due to disrupted supply from China in the face of the coronavirus epidemic. Addressing the media after talking to industry representatives on Tuesday, the Finance Minister said that the government will soon announce measures to address the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the India Inc.

China uses its veto powers and does not list Masood Azhar as global terrorist. Here is all you need to know about what went on at the UNSC and the reasons behind it.

Nepal has finally came over same page with india over the repair work of Gandak Barrage, which is built over Gandak river flows through both India and Nepal. Barrage has 36 gates. Out of which 18 opens in India and 18 in Nepal. So both country has equal right on it. Now barrage needs repair work but Nepal is not ready to give way to Indian engineers in their territory due to coronavirus lockdown. After some long sessions of discussions, finally Nepal has agreed. Know all about this matter and Gandak Barrage in this episode by Prateeksha Pandey, researched by Abhishek Tripathi.

Recently On being asked if Imran Khan has discussed the issue of Uyghur Muslims with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistani PM said he is not aware since he has been dealing with Pakistan's economy and Kashmir. Here is all you need to know about Uyghur Muslims in China.

While the antidote or vaccine of Coronavirus infection is still not known, a scientific journal claims that a new kind of Swine Flu virus has pandemic potential, and is the thing to watch out for in the near future. So what exactly is a swine flu? how it spreads? how it is cured? how many were affected? and, how its new kind behave? tune into this episode by Prateeksha, Explained by Siddhant Mohan.

Prime Minister Naredra Modi is set to visit Maldives first his first ever bilateral visit of this tenure. A longtime ally of India, Maldive was seen sliding towards China in recent years. Have things changed with Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's election? And will Modi's visit make any difference? Listen to this Podcast to find out.

What went wrong with Chandrayaan-2 landing? What is the current state of Vikram lander? Let’s try to understand in this episode.

In this podcast, we at ‘The Lallantop’ briefly explain the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, its provisions for foreigners and Muslims and the conditions involved in it. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) became law (Citizenship Amendment Act) after receiving the President’s assent. Major political parties like Congress, DMK, AAP, NCP, BSP, and SP are opposing the bill.The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 has been brought for the minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, who were tortured religiously in their country and are now living in India. With this bill, such refugees will be given citizenship in India. Know the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019. The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 will benefit illegal migrants living in India. After the amendment, the illegal provisions fulfilling the four conditions will be citizens of India. Listen to this Podcast to know everything about the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 and the conditions required to be fulfilled.

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Modi government's last Union Budget before the Lok Sabha elections, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley prepared a 17,991-word speech that he tabled in Parliament today.If the frequency of words used by the finance minister is any indication about the priorities of the Narendra Modi government, farmers - who also constitute the largest chunk of voters - top the list.However, Jaitley used the word 'tax' 116 times, 'infrastructure' 65 times, and health 39 times. He also used the word 'women' 13 times and 'jobs' only on six occasions, the same as 'youth'.Here is a comparison of keywords used by Arun Jaitley in his Union Budget 2018-19 with previous budget speeches.

Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman has mooted new tax rules for NRI's and PIO's with aim to check tax evasion. However workers in areas like the Gulf are worried. Listen to this Podcast to know more.

In this section, an easy to understand guide to Brexit . Beginning with the basics, What does Brexit mean?, Why is Britain leaving the European Union?, What was the breakdown across the UK? What is the European Union? When is the UK due to leave the EU? So is Brexit definitely happening? You will find each and every answer of your question related to brexit. Just go and find yours.

In this segment of ‘Aasan bhasha me’ you will get to about the whole story behind the Bigibeel Bridge inaugurated by prime minister narendra modi. Bogibeel bridge is India's longest rail and road bridge over the Brahmaputra river at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam. This bridge will enhance the India's defence capability by ensuring faster movement of troops and supplies to Arunachal Pradesh which borders China.

In this segment Saurabh Dwivedi talks about Boeing 737 Max 8 planes that are being grounded worldwide as a safety measure after the recent plane crash in Ethopian Airlines

On Saturday, Amit Shah welcomed ex chairman of ISRO Madhavan Nair in his party. Madhavan Nair was involved in Antrix-Devas deal which rocked ISRO. Here is all that you need to know about the same.

Bihar Government has banned the sale of fish brought into the state from Andhra Pradesh over concerns that the fish may contain formalin. According to reports, the ban has been imposed for 15 days in Bihar's capital city Patna after formalin was detected in some of the consignments brought from Andhra Pradesh. Formalin, a cancer-inducing chemical, is used to preserve the fish and is also used in preserving dead bodies. A must watch report for the all people who love to eat fish.

Explained (Financial Aasan Bhasha Mein): Why Amazon went to Singapore international arbitration centre amid Reliance and Future Group deal?Jeff Bezos (of Amazon) is the world's richest person. Mukesh Ambani (of Reliance) is India's richest person. In this edition of Financial explainer, we have tried to understand the face-off between these two billionaires due to deal with Kishore Biyani's Future Group.

In this edition of Financial Explainer (Aasan Bhasha Mein) we have tried to explain the concept of ARPU (Average Revenue Per Customer) and how does it affect mobile users. How does mobile and other companies create monopoly kinda situation in-spite there are more companies in the market. What is a loss-leading strategy, which helped JIO a lot?

Here is all you need to know about AgustaWestland chopper scam that is in the news after the extradition of Christian Michel. Amit Shah has been asking some serious questions via a series of tweets.

Assam in once again facing Flood. It has been a trend that this state is facing flood every year. This year’s flood has affected almost 2 lakhs people, killing 15. What is the reason behind these floods coming in regular intervals? We aill find out in this podcast.Also we will be discussing the reason of flood in other states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharastra, Kerala. It gives some interesting facts that every year country’s almost 15 percent part experiences heavy rain and it causes the overflow of various rivers.

The chief of the NDFB and 14 others were today convicted by the CBI Special Court in the 2008 Assam blasts case. The incident had left 88 people dead. CBI Special Judge Aparesh Chakraborty convicted Ranjan Daimary and 14 others under various sections of the IPC. Quantum of punishment will be announced on January 30. In this segment you will get to know the full details of Bodo Dispute.

Former news anchor Ashutosh resigned from Aam Aadmi Party. He informed about his resignation in a tweet. Kejriwal immediately said that the party won't accept Ashutosh's resignation. Kumar Vishwas took a dig at AAP head Arvind Kejriwal.

High drama transpired on Friday afternoon as Alok Verma resigned from the Indian Police Service, just a day after a three-member select committee decided to sack him from the post of Central Bureau of Investigation director. In this segment you will get to know the story behind the all high voltage drama, and you will also find the update on rakesh asthana case.

CBI Vs CBI is going on. Now CBI DIG Manish Kumar Sinha has said to Supreme Court that NSA Ajit Doval interfered in Rakesh Asthana case. Manish Sinha has alleged PMO and Minister of state Haribhai Parthibhai Choudhary also to misuse their power to save Rakesh Asthana.

After a Supreme Court rap for missing payment deadline, top telecom firms Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices on Monday scrambled to pay a part of the outstanding dues even as the Supreme Court refused to stop the government from taking coercive action for any further delay in clearing full dues. While Airtel paid Rs 10,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Ltd put in Rs 2,500 crore and promised to pay another Rs 1,000 crore before the end of the week. Tata Teleservices Ltd paid Rs 2,197 crore, the entire outstanding it believes to have arisen after the October 24 ruling of the Supreme Court for calculating dues after adding non-telecom revenues.India's second-largest telco Vodafone Idea stares at bankruptcy. Vodafone Idea Ltd's total liability is estimated to be around Rs 53,038 crore including Rs 24,729 crore in spectrum dues and Rs 28,309 crore in licence fees.For more about the story.

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As Supreme Court's decision on AGR makes telecos pay, Vodafone-Idea and Airtel stare at an uncertain future.

In this show, Saurabh Dwivedi discusses privacy and security issues in Aarogya Setu App which have been opposition parties supported a France based ethical hacker.

9 things You must know that changed in new year 2019. Your need to replace you ATM card, Cheque book. You will have to pay double fine while filling the income tax return. You will get more claimed money in your insurance policy, many more to know in this podcast, A complete package of information necessary in 2019.

Narendra Modi government is going to sell shares of enemy property to fetch about 3000 crore rupees. In this podcast we are explaining what is enemy property and enemy property act. Raja of Mahmoodabad suffered a lot from this act and lost almost everything

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What is Equinox? Why is it observed on 23 September and 22 March (i.e. two days of a year)? Why do we observe seasons and why are some days longer than others? What is special in earth orbit? Explained in 'Aasan Bhasha Mein'

The recent notification of the UGC, in response to an Allahabad High Court judgment, directing all the universities and colleges to implement the reservation policy by treating the department or subject as a unit rather than the university or college has received strong opposition. When the department is taken as a unit, then at least one appointment from each reserved category will be made only when a minimum of 14 appointments are made known as the 13-point roster . People demanding 200 point roster instead of 13 point roster .

If you use social media, you've probably noticed a trend across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter of people posting their then-and-now profile pictures, mostly from 10 years ago and this year. Speculation arose about the motive behind this viral challenge and had users questioning if this was a ploy by Facebook to use for facial recognition data. Kate O’Neill, a writer for Wired, wrote an op-ed exploring the possibility that this was more than just a fun challenge to share with friends.