Explainer | Part 5

After a virtual rally by Amit Shah, the country is expecting Bihar Assembly election by the end of 2020 after the Coronavirus pandemic has subsided. These elections will be held fully with the use of a new EVMs called M3 which were also used in the LokSabha elections 2019. M3s are supposed to hold more candidates per balloting unit and is safer than the previous generation of M1 and M2 as it works on certification and self diagnosis modes. Watch the video to know more about how these machines would work.

TikTok and others Chinese apps ban by India. TikTok was trending application for creating short videos. A popular platform to make money online. The major reason behind it is influencer marketing. Through this, people who can influence others can make money simply using their TikTok account. Unfortunately, unlike YouTube, TikTok does not have a revenue-sharing model for its creators as of now. However, creators are leveraging their TikTok accounts for brand promotions and sponsorships and diverting traffic to their channels and pages to earn revenues. Brands are paying content creators for direct branded content or participating in hashtag challenges. How tiktok user earn mony from this platform.

Chhattisgarh's CM Bhupesh Bhagel appointed 15 parliamentary secretaries. BJP says this move is aimed to pacify dissident Mla's. We will talk about parliamentary secretaries and their role in this video.

In our special series 'Aasan Bhasha mein' we bring you the explainer of Google Tax, officially called Equalisation Levy. Beside, Equalisation Levy we have also tried to explain it's impact on international trade, specially between India and America. Also Know the difference between Direct Tax and Indirect Tax. We, in this edition of ABM, has also tried to explain what is Permanent establishment and punitive tax with example and anecdotes.

After George Floyd, a black man from Minneapolis was brutally murdered by Police officers, the whole country has erupted into protests. A significant aspect of the protests are people as well as a lot of police officers taking a knee to display their dissatisfaction with the systemic racial discrimination and oppression of black people and POC. Know what is the history was taking a knee from Martin Luther King Junior to Colin Kapernick. Watch video to know more.

Vikas Dubey got a gun licence despite a police case. What are, then, the rules of buying arms in India under the arms act? Who can keep a gun and what are the types of guns a civilian can own? The video also explains the procedure to buy a gun in India, step by step. Watch the video by Prateeksha, researched by Shakti.

Despite Share market and it’s most of the indexes (Sensex, Nifty 50, Nifty Bank etc.) are at breaking records each and every day and generating profit to investors, Mutual Funds are withdrawing money from the market.In this edition of Aasan Bhasha Mein (Financial Explainer) we have tried to explain why is this counter intuitive trend prevailing? We also have tried to explain about Mutual Funds. It's concept, as in, how they work and how to invest in Share Market via Mutual Funds.This edition also consists of few other answers, link: What does 'Greed and Fear' means in share market. What does Profit Booking means and finally, what is PE ratio and how it gives a fair idea to investors about when, where and how much to invest or withdraw.

Modi government is keen to ascend India’s ranking on Ease of Doing Business Index. To do so, Decriminalising the financial crimes is one of the steps, as per Modi government.In this edition of Financial Explainer (Aasan Bhasha Mein) we are exploring the definition of Decriminalisation, what does it mean in Indian and Financial context. What is Negotiable instrument act 1881 and its most talked section 138? Difference between civil and criminal court. And Finally one liner definitions of regulatory authorities and acts which will be affected by the previous and upcoming Decriminalisations.

Vikas Dubey got a gun licence despite a police case. What are, then, the rules of buying arms in India under the arms act? Who can keep a gun and what are the types of guns a civilian can own? The video also explains the procedure to buy a gun in India, step by step. Watch the video by Prateeksha, researched by Shakti.

PM Narendra Modi mentioned that the government is mulling over changing the minimum marriageable age for girls. The reason behind this was discussed as lowering the maternal mortality rate and increasing nutrition level in girls. So how has been the journey of women and their minimum marriageable age? In This episode of Aasaan Bhasha Mein, we discuss Sarda Act 1929, and Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006.

Prime-Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 'Transparent Taxation - Honouring the honest’ platform on 13 August, 2020. Followed by his speech explaining what this platform consists of and how will it help Taxpayers.He also informed about some key reforms associated with this platform. Like: Faceless Assessment, Faceless Appeal and Taxpayer Charter.In this edition of ‘Aasan Bhasha Mein’ (Financial Explainer) we have tried to simplified these terms.

India completes 1.25 lakh kilo meter road made by plastic waste. Proffesor Rajagopalan Vasudevan prepared technique for plastic waste road. Now govt made it compulsory to use plastic waste in road construction. What is this plastic waste road and how this is works?

A man married both his girlfriends in the same mandap in a village in Chhattisgarh's Bastar recently. The uncommon marriage was consensual for the three newlyweds. Polygamy is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny.What law says about practise of polygamy in different faiths in indiaWhile the practice of polygamy is outlawed in India, an exemption has been made for the Muslim community under the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937. Polygamy violates Section 494 of Indian Penal Code which prohibits bigamy and nikah halala amounts to rape under Section 375 of IPC.In 1997, the Supreme Court had refused to interfere with the practice of polygamy saying the matter was a policy decision and the courts should not interfere.

Photographs trickled of the Indian Air Force’s first batch of 5 Rafale jets getting some gas mid-air over the Mediterranean Sea on Monday on their seven-hour ferry flight from Merignac, France to the Al Dhafra air base in UAE. Two French Air Force Airbus A330 Multirole Tanker Transports (MRTT) kept the fighters fueled for the long first leg. While one of the tankers landed at Al Dhafra along with the Rafales, the second continued east to India’s capital Delhi to unload a cargo of Covid19 equipment, including ventilators. This kind of mid air refueling is so tough and requires impeccable track record. How pilots do such dangerous menovour. Let's find out.

After the Rajya Sabha set into motion the process for the election of the Deputy Chairman, the Congress demanded that the Lok Sabha should also elect a Deputy Speaker. The post has been lying vacant since the 2019 general elections. Why the deputy speaker post is so important? Who runs the business of this powerful house called Loksabha? Watch this video explained by Prateeksha Pandey, researched by Amit Mishra.

Vikas Dubey got a gun licence despite a police case. What are, then, the rules of buying arms in India under the arms act? Who can keep a gun and what are the types of guns a civilian can own? The video also explains the procedure to buy a gun in India, step by step. Watch the video by Prateeksha, researched by Shakti.

Dr. Kafeel khan is released from jail after 8 months. He was booked under NSA but the high court set aside the logic of imposing this strict law. NSA empowers the Centre or a State government to detain a person to prevent him from acting in any manner prejudicial to national security. The government can also detain a person to prevent him from disrupting public order or for maintenance of supplies and services essential to the community.Understand what is NSA and why some groups are not happy with this act.

IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) has come up with short term Health insurance plans, focusing the current epidemic (COVID-19). Name of the Plans are- Corona Kavach Policy and Corona Rakshak Policy. In this edition of Aasan Bhasha Mein (Financial explainer) we are explaining these policies in 2 episodes. First being generic and second being specific.In this second episode we have tried to explain both the policies- Corona Kavach Policy and Corona Rakshak Policy. Feature, Premium, Where and how to buy, Sum assured, difference between both the policies and what are ‘benefit based plan’ and indemnity-based plan?

Modi cabinet has taken 5 important decision in the cabinet meeting on 24th June 2020. The key decision is to bring an ordinance that all cooperative banks under the supervisory powers of the Reserve Bank of India. Cabinet approved a scheme for interest subvention of 2% to Shishu loan category borrowers under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana for a period of 12 months to eligible borrower. Modi government also approves declaration of Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh as an international airport. To understand these, watch this episode of Asaan Bhasha Mein by Prateeksha Pandey, researched by Amit Mishra.

India is likely to once again nudge a hitherto dilly-dallying Bhutan to allow construction of a strategic road through its Yeti Territory in the wake of China’s new claim on the eastern region of the tiny Himalayan Shangri-La. The Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Trashigang District in far-eastern Bhutan and the areas around it have traditionally been believed to be home to elusive Yeti or Migoi in Bhutanese.The proposed road will connect Lumla near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh with Trashigang in Bhutan. This will make it easier to travel from Guwahati via Samdrup Jongkhar and Trashigang in Bhutan to the tiny nation’s border with China and as well as closer to the McMahon Line the de facto boundary between India and China in the eastern sector.

On 25th June, 84 in Bihar and 23 in Uttar Pradesh were reported dead after being struck by lightning. In this video of Asaan Bhasha Mein, we discuss static electricity and how electricity is produced by postive and negative charges of protons and neutrons respectively. The video explains how electricity is produced inside clouds and how it strikes the earth. Once it strikes, how does it affect the earth and humans. Watch the video by Prateeksha Pandey, researched by Darpan Sah.

As the speculations rise about Corona cases would increase with the increase in the rainfall, we also looked at the fact, that if it is really possible. Data, study, trends and general observations tell a different story. What is it? Tune into the video by Prateeksha, Explained by Siddhant.

The Supreme Court had asked Prashant Bhushan to offer unconditional apology with respect to his tweets that were counted as contempt of court. After Prashant Bhushan refused to apologise, the court heard the case--25th August being the last date of hearing. The court, however had reserved its judgment till August 31. Prashant Bhushan was fined with a nominal amount of 1 rupee.

USB Type-C has started to take over every port and cable in the world. But what is it? And what is the reason behind its sudden rise. Spoiler alert: It's a connecting cable, it's fast and could very well become the solution that fits all. We will be exploring the humble start of the USB cables, ports and connectors as well as their story, which eventually leads to their presence in the smartphone, laptop and other consumer products.

Earth's eighth continent doesn't appear on most conventional maps, that's because almost 95% of its land mass is submerged thousands of feet beneath the Pacific Ocean. Zealandia is a 5 million square kilometers continent east of Australia, beneath modern-day New Zealand. Scientists discovered the sprawling underwater mass in the 1990s, then gave it formal continent status in 2017. Still, the "lost continent" remains largely unknown and poorly studied due to its Atlantean geography.Nowa geohazards research and consultancy organization owned by the government of New Zealand hopes to raise Zealandia with a suite of new maps and interactive tools that capture the lost continent in unprecedented detail.