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Indian Railways-'Lifeline to the nation........'

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“Transportation is the center of world. It is glue of our daily lives. When it goes well, we don’t see it but when it goes wrong, it negatively colors our day, makes us feel angry and impatient and curtails our possibilities. ” “Robin Chase” It is 3 rd major train accident of this year i.e. 2017. It’s not merely derailment of a train, it is derailment of a system, which drags off millions of people from their usual life, endangers thousands of passengers and creates an atmosphere of ambiguity and disbelief. This is an era of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence(AI). On one side, we claim to step over moon and other side we are not capable enough to control petty negligence for such accidents. I am not criticizing any ministry/government for this accident but this is their moral responsibility to own it. I am fully aware about the fact that no. of such accidents has reduced on per annum basis but this is not appeasing at all. Here expectation is to be zeroed dow

Harsh lessons of Gorakhpur tragedy

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“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, intelligence of the citizens and good governance. They fall, when the wise are banished from public councils, because they dare to be honest and profligate are rewarded because flatter the people, in order to betray them.” It is high time that we stand up for the issues that really matter. Whatever has happened at BRD medical college, Gorakhpur is a despicable incident. It is not a political issue and must not be politicized as usual but this is a heinous crime against humanity, that has happened due to ignorance of authorities. Deaths of more than 30 infants recorded in BRD hospital in past 5 days. People claim that this was due to stopped oxygen supplies i.e. oxygen supplies were cut off over non-payment of dues. Here it is very important to understand that BRD hospital is the only place in “Purvanchal” for medication of “encephalitis”. Reason whatever may be, it is not only death of 30 infants, it is a mass killing w

An overview of GST

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GST is being hailed as the game changer for India’s economy and is being labelled as the biggest change in the Constitution since India’s independence. The Goods and Services tax or commonly referred to as the GST will replace the indirect taxes levied by the Central and State Governments and provide for a single and streamlined process. It presents India as a unified market to business owners and also aims at bringing a lot of black money back into the mainstream economy. The tax will be implemented at every step of value creation. Goods & Services Tax is a  comprehensive ,  multi-stage ,  destination-based tax  that will be levied on every  value addition . To understand it better, we need to deep dive into definitions under this concept. Let us start with the term ‘Multi-stage’. Now, there are multiple steps an item goes through from manufacture or production to the final sale.  Goods and Services Tax will be levied on each of below mentioned stages, which makes it a mult