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27/12/2017 Sub : MGR: The man who made cult worship the theme of Tamil Nadu politics :- Ref : Media Reports The Indian Express  Adrija Roychowdhury MGR used his popularity both as an actor and as a public figure to make the AIADMK a successful political party that would go on to achieve sweeping victories over many elections. *  MG Ramachandran with wife Janaki and her niece Latha The trend of personality cults taking centre stage in politics is a common feature in India. However, the phenomenon of leader worship reaches a whole other level when one talks about politics in Tamil Nadu. The fierce emotional outpour that followed the demise of former chief minister Jayalalithaa was evidence of the demi goddess like stature she enjoyed in the state. However, the phenomenon of personality cults in Tamil Nadu politics dates back much before her when her political mentor M G Ramachandran was the heartthrob of the state, both as a leader and a lead...

27/12/2017 Why caste is as important to Tamil Nadu politics as Amma vs Karunanidhi Recent years have seen the rise of caste-based parties in Periyar's promised casteless society.   A PAATTI ( GRAND MOTHER ) STORY OF DIVIDED TAMIL NADU PEOPLE, AND THEIR JOKER + CORRUPTED POLITICS :- 1. Indian National Congress dominated the political scene in the initial years post independence with leaders like C. Rajagopalachari and K. Kamaraj. 2. The political influence shifted from national politics towards regional politics with rise of Tamil Nadu Ilainger Katchi in the late 1960s. 3.Rise of Dravidian politics :- 3.1 Dravidian politics started with the keen interest of non Tamil (mainly Telugu) people in Tamil politics. They sidelined Tamil Brahmins and entered the Tamil political scene. Dravidian parties have dominated state politics since 1967. One of the earliest regional parties was the South Indian Welfare Association, which was founded in 1916...

26/12/2017 Sub :- 6 Early Signs Your Liver Is Damaged : Ref : - Media Report :- Medical Daily Elana Glowatz 1. Introduction :- When a liver is working well, it cleans the blood, helps digest food and fights infection. It is also a bit of a bodily superhero — much like Wolverine and Deadpool, it has the power to regenerate when it has been damaged, replacing old tissue with new cells. 2. Alert :- “Anything that keeps your liver from doing its job — or from growing back after injury — may put your life in danger,” the American Liver Foundation warns. That can be inflammation, scarring, cancer or even using too much Tylenol. Although the liver lies on the inside of the body, the body shows outward signs when something is wrong. 3. Turning yellow :- Your skin and the whites of your eyes could turn yellow when the liver isn’t working properly, due to a buildup in the blood of a yellowish substance called bilirubin, according to the U.S. National Li...

27/12/2017 Indian Politics and Politicians : 1. Recognised national parties as of 2 September 2016 arranged alphabetically ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 All India Trinamool Congress AITC 1998 Mamata Banerjee Flowers & grass 36G Tapsia Road, Kolkata-700039, (West Bengal) 2 Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 1984 Mayawati Elephant 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi-11000, (Delhi) 3 Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 1980 Amit Shah Lotus 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi-11000, (Delhi) 4 Communist Party of India CPI 1925 Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy Ears of corn and sickle Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi-110002, (Delhi) 5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M 1964 Sitaram Yechury Hammer sickle and star Bhai Vir Singh Marg, []New Delhi]]-110 001, (Delhi) 6 Indian National Congress INC 1885 Rahul Gandhi Hand 10, Bishmabhar Marg, New Delhi-110001, (Delhi) 7 Nationalist Congress Party NCP 1999 Sharad Pawar Clock 10, Bishmabhar Marg...

26/11/2017 Sub :- Spike in Chinese transgressions: ITBP records Ref : - Media reports The Indian Express Rahul Tripathi LESS THAN two months after New Delhi and Beijing agreed to disengage at Doklam and moved their troops away from the faceoff site at the trijunction with Bhutan, there was a sudden spike in transgressions by China into Indian territory in October-November, according to records available with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). As many as 31 incidents of transgressions were recorded in October-November in primarily three sectors — Depsang Area, Trig Height and Thakung Post (Pangong Lake). In many cases, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops entered as far as 20 km into Indian territory, according to the ITBP, deployed on the India-China border. The first transgression, according to the records, took place in Ladakh sector on October 12, when PLA personnel entered Trig Height area by vehicle at 5 am and first drove 2 km inside Indian territory. Two...