Prashant Shukla

L-R  Micheál Martin,  Leo Varadkar and  Mary Louise McDonald at Leaders Debate Ireland's single transferrable vote system of proportional representation (PR-STV) is one of the most logical, flexible and democratic systems anywhere in the world. This system encourages electorates to choose the candidate or party they like best. In situation, if candidates have no chance of being elected, then using their preferences to ensure that their vote moves on to a candidate with a real chance of winning the seat to the Dáil (Irish Parliament). While it is not strictly proportional, perhaps it is much fairer than the straight vote system of other democracies in the world. Voter (s) can vote all candidates on the ballot paper Maximise the impact of each vote. It is best to give every candidate a preference. A voter may provide first preference to the candidate voter most want to see elected and then in descending order of preference down to the one voter like least. In other ...

After independence, India is on a path to make a positive impact on the world economic and political landscape. Indian companies have bought Europe’s biggest steel-makers, Arcelor and Corus, and premier car brand Jaguar, similarly,  many European and American firms relocated their operations to India. Indian government agencies are active for broadening economic cooperation in Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia. Indian influence is growing due to its rapid economic growth, the presence of its talented pool of professionals all over the world, and because of the largest consumer market. India has enormous challenges, as it should not assume that the economic success of India is always guaranteed. Policymakers must overcome significant challenges for continuous economic growth such as inadequate infrastructure, creation of a talented pool of professionals, active management and investment in health and education, and removal of rural and urban poverty. Assume that the po...

Recent researches suggest secrets can negatively affect mental and physical health. The secrets become a problem because our brain tends to ramble toward the secret, which can lead to a reduced sense of well-being.   The most recent Belgian study examines this subject that secrets in the family relationship make him or her less trustful of the secret-keeper, which creates a cycle that ultimately damages the relationship.  Secrets in the family had adverse effects on health and tended to cause more guilt than keeping them. The University of Santa Barbara recent research suggests that unloading secrets help the spouse to stop worrying about the secrets, and it increases the self-esteem of the revealer. Oversimplifying these research findings indicates that secrets always cause harm and revealing them always makes things better.  "There's enough evidence to find that secrets can cause stress and anxiety and affect the health and relationship both. As it increases i...

What Next After Trump - Kim 2nd Summit Prashant Shukla is an observer of International Development, Ireland India Council, Ireland. The recent famous summit between Trump and Kim ended with a mess and without a direction. However, President Trump signalled that not all over yet on the prospects on negotiations and he continues to call Kim Jong-un, whom he likes, "quite a guy."   President Trump called a “productive time” as two leaders got to know each other. The reports are emerging on some activities are seen on North Korean missile test sites. It will lead to whether the Kim might be getting ready to conduct another test to indicate his frustration with the negotiations, in which the United States refused to lift sanctions in exchange for Kim’s offering to dismantle nuclear infrastructure. It is in the news that North Korea has offered to shut down the Yongbyon nuclear complex consisting of reactors, fuel reprocessing plants, and uranium enrichment fac...

Indian Independence proved a turning point for world order, after Ireland and India large number of countries became Independent,  Indian independence proved the last nail to the sinking colonial ship. After Independence, the Indian democracy is an outstanding example for democracies around the world. India is an ethnically most different country in the world, and today it is an example of “Unity in Diversity.” India is doing exceptionally well in empowering men and women of their civil and political rights and improving the lives of millions of Indians every year by bringing them out of poverty. Perhaps millions of Indians still live in poverty, and it is a country where rich and poor live side by side. Pre Independence Indian Economic Growth Well-known British economic historian Angus Maddison wrote in his book “Contours of the world economy” outlined India’s macro-economic history that India was the world's largest economy during the 1 AD and 1000 AD. Maddison wri...

The consumer gets crammed when a dishonest company puts charges on their phone bill (landline or mobile phone) for services that were not wanted or authorized by the customer.   Cramming has been around for more than a decade—ever since phone companies were allowed to make extra money by billing for other companies. Until recently, the phenomenon had been mostly limited. These days this scam is a growing problem for phone customers in Ireland.  More alarmingly, a study in the United States of America found that only 1 in 20 cramming victims realize they’ve scammed. That’s because the crammers are clever. They know how to make their illegal fees easy to miss by consumers. They keep the amounts small and list them on the bill as something innocuous, such as monthly charge or service fee. People don’t see it, and if they do see it, they don’t pay attention. It is estimated that in Ireland it is amounting millions of Euro every Month. Recently I have found in my m...

Today I have read Agnivesh’s insensible comments in the Indian Newspapers to justify drinking of self-urine is a treatment, his comments ashamed humanity and civilization both. It could be a treatment for Agnivesh but defiantly not for any civilized person. He is pleading innocence of a person (school warden) who commits a crime on an innocent child, and hence person needs stringent punishment as per the law, without further delay. Senior management of the Institution also needs to be penalized as they ultimately failed to supervise and protect the health, dignity and the best interest of the child while the child was in their patronage. The practice which published now that may be common sense a long time, many children may be a victim of this warden and practice and suffered in silence. The government needs to maintain a register for people like this warden and child sex offenders. The state and national government must ensure that these criminals should not be employed again mai...