What is Lokpall Bill - Will it STOP the Corruption from ground level

SINCE 1968, the Lokpal Bill has been presented in parliament for a total of eight times. All the eight versions have been very weak in terms of making corruption a heavily punishable offence. But even these diluted versions have not been passed so far as the Lokpal Bill intends to investigate political leaders of the country.

The most recent draft of the Lokpal Bill put together by the present UPA government is completely ineffectual. Instead of empowering anti-corruption systems and checks and balances against the corrupt - it destroys whatever exists in the name of anti-corruption systems today.

Presently, the Lokpal Bill aims to protect political leaders from any kind of action against them, which is why anti-corruption activists and organizations have suggested formulating a Jan Lokpal Bill. This Bill seeks to include the presence of members of civil society as founding members of the Lokpal Bill apart from representatives from the government.

Representations by leading civil rights leaders and anti-corruption organizations led by Anna Hazare, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and rallies by Sri Sri Ravi Shanker and Yoga guru turned anti-corruption activist Swami Ramdev, have helped communicate the seriousness of civil society to form and pass the Jan Lokpal Bill.

The Jan Lokpal Bill envisages the following to decrease, and ultimately remove corruption from the country.

1. An institution called Lokpal at the centre and Lokayukta in each state will be set up.

2. Like the Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.

3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore. Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in the next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.

4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.

5. If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers. The penalty will be given as compensation to the complainant.

A citizen can approach Lokpal if his ration card, passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering his case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time.

Lokpal will have to get it done in a month’s time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal such as ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads being constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off.

Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.

6. There are also safeguards against the government appointing corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members. This won’t be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities, and not by politicians - through a completely transparent and participatory process.

7.  Action will be taken if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt. The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the guilty officer dismissed within two months.
8. The Jan Lokpal Bill will appropriate existing anti-corruption agencies. CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branches of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

9. It will also be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.

The Jan Lokpal Bill will make costs and penalties of corruption prohibitive for those who are caught in corrupt practices. The Bill provides a methodical, transparent, and fair system to oversee day to day governance in terms of ethical dealings by government officials.

It will also send out a strong message that the corrupt can no longer get away by politicizing cases of corruption and taking shelter of the influential as they themselves will be as liable if implicated.

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World Cup 2011 Final Photos

India World Champions - India Wins World Cup after 28 Years

Here is some of the collection for the world cup 2011 final photos. As last day we have enjoyed the winning for Indian team for India vs Srilanka Final world cup match 2011. We have collected some of the movements from the winning team India.

Every Indian was waiting for this moment and was willing to held the world cup in their hands so team India done the hard work to make their dream come true. The each member of Indian team is played their best in the whole world cup and the people saying that India will never win the cup are now hiding their face from the world.

After 28 years we have the world cup in our hands the India dream team makes this possible with their best efforts and the hard work they can do. We are now champions below pictures speak many words.

 

 

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Final Match INDIA v SRI LANKA (last ball + celebrations) ICC World Cup 2011 - India won by 6 wickets



Final Match IND v SL (last ball + celebrations) ICC World Cup 2011 - India won by 6 wickets



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Dhoni and Gambhir seal World Cup Triumph for India - India celebrate victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Dhoni And Gambhir Seal World Cup Triumph For India



Dhoni And Gambhir Seal World Cup Triumph For India

India celebrate victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011



India 277-4 (Gambhir 97, Dhoni 91no) beat

Sri Lanka 274-6 (Jayawardene 103no) by 6 wickets
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final, Mumbai


Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit an unbeaten 91 and Gautam Gambhir 97 as India lifted their second World Cup crown with a six-wicket win in an enthralling final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai.
Mahela Jayawardene scored a sublime unbeaten century to guide Sri Lanka to 274 for six but India overhauled that score with ten balls remaining.
28 years after Kapil Dev lifted the Prudential World Cup, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did the honours in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This after he led the chase for 275 runs as India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup in style, justifying their tag of 4/7 favourites with bet365 going into the match.

India’s innings got off to the worst possible start as Lasith Malinga trapped Virender Sehwag LBW for a duck on the second ball of the first over. He struck again in the seventh over, this time inducing an edge from Sachin Tendulkar as India were reduced to 31 for two. He scored 18 runs off 14 balls and hit two fours in what could have been his last ODI.
Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli then steadied the innings with an 83-run partnership. Their stand lasted nearly fifteen overs and they provided the base for the victory to be built upon. Kohli was finally out caught by a magnificent effort by Tillakaratne Dilshan who dove to his left and completed a one-handed catch.

Gambhir carried on unflustered though and was joined in by Dhoni. Many questioned the logic of demoting Yuvraj Singh to number five especially as the Indian skipper hasn’t been in the best of forms. But he answered his critics with aplomb, as the left-right duo put up 109 runs for the fourth wicket. They countered the dual threat of Muttiah Muralitharan and Malinga as the dew too kicked in the latter overs. Gambhir played a watchful knock of 97 runs off 122 balls, never looking uncomfortable.

His knock included nine hits to the fence and he perished trying to hit a tenth boundary. The fact that he was mighty close to his hundred got lost for a moment as he charged to Thisara Perera and got bowled.

Dhoni though pushed up the accelerator as India sped towards the final mark. He struck 91 not out off 79 balls, including eight fours and two sixes, answering the critics who had been crawling on his back for a poor string of scores. When the end came, with ten balls to spare, man-of-the-tournament Yuvraj Singh was with him, on 21 not out off 24 balls.

Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka won a dubious toss. At the first instance, none of the two captains or match referee Jeff Crowe seemed to have heard the call made at the time of tossing. They got it right on the second toss-up and Kumar Sangakkara elected to bat first. It was a slow start for the best opening partnership in the tournament. Upul Tharanga and Dilshan were tied in knots by Zaheer Khan, who bowled a magnificent opening spell. In five overs, he bowled two maidens, gave away just the six runs and took the wicket of Tharanga, caught by Sehwag diving to his right.

From 17 for one in the seventh over, Dilshan and Sangakkara nearly built from scratch and put up 43 runs for the second wicket. Harbhajan Singh came in second change to bowl and got Dilshan to play onto his stumps. That brought out Mahela Jayawardene in the 17th over and he laid down the marker for the Indians defying poor form. He alone cultivated the runs and protected the middle order which could have collapsed after Sangakkara was out to Yuvraj, caught behind by Dhoni in the 28th over.

Thilan Samaraweera was out for 21 and Chamara Kapugedera lasted only six balls as the worst seemed close for the Lankans. But Perera, brought into the match at the last moment in place of Angelo Mathews, played the role to the hilt as the batting powerplay yielded 63 runs. The last ten overs of the Lankan innings garnered 91 runs even as Mahela Jayawardene completed a stellar hundred. He reached the century mark off 84 balls including thirteen fours, but it wasn’t enough on the day.

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High Cholesterol and Heart Diseases (Info)

What is high cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a type of fat. Your body needs it for many things, such as making new cells. But too much cholesterol in your blood increases your chances of having a heart attack and stroke.

You get cholesterol from the foods you eat and from your liver. Your liver makes most of the cholesterol your body needs.

• Desirable cholesterol is less than 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).
• Borderline-high cholesterol is 200 to 239.
• High cholesterol is 240 or higher.

What are the different kinds of cholesterol?
Cholesterol travels through your blood attached to a protein. This cholesterol- protein package is called a lipoprotein. Lipoproteins are either high-density or low-density, based on how much protein and fat they have.

Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are mostly fat with only a small amount of protein. LDL is the bad kind of cholesterol because it can clog your arteries. If you have high cholesterol, your doctor will want you to lower your LDL.

LDL levels:

• Best LDL is less than 100 mg/dL.
• Near best LDL is 100 to 129.
• Borderline-high LDL is 130 to 159.
• High LDL is 160 to 189.
• Very high LDL is 190 and above.

See an illustration of a clogged artery (atherosclerosis) .

High-density lipoproteins (HDL) help clear the bad cholesterol from your blood and keep it from clogging your arteries. HDL is the good kind of cholesterol. High levels of HDL (60 or above) can protect you from a heart attack.

HDL levels:

• Desirable or high HDL is 60 mg/dL or above.
• Undesirable or low HDL is less than 40.

Triglycerides are another type of fat in your blood. If you have high triglycerides and high LDL, your chances of having a heart attack are higher.

Triglyceride levels:

• Borderline high is 150 to 199 mg/dL.
• High is 200 or above.
• Very high is 500 or higher.

What causes high cholesterol?

High cholesterol may run in your family. The foods you eat also may cause high cholesterol.

Causes include:

• Your diet. Eating too much saturated fat and cholesterol can cause high cholesterol. Saturated fat and cholesterol come from animal foods such as beef, pork, veal, milk, eggs, butter, and cheese. Many packaged foods contain saturated fat such as coconut oil, palm oil, or cocoa butter. You will also find saturated fat in stick margarine and vegetable shortening. Cookies, crackers, chips, and other snacks usually contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oil or trans fat, which can raise cholesterol.
• Your weight. Being overweight may raise triglycerides and lower HDL.
• Your activity level. Not exercising may raise LDL and lower HDL.
• Your overall health. Having diseases such as low thyroid can raise cholesterol. Cigarette smoking may lower HDL.
• Your age. After you reach age 20, your cholesterol starts to rise. In men, cholesterol levels usually level off after age 50. In women, cholesterol levels stay fairly low until menopause. After that, they rise to about the same level as in men.
• Your family. A disease called a lipid disorder can also cause high cholesterol. This rare problem is inherited from family members, and it changes how your body handles cholesterol. If you have a lipid disorder, your cholesterol may be well over 250 mg/dL. It may be harder to treat.

What are the symptoms?

High cholesterol doesn't make you feel sick. But if cholesterol builds up in your arteries, it can block blood flow to your heart or brain and cause a heart attack or stroke.

In some people, cholesterol deposits called xanthomas may form under the skin. They look like small bumps.

How is high cholesterol diagnosed?

Your doctor will use a blood test to check your cholesterol.

• A lipoprotein analysis is the most complete test. It measures your total cholesterol: HDL, LDL, and triglycerides. You cannot have food for 12 hours before this test.
• A simple cholesterol test can measure your total cholesterol and HDL. You can eat before this test. Sometimes doctors do this test first and then order a lipoprotein analysis if you have high cholesterol or low HDL.

How is it treated?

You and your doctor may decide first to treat your high cholesterol without medicine. Changes to your lifestyle and diet may be all you need. These changes include eating foods low in saturated fat, being more active, losing weight if you need to, and quitting smoking if needed.

If you cannot lower your cholesterol enough after trying lifestyle changes for a few months, you may need to take a medicine called a statin.

If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, or coronary artery disease (CAD), your doctor may want you to take a statin right away. This is because your chance of having a heart attack is higher.

Use this Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?

Research shows that people who have a high risk for heart attack could benefit from taking higher doses of statins to lower their LDL cholesterol as much as possible. The more these people can lower their LDL, the less likely they are to have a heart attack.

Things that increase your risk for heart attack include:

• Having high blood pressure.
• Smoking.
• Having low HDL (good) cholesterol.
• Having peripheral arterial disease, which is narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to the legs, abdomen, pelvis, arms, or neck.
• Having diabetes.
• Having a family history of heart disease.
• Being age 45 or older if you are a man, and age 55 or older if you are a woman

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