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India: Covaxin gets permission for skin trial

By
Neha Kumari
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India: Covaxin, vaccine candidates against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) being developed in India, has been approved for skin trials by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation .

The vaccine is made by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Limited. And the vaccine is currently being tested through an intramuscular route, where it is injected directly into the muscle. A separate clinical trial of the potential Covid-19 vaccine will now be conducted alongside through the intradermal route, that is just under the skin, the pharmaceutical regulatory body said on Saturday.

Covaxin is being developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV). They had received Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approval for Phase I and II human clinical trials and the trials commenced across India from July.

As per the report, the findings of the intradermal route will be analysed separately along with the current intramuscular trial.accinated.

Babri Masjid Demolition Case: Supreme Court Extends Trial Deadline to September 30

By
Neha Kumari
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 Babri Masjid Demolition Case: The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for completion of the trials in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case by a month. The case involves 32 accused, including BJP veterans L.K. Advani, M.M. Joshi and Uma Bharti.

A bench of Justices R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee said, “Having read the report of Surendra Kumar Yadav, learned Special Judge, and considering that the proceedings are at the fag end, we grant one month’s time, i.e., till September 30, 2020, to complete the proceedings including the delivery of judgment.”

Meanwhile, the order was passed on August 19 and was uploaded on the apex court website recently.

The mosque in Ayodhya was demolished on December 6, 1992, by ‘kar sevaks’ who claimed that an ancient Ram temple stood at the same site.

The Babri Masjid, reportedly built by Mughal Emperor Babur’s general Mir Baqi was demolished by Kar Sevaks on December 6, 1992. At the time, Advani and Joshi were at the forefront of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement which asserted that the mosque was constructed in the place of an ancient Ram temple.

An FIR was registered in this regard against kar sevaks who demolished the structure. Apart from Advani-Joshi, cases were also registered against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders Ashok Singhal, Sadhvi Rithambara and Vishnu Hari Dalmiya among others.

Kanye West strengthens his Presidential Campaign, files to appear on Louisiana ballot

By
Shivani Negi
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After announcing his presidential bid on Independence Day in June, rapper Kanye West on Friday filed paperwork to appear on the Louisiana ballot in November election.

West, who filed the paperwork just ahead of the deadline, has announced himself as a candidate of ‘The Birthday Party’ along with declaring Michelle Tidball as his running mate.

Besides West, 10 more third-party or independent presidential candidates have filed to appear on the Louisiana ballot.

Kanye West have been proposing the idea of running for US President for years now, while many of the US citizens considered it merely a publicity stunt, the rapper on July 4 shocked one and all by announcing his bid in a tweet. His campaign submitted papers to the Federal Election Commission to run within two weeks of his announcement.

However, his campaign has failed to meet deadlines to make it on the presidential ballot in several other states, including Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, Louisiana officials have not reviewed filings yet. The state, unlike others, does not require independent candidates to collect thousands of signatures to file a nomination to appear on the ballot.

As per a report of The Advocate, West in his filing listed a post box office in Cody, Wyoming, as his campaign’s address. His running mate, Tidball, who is a self-described “biblical life coach” resides in Wyoming, moreover, West also owns a mansion in the state.

West, who is a dedicated Trump supporter, said in an interview earlier this month he’s “not denying” that his campaign seeks to hurt Biden’s presidential bid.

China launches new optical remote-sensing satellite

By
Neha Kumari
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The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Aug. 23, 2020 has launched ie, Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying the Gaofen-9 05 satellite. China successfully launches a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:27 a.m. on Sunday in Beijing Time. A multifunctional test satellite and other satellite named Tiantuo-5 were also launched through the rocket.

  • Photo credit Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua

JIUQUAN- China successfully launches a beand new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 10:27 a.m.

The Gaofen-9 05 satellite, was sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket.

The Gaofen-9 05 has a resolution up to the sub-meter level. It will be mainly used for survey of land, city planning, land right confirmation, network design of road, crop yielding, value judgement and disaster prevention and diminishment.

It will also supply data for the Road and Belt construction.

A multifunctional test satellite and other satellite named Tiantuo-5 were also launched through the rocket.

The multifunctional test satellite was refined by the Academy of Military Sciences and will test and confirm technologies such as communication, navigation and remote sensing in orbit.

Sunday’s launch was the 343rd mission of the Long March rocket series.

Thousands gather for pool party in Wuhan, the former epicentre of covid-19 pandemic

By
Shivani Negi
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Wuhan, the former epicentre of novel coronavirus, now seems to have completely gotten over the Covid-19 pandemic. While the world continues to maintain social distancing as a mean to combat the virus, thousands were able to gather for a pool party without any precautionary measures whatsoever in Wuhan.

In a very unconventional 2020 way, Wuhan hosted HOHA Water Electrical Musical Festival over the weekend and images from the event clearly show that it was one of a kind cheerful weekend.

While thousands of people wearing swimsuits crammed into the Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park, others were spotted hanging out at the bar. The massive pool party, completed with a DJ on turntables, had people dancing to the toe in colourful attires.

As per the reports, the visitors were given temperature and security checks on arrival.

In Wuhan, life has gradually gone back to normal after 76- day strict lockdown in early April. In mid-May, the city had recorded six new cases in a residential community and rolled out a quick contact tracing program. And not to much surprise, they clearly succeeded in their technique as the city hasn’t registered any new case since then. They tested more than 6.5 million people in just nine days. That’s a huge number if we compare it to the number of samples tested in India, which is now the third-worst hit country by the pandemic.

However, Sanjaya Senanayake, associate professor in infectious diseases at the Australian National University, cautions that even though most of Wuhan’s citizens have been tested, the risk of transmission is still alive. “The problem is we haven’t eradicated Covid-19, and what that means is that as long as its not eradicated, there’s still the risk of having it introduced, whether from overseas or elsewhere,” he told the BBC.

Wuhan’s lockdown began to ease in March and was officially lifted on April 8. There have been over 89,400 cases of coronavirus reported in China with 4,703 casualties.

India Rejects Reference To Jammu And Kashmir In China-Pak Statement

By
Jyoti B
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India has rejected the reference to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir in the joint press release of the China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue issued on Friday and reiterated its concerns on the projects in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor that fall in Pak-occupied-Kashmir.

“The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India and we expect the parties concerned to not to interfere in matters that are internal affairs of India,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.

A joint statement issued after the Wang-Qureshi talks said the Pakistani side briefed the Chinese delegation on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, including its concerns, position and current urgent issues.

“The Chinese side reiterated that the Kashmir issue is a dispute left over from history between India and Pakistan, which is an objective fact, and that the dispute should be resolved peacefully and properly through the U.N. Charter, relevant Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements. China opposes any unilateral actions that complicate the situation,” according to the joint statement.

Mr Srivastava in response said, “India has repeatedly conveyed its concerns to both China and Pakistan on the projects in so-called China Pakistan Economic Corridor, which are in the territory of India that has been illegally occupied by Pakistan.”

The Pakistan foreign minister went to China after receiving little comfort from Saudi Arabia and OIC regarding taking up the Kashmir issue at the international level.

Beijing had adopted issued a similar position immediately after New Delhi scrapped Kashmir’s special status in August last year. Since then, China has also sought to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council on Pakistan’s behalf several times, but without much success.

Rahul Gandhi launches fresh attack on government over Rafale deal; BJP hits back

By
Jyoti B
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has repeatedly accused the Centre of corruption in the Rafale jet deal on Saturday made a fresh attack on the government over the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, prompting Union Minister Piyush Goyal to hit back saying he is welcome to fight the 2024 general elections on the issue.

Gandhi quoted a source-based news report which claimed that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has submitted its performance audit on defence offset contracts to the government with no mention of any offset deals related to the purchase of Rafale aircraft.

“Money was stolen from the Indian exchequer in Rafale,” Gandhi alleged in his tweet without elaborating.

In a sharp retort, Goyal, who is Railway Minister and a senior BJP leader, claimed that many in the Congress have confided that Gandhi’s obsession with Rafale is damaging the party.

“Many of Rahul Gandhi’s Congress colleagues confide in private that Rahul’s obsession with Rafale to wash off his father’s sins is damaging the party. But if someone is wanting to self-destruct, who are we to complain? We invite him to fight the 2024 elections on Rafale,” Goyal tweeted.

Reacting to the controversy, Sitharaman said the CAG report on Defence Offset Performance will be tabled in the forthcoming session of Parliament.

As per the report, the Defence Ministry told the CAG that Dassault would be sharing details related to offset contracts only after three years of the deal. Notably, Reliance Defence of Anil Ambani group had bagged an offset contract as part of the Rafale fighter jets deal.

India last month received its first batch of new multi-role fighter aircraft in two decades with the arrival of five Rafale jets.

The Rafale is a twin-jet fighter aircraft able to operate from both an aircraft carrier and a shore base. The fully versatile Rafale is able to carry out all combat aviation missions

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi asked Centre three questions on Rafale after first batch of fighter jets lands in India, he repeated the questions that he had asked the government ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

TKR vs BT Dream11 Team Prediction: CPL 2020 Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents Fantasy cricket tips

By
Harshit
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Trinbago Knight Riders will march against the Barbados Tridents in the league match of this years’ Caribbean Premier League. Trinbago Knight Riders secured the second place in the points table after both their games and they are the only undefeated team in the tournament. Sunil Narine has performed for TKR in both the games and he did that with both bat and ball. He has delivered as a opener and now he is taking his responsibility as an opener seriously.

TKR is also the most strongest team in this year CPL some quality players like Captain Kieron Pollard, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, Colin Munro and Lindl Simmons. TKR is also successful in restricting the opposition below 150 in both the matches and they performed as a complete bowling unit.

Moving on to the Barbados Trident side who are place at the fifth position in the points table have won just one of their two games. They lost their previous game against the St Lucia Zouks which was a reduced game of 5 overs in the second innings after the rain came in the match. For Barbados Mitchell Santner and Rashid Khan were the stars for them in the opening game where both of them performed both with bat and ball. Barbados will look to seal a victory in this match since at the initial stage of the tournament no team can afford to lose multiple matches.

The match will be played at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium, Trinidad and will start at 7:30 PM.

My Dream 11 Prediction Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents

Sunil Narine(captain), Rashid Khan(vice-captain), Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Corey Anderson,  Dwayne Bravo, Jason Holder, Mitchell Santner, Tion Webster, Ali Khan.

Probable XI for both the sides-

Trinbago Knight Riders

Lendl Simmons, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, Fawad Ahmed, Tion Webster, Ali Khan, and Khary Pierre

Barbados Tridents

Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Corey Anderson, Jonathan Carter, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Mitchell Santner, Ashley Nurse, Raymon Reifer, Rashid Khan, and Hayden Walsh

SQUADS-

Trinbago Knight Riders–

Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Fawad Ahmed, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Khary Pierre, Tim Seifert, Sikandar Raza, Anderson Phillip, Pravin Tambe, Jayden Seales, Amir Jangoo, Tion Webster, Akeal Hosein, Muhammad Ali Khan

Barbados Tridents-

Rashid Khan, Jason Holder, Corey Anderson, Shamarh Brooks, Mitchell Santner, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Hayden Walsh Jr, Ashley Nurse, Jonathan Carter, Raymon Reifer, Kyle Mayers, Joshua Bishop, Nyeem Young, Justin Greaves, Keon Harding, Shayan Jahangir

Odisha introduced scheme scheme to promote bio-floc fish farming technology

By
Jyoti B
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A new scheme have been introduced to promote intensive Aquaculture through bio-floc technology in fisheries by the department of Fisheries and Animal Resources of Odisha government.

Aimed at increasing fish productivity and make the stated self-sufficient in fish production. This advanced fish farming technology introduced by the state is to provide livelihood support to entrepreneur and unemployed youth according to a release by the Information and Public Relation Department.

“A person having small land holding (as small as 150-200 square meter of land) and having either municipal piped water supply or bore well water supply can establish this business with small investment,” as per the release.

Bioofloc system is suitable for growing freshwater fish species such as GIFT Tilapia, Magur, Pangasius, Anabas, Common Carp etc depending on local market demands.

In Biofloc technology, the waste organic matter in the tank such as feed waste, are digested using probiotics and carbon source gets converted to fish feed.In normal pond based farming system, one acre of earthen tank produces about 2,000 kg of fish in 6 months.

While in bioflocfish farming system, the same 2000 kg fish can be produced only from 4 small tanks of each 4 meter diameter and 1.2 meter depth installed in a floor area of about 100-150 square meter.

Introducing the scheme, the State Government provides a subsidy of 40% subsidy while a 60% subsidy is provided to SC& ST beneficiaries. 

England vs Pakistan: Zak Crawley diminishes Pakistan with his maiden ton of 267

By
Harshit
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England consolidated their position in the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan thanks to Zak Crawley’s career-first double century (267) and his record partnership with Jose Butler (152). On the second day of the Southampton Test, the hosts declared their first innings on Saturday by scoring 583/8 and kept Pakistan’s score at 24 for 3 wickets.

Pakistan had a very poor start and the team lost the wickets of both their openers Shaan Masood (04) and Abid Ali (01) till the fifth over. Babar Azam also returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs. All three wickets went to pacer James Anderson (3 wickets for 13 runs). Anderson has completed 596 wickets, he is just 4 wickets away from his 600 wickets.

Shaan Masood (04) was lbw by Anderson in the third over. In his next over, Anderson also caught Abid in the slip by Dom Sibley and Pakistan scored 11 for two. Star batsman Babar looked comfortable during his innings of 26 balls, but Anderson lbw him on the last ball of the day. Captain Azhar Ali was playing after scoring four runs at the end of the day’s play. Pakistan’s team is still behind by 559 runs, with seven wickets remaining.

Earlier, Crawley scored 267 runs with the help of 34 fours and a six in his innings of 393 balls before being stumped off by the ball of improvised spinner Ashad Shafiq.

Playing in his eighth Test, Crawley touched the 100-run mark for the first time in his career and made it to the top 10 in terms of England’s most individual innings. He left behind giants like Geoffrey Boycott, current captain Joe Root and Ben Stokes.

Crowley shared a 359-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Jos Buttler (152 runs), England’s biggest partnership for the fifth wicket. The duo left behind Keith Fletcher and Tony Greig, who shared a 254-run partnership against India at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium in February 1973, also the sixth-largest partnership for any wicket for England.

Crawley and Butler came to bat together after lunch on the first day when England were in trouble after losing four wickets for 127 runs. Crowley completed a double century in 331 balls with fours off Nasim Shah. He went on to play ahead of 171 runs on the second day.

Fawad Alam caught Butler on his own ball. Butler (152) hit 13 fours and 2 sixes in the innings of 311 balls. Prior to this, he had scored 106 runs, hitting his last century against India two years ago. He was then playing as a specialist batsman.

In England’s innings Chris Woakes scored 40, Stuart Broad scored 15 and Dom Bess scored 27 not out, with Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, Yasir Shah and Fawad Alam taking 2-2 wickets each, while Nasim Shah and Ashad Shafiq got one. – Got a success.

England started the day with 332 runs for four wickets. The team is leading 1-0 in the three-match series and their eyes are set on winning the first Test series against Pakistan in the last 10 years

India will never get an opener like Rohit Sharma: Sunil Gavaskar

By
Harshit
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Former Indian opener and captain Sunil Gavaskar has praised limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma. Gavaskar said that he would be proud to bat like Rohit in limited overs cricket.

Many experts and former players see Rohit Sharma as the greatest opener in One Day cricket. Rohit Sharma is opening the innings for Indian since 2013 Champions Trophy. His numbers as an opener has totally changed the perception of Indian cricket for Rohit Sharma, who was always considered as the Number 5 or Number 6 batsman before 2013.

Although Rohit Sharma had opened three times in 2011, but after that when he got a chance again, he did not look back. After scoring 83 against England in Mohali, he also started the innings in the 2013 Champions Trophy and his journey started.


In the latest episode of India Today Inspiration, Sunil Gavaskar said, “The way you see Rohit Sharma batting in ODI cricket, you have to bat before the over … that’s how I wanted to play.”


Gavaskar admitted, ‘The circumstances and certainly the lack of confidence in my ability did not allow me to do so. But when I see the next generation doing this, I feel very happy. I like to see the next generation because you see progress there.

He said, ‘Rohit’s batting style is not the answer for playing comfortably against both pace and spin. He is arguably the best batsman in ODIs after Virat Kohli.

33-year-old Rohit Sharma has scored 27 centuries as an opener in ODIs, while he has 4 centuries in T20 International, which is the highest in this international format.

TikTok to challenge Donald Trump’s crackdown in court

By
Shivani Negi
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TikTok on Saturday said it will challenge the Donald Trump administration in court over app’s crackdown in the United States. The wildly popular short-form video app has been accused of breaching US users’ private data, causing a security threat to the nation.

As the trade war between the two worl superpowers – China and US, continues, president Donald Trump on 6 August signed an executive order stating giving Bytedance, the Chinese firm who owns TikTok, 45 days to sell its operations to an American company.

“Even though we strongly disagree with the administrtion’s concerns, for nearly a year we have sought to engage in good fought to rovide a constructive solution,” TikTok said in a statement.

“What we encountered instead was a lack of due process as the administration paid no attention to facts and tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses. To ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to challenge the executive order through the judicial system,” it said.

Trump has claimed that TikTok has been used as a spy by China to track the locations of federal employees in the US, and observe corporate business. Beijing has denied the accusations time and again.

TikTok has been in talks with a number of US tech giants including Microsoft and Oracle to sell its US operations.

The Trump administration has also given ByteDance 90 days to dispossess the app before it gets banned in the US.

Meanwhile, TikTok has said it will file its suit next week amid the soaring tension with US administation.

Coronavirus update: India’s covid-19 tally crosses 3 million mark

By
Shivani Negi
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With fresh additions, India’s total coronavirus toll crossed thirty lakh mark on Sunday. As per the latest figures, the country reported 70,812 fresh infections in past 24 hours, taking its total number of infections to 30,41,463. With 914 new deaths on Saturday, the total number of patients who lost their lives to Covid-19 in India reached 56,837.

India became the third country in the world, after the US and Brazil, to record more than 3 million covid-19 cases. The number of cases in the country continue to rise as pathogen find hotspot across the country, halting the efforts by the government to curb the virus.

However, with increased number of cases, India’s recovery rate has ascended to 74.69 per cent and the fatality rate has also dropped further to 1.87 per cent, the Union Health Ministry stated.

Over the past few weeks, India has also ramped up its testing process. On Friday, a total number o 10,23,836 samples were tested, the highest done in a day so far. Now, the cumulative total of tested sample stands at 3,44,91,073.

Meanwhile, in other news, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that India’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus will most likely be available by the end of this year.

“One of our COVID-19 vaccine candidates is in the third phase of the clinical trial. We are very confident that a vaccine will be developed by end of this year,” Dr Harsh Vardhan said.

“I am happy to say that in the eighth month of the battle, India has the best recovery rate of 75 per cent. A total of 2.2 million patients have recovered and gone home and another seven lakh are going to be cured very soon. We started with only one testing laboratory in Pune but we scaled up our diagnostic capabilities and strengthened our testing capacity. Today, India has 1,500 testing labs for COVID-19 and on Friday we tested over one million samples” the minister added.

Globally, 22,949,234 people have been infected with the virus so far, including over 7.9 lakh who have succumbed to it. The United States followed by India and Brazil remains the worst hit country.

Israel Approves New Groundbreaking COVID-19 Testing Method

By
Jyoti B
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The Israeli Health Ministry has authorized a new COVID-19 testing technique that allows labs to simultaneously evaluate nose and throat swabs taken from eight people, helping them save reagents necessary for the process, which are in short supply all over the world.

The Israeli government plans to roll out the new method in 12 labs across the country by October, anticipating that another wave of coronavirus infections could coincide with influenza season with potentially calamitous results.

“We’re doing everything we can in order to be ready,” said Ronen Walfisch, an engineer at the defence ministry who oversaw a pilot project to test the method’s efficacy. The method passed with flying colours, he said.

The standard RT-PCR test takes several hours to be processed. This, combined with the time taken to collect and transport samples, means the result may sometimes take over a day to come. But pool testing has come to be a preferred method in low-prevalence areas for its efficacy.

If a pool tests negative, then the need for conducting separate tests again is eliminated. However, if the pool tests positive, it means that one of the samples is Covid-19 positive. Further tests are then conducted to determine which patient is positive.

In a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances, Shental and his colleagues, Tomer Hertz and Angel Porgador of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, report that their method — called P-Best, for Pooling-Based Efficient SARS-CoV-2 Testing — successfully detected positives in pools of as many as 48 samples. The method accurately screened 1,115 health care workers with just 144 tests, the study found.

Vocal for Local: PM Modi discusses ways to boost toy manufacturing in India with senior ministers and officials

By
Jyoti B
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a substantial meeting with senior ministers and officials on ways to strengthen toy manufacturing in India and encouraged the start-ups and youngsters to focus on innovations in the sector.

PM Modi said India is home to numerous toy clusters and thousands of artisans who manufacture indigenous toys which not only have cultural connect but also helps in building life-skills and psychomotor skills among children at an early age. He said such clusters should be promoted through innovative and creative methods.

It was informed that Indian toy market has huge potential and can bring a transformative modification in the industry by boosting ‘Vocal for Local’ under AatmaNirbhar Bharat campaign.

Prime Minister remarked that toys can be an excellent medium to further the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ and exhorted that toys should reflect India’s value system and culturally established environment-friendly approach. He further suggested using tourism as a tool to promote India’s culture primarily in the region well-known for renowned handmade toys.

He also emphasized the need to organize hackathons for youth and students for innovations in toy technology and design, including online games, to reflect Indian ethos and values.

Putting emphasis on fast-growing digital gaming arena, Modi explained India should tap the huge potential in this area and lead the international digital gaming sector by developing games that are inspired by Indian culture and folk tales.

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