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Scrapping of Article 370 gets mention in NCERT textbook of Class 12

By
Shivani Negi
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The historic decision of invalidating the provisions of Article 370 has found a brief mention in the revised Class XII political science book of National Council for Educational Research and Training(NCERT) for the academic session 2020-21. 

The revised textbook, Politics of India since Independence, has addressed the withdrawal of Article 370 in the chapter, ‘Regional Aspirations’.

The chapter says “Jammu and Kashmir had a special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. However, in spite of it, the region witnessed violence, cross-border terrorism and political instability with internal and external ramifications”.

“The Article resulted in the loss of many lives, including that of innocent civilians, security personnel and militants. Besides, there was also a large scale displacement of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley,” it read.

Highlighting the landmark decision, a sentence of the chapter reads: ‘On 5 August 2019, Article 370 was abolished by the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 and the state was constituted into two Union Territories, viz, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.”

The revised chapter talks about the development in the state that took place from 2002 onward. It also deals with the internal problems and the roots of problem that existed in the state during insurgency period. 

The book also talks about the President’s Rule imposed in the state in June 2018.The Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir was imposed on June 20, 2018 and the State Assembly was kept suspended after the state faced a political crisis when BJP withdrew support to Mehbooba Mufti-led government. 

The chapter also features two front-page newspaper stories — ‘Kashmir Accedes to India’ and ‘Sheikh Abdullah Arrested.”

Earlier this month, CBSE announced a reduction of 30 percent syllabus for class 9 to 12 due to the Covid-19 situation in the country. The decision received much flak as opposition alleged centre of dropping many important topics including ‘Democracy’ to propagate their ideology.

JNU acquired a record, 22% increase in admission application, higher than the last year

By
Jyoti B
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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Monday brought to Twitter to claim that the university has acquired a record 135,462 admission applications, which is a remarkable 22% increase from last year’s figures.

He said, “Clearly students across India have whole-heartedly embraced our transition to the computer-based mode of an entrance exam.”

The rise in JNU applications comes in view of the impact created by the global pandemic known as COVID-19, as the application window was open for a lengthy period of time.

“It is a clear indication that JNU continues to remain highly aspirational university among students fraternity who have wholeheartedly embraced our transition to a computer-based mode of the entrance examination”.

Also added, we look forward to welcoming the selected candidates whenever the university reopens depending upon the COVID-19 pandemic,” declared VC in a video message.

The university has collected applications from across India. Besides, the university has also noted advancement in gender presentation.

Covid Impact: IndiGo to cut off 10 percent of its staff

By
Shivani Negi
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The covid-19 pandemic has brought many unprecedented changes in our lives but economic turbulence remains the first and foremost. With flights being suspended in the wake of the pandemic, aviation industry has suffered major bankruptcy that has led many airlines to cut their staffs.

In the latest, India’s biggest private airline IndiGo has decided to lay off 10 percent of its workforce.

According to IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta, the company after precisely assessing and reviewing all possible situations, has come to the conclusion that it needs to bid “a painful adieu” to 10 percent of its staff. IndiGo currently has around 23,531 strong work force.

“It is for the first time in the history of IndiGo that we have undertaken such a painful measure. This is indeed a very unfortunate turn of events from the optimistic growth trajectory we had carved out for ourselves just six months ago; but this pandemic has forced us to re-evaluate our best laid plans.
To help the impacted employees’ tide over the uncertainties emanating from this decision, IndiGo has created a ‘6E Care package’,” Dutta said.

“Even now, IndiGo is flying only a small percentage of its full fleet of 250 airplanes. This has been one of the toughest decisions that we have had to take and we are ensuring that the transition process for the impacted employees is carried out seamlessly, professionally and with the utmost respect and compassion,” he further added.

“Right at the start of this crisis, IndiGo understood the gravity of the situation. For us, it was critical to minimise the impact of the pandemic on our employees, and in fact IndiGo was one of the few airlines globally which paid full salaries for the month of March and April, despite the disruption in business,” Dutta said.

“And from where things stand currently, it is impossible for our company to fly through this economic storm without making some sacrifices, in order to sustain our business operations,” he culminated.

Airlines in the country resumed domestic operation on May 25 after a gap of two months, as the government allowed flights on domestic routes only. However, only one-third capacity of passenger load was allowed, leaving no options of profitability for the civil aviation sector.

Coronavirus update: Government warns the use of N-95 masks

By
Neha Kumari
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India’s tally rises to 11,55,191 coronavirus cases. Total 28,084 deaths have been recorded.

Now presently India have total 4,02,529 active cases .

Notably, 7,24,578 patients have been cured and discharged so far.

In last 24 hours India reported 37,148 cases and 587 deaths.

Globally 14,703,293 people have been infected.

And more than 609880 having died from Corona.

Total 82,90,431 people have been recovered till date.

The centre has written to all state and union territories warning against the use of N-95 masks with valve respirators.

The centre says that those type of marks do not prevent the virus from entering and spreading.

According to the Indian express- The Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have suggested a set of short-term and medium-term actions for state governments to enhance the country’s Covid-19 testing capacity.

AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria, who is part of the core team monitoring the pandemic in India, has told The Indian Express that data from the national capital suggests that the Covid curve is flattening and Delhi “may have crossed the peak”.

Ayodhya: Uddhav, Advani are likely to be present in bhumi pujan.

By
Neha Kumari
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The guest list of Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of Ram Mandir may include some more veterans. It is expected to include LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Maharashtra CM Udhdhav Thakrey and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar .

Ceremony will be about two hours long. The guest list is limited to 100 – 150 .
The guest list includes Union Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and UP CM Yogi .

The district administration will also set up video screens all over. The screen is locals to attend the ceremony live.


The ceremony could also see a number of projects worth several crores for ‘Ayodhya Dham’ being unveiled, a senior UP government official told These could include the proposed 251-metre tall statue of Lord Ram on the banks of river Saryu and a network of four-lane highways to link Ayodhya and an elevated road project for the town.

CM Yogi has directed that multi-level parking facilities be constructed in Ayodhya, a bigger bus stand be built and work on the Sri Ram International Airport in Ayodhya be fast-tracked.

COVID-19|Delhi High court permittees 121 foreigner step free

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Jyoti B
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A Delhi court Monday permitted 121 people from Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh to step-free on the compensation of ₹5,000 each, after they accepted mild charges under the plea bargain process.

They were part of the congregation, which was in alleged violation of the visa norms and guidelines issued by the Indian government on Covid-19.

The court permitted them to step-free after the Sub-divisional magistrate of Defence Colony, who was the complaint in the case, Assistant Commissioner of Police of Lajpat Nagar, Inspector of Nizamuddin said they have no objection to the decision.

However, three Bangladesh and eight Kyrgyzstan nationals claimed trial after not accepting the mild charges under the plea bargain process in the case.

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has listed more than 900 foreign nationals in relation with the case. The FIR was registered against Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi and others on March 31.

In earlier hearing three Sri Lankan, foreign national from Nigeria, Tanzania pleaded not guilty and said they want to face the trial. Last week, Tablighis from Djibouti, Mali, Kenya and 17 Sri Lankans paid a penalty of Rs 5,000 each and step-free.

Mike Pompeo arrives in UK to discuss about China

By
Neha Kumari
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On Monday US Secretary of state Mike pompeo arrived in United Kingdom.

Mike arrived in UK to discuss about China, 5G and a Brexit free business deal with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Mike is expected to discuss China with the Prime Minister in a Downing Street summit and he will also meet with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.

The Foreign Secretary warned: “There remains considerable uncertainty about the way in which the new national security law will be enforced. I would just say this: the UK is watching and the whole world is watching.”


But, outlining his announcement, Mr Raab was keen to stress that “we want to work with China”

“While in London, Secretary Pompeo will meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to discuss global priorities, including the Covid-19 economic recovery plans, issues related to the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) and Hong Kong, and the US-UK Free Trade Agreement negotiations,” the State Department said ahead of his visit.

US & India Naval joint exercise

By
Jyoti B
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Amid tension between India and China over the Ladakh border dispute in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed in Galwan on June 15.

In a sharp strategic indication to China, US carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz performed a “cooperative” exercise with 
Indian warships in the Indian Ocean on Monday.

The Times of India reported, PASSEX (passing exercise) comes close on the heels of other naval exercises, including Malabar, in which the two navies have been taking part to enhance their “interoperability”.

“A passage exercise is normally undertaken whenever an opportunity arises, in contrast to pre-planned maritime drills. While the Malabar exercise will be conducted later this year, it is always good to exercise with like-minded navies and exchange best opportunities whenever there is a chance,” said naval affairs expert Captain DK Sharma (retd).

The Indian Navy is also ramping up its operational cooperation with many generous naval forces like the US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force in view of the fast-evolving regional security landscape.

The US Navy’s Chief of Information Rear Admiral Charlie Brown said, “It is good to have friends. From Nimitz in the Indian Ocean to Exercise Sea Breeze in the Black Sea, the US Navy exercises with our professional counterparts in navies around the world. There is much we can accomplish together.”

According to a few media reports, Australia may join the Malabar exercise, which is a trilateral naval exercise involving India, the US, and Japan as permanent partners. The Malabar exercise is expected to take place later this year.

Lalji Tandon, Madhya Pradesh governor passes away

By
Neha Kumari
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Madhya Pradesh governor Lalji Tandon passed away.
Lalji was hospitalized after he complain breathing problem, difficulty in urination and fever.

Ashutosh Tandon, his son announced his demises via a tweet . He wrotes “Babuji Nahi rahe”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets,

Lalji was hospitalized in Lucknow in June. He was put on ventilator support.

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Ashutosh informed that the body would be taken to Gulata Ghat Chowk at 4:00 p.m.. Where Lalji last rites would be performed.

Ashutosh requested everyone to pay their condolence from home because of coronavirus pandemic.

Lalji served in uttar Pradesh legislative council for two terms from 1978 to 1984 and again from 1990 to 1996.And as an MLA in UP legislative Assembly for three terms between 1996 to 2009 as MP in 15th Lok Sabha. And as governor of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

Kerala government tweets,

Tik Tok star Sachin Tiwari to play the lead role in film inspired by Sushant Singh’s life

By
Jyoti B
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TikTok star Sachin Tiwari, who came to be a turmoil on social media for his incredible similarity to Sushant Singh Rajput, has been roped in to play the lead role in Vijay Shekhar Gupta’s production ‘Suicide or Murder: A star was lost,’ based on the life of the late Bollywood star.

Gupta said the film will go on floors in mid-September, and it will be shot in Mumbai and Punjab. He added they are glancing a Christmas 2020 release.

Suicide or Murder is not a biopic of Sushant Singh Rajput. It is inspired by the Kai Po Che actor’s life and many other outsiders who allegedly fall prey to nepotism and Bollywood Mafia that prevails in the film industry.

The makers on Monday also revealed the first look poster of Sachin Tiwari as ‘The Outsider’.

In an interview with the Indian Express, Vijay Shekhar Gupta said, “Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide came as a panic to all of us, but it is not unusual. Many actors who come to the industry to accomplish their dreams of making it big here, end up not getting work. Many take this route, and some keep struggling all their lives.

He added, through this movie we wanted to convey a story of small-town actors, with no godfathers in the film industry. One by one other character will be uncovered, I can assure you that this film will definitely unmask the real face of the insiders of Bollywood.” 

US Election 2020: Kanye West launches his first campaign after announcing presidential bid

By
Shivani Negi
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Rapper Kanye West, on Sunday, held his first presidential campaign since announcing his bid for the US election scheduled for November.

At the event, West covered a various range of topics, including abortion, god, international trade, license deals and taxes. While addressing the said topics, he even broke down in tears at one point before a crowd in North Charleston, South Carolina.

West, 43, a former supporter of President Donald Trump, missed the deadline to qualify for the ballot in several states. He has only been able to qualify to appear on Okalhoma’s presidential ballot so far.

At the event, the singer appeared with 2020 shaved into the back of his head and donning a protective security vest. Neitehr West, nor the audience had microphones, leading him to repeat his statements at the event.

While talking about the abortion law in the state, Kanye revealed that his parents wanted to abort him. There would have been no Kanye West, because my dad was too busy,” he said.

“I almost killed my daughter… even if my wife [Kim Kardashian West] were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into the world, even when I didn’t want to,” he added.

However, he mentioned that he doesn’t think abortion should be illegal, but said that there should be economic support for financially unstable new parents, suggesting that “everybody that has a baby gets a million dollars.”

“The only thing that can free us is by obeying the rules that were given to us for a promised land,” he said. “Abortion should be legal because guess what? The law is not by God anyway, so what is legality?”West mentioned.

The event was reportedly attended by registered guests only, however, a campaign website has no registration.

West announced his candidacy earlier this month on July 4. Some has called this his publicly stunt for his upcoming album, others have even roasted the entertainer online.

Rajasthan: Shekhawat questions audio tape authenticity after

By
Neha Kumari
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Rajastha:Union Jal Shakti Minister and Jodhpur MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has alleged that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was framing him for the defeat of the latter’s son, according to a report by The Times of India.

Shekhawat said that “a fabricated audio clip released last week by the Rajasthan Congress was engineered by chief minister Ashok Gehlot to avenge the defeat of his son in 2019”.

The Jodhpur MP had defeated Gehlot’s son and Congress candidate Vaibhav by about 2.7 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha polls 2019.

The minister, told the publication that the contents of the tape were “malicious and defamatory”.

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“Neither the voice (in the recording) is mine, nor the accent. I have heard the entire conversation in the three audio clips. The person who is being referred to as ‘Gajendra’ has the accent of a man from the Sri Ganganagar region while I speak with a heavy Jodhpur Marwari accent. Second, it’s laughable that content in the clip is being seen as seditious in nature.”

Responding to the name ‘Gajendra Singh’ figuring in the FIR, the Union minister said, “The source of the recording is unverifiable. The case is being built against me only to bully and instill fear in the minds of Congress MLAs held at the Fairmont hotel in Jaipur by Gehlot to thwart a potential rebellion. There is no probe by the Rajasthan government regarding how and where that audio originated on social media or who recorded it. Instead of verifying the clip’s veracity, authenticity or even its source, CM Gehlot has chosen to send his state cops to record my statement and collect my voice sample out of vendetta for 2019. He wants to send a message to his MLAs that if he can frame a Union minister, he can frame them too.”

The Congress few days back released three audio clips that had conversations revolving about the proposed overthrow of the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan. Shekhawat was alleged to have been one of the three men doing that conservation, the other two being Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma and one Sanjay Jain. Later two FIRs were filed in this matter.

Delhi: Human clinical trials of Covaxin about to begin at AIIMS.

By
Neha Kumari
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The AIIMS ( All India Institute of Medical Sciences) situated in Delhi is about to start phase I/II of Covaxin human clinical trials.

Among 12 different sites where human trials will begin, AIIMS is the one of them.

After India’s top drug regulator gave green signal for Covaxin trial, the DCGI ( Drugs controller general of India) have started clinical trials at AIIMS.

With collaboration of Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech and ICMR ( Indian council for Medical research ) and also with National Institute of virology Covaxin has been developed.

In phase I,the vaccine would be tested on 375 volunteers and maximum of hundred them would be basically from AIIMS Delhi.

Volunteers should be healthy with no comorbid conditions and without a history of covid-19.
Their age should be between 18 to 55 years.

To participate in human trials of COVAXIN, volunteers can send an email to Ctaiims.covid19@gmail.com or an SMS to or call on 7428847499.

Two covid-19 vaccine COVAXIN by Bharat Biotech international limited with ICMR and NIV and ZyCov-D vaccine by Zydus cadila had recently got green signal for human trials from DCGI ( Drug controller general of India ) . Both are up for phase II and phase III trials.

Bharat biotech in collaboration with ICMR ( Indian council of medical research ) developed Covid-19 vaccine called COVAXIN . Over seven vaccines are being researched in India and only COVAXIN and Zydus cadilla got the approval to start human trials . ICMR is looking to launch COVAXIN by August 15 on India’s independence day . After getting green signal from all the concerned authorities .

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Corona virus update: India Crosses 11 lakh cases.

Corona virus update: India Crosses 11 lakh cases.

By
Neha Kumari
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Source- Newskube

Coronavirus update: More than 40000 new cases of coronavirus reported yesterday. With this fresh cases, this week was dead deadliest week of India.
As 2.38 lakh new cases were reported within this week.

Over 650 death’s were reported yesterday. While this week 4,285 Corona patient died .

Source- Medical Dialogue

Due to rise in Corona cases, Kerala treats up to five 50000 patients at a time.

”Satish Dhawan Space Centre to function with minimum essential/skeletal staff with immediate effect and until further orders, to avoid further transmissions & to complete contact tracing of primary & secondary contacts of detected cases”,Statement Andhra Pradesh government.

”Covid-19 will not be controlled by jugaad”, says Mayawati to UP govt

BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) chief on Monday criticized the Uttar Pradesh government over its management of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the corona virus has assumed a “horrible shape” in the UP and it is a matter of serious concern.

Meanwhile Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said, ”Let’s leave the technical battle on Center to decide over community spread.There is spread in the community, now it’s very technical to say either it’s local or community spread. Source of many positive patients remains unknown after test.”

Assam Floods: 24 districts adversely affected, death toll rises to 84

By
Shivani Negi
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The flood situation have slightly improved in Assam on Sunday, the officials said. As of now, the floods have claimed as many as 84 lives with five deaths reported on Sunday.

At least 24 districts of the state are still in drowned in water.

The state has been predicted to receive heavy rain till 21 July and a red alert for the same has been issued. Not only humans, but also the wildlife has greatly been affected by the heavy rains. According to the officials, 108 wild animals have died at Kaziranga National Park.

As per the disaster management authorities, over 27 lakh people and 2,678 villages are hit by the floods with Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang and Baksa being the worst affected areas.

“A total of 27,63,719 people and 1,16,404.01 hectares of crop area had been affected by the floods.” a Flood Report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

“The government has so far opened 649 relief camps that are currently providing relief to 47,465 people. 181 boats have been deployed and 511 persons have been evacuated,” it further added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the situation with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on phone. He also asked about the covid-19 situation in the state, Chief Minister Sonowal said.

Taking to his Twitter handle, Sonowal tweeted: “Hon”ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji took stock of the contemporary situation regarding #AssamFloods2020, #COVID19 and Baghjan Oil Well fire scenario over phone this morning. Expressing his concern and solidarity with the people, the PM assured all support to the state.”

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