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On K Kamaraj’s 117th birth anniversary, check out some unknown facts about the Kingmaker

By
Shivani Negi
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Today marks the 117th birth anniversary of one of the greatest post-independence leaders and pre-independence freedom fighters of India, Kumarswamy Kamaraj, fondly known as the Kingmaker. A renowned politician, activist and statesman, Kamaraj started his political career during India’s struggle of independence.

Starting as merely a campaigner, he went on to become a legislator in the Madras Presidency, and was later appointed the Chief Minister of Madras. On the occasion of the Kingmaker’s birth-anniversary, here are some unknown facts about him:

After the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Kamaraj decided to devote his life to India’s fight for freedom from British rule.

He was one of the very few leaders who raised their voices against injustice towards lower caste citizens in India. In 1922, he joined Vaikom Satyagraha that called out atrocities of the higher caste Hindus against Harijans.

During India’s struggle for freedom, Kamaraj was jailed multiple times — in 1930, he was jailed for his active participation in the salt Satyagraha movement and in 1937, he was jailed for protesting against the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi.

He was appointed the Chief Minister of Madras Province in 1954. After his appointment as the Chief Minister of Madras(now Tamilnadu), the education rate in the state rose from 7 percent to 37 percent. He introduced new irrigation schemes, built new dams and canals for which the state is known today.

Major industries such as Neyveli Lignite Corporation, BHEL, Manali Oil Refinery, Hindustan raw photo film factory, a railway coach factory and a few other industries such as paper, sugar, and chemicals were introduced during Kamaraj’s government.

In 1963, he resigned from the post of Chief Minister under the Kamaraj Plan which suggested that senior Congress leader should leave the ministerial posts.

He was elected the president of Indian National Congress after his resignation from the post of Cheif Minsiter in 1963.

Kamaraj had a chance to become the Prime Minister of India but instead suggested Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi’s name for the post. His reason of refusal was — he did not know either Hindi or English and believed that Prime Minister of India should be fluent in at least one of these languages.

On October 2, 1975, Gandhi Jayanti, Kamaraj felt uneasy after waking from a nap. His house help, Vairavan, informed his physician. Before the physician could make it to Kamaraj’s house, he had died.

Covid Update: India’s records highest recovery rate in 24 hours.

By
Neha Kumari
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HIGHLIGHTS-

  • Covid-19 cases in country have been increased over 26,000 in a day.
  • Covid-19 related death climb to 24309.
  • In 24 hours 20570 to patients were cured.
  • Total 5902031 patient cured from corona-virus.

Today number of fresh Corona cases in India raises to 29492 in a single day.Now the total corona-virus cases tally to 936181.And that death toll climb to 24309.
Notably, recovery rate is improving.
In past 24 hours, 20572 patients were declared cured, highest number of patient cured in a single day. Now overall tally of recoveries is 5920310.

But still there are 319840 active cases currently in India

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 1.24 crore samples had been tested for COVID-19 till July 14, including 3.2 lakh samples tested on Tuesday.

Human clinical trials for a vaccine for COVID-19 has been initiated in the country with approximately 1,000 volunteers participating in the exercise for each of the two indigenous developed vaccine candidates, the ICMR said on Tuesday.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi in a better situation, as compared to June, but it does not mean we have won the war against Covid-19. We are conducting 20,000-23,000 Covid-19 tests in Delhi every day. Covid-19 situation in Delhi under control but we do not have to be complacent. We will continue our preparations.Because of this, today people have the confidence that in case they need to be hospitalized, there will be no shortages.

STATE HIGHLIGHT-

  • With the number of COVID-19 cases crossing the nine lakh-mark on Tuesday, the health ministry said that 86 per cent of the total active cases are confined to 10 affected states with Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu accounting for 50 per cent of them.
  • Goa government has decided to enforce janta curfew from 8pm to 6am beginning from Wednesday till August 10.
  • Citing Covid-19, govt allows civil services candidates to get medical tests done in states, UTs, reports PTI.
  • Around 20 staff members at governor house have tested positive for Covid-19, reports ANI.

US Retailer Walmart announced it will lead a 1.2 billion Investment in Its e-Commerce Business Flipkart.

By
Jyoti B
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Walmart is increasing its majority-stake in Flipkart by leading a new $1.2 billion financing round in the Indian e-commerce giant. Which it had acquired in 2018, at a valuation of $24.9 billion. Walmart, acquired a majority stake (77%) in Flipkart for $16 billion.

The development come at a time when domestic rival Reliance Industries’ e-commerce venture JioMart is busy raising billions of dollars from marquee investors.

“The investment is led by Walmart, Flipkart Group’s majority owner, along with a group of existing shareholders and values the company at $24.9 billion post-money. It will be funded in two tranches over the remainder of the fiscal year,” Flipkart said in a press statement.

Walmart International president and CEO Judith McKenna said, “Flipkart continues to leverage its culture of innovation to accelerate growth and enable millions of customers, sellers, merchants and small businesses to prosper and be a part of India’s digital transformation”.

“Today, we lead in electronics and fashion and are rapidly accelerating share in other general merchandise categories and grocery…We will continue innovating to bring the next 200 million Indian shoppers online,” said Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart Group.

The latest investment by Walmart in Flipkart aims “to support continued development of its eCommerce marketplace as India emerges from the Covid-19 crisis,” the company stated

Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot removed as deputy Chief Minister.

By
Neha Kumari
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Sachin Pilot says “I am still the congressman”. Pilot want to reach Gandhi, stressing that chatter of him joining the BJP is an exercise “to malign him with Gandhi”.

Mr Pilot’s comment came as his party began a new round of punitive activities against him for “anti party activities”.

“Some leaders in Rajasthan trying to fuel speculation that I am joining BJP but I am not doing so. I have worked very hard to bring Congress back in govt in Rajasthan,” Pilot told the PTI.

Congress previously has sent him a notice to explain why he should not be disqualified as the member of the legislative Assembly.

Now yesterday Sachin Pilot was removed both as Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan as well as from the post of president of the Congress brand in the state.

After being dismissed by the Congress from every office he held in Rajasthan , Sachin Pilot tweeted on Tuesday, “The truth can be harassed but not defeated.” A few hours later, he expressed, again on Twitter, his thanks to his supporters.

“I am not joining the BJP,” Mr Pilot said this morning when he torched the crisis now subsuming the party.

The threat level to the Congress government in Rajasthan has gone down, said sources, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot claiming the support of 105 MLAs, four more than he needs for a majority.

Google, Facebook and Microsoft join Lawsuit against student visa new rule.

By
Neha Kumari
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On Monday more than dozen American technology companies including Google Facebook and Microsoft join a lawsuit.

The lawsuit is filed by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of technology.

Lawsuit is against Immigration and Custom Enforcement new rule that restrict international student from staying in US unless they attend at least one in-person course.

On July 7, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had said it would not allow foreign students to remain in the country for the autumn semester if all their university classes are moved online because of the coronavirus crisis. The rule applies to all F-1 and M-1 visa holders. While F-1 visa holders pursue academic courses, M-1 students pursue “vocational coursework”.

The companies have argued that the ban will “inflict significant harm” on their businesses by reducing their customer base . “America’s future competitiveness depends on attracting and retaining talented international students,” the companies added. “Individuals who come here as international students are also essential to educating the next generation of inventors.”

“Finally, they become valuable employees and customers of US businesses whether they remain in the United States or return to their home countries,” it said.

Google announces to invest $ 4 billion into reliance Jio.

By
Neha Kumari
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Google is in advanced talks to invest close to $4 billion into Reliance Industries Ltd’s digital assets unit as the search giant seeks to join a host of marquee investors, including rival Facebook Inc.

Just after Google announces that they will invest $ 10 billion in India. The US company is now about to spend a good portion of amount for a stake in Jio.

Google is in advanced talks to invest $ 4 billion into Reliance industries Ltd’s.

The investment will be another feather of billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Mukesh recently raised a record of rupees 1.18 trillion since 22 April.

The raise came after selling stakes in jio platform limited.

Now after Google investment will take the total fund raise to 1.48 trillion.

According to Bloomberg, Google will acquire rupees 30, 000 crore stake in jio.

When Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that $ 10 billion investment he also mentioned that the company will route the investment through equity deals and partnership.

And if the deal happens Google will join Facebook and of private equity firm piling in to Ambani’s venture.

Facebook paid $ 5.7 billion forever of 10% of jio platform.

The messaging app has roughly 10 million users in the country about the same as Reliance jio infocomm limited, subscriber base for wireless services.

HRD Minister released guidelines for online classes by schools.

By
Neha Kumari
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On July 14 HRD minister announced guidelines for online classes by schools and recommended a cap on duration and the number of sessions in a day for students.

The guidelines have been framed because of parents concern. Parent’s complaint about schools are conducting online classes full day class which has increased children’s screen time.

In the guideline called “Pragyata”, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has recommended that the duration for online classes for pre-primary students should not be for more than 30 minutes.

For classes 1 to 8, the HRD ministry has recommended two online sessions of up to 45 minutes each while for classes to 9 to 12, four sessions of 30-45 minutes duration have been recommended.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to closure of schools and has impacted over 240 million children of the country who are enrolled in schools. Extended school closures may cause loss of learning.To mitigate the impact of the pandemic, schools will not only have to remodel and reimagine the way teaching and learning have happened so far, but will also need to introduce a suitable method of delivering quality education through a healthy mix of schooling at home and schooling at school,” HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank said.

“The guidelines have been developed from the perspective of learners, with a focus on online, blended, digital education for students who are presently at home due to the lockdown. These guidelines on digital education provide a roadmap or pointers for carrying forward online education to enhance the quality of education,” Nishank added.

While the government has largely eased restrictions, schools and colleges continue to remain closed.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister shares heartfelt note a month after his death, says ‘your presence is still felt so strongly’

By
Shivani Negi
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It has been a month since the passing away of Sushnat Singh Rajput and family and friends of the actor have still not been able to come to terms with the tragic loss.

On Tuesday, Sushant’s sister Shweta Singh Kirti took to Instagram to remember late brother on his one-month death anniversary. Sharing a happy picture with Sushant, she wrote: “It has been a month since you left us…but your presence is still felt so strongly…. Love you Bhai . Hope u always stay eternally happy.”

Earlier, a few days after Sushant’s demise, Shweta had shared an emotional note to pay tribute to her brother on social media. “Your twinkling eyes taught the world how to dream, ur innocent smile revealed the true purity of ur heart. you will always be loved mera Baby and so so much more…. Whereever ur mera baby stay happy….stay fulfilled and know that everyone loved, loves u and will always love you unconditionally,” she mentioned.

On Sushant’s one-month death anniversary, several celebs also poured heartfelt messages, expressing how they have been keeping the actor in their memories. Sushant’s former girlfriend, Ankita Lokhande, who hasn’t been active on social media ever since his death, also prayed for the lost soul and posted a picture of a diya on her Instagram.

Rhea Chakraborty, who was rumoured to be dating the late actor, also took to Instagram to remember him fondly.

Ekta Kapoor, Mukesh Chhabra, Sanjana Sanghi, Shekhar Suman and Kriti Sanon were among other celebs who posted emotional tribute on Sushant’s one-month death anniversary.

Meanwhile, Sushant’s last film Dil Bechara will premier on July 24 and can be streamed worldwide on Disney plus Hotstar for free. Dil Bechara is directed by Mukesh Chhabra and also stars Sanjana Sanghi in the lead role. The trailer of the film received much love from the fans, becoming the most liked trailer on YouTube.

Shakuntala Devi trailer: Vidya Balan is the witty genius that even computers can’t beat

By
Shivani Negi
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The makers of Shakuntala Devi dropped the much awaited trailer of the film today and it is as intriguing as ever. The trailer shows Vidya Balan in and as Shakuntala Devi, playing with numbers with utmost ease. Also knows as the human computer, she is the maths genius who can solve complex equations in no time.

As Vidya Balan steps into the shoes of the Shakuntala Devi, we get a sneak peek into how the Mathematics wizard managed her personal life along with her professional life. From bagging the precious Genius Book of World Record to dealing with love-hate relationship with her two daughters, the trailer portrays the chronicles of Shakuntala Devi’s life.

Vidya while being her charming and witty self, reveals that maths has no rules but pure magic.

Watch the trailer here:

Shakuntala Devi has been directed by Anu Manon and produced by Sony Pictures Networks Productions and Vikram Malhbotra jointly. It also stars Sanya Malhotra and Amit Sadh in pivotal roles.

The film was scheduled to release on May 8 but was postponed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. The makers then announced the OTT release of the film, making it one of the first few films to ditch the conventional theatrical release.

Shakuntala Devi is scheduled to stream from July 31 worldwide on Amazon prime videos.

Three pilots of Aur India Tested positive for Coronavirus.

By
Jyoti B
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Three pilots who operated Air India’s Washington-Delhi (AI104) nonstop on Monday, found positive for coronavirus.

Four pilots were examined in which three of them found infected. These four pilot had been placed on to operate flight last Thursday after they tested negative.

Airlines and regulators are bringing in measures such as:
Protective gowns for middle-seat passengers,
Mandatory temperature checks at airports,
Going through disinfection booths, minimal touch points, as the industry tries to land on its feet after the upheaval.

Officials said, they had a layover in Washington for three days and operated the return flight on Sunday morning (local time) that landed here on Monday. They were tested on arrival and found positive. AI has created a facility for crew members who show mild symptoms and do not need to be hospitalised”.

Assam Flood: Situation Is Getting worsen In each passing day.

By
Jyoti B
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The flood situation in Assam worsened further on Tuesday with nearly 33 lakh people in the 28 of the state’s 33 districts affected. nine more people died on Tuesday.

In Kaziranga National Park floodwaters breached the national highway 37 which cuts across the park leading the administration into temporarily closing the road as a precautionary measure.

Among the affected people across 3,371 villages and localities, 44,108 people have taken shelter in 198 relief camps in 18 districts. An official estimate said crop on 1.28 lakh hectares has been affected.

As per an official bulletin. Three persons died in Dibrugarh district, two each in Tinsukia and Barpeta, while one each in Biswanath and Golaghat districts, according to the daily flood bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). 

The floodwater breached a number of river embankments and damaged several bridges and roads across the state. All major rivers such as Brahmaputra, Dhansiri, Burhi Dehing, Jia Bharali, Puthimari, Beki, Kopili, Sankosh, Subansiri, Pagladiya, Katakhal and Kushiyara were in a spate, flowing above the danger level.

“The Chief Minister stressed on the need to dredge the Brahmaputra as its water-carrying capacity has reduced over the years due to loss of depth. He said the Water Resources Department would soon start dredging work. He opined that strengthening of river management in neighbouring states would help in preventing floods effectively in Assam,” an official statement said.

CM also visited a flood relief camp set up at Murkong Selek Girls HS School, Jonai and interacted with the residents.

Assam government is trying to provide uninterrupted food grains, drinking water and medical facilities for the people residing in flood relief camps across Assam.

CM is visiting several relief camps in Assam day by day. While the visit in Bindhakota, Dibhrugarh and Chabua, he directed officials to take extra care of childrens and elderly residing in the camp and also to ensure proper hygiene and social distancing.

After US, UK Is Also Banning Huawei.

By
Jyoti B
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After US, UK is banning the Huawei.  Government asked the companies to eliminate equipment from Huawei out of the system by 2027.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology company. It provides telecommunications equipment and sells consumer electronics smartphones.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning. The decision was officially announced in the Parliament by Digital, Culture and Sports Minister Oliver Dowden.

“This has not been an easy decision, but it is the right one for the UK telecoms networks, for our national security and our economy,” digital minister Oliver Dowden told parliament.

The decision follows British condemnation of China’s imposition of a new security lawover the former British territory of Hong Kong.

China’s ambassador to the U.K. called the Huawei decision “disappointing and wrong.” He tweeted “It has become questionable whether the UK can provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from other countries.”

The decision is a big win for the Trump administration, which has been pushing allies to exclude Huawei from their 5G networks, arguing that the Chinese company is a threat to national security.

Mr Liu had warned this month that there would be “consequences” if Britain started to treat China as a hostile country rather than an ally.

When boundary count decided the World Cup winner

By
Harshit
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The dream that many English cricket fans dreamt became the reality for the first time.
The dream that many English cricket fans dreamt became the reality for the first time.

On this day last year, the world witnessed the most dramatic cricketing match ever played in the finals of the 2019 World Cup. The clash between England and New Zealand, which raised standards of the game and the memorable moment went in favor of the English team. Match was drawn, super over was drawn and then boundary count became the deciding factor of the final clash.

First World Cup dream for both the teams

Since, 1987 it was the first time the two teams playing the final encounter of the tournament who never won the title. Last time in 1987 it was Australia and England, when Australia went on winning the cup for the first time. English side played the most finals than any other teams in the history of the tournament, while the New Zealand made their second consecutive entrance in the final after the 2015, where Australia won their one-sided encounter.

England looked strong but New Zealand counter-attacked

Eoin Morgan’s side was strong enough when it came to team balance and playing conditions, they stopped New Zealand to the total of 241 runs. In the historic run chase at Lords the hosts lost the early wickets and the Kiwi bowlers grew their stem in the game much stronger. With no hope for the recovery Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler emerged as the silver lining in the dark sky for their team, they played their part but they led their team to draw the match.

The dramatic Super-Over

Then came the super-over Stokes and Buttler went on crease for the final six balls and scored 15 runs. The opposition believed with their most reliant opener Martin Guptil and the lower order batting all-rounder James Neesham, Jofra Archer had to bowl the final over. Later on after the those six balls the match resulted in a draw in the super over as well but the boundary count played its part, which let England to lift the title. The dream for many English cricket fans became the reality for the first time.

Complete Lockdown In Bihar from 16th July to 31 July.

By
Jyoti B
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BIHAR: There Will be a complete lockdown in the state from 16 July to 31 July, announced  Deputy Chief Minister  Sushil Kumar Modi.

The total number of patients in Bihar is close to 18 thousand. 160 people have died so far due to this virus. It is a matter of relief that till now 12 thousand 317 people have been cured. The number of active cases in the state is 5482.

Through his tweeter account Sushil kumar informed that the lockdown would remain at all municipal, district, sub-divisional and block headquarters level.

“There is no medicine or vaccine for corona. We have to ensure that we cover our faces with masks, handkerchiefs or towels,” he said.

Transport services will remain suspended during lockdown. (Air and rail transport, taxis, auto rickshaws, private vehicles for permitted activities, essential service providers, business transport vehicles).

During lockdown, shops of essential goods like medicine, grocery, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish etc. will remain open. Other shops will remain closed. But shops for fruits, vegetables, meat, fish etc. have been allowed to open from 6 am to 10 pm and only from 4 pm to 7 pm in the evening.

The government have taken this decision during a high-level meeting, which was called today to discuss further measures to curb the spread of coronavirus infection in the state.

As many as 1,116 COVID-19 positive cases were found in the State and nine deaths reported in the last 24 hours.


https://twitter.com/SushilModi/status/1283033564439810049?s=19

Fourth round of Corp Commander-level meeting between India and China.

By
Jyoti B
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Today, the Corps Commander-level meeting between India and China held at around 11 am, at the Chushul border point with Moldo.

XIV Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh held talks with South Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin regarding the next phase of disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.

The main focus of fourth round of corp Commander-level meeting was disengagement at Pangong Lake and the Depsang Plains, where both sides have serious differences.

This meeting between the two countries held after the Chinese Army agreed on disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The fourth round of talks come under the second phase of the de-escalation process. 

Also read:

LAC face-off: India to push China for clarifying Clean Line of Actual Control
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