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World Students Day 2020

By
Jyoti B
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To commemorate the birth anniversary of former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam the World Students’ Day is celebrated every year on October 15.

He embodied simplicity and a respectful personality. Though his presence is missed by every Indian, he continues to inspire all, particularly the youths.

This year the spotlight is on its theme “Youth Engagement for Global Action”.

Notably, in 2010, the United Nations declared October 15 to be World Students’ Day.

Why is World Students’ Day celebrated on Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthday?

The 11th President, who served the nation from 2002 to 2007, was widely referred to as the people’s president and is also credited for India’s military missile systems as well as civilian space programmes.

APJ Abdul Kalam’s love for students, finds best voice when he said, “Dream, Dream, Dream, Dreams transform into thoughts. And thoughts result in action.” He had also further said, to students, “If you fail, never give up because FAIL means ‘first attempt in learning’.”

His remarkable vision, steadfast determination & unyielding passion, all for the progress of India, places him in the club of our Nation’s greatest leaders.

World Students’ Day: Quotes Of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam that inspire us

“Dream, Dream, Dream. Dreams transform into thoughts And thoughts result in action.”

“There is no greater power in heaven or on earth than the commitment to a dream.”

“If parents and teachers show the required dedication to shape the lives of the young, India would get a new life.”

“Change is crucial. It brings new thought; new thought leads to innovative actions.”

“A renaissance is imperative for us to once again become a knowledge superpower rather than simply providing cheap labour in areas of high technology.”

“Wisdom is a weapon to ward off destruction; It is an inner fortress which enemies cannot destroy. “

“Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution”

“All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents”

Covid-19 update: India records 63,509 cases in last 24-hour

By
Shivani Negi
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India reported 63,509 fresh cases in last 24-hour. The total tally currently stands at 72,39,390. With new 730 deaths, the death toll has mounted to 1,10,586.

Total case tally stands at 73,07,098, including 8,12,390 active cases, 63,83,442 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,11,266 deaths: Ministry of Health and Welfare

India reports 67,708 new Covid-19 cases & 680 deaths in the last 24 hours: Ministry of Health and Welfare

Here’re more updates related to covid-19 :

*The coronavirus tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands reached to 4,046 on Thursday as 10 more people tested positive for the virus, a health official said.

*Mizoram’s COVID-19 count rose to 2,220 with eight new cases, according to the State government on Thursday.

*Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday reviewed the COVID situation in the state.

*Mainland China reported 11 new COVID-19 cases on October 14, down from 20 a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Thursday.

*The World Health Organization(WHO) warned against the increasing rate of covid-19, saying that the spike in cases would also result in mortality rate.

*World experiencing one of the deepest recessions since Great Depression due to Covid-19: World Bank

*Germany has introduced new measures on covid-19 guidelines to fight a surge in covid-19 infection. Europe’s biggest economy will begin imposing limits on people gathering at events as well as mandatory mask at crowded places.

*Karnataka government has allowed from Thursday the reopening of cinema halls and multiplexes, with 50 per cent seating capacity.

*Cinema Halls in Delhi have been allowed to operate from Thursday. The owners of various multiplexes had called upon chief minister Arvind Kejriwal demanding to operate 24×7.

*CBSE extends deadline for payment of examination fees for classes 10 and 12 students till October 31: Officials

*Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announces exemption of licence fee of multiplexes and cinema halls for period from April 1 to September 30

Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 38.4 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,091,240, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Thursday morning, the total number of cases stood at 38,426,373 and the fatalities increased to 1,091,245, it said.

30 killed in heavy rains, flashfloods in Andhra and Telangana

By
Shivani Negi
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Massive rain poured in the neighbouring states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday and Wednesday, leaving many lives upheaveled.
The rain submerged low-lying areas, trigerring roof and wall collapses. AS many as 80,000 people were evacuated and 30 people died, according to officials.

Seventeen people were killed in Telangana’s capital Hyderabad and its suburbs while 10 people died in Andhra Pradesh.

Nine people, including three children, were killed and four injured in two separate wall collapses in Hyderabad’s Bandlaguda late on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke Telangana Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday and assured them of all possible support and assistance from the Centre in the rescue-and-relief work.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Spoke to @TelanganaCMO KCR Garu and AP CM @ysjagan Garu regarding the situation in Telangana and AP respectively due to heavy rainfall. Assured all possible support and assistance from the Centre in rescue & relief work. My thoughts are with those affected due to the heavy rains.”

The Indian Army has joined the Telangana in their rescue operations and flood relief and are now helping in evacuating stranded people.

“The heavy and incessant rains for the last two days due to depression in Bay of Bengal has resulted in flooding of many residential areas of Hyderabad. Raising to the occasion the Army launched flood relief and rescue columns on 14 October 2020 in Bandlaguda area on requisition by the State Government,” a press statement from the Defence Wing of the Government of India read.

“Many stranded people have been evacuated and showing humanitarian values large number of food packets have been distributed. Army Medical teams accompanying the columns are providing essential first aid and medical relief to the stranded people,” it said.

According to a bulletin from the State Disaster Management Authority, he Singapore township on the outskirts of the city received the maximum of 30.6 cm of rain in a span of 12 hours until 10 pm. The South Hastinapuram area received 28.3 cm of rain until 1 am. Other areas of the city reported rainfall ranging from 11.5 cm to 20.5 cm.

IPL 2020: Maxwell reveals about his role in Punjab team

By
Harshit
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Kings XI Punjab has performed the worst so far in the 13th season of the Indian Premier League. Adorned with star batsmen like KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Nicholas Pooran and Glenn Maxwell, the team has managed to win just one match in seven matches this season.

While his openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are scoring runs for Punjab, the batting of T20 specialists like Glenn Maxwell in the middle order has been silent. Maxwell has scored only 58 runs so far this season. However, he has now broken the silence on his poor performance. He says that his roles in the IPL keep changing while he has had only one role in the Australian team for years.

Maxwell said, “When you come together in the IPL for only two months in a year, the role of every player in the team changes. You always look for the best team balance. The team combination tournament that you start Before it seems right, it does not fit with the progress of the tournament. I think we are getting very close to that team balance. I have had a lot of experiences in my IPL career, where I have come to expect people I have not been able to perform accordingly. However, there has never been any lack of effort from my side. “

IPL 2020: Chris Gayle sets to play his first game of this season RCB

By
Harshit
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Kings XI Punjab’s Caribbean batsman Chris Gayle has recovered from stomach pain (Food Poisoning) and may get his chance to play his first match in the IPL 2020 against RCB on 15 October.

The team’s head coach Anil Kumble said that Gayle could not play in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad due to ‘Food Poisoning’. The 41-year-old explosive batsman did not play a match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday. Gayle shared a picture from the hospital on social media, while Kings XI Punjab on Monday released a picture of Gayle returning to training.

Sources in the team said, “He is healthy now and is expected to play in the match against RCB (Thursday)”. This match will be in Sharjah where the ground is the shortest of the three matches of the IPL. Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul have given Kings XI Punjab a good start so far and Gayle has not got a chance to play in such a situation. Kings XI have lost 6 out of 7 matches and will now have to do something very special to make it to the playoffs.

IPL 2020: SRH regrets not going with seven batting options

By
Harshit
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Chennai Super Kings clinched their third win of this year’s IPL defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 20 runs. Opener Shane Watson top-scored with 42 runs. Later, Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja stitched a crucial partnership to take CSK to 167 runs. For Hyderabad, Sandeep Sharma took 2 wickets for by giving just 19 runs.

While chasing, Hyderabad lost their top three batsmen in quick succession. Kane Williamson scored a gritty 57 run knock but it went in vain. Ravindra Jadeja picked was adjudged as the player of the match for his all-round contribution. 


“I think with our team and the depth that we have, we’re always going to be one short either way. It would have been nice to have an extra batter today, but you’ve got to weigh the pros and cons,” Warner said after the match. 


“I thought 160 was the right total to go after, but anything above that was always going to be difficult. Having 6-7 bowlers in the team helps. It’s difficult to play against bowlers who can swing the ball. There’s always a challenge in the powerplay, but you have to take on the bowlers,” he said.

Misbah-ul-Haq steps down from Chief selector post

By
Harshit
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Misbah-ul-Haq steps down from the post of the chief selector to focus more on his responsibilities as head coach of the Pakistan cricket team. Misbah stated that he had informed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that he would step down from the post of the chief selector on November 30.

Misbah, 46, has been playing the dual role of chief selector and head coach since September last year. “I will select the team for the upcoming series against Zimbabwe, but after that I want to focus only on my role as head coach,” Misbah said.

The former captain said that he is not stepping down from the post of chief selector under pressure from the board or anyone else. He said, “This is entirely my decision. I made this decision because I feel that it is not easy to play two important roles at one time. I want to give my best as the head coach of the national team.”

“I will fully cooperate with whoever is selected as the chief selector and will strive to take the Pakistani team to the top three in each format,” Misbah said.

Russia Approves Second Covid-19 Vaccine

By
Jyoti B
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Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second Covid-19 vaccine—even though the drug has yet to begin large scale Phase-III trials—two months after it greenlit another vaccine that experts expressed caution over due to lack of adequate safety and efficacy data.

A vaccine developed by the Vector State Virology and Biotechnology Center in Siberia has been registered, President Vladimir Putin said in televised comments Wednesday.

“We need to increase the production of our first and now our second vaccine,” Putin said. “First of all, we should supply the domestic market.” Russia will also work with foreign partners to boost output, he said.

The peptide-based vaccine, named EpiVacCorona, is the second to be licensed for use in Russia.

A shot developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, Sputnik V, was licensed for domestic use in August.

A large-scale human trial of EpiVacCorona is likely to begin in November or December, the TASS news agency cited the consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, which oversees the institute, as saying this month.

Vector’s EpiVacCorona vaccine was tested on only a limited number of people before receiving provisional registration.

There were 100 volunteers in Phase 1 and 2 trials and all feel fine, Vector General Director Rinat Maksyutov said last week.

CBI re-summons male family members of Hathras Gang Rape Victim

By
Harshit
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has re-summoned the father and two brothers of the Hathras’ victim for questioning. They were questioned by the CBI team yesterday as well.

While according to the CBI team the family has no issues in the entire process of investigation. CBI team is also investigating the Emergency Ward of Hathras district hospital where the girl was admitted and interacting with hospital administration.

The CBI has set up the office of Deputy Director of Agriculture as its camp office in Hathras. As part of the agency’s ongoing investigation, the CBI team collected samples from the spots where the victim of the alleged gang-rape was cremated by UP Police.

Yesterday the Allahabad High Court also made a statement that the cremation of a 19-year-old by UP Police is an infringement upon the human rights of the victim and her family.

High Court Seeks Centre’s Stand On Pleas By Same Sex Couples

By
Jyoti B
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to respond to two separate petitions by same-sex couples seeking to declare that the Special Marriage Act (SMA) and Foreign Marriage Act (FMA) ought to apply to all couples regardless of their gender identity and sexual orientation.

The court also issued notice to the Centre and the Consulate General of India in New York on the other plea by two men who got married in the US but were denied registration of their marriage under the FMA.

The bench said that according to the bench’s understanding, marriage till now has not been statutory and as per his knowledge, under the Indian law, marriage remains customary.

It said that if any corrective measures are to be taken, it should be taken at this stage. Have you considered it from that point of view, the bench asked the petitioners.

The bench listed both matters for hearing on January 8, 2021.

Psychology capsule for army personnel serving in Kashmir

By
Jyoti B
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Amid increase in the number of local youth joining militancy in the Kashmir valley and focus on dissuading them.

The Army’s 15 Corps Battle School (CBS) here has introduced a psychology module in its sensitisation programme for personnel coming to serve in the valley and along the Line of Control (LoC).

A senior Army officer said, “We have introduced a capsule in January to make the soldiers more sensitive towards civilians. This capsule has been developed in conjunction with the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR)”.

According to sources, the module has been introduced at the elite 15 Corps Battle School (CBS) in Khrew in Awantipora area of Pulwama district.

The institute trains all soldiers — irrespective of the rank — under a reorientation programme after they are posted to the Line of Control (LoC) and in Jammu and Kashmir, as per source.



Karanata police books Kangana Ranaut over her anti-farmers tweet

By
Shivani Negi
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A case has been registered against Bolllywood actor Kangana Ranaut in Tumakuru district of Karnataka over her anti-farmers tweet.

The case was registered on Monday on the recent order of a local court over actor’s alleged tweet which target farmers protesting against the controversial farm laws.

Kangana had compared farm laws to CAA(Citizenship Amendment Act). Calling them “terrorists”, Kangana had said people who protested against CAA are same who are now protesting against Centre’s farm bills.

“People who spread misinformation and rumours about CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) that caused riots are the same people who are now spreading misinformation about Farmers bill and causing terror in the nation, they are terrorists,” she had tweeted on September 21.

The case has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 108 (abetment), wanton vilification upon a community (153A) and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace (504), police said.

The FIR against the actor was filed on October 9 after an order from a local court. The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) directed Kyathasandra police station to register an FIR against the actress on the basis of a complaint by a lawyer L Ramesh Naik.

“My case against popular Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut is not to gain any publicity but to convey to her that what she did was wrong. When farmers take to the streets to protest against any government policy, they are not necessarily terrorists, as she thinks. I have joined many such protests, am I a terrorist? I need clarification on this and therefore I am fighting this case,” Naik told IANS.

Delhi govt tells CBSE to postpone board exams to May, further reduce syllabus

By
Jyoti B
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Delhi Government has written a letter to the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE, urging it to postpone the March 2021 Board Examinations to May.

The state government has also asked the central board to consider reducing the CBSE 10th 12th Board Exam 2021 syllabus further, as the schools continue to remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

While the Centre has laid out guidelines to reopen the schools and educational institutions, many states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Odisha have decided to keep the schools closed at least October 31.

“Though online, semi-online teaching-learning activities are being conducted through live classes as well as worksheets or activity sheets it cannot replace the physical classroom teaching-learning process,” the DoE said in the letter.

The government had requested the Board to waive the fees this year, but the Board said it is not possible to do so. The government, which had covered this fee last year, is not doing so this year citing a revenue crunch.

The educational institutes across the country, including schools and universities, were shut down on March 16 to control and limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus among the students. While several restrictions have been eased gradually in different phases of the ”unlock” since June 8, educational institutions continue to remain closed.

The Ministry of Home Affairs recently released the Unlock 5 guidelines, in which it stated that schools, colleges, and other educational institutions outside Covid-19 containment zones can reopen after October 15. 

‘Shame On Vijay Sethupathi’ trends as netizen express anger over Muralitharan biopic

By
Shivani Negi
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Biopics in India have remained in trends for quite some time now. And if the bipoic is on a cricketer, the topic surely adds weight.

In the past years, we have seen biopics on MS Dhoni and Mohammad Azharuddin, both, turned out to be massive hits. Now, South Indian makers have turned to neigbouring countries for the next cricketing venture. A biopic on Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in international cricket, has been in progress.

On Tuesday, the makers unveiled official motion poster of the film which showed Vijay Sethupathi stepping into the shoes of former cricketer. The film titled 800 will be set against the backdrop of the civil war that thrashed Sri Lanka for over two decades.

The motion poster featured the journey of Muralitharan acknowedging his passion for cricket and training hard to achieve his goal.

While the motion poster looked convincing, fans are criticizing Vijay Sethupathi for supporting a film on Sri Lankan cricketer.

The reason behind the displeasure is Muralitharan’s controversial statements over the years. It is also said that the spin legend had also lent his support to ruling Rajpaksha family during the long civil war between Sri Lanka government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). He had also received flak back in 2009 when he had denied genocide of Tamils during the clash.

Now, netizens have taken to Twitter to oppose the film. They have expressed strong anger and disapproval over the film.

A user wrote, “If Any Hindi actors plays the role of Pakistan player with pakistani flags all around the film. Didn’t hurt your sentiments fellow Indians. Please understand the feelings of Tamils”

“I stand with the sentiments of Tamil Diaspora, concerning this movie, Murali 800. I never will watch,share or encourage anyone to watch this movie in my circle. I completely boycott this film and will do so.”

Check out some more tweets:

https://twitter.com/voiceofkarur/status/1316010081826217990

800 was announced in July this year. The makers originally wanted to release the film by the end of 2020, but their plans were halted by the covid-19 pandemic.

The film will be made in Tamil and will be released in several languages across the world.

Sonu Sood launches scholarship program for IAS aspirants to mark his mother’s death-anniversary

By
Shivani Negi
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Bollywood actor Sonu Sood recently marked his mother’s 13 death-anniversary. The actor took to Instagram to post a throwback picture of his mother.

Sharing the picture, he wrote,” 13 years ago on the same day, October 13… when life slipped from my hands. Maa.”

In memory of his late mother, Sonu Sood has launched a scholarship program for IAS aspirants. Affiliated with a university, the initiative will sponsor students across India to prepare for Indian Administrative service.

For this project, Sonu has taken inspiration from his late mother prof Saroj Sood, who was dedicated to her profession of teaching. She used to teach students on the non-commercial basis nd on his mother’s death anniversary, Sonu has pledged to take her legacy forward.

The scholarship program called Saroj Sood scholarships will support IAS aspirants to fulfill their dreams and conquer their goals. The scholarships will be available to students in various courses including online.

Sonu Sood has been tirelessly working towards students and migrant welfare. Recently, the actor sent smart phones to students in Haryana taking online classes. He also arranged transportation for candidates appearing for JEE/NEET exams.

During the lockdown, the actor sent thousands migrant workers home safely and even airlifted students stranded in abroad.

His selfless work has benefitted many people across the country.

Meanwhile, earlier, on his mother’s birth anniversary, Sonu shared priceless throwback pictures from his childhood. ”Happy birthday Maa…just keep guiding me always the way you have been doing all my life. Wish I could give you a tight hug and tell you how much I love you..but I am sure you must be missing us where ever you are. Life will never be the same but be my guiding angel always till I see you again maa. Miss you”, he wrote.

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