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Unlock 4.0: Delhi Metro resumes services of Blue and Pink lines after 171 days

By
Shivani Negi
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The Delhi Metro services were closed for about 6 months as the DMRC suspended operations after the enforcement of first lockdown back on 22 March in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. After a slumber of almost 6 months, on 7 September the operations were recommenced followed by the notification of Centre for operations of Metro.

Earlier this week, on Monday, DMRC resumed its operation of the Yellow line and following that, on Wednesday, the Blue Line and Pink Line are recommenced after being closed for 171 days due the Covid-19 Pandemic.


Trains are to operate in batches of four-hour each from 7-11 AM in the morning and 4-8 PM in the evening in the first stage.

“The Blue and Pink lines resumed services today. Slowly and steadily, Delhi Metro will be back to take you places! #MetroBackOnTrack,” the DMRC tweeted.

Recently, strategic guidelines were issued by The Ministry of Home Affairs allowing the Delhi Metro to resume operations in a systematic manner, which will be done in three stages from September 7-12.

Nearly 15,500 passengers boarded the Metro for the Yellow Line and Rapid Metro combined on Monday, the figures stood at nearly 17,600 on Tuesday.

Safety guidelines and social distancing measures are strictly followed by the DMRC ground staff to ensure the well being, the commuters are strictly advised to use mask before entering the Metro station premises and use hand sanitizers. Automatic hand sanitizer dispensers are also provided for the passenger

Covid vaccine: AstraZeneca puts late-stage trials on hold over safety issues

By
Shivani Negi
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The much-anticipated vaccine of AstraZeneca Plc being developed with Oxford university has been put on hold after a suspected serious adverse reaction of the candidate in a study participant, said various media reports.

“As part of the ongoing randomized, controlled global trials of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine, our standard review process was triggered and we voluntarily paused vaccination to allow review of safety data by an independent committee,” AlJazeera quoted Michele Meixell, the company’s spokeswoman, as saying.

Many countries were conducting the late-stage trials of the vaccine which showed promising results in the early trials. Now, the final stage trials have shown adverse effects at sites including India, the United States and the United Kingdom.

The study has not yet reported the nature of safety issue nor the time period due to which the trials have been paused, however, they mentioned that the volunteer of the vaccine trial will recover.

AstraZeneca, after voluntarily pausing the trials, said that in large trials, illnesses would sometimes happen by chance but the issue had to be reviewed for safety concerns.

The suspension of trial has affected other manufacturer who had partnered with AstraZeenca after its promising results in initial trials.

After the said incident, Nine leading vaccine candidates from United States and European nations said that they pledge to uphold scientific safety and efficacy standards for the trial to maintain complete transparency despite the urgent need to curb the coronavirus effects.

The companies including AstraZeneca, Pfizer Inc and GlaxoSmithKline said they would “uphold the integrity of the scientific process as they work towards potential global regulatory filings and approvals of the first Covid-19 vaccines.”

Star sprinter from Assam Hima Das complains, quality of food

By
Jyoti B
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Star sprinter from Assam Hima Das and some other athletes have complained about the quality of food being served to them at Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NS-NIS) in Punjab’s Patiala. 

As per a report in TOI, Hima Das had complained about ‘human nails’ in her food as the Assamese sprinter took photographs of her meal and shared them to NIS administration.

Hima Das even have clicked photos and sensed it out to the NIS higher authorities. 

SAI took up the matter and set up a ‘Food Inspection Committee’ to ensure the quality of food remains good.

Sources said Hima then took up the matter with sports minister 
Kiren Rijiju.

Rijiju shortly notified the SAI authorities to get in touch with the sprinter and stabilize the problem. SAI director-general, Sandip Pradhan, secretary SAI, Rohit Bhardwaj, and other officials held a virtual review meeting which was joined by Hima and other complaining players.

Remembering Shershah of Kargil war PVC Captain Vikram Batra on his birth anniversary

By
Jyoti B
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Remembering the Kargil war hero, Indians have been paying tribute to the Kargil Martyr and Param Vir Chakra recipient, Captain Vikram Batra on his birth anniversary. 

Captain Batra was born in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was quite popular and brilliant in his school. He was best at studies, sports and was an active participant in all extracurricular activities.

Captain Batra was best NCC cadet of north India, he was also a green belt holder in karate and played table tennis at national level.

Vikram started to prepare for Combined Defense Services (CDS) examination after completing his Bachelor’s degree in 1995. Because he was deeply patriotic and keen to join the Army.

In 1996, he cleared CDS examination and joined the Indian Military Academy. He was commissioned as a lieutenant. His first posting was in the town of Sapore in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

He started his military life on December 6, 1997, with the 13th battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles of Indian Army.

Captain Batra was posted in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh when he was summoned to join the troops in Dras sector of Jammu and Kashmir during Kargil war.

Born on September 9, 1974, Batra, also remembered fondly as the Shershah of Kargil was martyred on July 7, 1999. Prior to that, in June 1999, the 13 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles officer and his Delta Company were tasked to recapture a crucial peak- Point 5140. 

According to the official records of the Indian Army, Batra single-handedly killed three Pakistani soldiers in close combat while leading his troops from the front. 

Due to his exemplary feat, Captain Vikram Batra was awarded Paramveer Chakra, India’s highest military award. His bravery and determination had set a standard for everyone fighting the war.

Indian Army handed over 13 yaks & 4 calves to China

By
Neha Kumari
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Amid border tension and dispute on the India and China border are increasing. While there is tension on the LAC, the Indian Army has done the work of practicing human religion.

In such a situation, 13 yaks and 4 calves who had wandered in the part of India crossing the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh were returned to China by the Indian Army.


The army tweeted, “Under human gestures, the Indian Army handed over 13 yaks and four calves to the Chinese army on 7 September. They all crossed the LAC on 31 August and came to East Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh. The Chinese authorities also thanked him for this. “

On September 3, 3 Chinese citizens were trapped in Sikkim at an altitude of 17 thousand feet, India handed them over to the Chinese soldiers.

Army is about to upgrade ‘night-blind’ infantry combat vehicles

By
Neha Kumari
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The Indian Army is now upgrading its attacking vehicles, which cannot work at night. That is, now night vision will be applied in these vehicles. So that they can be used even in night.

Army has sought a demo from the domestic companies, as well as the work can be carried forward by anyone who wishes to work. Under this, the BMP-2 / 2K infantry combat vehicle is to be upgraded.

These vehicles were inducted into the Indian Army in 1985.

The army says that soldiers often face such difficulties at the border, upgrades are needed to counter this threat. Along with this, facilities like automatic target tracker, firing control system are also to be added to it.

There is constant incitement on the border from China and attempts are being made to infiltrate. There was also a shooting incident near Pangong area last night. Indian Army is already preparing, so that if the situation worsens further, it can be fought on the front.

The terrain along our borders lends itself to conduct of large scale mechanised operations and the belligerence of our adversaries on the borders necessitate that our capabilities are adequately built up to match the threat,” the Army said in the document.

”Present system is also deficient of modernised Fire Control System and Automatic Target Tracker which adversely affects the capability of BMP-2/2K to fight both during day and night,” it said.

‘This will not be the last pandemic’: WHO chief warns against next pandemic

By
Shivani Negi
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The world is fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic; the death toll is rising with each passing day. Even after the announcement of the vaccine and deployment soon, we all are very well aware that this battle will be long. The people across the globe will need time to adjust themselves according to the new normal, and the staggering numbers do not exactly convey the degree of loss and pain.

According to the Reuters tally, more than 27.19 million people have been reported infected and 888,326 have died due to the novel coronavirus since the first case which was reported in China in December 2019.


This is not the first time the world has faced pandemic, back in 2009 H1N1 virus also caused havoc and many lives were lost. As the world population and is swelling even at faster rate and globalization taking its grip we all are connected in a way or other. Making strategic policies and plans to tackle such issues are important and need of the hour, to address the same concern Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus the chief of World Health Organization stated that the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic, and he called on countries to invest in public health.

“This will not be the last pandemic,” Tedros told a news briefing in Geneva. “History teaches us that outbreaks and pandemics are a fact of life. But when the next pandemic comes, the world must be ready – more ready than it was this time.”

S Jaishankar met Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Tehran

By
Neha Kumari
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar talked strengthening India’s bilateral cooperation and reviewed regional developments after meeting Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Tehran. The EAM had made a stopover in Iran as part of his key Moscow visit.


Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar left for a brief stay in Iran on the way to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. Jaishankar met his Iranian counterpart Javed Zarif. The visit of the Indian Foreign Minister to Iran has come at a time when both China and Pakistan are trying to bring Tehran into their court.

Calling the meeting “productive”, the EAM, taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, said “discussed strengthening our bilateral cooperation and reviewed regional developments. Thank him for his gracious hospitality.” Javad Zarif had visited India in 2020 to be part Raisina Dialogue.

”A productive meeting with FM J Zarif during a stopover in Tehran. Discussed strengthening our bilateral cooperation and reviewed regional developments. Thank him for his gracious hospitality,” tweeted Jaishankar.

However, Iran said that the meeting took place just before India became a permanent member of the UN Security Council. India's tenure starts from 1 January. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh suddenly arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting in Moscow a few days ago.

The information about his visit to Tehran was tweeted by Rajnath Singh himself. India’s Defense Minister and Foreign Minister on the visit to Iran is considered very important from a strategic step.

Rhea Chakraborty arrested by NCB in drug probe, taken to hospital for medical test

By
Shivani Negi
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In a major breakthrough, the Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday arrested Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty after grilling her for three consecutive days in connection with drug trafficking.

She has been charged under various sections of NDPS act for her alleged role in drug nexus which has come into light after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

According to media reports, Rhea reportedly admitted to organizing drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput and consuming them, during NCB’s grilling.

The 28-year-old actress had earlier denied using drugs in her interviews.

Rhea has also been taken to hospital for a medical test and will most likely be produced before a magistrate through video-conferencing for remand in the evening.

Rhea’s lawyer Manshinde called it a ‘travesty of justice’ and said that she was being punished as a consequence of falling ‘in love with a drug addict who was suffering from mental health issues’.

“Travesty of justice. Three central agencies hounding a single woman just because she was in love with a drug addict who was suffering from mental health issues for several years and died by suicide due to consumption of illegally administered medicines, drugs,” the senior advocate told ANI.

Earlier, on Monday, Rhea had filed a police complaint against Sushant’s sisters — Neetu Singh and Priyanka Singh — at Mumbai Police Station, claiming that they prescribed drugs to him without consultation.

In a six-page long complaint filed on Monday, the actress said that Sushant passed away five day after he obtained unlawfully prescribed drugs by his sisters and a doctor from Ram Manohar Lohia hospital.

Rhea is the prime accused in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput and is currently being investigated by CBI along with the NCB and ED in the same light. Rhea’s brother Showik, Sushant’s house manager Samuel Miranda and house help Dipesh Sawant have already been booked by the NCB in the ongoing drug probe.

International Literacy, know literacy rate in India

By
Neha Kumari
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Intelligent Literacy Day is observed all over the world on 8 September. The purpose of celebrating this day is to promote giving priority to education towards the people in the society. The first Literacy Day was celebrated in the year 1966 and the year 2009-2010 was declared the United Nations Literacy Decade.

The report, based on data from July 2017 to June 2018, states the state-wise literacy rate among persons aged seven or over seven years.

  • LITERACY RATE
  • The literacy rate in India is 77.7 percent.
  • The literacy rate in rural areas is 73.5 percent.
  • While in urban areas the figure is 87.7 percent.
  • Kerala has the best performance in literacy, where 96.2 percent people are literate.
  • At the same time, Andhra Pradesh is the most laggard state in the country, where the number of literate people is just 66.4 percent.
  • Male literacy rate in the country is much better than women.
  • Here 70.3% women are literate as compared to 84.7% men.
  • In Kerala, 97.4% males and 95.2% females are literate. In Delhi, 93.7% males and 82.4% females are literate.

Female literacy rate is one of the major reasons for the worst performing states.

Andhra has a male literacy rate of 73.5%, female literacy rate of 59.5%. 57.6% of women are literate as compared to 80.8% of men in Rajasthan. Bihar has a literacy rate of 79.7% for males and 60.5% for females.

International Literacy Day 2020 focuses on “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond,” especially on the role of educators and changing pedagogies. The theme highlights literacy learning in a lifelong learning perspective, and therefore, mainly focuses on youth and adults.

During COVID-19, in many countries, adult literacy programmes were absent in the initial education response plans, so most adult literacy programmes that did exist were suspended, with just a few courses continuing virtually, through TV and radio, or in open air spaces.

Tibetan community paid tributes to brave Nyima Tenzin by candlelight march

By
Neha Kumari
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Tibetan community in Leh paid tributes to braveheart Nyima Tenzin by taking out a candlelight march.

The march was taken out on Monday after the last rites were performed.

Subedar Nyima Tenzin, the Tibetan-origin officer of the Special Frontier force (SFF) was martyred in action on the night of August 30. His unit was on a mission to dominate the heights of the southern side of the Pangong Lake for thwarting a Chinese ingress to change the status quo on the ground.

Tenzin sacrificed his life while protecting country’s border in Ladakh. Paying tribute to Tenzin, BJP leader Ram Madhav, who also attended his last rites, said “Attended the funeral of SFF Coy Ldr Nyima Tenzin, who laid down his life protecting our borders in Ladakh, and laid a wreath as a tribute. Let the sacrifices of such valiant soldiers bring peace… that will be the real tribute to all martyrs.”

Vetran Telugu actor Jaya Prakash Reddy passes away

By
Neha Kumari
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Veteran Telugu film actor Jayaprakash Reddy died of heart attack at his residence in Guntur on Tuesday.

Jayaprakash Reddy was famous as a comedy actor in Telugu films audiences. He started his career with the film Brahmaputrudu.

In the late 1980s, he acted in small roles in several films. He got recognition from Balakrishna’s film Samarasimha Reddy.


Reddy played memorable roles in many famous films such as Premichukundam Ra, Gabbar Singh, Chennakeshwareddy, Sithaya and Temper.

Jayaprakash Reddy hailed from Allagadda district and was famous in films for his Rayalaseema accent.


Jayaprakash Ready was accepted as the best actor in the Telugu film industry due to his excellent style of dialogue delivery. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has also expressed grief over the death of Jayaprakash Reddy.

Jayaprakash Ready was living in Guntur for the last several months. Due to the growing infection of the corona virus epidemic, the shooting of films was being stopped, so because of this, Reddy used to participate in stage play every week in Guntur.

N. Chandrababu Naidu, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh also expressed his sadness on the demise of Jaya Prakash Reddy. He tweeted, “Telugu cinema and theatre has lost a gem today with the demise of Jayaprakash Reddy Garu. His versatile performances over several decades have given us many memorable cinematic moments. My heart goes out to his family and friends in this hour of grief.  #JayaPrakashReddy”.

India denies firing shots at LAC claimed by PLA, Army is also training multiple native dogs of Ladakh

By
Jyoti B
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India on Tuesday denied firing shots at the Line of Actual Control where the Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in stand-off for over three months, sources in the government said.

Zhang Shuili, a spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army’s Western Theatre Command, said on Tuesday morning that Indian troops had violated an earlier agreement by crossing the disputed western Himalayan border at the strategic outpost of Pangong Tsoon Monday.

Zhang said Indian troops had fired an unspecified number of shots when Chinese troops arrived at the scene. “The action of the Indian side has seriously violated the bilateral agreement and escalated the tension in the region. It is a serious military provocation.”

Sources say the Indian Army continues to hold ground in the region after many provocations by the Chinese army. Some 7,000 Indian soldiers are at the spot and tanks have also been deployed after last night’s incident.

The latest dispute came just days after Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart, General Wei Fenghe, agreed to ease tensions after “frank and in-depth discussions” in Moscow.

The relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbours has deteriorated since a clash in the Ladakh region on June 15 in which 20 Indian troops were killed.

Amid the LAC dispute, the Army is training multiple native dogs of Ladakh for various operational roles. ThePrint has learnt.

The native breeds in Ladakh predominantly include the Bakharwal dog, colloquially called the Gaddi Kutta, the Tibetan Mastiff, mostly found in border areas, and even local feral dogs. The Bakharwal is descended from the Tibetan Mastiff.

Ashok Gehlot demands PM Modi’s intervention over GST compensation to states

By
Shivani Negi
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding his intervention in the ongoing GST compensation to the states crisis.

Urging the Centre to provide the compensation that was promised while implementing GST, he demanded PM Modi to look over the “hurdles in the payment of Goods and Services (GST) compensation to the states”.

In his letter, Gehlot has drawn attention to the difficulties faces by the states in the payment of GST compensation, an official statement said.

“The management of the Indian economy is the responsibility of the Central Government and as it benefits from the upside, it is also expected to accept full responsibility for the shortfall in GST collections due to the downside of the economic cycle,” Gehlot wrote in the letter according to a statement from his office.

Geholt said that the GST Act 2017, guarantees that states will be given compensation for five years to meet the revenue loss which has resulted after the implementation of Goods and Services tax.

“It is the obligation of the Central Government to ensure that the States receive, without liability, the full amount of compensation, notwithstanding the shortfall in the collection of cess and that the compensation can neither be increased nor decreased without amending this Act,” he wrote.

He also said that despite the reduced tax collection due to the pandemic, the collection can not be decreased or increased under the GST Act. He said that it is not for the central government to decide to increase or decrease the compensation.

“The Council does not have the power to alter the compensation mechanism without getting the Act amended. Therefore, there is no ambiguity that the shortfall in revenues must be met by revenue transfers from the Central Government,” Gehlot wrote.

The states were given two options by the Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman, one of them being borrowing money from the RBI. The CM has now questioned that if the states borrowed from the RBI, will the debt be accounted on state government’s balance sheet? He also inquired if the loans taken would be interest bearing?

“It is inequitable because under the RBI Act, all RBI surpluses are transferred to the Government of India as dividend. While the Central Government reneges on its promise of paying the compensation to the states, it would end up making profit from the interest paid by the states,” he said.

He also mentioned in the letter that it is the responsibility of the Centre to manage the Indian economy, citing “when the tax collection is high, the central government gets its benefits”.

Therefore, he demanded that Centre should be held responsible if the GST collection in the economy decreases.

Coronavirus update: India sees decline in daily case count; deaths recorded in 24-hour reach all time high

By
Shivani Negi
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India has registered a total number of 75,809 fresh coronavirus cases and 1,133 virus-related deaths in last 24-hour, the Health Ministry said.

After becoming the only country to report over 90,000 cases for two consecutive days , the daily surge has seen a decline on Tuesday. However, the casualties reported in one day are all time high, exceeding the July 23 figure when 1,129 fatalities were reported in 24-hours.

With the new cases, the total number of coronavirus infections has reached 42,80,442. India, which is currently the second-most affected nation by the pandemic, has 8.83 lakh active cases. Recovery rate currently stands at 7.76 per cent as mentioned in the latest figures.

“Aggressive measures towards early identification, prompt and effective treatment, & enhanced clinical skills of ICU doctors have actively led to progressive enhancement of India’s Total Recoveries,” the health ministry said in a tweet.

Maharashtra, which remains the worst hit state by the pandemic, reported 16,429 new cases and 423 fatalities, taking the total number of cases to 9,23,641.

Andhra Pradesh, which is the second worst hit state after Maharshtra, has consistently counted over 10,000 daily cases in one day. The total tally of the state has now crossed five-lakh mark.

Delhi, who witnessed a decline for a few days, has seen a rise in the cases as it recorded over 2,000 cases in last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, over 2.7 crore cases have been reported so far while 8.83 lakh people have lost their lives. The United States still remain one of the worst affected countries by the pandemic. United States President, Donald Trump, has said that a Covid-19 vaccine could be made available for public use before the November 3 election. However, his presidential bid rival, Joe Biden, has demanded a transparent procedure of delivering a vaccine for public circulation.

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