Girls once again outshone the boys in the Class 10th Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations results that were announced throughout the country today.
The overall pass percentage in this examination stands at 91.46 per cent. The pass percentage of girls stands at 93.31 per cent as compared to 90.14 percent of boys and 78.95 of transgenders. Among the regions, Trivandrum recorded the highest pass percentage of 99.28 while Guwahati registered the lowest at 79.12 percent.
CBSE said there has been a marginal increase in the pass percentage since last year. Students can check their results at cbse.nic.in or cbseresults.nic.in. The results can also be checked via DigiLocker and Umang apps.
In a tweet, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank congratulated everyone for making this possible and reiterated that student’s health and quality education are the government’s priority.
Day: July 16, 2020
WHO, UNICEF warn against decline in number of children receiving life saving vaccines around world due to pandemic
The World Health Organization and UNICEF have warned of an alarming decline in the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world. This is due to disruptions in the delivery and uptake of immunization services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to new data by WHO and UNICEF, these disruptions threaten to reverse hard-won progress to reach more children and adolescents with a wider range of vaccines, which has already been hampered by a decade of stalling coverage.
The latest data on vaccine coverage estimates from WHO and UNICEF for 2019 shows that improvements such as the expansion of the Human PapillomaVirus vaccine to 106 countries and greater protection for children against more diseases are in danger of lapsing
UNICEF and WHO said, they conducted a survey in collaboration with the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which revealed three-quarters of the 82 countries that responded reported COVID-19-related disruptions in their immunization programmes as of May 2020.
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has said that COVID-19 has made previously routine vaccination a daunting challenge.
Recovery rate from COVID-19 infection improves to 63.24 pct
Union Health Ministry has said that the recovery rate from COVID-19 infection has now climbed up to 63.24 per cent and recovered cases reached close to six lakh. The Ministry said, 20,572 people infected from the virus were cured during the last 24 hours taking the total number of recovered cases to 5,92,031.
The Ministry said that the surge in recovered cases is driven by aggressive testing, timely diagnosis and effective management of the patients either through supervised home isolation or under active medical attention in the hospitals.
It said, the actual case load of COVID-19 is only 3,19,840 active cases. It said, the gap between recovered and active cases has been consistently growing and it stands at 2,72,191 today. The Ministry added that Medical infrastructure in India to treat COVID-19 patients includes 1,378 dedicated COVID Hospitals, 3,077 dedicated COVID Health Centres and 10,351 COVID Care Centres.
They have a total of 21,738 ventilators, 46,487 ICU beds and over 1.65 lakh Oxygen beds to treat COVID-19 patients.
The Central government has distributed around 231 lakh N95 masks, 123 lakh PPEs and 11,660 ventilators to States, UTs and Central institutions to ensure effective clinical management of COVID-19.
Fortnight-long lockdown imposed in Bihar from today to control spread of Coronavirus
In Bihar, a complete lockdown has been imposed from today for 16 days in the entire state to contain the spread of COVID-19. It will be effective till 31st of July. The decision has been taken due to an alarming spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state during the last three weeks.
All government offices, public corporations and educational institutions will remain closed. Private and commercial establishments will remain closed.
However, ration shops, dairy, vegetable and meat shops will remain open. All places of worship will also remain closed and religious gatherings will not be permitted. All kinds of e-commerce and home delivery will be allowed. Public transport service will also be allowed in the lockdown period.
However, private vehicles will be limited to essential works only. Train and flight services and all construction related activities will be allowed along with the functioning of construction related shops. Similarly, agriculture related activities will also be allowed.
Meanwhile, 1,320 new COVID-19 cases were reported during the last 24 hours. The total number of affected people in the state has reached 20,173 while 13,533 people have recovered so far. The recovery rate in Bihar stands at over 67 per cent. In all, 174 people including two doctors have died due to Coronavirus in the state so far. Apart from this, 69 security officials of Raj Bhawan and Patna High Court also tested positive.
AIR correspondent reports, except essential services all government offices, public corporations and educational institutions will remain closed. Private and commercial establishments will remain closed. However, ration shops, dairy, vegetable and meat shops will remain open. All places of worship will also remain closed and religious gatherings will not be permitted. All kinds of e-commerce and home delivery will be allowed. Public transport service will also be allowed in the lockdown period.
However, private vehicles will be limited to essential works only. Train and flight services and all construction related activities will be allowed along with the functioning of construction related shops. Similarly, agriculture related activities will also be allowed.
PM presents new Mantra of ‘skill, reskill and upskill’ for youth to remain relevant in changing business environment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today also addressed a virtual conclave on World Youth Skills Day organised by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the vital role of skilled migrant workers in changing the local economy.
Referring to the portal launched recently for mapping the skilled employees and employers, Mr Modi stated that it will help the skilled workers, including the migrant workers who have returned to their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to access jobs easily and the employers to contact skilled employees at the click of a mouse.
The Prime Minister presented a new mantra for the youth to skill, reskill and upskill in order to remain relevant in the rapidly changing business environment and market conditions. He stated that the Skill India Mission launched five years back on the same day has led to creation of a vast infrastructure for skilling, reskilling and upskilling and enhancing opportunities to access employment both locally and globally.
It has led to hundreds of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras being set up across the country and increase in the capacity of the ITI ecosystem. Due to these concerted efforts, more than five crore youth have been skilled in the last five years.
The Prime Minister said, the Corona crisis has changed the nature of jobs and the work culture.
India-EU partnership can play important role in economic reconstruction and humanity-centric globalization: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, India and the European Union are natural partners and their partnership is significant for peace and stability in the world. The Prime Minister was addressing the 15th meeting of the India-European Union Summit being held in virtual mode this afternoon.
Mr Modi said, an action-oriented agenda should be made which can be implemented within the stipulated time frame.
The Prime Minister said, his government is committed to strengthen and deepen the relations between India and the European Union and highlighted the need to adopt a long-term strategic perspective for this.
The Prime Minister pointed out that both the health and prosperity of citizens are facing challenges today and there are different types of pressures on rules-based international order. He said that in such a situation, India-EU partnership can play an important role in economic reconstruction, and in building a human-centric and humanity-centric globalisation.
The Prime Minister said that apart from the current challenges, long-term challenges like climate change are also a priority for both India and the EU. He invited investments and technology from Europe in India’s efforts to increase the use of renewable energy in the country. He hoped that India – EU relations will gain momentum through this virtual summit.
The 15th meeting of the India-European Union Summit was co-chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President of European Council Charles Michel and President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
Consistency
Consistent involves reflecting on the present moment and at the same time having a long-term view of the future.And preserving consistency before we achieve our target is important unless and unless we really choose to see a major difference in our lives.
That simply ensures that you maintain a commitment to yourself and others that you are doing what you are continually seeking out for yourself before the time is accomplished. Consistency allows one a firm belief that a aim is not too distant. This requires appreciation and confidence for the role and insists that you be loyal to yourself for long-term sustainable practice.
Consistency keeps us consistent, responsible for your ambitions, aspirations, expectations and decisions. It’s all about creating small motivational routines and behaviors that hold us concentrated on your greatest goals and objectives every day. So through this daily routine, we’ll be able to identify our mistakes or failures and have ample energy to reflect through them and better ourselves.
Maybe the strongest aspect about the consistency is the disappointment when you keep positive the longer you realize how much you’ve come. Because if you’re not clear with the improvements that you’re making, then maybe you’ve been lacking anything or not positive for a long time. Yes, it’s very challenging to be concentrated or stable for a very long time, because the purpose you ‘re failing to be successful is: You are focused on outcome rather than process:
Most people strive just for success or outcomes. The more we fix our attention on the consequence, the more it acts against us..Most of us are so anxious about our outcomes that they shift their focus from their plans to directly to what their outcomes will be.And this won’t be achieved unless without handwork and sacrifice over long period of time.Without going through certain processes that help us to achieve our goal and those where most of us are unable to achieve the result.
If you want to achieve you must build consistency in your plan and for that you need to define your plan:
Plan can be defined in four parts:
- Identify your desired outcome
- Identify your big ‘WHY’ behind your desired outcome
- Start setting goals that will help you to get you towards your desired outcome
- And now start working on the processes to accomplish these goals.
So to make sure that that you follow the right path and willing to follow consistency for long time here are some tips to work for on:
How to develop more consistency:
1. Use morning ritual:
This the most important advice that has actually taught me to maintain my consistencySet an early morning ritual to do as soon as you get up. Because if you continue the day with enthusiasm and something you enjoy, then that also provides a tone for the majority of the day to follow. And as people, we’ve been consistent about what we’ve done before. And that’s one major explanation why bad start always contributes to bad start and good start often leads to good day.
2. Do things even if you don’t feel like it:
Often we don’t like the path that we have to pursue to accomplish our target, or often we feel exhausted or demotivated, but even though events like that happen, we will try to do so to retain our commitment even though we don’t feel like doing it sometime.
3. Stay focused and take the responsibility for yourself not the potential results:
If you concentrate on the plan, you can feel more confident and focused when working on it, rather than desperately looking at potential outcomes that will never arrive as easily as you want.
4.Start loving your process:
If you start enjoying your everyday routine of achieving your target, you will never know the discomfort or commitment of your handwork, and your success will come to you very quickly.
5.Find an accountability partner:
It means that you dont need to broadcast your plans or intentions to the whole world to be accountable.Select one or two trusted friends to share your goal.Give them your timeline and ask them to be accountable.With their support na motivation too you will be helped to remain consistent.
What are Human Rights?
In order to live with dignity certain basic rights and freedoms are necessary, which all Human beings are entitled to, these basic rights are called Human Rights
Human rights demand recognition and respect for the inherent dignity to ensure that everyone is protected against abuses which undermine their dignity, and give the opportunities they need to realize their full potential, free from discrimination.
Human rights are the rights a person has simply because he or she is a human being. Human rights are held by all persons equally, universally, and forever. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” Kant said that human beings have an intrinsic value absent in inanimate objects. To violate a human right would therefore be a failure to recognize the worth of human life.
Human right is a concept that has been constantly evolving throughout human history. They have been intricately tied to the laws, customs and religions throughout the ages. Most societies have had traditions similar to the “golden rule” of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The Hindu Vedas, the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, the Bible, the Quran (Koran), and the Analects of Confucius are five of the oldest written sources which address questions of people’s duties, rights, and responsibilities.
Different counties ensure these rights in different way. In India they are contained in the Constitution as fundamental rights, i.e. they are guaranteed statutorily. In the UK they are available through precedence, various elements having been laid down by the courts through case law. In addition, international law and conventions also provide certain safeguards.
Human rights refer to the “basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.” Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education. “A human right is a universal moral right, something which all men, everywhere, at all times ought to have, something of which no one may be deprived without a grave affront to justice, something which is owing to every human simply because he is human.”
Human rights are inalienable: you cannot lose these rights any more than you can cease being a human being.
Human rights are indivisible: you cannot be denied a right because it is “less important” or “non-essential.”
Human rights are interdependent: all human rights are part of a complementary framework. For example, your ability to participate in your government is directly affected by your right to express yourself, to get an education, and even to obtain the necessities of life.
Another definition for human rights is those basic standards without which people cannot live in dignity. To violate someone’s human rights is to treat that person as though he or she was not a human being. To advocate human rights is to demand that the human dignity of all people be respected.
In claiming these human rights, everyone also accepts the responsibility not to infringe on the rights of others and to support those whose rights are abused or denied.
Basic Requirements for Human Rights – Any society that is to protect human rights must have the following characteristics –
1. A de-jure or free state in which the right to self-determination and rule of law exist.
2. A legal system for the protection of human rights.
3. Effective organized (existing within the framework of the state) or unorganized guarantees.
Classification – Human rights have been divided into three categories:
1. First generation rights which include civil and political rights.
2. Second generation rights such as economic, social and cultural rights.
3. Third generation rights such as the right of self-determination and the right to participate in the benefits from mankind’s common heritage.
Human rights may be either positive or negative. An example of the former is the right to a fair trial and an example of the latter is the right not to be tortured.
Human rights are fundamental to the stability and development of countries all around the world. Great emphasis has been placed on international conventions and their implementation in order to ensure adherence to a universal standard of acceptability. With the advent of globalization and the introduction of new technology, these principles gain importance not only in protecting human beings from the ill-effects of change but also in ensuring that all are allowed a share of the benefits. The impact of several changes in the world today on human rights has been both negative and positive.
Android or iOS
If you buy a new smartphone today, chances are it will work for one of two operating systems Google’s Android or Apple’s Apple. The two platforms became the new Smartphones introduced a few years ago. The good news is that both smartphones are great. They are very similar, but there is an important difference you want to process. We will set up Android against iOS in several stages here and select each winner. In the end, it’s a very good platform for you, well, you. Choose the things that are most important to you, count the defeats in those categories, and have a recommendation made for you.
The Affordability
Apple has always been at the top of the market in terms of pricing, but the iPhone x took things to a whole new level with an initial price of 80,000 rupees and the iPhone 11 Pro Max starts at 1,10,000. If you need something less expensive, the iPhone 11 starts from r, 53,000 and the latest iPhone SE from 47,000. That is cheaper as it is available without having to touch the second hand market.
In terms of size and variety, nothing competes with Android. You can spend a lot of money if you want, – for example, the new Samsung Z system costs around $ 1,25,000 but there is also a huge selection of low, low handsets from a variety of manufacturers, and the platform has been deliberately designed to work on hard-end Hardware . The fact that Android also leads the field in free apps makes it a natural choice to be able to budget.
The obvious winner is Android.
Applications
IOS apps: 1.8 million
Android apps: 2.5 million
Of course, prices are not a very good metric because most of us use very few and very popular apps available in both forums. Traditionally, iOS has been a very lucrative platform for developers, so there has been a tendency for new apps to appear first, but that is changing as the Android market share continues to grow. In the U.S., iOS is still leading the way, but developers in some areas are increasingly looking at Android first.
Fortunately, both operating systems have been taking security measures when it comes to malicious applications and spyware, making the apps more secure to download than ever before.
Google Play Store still has a higher percentage of free apps than the App Store. But the best mobile games are still available on iOS first and are not always available on Android. Lastly, the size of the beats is quality so this is a small win for iOS.
Winner: iOS
Working Stores
It’s hard to organize millions of apps and games and either Google Play Store or Apple’s Store is doing just fine. All in all, we think Apple’s App Store offers a better browsing experience on your phone and does a better job with selected recommendations. The Google Play Store is easy to search and you can download and install apps from a web browser on your PC or laptop.
Winner: IOS
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