Month: July 2020

MHA allows colleges to hold final year exams.

MHA order says the final exams are to be compulsorily conducted according to UGC guidelines. UGC said it is upto colleges to decide how they want to conduct the exams.

New Delhi: Students in universities and colleges across India will have to now “compulsorily” take their final-year exams this year.

In a press statement issued late Monday evening, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said: “Ministry of Home Affairs, in a letter to the Union Higher Education Secretary, today permitted conduct of examinations by universities and institutions.”

The MHA statement, however, didn’t clarify the mode — online or offline — in which the exams would be conducted.

“The final term examinations are to be compulsorily conducted as per the UGC guidelines on examinations and academic calendar and as per the standard operating procedure approved by the MoHFW (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare),” it added.

UGC also in favour of holding final exams
Following the statement, senior officials in the University Grants Commission (UGC) confirmed to ThePrint the UGC is also in favour of holding final exams, and will ask all states and central universities to conduct the final exams.

The UGC will allow institutes to conduct exams in the mode most feasible to them, officials added.

“There was a meeting of the commission members today and there is a decision in favour of conducting exams. The MHA and MoHFW have also given the due permission now and the universities will be allowed to conduct exams keeping all the social distancing protocols put in place by the government,” a senior UGC official told ThePrint.

“In the interest of the students and academic credibility, exams cannot be bypassed and institutions must have final exams. How they want to do it and when they can conduct the exams is up to them, but they will have to conduct exams,” the official added.

According to the minutes of UGC meeting, accessed by ThePrint, the commission will give universities time until September to finish their final-year exams either in offline or online mode.

“The commission approved the recommendations of the expert committee regarding conduct of final-year examinations to be completed by the end of September 2020 in offline/online/blended mode,” according to the minutes.

States, which cancelled exams, have to reconsider
According to a resolution passed during the UGC meeting, states that have cancelled exams will have to reconsider their decision and they cannot opt for internal assessment.

Many states, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, have decided to cancel the final exams for university students, while Gujarat, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh have been waiting for UGC directions.

The UGC had in May released an academic calendar based on suggestions from an expert committee headed by Haryana University Vice-Chancellor R.C. Kuhad.

The calendar had taken into account the pandemic situation during that time, and suggested that pen and paper exams can be conducted in July if local conditions are favourable.

In June, however, looking at the rising number of Covid-19 cases across the country, Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had asked the UGC to re-visit the guidelines.

BLACK HOLE: The Singularity

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We are always fascinated by stars, planets, universe. We used to think that planets orbiting stars. But they might exist around the supermassive black hole too. People have floated ideas about planets orbiting smaller black holes before, but far less is known about supermassive black holes.

 In 1930 a 20-year-old Indian student named Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was sailing from Madras to England to pursue his studies in astrophysics. During the voyage, he toyed with equations describing the stability of stars. And from a few lines of this mathematics, a momentous discovery emerged. Astronomers of the day had only a sketchy understanding of what makes stars tick. They knew that a star is a ball of hot gas engaging in a cosmic balancing act. There is a gas that tries to come out into the vacuum of the surrounding space, but gravity holds it back. In stars like the sun, an equilibrium is achieved, but only if the gas burns fuel to generate heat, which we now know is produced by nuclear reactions in the core. However, uncertainty surrounded the question of what happens when the fuel runs out. It seemed that gravity would inevitably gain the upper hand, causing the star to contract, and the smaller the radius, the fiercer the gravitational force would become at the surface. Astronomers had long been familiar with tiny stars known as white dwarfs, which contain a mass comparable to the sun but squashed into a volume roughly the size of the Earth. These burned-out stellar remnants are so dense that their atoms are pressed cheek by jowl. Further compression would mean the atoms themselves would be crushed, which was initially assumed to be impossible due to the laws of quantum physics. The outermost boundary of the hole is its event horizon.

The event horizon is a point of no return concentrated with energy. Quantum effects at the edge create streams of hot particles that radiate back out into the universe. This is called Hawking radiation, after the physicist Stephen Hawking, who predicted it. As you go deeper into the black hole, space becomes ever curvier until, at the center, it becomes infinitely curved. This is the singularity. Space and time cease to be meaningful ideas and the laws of physics as we know them — all of which require space and time.

It is said until one reaches the center, wouldn’t be able to understand the origin. There is nothing but darkness. The gravity is so strong there that even the light can’t sustain. The general relativity theory by Einstien is very applicable in discussing black hole. There is nothing more interesting and strange thing than the Black Hole theory. It also stretches people’s imagination and thinking capability to another level. Nothing can come out from the black hole’s gravitational force. It says many black holes are there which is surrounded by gas and dust. The stems of gas and dust move in such a way that it seems water is draining down. The particles of black holes run to an infinitely dense point which is very small in size. Many controversies are there among those one says our universe is a latecomer and it also says that there might have universe existed, which contained a black hole.

India:- Medical Negligence, can it be pardoned?

Mediacal profession is viewed as the most devout and mindful calling among others. It is one of the most regarded areas of the general public and there is no forswearing of the way that specialists have been given assignment proportionate to that of the God. In the current occasions additionally, everybody is admiring these experts and hailing them as warriors in white uniform.

Nonetheless, a few occurrences put the specialist customer relationship in an air pocket. Because of some careless clinical experts the whole society is addressed and detested. Indeed, even the smallest carelessness of their part can be lethal for the patient and once the word ‘carelessness’ is appended with any clinical expert it is a major hit to the generosity of that individual.

UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

What is clinical carelessness?

The Supreme Court in Poonam Verma v. Ashwin Patel and Ors. [(1996) 4 SCC 332] talked about the idea of clinical carelessness and characterized as under:

“Carelessness has numerous signs – it might be dynamic carelessness, insurance carelessness, near carelessness, simultaneous carelessness, proceeded with carelessness, criminal carelessness, net carelessness, perilous carelessness, dynamic and detached carelessness, headstrong or crazy carelessness or Negligence essentially.”

A specialist can be held obligated for carelessness just on the off chance that it tends to be demonstrated that he/she is capable of a disappointment that no other specialist with conventional aptitudes would be liable of it, if acting with sensible consideration. A slip in judgment comprises carelessness just if an expert who is sensibly able with the standard aptitudes and has acted with conventional consideration, would not have made a similar mistake.

Legal PRECEDENTS

The expansive standards regarding this matter have been clarified in detail by the three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Jacob Mathew v. Province of Punjab and Anr. [(2005) 6 SCC 1]. In section 41 of the choice, the Court saw that:

“The expert must bring to his errand a sensible level of ability and information and must exercise a sensible level of care. Neither the most elevated nor a low level of care and skill is the thing that the law requires.”

Carelessness can be both a Tort and a Criminal risk. Carelessness as a wrongdoing has by and large an exclusive requirement. Under the misdeed Law, carelessness is built up to the degree of the misfortune brought about. In any case, carelessness under the criminal law is dependent on the degree or measure of carelessness. Courts have emphasized that the weight of building up criminal carelessness lies with the individual calling for it. On the off chance that a specialist has a blameworthy psyche and his/her carelessness prompts the foolishness then the individual submitting the demonstration will be held at risk.

In Dr. Suresh Gupta v. Legislature of NCT of Delhi [(2004) 6 SCC 422] the Supreme Court saw that:

“Among common and criminal risk of a specialist causing passing of his patient the court has a troublesome assignment of gauging the level of recklessness and carelessness claimed with respect to the specialist. For conviction of a specialist for supposed criminal offense, the standard ought to be verification of wildness and intentional wrong doing for example a further extent of ethically culpable lead.

To convict, in this way, a specialist, the arraignment needs to come out with an instance of serious extent of carelessness with respect to the specialist. Unimportant absence of legitimate consideration, safeguard and consideration or coincidence may make common obligation however not a criminal one. The courts have, in this manner, consistently demanded on account of supposed criminal offense against specialist causing demise of his patient during treatment, that the demonstration griped against the specialist must show carelessness or imprudence of such a further extent as to show a psychological state which can be portrayed as absolutely emotionless towards the patient. Such gross carelessness alone is culpable.”

A serious extent of carelessness is required to prove the claim of criminal carelessness under Section 304-An of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. For fixing criminal risk on a clinical specialist a unimportant absence of required consideration, expertise and consideration isn’t adequate, it is required to be demonstrated that there was a “gross carelessness”. Under Indian Penal Code, Sections 52, 80, 81, 83, 88, 90, 91, 92 304-A, 337 and 338 examine the law of clinical misbehavior in India.

The direct of clinical negligence was brought under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, by ethicalness of a milestone instance of the Indian Medical Association v. V. P. Shantha and others [(1995) 6 SCC 651] wherein the Court saw that:

“clinical consideration was characterized as an “administration” under this judgment that was secured by the Act, and it was additionally explained that an individual looking for clinical consideration might be considered as a shopper if certain models were met for instance there was an installment either for treatment or enrollment, or charges were deferred or it was paid by an insurance agency.”

After this judgment, it was viewed as that a few classifications of patients presently could bring charges against the careless medicinal services suppliers for remuneration under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Offices and specialists that offered a wide range of assistance liberated from cost to all customers were not to be held obligated under the Act.

The Supreme Court in V.N. Shrikhande v. Anita Sena Fernandes [(2011) 1 SCC 53] saw that:

“18. In instances of clinical carelessness, no restraint equation can be applied for deciding concerning when the reason for activity has collected to the shopper. Each case is to be settled on its own realities. In the event that the impact of carelessness on the specialist’s part or any individual related with him is patent, the reason for activity will be considered to have emerged on the date when the demonstration of carelessness was finished. On the off chance that, then again, the impact of carelessness is inactive, at that point the reason for activity will emerge on the date when the patient or his delegate complainant finds the damage/injury caused because of such act or the date when the patient or his agent complainant could have, by exercise of sensible persistence found the demonstration establishing carelessness.”

In this way, the Court held that there is no sweeping technique to choose with respect to when the reason for activity has resulted the shopper.

Moreover, Sections 80 and 88 of the Code specifies the barriers for specialists blamed for criminal obligation.

As indicated by Section 80:

“80. Mishap in doing a legal demonstration – Nothing is an offense that is finished unintentionally or disaster, and with no criminal expectation or information in the doing of a legitimate demonstration in a legal way by legal methods and with appropriate consideration and alert.”

As per Section 88:

“88. Act not planned to cause passing, done by assent in compliance with common decency for individual’s advantage – Nothing, which isn’t proposed to cause demise, is an offense by reason of any mischief which it might cause, or be expected by the practitioner to cause, or be known by the practitioner to probably cause, to any individual for whose advantage it is done in compliance with common decency, and who has given an assent, regardless of whether express or inferred to endure that hurt, or to face the challenge of that hurt.”

Enactments

Government at both the Central and the State level has attempted to ensure the nature of human services segment at all levels through declaring various statutes, guidelines and acts.

  1. The Medical Council Act, 2001 – The said Act canceled the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 as was changed in 1964, 1993 and 2001. The Act accommodates the constitution of the Medical Council of India (MCI). The MCI directs principles of clinical instruction, authorization to begin schools, courses or increment the quantity of seats, enrollment of specialists, norms of expert lead of clinical professionals.
  2. Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002-This guideline sets out the lead of clinical experts, indicating the obligations and obligations of the doctors in and has additionally assembled the general rules required for moral clinical practice.
  3. Screening Test Regulations, 2002-The Regulations accommodates:

“An Indian resident having an essential clinical capability granted by any clinical organization outside India who is covetous of getting temporary or lasting enrollment with the Medical Council of India or any State Medical Council on or after 15.03.2002 will need to qualify a screening test led by the endorsed expert for that reason according to the arrangements of area 13 of the Act.”

  1. Indian Nursing Council-It is a national administrative body for medical attendants and medical caretaker instruction in India. It is likewise liable for consistency in nursing instruction.
  2. Medications and Cosmetics Act, 1940-The essential target of the Act is to guarantee that the medications and beauty care products sold in India are sheltered, viable and adjust to state quality guidelines.
  3. Drug store Act, 1948 – The Act accommodates:

“An Act to direct the calling of drug store. To improve arrangement for the guideline of the calling and practice of drug store and for that reason to establish Pharmacy Councils”

  1. Clinical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 – The Act accommodates:

“An Act to accommodate the end of specific pregnancies by enrolled clinical professionals and for issues associated therewith or coincidental thereto.”

  1. Transplantation of Human Organ Act, 1994-This Act fills in as the essential enactment administering the procedures of organ gift and organ transplantation in India.
  2. Pre-natal Sex Determination Test Act, 1994-This demonstration was authorized to stop female foeticides and capture the declining sex proportion in India. The demonstration restricted pre-birth sex assurance.
  3. Medications and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954 – The said Act gives as under:

“It disallows notices of medications and cures that guarantee to have supernatural properties, and makes doing so a cognizable offense.”

Finishing up REMARKS

There are no two different ways about the way that specialists owe an obligation of care towards the patients yet.

10 Reasons Why TV Consumption is Bad

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Television is conquering the media industry with ages. The shows on television leave a major impact on society and the psychology of the audience.

Leaves to time for other works

A study says the average person watches tv for 5 hours and 11 mins, which is 1/5 if the 24 hours. Moreover, we sleep for 7-8 hours per day. So out of 24 hours, we lack time to do something else productive.

Effects on people

Television can conquer the thought and psychology of the people. Television is far from reality. Whatever is shows it highers the expectation of the audience and lead them to think differently without any realistic approach.

Increase health risk

Watching tv too much can higher obesity risks. If one watches TV for a long time sitting down, can be at risk of heart disease. Moreover, it affects eyesight as well. If you sit at the same position and doing nothing the whole day, you won’t burn calories, which is bad for your health

Makes life undisciplined 

TV is a common distraction at home. Running TV always causes distractions, be it study or other home works. Sometimes the distractions cause common accidents.

Negativity 

TV sometimes endorses negativity as well. Continuous watching the daily soaps with household problems and politics can be the cause of negativity. Not only that the action scenes, but crime scenes can also cause psychological problems and negativity to our brains.

Increase shopping habits

The advertisements and television styles encourage people to higher their shopping habits. The kids do not understand monetary problems. Sometimes the desire of the older members overpowers the other problems and higher shopping habits.

Dissatisfaction in life

The TV produces a larger than life image, which is unattainable. So, it brings dissatisfaction to the life of people. People start to believe the unrealistic world and try to deal with a life like that which eventually leaves them unsatisfied with their normal life and ends with unpleasant catastrophes.

People become less social

TV leads people to sit the whole time at a place and do nothing. People who watch TV more, do not talk to others much, and do not interact socially as well. It causes rupture to relationships. People forget to see the people around them who can give them natural happiness, knowledge, and more. Moreover, they can have good moments to nourish in the future.

Alter believes 

TV evolves their script in such a way that it looks attractive. Sometimes in doing so, they misinterpret the facts and beliefs. TV manipulates the audiences thought and alter their beliefs. The visualization is so powerful that people find no way except believing.

Hampers physically 

Mostly kids like to do whatever they watch on the TV in real life. If their favorite hero or heroine doing some risky stuff, they try to do it and end up with bitter experiences.

Watching TV is helpful and harmful as well. Nothing excessive is good for our health. We should keep a balance and time limit while watching TV for a better life.

Pandemic-1918

Book review

The Book “Pandemic: 1918” by “Catharine Arnold”. In this book she shows the eyewitness accounts from the greatest holocaust in modern history. Before Aids or Ebola, there was a ‘Spanish Flu’ which began to spread across the globe and Catharine Arnolds gripping narrative Pandemic 1918 marks the 100th anniversary of an epidemic that altered the world history. In 1918 a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe in three successive waves, from 1918 to 1919, and worldwide the pandemic gained the notorious title of “Spanish flu”. Historian Arnold shows a collection of essays and non- fictional stories that colorfully illustrate the everyday impact of the disease. She also put the powerful stories of doctors, nurses and ordinary people and focuses on personal experience to convey the message emotionally and told the horror impact of mysterious disease. Arnold displayed her knowledge with verve and savvy in this substantial and engaging work. She also gives firsthand accounts from those who witnessed and survived the Spanish Flus deadly grip while examining its impact and how amid the world war 1 Allies and Germans suffered massive casualties. It can be a good relatable book during the Covid-19 pandemic in this quarantine period and gives non fictional facts about 1918.

The Korean split: History of South and North Korea

North and South Korea have been separated for more than 70 years, ever since The Korean Peninsula became an unexpected casualty of the intensified Cold War between the two dominant superpowers: The Soviet Union and the United States.

It all started with Japan and Russia fighting for control of The Unified Korea in 1904. Japan, using its victory took over Korea, having already installed a puppet ruler, Emperor Sunjong. He was the last leader of the ‘united’ Korea and also the last ruler of the Joseon dynasty that extended back 500 years.

When he died in 1926, the Japanese completely came into power and controlled the country. They attempted to erode Korea’s unique cultural identity by suppressing Korean language and customs. Tokyo even tried to enforce a law stating that all second names should be Japanese. This created anti-Japanese feeling among the Koreans which lasts to this day.

When the Cold War started, Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945, eventually, the Japanese empire dismantled in Korea which led the Korean Peninsula to become the victim and it got split into two zones: The North and The South. U.S controlled the South Korea while Soviet controlled the North.

In 1948, the U.S called for a United Nations sponsored voting for all Koreans to determine the future of the peninsula. After the North refused to participate, the South formed its own government in Seoul, led by strongly anti-communist Syngman Rhee. The North responded to the action of the South by installing the former communist guerrilla Kim Il Sung as the first premier of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the capital of Pyongyang.

The growing tensions between the two separated zones led to The Korean War (1950-53) which killed at least 2.5 million people. The war began on 25 June 1950 when the Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. Almost immediately the US secured a resolution from the United Nations calling for the military defense of South Korea against the North Korean aggression. In the matter of days, US land, air, and sea forces had joined the battle. Following the US, China also joined the war favouring the North. In November and December 1951, hundreds of thousands of troops from the People’s Republic of China began heavy assaults against the American and South Korean forces.

The Korean War did a little to resolve the question of which regime represented the ‘true’ Korea. However, it firmly established the feeling of disliking for the US among the North Korea permanently, as the US military bombed villages, towns and cities across the northern half of the peninsula. Since then, there has been extremely little movement across the DMZ between North and South Korea.

South Korea continued strong ties with the west and developed a vigorous economy, and in recent decades has made steps towards becoming a fully democratic nation. Meanwhile, North Korea remained an isolated “hermit kingdom” particularly after the collapse of the Soviet bloc in the early 1990s and economically under developed, as well as virtual police state ruled by a single family for three generations.

New bubonic plague case suspected after covid-19 in China; Alert sounded.

In this hard times of corona virus pandemic , chine has reported another deadly bubonic plague case in the northern China’s inner Mongolia. The detection of the suspected case of bubonic plague has come to light in statement issued by a local health commission on its website.

As per a media report, a third-level warning alert was issued on Sunday. The warning period has been extended to the end of the year. On July 1, state-run Xinhua news agency said that two suspected cases of bubonic plague reported in Khovd province in western Mongolia have been confirmed by lab test results. The confirmed cases are a 27-year-old resident and his 17-year-old brother. The brothers ate marmot meat, the health official said.

The Yersinia pestis bacteria can be transmitted to humans from infected rats via fleas.  Though the highly-contagious plague is rare in China and can be treated, at least five people have died from it since 2014, according to China’s National Health Commission. 

Bubonic plague symptoms and precautions:

The health commission urged the people in city to take precautions to avoid infection. It is a bacterial disease spread by fleas living on wild rodents such as marmots.

According to World Health Organisation(WHO), the plague can kill an adult in less than 24 hours if not treated in time. Bubonic plague symptoms include headaches, fever and vomiting. Swollen and painful lymph nodes occur in the area close to where bacteria entered skin.

Rajasthan Govt. trying methods for evaluation

Divya Patni

Jaipur: During the COVID-19 situation, Rajasthan government and with State University officials are trying two methods of evaluation due to current scenario. With the number of 20 lakh students enrolled in its university and colleges in the absence of annual/semester exams. The Chief minister Ashok Gehlot announced on that the examinations will not be held due to Covid situation in the state of Rajasthan. The Universities in Rajasthan are not allowed to take the examination before any order by the state government. The state government has the options to do evaluation should be done either on the basis of the exams that were held before the lock down or by the performance of the student in class in specific subjects during entire academic session that will help the students and everyone to face this phase. State higher education minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati said that, they were also examining central government norms for the examination and the changes that would be made the central government by the new norms that will help students as well as the state government to ensure this semester examination will be evaluated by the rules of both central and the state government. In the other states of the country, they are depending upon the internal assessment as the basics of annual scores that students had scored in their last examination/semesters. But, the state university has such a system leaving no scope for the evaluation on the basis of academic performance of students. In country most of the universities held 50 percent of their examination and will find the easy way to evaluate their marking on the basis of the scores of students that had scored by them earlier. In Rajasthan University, none of he honours subject was leaving a question on how to evaluate the students during this situation. It seem to be as a temporary relief to the students of Rajasthan University, In this period some sort of evaluation mechanism has to be developed. Awarding marks or percentage on the basis of last year scores theoretical and practical,”said by Rashmi Jain, vice-principal of Maharani’s College. The scores in degree colleges don’t matter for jobs but it is considered for appearing in the competitive exams. A professor in Mohan Lal Sukadia University, Udaipur. Wondered how to evaluate students who have not appeared in the last semster exams. “The government should have come up with some mechanism or any other way for evalution for the examinations. For the small classes with 30-40 students, even a teacher can create sometimes help but in bigger classes it is difficult to evaluate said by the teachers. Most probably the examination will be held online by a online portal or students will be promoted without giving any type of examination, that will help everyone to face the problems during this pandemic. State Government will soon to be announced their final verdict on this cause. Due to coronavirus the universities are not really prepared to conduct any type of examination theoretical or practical examinations will not be taken physically at the exams centers respectively.

Singer Collaborate fans for new video song during pandemic

Divya Patni

Jaipur

Singer and a songwriter Prateek Kuhad a singer from Jaipur, Rajasthan is back with his new release, ‘Kasoor’ this was a song that was released 2 years ago as an acoustic version on Youtube. Ever since his he was also appreciated by the former president ‘Barack Obama’ for being in his favorite soundtrack ‘Cold/Mess’ that was released in the year 2018. For now, Prateek decided to get his all fans in his new video song “Kasoor” since it was premiered on his IGTV on June 30 the video itself told about the emotions of people and also with some celebrities that collaborated in his new video song. His video on youtube scored almost more than 1 million views and nearly 40 lakh views on Instagram. Prateek asked every subscriber for his video through mailing them personally and people loved to publish a video with Prateek there that can show their emotions to the people. During the pandemic, this initiative was appreciated with a large number of views on online platforms. This video was altogether arranged and executed by Jugaad Motion Pictures and the process was really simple and cheap the production cost was really low, therefore, people were asked to shoot with their smartphones and upload the video to the respective platform. Nearly 400 fans responded to his mail and were interested to join the video. The visualization was completely shot during the lockdown, the singer said: “Initially, a lot of my shots were supposed to be done perfectly in a studio.” He made the video at his home therefore, this song was done a year back but he decided to include the whole band to make this song more immersive than before. The famous faces that can also be seen in this video were Kunal Kamra, Jim Sarbh, Mallika Dua, and many other YouTubers in his video. The audience loved his new release in 2020 and the earlier version was also phenomenal but his time the release was done at a higher scale and can be accessed by anyone at online platforms. The singer hasn’t faced any problems while publishing this song, Prateek sits isolated from his friends and family and play his songs internationally rather than playing in his home country as compared to the shows that were held internationally. A year ago he announced the India-Tour for the people to see him live performing his original songs in various cities across the country. Also, the songs that were not performed internationally due to language barriers. He sings his songs in both English and Hindi but he is more comfortable writing and publishes his songs in English. He completed his study for music from the University Of New York and came back to his hometown Jaipur, during the lockdown he only shows up is the performance by going live on his Instagram handle and other social media handles. Although its just a beginning of new sound taste that is being followed by the people by so far songs with emotions are being touched to the human hearts also in a situation like this across the globe.

A split America!

Two differentiating countenances of America were noticeable over the previous week. It saw the principal business space dispatch of individuals into space as SpaceX, a privately owned business, sent two space explorers to the International Space Station on its Dragon container. This features the US holds supremacy in innovation and business; truth be told, for most specialists and experts in the innovation part, it’s as yet the goal of decision. Strangely, the US-Soviet Cold War assumed a significant job in the fruitful American Apollo missions to the moon; presently, as innovation rivalry between the US and China hots up, it could revive the space race.

Close by, a less respectable side of American culture is developing as monstrous fights and mobs emitted in excess of twelve American urban communities over the unfeeling executing of an African-American man named George Floyd by a maverick white cop. The executing has started resentment at far reaching police ruthlessness and organized prejudice. Add to this the populist patriotism of President Donald Trump, which has fanned the fire. Populist patriotism is consistently an ethnic patriotism privileging a specific network seen as the ‘standard’ one, in this manner running contrary to the natural order of things of established assurances of equivalent citizenship for everybody. This offers ascend to an ethnically and politically captivated circumstance that can be combustible.

One may see a comparable procedure of populist patriotism at work in India, with visit occurrences of Muslim teasing just as the biased CAA-NRC combo. It’s similarly too that dubious proposition for an across the nation NRC have been retired for the time being; they merit a calm entombment. It’s additionally vital that boundless enemy of CAA-NRC fights in India have been all around tranquil and deliberate, though plundering, decimation and fire bombings have been signs of their American partners.

Trump, in any case, is endeavoring initiative in another circle by proposing growing the G7 to incorporate India, Australia, South Korea and Russia. This is creative on various fronts. It perceives that G7 is a limited club of rich countries which can’t achieve much without anyone else, it proposes America is back in the multilateral game as opposed to going only it, it perceives the worthlessness of remembering China for multilateral groupings as the last is out to buck the liberal, rules based request. While such a gathering would in reality be welcome and re-underline American authority, continuous residential strife puts a question mark on Washington’s advocating of the liberal request.

Bawarchi

This is a movie directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and was released in the 1972. A movie staring Rajesh khanna, Jaya Bahaduri, Usha Kiran, Asrani and many more. This movie was narrated by Amitabh Bachan in his very strong voice. Hrishikesh Mukherjee movies are always simple and conveys very beautiful messages which helps us to make our lives simpler. Bawarchi means a cook, this is a story of how Raghu the character played by Rajesh Khanna actually teaches a life lesson to a family who lives in a house named shanti nivas.

In this story the main focus is about a large joint family which lives in a house named shanti nivas named after the wife of the owner. The name is an irony as the word shanti means peace but no one can ever see this happening in the house, there is always some big fight that the family indulges in.  Shivnath sharma who is a retired post man is the eldest in the family. He has 4 sons firstly Ramnath sharma being the eldest son who works as a head clerk in a company his wife Seeta sharma and daughter is Meeta sharma is a trained Kathak dancer and who is preparing for an upcoming dance competion all live in the house. Second brother Kashi Sharma is a school teacher he has his own rules and principles about life which he strictly follows his wife shobha sharma and son Pintoo live in the same house. The third son and his wife died in a car accident their daughter Krishna played by Jaya Bachan also stays with them. She studies in college and has a tution teacher Arun who is her college senior who comes home to teach her for free. The forth son Vishwanath Sharma played be Asrani is a music director in film industry, he is not married and he thinks it is better not because it will just add up to the fight already existing in the house. So many people live in one house, constantly fighting  though they want to be apart but fear that if they go Shivnath sharma also called as Daduji will not give any part of the property to them.

Raghu who comes to their home, pretending that he is in desperate need of work but actually is someone who wants to peace out things in the house. Not directly but by showing how much they love each other and making other members  realize how amazing is it live together with happiness. There are many major lessons to be learnt from this movie which actually tends us to re-evaluate our own life. Such simple movies makes us realize how important is it to be happy in the present moment. In this pandemic times when we are confined at home rather than constantly thinking and stressing out ourselves by the thought  when will everything comeback to normal we can spend a quality time with our family, be happy of the fact that everyone is together. Hug your mom and dad and tell them how much you love and care about them. In a wait for big happiness we often tend to ignore these small small happiness, the number big moments of happiness are  only just fifteen to twenty in in the whole lifetime what makes our lives beautiful is the millions and billions of small happiness that we should never overlook.

BILL GATES THE PHILANTHROPIST

Philanthropy is something that is done by the generous and kind people all over the globe and it does not differentiate between anyone regarding his status or any other thing related to the one who requires help and it is not that simple to be a Philanthropist and it depends upon the Philanthropist about his investment of money to a good cause, either he can donate directly to the cause or use it to develop a tool that can eradicate the main problem. This also raises the Philanthropist’s status in society and his popularity among all kinds of people and to make some political or economic decision himself.

We can take the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as an example, as they work towards the real cause of the people and they invest a lot and helps millions of people worldwide and are considered as true Philanthropists by the world. Anyone who invests a lot into Philanthropy also needs the Return of Investment and a perfect way to ensure this to invest in the sectors that can deliver back the Investments and also makes the Investing person famous for this Philanthropy effort. A classic example could be the current situation where the Gates Foundation has donated approximately $250 million to develop a vaccine and other for other works and Bill gates has also stepped down from Microsoft board so that he can devote more time to Philanthropy.

There may be someday when everyone has to respond to the answers about the expenditure of the money towards Philanthropy. The charities that help towards Philanthropy need a lot of answers because that money is getting stolen by any political leader or by a terrorist organization or getting stolen through cyber crimes and this does get the notice of the people not until anyone finds about this or by the government. To counter this cybercrime securities have suggested using better ways to secure the money i.e., to use the digital way of money, using Cryptocurrency, Blockchain that uses cryptography or any other way. Blockchain is the fastest growing and safe way for a charity organization to use as it reduces administrative cost, provides more accountability and it shows the investors about their funds and where it is used and to whom and it restores the lost confidence of the investors about investing money in any charity organization. Blockchain is transparent and safe and it is being used by some charity organizations lately, Binance Charity Foundation is using its blockchain-based method to collect donations for Philanthropic work and it ensures that the funds are reached to persons in need and is transparent to find it. Since these are technologies are not expensive these have support from a large number of people and everyone trusts it for its safety, accountability, and transparency. This will growing support will push other charity organization to adapt to this method and if someone does not adapt to it, it will raise a lot of questions and people lose their trust to these organization and leads to other larger problems and people stops calling them as Philanthropist.

 The Gates Foundation is not some charity organization to show the spend money to the investors, they spend their own money but everyone feels that even the Gates Foundation needs to be transparent about the spend, invested money and their return of Investment but if their activities can be shown to the public or the government and this makes Gates popularity even bigger and makes everyone to accept that he is true and honest Philanthropist and he does not use his organization for his personal needs and by using Blockchain method to bring transparency and proves that a “True Philanthropist has a heart of human greatness”. Let’s hope that the Gates Foundation brings this Blockchain way for philanthropy.

QUARANTEENED TEENAGERS!

Teenager sometimes means being away from family. Yet young people are suddenly being thrust back into the heart of their families, whether or not they want to be.The nation wide lockdown came into effect on 24th march 12:00 midnight and our country is still not been able to uplift it. During this unprecedented situation there were different sets of problems faced by different groups of our society, the age group 10-21 is commonly categorized as teenage group . This group having the most aspirations and full of energy were also locked inside their homes just like the others.

STUMBLING BLOCK DURING LOCKDOWN:

the outbreak of covid-19 happened at the time during which the educational institutes usually conduct exams or start a new session but as we are aware of the lockdown that happened it caused the shutdown of these institutions also with immediate effect. Students during that time were preparing for exams or the new session with full intentness but an indefinite break came in between which caused a great disturbance in the day to day life of students and their time table which gradually started causing restlessness and frustration among them as they lacked clarity of what is going on and what will happen to their remaining exams or the forthcoming session as a result of which they were very much disturbed at mental level as they did not have much work left to do. After the government or the concerned authorities issued guidelines the tension was released to some extent.No doubt they’ll be relying on digital tech more than ever before. This is fine – but teenagers should still emphasise the need to get enough sleep, to learn new things, to respond to anything their teachers suggest, to be physically active and to have face-to-face time with the family.

RECUPERATE PERIOD:

after a few days there was lucidity about that this problem will persist for a long period of time so the need of the hour was to take serious steps towards keeping the teenagers engaged with some activities so that they do not feel unattended . Institutions started with online classes , assignment and even some higher educational organizations arranged for WEBINARS, internships and online presentations.This problem was resolved quickly which was needed otherwise the teenage group already being the most vulnerable must have faced serious issues of mental health like stress, anxiety and other related issues . However this problems was faced by some teenagers despite of the steps taken but it was addressed within recoverable time.

a few precautions to reduce the stress, anxiety and other related issues, caused by this pandemic. 

WHO suggests, to reduce the amount of news we are in-taking about COVID-19 and to only take news from reliable sources. BBC suggests, to have breaks from social media and mute things which are/can be triggering. And to wash your hands but not excessively. For people with OCD and anxiety, being told to constantly wash your hands can be difficult to hear.

Being in touch with experts of mental health and talk to them about the problems they are facing as we will overcome this pandemic together by helping each other, talking with each other

also not to neglect the physical health which we can enhance during this time can be done by- Exercising:which is one of the ways to keep your body fit and it also helps in reducing stress, anger and frustration. Also, practicing deep breathing or meditation are also great ways to reduce stress and anxiety.As we are staying home and looking at the same four walls in our house everyday, it is quite easy for our minds to fluctuate and think about things which are of less importance, which can increase the tension. To avoid this situation of over-thinking, one can engage themselves into doing something productive.

During this time, being productive is a good idea but somewhere it can also put more pressure in one’s mind. Remember, being productive is a choice and not a necessity. We are not bound to do things which others tend to do as we are one a kind and do things which makes us happy .

How far lockdown extension will implicate the Educational system?

Both schools and colleges are facing a tremendous loss of learning. As that of the recent situation, summer vacations are going on and the HRD ministry is formulating another alternative calendar for the coming months in case the situation doesn’t improve.

Online classes as an alternative!

The educational system decided to opt for online classes for the students but it actually didn’t work and was not up to the mark. Also, these lectures have failed to influence students.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/online-classes-not-up-to-the-mark-finds-new-study/articleshow/75416080.cms

A study conducted by Principal in an architecture college, Professor Sharma came up with a conclusion that offline classes are better than online ones.

What problems were faced?

Just imagine yourself sitting inside a classroom with your earphones plugged in and not able to be part of the classroom! Exactly, same happened with the students who were studying in cities have returned back to their homes belonging to rural areas are not able to access the online classes due to lack of internet connectivity, they were marked present but not able to listen and learn, which eventually headed students to a complete loss.

What can be improved?

Most probably nothing can be done with the students living in rural areas. But what about the one’s living in the cities? Students also complained that they were informed at the very last moment of starting the class. Sometimes the students have to wait, mostly the teachers keep waiting.

So the problem can be resolved by maintaining the time table for lectures the same as that was done in offline classes. The classes should be conducted according to the time table with exact timing so no one has to wait. The best thing which can be done is to improve the educational system by adopting the technology.

Post lockdown solutions-

Careful planning helps you limit the long term significance of this shutdown. Reopening of schools to be allowed in green zones. Also, the schools in the yellow zone should also open as soon as the zone turns green. Students should be allowed to visit the school in shifts, this will not equalize the previous education but it will ensure that at least some education is given to every student while taking care of social distancing. Proper sanitization after finishing with one shift should also be carried out.

Relaxation to students!

“All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) will also issue a revised academic calendar soon and Prof. Rajive Kumar directed colleges to continue online classes for the current semester under the extended lockdown”.

Overwhelming updates regarding fees acted as a huge relief to students as colleges and institutions are not allowed to demand any sort of fee payments until the ongoing COVID lockdown is lifted and conditions become normal.

No money to pay salaries!

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the Delhi Government is left with no money. They don’t have money to pay their employees. The Deputy Chief Minister has also written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman regarding this issue.

https://www.timesnownews.com/delhi/article/no-money-to-pay-salaries-delhi-govt-seeks-rs-5000-crore-aid-from-centre-to-deal-with-covid-19-crisis/599452

Unite and fight! The only possible way to fight against this pandemic.

Mindfullness

Whenever one reads about Gautam Buddha, and starts to think about him we actually misunderstand him as a spiritual person. His calm and composed nature was not because of this, it was because he was aware of his surroundings, he had mastered the technique to control his mind and sees the world with with a tender lens. This is an art and is called Mindfulness or more popularly known as Buddhism. The whole purpose about this is to  control your mind and focus on things which are present at this point of time. It is to observe the world that surrounds you without any judgement or opinions. It is to let go of your emotions and let it not hinder the peace you want to attain so as to make yourself a different person.

Let us find out how to do it….

  1. Be aware of your actions – What is makes you is how you react to some situations, let it be talking to people or your spontaneous actions which can actually tend you to do things which you did not want to do. Always pay attention to how you act in a given situation. How you talk to people and what to talk to them could govern you to be a person who is mindful.
  2. Always give purpose to whatever you do – Giving a meaning to your actions can actually make you more focused to do things. some questions like who are you,  what is in your mind, can help you to identify the purpose for your actions and as you would be aware of them you would be able to accomplish the task given to you in a very efficient and eminent way.
  3.  To be conscious on where your focus lies- There may be many things happening in your life, may be  some would be disturbing you, but it is really important to focus on the thing you are doing right now. You should be able to control your focus and you  should be mindful  when your focus goes you should bring it back.Control your mind.
  4. Past is past – Human life is all filled with experiences, it may be good or bad. Somethings could also torment you everyday, what you should understand is it has gone and never would come back. What is important is to learn from it and try not to do it again. Live in the present do not let this present when becomes  your past to torment you when your future becomes the present.
  5. Future – Many of us surely hang up ourselves thinking about the future, what our future would look like? would I be able to fulfill my dreams and aspirations? these questions do tend us to think about what we are doing right now but remember your future would never let you to appreciate your present.
  6. Enjoy doing things- We have a habit of constantly watching the clock to find how much time has passed or is remaining so as to complete our work. This is not good because to be mindful you should be fully immersed in your present or else you are not doing the work for happiness.
  7. Stop judging – It is human tendency to judge things, but a mindful person learns throughly about things then creates an opinion, because half known knowledge is very dangerous. It is very important to observe things objectively. Always treat everyone with love and compassion but don’t expect this from others .

These mindful things can actually help you lead a peaceful life and which would meaning to your life. Small things would not bother you because you would have realized the fact that nothing is permanent in this world and every thing is momentary .