Day: August 24, 2020

Books on Indian History which You Must Read

Indian History has been the theme for many books. Whether its fiction or non-fiction, there are plenty of books which deserve to be on the list of must-read books written on the topic of history. These books give one a detailed understanding of India’s history.

Be it comprehensive historical books or fictional accounts of a historical incident, there are many options for you to choose from. If you are a person who loves both reading and history then the following 5 books are just the right choice for you.

The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen is an Indian Economist and writer who had won the Nobel Prize in 1998. This book is a collection of essays and it will help one understand the Indian polity. It focusses on the importance of public debate, argument and intellectual diversity in the Indian civilization of the past. Sen writes about his view on how and what will lead to the success of democracy in India.

India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha is an Indian writer and researcher whose areas of interest include society, politics and history. India After Gandhi is a book describing the journey of modern India, from post-independence from the British in 1947 until the 1990s. The book will provide one with a thorough understanding of India’s social and economic spheres. It covers the country’s political history over the later part of the 20th century.

The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple is a Scottish historian, writer, critic, art historian and curator. He has won several awards and prizes for his writings. The book is a comprehensive description of the time period when the Mughal empire started declining in India. It will be a treat for people who love reading history. It is about the last Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah Zafar II, and it provides an account of 19th century India with the tale of the emergence of the British Raj. Another famous book by him is White Mughals which is his fifth major book, it tells the story of the love affair between James Achilles Kirkpatrick and Khair-un-Nissa Begum at the backdrop of nineteenth century Hyderabad.

The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru was India’s first prime minister and he wrote this from 1942 – 1946. This book was written by Nehru when he was imprisoned by the British. It is a tribute to the rich cultural heritage and legacy of the country. It provides an account of all major developments in the subcontinent from the period of Indus Valley Civilization to the last years of the British rule.

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning writer, novelist and poet. The book is about the tale of the epic Mahabharata, written from the perspective of Draupadi (Panchaali). It tells the story of the woman who fights, endures a lot living in a patriarchal world. It is a historical fiction which traces the historical tale and the life of Panchaali.

Orissa HC Bats For No Tolerance Approach In NDPS Cases

In a recent, remarkable and righteous decision titled Bikash Duria vs State of Orissa in Case No. – BLAPL No. 2464 of 2020 delivered on August 20, 2020, the Orissa High Court minced no words to state in simple, straight and suave language that, “Instances of drug abuse is required to be dealt with a strict ‘hard on Crime’ attitude.” It was made clear that the NDPS cases should always be dealt with stricter approach of ‘No Tolerance’! Justice SK Panigrahi of Orissa High Court who delivered this noteworthy judgment observed that despite strict provisions, the recorded crime rate under the NDPS Act has increased in the country more during the last ten years! 

                                         To start with, the ball is set rolling by first and foremost after noting at the outset that, “In view of extraordinary situation arose out of COVID-19 lockdown, the matter is taken up through video conferencing” and then observing in para 1 that, “ ‘Drug addiction is like a curse and until it is broken, its victim will perpetually remain in the shackles of bondage’ aptly put by Oche Otorkpa while articulating the danger of the issue at hand and its ripple effect. The furtive smuggling and trafficking of drugs linked it to a host of social ills, including involvement in crime, destabilization and decline in family relationship, kinship, neighbourhoods etc. More importantly, it has resulted in rampant substance abuse by the youth. The Parliament has passed the NDPS Act with an objective to arrest the menace by making the deterrent effect more stringent so that the guilty is appropriately punished. The said Act seeks to control both the demand and supply of drugs by criminalizing production, trafficking and use. It prohibits the manufacture, production, possession, consumption, sale, purchase, trade, use, import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, except for medical or scientific purposes. The Judiciary is also saddled with the responsibility of strictly adhering to the law so that the traffickers of drugs do not go unpunished and the growth boom of trafficking is checked. The trafficking and smuggling have flared sporadically in the recent years transcending the geographical boundaries. The case in hand typifies this alarming trend. The petitioner herein has filed the instant application under Section 439 of Cr.P.C seeking bail in connection with Bolangir Sadar P.S. Case No. 24 of 2020 corresponding to Special G.R. Code No. 10 of 2020 pending in the court of the learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Bolangir. The petitioner herein is the accused in connection with alleged commission of offences punishable under Sections 21(c) and 29 of the NDPS Act.”  

                                       While dwelling on the facts of the case, it is then stated in para 2 that, “The case of the prosecution presents a distinct case of transportation of drugs under the guise of medicinal products. In fact, the renewed focus on narcotis by the enforcement authorities has resulted in shifting of the focus by the traffickers towards Pharmaceutical drugs like the present one. On 17.01.2020, Jhasketan Bhoi, S.I. of Police, Sadar P.S., Bolangir detained two vehicles bearing Registration Nos. OD-03-P-2651 and OD-26-C-9693 occupied by five persons loaded with huge quantity of cough syrup. Ashok Leyland Pick Up and Mahindra TUV 300 plus were carrying 3840 and 1120 bottles of sealed Eskul Cough Syrup. A total of 5920 bottles containing 1 kg 184 gms of Codeine Phosphate which is more than the commercial quantity were recovered. The occupants of the vehicles failed to produce any invoice, license or authority in support of possession of Cough Syrup bottles. The police further submitted that the accused confessed of not carrying any drug license and the cough syrups were sold to different customers for the purpose of intoxication rather than for therapeutic use which leads to apparent fillip in the drug trade.”

                                     To put things in perspective, it is then pointed out in para 4 while dwelling on the ill effects of drug addiction that, “Drug addiction is a complex illness with far reaching consequences for those who know, work with, and support the drug-addicted individual. Families suffer due to cultural and social factors of drug behavior, including their own understanding of the disease process and the addict’s behavior due to drug abuse; draining of family resources, shrinking from responsibilities, sickness, and dysfunctional relationships, distortion of interpersonal family relationships, violence and death faced or a consequence of drug abuse. The cost of drug abuse is enormous and multifaceted which poses severe threat to the social fabric of the country. Ergo, instances of drug abuse is required to be dealt with a strict ‘hard on Crime’ attitude. Realising the danger of the present menace, the Apex Court has iterated that taking a liberal approach is uncalled for while exercising the power to grant bail in cases under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act). The plea for bail under Section 439 of CrPC should be read with Section 37 of the NDPS Act. Section 37(1)(b)(ii) provides that where the Public Prosecutor opposes the application, the court should grant bail only when it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused is not guilty of such offence and that he is not likely to commit any offence while on bail.”

                                 To put it succinctly, it is then further pointed out in this same para 4 that, “As iterated in the recent case of State of Kerala and Ors. vs Rajesh and Ors. AIR 2020 SC 721:

“20. The scheme of Section 37 reveals that the exercise of power to grant bail is not only subject to the limitations contained under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, but is also subject to the limitation placed by Section 37 which commences with non-obstante clause. The operative part of the said Section is in the negative form prescribing the enlargement of bail to any person accused of commission of an offence under the Act, unless twin conditions are satisfied. The first condition is that the prosecution must be given an opportunity to oppose the application; and the second, is that the Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that he is not guilty of such offence. If either of these twin conditions is not satisfied, the ban for granting bail operates.  

21. The expression “reasonable grounds” means something more than prima facie grounds. It contemplates substantial probable causes for believing that the Accused is not guilty of the alleged offence. The reasonable belief contemplated in the provision requires existence of such facts and circumstances as are sufficient in themselves to justify satisfaction that the Accused is not guilty of the alleged offence. In the case on hand, the High Court seems to have completely overlooked the underlying object of Section 37 that in addition to the limitations provided under the Code of Criminal Procedure, or any other law for the time being in force, regulating the grant of bail, its liberal approach in the matter of bail under the NDPS Act is indeed uncalled for.”” 

                                 While citing the relevant case law to underscore the seriousness of the drugs crime, it is then pointed out in para 5 that, “The Supreme Court in the case of Union of India v. Ram Samujh and Ors. 1999 (9) SCC 429 outlines some grave reasons while rejecting a bail application in connection to an offence committed under the NDPS Act:

“7. It is to be borne in mind that the aforesaid legislative mandate is required to be adhered to and followed. It should be borne in mind that in a murder case, the accused commits murder of one or two persons, while those persons who are dealing in narcotic drugs are instrumental in causing death or in inflicting death blow to a number of innocent young victims, who are vulnerable; it causes deleterious effects and a deadly impact on the society; they are a hazard to the society; even if they are released temporarily, in all probability, they would continue their nefarious activities of trafficking and/or dealing in intoxicants clandestinely. Reason may be large stake and illegal profit involved.”

The rigour of section 37(1)(b)(ii) of the NDPS Act in regards to the rejection of bail in the matters where the transportation of drugs was of commercial quantity has been provided in plethora of cases by the Supreme Court, especially, in Union of India Vs. Ram Samujh and others (1999) 9 SCC 429 and Union of India Vs. Shri Shiv Shankar Kesari (2007) 7 SCC 798.”    

                                           Be it noted, it is then enunciated in para 6 that, “Adverting to the facts involved in the present case, Codeine as previously categorised under Schedule H of Drugs and Cosmetics Act which is considered to be extremely harmful and addictive to the human body. It is a derivative of opium and is considered less potent in terms of analgesia and sedative effects than opium. However, over-the-counter (OTC) opioid counter (OTC) opioid abuse, including codeine, has been a growing problem across India. Although the majority of the abusers use it for recreational purposes, many become dependent on it after having used it as medication for pain or cough. Unfortunately, some people choose to misuse codeine to get feelings of elation and euphoria. Possible long-term consequences of codeine abuse include frequent over sedation, a risk of overdose, chronic constipation, sexual dysfunction, low sex drive, and disrupted menstrual cycles. When someone becomes addicted to the drug, it can have serious consequences on his health, finances and relationships. Codeine abuse has markedly been on rise in the state and significantly large number of commercial quantity cases entering the criminal justice system.” 

                                Briefly stated, the key point that para 7 states is that it points out that, “The law laid down by the4 Hon’ble Apex Court in Mohd. Sahabuddin & Anr Vs. State of Assam 2012 (10) SCALE 77 (supra) has been very categorical about the stricter approach by the Court while granting bail in the cases of substance abuse, whereby recovery of cough syrup containing Codeine Phosphate in bail matter was found to be sufficient ground to reject the bail application.”

                                  Needless to say, it is further pointed out in this same para 7 that, “The said precedence has been followed by several High Courts including Rajasthan High Court in the case of Gavranjeet Singh alias Gavrana vs State Criminal Misc. Bail No. 3790/2017 wherein it was iterated that merely because the recovery is of small quantity, as defined in the Schedule, the benefit of bail cannot be granted to the present petitioners.”

                          More significantly, it is then acknowledged in para 8 that, “While strict liability provisions of the NDPS Act are considered deterrent, application of these provisions has not resulted in high punishment. Despite strict provisions, the recorded crime rate under the NDPS Act has increased in the country more during the last ten years. It is also equally disturbing to note that there is a disparate sentence in such kind of cases which is quite contrary to the notion of graded punishment prescribed under the law, as similar drug quantities witness varying degree of sentences. The lack of uniform sampling procedures adds to the overall inconsistency in sentencing for drug cases, more especially in pharmaceutical drugs like of cough syrup containing Codeine Phosphate. This kind of ambiguity in the application of the law with regard to most drug abuse cases in the country still persists. As a negatively defined category, intermediate quantity cases receive disparate sentences, due to the wide range of punishments available to a judge together with a lack of sentencing guidelines. This sort of inconsistencies problematises and affects the conviction rate in such crimes. But this case presents a clear picture of recovery of commercial quantity.”

                              Finally and far most importantly, we then see that without mincing any words it is then observed in para 9 that, “However, on the basis of doctrine of parity, wherein  a co-accused, who was charged under similar offences, has been granted bail by the Court, the other co-accused shall also be entitled to bail. The Allahabad High Court in Yunis And Anr. vs. State of U.P. (1999 CriLJ 4094) while relying on Nanha v. State of U.P. (1993 CriLJ 938) held that:

“5. …….. where the case of co-accused is identically similar and another co-accused has been granted bail by the Court, the said co-accused is entitled to be released on bail on account of desirability of consistency and equity. As regards the principle of parity in matter of rejection of bail application, it may be observed that law of parity is a desirable rule.”

In the said case the bail was granted merely for the sake of judicial consistency and propriety. Nonetheless, this court wishes to clarify that the NDPS cases should always be dealt with stricter approach of ‘No Tolerance’. In the instant case, this Court is painstakingly deviating from its “No-tolerance approach” because of the fact that the co-accused who was placed quite worse than the present Petitioner has been enlarged on bail. Thus, the present bail application is allowed solely on the basis of parity.”

                                  In essence, the long and short of this latest, landmark and laudable judgment is that there has to be zero tolerance approach for drug cases. We have seen why in this case the Orissa High Court was compelled to give bail to the petitioner on the ground of parity. Justice SK Panigrahi could not hide his deep anguish while granting bail in this case! There can be no denying or disputing that to effectively check and combat drug related crimes, there has to be zero tolerance for all such crimes and no bail should be given in such cases! 

Sanjeev Sirohi, Advocate,

s/o Col BPS Sirohi,

A 82, Defence Enclave,

Sardhana Road, Kankerkhera,

Meerut – 250001, Uttar Pradesh

Post Covid Clinic

On Thursday a post Covid clinic started in Rajiv Gandhi hospital for people who have recovered from Corona. Few people who have recovered from coronavirus are facing problems such as body pain, exhaustion and difficulty in breathing. This post Covid clinic is for the help people facing such problems after recovery. The hospital’s medical superintendent B.L. Sherwal says that huge number of people recovering from Corona do not face much problem after recovery. But among all those people who are facing facing any problem almost 80% people have complained about exhaustion and body pain. Where is there are some people who have problem in breathing even after recovering. It is only few days since the clinic has been operating. As the number of patients will increase it will help in recognising what all problems one faces after recovering and how to cure them. According to doctor most of the people have recovered want to know which medicine to eat and what all medical tests to go for further. We can only help patient after proper medical check up. Different people are facing different problems. First do doctors collect information regarding the medical history of the patient after they were discharged from the hospital and then doing their ECG and PFT test. If needed an x-ray of lungs and other necessary check up is also done.

Indian Cinema: The Biggest Film Industry

In India Cinema has been a very important means of entertainment. Here, cinema has seen a century of growth, and it has gone very far in the heights of progress.

Originally, in India the cinema was a movie only and it was called because we could only see the stars acting, and there was no sound, no talking, no dialogue and no songs. The audiences could only see action. As time passed by, these movies got converted into talkies and, at that time dialogues got introduced in the pictures.

This made the movies more interesting and entertaining. Also, in the beginning, cinema was only in black and white, but with the passage of time colour entered cinema and black and white pictures got converted to coloured films. Thus, with dialogues and colour films entered a phase of great improvement. This was not the end of the improvements due in cinema there was a lot more to come.

In the early stages, each actor and actress had to sing his/ her songs. This curtailed the entry of stars in the movie career. However, our technical advancement soon saw to this problem and it was with the coming of background singing the restriction on entries to cinema got removed.

Soon people who could not sing also entered the career as, there was provision for another man/ woman to sing for him/her from the background. The problem of not taking in for acting people who could not sing was thus solved and Indian cinema saw another hurdle being crossed. Now with this impetus to those who could not sing, the entry of people in cinema was duly widened.

With the passage of time there has been a continuous technological advancement in Indian cinema. In the 20th Century, Indian cinema took huge strides towards growth and, today, at the turn of the 21st Century Indian cinema stands at par with Hollywood cinema.

May be we still have a lot to learn from Hollywood but this much is undoubted that, Indian cinema stands second only to Hollywood, specially in terms of its turn out of movies and movie stars. In the earlier times with the orthodox views about dancing, singing and acting, cinema was not considered to be a respectable career, not meant to be followed by the youth of good respectable families.

However, today the boys and girls who join cinema as a career are children from good wealthy and respectable families, and cultured families. This is because there has been a sea change in the thinking processes of the modern people. Also, this change has helped in the improvement of the turn out of cinema.

From the earliest times of the existence of cinema in India, it has always been the most popular and the cheapest mode of entertainment. This is why it got the impetus that brought it to this level of success, and its present size.

Even today, cinema in India is very popular but, with the advent of the TV and many other avenues for entertainment, it has become a little less important in the average person’s entertainment list. Besides, the VCP and VCR have further decreased the habit of going out to the cinema halls to see movies.

When a picture is available at home, why would anyone like to go to a cinema hall? Thus, though going to cinema halls has come down the popularity of the cinema is still on the upward swing. The cinema in India has, in spite of all hazards retained its unchallenged popularity. It still remains the most liked mode of entertainment both for the Indian gentry and the Indian masses.

It is a matter of pride that, Indian cinema has not only remained popular in India, but it has increased its boundaries elsewhere in world. It is very popular in most of the foreign countries, more so due to the Millions of Indians residing in foreign countries. The latest position just heard about Indian cinema is that Cannes is interested in showing Indian cinemas over there – a great achievement of the cinema industry indeed – Kudos to the Indian cinema.

RECOVERY RATE OF INDIA

COVID-19 had made a period in each one’s life. The increase in cases could be seen in each state, this not only lead to scatter of hopes but also an internal danger is present in everyone’s mind. A quantum jump of cases from some thousands to lakhs make us realize that situation is not easy to handle for the staff working day and night in betterment of patients. The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 8.08 lakhs people globally since it emerged in China late last year. Over 2.34 crore people have been infected with the novel coronavirus.

But this is not the only side of the picture, according to a report in The Indian Express, India’s COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 23 lakh and are more than three times the number of active cases of the infection in the country, while the case fatality rate, maintaining a steady downward trajectory, has further dropped to 1.85 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Monday. With 61,408 new infections reported in the country, the tally has now risen to 31.06 lakh. Of these, 23,38,036 patients have already recovered, while 7,10,771 are still active. 

If we look closer in this regard, we will able to find that things are serious but there is nothing much to get afraid about. The strength and confidence seen in patients fighting against this virus is remarkable, said a doctor. They are the hardest hitten population as they even do not get a chance to stay at their home with their families. The recovery rate in terms of health is risen at a great level. People had become more health conscious and are spreading awareness about the same.

To accelerate the process of developing and manufacturing safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in the country that can be easily accessible and affordable for the public, a ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’ has been proposed to be set up with a corpus of nearly Rs 3,000 crore, sources said, according to a PTI report. Piloted by the Department of Biotechnology, the proposed mission will focus on end-to-end vaccine development from clinical trial stage to regulatory facilitation to manufacturing, sources added. The aim of the mission is to accelerate the development of at least six vaccine candidates and ensure that they are licensed and introduced in market for emergency use at the earliest, they said. While there is no official word on the proposed mission as yet, multiple officials confirmed that a proposal has been made. A senior official said this is still in “a proposal stage”.

This shows that although we are moving slow to fight with this virus completely but the way is not impossible. Never lose hope just stay positive and keep moving forward!

Life And Education

Life is too beautiful dear friends, life is the biggest university and we have to educate ourselves from it. Life teaches us tiny minute things which Eben education doesn’t teach us. But we cannot ignore education. Life without education is like a life without Charecter. Education brings meaning to life.

A person’s perspective towards life is motivated through education which he or she gains over a period of time. Education has always been a key in bringing a change in one’s life. Education should be for enlightenment of life to make it more perspective and meaningful.

Likewise, Education plays s great role in life. Getting education is very necessary to get great success and happy life. It’s just like food is necessary for healthy body. It’s very important to live a luxurious and better life. Education develops the personality of peoplez provides physical and mental standards and promoted people’s living status. It promotes social well-being for a better life.

The more knowledge we get, we grow and develop in life. Being well educated does not mean for certificate and for s good salary, education should be fired life. Education makes us good thinkers and decision makers but life teaches us to handle the situation. Education Judy gives us knowledge: life gives us a practical knowledge. Life teaches beautiful lessons in each situation. Education should not be making money instead should be man making.

Nature is a good teacher. Education is a never ending process. Learning process continues throughout our life. For s better life we have to get good education. Not only what we learn in school that matters because we have many examples who are not educated from great university have got biggest success in life. It might be Bill Gates or Steve Jobs etc,. As Einstein says, “Not that everything counts can be counted and not everything that counted truly counts….. I retreat.”

To lead a great and successful life let us enjoy each and every situation of life. See friends, when you are educated you can educate others which is as good as giving life to others. Education always guides a person to face day-to-day challenges. It’s only asset which cannot be stolen by others. So let us start to learn from small-small things in life.

There are people who made life out of education there are others who have made their life as material for education. So life and education go together hand-in-hand. The journey by the way, birth and death is called life. Ironically we know something about birth and death, from education we are failing to understand what is life. That’s why few question keep coming like is this life? This is how we should live?

Some say life is like a river. If that is so education should be the rain. So the river of life can flow only when there is rain of education or the life may dry up soon.

At last, “Ano bhadraha krutavoyantu vishwataha” which means let all good thought and deeds come to us from every nook and corner of the world.

Let us get education and lead a good life….

SCHEMES IN CHATTISGARH ON RAJIV GANDHI’s BIRTHDAY

RAJIV GANDHI KISAN NYAY YOJANA

  • SECOND INSTALLMENT OF RS.1500 CRORES THROUGH DBT IN TO THE ACCOUNTS OF FARMERS .
  • 19 LAKH FARMERS OF CHATTISGARH TO BE BENIFITTED FROM PADDY , MAIZE AND SUGARCANE.
  • SUM OF 5750 CRORES TO BE TRANSFERRED IN TO THEIR ACCOUNTS .
  • ON 21st MAY 2020 , THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF RS1500 CRORES TRANSFERRED IN TO THE ACCOUNTS .

GODHAN NYAY YOJANA

  • IN THE SECOND INSTALLMENT , PAYMENT OF RS 4.5 CRORES
  • THERE IS PURCHASE OF COW DUNG FROM 4341 GOTHANS , STATE HAS REGISTERED 101919 CATTLE REARERS AND 76426 BENIFICIARIES .
  • FROM 20th JULY TO 15th AUGUST , 3 LAKH QUINTALS DUNG WAS PURCHASED
  • CHATTISGARH IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRY WHO IS MONETIZING COW DUNG .
  • THE SALE OF VERMICPOST TO THE FARMERS FOR THE GOOD QUALITY MANURE TO THE FARMERS AT RS 8/KG.
  • THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON GENERATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND BOOSTING THE RURAL ECONOMY .

INCENTIVE REMUNERATION FOR TENDUPATTA COLLECTORS

  • THIS SCHEME INVOLVES DISBURSEMENT OF 233 CRORES TO 1146626 TENDUPATTA COLLECTORS .
  • THE COLLECTION HAS INCREASED IN STANDARD BAG OF THIS SCHEME FROM RS 2500 TO RS 4000 PER STANDARD BAG .
  • MOREOVER , IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF ” MINORFOREST PRODUCE ” PURCHASED AT THE SUPPORT PRICE WHUCH HAS INCREASED FROM RS 7 TO RS 31 .

THEESE SCHEMES ARE RIPENING THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR INCREASING THE YEILD WHICH IS CONTRIBUTING IN GROWTH AND DEVOLOPMENT IN OUR COUNTRY . THE NEW POLICIES ARE COMING WITH ORGANIC METHODS WHICH IS MAKING IT SELF RELIANT .

Healthy lifestyle: Important to fight Covid-19 and other diseases

The whole world is suffering from COVID-19 from last year. The pandemic is about to complete 1 year this December. And all of this happened just because of a small virus which isn’t even visible with naked eyes. This explains, how a small virus can do such a big disaster in human body.

Every nation is trying its best to prepare the vaccine for this disease and the government is requesting the people to wear mask, wash their hands and eat healthy food to increase their immunity.

In short, it’s all about living a healthy lifestyle to resist the disease and this pandemic has shown how important it is to care about the body, be it physically, mentally or emotionally.

There’s a lot of things a person can do to live a healthy lifestyle:

  • Drink more water – Water is needed to carry out our body functions, remove waste and carry nutrients and oxygen around our body.
  • Get enough sleep – When you don’t rest well, you compensate by eating more. Also, lack of sleep causes premature aging, and you wouldn’t want that.
  • Exercise – Not just a few times a week, but every day. Movement is life. Exercise offers many benefits including increase of life span, lowering of risk of diseases, higher bone density and weight loss. Increase activity in your life.
  • Never skip breakfast – Skipping breakfast might seem like it can lead to weight loss, but it’s doing just the opposite. Enjoying a high-protein, high-fiber breakfast keeps you energized throughout the morning, while forgetting breakfast actually slows down ur metabolism.
  • Eat more fruits – Fruits are a plethora of vitamins and minerals.Taking in synthetic supplements are not the same as consuming the foods direct from nature.
  • Eat more vegetables – Like fruits, vegetables are important for the well being of our health.
  • Purge negative people from your life – Positive mental healthy is an important part of a healthy life. You don’t need toxic people in your life.
  • Say no to oily food – Reduce your intake of fast food, fries, doughnuts, chips, wedges, and foods that have been deep fried.
  • Don’t drink alcohol – Like caffeine, alcohol is a diuretic. Not only that, alcohol is repeatedly proven to have negative effects on our body and health– impacting the proper functioning of our brain, liver, lungs, and other major organs.
  • Eat small meals – Choose several small meals over a few big meals a day. This balances out your energy distribution throughout the day.

These are few things one can do improve his body physically, mentally and emotionally.

ONLINE CLASSES : ONLY CONS

Those were the days when we all used to go to the college or schools through metro and bus , tasting every corner of the life . That happiness of chasing the bus just because we are getting late for the classes , still get late in the class . The adventure of travelling with sudden jolts in the bus has another important role in our journey . we used to go to college , meet and greet with our friends , enjoy and work on ourselves by participating in diffrent societies , physically . A wonderfull journey , it is . But , this covid -19 has ruined all the plans and everything has transformed from offline mode to online mode . At first , we all were excited to study through online classes as we are relieved from our hectic schedule and can do work just by sitting at home . But , it is not like that , rather it has increased more stress and anxiety in us , which is not good for our health.

The online mode is making us sit in front of our phone and laptop early in the morning as everything is work from home. Anxiety has increased among the people of every age and we have become lazy , a bad news it is . It is impacting on our eyes and causing us headache . We have to bow down in front of this situation as its about our life . It is giving us back aches . In my opinion , yes it is a smart move in this time but a reliable move .

The work is easy for teachers as they teach us using PPT’s and our doubts remained uncleared . Earlier , teachers were not used to put efforts and take the classes regularly , but , now classes are also happening regularly as it is really easy for them , not much efforts required for them to put in . The classes are not fruitful for us , as it is creating blur in our minds for most of the topics . On the other hand , the situation demands this kind of studying , at least we are studying.

I pray for the situation to get normal as soon as possible so that we can study they way we used to , with much more clarity.

Kabbadi in India


Kabbadi is team sport which is played between two teams consisting seven players each. Kabbadi originated in India and hence it is a game that is predominantly played in India and some parts of Asia. It is a sport that does not involve any sports equipment like a bat or a ball but rather involves full physical contact between the players. Though it is the national sport of Bangladesh, kabbadi is a sport which is widely played in many parts of India as their primary sport after it gained it’s popularity in the 20th century. It is the state game of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.India takes the credit of popularising kabbadi to the world when it first organized the kabbadi competiton during the 1920’s and thereby adding it to the list of sports in the year 1938 which were a part of the Indian Olympic Games. After which the all India kabbai federation was set up in the year 1950 with kabbadi entering the Asian games in the year 1990 when kabbadi was demonstrated in the 1982 Asian games which was held in Delhi, India. The first Kabaddi World Cup was held in Mumbai in the year 2004 where national teams from Asia, Europe, and North America took part. India is the reigning champions of the Kabbadi world cup titles which was last held in the year 2016. India remains unbeaten throughout all the tournaments. The Indian kabbadi team has also won the Gold medal at the Asian Games in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. The first Women’s kabbadi world cup was held in the year 2012 and the women’s kabbadi team of India have also been the reigning champions of the kabbadi world cup since then. Anupam Goswami, the league commissioner of the Pro Kabbadi league said that “Given our cultural diversity and sensibility, there was clearly room for an indigenous sport. We wanted to grow one and make it not just comparable to others, but to turn it into a world class model sport” but now kabbadi is not just a sport which has garnered the attention of the world but has also become a big time sport like football and cricket with hundreds of sponsors and celebrity attention.

Manufacturing in India

As India aims to become a top manufacturing hub, Indian is on the threshold of major reform. India is poised to rank among the tip three manufacturing locations by 2020. In light of India’s launch of the Make in India initiative (MIII) aimed at transforming the country into a global manufacturing hub. India is a vast country in South Asia in terms of population and geographical area – the second most populated country, after China, with an area about one-Third that of China. However, it’s per-capita income is about one-fifth of China’s, ensuring a good supply of low-cost labor for it’s manufacturing sector over the medium to long term. Labor supply know India is abundant in major manufacturing states. A booming Indian economy has helped create a strong demand for labor, with growing job opportunities in first – and second tier Indian cities including persistent rural-to-urban and inter-state migration. In India, lots of manufacturing occurs in the informal sector, which typically covers cottage household and village industries in areas such as handlooms, handcrafts and agriculture. In compassion, manufacturing in a factory setting and employing more than 10 people pertains to the organized employment sector, which I’d governed by the minimum wage law. Minimum wage standards in India are complex.

During the past decade, the Indian economy focused on services rather than manufacturing India is focusing on the development of its infrastructure, increasing and/or tailoring it’s talent pool to the needs of the manufacturing industry, attacking investment through aggressive foreign direct investment initiatived and increasing the ease of doing business through legal and tax reform.

Below is a brief description of the major manufacturing hubs in India. Although all of the areas discussed below need significant infrastructure, including roads, rail, airports I and power and water improvements, most are already attracting significant investment, which will increase their manufacturing power and capacity.

Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) is India’s best auto manufacturing hub. It’s location and Connectivity, on the outskirts of New Delhi and consistent supply of resources have attracted big international companies such as Yamaha, Honda Del cars and LG Electronics India.

Nashik (Mumbai) located approximately three (driving) hours northeast of Mumbai, has electrical engineering and auto components industries. This location is well connected to two roads and airstrips but no airport.

Manesar, Haryana (Chandigarh) located about an hour (driving) southwest of New Delhi, is another favoured auto manufacturing hub. It is well connected to roads and railway. Infrastructure reform us underway to increase it’s manufacturing power and capacity.

Hospet (Bangalore) located in South central India approximately five hrs north of Bangalore, is a major steel and iron manufacturing hub. Hospet has recently attracted huge investment that will continue to grow it’s manufacturing power and capacity. Apple recently announced it’s descision to set up a manufacturing plant in Banglore.

The Make in India campaign means the Indian government is putting a high priority and lots of attention on the manufacturing industry, including significant investment and development. This will make an India an even more attractive manufacturing choice. The Indian commercial law system is based on British common law, which is most similar to the US legal system. Although there are some regulatory hurdles, a similar system makes it easier to understand for people from other common law countries. Manufacturing labor is very cheap in India, even compared to China. In 2014 the average cost of manufacturing labor per hour was $92 in India and $3.52 in China. While this cost seems much lower, you have to take into account the extra costs you will incur due to India’s significantly worse and more expensive transportation, power and water costs. India has a huge labour force (nearly 500 million people), which included unskilled workers as well as researchers and engineers, capable of lending cost-effective research and development support to manufacturing operations.

Chosing where to manufacture is an important business decision that requires significant research and consideration.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates a 10- Bedded Hospital at NDRF 8th Battalion Centre, Ghaziabad

A modern, durable, portable, fast installable, safe and varying weather compatible 10- Bedded Make-Shift Hospital was inaugurated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister (S&T, ES and H&FW) at NDRF 8th Battalion Centre, Ghaziabad. The make-shift hospital has been set up by CSIR constituent laboratory, namely, CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee in collaboration with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Ministry of Home Affairs for demonstration purpose as well as use of NDRF. It would serve the purpose for disaster recovery stage including for use in long pandemic or emergency situation. Dr Shekhar Mande, DG, CSIR; Shri S.N. Pradhan, DG, NDRF ; Dr Gopalakrishnan, Director CSIR-CBRI were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan visited various units of the Make-shift hospital, interacted with hospital staff and witnessed Exhibition and Photo Gallery and also the Demonstration on Collapsed Structure Search & Rescue.  Later, he planted a sapling on the occasion as well.

PM greets people on Nuakhai Juhar

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Nuakhai Juhar.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “The special occasion of Nuakhai is about celebrating the hardwork of our farmers. It is due to their efforts that our nation is fed. 

May this auspicious day bring prosperity and good health for everyone. 

Nuakhai Juhar!”

Vice President calls for a national movement to empower women

The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today called for a national movement for women’s empowerment and to ensure that no girl child is left out of school.

While observing that the flagship scheme ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ has undoubtedly created a positive impact, Shri Naidu said that much more needs to be done to change the societal mindset.

In a Facebook Post titled “End Discrimination, Empower Women”, Shri Naidu pointed out that with women constituting about 50 percent of India’s population, progress cannot be achieved unless they are given equal opportunities in all spheres, including the political arena. “We need to show in action and in deeds that gender discrimination no longer exists—that should be our goal”, he stressed.

Urging all political parties to arrive at a consensus at the earliest on the long-pending proposal to provide adequate reservation to women in parliament and state legislatures at the earliest, Shri Naidu also emphasized the need for giving equal property rights to women for their economic emancipation.

The Vice President recently released a report- ‘Status of Sex Ratio at Birth in India’ which mentioned that there has not been any change in the sex ratio at birth in India from 2001-2017–the number of girl children born is much less than what is the general or natural norm. It was brought out by the Indian Association of Parliamentarians for Population and Development (IAPPD).

Referring to the report, he said it is an alarming issue that needs to be addressed on a war footing by all the stakeholders—from the society at large to parliamentarians, government, policy makers, opinion leaders, media organizations and various organizations working to empower women.

Urging elected representatives at all levels to draw the attention of people in their respective areas to the alarming aspect of skewed sex ratio, Shri Naidu called upon every citizen to act as a warrior in completely eradicating social evils like dowry system and in eliminating ‘son preference’ mindset.

Stressing the need for rigorous implementation of Pre-conception & Pre-natal Diagnostics Techniques (PC & PNDT) law to bring about a balance in the sex ratio, the Vice President said there should be zero tolerance towards any kind of discrimination or violence against girls and women.

Calling upon the people to collectively declare a war on poverty, illiteracy and other social hurdles coming in the way of building a New India, Shri Naidu wanted every Indian citizen, particularly the youth to join in the Yagna of building a prosperous and happy India where there will be no discrimination of any kind.

Army Sports Institute, Pune awarded with Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020

Army Sports Institute, Pune was raised as part of Indian Army’s “Mission Olympics” programme on 01 Jul 2001. The aim was to train the vast reservoir of talent in the Army in selected seven disciplines to include Archery, Athletics, Boxing, Diving, Fencing, Weightlifting and Wrestling with an ultimate aim of winningmedals at Olympics. The institute draws its sportsmen from the Army as well as from young raw and proven talent in ‘Boys Sports Companies’ (8-14 years age).

These sportsmen are supported by a team of Foreign, Indian coaches, physical conditioners, specialists in Sports Medicine, Physiology, Psychology, Biomechanics, Statistics and Nutrition.

In Army Sports Institute the sportsmen have been the ‘Centre of Gravity’ and ‘Team ASI’ is constantly inspired by these human bodies endowed with discipline, dedication, determination and devotion. The Institute has made spectacular progress and given an inspired performance in International competitions to include Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships.