Covid-19 vaccine trial begins at Mumbai hospital today

The first dose of Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Oxford University and AstraZeneca will on Saturday be administered to three volunteers at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai while 10 more volunteers have been selected for the clinical trial.

Another Mumbai hospital BYL Nair will commence the process of clinical trials from Monday.
Volunteers given the vaccine dose at the KEM hospital will be checked regularly and within 29 days a second dose will be given to them.
Here’s everything you need to know about Covid-19 vaccine trial


–All three volunteers who will get the shot today have been screened to rule out any underlying health issues, KEM Hospital officials said. They also underwent RT-PCR and antibody testing. “The three participants have been screened after their consent and they don’t have any comorbidity. As per randomisation, out of every four participants, one will receive placebo (false drug),” said Dr Hemant Deshmukh, Dean, KEM Hospital.


–According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines, each of the volunteers has been covered with Rs 1crore life insurance in case of death due to any side effects during the trial. They have also been covered under Rs 50lakh medical insurance if they develop any adverse effect from the vaccine.

–“We will administer the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to the three volunteers on Saturday” Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. He added that 10 more people will be screened on Saturday which will take the number of volunteers to 23. “We will check how they respond after the inoculation and test them for antibodies,” he said.

–After the volunteers are given the shot, they will have to stay at the hospital for two hours to check if they are having any complications,

–The vaccine induces a strong immune response. It provokes a T cell (white blood cells that can attack cells infected with the coronavirus) response within 14 days of the dose, and an antibody response within 28 days.

TV shows based on college life

Leaving school life and entering college life is something very special. All the hurdles of school are eliminated once the student enters into the college. In other words, this is the time when a student gets more socially connected with the world. One vision to get into a big college is just like a big television series but after joining it you will know what the reality is.So have a look at the television daily operas which will surely make you relive your college days. 

Sadda Haq

Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice is a story based on a girl, Sanyukta Aggarwal, who is from a conservative family with the dreams of becoming a Mechanical Engineer and works in her father’s automobile company. She studies at FITE, Roorkee, the prestigious engineering college in India. The plot of the story revolves around the challenges she faces in her everyday life.

Dil Dosti Dance

This was the story of group of college kids and their passion for dance. It shows how this passion brings them together to form a bond of friendship and love.

Dil Dostii Dance - Disney+ Hotstar

Suvreen Guggal- Topper of the year


Topper of the Year, was an inspiring story, based on entire generation of youngsters studying at DPSC (Devendra Pratap Singh College), a prestigious college in Delhi. It was a witty and humorous campus drama that states that there’s more to this facebook generation than iPod and low-waist jeans.It exposes how Suvreen faces difficulties and finally becomes a Fashion Designer.

Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan

MTV Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan is an Indian television series that premiered on 21 July 2014 on MTV India. MTV Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan is about a successful music band Fab5 at S.P.A.C.E academy and two new girls and how they tackle the situations that Fab5 arises for them.

Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan (TV Series 2014– ) - IMDb

Miley Jab Hum Tum

The show is about falling in love during college and developing relations for a lifetime.Miley Jab Hum Tum (When We Met) is a young-adult oriented television series that aired on Indian television channel STAR One, premiering September 22, 2008. The series ran for two years successfully covering two seasons before ending on November 19, 2010. The show is about falling in love during college and developing relations for a lifetime.

THIS Miley Jab Hum Tum actor BACK on TV after SIX years with Udaan! | India  Forums

pyar ki ek kahan

Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani - Hotstar Premium

 The story of their love was completely unique. We are talking about the serial ‘Pyar ki yeh Ek Kahani’ which came on the channel Star One in 2010 about 10 years ago, and this show became very popular among the audience. Abhay’s character in this serial was played by actor Vivian Dsena and Piya’s character Sukirti Kandpal.

Subhas Chandra Bose & INA

Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India but whose attempt to abolish Britain’s rule with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan during the Second World War left a disturbing legacy. The Honorary Netaji was first used in Germany at Bose in early 1942 by Indian Legion soldiers and by German and Indian officials at the Berlin Special Office for India.

In the late 1920s and 1930s, Bose led a younger, radical wing, which became the Chairman of the Congress of 1938 and 1939. In 1939, however, after disagreements with Mahatma Gandhi and the High Command Congress, he was removed from the leadership of Congress. Afterwards he was placed under house arrest by the British until he left India in 1940.

Bose arrived in April 1941 in Germany, where the leadership gave surprising sympathy, if often ambivalent, for India’s independence, which was very much contrasting with their attitudes to the other colonised and ethnic groups. A Free India Centre was set up in Berlin with German money in November 1941 and, soon enough, a Free India Radio was broadcast on by Bose at night. Also created for the purpose of a potential future German Land invasion of India was a 3,000-strong Free India Legion, composed of Indians captured by Erwin Rommel’s Africa Corps. By Spring 1942 a German invasion of India appeared unsustainable and Bose was keen on heading to South-East Asia in view of the victories in South-East Asia and increasing Germany’s priorities. Adolf Hitler proposed the same and promised to plan for a submarine, at his only meeting with Bose in late May 1942. In the period that followed, Bose became a father too; in November 1942 a baby girl came to life as his wife or partner, Emilie Schenkl, whom he met in 1934. In February of 1943, Bose firmly aligned himself with the influence of the Axis and was no longer apologistic. He was moved outside Madagascar to a Japanese submarine from which he disembarked in May 1943 in the Japanese host Sumatra.

The Indian National Army (INA), which was then made up of Indian British Indian military troops who were captured by the Battle of Singapore, was reworked with Japan ‘s support. In addition, Indian civilians in Malaya and Singapore have been enlisted since Bose ‘s arrival. A number of puppet and provisional government governments, such as those in Burma, the Philippines and Manchukuo, had been sponsored by the Japanese. In the Japanese-occupied Andaman and Nicobar Islands, previously the provisional government of Free India, headed by Bose, was established. The INA of the Bose was a model of diversity by region, race , religion and even gender. Bose had a great drive and charism — producing famous Indian slogans such as “JaiHind”. But Bose was considered militarily unskilled by the Japanese, and he’s been short in military efforts. The British Indian Army prevented and reversed the Japanese assault on India at the end of 1944 and early 1945. Nearly half the Japanese forces were killed and half of the INA contingent was completely involved. The INA was forced down the Malay peninsula and left Singapore with the recovery. Before that Bose had not agreed to give up with himself or with the Japanese, but instead to flee to Manchuria in order to pursue an antiBritish future in the Soviet Union. He died as his plane crashed in Taiwan from 3rd grade burns. However, some Indians did not think the crash occurred, many of which, especially in Bengal, believed that Bose would return to regain the independence of India.

Bose’s patriotism was lauded, but his strategies and ideas, particularly his cooperation on fascism was removed by the Indian National Congress, the principal weapon of Indian Nationalism. Although the British Raj was never seriously challenged by the INA, 300 INA officers in the INA trials were charged with traitorous treatment, but ultimately with both a common sentiment and their own end in mind.

He began the Swaraj newspaper and was appointed to the Provincial Congressional Committee in Bengal. Chittaranjan das, a spokesperson for militant nationalism in Bengal, was his mentor. Bose was elected President and Secretary of the Bengal Congress of All India Youth in 1923. He was also publisher of Chittaranjan Das’ newspaper “Forward.” In 1924 he was elected mayor of Calcutta, acting as CEO of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation for Das. Bose was arrested and imprisoned in Mandalay, where tuberculosis contracted, in a purge of nationalists in 1925.

Bose became general secretary of the Congress Party after his release from gaol in 1927 and campaigned for independence with Jawaharlal Nehru. Bose arranged the Annual Meeting of the Indian National Congress in Calcutta at the end of December 1928. As General Officer Commanding Congress Volunteer Company his most memorable role was. The author of the meeting, Nirad Chaudhuri, wrote.

Bose organised a uniformed volunteer corps and also equipped its officers with cut-off shoulder pads. A company of UK tailors in Calcutta, Harman, made his uniform. The British General in Fort William received a telegram addressed to him during the GOC and he had several malicious gossip in the newspapers. As an honest pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi vowed not to be an aggressive, he didn’t like to strut, click boots and greeting. He then identified Congress Calcutta as a Bertram Mills circus, which was causing much outrage among the Bengalis.

Bose was arrested and imprisoned a little later again for civil disobedience and in 1930 became Mayor of Calcutta.

Earthquake Escapade: Changing Across The Geography of India

2020 has been marked in almost all the usual natural disasters that mankind knows about. Forest fires, floods, earthquakes, you name it. Speaking of earthquakes, India is a hotspot for the earthquake occurrence due to the dynamic interaction between the Indian and the Asian plate. So, how prone is India to earthquakes? Or should I state, which areas in India are more prone to earthquakes? Let’s see…

What’s What

Earthquakes can be described as the movement of the land surfaces due to release of seismic waves from within the Earth’s lithosphere. Earthquakes all by itself can be pretty destructive. Higher magnitude earthquakes can cause violent shaking of the ground, thus destroying structures, and sometimes disturbing the local topographic scene too. The triggered effects in Nature due to earthquake include tsunami (in case of offshore source of origin), landslide, and in some rare cases, volcanic activity.

The term earthquake, in the general scientific respect, is associated with seismic activity. The source of the seismic activity though, can be either natural, or manmade. Some of the common causes of occurence are: faulting, mine blasts, landslide, nuclear testing or volcanic activity. The original point of disturbance within the lithosphere is known as the hypocentre, and the extrapolation of the point on the ground level is known as the epicentre.

The magnitude, or the strength of an earthquake, can be measured in various scales. But the most commonly known is the Richter magnitude scale. Nowadays, moment magnitude scales have a preference within the seismological authorities, but it is still reported as the Richter scale. The Richter scale is based on the logarithm values detected from the amplitude of seismic waves. It gives the measure of the energy given out by the earthquake. The Richter scale starts off from 1.0 and theoretically has no upper limit. But on the basis of historic records, the limit has been set for 8.9 as of now. Another scale, the Mercalli Damage Risk scale, measures the earthquake on the basis of its effect on the surface. Measured from the minimum of ‘not felt’, the scale goes up to the higher end category ‘extreme’. In terms of sumericals, the scale goes from 1-12. An important point to note is that the energy and effect of the earthquake are always not in relation, as for they depend on various factors.

Trends Within India

With India being a very large country in terms of territorial area, the areas are divided into various zones in accordance to the past seismological activity and the natural factors of the area. At present, the map produced by Bureau of Indian Standards dividends the whole country into four zones (Zones 2, 3, 4, 5). Zone 5 experiences highest Damage Risk of seismic activity and Zone 2 the lowest.

  • Zone 5 (Very Severe Damage Risk Zone) are the areas most susceptible to the risk of earthquakes of Damage Risk 9 or more. This zone includes the entire North Eastern region, Andaman Nicobar island groups, some parts of Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, northern regions of West Bengal, Rann of Kutch, North and Central Bihar and Uttarakhand.
  • Zone 4 (Severe Damage Risk Zone) are areas which are prone to experience the earthquakes of Damage Risk 8. Regions like North Punjab, Chandigarh, Western Uttar Pradesh, Sunderbans, Terai, the NCR, Sikkim, and the remaining parts of Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. The Patan area in Maharashtra also comes under this zone.
  • Zone 3 (Moderate Damage Risk Zone) usually has the probability to have earthquakes of Damage Risk 7. Goa, Lakshadweep Islands, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and the remaining parts of Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh,
  • Zone 2 (Low Damage Risk Zone) accounts for regions that tend to experience earthquakes of intensity 6 and less. All the remaining areas of India fall under this category.

The Bureau of Indian Standards has provided some guidelines for construction of buildings, with certain parameters being assigned on the basis of the seismic zones. With a large part of the country, and by virtue of that, a large part of the population being susceptible to strong earthquakes, construction of legal and anti earthquake structures are a necessity of the present time. 

Website Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_zones_of_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale

https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-earthquake-seismic-zones-in-india-1591274253-1

Subramaniya Siva-Tamil freedom fighter

Subramaniya Siva was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a revolutionary and had to spend many years in prison. He was also a versatile writer and has written many books. He was born on 4th October 1884 in Vathlagundu town of Dindigul district of the then Madras Presidency. His father was Rajam Iyer and he was his eldest son.

He followed the traits of Bala Ganghadhara Tilak. V. O. Chidambaram and Subramanya Bharathi are his contemporaries. He disagreed with Gandhiji and his non-violence attitude. He believed that only violence could counteract violence and so he adapted revolutionary methods of showing protest.

He was married and was survived by his son Sabhapathi Sharma. He was arrested in 1908 and 1922 for his anti-political activities. He wrote a book named Jail Life which gives an account of his life in prison. He was the author of the journal Gnana Bhanu which contains the collection of poetry.

He was a devotee of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. He wrote the books Ramanuja Vijayam and Madhya Vijayam. He wanted to create enlightenment among people through his dramas and bhajans.

He chose Papparapatti village in Pennagaram taluk for his activities. In 1921 he came to Papparapatti and tried to establish Bharatashram there which was not successful. He was suffering from leprosy when he was in prison. In those days leprosy was considered to be a contagious disease and many restrictions were imposed on him by the British Government. He was not allowed to travel in trains. In spite of these difficulties he walked on foot to many places and continued his struggle for Indian independence.In 1908, he was arrested by the British and was the first political prisoner in Madras jail. While serving a prison term, he was afflicted by leprosy and was shifted to Salem jail. Since leprosy was regarded as a contagious disease, the British authorities forbade him to travel by rail after his release and hence he was forced to travel on foot. He continued to fight for independence and was incarcerated many times until 1922. He was the author of the journal Jnanabhanu and books Ramanuja Vijayam and Madhva Vijayam.

He was the first political prisoner in the Madras jail. He died on 23rd July 1925 and his Samadhi is situated in Papparapatti. Dindugul district collector office and Vathlagundu Bus Stand were named after him. In 2010 it was announced by the Government of Tamil Nadu that a memorial would be established for him in Papparapatti

Technology – Making life easier !!!

“Technology” was just a word many years back but now it has become our life style. There is nothing impossible in this world now because of the growing trend and upgradation of technology. Technology is the most dynamic feature in this world that keeps on adjusting itself with the needs of the external environment.. There is no denial in the fact that technology has made our lives simpler than ever. You can do anything and everything with the help of technology. Science has progressed so much over the years. Innovation is probably reached heights in every field today and it is doing great. The future ahead is technology. We can absolutely witness the importance and the need of Technology in the current pandemic situation where everything has gone digital and it is only because of the advanced technology that the world could go digital. Soon the big offices were replaced by a room with person sitting on the laptop and accessing the whole system . The schools and colleges turned into online classes and what not.

It is because of the technology that we can travel the world. Today if I am sitting in India and I want to talk to a relative or a friend sitting in Singapore I can just use my whatsapp and talk to him/her. Facebook has enabled us to connect to people we thought we never could. Instagram and Snapchat have become the center of youth. Studies have become cheaper and save tution fees if you just reach youtube and start learning there. There is nothing you can’t do on your mobile phones you have the world in it. Technology has helped Businesses to next level. It has enabled competition in the market and made scope for businesses to compete and make their position. The 2G/3G have turned into 4G and 5G is all set to make its space in the world ahead.

Artificial Intelligence is the most upgraded technology we have witnessed. Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving. We have so many examples of robots across the world doing magic. Recently a robot is designed with a view of sending it to space for an unnamed mission. Even in the covid situations hospitals have used robots to serve the patients as to cut down the scope of coming in contact with the virus.

Even in the world of space where the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are gaining excellence in their field. Who thought going to MARS would be possible one day. Or going to the MOON would be witnessed one day. Artificial Satellites are another example of the achievements technology has helped us achieve. Using the sun for its energy and turning it into Solar panels is only because of the technology we have. Today we can sit in our drawing room and plan if we have to go out tomorrow by seeing the weather forecast. If the weather is preferably good to your taste you plan a trip you go but if it is not you can simply drop it.

These are just few examples of how Technology has changed the world. It is not that it does not have some drawbacks but numerous pros have just overpowered the flaws in technology. If the Technology would not have been so advanced God knows where the world would have headed or we would have been still static and backward. Thanks to technology for the growth and development of this world and it is obviously going to upgrade everyday. Although people are skeptical that Technology or the Artificial Intelligence can replace the need of the Humans but this is not true to put technology to work we always need the Human mind today, tomorrow or any day ahead.. The collaboration of Humans and technology is a never ending bond and will however prove to be the best everyday.

Anniversaries (as of 2020)

•75th anniversary of end of World War 2 (1st September 1939 – 2nd September 1945 )

It involved vast majority of the world’s countries forming two different military forces – the Allies and the Axis. The Allied won causing the fall of Nazi Germany and also death of Hitler. It was the deadliest war in world history.

•100th birth anniversary of Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov was an American author and a professor of biochemistry at Boston University. Born on 2nd January, 1920 in Petrovichi, Russia. He was well known globally for his science fiction works including ‘I, Robot’, ‘Caves of steel’, ‘End of eternity’ etc. Some of his stories have been made into movies.

• 200th birth anniversary of Anne Bronte

Anne Bronte was an English novelist and poet and the youngest of the famous Bronte sisters. She was born on 17th January, 1820 in Thornton, UK. Some of her works include ‘The tenant of Wildfell hall’ and ‘Agnes Grey’.

•500th death anniversary of Italian artist Raphael

One of the Renaissance period painters, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino was born on 6th April, 1483 and died on 6th April, 1520. St. Peter’s Basilica is one of his works. His notable artworks include ‘The school of Athens’, ‘The Sistine Madonna’ , ‘The marriage of the virgin’ etc.

•250th birth William Wordsworth

The very famous poem, ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ poet William Wordsworth was born on 7th April, 1770 in Cockermouth, UK. He was an English Romantic poet.

•200th birth Florence nightingale

The English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing was born on 12th May, 1820 in Florence, Italy. She worked hard and determined as a nurse and earned the title ‘Lady with the Lamp’.

•150th death anniversary Charles Dickens

•250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven

He was a German composer and pianist whose music ranks amongst the most performed classical music. Till date he remains the most admired composers in the history of western music. He was born in December 1770, Bonn, Germany.

•Breakfast club is 35 now.

1985 The 1985 comedy and drama movie that has been a teenagers must watch since it’s release in 1985.

Thank you for reading. Have a nice day!🌼

Are Our Defences To Fight Against Virus… working?

We all are suffering a crisis,and it does a little by avoiding it. With the vaccines still being months away,our only means of protection are a few only a few things which we can do. But…are they even helping us?

No offence,but my motive in no way is to scare you out and blabber about how the world has become so cruel. No. Just no. The main motive of writing is just so that you  start to be aware of certain things. This makes you buy things in an effective manner without turning a blind eye on anything.

So,what does our defence involve? Okay…let’s see..

  1. Gloves(although they don’t last too long)
  2. Mask(please let your mask stay where it is supposed to be!)
  3. Sanitizers (at least they don’t have anything wrong with them….right?)

There are many more things like the suit in which you look like a lab surgeon etc. Trust me the situation is not to be laughed at. But we can rarely do something when the situation is so sensitive. And while you are out there battling this calamity every single day,why not make it a tinsy bit brighter!

Anyways,though the things which we think ought to protect us,you might want to recheck some products out of them

  • Gloves

What is the sole purpose of gloves? Well,so that the microbe does not make any contact with our hands. But it’s true that the microbe makes contact with the gloves.  This makes it just like our hands, doesn’t it? Unless you sanitize your gloves regularly. See,gloves are useful so that our hands don’t come  in contact with the microbe. But you have to keep in mind that you should avoid any contact of the gloves with your skin.

Photo by Chokniti Khongchum

  • Masks

What could possibly be wrong with masks? Safety masks are supposed to make it so that you do not get the microbe into your body,and as the medium we are dealing with is air,masks are used. But masks are for your safety,not so that you choke yourself. Meaning,buying expensive masks and a normal mask,both work for the sole cause,to protect you. And wearing a mask to cover your chin will not possibly make you safe. 

Photo by Anna Shvets 

  • Sanitizers

Sanitizers are used so that the microbe does not remain on the surface.But the contents in the sanitizers are very important to check. To kill a microbe,a sanitizer must contain about 75 to 80% of ethanol, commonly known as spirit. Ethanol in the Sanitizers is what kills the microbes. But some sanitizers have something called methanol in their sanitizers . Why is methanol? Methanol is commonly known as wood alcohol,and if a sanitizer has any methanol in it,it can potentially be fatal to you. Methanol basically makes your skin really dehydrated and dry and may cause something called dermatitis(skin irritation). The symptoms of metabolism poisoning are as follows:

  1. Nausea
  2. Vomiting
  3. Dizz
  4. Disturbance in your vision
  5. Headache
  6. Unconsciousness
  7. Weakness in body

Now,if you have any of the following symptoms, don’t go running to your doctor. Methanol poisoning maybe one of the factors which are probably making your body react in such a way. If you face by of these problems,first go around and see whether your sanitizer includes any percent of methanol in it. If so, immediately stop the usage of such sanitizers. Even if they are expensive,they are not more than your health. But really,do we even know  the things which are added to the sanitizers which are labelled even genuine? Which is why,do make sure of the contents in the sanitizers.

Photo by Anna Shvets 

You might be wondering,’why is the writer writing these types of articles now…? ‘You see,for a long time I have been brushing off any topics which relate to our present conditions,but at some point of time  I have realised that brushing off things will not make them disappear. Sooner or later,we just have to face them. So..just wanted to clear that. 

I do not blame the system,they are doing wonders out there,but one should always remain alert if anybody is scamming with your money and conning you with their words.

Anyhow,we sort of have adapted ourselves to these conditions and probably will learn to find the fun in this as well!!

Fact: Suppose if you are in contact with a particular microbe for a certain amount of time,your body learns to get immune to the microbe itself! Which means,even if the microbe does enter your body,the body already knows how to kill it!

Reference:

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/fda-says-avoid-9-hand-sanitizers-that-contain-toxic-methanol#:~:text=Agency%20officials%20said%20the%20hand,dermatitis%20to%20the%20affected%20region.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol

5 Great Benefits of Listening to Music

Music is entertainment, then is also meditation. If there is a companion of sorrow, there is also the voice of self-contemplation. Life is incomplete without music. And it is music that fills happiness in your desolate world.


Do you know how important music is in your life? Music is the way through which happiness can be found in life.

So let’s tell you, the benefits of listening to music, by which many people are blessed by adopting, which is as follows…

1. Listening to music while exercising is beneficial

According to a survey in Britain, it has been found that music maintains enthusiasm, increases patience and improves mood. By listening to music, our attention does not go towards the discomfort caused during exercise. In research, the effect of music on 30 people was studied while walking on a treadmill. The performance during listening to motivational and non-motivational was better than the exercise performed while not listening to music.

2. Listening music increases memory power 

Some people have a habit of listening to music while studying. According to him, this allows him to study better. Now research also proves their point. Listening to regular music reduces the ageing process. It also has a good effect on the victims of dementia. Taking interest in music releases dopamine hormone in the body, which gives excitement and motivation. Children’s inclination towards music makes their conversation effective. The ability to think and understand has a good effect, which causes the Verbal IQ to accelerate.

3. Lack of stress and restlessness due to listening to music

Listening to slow melodies without words gives peace to the mind. Stress is reduced and increased heart rate improves. The breathing process is normal. There is immediate ease in restlessness. Whether you listen to music, sing or play it, it has a good effect in all its forms. According to experts, listening to regular music gives relief on both physical and mental levels. Sleeps well too. Fear, frustration and anger are reduced. The mind becomes happy and if you want peace, then you should listen to classical music or slow music or listen to the tune of the flute.

4. Listening to music reduces pain

Music has a good effect on the nervous system. This is the part that controls blood pressure, heart rate and brain processes. There is also an effect on the part of the brain that controls the emotion. Listening to regular music of people suffering from muscle pain reduces symptoms of depression and pain. Increased heart rate is controlled by slow rhythm music. Shoulder, stomach and back stress is reduced.

5. Listening to music keeps the body healthy

According to researchers, listening to music improves the level of antibodies useful for the body’s immune system. I am talking about those antibodies which protect our body against diseases. Also, a good effect is seen in the digestive process.

These were the advantages of listening to music – music is the miracle that used to light up the court of Jalaluddin Akbar.

It is said that when Tansen used to sing Deepak Raga and Megh Malhar, the extinguished lamps automatically lit up and it used to rain. There is power in music, which has forced a very cruel ruler to become a good person. These were the advantages of listening to music!

When music has shown such a feat, why are you still devoid of the benefits of listening to music?

NEET 2020 ANSWER KEY RELEASED

Amid strict precautions, the National Testing Agency conducted the medical entrance exam NEET on September 13 across the country. The 
NEET answer key
 2020 has been released by the NTA on its portal on Saturday i.e., September 26.



Candidates who appeared for the exam can visit the official website of NTA NEET — ntaneet.nic.in — to check and obtain the 
NEET 2020
 answer key. Candidates can obtain the 
NEET 2020 answer key
 from the link given below.


The National Testing Agency has now uploaded the advance answer keys for candidates for all the sets (E1- E6, F1- F6, G1-G6, H1-H6) for their information. The candidates are advised to go through the same and keep themselves ready for challenges of the draft answer keys which will be published shortly.

Candidates should note that the notice inviting challenge of the keys will be released later. The official notice released regarding the answer key reads “Please note that this public notice is not for inviting challenge of the keys which will be done later on, and for that proper notice will be issued. Therefore, kindly do not email your responses or clarification regarding the Keys and please wait for the process of raising challenges for the same.

Nearly 15 lakh students appeared for the three-hour-long exam held at over 3,900 centres. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the exam was conducted with stringent checks and protocols like students queuing up as per their designated time slots, adhering to social distancing norms, etc.

Although the exam commenced at 2 pm, the entry to exam centres started at 11 am. Different slots were allotted to students for the entry to ensure the staggered movement and maintain social distancing. The exam originally scheduled for May 3, has been deferred twice due to pandemic, first, it was postponed to July 26, and then to September 13.

Shivangi Singh, The first Women Fighter Pilot to fly the Rafale

After the race for Women pilot in Indian Air Force, Shivangi Singh from Banaras was given chance to fly the Rafale. Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh will be Rafale aircraft’s first women pilot. Let us know some details about Shivangi Singh briefly.

Shivangi Singh was born on 15th March 1995 in Paroo, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. She was born to school teacher Hari Bhushan Singh and house wife Priyanka Singh. Here ancestors were agriculturals. She was inspired to become a pilot after seeing a politician using helicopter to attend political meetings. Jer father has now became Principal to the girls-only government school constructed on land donated by Shivangi’s great grandfather.

She completed her B. tech in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology and also completed her Master’s from Malaviya National Institute of Technology. Her Marrital status is not married.

Shivangi got admitted into the Indian Navy under the Short Service Commission (SSC)-Pilot entry scheme. In June 2018, she was commissioned into the Indian Navy. She had taken two successive six month courses; first the Naval Orientation Course at the Indian Naval Academy, and the second at Air Force Academy where she trained on the Pilatus PC 7 MkII aircraft. In the six months prior to December 2019, she learnt flying the Dornier aircraft at the Indian Naval Air Squadron 550. Shivangi became the first female pilot of the Indian Navy on 2 December 2019. She was ordered to fly the MiG-21 Bison. She subsequently became an operational pilot on Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) aircraft after completing her training, as of December 2019.

She will now fly the Dassault Rafale with the No. 17 Squadron IAF post completion of the Type conversion she is undergoing, making her the first Indian woman to fly the Rafale. She will formally join the 17 ‘Golden Arrows’ Squadron of the 4.5-generation Rafales at the Ambala airbase after she finishes her “conversion training”, which is required when a combat pilot switches from one fighter to another. She was among the second batch of women fighter pilots who were commissioned in 2017. IAF currently has 10 women fighter pilots, who have undergone the arduous training to fly supersonic jets. After joining IAF, she was orders to fly the MiG-21 Bison aircraft and was till recently serving at a fighter base in Rajasthan, the officials added on condition of anonymity. IAF’s current fleet of five Rafale fighters is fully operational and are ready to undertake any mission. IAF is operating its Rafale fighter jets in the Ladakh theatre where the military is on its highest state of alert, amid heightened border tensions with China.

The count of women in the military is now more than 4,000, but combat roles were off limits to them until IAF took the lead in crushing internal resistance to induct them into the fighter stream. Sub Lieutenants Kumudini Tyagi and Riti Singh have been selected for the helicopter stream.

India ordered 36 Rafale jets from France in a deal worth Rs 59,000 crore in September 2016. The air force formally inducted the planes at the Ambala air base on September 10 though they landed at their home base on July 29. The next batch of three to four Rafale jets is expected to reach Ambala from France in October followed by a third batch in December. All deliveries will be completed by the end of 2021.

WATSON HOTEL

Watson’s Hotel, currently acknowledged as the Esplanade Mansion, is India’s oldest sustaining cast-iron building. It is located in the Kala Ghoda area of Mumbai (Bombay). Named after its original owner, John Watson, the building was fabricated in England and built on-site between 1867 and 1869.

The hotel closed in the 1960s and the building was sold to a private owner. It was later divided and partitioned into smaller cubicles that were let out on rent as homes and offices. Negligence of the building has resulted in corrosion and, despite its listing as a Grade II–A heritage structure, the building is now in a rundown state.

Design:

Watson’s hotel was planned by the civil engineer Rowland Mason Ordish, who was also linked with the St Pancras Station in London. The structure was fabricated in England from cast iron components and was congregated and constructed on-site. The external cast-iron frame closely resembles other high-profile 19th century buildings such as London’s Crystal Palace. The main façade of the hotel is characterized by building-wide open balconies on each floor that connected the guest rooms, which were constructed around the atrium in a courtyard arrangement.

History:

John Watson opened the hotel as an exclusive whites-only hotel, and it was the most expensive hotel in the city in those days. The five-storied building housed 130 guest rooms, as well as a lobby, restaurant, and a bar at the ground level. The hotel also had a 30 by 9 meters (98 ft × 30 ft) atrium, basically used as a ballroom, with a glass skylight. At its peak, Watson’s hotel employed English hostesses in its restaurant and ballroom, sparking a common joke at the time: “If only Watson had imported the English weather as well.”

After Watson’s death, the hotel lost its fame to the rival Taj Hotel. In the 1960s the hotel was closed and sold to a private owner. Sometime after this, it was subdivided and partitioned into small cubicles with independent access and let out on rent. Over the years, indifference toward the building by the residents has resulted in the structure decaying, and it is now in a neglected state. The atrium was consequently used as a dumping area and has various unauthorized constructions. In 2005, the building had 53 families and 97 commercial establishments. Most of the business enterprises are chambers of advocates attached to the nearby Bombay Civil & Session Courts and the nearby Bombay High Court.

  • Notable guests:

Among the hotel’s notable guests was Mark Twain who wrote about the city’s crows he saw outside his balcony in Following the Equator. It was also the first place in India to screen the Lumière Brothers’ Cinematograph invention in 1896. However, this was witnessed only by Europeans.

A popular myth surrounds the hotel was that the staff at Watson’s Hotel denied Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata access to the hotel. In retaliation, he opened the Taj Hotel, a hotel that stands near the Gateway of India, in 1903. However, author and historian Sharada Dwivedi debunks this legend. She points out a lack of evidence to prove that Tata was a man of vengeance.

  • Current state:

The building’s poor state of affairs has been commonly remarked, and efforts by heritage activists to persuade its present owner to invest in restoration have been unsuccessful. One of the possible reasons proffered for apathy is the fact that the rent collected is low as it has been frozen by government legislation. The condition of the building was publicized by Italian architect Renzo Piano, and as a result of his efforts, the building was listed in June 2005 on the list of “100 World Endangered Monuments” by the World Monuments Fund, a New York-based NGO. Just a few days after its proposal, part of the building’s western façade, originally galleries evolved into small offices, collapsed, killing one person and crushing several cars and motorcycles parked in the street below. The building is currently listed as a Grade II–A heritage structure.

Domestic Violence; eating up someone’s pride, self respect and the willingness to live

Article by – Shishir Tripathi

Intern at Hariyali Foundation
In collaboration with
Educational News

In a country with such a huge population and so much of diversity in culture and nature, it is so common that there would surely be diversity among various types of violence too. Domestic violence includes any type of violence or torture basically against women in any form whether it is physical, emotional, sexual, verbal or economic abuse or torture.

India is poorly ranked in a total of 167 countries all across the world according to the data for cases of domestic violence. Domestic violence has always been a shame for the Indian society. A woman contributes a lot in the nurturing of a whole family and sacrifices her dreams (in most of the cases) for taking care of her husband and his parents and the children too.

A woman is the only person in the family who is always ready to sacrifice her health, her dreams and her happiness just for making the family happy. A woman is the one who turns a house into a home. A home built with the bricks of a woman’s dreams and her crushed desires. Everyone wants to go out, see the world and meet the people, enjoy their selves, but for making this happen somebody is always there at home for taking care of food and for arranging everything, it is always and always a Woman.

In spite of making all these sacrifices, it is the woman only who has to become the victim of the anger of her husband, her in-laws and her children too. Basically in India, it is generally assumed that the woman, the bride is a servant (when she’s jobless) and an ATM machine without any password (when she’s working). A woman is the one who is always expected to make sacrifices and take care of her family and home. Why? Because it is her work, this is the stuff why she was born?! If somebody gets angry, then she is the only river to pour down all the anger.

Moving ahead, everyone knows that from the past times and still at present most of the women at their place are going and suffering through a lot. According to a National Family and Health Survey in 2005, total lifetime prevalence of domestic violence was 33.5% and 8.5% for sexual violence among women aged 15–49. A survey carried out by Thomson Reuters Foundation said that India is the most dangerous country in the world for women.

In 2012 National Crime Records Bureau report of India states a reported crime rate of 46 per 100,000, rape rate of 2 per 100,000, dowry homicide rate of 0.7 per 100,000 and the rate of domestic cruelty by husband or his relatives as 5.9 per 100,000.

But every reader knows that these are just figures and data, too away from the reality. Yes, every reader is correct. Because of poverty and lack of awareness and education, at present many women don’t at all know that they can really complain about this suffering of theirs. Many women don’t tell the concerned authorities for saving the respect of their husband and their family and start making compromises; some fear of survival as they never went to school and couldn’t get a job after separation.

There is mental or psychological absue too. Psychological abuse can erode a woman’s sense of self-worth and can be incredibly harmful to overall mental and physical wellbeing. Emotional/psychological abuse can include harassment; threats; verbal abuse such as name-calling, degradation and blaming; stalking; and isolation.

Women who experience domestic violence overwhelmingly tend to have greater overall emotional distress, as well as disturbingly high occurrences of suicidal thoughts and attempts. According to a study by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information, suicide attempts in India are correlated with physical and psychological intimate partner violence. Of the Indian women who participated in the study, 7.5% reported attempting suicide. This correlation is supported by the high rates of domestic violence in India, although the rates differ greatly by region, individual socioeconomic status and other factors.

And it is shocking to listen that this lockdown period that occurred for stopping the rapid spread of Covid-19 was even more painful for women. As all the activities were banned and there was complete lockdown, men were continuously at home along with all other family members. Hence, many women were suffering domestic violence to far greater extent. The number of domestic violence complaints received by the National Commission for Women has doubled from 123 distress calls to 239 domestic violence complaints, from March 23, 2020, to April 16, 2020.

This so pathetic to read that the lockdown, ‘the so called national holiday when most of the people developed new skills, helped their wives at home’, there were some more monsters and demons who physically, emotionally and sexually assaulted their wives at home.

It actually never changed for women. Almost every Indian woman has to make compromises every day. A lot of women who can’t bear the physical and the emotional pain commit suicides. The report by the National Crime Records Bureau says that in 2018, the number of housewives killing themselves –22,937 – increased by 6.9% when compared to 21,453 women in 2017.

Cases of domestic violence occur either due to the demand of dowry or simply the ill mentality of the husband or the family or even both. Women need to stand against this. There are various laws in the constitution including Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 and the other two new sections, Section 498A and Section 304B were introduced into the Indian Penal Code in 1983 and 1986. On 19 March 2013, the Indian Parliament passed a new law with the goal of more effectively protecting women from sexual violence in India. It came in the form of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, which further amends the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1973, the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The law makes stalking, voyeurism, acid attacks and forcibly disrobing a woman explicit crime for the first time, provides capital punishment for rapes leading to death, and raises to 20 years from 10 the minimum sentence for gang rape and rapes committed by a police officer. However, talking about the downside of the law, the new law doesn’t address marital rape, rape committed by the armed forces or rape against men.

Therefore, people should realize that domestic violence of any form is not at all acceptable by men and women both. Keeping into mind the mental health of the sufferer it should be realized that awareness should be spread amongst people and they should be told about their rights. Those who are able bodied and well aware, should take this responsibility into their hands. And whenever a woman or even a man (in some cases) is seen suffering from domestic violence, it should not go unreported.

Because those who stay silent after seeing everything are more wrong than those who commit such heinous acts.

Survival is for all!…

Today I went outside to buy some groceries. Somewhere on the road, my bike lock stopped working. So I went to a key repairer on the corner of the road. The key maker was working with my lock and I was just wandering looking here and there.
There was a city public health centre beside the key maker shop. There was a bench outside of it for the patients. I heard some sound coming under that bench. A few moments later, a puppy came out. It was him making the sound. He was struggling to walk but he was trying hard. Then I saw that he was walking with only two front legs. He was just dragging his back legs along with him. I saw his legs, his back legs were totally damaged. Some monstrous creature called human drove their bike over his legs and left him there to die. The puppy must have been in so much pain. But his struggle to survive was still on. He was just wandering here and there making sounds. After a while, two kids came there. They might be 7-8 years old. They came, parked their bicycle and then went to the dog. I saw them carrying a bag with milk inside. The dog was trying to run away and hide under the bench. The kids sat down there and opened the bag of milk. A few moments later, the puppy came outside and began to drink the milk. The puppy looked so hungry as he finished the milk in a few minutes. Later the kids were caressing him making the puppy feel comfortable. One of them was trying to help him stand along with his back legs. They were giving a massage, holding him to stand up. They were doing everything just to make him stand on his four legs. But the puppy couldn’t make it. But one thing was sure that the puppy felt safe in their company.
This incident left me in a dilemma. I saw two sides of human, one the so-called human who ruined the puppy’s legs and ran away and the second one is those kids who were trying hard to make him survive. So now I’m stuck in a question mark that which side we humans belong. I had a dog with me for 12 years so I felt this incident too close to my heart and it made my cry. We every day here such incidents where a person throws a dog from the bridge, make cow eat plastic with food inside and the worst case where they made a pregnant elephant eat food which had crackers. Such incidents make me question our existence. Are we really a human?
God created everything and every one of us. He created humans, plants, animals to live. God has given every living creature a right to live. But we humans try to snatch this right from animals who can’t express themselves. Firstly, we took their houses with this concrete jungle. Now even by mistake, we have an encounter, we make all the efforts to kill them. They also have the right to live. They just expect you to let them live. Forget about affection and love but least you can do is to make them live. We, humans, shout out loud when a tiger enters the city and kill someone. People come on roads demanding to kill the tiger. But if any human does this to an animal, no one blinks an eye. Few animal activists try to come forward to get justice for the animal. But nobody notices them and the case gets automatically closed. Do you really think nature will let us survive for long this way? Nature gave place for everyone to survive and if anyone disturbs it, nature will revert back sooner or later. So now it’s up to we humans how long we want to survive!…

WHY BJP SHOULD TAKE THE FARM BILL ORDINANCE BACK?

First of all I like to clear one thing that I am not related to any political party and neither I support any political propoganda. The reason I am writing this article is to aware people and highlight the negative points of farm bill and analyise the consequences. From last few days farmers are roads, protesting massively against black and unjust law. The ordinance was passed in lok sabha and rajya sabha by completely neglecting the opposition their mics were switched off. The opposition has a great importance in democracy neglecting opposition is making an elected autocracy.

The current government is only working for the betterment of corporate remember East India company was also a corporate who colonised the whole India. East India company also exploited India by imposing farm bills like permanent settlement, mahlwari and ryotwari system. Now same method is being applied by the current government. Now if we talk about the farm bill it is also giving corporates the unjust rights and permissions. The corporates will be allowed to make warehousing of the grains and will sell when prices will go up. The farmers will get very minimum profit on their harvest and most importantly they will be obliged to the corporates for selling their harvest. Government will abolish the security of return by abolishing MSP. Farmers would be taking permissions from corporates for entering their own land their own property.

This system will only exploit the farmers the farms and Indian agriculture will be acquired by the corporates. Not only farms and aagriculture. The Indian government are all set to hand over airports, railway stations and PSU s to the gaint private corporations. The common man will be”ruled” by the corporates. A handful families like Ambani, Adanis, Mittal, Bajaj and Jindals will run the whole country.