Day: March 21, 2021

The Gift Outright by Robert Frost

ROBERT FROST
Robert frost was an American poet. Frost wrote and recite a poem(The Gift Outright) for John f. Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration.

“THE GIFT OUTRIGHT”
The land was ours before we were the land’s
She was our land more than hundred years
Before we were her people, she was ours
In Massachusetts, in Virginia,
But we were England’s. Still colonials,
Possessing what we still were unpossessed by, Possessed by what we now no more possessed.Something we were withholding made us weak
Until we found out that it was ourselves
We were withholding from our land of living,
And forthwith found salvation in surrender.
Such as we were we gave ourselves outright
(the deed of gifts was many deeds of war)
To the land vaguely realizing westward,
But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced,
Such as she was. Such as she will become.

10 BEAUTIFUL MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES

  1. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficult situation.
  2. People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
  3. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
  4. Love yourself first, everything else fall in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
  5. Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
  6. Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.
  7. Strength does not come from physical capacity; it comes from an indomitable will.
  8. When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
  9. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
  10. Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, color, sounds and work that nourish you.

21/03 – Forest+Poetry

” I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree “

Forest is of course the best poem ever. And what’s better than celebrating the beauty of both; the forests & the poems, on the same day. The starting lines of the blog & the March 21 , both relate the forests to the poetry. Yes, today is the day for the aesthetic, the day to celebrate beauty. Today is the international day of forest & also the world poetry day.

Let’s first talk about the history of the day.

The International Day of Forests (IDF) was proclaimed by The United Nations General Assembly on March 21st 2012.The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests.This day is an effort to attain the SDG 15. Each year , on this day, countries are encouraged to undertake efforts to organize activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns. The theme for the year 2021 is “Forest  restoration : a path to recovery and well-being.”

During UNESCO’s 30th session which was held in Paris in 1999, the decision to proclaim March 21st as World Poetry Day was taken. The Day is celebrated to recognize ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind.One of the main objectives of the Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities. The day is celebrated to encourage every art form.

March 21st , is the day to celebrate the confluence of two beautiful arts, one by God & one by human.

Ps : For all those who’re in search of a poem, the forest could become the one. And for all those who’re in love with forests, poetry could express the feeling of pure love.🌿🌺💚✍️

Let Nature beam… Please Go Green..🌿🍃

🕊️ May the peace prevail on our Earth. May the hope abide in our Hearts. 🕊️

Happy Reading…🙂

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is considered as one of the greatest poets of all time. She was an American poet of the 19th century. Her full name is Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. She was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily’s younger brother Austin was an attorney and her younger sister’s name is Lavinia. She was not publicly recognized during her lifetime, her first public work was published posthumously in 1890 and the last in 1955.

Dickinson died in Amherst in 1886. After her death, her family discovered 40 handbound volumes of nearly 1,800 poems. 

Dickinson’s handwritten poems show a variety of dash-like marks of various size and directions, most of the poems has no tittle, only 10 of her almost 1800 poems were titled. She is best known for her use of slant rhyme, conceits, unconventional punctuation. Death is one of the main themes of her poems, she has also written about nature, faith, and love.

Dickenson breaks the accepted convention of using punctuation and rhyme in poetry. She is best known for her ability to describe abstract concepts with concrete images.

Indian Embassy in Beijing begins India@75 celebrations

Indian Embassy in Beijing started India@75 celebrations with belated Vishwa Hindi Diwas celebrations yesterday which was attended by the Chinese students studying Hindi in different Chinese universities, their Hindi teachers and members of the Indian community in Beijing.

Ambassador Vikram Misri read Prime Minister’s message on Vishwa Hindi Diwas. He said that Hindi is one of the top spoken languages in the world and Vishwa Hindi Diwas is an occasion to promote Hindi and celebrate its popularity at global level.

A video celebrating India’s achievements since Independence was played on the occasion to celebrate the 75 years of India’s Independence – “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”. AIR Correspondent in Beijing reports that the celebrations of 75 years of India’s independence – Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav could not have got a better start when Chinese academicians and students joined embassy officials and Indian community to celebrate Vishwa Hindi Diwas.

Chinese teachers and students termed Hindi as an important medium to understand India’s culture and emphasised on its role in building bridges between India and China.

Professor Jiang Jingkui, a renowned Chinese authority on Hindi language and spearheading the efforts to promote and popularize Hindi in China told Prasar Bharati, Beijing that efforts are underway to establish 4 more national level centres for studies related to India, specially Hindi by the end of this year in addition to existing two centres at Peking University and Shenchen University.

At present, around 500 Chinese students are studying hindi in around 17 universities in China. The Indian community, students from Peking University and Chinese friends presented cultural performances in Hindi language highlighting the role of language in enhancing people-to-people exchanges.

NPPA brings more than 80 medicines under Price Regulation

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has brought 80 plus medicines under Price Regulation. NPPA has fixed the price of 81 medicines including off-patent anti-diabetic drugs allowing due benefits of patent expiry to the patients. 

NPPA has fixed the Retail Price of Insulin Human Injection, 200IU/ml and 70 per cent Isophane Insulin Human Suspension 30 per cent Insulin Human Injection 200IU/ml for M/s Wockhardt Ltd at 106.65 rupees per ml each excluding GST and Prasugrel Hydrochloride 10 mg as film-coated Aspirin 75 mg as enteric-coated Capsule’for M/s Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. at 20.16 rupees per Capsule excluding GST with effect from 17th March 2021. 

Both the medicines were being sold at MRP of 132.50 rupees per ml and at 27.26 rupees per capsule. With this price regulation, NPPA has re-assured availability of medicines at fair prices to public at large.

NPPA had granted price exemption for above-mentioned formulations to the companies under Para 32 of the Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO), 2013 for a period of five years due to new drug delivery system developed through indigenous Research and Development. Price regulation was not applicable during the exemption period. NPPA in its meeting on 10th of this month decided to regulate the price of these formulations as per provisions of DPCO, 2013 as the exemption period has been over.

This has resulted in reduction of the prices of Insulin Human Injection, 200IU/ml and 70 per cent Isophane Insulin Human Suspension 30 per cent Insulin Human Injection 200IU/ml’, causing sizeable reduction over the existing prices. Now, these medicines have become more affordable to the public.

NPPA also fixed retail price of 76 new drugs in the meeting dated 10th of this month to be launched by existing manufacturers including off-patent Anti-diabetic drugs allowing due benefit of patent expiry to the patients.

In addition, NPPA fixed ceiling price of 2 scheduled formulation namely Povidone Iodine 7.5 per cent Scrub an anti-infective formulation and Levo-Thyroxine 37.5 mg tablet used for treatment of Thyroid related diseases, causing considerable reduction to their present prices.

Revision in existing ceiling prices of scheduled formulations based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was also approved by the Authority. The revised prices will be effective from next month.

Opposition demands resignations of Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh over allegations of corruption leveled by Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh

Maharashtra chief minister’s office has informed that it is authenticating the unsigned letter said to be sent by Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh. In a statement, CMO has informed that today, it has received an unsigned letter with the name of Param Bir Singh at 4.37 PM. It was sent from email ID paramirs3@gmail.com. But Parambir singh has given parimbirs@hotmail.com as a personal email ID for the list of IPS officers. Hence email ID is being checked and home department is trying to contact Param Bir singh.

AIR correspondent reports that sources have said that the letter said to be sent by Singh is addressed to the Chief Minister and copied to the Deputy Chief Minister, Additional Chief Secretary of Home ministry and Principal Secretary of the Governor of Maharashtra. Letter claims that, Home minister has given target to collect 100 Crores a month to Sachin Waze, former head of Crime Intelligence Unit and recently suspended API of Mumbai Police.

The Said letter also contains some messages exchanged between Parambir Singh and ACP Sanjay Patil, Social Service Branch. In a letter it is also claimed that  Parambir singh has already pointed out several misdeeds and malpractices being indulged into by Home minister to Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Letter also claims that the Home minister desired a case of abetment of suicide to be registered at Mumbai in a death case of Dadra & Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar.

NIA takes over probe of Mansukh Hiren’s death case related to explosive laden vehicle found outside Industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will now investigate the death case of Mansukh Hiren. The NIA spokesperson has said that, Home ministry has issued an order in this regard.

At present, Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad is investigating the case. Mansukh Hiren is reported to be the owner of an explosive-laden vehicle found outside the house of Industrialist Mukesh Ambani. He was found dead in Thane creek on the 5th of March. 

Authorities in Mumbai order random coronavirus testing at malls, restaurants and railway stations amid surge in cases

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said that Rapid Antigen Testing for Covid-19 infections will be done at a random at crowded places in Mumbai in the wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases in the city.

The tests will be done at malls, railway stations, bus depots, markets, tourist places, and government offices. BMC also said, if a citizen refuses to get tested, they will be booked under Epidemic Act.

On Friday, India’s financial capital logged the highest spike of 3,062 new COVID-19 cases taking its caseload to 3,55,897.

Currently, Mumbai has 34 containment zones in slums and chawls and 305 sealed buildings where COVID-19 cases have been found.

Over four crore 36 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in country so far

More than four crore 36 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far. These include over 77 lakh  Health Care Workers who have taken the first dose, over 48 lakh Health Care Workers who have taken the 2nd dose, over 80 lakh Front Line Workers with 1st dose and over 25 lakh Front Line Workers with 2nd dose.

Over 1.69 crore beneficiaries more than 60 years old and over 35 lakh beneficiaries aged 45 and above with specific co-morbidities have been vaccinated so far.

Yesterday, over 16.12 lakh vaccine doses were inoculated under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 96.12 per cent with a total recovery of 23 thousand 653 patients within 24 hours.

The Health Ministry said more than one crore 11 lakh people have already recovered from this disease. However, the active caseload is continuously rising in the country due to a sudden spike in the cases reported from various States.