We thrive to learn skills in order to make ourselves useful. But the most useful skill of all is the art of learning to do nothing. In this fast-moving world where everyone is doing something and proving themselves, a large group of people who are probably doing their best might start doubting their abilities and start to compare their success from that of others. This might form a vicious circle of never-ending doubt and low self-confidence. Over time, it might get serious and even effect a person’s ability to work or look at things with a clear perspective. However, self-acceptance and self-awareness is a tool that might help rebuilding the confidence and boosting positivity. Self-acceptance means accepting oneself completely irrespective of the flaws.
The question that arises here is that how will accepting a flaw change the situation and make us feel better?
To answer that, Acceptance is the first step to change. Acceptance does not mean that we have to live with it whether we like or not. Acceptance is the fact that we are aware of the flaw. We know the flaw and how it effects us. Acceptance means knowing and understanding the flaw. One cannot change anything without knowing the cause of the problem. Now, that we have accepted the problem and are at peace with it’s presence, we start to take small steps to change it into the way we like.
Let’s understand it in a simple way You hurt your finger while chopping vegetables. So, the first thing you do is notice the wound and clean it and then, apply appropriate antiseptic medicine. You do not deny to look at the cut and let it be to heal itself on it’s own. Moreover, if we leave a wound open it might even get infected or worse. Similarly, a flaw or a problem in our life is like a open wound. We might choose to ignore it but that will never solve the problem, rather it would make it worse. Just like the wounded finger our own wounds need to be seen and heard. It requires acceptance and then only we can choose the correct medicine or the correct way to heal it. It might be difficult to begin with as we have been conditioned to constantly find our flaws and compare ourselves with others who are better than us. But only self-awareness and acceptance can change that. One of the most promising way to do that is listening to positive affirmation before going to bed and after waking up. Repeated affirmations might help the subconscious brain to reprogram itself into believing new things and changing itself.
Eating with bare hand is a traditional Indian culture, which people still follow. Eating is a mindful process since the sensory organs like touch and taste are involved. Fingertips are used to feel the temperature and texture of our food. Nerves at our fingertips send a signal to our brain, and the brain activates the human body’s digestive system and further improves the digestion process. In practice, Indians sit down on the floor in comfortable clothes and eat in a big banana leaf or Saili leaf. This process activates your senses and makes you enjoy your meal.
Eating with hand is a mindful eating…
But, is it good or bad to use hands?
Stay till the end…
Imagine eating roti with a spoon and dosa with a fork. Sounds weird right? Oh well, it is!
Traditional Indian foods are made to eat with hand. We use hands to eat foods like rice, chappati, vada, dosa, chicken, fish, papad, Pongal, and many more. While eating, curry is mixed with rice or stuffed in a roti that gives a flavor of multiple spices added while preparing the dish.
Rice
Roti
Fish curry
Dosa
Chicken biryani
Vada chutney
Here raises a question…
Is eating with your hand “unhygienic”?
Washing hands before eating is a habit of everybody. Indian tradition follows hygiene and cleanliness during dining. The hand once used by a person to consume their food is not used to serve or to share because that is treated as ‘jootha’ meaning contamination and treated as an unhygienic way of eating. People are supposed to wash their own dishes after eating which reduces the intermixing of saliva of two individuals as a concern of one’s health.
Significance of eating with hands:
According to the ancient theory, all five fingers of our hand has its own spiritual significance and it symbolizes the 5 elements of nature.
Thumb finger- Fire
Index finger- Air
Middle finger- Space
Ring finger- Earth
Little finger- Water
Apart from those theories, it was proved that using hand while eating improves the healthy digestion of food. Our palms and fingers are protected by a bacteria called Normal Flora. Normal Flora protects our skin from harmful microbes. Hence your hand is safe to use.
Is India the only country where people eat with their hands?
Obviously Not!!
India is not the only country where people follow the tradition of eating with hands. People from large swaths like the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, South America follow the norm of using their hands to eat. Tribes in Nigeria, Amazighs (Berbers) in North Africa, Black Africa, the Arabs of the Middle East also follow this tradition.
‘Kamayan‘ meaning “with hands.” Kamayan is an ancient tradition traditional Filipino practice of eating with the hands. They believe that eating with hands has its own significance than eating with fork and knife. It is also referred to specific type of Filipino feast known as the “boodle fight”.
Kamayan culture: A traditional Filipino styleEthopian eating culture
Conclusion
Remember, it’s your culture and there is nothing to be ashamed of using your hand. Every culture in this world deserves respect. This article is all about bringing out the importance of Indian culture and not to dishonor western dining etiquette. Nowadays, restaurants and cafes are all westernized. As the customs and lifestyle changes it is our responsibility to hold and accept our own culture first.
Creating an awareness among the people about the science behind our culture is the main motive of this article!!
Infosys is a Indian Multinational Company and one of the top IT company in India. Infosys was started in 1981 with just 10,000 rupees. By April 2021, the net worth of Infosys is $78.32 Billion making it one the top IT company in India. In this blog we going to discuss Who started Infosys? Growth of Infosys ? Milestones of Infosys? Infosys Tagline. Competitors of Infosys. Some interesting facts about Infosys.
WHO STARTED INFOSYS?
Infosys stands for Information Systems was started in Bangalore by the employees of Patni Computer Systems. The founders of Infosys are Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Shibulal, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Ashok Aurora, Raghavan and Dinesh. They started the company with just 10,000 Rupees and named it Infosys Consultants. The company began in a small office room infront of Murthy’s house. For the first two years of there company they didn’t have at least one computer because they don’t have enough money. After two years they bought two computers of Data General 32 bit MV8000.
GROWTH OF INFOSYS
The growth of Infosys was started from 1993. This has been possible because of the ability to increase per capita income and attract many brightest investments.
MILESTONES OF INFOSYS
>> In 1987, they opened there first international office in Boston, USA. >> In 1994, they opened a development center at Fremont. >> In 1995, they opened there first office in European continent, UK and implemented E-business practices. >> In 1996, Infosys foundation was established. >> In 1997, they opened there office in Toronto, Canada. >> In 1999, Revenue crossed $100 million USD, Company get listed in NASDAQ, Infosys Consulting Business is launched, becomes 21st company in the world to achieve CMM level 5 certification. >> In 2000, Revenue crossed $200 million USD, Opens office in France and Hong Kong. >> In 2001, Revenue crossed $400 million USD. >> In 2002, Revenue crossed $500 Million USD, Nilekani becomes CEO of Infosys. >> In 2005, Revenue crossed $1 Billion USD. >> In 2006, Revenue crossed$2 Billion USD
INFOSYS TAGLINE
The tagline of Infosys is “Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values”
WHO ARE THE COMPETITORS TO INFOSYS
The top competitors of Infosys are TCS, Wipro and HCL. 1.TCS(Tata Consultancy Service) is one the biggest competitor of Infosys. TCS it was founded in 1968 by J R D Tata, F.C Kohli, Simit Doshi, and Jahangir Tata. Its headquarter is located at Mumbai, India. 2. Wipro(Western India products) is also one the biggest competitor of Infosys. Wipro was founded in 29 December 1945, by Azim Hasham Premji. Its headquarter is located at Bangalore, India. 3. HCL(Hindustan Computers Limited) is the 3rd top competitor of Infosys. HCL was founded in 1976 by Shiv Nadar. Its headquarter is located at Noida, India.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INFOSYS
As of now 2021, Infosys have 222709 employees in there company.
The revenue of Infosys in 2021 is 1.027 Trillion Indian Rupees.
Infosys was almost about to sold in the year 1989.
Pune was the first headquarter of Infosys, In 1983 they shifted to Bangalore.
Infosys have 7 founders.
Infosys is the second largest IT company after TCS in India
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Bruno was a black Labrador who was beaten to death by two juveniles and a youth on 28th June 2021 at the Adimalathura beach in Thiruvananthapuram. The Kerala High Court took suo motu cognizance of this brutal killing and renamed the case “In Re: Bruno” to pay tribute to the dog who had to suffer gross human cruelty. Cases of animal cruelty keep coming from across the country, at least 5 animals die every day in India but the actual figure would be 10 times higher because of lack of reporting. The majority of the people do not even know the crimes they are committing and others do not know they can report it under a law. More than that nobody seems to know the freedom animals have. This article will talk about the freedoms for the animals, the Act that prevents this cruelty, and the reasons for said cruelty.
Freedoms for Animals
India is a part of the World Health Organization of Animal Health (OIE), which is responsible for animal health and welfare. It says that an animal is in a good state of welfare if it is comfortable, healthy, safe, well-nourished, and able to express its innate behaviour, and is not suffering from pain fear, and distress. Chapter 7.1.2 of the guidelines of OIE recognizes five freedoms for animals:
Freedom from hunger, thirst, and malnutrition
Freedom from fear and distress
Freedom from physical and thermal discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury, and disease
Freedom to express normal patterns of behaviour
These rights were reaffirmed in the case of Animal Welfare Board of India v A. Nagaraja and Others (2014) 7 SCC 547.
Under Article 51A(g) of the Constitution, it is the fundamental duty of the citizens of India to have compassion for living creatures, this was reaffirmed in State of Gujarat v Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and Others (2005) 8 SCC 534.
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 aims to prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain and suffering on animals.
Section 3 makes it the duty of the person in the care of the animal to ensure its well-being.
Section 4 establishes the Animals Welfare Board of India whose duty is to protect animals.
Section 11 specifies the types of cruelty to animals such as beating, kicking, torturing, employing an unfit animal, administering injurious drugs, confining an animal in a cage, keeping an animal chained for a long time, failing to provide the animal with food or drink (in cases where you are the owner), abandoning the animal with no reasonable reason.
Why do people abuse animals?
Many cases of animal cruelty that we get to see are the big ones where the animals are abused to the extent that they die or need emergency surgeries. But that’s not the only kind of abuse these animals suffer, there are many cases of such cruelty that take place behind closed doors which we know now include even starving your pets. Various reasons have been noted for such behaviour:
The owner lacks control in some aspect of their life and tries to gain control by abusing the animal as it is helpless.
Many cases of domestic abuse are accompanied by animal cruelty where the abuser abuses the animal to show the abusee what they are capable of.
In certain situations, it takes place because of peer pressure where the kids try to hit the dogs with stones to show they are cool and courageous.
A lot of times it is because of displacement, a defense mechanism where you are angry at some person but because you can’t take out your anger on them, you target someone less threatening and helpless.
And the most horrifying reason is where people enjoy causing pain to the animals, this condition is usually related to some psychological disorder and these people hold the chance to hurt people also.
Conclusion
Animals are living creatures and they deserve equal respect from humans, they have the right to live a painless life and it is our duty to give it to them. If you ever see any situation of animal cruelty, you can file an FIR at your nearest police station, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
There no question about the fact that millions of people are using Instagram. This application has taken the world by storm and the user base has rapidly doubled in the last two years. We often come across people who are earning from Instagram by sharing a snapshot on Instagram these days just like YouTubers and bloggers, these Instagrammers have reach and influenced which most of the brands are interested.
There are ways to make money on Instagram Creators go where the money flows and get money flowing in the multitude from competitor creator funds. An increasing number of creators are shifting from sponsored content to audience monetization.
1- Partner with brands: Instagram is a marketplace to help brands and creators find each other. In the meantime, eligible creators can continue to use monetize action tools in brand collabs. Brand collabs are available to those who are active business or creator accounts with 100+ hours of watch-time on original videos, 10k+ followers or thousand combine engagement, and no history of content violation.
2- Leverage affiliate links: Affiliate marketing allows influencers to earn commission from the sales they put trackable links, and promo codes shared and posts and stories or Instagram bios. Brands track influencer references depending on whether the partners in false and pay per click. Influencers interested in affiliate marketing join affiliate networks such as CJ, affiliate, pepperjam. And brand such as Missouri and the runaway operate their affiliate program.
3- Earn money from your content: Creators that have built an audience with their content that delivers entertainment or information. Creators have an increasing number of ways to earn money on Instagram. In May 2020 Instagram begin sharing revenue on 15 seconds ads played on their IGTV video this approach can take a page out of YouTube’s Playbook.
4- Sell your products or services: From the photos, filters to run away ready products lines with creating. As entrepreneurs to sell the products or services on the app could either go to the link in bio or open a separate business account for the brands. Very Soon the Instagram will open Instagram shops from their creators’ accounts as well and have access to product launch tools among other features.
5- Live badges: This allows followers to support creators during the broadcasts. Creators that release Instagram Live videos can earn “tips” from watchers in the form of heart badges. A heart icon comes next to their name in the live chat when a user purchases a badge. Instagram is starting to award creators for hitting particular Instagram Live landmarks, including live fleck and allying with different accounts.
Earning money on Instagram required genuineness. Creators should love the content they are putting out for their audience. Advocacy is the key, one should know to negotiate with big brands and agency but it’s important to stand up for fair rates to keep your career viable and growing.
Censored content that floats regulation risk began removed or find but it jeopardizes how much trust your audience will put into your recommendation. Create a blog or YouTube channel to expand your content marketing to provide information that prospective buyers want as they make their buying decisions. Use social media monitoring to stay on top of the conversation in your setup. Instagram-specific search stream into what’s happening on the platform then set alerts using who hoots. Don’t forget to keep an eye on your own Instagram stats and track what’s working with your audience and what’s not and find your sweet spot.
As per as a rate standardization goes the creator in the economy remains as widely as wild, Wild West. The amount of money that can be made on Instagram depends on the credential, audience size engagement, strategy, Hustle, and unfortunately, racism also affects how much the creator earns on Instagram.
A Natural disaster is an unforeseen occurrence of an event that causes harm to society. There are many Natural disasters that damage the environment and the people living in it. Some of them are earthquakes, cyclones, floods, Tsunami, landslides, volcanic eruption, and avalanches. Spatial extent measures the degree or severity of the disaster.
Levels of Disaster
The severity or degree of damage can be further divided into three categories:
Small Scale Disasters: Small scale disasters are those that extend from 50 Kms. to 100 Kms. So this kind of disasters does not cause much damage.
Medium-scale disasters: Medium Scale disasters extend from 100 Kms to 500 Kms. These cause more damage than a small scale disaster. Moreover, they can cause greater damage if they occur in colonial states.
Large Scale Disasters: These disasters cover an area of more than 1000 Kms. These cause the most severe damage to the environment. Furthermore, these disasters can even take over a country if the degree is high. For instance, the wiping out of the dinosaurs was because of a large scale natural disaster.
Types of Disasters
Earthquake: An earthquake is the shaking or vibrating of the earth. An earthquake can range in sizes. As a result, some are so weak that they go unnoticed. But some are so strong that they can even destroy the whole city. Earthquakes can cause disruption of ground. Moreover, the can also cause landslides, avalanches, and Tsunami. However, the center of an earthquake falls mostly offshore.
Causes: These can cause of releasing of the energy. This release is from the core of the earth. Furthermore, the release of energy causes seismic waves. Rupturing of geological faults causes earthquakes. But other events like volcanic eruptions, landslides mine blasts can also cause it.
Landslides: Landslides is the moving of big boulders of rocks or debris down a slope. As a result, landslides occur on mountains and hilly areas. Moreover, landslides can cause destruction to man-made things in many ways.
Causes: Gravitational pull, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes can cause landslides. Moreover, soil erosion due to deforestation is also a cause of landslides.
Avalanches: Avalanches are like landslides. But instead of rocks thousand tons of snow falls down the slope. Moreover, this causes extreme damage to anything that comes in its way. People who live in snowy mountains always have fear of it.
Causes: Avalanches takes places when there is a large accumulation of snow on the mountains. Moreover, they can also occur from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Furthermore, the chances of surviving an avalanche are very less. This is because people die of hypothermia in it.
Tsunami: Tsunami is the production of very high waves in oceans and seas. Moreover, the displacement of the ground causes these high waves. A tsunami can cause floods if it occurs near shores. A Tsunami can consist of multiple waves. Moreover, these waves have a high current. Therefore it can reach coastlines within minutes. The main threat of a tsunami is if a person sees a Tsunami he cannot outrun it.
Causes: Tsunami is unlike normal eaves that occur due to the wind. But Tsunami is waves that occur by ground displacement. Thus earthquakes are the main causes of Tsunamis.
Since the last 1.5 year from facing the Outbreak of Covid-19 to the circumstances after, each and every person in the world has understood the Importance of maintaining a good Health be it physically or Mentally . COVID had been like that unknown sudden curve on the steady going road of our lives, on which we had to take a sharp turn and everything fled around with a jerk. It was something we never experienced before, perhaps it taught us a lot many things which we should have already done. Among which the most necessary lesson was to stay fit and strong, not just for saving oneself from numerously spreading diseases but also from the trauma of being locked at a place,for keeping us active and not let our bodies rust down while sitting continuously. And as we know, the best thing to do when aiming to be fit is Exercising.
INEVITABLE PART OF LIFE.
According to experts, Working out (Exercise/ Yoga) should be like a basic necessity for our everyday life like food. An individual of every age, child or adult should regularly indulge into physical activities indoor and outdoors so as to keep their body and mind functioning properly. “Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul” – Amit Ray. Exercising is not just an activity. Rather, you learn life lessons, with every step you take/ with every move you make. For Example, push -ups are not easy enough to be tried or done by everyone. It takes hard work to learn it and determination to carry it out with every next pull you do. It teaches that in the same way as these, it isn’t easy to reach our final destiny in life. It takes a lot of hard work to achieve success and even more determination to maintain and improve your methods to stay at that top position always.
Yoga activates your senses, boosts up immunity as well as build up the balance in you. Meanwhile, giving you the calm and showing you the relaxing impact of thoughtfulness and nurturing balance in every aspect of life. Exercising regularly improvise efficiency of your body and also keeps you fresh and happy. We all know it’s basic benefits like weight maintenance. However there’s a lot more it has to serve you with.
Let us look at a few Lesser known benefits of exercising ;
It strengthens the mind to fight depression.
It helps in relaxing the stress and occurences of muscle and joint pains due to that.
It reduces anxiety and fills you up with a sense of contentment and cheerfulness in your mind, discarding out the negativity and exuding positivity in you.
Exercising or doing other such physical activities helps releasing endorphins which are powerful chemicals in the brain cells that helps energizing your mind and spirit and makes you feel good. Moreover, when you work out regularly, your body gets into a toned shape, plus it leaves a glowing effect on your facial skin. You see positive changes in yourself including those in your outer appearance and in your inner healthy and relived self. Thus, building up your self-confidence and making you feel happier about yourself and you remain at peace with your Mental health. Hence, one should always believe in practicing exercising and yoga for keeping your present and future self healthier and delightful rather than taking hundreds of pills having thousands of side effects on your bodies.
So In Case, you are inspired well and want to infuse this habbit in your daily routine. Then, there’s these little suggestion videos for you about how to start your beginner level Exercising.,
🌟In 1900 five if the European Great Powers were divided into two armed camps. 🌟The Central Powers – Germany,Austria – Hungary Italy under Bismarck formed the Triple Alliance in 1882. 🌟The other camp consisted of France and Russia with the promise of mutual help.
🌟Japan preferred to ally with Britain (1902) as it was hostile towards Russia and France. 🌟The Anglo-Japanese Alliance prompted France to seek an Alliance with Britain which resulted in the Entente Cordiale (1904). 🌟Britain an agreement with Russia and formed the Triple Entente of Britain , France and Russia.
Violent Forms of Nationalism :
🌟With the growth of Nationalism, the attitude of “my country right or wrong I support it” developed. 🌟The love for the one country demanded hatred for another country . 🌟England’s Jingoism, France’s Chauvinism and Germany’s Kultur were militant forms of Nationalism, contributing decisively to the outbreak of War.
Aggressive Attitude of German Emperor :
🌟Emperor Kaisers Whilhelm || of Germany was ruthlessly assertive and Aggressive. 🌟Napoleon’s defeat at Trafalgar (1805) with Germany’s Aggressive diplomacy and rapid building of naval bases convinced Britain that a Germany navy could be directed only against her. 🌟Britain embarked on a naval race, which heightened the tension between the two Powers.
Hostility of France towards Germany :
🌟France and Germany were old rivals. Bitter memories of the defeat of 1871 and loss of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany ranked in the minds of the French. 🌟German interference in Morocco added to the bitterness. 🌟The British agreement with France over Morocco was not consented by Germany as they demanded an international conference to decide on the future of Morocco.
Imperial Power Politics in the Blakans :
🌟With the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, Austria and Russia resumed their activities in the Balkans. 🌟Austria announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
🌟Austria’s action aroused intense opposition from Serbia. Germany firmly supported Austria. 🌟The enmity between Austin Serbia led to the outbreak of war in 1914.
The Balkans Wars :
🌟Both the Turks and their subjects of different nationalities in the Balkans indulged in the most frightful massacres and atrocities in the Balkans. 🌟They attacked Greece, Serbial ,Bulgaria and later Montenegro for the control of it. In March 1912 they formed the Bslkan League. The League attacked and defeated Turkish forces in the first Balkan War(1912-1913).
🌟According to the Treaty of London signed in May 1913 the new state of Albania was created . 🌟The Second Balkan war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Bucharest in August 1913.
Immediate Cause :
🌟The climax to the events in the Balkans occurred in Sarajevo in Bosnia. 🌟On 28 June 1914, Archdale Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Principe, a Bosnian Serb. Austria saw in this an opportunity to eliminate Serbia as an independent state.
🌟Germany thought that it should strike first and declared war on Russia on 1st August. 🌟Germany had no quarrel with France ,but because of the Franco-Russian Alliance,the German army which was planning a war against both France and Russia wanted to use the occasion to its advantage. 🌟The German violation of Belgian neutrality forced Britain to enter war.
Plastic bags are a major cause of environmental pullution. Plastic as a substance is non-biodegradable and thus plastic bags remain in the environment for hundreds of years polluting it immensely. It has become very essential to ban plastic bags before they ruin our planet completely. Many countries around the globe have either put a ban on the plastic bag or Levi tax on it. However, the problem hasn’t been solved completely because the implementation of these measures hasn’t been as successful.
Problems Caused by Plastic Bags
Here are some of the problems caused by plastic bags:
Non-Biodegradable
Plastic bags are non-biodegradable. Thus, disposing of the plastics is the biggest challenge. T
Deterioration of Environment
They are destroying nature due to their harmful effect. Plastic bags have become the main cause of land pollution today. The plastic bags entering into the water bodies are a major cause of water pollution. Hence we can conclude that these are deteriorating our environment in every possible way.
Harmful for Animals and Marine Creatures
Animals and marine creatures unknowingly consume plastic particles along with their food. Research shows that waste plastic bags have been a major reason for untimely animal deaths.
Cause of Illness in Humans
The production of plastic bags releases toxic chemicals. These are the main cause of serious illness. The polluted environment is a major reason for various diseases which are spreading easily in human beings.
Clogged Sewage
Waste plastic bags are the main reason for trapping the drains and sewers, especially during rains. This can result in a flood-like situation and disrupt the normal life of people.
Reasons to Ban Plastic Bags
There are numerous reasons why the government of various countries has come up with strict measures to limit the use of plastic bags. Some of these include:
Waste plastic bags are polluting the land and water immensely.
Plastic bags have become a threat to the life of animals living on earth as well as in water.
Chemicals released by waste plastic bags enter the soil and make it infertile.
Plastic bags are having a negative impact on human health.
Plastic bags lead to the drainage problem.
Public Support for Plastic Bag Ban
Although the Indian government has imposed a ban on the usage of plastic bags in many states. But people are still carrying these bags. Shopkeepers stop providing plastic bags for few days only in the beginning.
It is time when we all must contribute our bit to make this ban a success. Thus we the educated lot of society must take it as our responsibility to stop using plastic bags. In this way, we can support the government in this campaign.
Some contributions that can be made by people are as follows:
Keep a Tab
In order to be successful in this mission, we must keep reminding ourselves about the harmful effects of the plastic bags on our nature and keep a tab on their use. Gradually, we will become habitual to doing without these bags.
Seek Alternatives
There are many eco-friendly alternatives to plastic bags like reusable jute or cloth bag.
Reuse
We must reuse the plastic bags we already have at home as many times as we can before throwing them away.
Spread Awareness
While the government is spreading awareness about the harmful effects of plastic bags, we can also spread awareness through word of mouth.
Conclusion
Although plastic is becoming a big threat for all of us, still this problem has often been overlooked and underestimated. This is because people do not look at the long term effect of these small, easy to carry bags they use in their everyday life. Besides all of these people keep using bags due to their convenience. But now everyone has to completely stop using the plastic bag to save our environment and earth.
Recently we witnessed the withdrawal of the final group of the troops of the United States from Afghanistan. A Taliban group is utilizing this situation over the past few years generating profit from these battlefield casualties and weaponry. The locals are now scared that the war might become more violent and claim more lives after the foreign troops have been evacuated. The States and its alliances will finally receive back the war material and troops that were placed in the east for over 20 years. It has also been saying the United States will still have control to defend the Afghans from the Taliban until the end of September. The Sates have the authority to plan strikes from the warplanes present in the outskirts of the war-torn nation.
The war initially began in 2001 with an intention of the States and its allies to drive out the Taliban and to deny Al-Qaeda a safe base for operations. After the initial objectives were successfully carried out a coalition was made with over 40 countries to eradicate terrorism from Afghanistan. The main reason behind the US invading the Afghans was Osama Bin Laden. The man, who was responsible for the attacks in September 2001, was living in hiding in Afghanistan with support from the Taliban. Followed by the attacks the States ask the Taliban to hand over the man accused in their case. The Taliban requested evidence supporting the crimes Bin Laden had committed, which the authorities refused to share.
On the night of 7th October 2001, the United States along with the United Kingdom launched an operation code-named Operation Enduring Freedom. Post the invasion from the west the Taliban and its allies were defeated. By the end of 2001, the Taliban no longer had control over the nation and the Al-Qaeda was almost deceased. The nation suffered for a while until a solid political reform was put into place. According to a report the number of casualties amounted to around 150,000 civilians who had to succumb to the conflicts between organizations.
Some argue that this war has made the nation suffer but on the other hand when we take a look into the healthcare of the nation the numbers are quite surprising. Since the start of the war, life expectancy has increased from 56 to 61. Also, the mortality has immensely decreased to about half of the initial rate. Now about 90% of the citizens reside in the cities and have access to clean drinking water and other basic amenities. But the sad part is the number of people that have been displaced due to this war. The United Nations estimated that over 8 million rushed out of the nation when the invasion began, of which around 5 million returned after the situation improved in the war-afflicted zone. But to date, over 2 million remain dispersed throughout the world and some live in the refugee camps located at borders.
Once, Donald Trump came into power things finally began to settle between the Taliban and the States, providing hope to the residents of the country. The current scenario as it lies; the war may be finally coming to an end. Biden recently ordered the Pentagon to evacuate its troops present in Afghanistan by the end of 2021. So to answer the question; the war is finally at its climax and the Afghan nationals can see a brighter future.
Mumbai-based Skrap environment sustainability management organization. They analyse waste generation data based on the type and size of event, devise a customised plan and implement it on the premises . They provide an end-to-end process of waste management at events and offices.
Paperman was established in 2010 with the objective to accelerate recycling in India, Paperman launched a mobile app offering on-demand doorstep recycling, which people could use to directly connect with local ragmen to sell their waste. Along with this, the organisation’s initiatives also include public awareness programmes.
Saahas Zero Waste is a Bengaluru-based NGO established in 2001 , they specialise in handling bulk waste produced by MNCs, residential communities, universities, tech parks and other organisations and using sustainable management to recycle the waste .
Ryan Mario Yasin , developed Children’s wear made out of recycled plastic bottles that can grow 7x their size .
Joanne Sandler genetically engineered bacteria that could turn plastic bottles into a valuable ingredient i.e vanilla .
Aweko Faith, along with her two friends , developed a durable and waterproof bag from plastic waste they collect .
Andrew Mupuya ,a 16 year old who handcrafted 20,000 eco-friendly bags in a week to eradicate plastic use .
We are too ignorant towards our environment because it’s always just “one bag of plastic ” by “8 million people “.
It is foreseeable that plastic pollution has become one of the world’s most tremendous environmental crises. The increasing production rate of plastic has surpassed the world’s ability to recycle ,hence making plastics take over our lands and water bodies.
This pollution is extremely dangerous which can have a catastrophic influence on biodiversity.
Plastic particles in the ocean attract toxins, which in turn affects us, as the toxins enter the food chain making our water bodies have plastics swimming in them leading to millions of deaths of animals from ingestion of plastic every year.
I assume you already know the harmful effects of plastic . But do you know how to say ” No to Plastics ” ?
“ We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control.”
– David Suzuki
3 July , International Plastic Bag Free Day
International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed all around the world on 3 July every year.
This day emphasizes the plastic bag-free world and spreads awareness about the devastating effects of plastics on the environment.
International Plastic Bag Free Day was created by Bag Free World. It was created as a worldwide initiative for the purpose of getting rid of the single-use of plastic bags around the world.
On this day many organizations and thousands of responsible citizens work together to raise awareness on the impact of plastic bags and encourage the use of other eco-friendly bags.
One must promote environmental conservation by encouraging all to stay away from the use of plastic bags and use eco-friendly alternatives.
Ways to celebrate this day :-
” It’s when plastic takes on a life of its own that the food chain will be disrupted.”
…. – Anthony T. Hincks
There are many steps one can take to honor this important date :-
• By volunteering the primary three ways Plastic Waste Management i.e :-
•Reduce
•Reuse
•Recycle .
• Volunteering by giving our money or time to an environmental organization or charity that is focused on cleaning landmasses and water of plastic bags.
Groups such as Greenpeace, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Clean Ocean Project etc .
• By making and selling eco-friendly handbags and shopping bags .
“ I think, on a personal level, everybody, when you go through the checkout line after you get your groceries and they say, ‘Paper or plastic?’ We should be saying, ‘Neither one.’ We should have our own cloth bags. “
– Woody Harrelson
• By organizing or taking part in raising awareness to stop the usage of single-use plastic bags.
• By conducting a workshop based on using reusable plastic bags.
• By volunteering to clean up some mess of plastic bags on streets and in the ocean.
• By Adopting the habit of using reusable bags.
• By using social media and spreading awareness , sharing information and and #PlasticBagFreeDay slogan .
• By supporting and out- spreading the alternatives for single-use plastic bags such as recyclable bags, cloth bags, canvas bags, and a lot more, which may help in saving the environment and animals.
It is in the hands of each and everyone in the world to make a plastic bag-free society possible.
Effects Of Plastics:-
To make a plastic bag-free world, it is essential to teach the public about the harmful effects of throwing plastic into the environment.
Plastic pollution leads to extremely detrimental effects on the environment, wildlife and indeed human health.
“BPA is just one chemical used to make plastic baby bottles and in the lining of food, beverage, and infant formula containers. Research shows that children are exposed to BPA by drinking from polycarbonate bottles and consuming food from containers made using BPA.”
– Suzy Shuster
The marine ecosystem is suffering immensely as a result of plastic pollution. Over 250 species have become entangled in plastic , leading to suffocation and death.
Littering of plastics in open spaces creates unhygienic conditions. Plastics do not undergo degradation, thus, stay in the soil for many years, which affects soil fertility and degrades the soil quality.
The improperly disposed of plastic bags , when eaten by animals, cause harmful diseases leading to death.
When plastic artifacts enter the drainage and sewerage system, they block the pipes and the drains causing waterlogging.
3 July , International Plastic Bag Free Day , is a global initiative to eradicate or reduce the use of these dangerous plastics and to make people aware of its harmful effects. We must foresee the future dangers that will soon affect our ecosystems and our vision of sustainable development.
This day is just like any other day where one can voice their opinion and use it to save the environment from a global man made catastrophe i.e plastic pollution.
Have you visited The Sahara Desert? or the Snow-capped mountains of Switzerland? If you haven’t, it’s perfectly alright. Why visit so far when you can see such places in India too. India has deserts, snow-covered mountains, waterfalls, historic places, and a lot of greenery. You name it and we have it! There are so many breathtakingly beautiful places in India that one doesn’t need to go out.
Here are some spots you should visit before you kick the bucket.
• Tea Garden Hills of Munnar
Munnar is situated in God’s own country, Kerala. It is a famous hill station in Kerala. It is well-known for its tea plantations and lush green hills. The best time to visit these tea garden hills is between November – February.
• Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi is the second-mosy noteworthy mountain in India. It is located in the Himalayan Mountains in the northern part of India. It is extremely famous for its remarkable view. From 15 June to 15 September is the best time to visit Nanda Devi.
• Mizoram
Mizoram is a land of hills, lakes, rivers, and valleys. It is a state in northeastern India. It is known for its evergreen hills, rivers, and high sparkling waterfalls. The best time to visit Mizoram is during October, November, and December.
• Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunji
Nohkalikai is the highest waterfall in India. It is located in the state of Meghalaya which is in the northeastern part of the country. It is known as the wettest place on Earth The best time to visit is in September and October.
• Deodar Forest, Himachal Pradesh
Deodar forest is located in Himachal Pradesh and it is famous for its pine trees, Cedrus deodar tree species. The best time to visit is between February to June.
• Tungnath, Uttarakhand
You can find the oldest Hindu Shrine of Lord Shiva here surrounded by the tungnath mountains. It is the best place if you’re looking for a trek. One can visit throughout the year
• Kashmir
Kashmir is also known as ‘ Paradise on Earth’. It is very famous for its snow-capped mountains, wildlife, monuments, and mesmerizing scenic beauty. March to August is the best time to visit Kashmir.
• Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep is a renowned Island located in the Arabian sea. It is known for its flora and fauna and crystal clear waters. The best time to visit this island is from October to mid-May.
A sudden change in the external environment surrounding a person might affect ones physical, mental and emotional health. As we all have been facing an unusual situation for past one year, the importance of sanity and peace has increased. It might not possibly change the outer environment but it can certainly change the way a person sees the situation and help them fight the hardships of life. There is no thumb-rule to living a perfect life. However, there are certain qualities we can attain that might help us make our lives nearly perfect. JOURNALING AND WRITINGONE’S EMOTIONS OUT, is something we have heard since ages. How children make a personal diary and write their emotions out where they feel the need to be heard. I know it sounds boring to a lot of people but Journaling and letting ones feeling out can reduce a lot of burden from one’s chest (Yes, children can be smarter than adults). In life, we have a lot of things that generally cannot be shared with others and we tend to keep those emotions inside us, hoping that they won’t bother us anymore. But little do people know how suppressed emotions can harm a person’s mind and even manifest itself in form of physical illness.
Looking at our own life from an outside perspective.
So, the first issue with Journaling might be accepting one’s emotions which we have denied for a long-time. I know, that accepting might not change the situation but might help in making peace with it. If not so, then a little writing might not affect a person as it might give you a clearer picture of the issue and maybe possible outcomes or ways to make things better for it.
Probably we have started considering writing our issues out but what about others getting an insight into our hidden lives by reading the journal. For such cases, thanks to technology we have free appsfor IOS and Android that keeps a person’s account confidential and provides app locks for security purpose. Since we have checked out two major issues from our list, I guess we might start to consider Journaling.
Additionally, it is win – win situation as there’s no loss. However, there might be some gain in terms of gaining more understanding, compassion and peace.
Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan and filmmaker Kiran Rao have announced their divorce after 15 years of marriage in a joint statement. The couple said that they will co-parent their son, Azad Rao Khan, as well as continue with their professional partnership on Paani Foundation and ‘other projects that they feel passionate about’. The couple also thanked their families for constant support in understanding their relationship.
reaction of people around the world
Irony is that she was not able to live in India now she wants to leave her husband 😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Aamir Khan married Kiran Rao, who had been an assistant director to Gowariker on the set of Lagaan .On 28 December 2005 they got married. They announced the birth of their son, Azad Rao Khan,on 5 December 2011, through a surrogate mother. Aamir has married twice and his first wife was Reena Dutta, who had a small part in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, on 18 April 1986. They have two children: a son named Junaid and a daughter, Ira. Dutta was involved briefly in Khan’s career when she worked as a producer for Lagaan. In December 2002, Khan filed for divorce and Dutta took custody of both children.
aamir khan with his daughter Ira Khan.
Famous movies & upcoming projects
Aamir khan have his own production house ,which has produced brilliant piece of cinema. The first film of ‘Aamir khan production was laagan (2001), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and earned him a National Film Award for Best Popular Film .After a four-year absence from the screen, Khan returned to appear in leading roles, notably in Fanaa and Rang De Basanti. He made his directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par (2007), which won him the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Khan’s greatest global success came with Ghajini ,3 Idiots, Dhoom 3 ,PK and Dangal, each having held the record for being the highest-grossing Indian film. He created and hosted the television talk show Satyamev Jayate, through which he highlights sensitive social issues in India, occasionally influencing the Indian parliament. His upcoming projects includes lal Singh chadda , which is An adaptation of the 1994 American film Forrest Gump .
“Black Hole” almost everyone has heard this term but, what exactly it is? How it is formed? Is a black hole is danger? what if we pass near to black hole?
The idea of a body so massive that even light cannot escape was given by astronomical pioneer John Michell in a letter published by him in november 1784. And since after this an excitement was filled between astronomers and physicists about a body which is invisible. And in December 1967 in a lecture of John Wheeler one of his student reportedly suggested phrase ‘Black Hole’, which Wheeler adopted for his brevity.
Black hole was first spotted in 1971. But after 235 when it was first mentioned by John Michell in 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope(EHT) saw and captured an image of black hole in center of Galaxy M87 53.49 million light years away from earth. The images before this are just art work based imagination and properties of black hole done by astronomers and physicists to define black hole.
Image of black hole captured by Event Horizon Telescope in 2019
How Black Hole is formed? Let us first understand how a star is made. From cloud from Nebula(made of hydrogen and 25% helium) due to density compresses together and forms a shape some what circular, and this object after many million years becomes star one of like sun. The core of star burns hydrogen to be active, when after million years the fuel of star burns out then due to its own gravity and density it starts to compress itself. And if that star is bigger than our sun than it may form a neutron star or the star makes a negative gravity and starts to pull every mass near it. If we compress a massive body bigger than our sun into a size of a city say Mumbai, then it will become black hole. The gravity of this black hole so much increases that even light cannot escape from its horizon making it invisible.
A black can also be size of our sun but its gravity is 1 crore times more than sun. Albert Einstein in his theory of special relativity said that near the black hole the time will run slow. When a star becomes black hole it makes changes in fabric of space-time. And the movement will happen in only linear direction for a person inside it.
What if s person goes inside Black Hole? If a person goes near black hole than time will run slow for him compared to a person on earth. And as a person goes inside the black hole than he will feel so much gravity i.e. gravity 1 crore time more than our sun, that he can die. When a matter goes inside a black hole than due to gravity the atoms are separated and slowly it is vanished. But let say somehow a person survives than for the person it is like having a boon of immortality. If we put a black hole same as the size of sun and replace it with sun then probably nothing change will be happen, it cannot affect us. But due to lack of sunlight our earth will freeze and will only be a giant snowball.
How to find a Black Hole? When a black hole tries to swallow a massive body than its own then it belch just like animals and it gives some portion of light. Black hole has gravity much higher that light like x-rays cannot escape, but when there is a material very close to horizon of black hole, matter is heated at millions of degrees as it is pulled towards black hole and glows in x-rays. Black hole can also be found by coronas. Black holes don’t give any light themselves, but they are often encircled by glowing materials and making it to shine with different types of light.
Corona coming out of a black hole
Types of Black Holes: There are four types four black holes. 1) Stellar-mass black holes As star reaches to the end of their lives, most will inflate, lose mass, and then will cool down to be a white dwarfs. But those with 10 to 20 times as massive as our sun, destined to either become a super-dense neutron star or stellar-mass black holes. Thousands of these stellar-mass black holes may lurk within our own galaxy. 2) Super massive black holes Super massive black hole are the ones predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity, can have masses equal to billion of suns; these cosmic giant creatures hide in the center of galaxies. The milky way hosts its own black hole called Sagittarius A* as is more than four million times massive than our own sun. 3) Intermediate Black holes Astronomers also suspect that there is class of so-called intermediate black holes exists in the universe, although evidence for them is so far debatable. 4) Miniature black holes The tiniest member of the black hole family, so far theoretical. These black holes may have swirled to life soon after the universe formed by big bang, some 13.7 billion years ago and quickly evaporated.
Answer to some questions about black holesIs it possible for a black hole eat entire galaxy? No. There is no chance that a black hole whatever is in size can eat a whole galaxy, because the gravitational reach of black holes(even super massive black holes) is not large enough to eat entire galaxy. What if sun turned it a black hole? The sun will never turn into a black hole as it is not massive to explode into a black hole. Instead sun will become a white dwarf. Have black holes have any influence on our planet? No. Even if we put a black hole in place of our sun then also it will not make a difference, earth will continue its rotation, but due to no sunlight it will we disastrous event on earth. Which is farthest black hole we found? The most distant black hole is located 13.1 million light years away from earth called “Quasar”. This black hole is made 690 million years after big bang.
We have found many black hole and learnt many things about them, yet many discoveries are to be made. And black holes will always amaze us.
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