Vaishno Devi Yatra will resume on August 16 after the Jammu and Kashmir government decided to open religious places in the Union Territory. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board announced the resumption of the pilgrimage almost four months after it was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to open all religious places across the Union Territory from 16th of this month, a day after Independence Day celebrations.

The Shrine Board said, it will announce its own Standard Operating Procedure later.

The government had suspended the Yatra on May 18 following the outbreak of the pandemic.

Development is taking place at a rapid speed in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh since the two Union Territories were carved out. On 5th of August last year, the Government revoked the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir  by modifying Article 370 of the Constitution.

During one year period prior to August 5 2019, a total number of 172 locals joined different terrorist groups. After August 5, 2019 till date, recruitment fell by 42 percent from 172 to 100. The total number of terrorists who attempted infiltration from Pakistan occupied Kashmir also decreased by 33 percent.

AIR correspondent reports, there has been a 54 percent reduction of terrorist initiated violence in Jammu and Kashmir. As against 395 incidents prior to 5th August last year, it is 181 post that date till now. Eighty percent of the total 1391 law and order incidents in the past year were reported during the first three months of August, September and October.

The situation improved dramatically as average law and order related incidents fell from 370 per month to the current rate of 28 per month. 

The COVID-19 recovered cases are now double of active cases in the country. Currently, the recovered cases are over 12.30 lakh. 

With this, the recovery rate has gone up to an impressive 66.30 per cent. 

The fatality rate is also the lowest at 2.10 percent since the first lockdown.

Briefing media in New Delhi yesterday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, the fatality rate has seen a progressive decline and it is continuing. 

He said, over two crore COVID tests have been conducted so far.  In the last 24 hours, over 6.6 lakh tests have been conducted.

He added that many states have increased their testing capacity, both RT – PCR and Rapid Antigen tests and 24 States and UTs have more tests per million than the national average.

The Secretary also said around 50 per cent of deaths due to COVID-19 in India have taken place in the age group of 60 years and above. 

About 37 percent deaths have taken place in the age group of 45 to 60 years. 

Mr. Bhushan informed that about 68 per cent of COVID-19 deaths have been reported among male patients and 32 per cent among female patients in India.

The Secretary said, 28 states and UTs have a COVID-19 positivity rate of less than 10 per cent, while India’s positivity rate as on date is 8.89 per cent. 

Replying to a question, he said, the coronavirus infection has spread to new areas in the country, but 82 per cent of the total cases are still limited to ten states and Union Territories.

He added that 50 districts accounted for 66 per cent of the COVID-19 caseload in the country.

Director General, ICMR , Dr Balram Bhargava informed that the Oxford vaccine, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, has  got approval for phase 2 and 3 clinical trials. He said, it is starting within a week at 17 sites.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Bhumi Poojan function for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya today. He will unveil a plaque to mark the laying of the foundation stone and also release commemorative postal stamp on Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir. The Bhumi Poojan ceremony will start at 12.30 PM and culminate at 12.45 PM. 175 guests including 135 Saints belonging to 135 spiritual traditions have been invited for the ceremony.

Mr Modi will first have Darshan at Shri Hanumangarhi Mandir, after which he will perform puja of Bhagwan Shri Ramlalla at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi. It will be followed by the Bhumi Pujan.

Heavy security arrangements are in place in view of the Prime Minister’s visit.

Shri Ram Janm Bhumi Teerth Shetra Trust and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have appealed to all Ram-Bhakts across the world to organise Bhajan, Kirtan and Prasad distribution in all villages and cities while taking all necessary precautions to prevent spread of Corona.

After the appeal of the Chief Minister and Trust, people in the state are lighting earthen lamps at their houses and a special deepotsav is being organized in Ayodhya. The Lanes of Ayodhya and Ghats of holy Saryu River are illuminated with thousands of earthen lamps. Beautiful Rangolis along with special gates and colorful streets depicting the saga of Ramayana are ready to welcome the Prime Minister. People are lighting Diyas at their houses and even the Chief Minister House in Lucknow is illuminated with Diyaas.

All India Radio will broadcast the Bhumi Pujan function live from Ayodhya from 11:40 this morning. It can be heard on AIR FM Gold and additional frequencies.

Doordarshan will also broadcast the function live. 

The road to this bhoomi poojan ceremony witnessed a medley of historical, cultural, religious and political events. On 9th November last year, the apex court in its judgement of one of the longest drawn land-title dispute in the history allowed construction of Ram Mandir at the Ram Janmabhoomi sthan in Ayodhya. The judgement came exactly after three decades of Vishva Hindu Parishad laying down the first brick marking the ‘shilanyas’ at the site on 9th November 1989. 

The Union cabinet earlier this year in the month of February approved setting up of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust. The trust was empowered to take decisions independently on the construction of the Ram Mandir and other related issues. It was also thereafter handed over the 67.7 acres of land at the temple site keeping in mind the needs of crores of devotees. 

According to Section 126 of Indian Contract Act, a contract of guarantee is a contract where a surety gives an undertaking to a creditor in respect of the payment default of a third person, principal debtor towards the creditor.

In essence, a contract of guarantee is where A promises B  : “If C is liable to you and fails to pay you, I will pay you”

The consent of the surety regarding the transaction should not be obtained by any misrepresentation or concealment of any material facts concerning the situation. If the guarantee is obtained that way, it is invalid. The position explained under section 142 and section 143 as misrepresentation regarding the material fact should be made by the creditor and whether with his knowledge or assent. Also, if he kept silence to material facts.

According to the provisions, consent obtained to act as surety either by misrepresentation, or keeping silence as to material facts is invalid. Keeping silence as consider material facts, which could affect the surety’s mind to enter into the contract, would render the guarantee void. Also, every surety undertakes the risk of default so if the creditor is aware of circumstances which affect the risk, he should make the surety equally liable.

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 provides that a contract of guarantee can be rendered invalid under a particular set of situations. The Act considers contracts of guarantee as invalid which are made by willful misrepresentation and concealment. It also provides the presence of free consent of the contracting parties as a fundamental requirement in deciding the validity of a contract. Misrepresentation and Concealment defy the element of consent from the surety. Thus, the purpose behind providing nullity of a guarantee contract is justified. This provision also serves the purpose of guarding the surety from any form of exploitation that he may be subject to by purposeful misrepresentation and concealment.

When Section 142, Section 17 (Fraud) and Section 18 (Misrepresentation) of Indian Contract Act are read together, they hint at the presence of innocent and fraudulent misrepresentation. But in a contract of guarantee, the relevant section takes into account both misrepresentations by creditor himself and also that done with his assent. Hence, it suggests that the factor of intentionality is required for disqualification of a guarantee contract due to misrepresentation. If any material part of the transaction between the creditor and his debtor is misrepresented to the surety with the creditor’s knowledge or assent due to which surety might have entered into the contract or the surety’s liability might be increased, the security is void on the ground of fraud. The law also takes into account the situations where the responsibility is upon the creditor himself to keep the surety informed about material facts. Though, it is not inclusive of the situations where the surety can understand the facts on the basis of ordinary diligence. There exists a difference in situations where the creditor has a liability to disclose information to the surety and where the creditor exercises on the assumption of ordinary diligence of the surety. But, when the court decides on the extent of creditor’s duty as per the facts of the case, the contract of guarantee will be invalid irrespective of whether the misrepresentation was innocent or intentional. 

Section 143 of Indian Contract Act states “Guarantee obtained by concealment, invalid.”[1] The section mentions that in a guarantee contract the expression keeping silent clearly implies intentional concealment and is different from mere non-disclosure (a kind of passive concealment) of facts. Thus, the possibility of passive concealment to be a vitiating factor for contract of guarantee is clearly ruled out. 

It also provides that, if the creditor does not provide information regarding the material facts and circumstances affecting the transaction, it is not considered to be under the ambit of concealment unless surety seeks for information from the creditor. The creditor does not come under the ambit of concealment unless he actively conceals some facts related to the transaction between creditor and principal debtor.

The distinction between the mere non-disclosure of material facts and the area where active concealment begins is a situation similar to the one under Section 142, where it is not the creditor’s liability to disclose such information that can be understood by the surety on the basis of ordinary diligence. This section once again, hints at the question of the role and extent of silence in a guarantee contract.

In respect of creditor’s duty to disclose information to surety, it is found that such duty exists only to the extent of material facts which are likely to impact the surety’s entry into the contract. If such duty is breached by misrepresentation, irrespective of whether innocent or fraudulent and active concealment, it will invalidate the contract of guarantee. The creditor does have a duty to disclose information but the duty is not absolute. It is subjective and varies on a case-to-case basis. It depends on the material nature of such information which can likely affect the surety’s decision to enter into the contract. Section 142 and 143 as remedies for the benefit of the surety, discharge him of any liability that he might have falsely entered into based on misrepresentation and concealment by the creditor.

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[1] . The Indian Contract Act, 1872(Act 9 of 1872), s.143

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“Pendency is bringing a lot of disrepute and it has the potential of making the system irrelevant”, says Ranjan Gogoi, 46th chief justice of India. He was India’s 1st chief justice from the northeast. He started his journey in the judiciary field in 2001 from the Gauhati high court. His roots belong to the very precious north eastern state of our country Assam. He will always be remembered for his furious flurry of landmark judgements in the history of Indian constitution. Ranjan gogoi is a very well known name in the country and known for his strong decisions and contribution to the country as a chief justice of India.
He was born on 18 november 1954 in Dibrugarh, Assam. He completed is secondary education from the state itself and went to Delhi for his higher studies. His father Keshav Chandra Gogoi was the former chief minister of the state and was one of the renowned person.Retired on November 2019, justice Gogoi had a 13 month tenure as a CJI. Known for speaking his mind, gives messages beyond his judgement.
He is the man who settled India’s longest running dispute, the “Ayodhya verdict case”. His one of the most remarkable judgement was on the sabarimala dispute over entrance of women in the temple premises. His name will go down the history for delivering remarkable verdicts on significant cases that will help shape the country’s political and social discourse.

Regardless of cuts in schools’ specialty programs, there are numerous different approaches to furnish understudies with chances to show innovativeness, however it requires a school-wide exertion. Sir Ken Robinson, a promoter of imagination in schools, asserted in a 2006 TED talk that the current training framework isolates numerous individuals from their normal gifts. He proposes foundational changes that permit understudies to acknowledge and grasp those abilities.

For instance, since the usage of the No Youngster Deserted Act, schools have prepared understudies to be great test takers, a procedure that comprises generally of straight reasoning (remembering realities, adhering to guidelines, and choosing one right answer). Luckily, there is a genuinely necessary educational move occurring in numerous states known as Basic Center Norms (CCS), and parts of this program underscore inventive reasoning.

For instance, in the demonstrating part of the CCS secondary school math educational program, understudies utilize factual standards to innovatively explain true issues, such as figuring gracefully dispersion during a city-wide crisis. Schools that really and tenaciously flash understudies’ imagination are advancing the development of future issue solvers and basic masterminds.

Members of the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams bound for Tokyo Olympics will join the National Camp at National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) in Bengaluru today. The decision was taken by Sports Authority of India (SAI) after formal permission was received from the State Government to begin training in Bengaluru.  
 
The athletes, coaches and support staff, who were on a home break, will join the camp and undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine inside the campus. Considering the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru, the permission from the State Government has been given subject to all arriving athletes, coaches and support staff adhering to institutional quarantine protocols issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Health and Government of Karnataka.

In Bihar, flood situation has further deteriorated following breaching of embankments in Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur. Flood water is now entering in low-lying urban areas of these two districts. The swirling water of Gandak, Burhi Gandak and Bagmati is also  inundating fresh areas of affected districts. Over 56 lakh people of 14 districts spread over 1,082 Panchyats are reeling under the impact of flood.
 
Flood situation is grim in Samastipur, Madhubani, Sitamarhi and East Champaran. Twenty three people have lost their lives in flood related incidents during last 24 hours in affected areas of the state. Rail traffic remained suspended on Darbhanga -Samastipur section of East Central Railway following overtopping of railway track. Vehicular trafffic has been disrupted at many places in flood affected areas.
 
Relief and rescue operations have been intensified. Thirty one teams of NDRF and SDRF have been pressed into service. Over four lakh people have been evacuated so far and 20,000 people are taking shelter in relief camps. In all, 1,358 community kitchens have been set up for providing food to affected people.
 
Over 9,40,000 people are taking food through these kitchens. Gandak, Bagmati, Kamlabalan, Mahananda and Adhwara group of rivers are flowing above danger marks. Met Department warns widespread rain across state in next 24 hours in many parts of north as well as catchment areas of Nepal.

In Ayodhya, on the second day of the three-day long rituals preceding Bhoomi Poojan for construction of Ram Temple, a special six-hour long special Ram Racha Anushthan will be performed today. The Bhoomi Poojan function will take place tomorrow in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part. Along with him, many religious heads and saints from all over the country and from Nepal are expected to take part in the function.
 
Over 135 Saints belonging to 135 spiritual traditions will be present in the programme. Some eminent citizens of Ayodhya have also been invited by the Shri Ram Janm Bhumi Teerth Shetra Trust. Meanwhile, Ayodhya is already in the festive mood and eagerly waiting for the historic moment. Many religious activities including Ram Keertan and reciting of Ramcharitmanas have already started in Ayodhya.
 
Preparations for Deepotsav are going on and Ghats of holy Sarayu River are beautifully decorated. The city is all set to witness the historic Bhoomi Poojan ceremony tomorrow. Prime Minister will first have Darshan at Shri Hanumangarhi Mandir tomorrow after which he will perform Pooja of Bhagwan Ramlalla at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi.
 
It will be then followed by the Bhoomi Poojan and the stage event. General Secretary of Shri Ram Janm Bhumi Teerth Shetra Trust Champat Rai said that Apart from the 175 invitees for the ceremony, Mahesh Bhagchandka and Pawan Singhal from family of late Ashok Singhal, Former President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad will be Mukhya Yajman in Bhoomi Pujan. 

Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has said a total of 11,86,203 people have recovered from Coronavirus infection in the country so far. This takes the total recoveries to 11,86,203 and recovery rate to 65.77 per cent amongst COVID-19 patients. 

With improving daily recovery number, the gap between the recovered cases and the active cases has increased to more than 6 lakh. The actual active case load is over five lakh 79 thousand and all are under medical supervision. In the past 24 hours, 40 thousand 574 recoveries were reported across the country.

The Health Ministry said, a total of 52,972 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country in one day taking the total number of cases to 18 lakh three thousand 695. Presently, the total number of active cases in the country is five lakh 79 thousand 357. In a single day, 771 deaths were reported taking the nationwide toll to 38 thousand 135.