#BoycottChina, A Tough Terrain to India’s Self Dependency

What happened at Galwan valley of Indian Ladakh had raised tensions between India and China to all time high. The clash between Indian and Chinese forces led to nationwide outburst against China.

Fuelling this, there had been a sudden disagreement for buying any Chinese product or services. This is to make sure that Chinese economy doesn’t receive a single penny from India and its citizens, making it obvious after China bearing malice towards its neighbours, specifically India. The initiative has greatly boosted with GOI’s (Government of India) decision of banning 59 Chinese applications in India and by increasing the import taxes on Chinese goods or services. The Indian armed forces had already been deployed at disputed regions of border and are ready for any surprise from counter side.

With Governments and Armed forces holding tight on attempts to self-reliant India, the dice of responsibility falls our side too. By us I mean, all the common or less common citizens of India whose decision of just boycotting Chinese products could shatter its trade. Already many huge economies of the world have turned against China, amid Corona virus outbreak and deaths of 600,000 (still rising) innocent people.

Boycotting Chinese items won’t be that easy as it sounds, one has to spend a little more of their money while switching to non-chinese brands, as the only PSP (product selling protocol) of Chinese products is its cheap pricing. This pricing gets balanced with its poor quality and doesn’t last any longer. Yet, Chinese products have kept its dominance in certain sectors of Indian market.

The mobile phone sector

India had imported mobile phones worth $11.3 billion from China in 2016-17, and that was about 68 per cent of all mobile phones (both push-button feature phones and smart devices) imports into the nation that year. In 2017-18, even as the duties were imposed, the value of mobile phone imports from China climbed to $15.6 billion, or 71 per cent of the mobile phones imported. As the tax measure began to hurt and local manufacturing of mobile phones gathered momentum, imports of these devices from China halved to $7.4 billion and about 41 per cent of all mobile phone imports in 2018-19. Imports of phones, by value, from China declined further in 2019-20 but not the share, which remains at 40 per cent. If we just speak of alternatives, we have few options of some Korean, Taiwanese, American and just few Indian tech companies. These options are:

LG
Samsung
Nokia
Apple
Asus

The drop in electronic imports gradually implemented by the GOI in recent years but this won’t be enough and buyers need to push their expenses to continue supporting the campaign of #boycottchina.

Other imports from China include toys, gift items, fabrics and garments, and thousands of small value items that are popular with consumers. CAIT (Confederation of All India Traders) estimates that there are some 3,000 items that can be easily substituted with India-made products in the first phase of the boycott of Chinese goods campaign. The list of China-made items popular with consumers includes fairy lights with tiny LED bulbs that are used to decorate homes during festivals, idols of deities, home decors, kite strings and even incense sticks (agarbattis). It is estimated that about 80 per cent of the incense sticks sold in India are imported from China.

For all of it to happen, for this campaign to succeed we all should hold our horses and should maintain an adequate transition of market into indigenous domain. This would be the only secure and once for all time solution to problems India facing with the dragon as war could never be a solution. It would just tear up economies at both ends and loss of Brave Indian soldiers shouldn’t happen any further.

Plastic Ban

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 lead to the drainage problem.
Plastic bags are crude oil products .They are derived from petroleum and natural gas .Since ,crude oil is a non renewable source of energy using polhythin bags mens we are washing oil .One of the maindrawbacks of the bag is that the are non-biodegrable . It takes eons to breakdown plastic.Plastic is also responsible for global warming.The burning of plastic bags release carbon monoxide which adversely affects the ozone layer of the earth.The thinning of this layer has been a major cause of global warming . Recycling of plastic bags is very long process and not vaiable option.
many states like Delhi and etc ,have imposed a ban on plastic bags .While we cannot think of totally aliminating its use but we can significiantly reduce using them.We can swith over to recycled paper instead.As plastic bags choke drains and cow stomach .Every one should take resonsible ,in making this world a more beautiful and greener place to live in …..
Poly bags appeared for the first time in the 1970s in this country but soon they became very popular. Today, they seem to have become an integral part of our life. They are very convenient indeed. We go to the market without a care in the world. All our shopping go into our poly-bags-so light and so strong. However, this is high time, we looked to the other aspects of poly bags. They harm our environment greatly. If we throw them on the road, they choke the drains. Worse, a cow or some other animal may eat them. In that case, these poly bags ultimately kill the cattle. They are banned by law in many cities. Yet, the people keep on using them. They should be now banned in the whole country and this ban should be strictly implemented.

Plastic bags have a wide range of usability in our day to day lives. For instance, we use them to carry our foodstuffs from groceries shops, we also use them as gloves to do dirty chores or as knee pads while gardening. We also cover our plants with plastic bags to prevent them from frosting at night.

Basically, plastic bags can be improvised to do so many things and are therefore very handy at home. The reason why plastic bags are so popular is because they are cheaper than eco-friendly bags. Furthermore, plastic bags are waterproof and very convenient during rainy days. Whilst, there are many advantages we can accrue from using plastic bags, the reality of the matter is that they pose serious threats to us and the environment.
One of the reasons why plastic bags are bad for the environment is that they practically take forever to decay. Plastics have a very low rate of degradation that it may take thousands of years for a small piece to disintegrate. It goes without saying therefore that since the first modern plastic bags were designed in 1965 by the Swedish company, Celloplast, virtually all the plastic bags are still in existence today. Manufactured from polyethylene- a high density plastic, these bags can withstand all weather conditions.

Secondly, they contribute to climate change. All the polymers and compounds used in the creation of plastic bags such as polypropylene and polyethylene are derived from petroleum and natural gas. The process of extracting fossil fuel and then processing it to produce plastics releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This has resulted to the degradation of the ozone layer, which has subsequently led to global warming. It is also not economically viable to use nonrenewable resources like petroleum and natural gas to produce a commodity that has a very short lifespan.

Moreover, plastic bags pollute the environment. They pollute our lands making them look ugly and untidy. And since they are very light, they are easily carried by wind and water to various places on earth. They litter our pathways, fences, houses and trees and make them look ugly. They also pollute water bodies. All the plastic bags eventually end up in the oceans and other water bodies. Look at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is located between Hawaii and California.

The place has the world’s largest accumulation of plastic waste on a water body. With so much plastic floating on water, the marine life is put into too much risk. The situation is even worse if the plastic waste finds its way to the bottom of the ocean, where many sea creatures live and lay eggs. Apart from eating the plastic bags, the sea creatures may also get entangled or trapped by them.

Marine animals often mistake plastic pieces and bags for food. For instance, sea turtles cannot differentiate plastic bags from jelly fish and they therefore consume them. Since they are not biologically designed to digest plastics, the consumed plastic gets trapped into their digestive tracts. The marine animals eventually die from suffocation, infections or inability to feed and excrete waste.

Creatures that prey on fish, such as humans, birds, terrestrial animals and other marine animals also get sucked into the equation through the ocean food web when they feed on contaminated fish meat. When humans consume contaminated fish, they are at a higher risk of getting serious health complications. For example, if they were to ingest PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl), then they have a higher chance of getting cancer.

Plastics have no better method of disposal. Even if they were to be burned, then the people within the vicinity will be exposed to harmful plastic fumes. For instance, when polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics are burned they produce dioxins. These chemicals are very harmful to humans. Now, imagine the risks that people would be exposed to if a building full of PVCs would go up in flames. Furthermore, a lot of energy is used during their production processes. The amount of energy used to manufacture nine plastic bags is approximated to be the same as energy used to drive a vehicle for at least half a mile.

It is also worth noting that we do not receive them for free at our retail stores, we pay for them one way or another. Their costs are usually hidden in the prices of commodities we buy. Obviously most people are familiar with that. However, the catch is that our taxpayer money ends up being used to clean up plastic bag wastes. Imagine the cost of a plastic bag ranges between 3 to 5 cents, while the cost of cleaning it up is almost 17 cents.

This is a clear case of cheap is expensive. Apart from that, they also affect our infrastructure. Plastic bags penetrate through drainage and sewer systems and clog them. This results to water blockages, burst pipes and water overflow. The situation is dire during rainy seasons, which in most cases results to flooding.

Furthermore, it is not possible to recycle them. The waste is just too much to be contained. And if we decided to recycle them, then people will be encouraged to continue using them. As it stands now, plastic bags are not the only ones that we should be worried about. There are other forms of plastics that have not yet been banned, but still pose the same risks as plastic bags.

The main issue with plastic bags is that they are very light and can fit anywhere, which means that they spread much faster than their heavier counterparts. Even if recycling was an option, there are no facilities on this earth that can keep up with the rate at which these bags are being made.

Plastic ban is a move towards the right direction. Most of the biggest economies on earth, such as China, USA and European nations have banned plastic bags. The nations that have not done it yet should also follow suit. Some of the concerns raised are that people will lose their sources of livelihood and that plastic bags are cheaper to produce. While these notions are far from false, the fact remains that plastic bags will destroy our environment and everything in it if we do not act now. When plastic bags are banned everywhere, innovators will come up with other alternatives. They will create companies and people will get employment as a result.

When we consider production costs, the plastic bag is cheaper and easier to produce than eco-friendly bags. However, plastic bags are not durable and undergo wear and tear very easily. In fact, we quickly discard them into our garbage bins as soon as we reach home. Eco-friendly bags, such as cotton bags are actually very durable and can washed and reused over and over again. They are actually cheaper in the long run, because they do not require government intervention to clear them from the streets. They easily decay and disappear from the face of the earth. It is actually absurd to spend money to produce something that will cost you more than three times its value to try and get rid of it.

Banning is probably the surest way of securing the future for the coming generations. All nations should have one voice and agree unanimously to stop plastic bag production. It is worth noting that plastic bags from one nation are enough to pollute the whole world. So, if the developed nations have banned plastic bags, but developing nations are still producing them, then that changes nothing. Still all the toxic waste will find its way to the oceans and eventually, to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Educating or sensitizing people about the hazards of plastic will not help deal with the problem in developing nations. They will most definitely use them still. And it is not an issue of ignorance or arrogance, because they can see and smell the garbage heaps next to their homesteads. The issue is cost. Most people in developed nations live below poverty line. They cannot afford to spend any more money on environmental friendly bags.

So, the best approach is banning. It should be illegal to own or even carry plastic bags. Heavy penalties should be imposed on anyone found with plastic bags. Even though they will still exist in the black markets, they should be so expensive to the point that people will prefer eco-friendly bags to plastic bags. The governments should also step ahead and offer subsidies and incentives to companies creating eco-friendly bags.

The governments should also fund extensive experimentation and researches on better alternatives to all plastic forms and not just plastic bags to end the manufacture of all plastics completely. There should also be extensive researches on the best method of dealing with the heaps of plastic wastes piled all over the world. We cannot just assume that there is no elephant in the room. The waste has to be dealt with pronto or its toxicity will become airborne. We need to get rid of all plastic wastes forever.

Covid-19 lockdown won’t impact three-month cheque validity, rules Supreme Court…

The Supreme Court on Friday said that Covid-19 lockdown will not impact the three-month period of validity of the cheques.

A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde, was considering request of extension of timelines under various laws.

When the question came on extension of three-month period of validity of cheques, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) informed the court that the same should not be done as it would impact banking activities.

The bench, also comprising Justices R Subhash Reddy and AS Bopanna, accepted RBI suggestion and kept the three-month validity period of cheque intact.

The RBI has fixed validity period of cheque under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act. The court noted that all banking systems across the country follow this prescribed period and there is no need to interfere with the same.

The central government ordered starting economic activities in the country after an over two-month-long lockdown in phases. While the first phase of relaxation, called Unlock 1, began on June 1, the second of the three phases came into force from July 1.

Though considerable relaxations have been given by the government in Unlock 2, there are no concessions for containment zones. The government advisory said that lockdown shall continue to be implemented strictly in the containment zones till July 31. Within the containment zones, strict perimeter control will be maintained and only essential activities are allowed.

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!

What is Deliberate Practice?

Deliberate practice refers to a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic. While regular practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving performance.

The greatest challenge of deliberate practice is to remain focused. In the beginning, showing up and putting in your reps is the most important thing. But after a while we begin to carelessly overlook small errors and miss daily opportunities for improvement.

This is because the natural tendency of the human brain is to transform repeated behaviors into automatic habits. For example, when you first learned to tie your shoes you had to think carefully about each step of the process. Today, after many repetitions, your brain can perform this sequence automatically. The more we repeat a task the more mindless it becomes.

Mindless activity is the enemy of deliberate practice. The danger of practicing the same thing again and again is that progress becomes assumed. Too often, we assume we are getting better simply because we are gaining experience. In reality, we are merely reinforcing our current habits—not improving them.

Claiming that improvement requires attention and effort sounds logical enough. But what does deliberate practice actually look like in the real world

Deliberate practice always follows the same pattern: break the overall process down into parts, identify your weaknesses, test new strategies for each section, and then integrate your learning into the overall process.

Consider the following example:

Basketball: Consider the following example from Aubrey Daniels, “Player A shoots 200 practice shots, Player B shoots 50. The Player B retrieves his own shots, dribbles leisurely and takes several breaks to talk to friends. Player A has a colleague who retrieves the ball after each attempt. The colleague keeps a record of shots made. If the shot is missed the colleague records whether the miss was short, long, left or right and the shooter reviews the results after every 10 minutes of practice. To characterize their hour of practice as equal would hardly be accurate. Assuming this is typical of their practice routine and they are equally skilled at the start, which would you predict would be the better shooter after only 100 hours of practice?

The Unsung Hero of Deliberate Practice

Perhaps the greatest difference between deliberate practice and simple repetition is this: feedback. Anyone who has mastered the art of deliberate practice has developed methods for receiving continual feedback on their performance.

The Promise of Deliberate Practice

Humans have a remarkable capacity to improve their performance in nearly any area of life if they train in the correct way. This is easier said than done.

Deliberate practice is not a comfortable activity. It requires sustained effort and concentration. The people who master the art of deliberate practice are committed to being lifelong learners—always exploring and experimenting and refining.

Deliberate practice is not a magic pill, but if you can manage to maintain your focus and commitment, then the promise of deliberate practice is quite alluring: to get the most out of what you’ve got.

A thing to remember always is that if you don’t climb the cliff you won’t ever be able to see the view from top up there all you can see would be a view from the ground and the key to climb that tree is only through practise, the longer you persist it the more you would grow in terms of success.

How to spot a fake news

In this social media world each and everyone knows what is fake news. some people guess what is fake and what is right but some not just because in today’s scenario The topic of fake news is as old as the news industry itself—misinformation, hoaxes, propaganda, and satire have long been in existence.

Fake News is: information that cannot be verified, without sources, and possibly untrue.

there are so many types of fake news

Deliberate Misinformation
There is fake news written for profit and then shared on social media among targeted groups of people who want to believe that it is true. The intention is for the fake news to spread without readers taking the time to properly verify it. This type of fake news is untrue news.

False Headlines: headlines that catch a reader’s attention to make them click on the fake news. This type of fake news is misleading at best and untrue at worst.

Social Media Sharing
Social media’s ability to show a large number of news items in a short time means that users might not take the time to research and verify each one. These sites often rely on shares, likes, or followers who then turn news items into a popularity contest—and just because something is popular and widely-shared does not mean it’s true. now this is the most popular types in which we are facing in lockdown covid-19.

Evaluate and Verify: Questions to Ask Yourself

just think yourself first that it is correct or fake there are many ways which we can identify

Who is the creator?
The first question in figuring out if a something is fake news is by looking at the individual who created it, or understanding the organization behind it.like PTI or any news agency.

Is there a byline or introduction, and are you aware of the person’s expertise?

What is the name of the organization creating or hosting the content?

Search online research databases to see what the author has written/published.
Is this a firsthand account, or is this being seen through the eyes of an editor?

What is the message?
The second question in determining if something is fake news is by looking at the message itself and understanding what is being communicated.

Is the website this news appears on updated regularly?
What is the date of the story?
Is the news fact or is it more opinion?

Why was this created?
The third question in determining if something is fake news is by looking at why the message was created.

Is this news actually an advertisement?
Are the sources being paid?

It is always a good idea to verify information before you share it with others—in person or on social media. we should always check each and everything before uploading any news or any post and by carefully handle the situation of this fake news and the people who are gaining popularity or followers by this read byline and check the data by newspaper, tv or internet So , people please be careful in this situation.

A 7 judge bench to decide on whether remission can be granted to prisoners

A seven-judge bench will decide whether remission could be given to convicts. The problem came to the attention of the court while hearing the plea of a convict Pyare Lal who had been serving a life sentence. Later it was decided that as the person has spent 8 years in jail and he is nearing the age of 75 years he should be released a little early. Under Section 302 IPC- State government of Haryana granted special suspension to prisoners. The convicts who have been sentenced for other punishments and not a life sentence, and males who are 75 years and above and women who are 65 years and above and have finished two thirds of their actual sentence can be released. This would all be excluding parole and the prisoners should have had good conduct. The apex court has guided the state government to react within about fourteen days on whether such a strategy, which the court said seemed opposing Section 433-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), could come under Article 161 of the Constitution.

Article 433A states that if a person is sentenced to imprisonment for life then he/she cannot be released unless he/she has served fourteen years of imprisonment. there have been a few cases in the past where Article 433 has been talked about in similar cases.

Maru Ram v. Union of India the SC took Article 433A into account and stated that 433A could be used when making rules regarding remissions or shorter sentencing. The Court saw that the choice rendered since Maru Ram v. Association of India do show that the perninent material must be put in before the Governor in request to empower him to practice the power under A161 and the failure on that count could lead to suppression of the requests of remission. The Court set the issue before a bigger seat of the Supreme Court. The Registry was coordinated to put the issue before the Hon’ble the Chief Justice for comprising a Bench of fitting solidarity to consider the issues brought up in the current problem.

Another example is that of Swaran Singh vs. State of U.P., under Article 161 the Governor granted remission to a murder convict before he had completed two years of his sentence, this decision was taken with the help of three judges of the Supreme Court. No individual statements or material relating to any of the cases were put before the Governor and that the advantage in every one of the cases was given by the Executive itself regarding the Policy. The Governor, in this way, didn’t have the event to investigate the issues, for example, seriousness of the wrongdoing or the way in which the wrongdoing was carried out or the effect of the wrongdoing on the Society or how the issue was seen and considered by the concerned courts while holding or maintaining that the concerned convicts were seen as liable of the offenses being referred to.

Let’s see what happens, this is one of the most interesting legal developments of recent years.

Indian option of CamScanner launched with name BharatScanner.

The BharatScanner mobile app, an Indian alternative to cam scanners, has been launched. In this app, users have got the facility from scanning documents to creating PDFs. The special thing is that this app is completely free and users will not have to pay a separate charge to use any feature.

Rating of 4.4 points found on Google Play Store

Bharat Scanner app is available on Google Play Store for users. This app has downloaded more than 10 thousand users so far and it has got a rating of 4.4 points on the Google Play-Store. At the same time, this app size is 36 MB. .

Features of BharatScanner .

Some current features of BharatScanner are as follows: .

Users can scan documents easily.
Filters have been supported in this app.
Users can keep their documents as PDF.
Users have got the facility to share documents in this app on mail and Whatsapp.

Indian government imposes ban on Chinese mobile app .

Under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, the Government of India decided to block 59 apps as these apps were a threat to India’s sovereignty and integrity, defense of India, security of the state and public order. The government had received many complaints about these apps from various sources, including about the misuse of many mobile apps. These apps were stealing data from both iPhone and Android users.

Ban on these Chinese apps

Tiktok, CamScanner, Shareit, Kwai, UC Browser, Baidu Map, Shein, Clash of Kings, DU Battery Saver, Helo, Likee, YouCam makeup, Mi Community, CM Browers, Virus Cleaner, APUS Browser, ROMWE, Club Factory, Newsdog these 59 apps are banned, including BeutryPlus, WeChat, UC News, QQ Mail.

Government concerned over return of large number of Indian students from US due F1 visa issues.

The US order of July 7 stating that F1 visas will not be renewed for students if they are attending only online- lectures in the US is a concerning mater for India since the highest number of foreign students in the US are from India. The US government has announced those F-1 and M-1 (non-academic and vocational students) visa holders attending only online classes will not be allowed to remain in the US.

US Noted India's Concerns Regarding F-1 Visa Issue: Centre

India on Thursday said it has reported its concerns to the US govt about the new rule on F1 visa and urged to keep in mind the role education have played in the developing relationship between the two countries.

The concerns were expressed during the virtual foreign office consultations between Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and US political affairs secretary David Hale on Tuesday. Ministry of External Affairs’ spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that the US government has looked into the concern regarding the new rule.

During virtual meeting, Srivastava said that India is concerned about the possibility of the return of a large number of Indian students studying in the US due to new rules in visa.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday said that the foreign students pursuing courses in the US must return to their country if their institutes are conducting only online course due to covid-19 pandemic.

Different types of cuisine in the world:

With all the amazing food in the world and all the various styles of cooking, people want to explore and know about the tastes and flavors of other nations. Over the last few years, diverse styles of cuisine have taken over the food business, so you can hardly find any familiar delicacy in your local restaurant.Even the local restaurant nearby is that you can find French, Mexican, Italian, Indian and Chinese cuisine. We can host parties with cuisine from all around the world. You just ask for it, and they’ll give you plenty of options to pick from.So, whether you’re an professional searching for some fresh recipes or an amateur seeking a new cuisine Discover the experience of world cuisine in its sweet, healthy and pure nature – because it’s served in their own countries. Here’s a tour of all sorts of cuisine around the world.

Indian Cuisine:

India is a land of variety, and you will find different styles of cuisine in every other region. This is a challenge to summarize Indian cuisine, as the nation has several regional differences, with certain areas of the world becoming exclusively vegetarian.Complex mixtures of spices designed for full flavor are one of the key threads of Indian cuisine. In fact, Indians have a really sweet palate and tasty snacks on any occasion. Sincerely, from hot and spicy to sweet and savory, a person can get a variety of Indian cuisine that will help to build an unforgettable memory for their taste buds.

Italian Cuisine:

IWhen you’re a pizza and pasta lover, then you need to get an indication of where this beautiful, tasty gem comes from. Yeah, it originates from Italy and is one of the most common and appetizing dishes in the world.It’s the one that still lets you drool over the most popular meals, such as fresh pan pizza or cheese. But aside from the two foods, Italian cuisine has a large range of dishes that not only allows a pleasant brunch but also sets a bar high on success in terms of becoming the most delicious food in the country.

Chinese Cuisine:

At any point in your life, you must have had hakka noodles or chinese food. Chinese noodles are just so thick and tasty that you can’t even miss it by consuming it from your pot. A variety of cultures and tastes can be found in real Chinese cuisine.There are eight major cooking types in China, namely Hunan, Shandong, Anhui, Fujian, Cantonese, Zhejiang, Szechuan and Jiangsu. In this style of cuisine, they seek to combine the various textures, colours, smells and tastes in one piece to produce a rich and tasty meal.

• French Cuisine

French cuisine was one of the world’s first foods to fly outside the boundaries of its country of birth. Also now, all of the best chefs prefer to be classically educated in French. French cuisine varies from robust, rustic to good, and Michelin Star quality. The French dinner is made of pasta, wine and cheese.

• Japanese Cuisine

Japan ‘s cuisine is perhaps the most special form of cooking. Some of the products used in recipes are just not present in cooking in many nations. The quality of Japanese cuisine depends on the freshest materials carefully packed. Seasonality is also a central element in Japanese cuisine.

• Korean Cuisine

Much of the world’s Asian cuisine is made up of rice dishes, so Korean cooking is no different. Korean rice is eaten with beef, vegetables and seafood. The most famous food is kimchi, and every meal is served to several households. Kimchi is a cabbage combined with spices or vinegar, placed in pots of clay and permitted to ferment.

• Spanish Cuisine

Spain is one of the European nations where the food is not homogeneous. Cooking in Spain is characterized by the area. Usually, the Spaniards don’t consume a lot of lamb and beef, choosing game meat and a great variety of seafood available along the coast. The most popular Spanish cuisine is possibly tapas, which are deliciously sweet treats with intricate layers of flavours.

• German Cuisine

German cuisine does not have the highest reputation; most people describe it as pure potatoes and sausages; yet there are distinct regional variations. Meat is the core of German cuisine, and the amount of various styles of sausages is enigmatic. The charcuterie is fantastic, and so are the cheeses. Rye breads are growing, along with the potatoes described above, of course.

• South African Cuisine

Unlike most of the citizens of South Africa, food is magnetic, culturally complex, energetic, vibrant and nutritious. The original menu of South Africa has been taken from through community. The passion of their country’s cuisine unites the South Africans. The Boerekos, the fiery Malay dishes and the open-fire Braai meat are all distinctly South African.

• Australian Cuisine

It’s not convenient to describe Australian cuisine, so it’s not known to be one of the greatest food countries in the world, but it’s really fascinating. Australian cuisine is an outstanding blend of both migration to the different country; a combination of British and Eastern European and, in modern times, a powerful Asian impact.

• Scottish Cuisine

In Scotland, food is more nutritious than in other countries, and fresh produce is the main ingredient. Smoked salmon, seafood raspberries and meat are important ingredients. You can’t miss the oatcakes, the porridge, the haggis, the kippers and the shortbread.

The world of cuisine is so rich and tasty that it is a shame that people are not tempting their palate with fresh culinary experiences.

Mexican Cuisine:

From spicy chili peppers to crispy tortillas, Mexican cuisine is one of the most tasty and common forms of cuisine in the world. This vivid and lively cuisine is not only perfect for its exquisite presentation, but also perfect for the taste bud.

Thus, the fusion of the various tastes of this style of cuisine makes this cuisine accessible to a wide variety of the population across the globe.

History of Maruti Suzuki in India

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (formerly Maruti Udyog Ltd) is India’s largest passenger car company with more than 50 percent of the domestic car market. The company offers a full range of vehicles from Maruti Alto entry level to hatchback Ritz A-star Swift Wagon R Estillo with sedans DZire SX4 and Sports Utility car Grand Vitara. The company is sponsored by Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan. Japan’s largest car company owns 56.21% of cars in Maruti Suzuki as of 31 December 2017. The company has been involved in the business of buying and selling cars and other vehicles (cars).
Other company activities include simplification of pre-owned property management and vehicle financing. It has four of the three plants found in the Palm Gurgaon Road Gurgaon Haryana and the other is in the Manner Industrial Town Gurgaon Haryana. The company has nine subsidiaries of Maruti Insurance Business Agency Ltd Maruti Insurance Distribution Services Ltd Maruti Insurance Agency Solutions Ltd Maruti Insurance Agency Network Ltd Maruti Insurance Agency Services Ltd Maruti Insurance Agency Logistics Ltd True Marue Insurance Broker Ltd and JJ Impex (Delhi) Pvt Ltd. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd was registered on February 24 1981 under the name Maruti Udyog Ltd.
The company was founded as a state-owned company with Suzuki as a small partner to make a car for middle class people in India. Over the years the company list has expanded ownership has changed hands and the customer has turned around. On October 2 1982 the company signed a license and joint venture agreement with Suzuki Motor Corporation Japan. In 1983 the company launched their products and introduced the Maruti 800. In 1984 they introduced the Maruti Omni and the following year they introduced the Maruti Gypsy to the market. In 1987 the company entered the foreign market by exporting the first 500 cars to Hungary. In 1990 the company introduced the first Indian three-box Sedan car. In 1992 Suzuki Motor Corporation Japan increased their number in the company to 50%. In 1993 they introduced Maruti Zen and the following year they introduced Maruti Esteem to the market. In 1995 the company started their second crop. In 1997 they started Maruti Service Master as a model working in India to take care of sales resources. In 1999 a third plant with new paint lines and assembly stores began operating. In 2000 the company introduced Maruti Alto to the market.
In 2002 Suzuki Motor Corporation increased its shareholding in the company to 54.2%. In January 2002 the company introduced 10 financial companies (8 + 2JVs) in Mumbai. They also acquired a new part of the single Maruti True Value business of buying and selling pre-made cars in India. In 2005 the company introduced the world’s first model from Suzuki Motor Corporation ‘the SWIFT’ in India. In 2006 they launched the WaganR Duo with LPG and New Zen Estillo. In 2006-07 the company began work on a new car building and diesel engine facility in Mannesar Haryana. In November 2006 they established a new Driving Training and Research (IDTR) center that was established as a partnership project with the Delhi Government in Sarai Kale Khan in South Delhi. In 2007-08 the company signed an agreement with Adani team to ship 2,00000 themes annually to the port of Mundra in Gujarat.

Kolkata: Sweet Drops of Heaven

Walking down the street, at every corner, there is either an old, green walled shop or a modern, marble tiled outlet, both adorned with trays of delicious, lip-smacking and beautifully carved out sweets. Be it a festival, or a wedding, none of the events are complete without these little drops of sugar, milk, kheer and sometimes jaggery. Sweets are an integral part of this culture, so much so, even our famous movies such as ‘Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen’ by Satyajit Ray or ‘Mach Mishti n More’ by Mrinal has a reference to sweets. Sweets define the intricacies of this culture, and there is an incomplete feeling without it.

Kolkata, otherwise known as the ‘City of Joy’ is very well known for its immensely flavoured and mouth-watering sweets. If one decides to take a walk down the streets, especially North Kolkata streets, one is sure to come across the most soulful sweets as one can ever imagine.

So let me hold your hand and greet you with some of the most iconic sweets of our Kolkata.

Rosogolla. Sponge little balls dipped in sugary syrup, invented by Sri Nabin Chandra Das in Baghbazar, will surely melt your heart. Creates such a sugar rush, I can bet none can pass by without having it.

Bengali Sweets - Home | Facebook — ***Rosogolla***

Sandesh. On the contrast, these are dry sweets of various shapes made using milk, khoya, sugar and variety of condiments such as almonds, dates, pistachios, and others. Be it the simple one or the Nolenguler Sandesh, it is usually stuffed and most people crave for it after a heavy lunch or dinner.

Mishti Doi. Sweetened curd, best enjoyed during the summers afternoon and one of the most coveted dessert for the Bengalis. Another variant of this is the Nolengurer Mishti Doi, enjoyed either solo or with everything during the winters.

Ledikeni. Thanks to the wife of Lord Canning, after whom this dessert derived its name, this brown sweet is just soft, melt in your mouth with a crunch outside. All dipped in sugary syrup, it will definitely steal your heart.

Malpoa. It’s a Bengali version of USA’s pancake but ours is usually stuffed with dry fruits and soaked with the sugary syrup. Best part of this desert is it is soft in the middle and crunchy at the sides.

Payesh. Be it simple one or the Nolengurer one, this desert in milk stuffed with dry fruits are meant to be enjoyed with everything and at any time of the day. Payesh is considered to be an auspicious dessert and usually marks the beginning of an event.

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Pithe. Winters are just incomplete without this rice rolls stuffed with coconut, kheer and jaggery. Every Bengali household prefers to have this sweet on a winter evening than any other food.

Naru. Little brown balls of kheer, coconut and jaggery, Bengalis use this almost in every festival.

So these are some of the desserts which you should definitely try out in Kolkata. This city is full of sweet shops and the next time you are in Kolkata, do give it a try and let me know if you discover some more it.

Till then, nom nom nommm…….

Source:

https://www.nkrealtors.com/blog/journey-evolution-iconic-bengali-sweets/

http://www.padhaaro.com/blog/kolkata-famous-sweets/

Horrors of Remote Work

Before the pandemic hit the world, working at remote locations or rather work from home was supposedly believed to give a sense of joy. But now, work from home has become the new normal with the trend hitting most of the multinational corporations. But as we are trying to combat the virus by confining ourselves to our homes, some data theft ‘viruses’ are lurking outside our homes. With most of us using the setups outside the security layers of office, data thieves are trying to tap on those setups to maximize their wealth.

Remote work might be enjoyable in all aspects, but it also possesses certain downsides which can be horrifying both the recipient and the sender of the network. Looking at various perspectives as well experiencing some, I would like to highlight a few such instances:

Public Wi-Fi network. Usage of public Wi-Fi internet connection to do office work can be very unsecure owing to the malicious parties trying to tap the internet traffic to collect confidential information. Potential malwares such as Trojan horse, virus, worms, spyware, rootkits etc. can very easily damage your service with irreparable effects.
Unlocked device. When working in a public location or at home, sometimes we have the tendency to just leave it and get up to do some chore or to even just get a glass of water. In the meantime the confidential data such as office website, servers or mails gets exposed to the stranger or children at home, which can lead to data leakage, thus compromising the security.
Use of personal devices and networks. Most companies have started this policy where you can use your personal setups such as laptop or desktop at your home. Usually the IT Department configures all the required software in your personal device and you can use it for professional reasons. Issue arises when you are using the same device for your personal work such as installing an app or browsing in such websites which can have malicious content and thus your system, data and majorly, your confidential office data gets compromised. But then the question arises, who is to be blamed here? Is it the organization who allowed the associate to compromise company’s data with the personal setup without enough security firewall? Or is the associate who should have taken care while using it for personal uses?
Wary of VPN. Many a times, the remote workers are over-confident about the confidential data-security and since VPN can make the internet connection a bit slower, people tend to just overlook it. But what they forget in the meantime is that Virtual Private Network (VPN) can restrict the flow of information or data to the intended recipient as well as encrypt the data.
Exposure of home router. It’s a human habit to either go for very weak password or avoid password altogether, lest one might forget. And such a habit can easily throw us into the devil’s mouth.
Opening ‘all’ kinds of e-mails. Hackers and phishers wait for the opportunity to bask in glory when they send us a very catchy and a ‘congratulatory’ kind of mail and wait for our ‘one-click’ on that mail. And after that, everything becomes a history.
Device always switched-on. If we get a notification on our setup asking to restart the system in order to install the updates, we tend to reschedule it to the point when we can avoid it altogether. Non-updated device are the most-prone device to each and every kind of threat.

Just a heads up, these are some, but not exhaustive, lists of threats and danger one can face from remote work. Nevertheless, these also have their own solution but it demands a chunk of our attention and intervention. So from the next time, when you sit down and switch on your system to work, always remember there is an extra pair of eyes looking upon you.

Abort the virus, inside and outside.

Till then, stay safe.

Source:

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/security-remote-working/

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L&T completes the installation of the Cryostat to be used in ITER

By Udbhav Bhargava

The cryostat base built by Indian tech giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been successfully lifted and put in the ITER reactor facility in France, marking a significant milestone in the field of nuclear engineering.

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is an international research megaproject in nuclear fusion engineering. It is an experimental “tokamak” nuclear fusion reactor being constructed in southern France, next to the Cadarache site. It would be the first industrial-scale fusion reactor and will shed light on the way hundreds of thousands of years of generating safe, inexpensive, and plentiful electricity. This will begin, by 2025, to produce a molten mass of “plasma” electrically charged gas within the reactor core.

The program comprises of seven-member countries that fund the enormous 25 billion USD project. The countries are the European Union (included as one unit), USA, China, India, Japan, Russia and South Korea.

India, formally included in the ITER project in 2005, is responsible for delivery of several key apparatuses and machinery systems such as cooling water system, cryogenic system and heating systems, power supplies and some diagnostics and the cryostat as well. The intellectual manpower of the country is also giving its contribution in the successful completion of the project; more than 100 Indian nuclear scientists are involved in the project.

The cryostat is analogous to the nuclear reactor container that is used in a fission-based nuclear power plant. The cryostat contains the vacuum-tightened container around the experimental vacuum vessel and the superconducting magnetic material and functions as a very massive refrigerator in principle. The purpose of the Cryostat is to provide fusion reactor with cooling, and to keep very extreme temperatures under control at its core. The ITER cryostat is to be the first high-vacuum pressure chamber in the world. The Cryostat frame that is referred as the Top Lid or Cap, weighing more than 600 metric tons, will be mounted along with other components of the Cryostat. Also for Cryostat, L&T already supplied the base section, the lower cylinder and the upper cylinder.

The Cryostat is a proud specimen of the technological might and the Make in India Program and its importance stems from the fact that the fusion reaction will take place inside this gigantic container under controlled conditions. It will be a fully welded stainless steel cylindrical vacuum pressure chamber that is 29 meters in height, has a diameter of 29.4 meters and weighs 3,850 metric tons. The number are a symbol of its enormity. It is the largest structure made up of steel in terms of size and a marvel of Indian engineering.

How India’s Oldest Civilisations Taught The New India

India is the earth’s most advanced, biggest and oldest civilisation and if we do not consider the 19th and 20th centuries, the wealthiest civilisation too. The influence of ancient Indian history on the modern world is due to the many manifestations of Indian genius and the fact that the language people used was so logical that it nourished critical thinking on the fundamental unity underlying mankind’s diversity.

Up to the 17th century, the wealth in India was more than twice that of the rest of the world combined. So many of the foundations of modern society be it science, medicine, mathematics, metaphysics, religion and astronomy — originated in India. We can call India the cradle of human civilization, the birthplace of speech, the mother of history and numerous languages, the grandmother of legends and traditions.

The Harappa Civilizations

One of the most fascinating yet mysterious cultures of the ancient world is the Harappan civilization. This culture existed along the Indus River in present day Pakistan. It was named after the city of Harappa which it was centred around. Harappa and the city of Mohenjo-Daro were the greatest achievements of the Indus valley civilization. These cities are well known for their impressive, organized and regular layout. They have well laid our plumbing and drainage system, including indoor toilets. Over one hundred other towns and villages also existed in this region. The Harappan people were literate and used the Dravidian language. Only part of this language has been deciphered today, leaving numerous questions about this civilization unanswered.

Artefacts and clues discovered at Mohenjo-Daro have allowed archaeologists to reconstruct this civilization. The similarities in plan and construction between Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa indicate that they were part of a unified government with extreme organization. Both cities were constructed of the same type and shape of bricks. The two cities may have existed simultaneously and their sizes suggest that they served as capitals of their provinces. In contrast to other civilizations, burials found from these cities are not magnificent; they are more simplistic and contain few material goods. This evidence suggests that this civilization did not have social classes. Remains of palaces or temples in the cities have not been found. No hard evidence exists indicating military activity; it is likely that the Harappans were a peaceful civilization. The cities did contain fortifications and the people used copper and bronze knives, spears, and arrowheads.

The Harappan civilization was mainly urban and mercantile. Inhabitants of the Indus valley traded with Mesopotamia, southern India, Afghanistan, and Persia for gold, silver, copper, and turquoise. The Mesopotamian model of irrigated agriculture was used to take advantage of the fertile grounds along the Indus River. EarthLink’s were built to control the river’s annual flooding. Crops that were grown included wheat, barley, peas, melons, and sesame. This civilization was the first to cultivate cotton for the production of cloth. Several animals were domesticated including the elephant which was used for its ivory.

Mathematics

Indians invented zero and the number system, one of the greatest innovations in history. The decimal system, the value of pi, algebra, trigonometry, calculus and many mathematical concepts were all born in India. The largest number Greeks and Romans used was 10 to the power of 6; well before 5000 B.C., Indians used numbers as big as 10 to the power of 53.

Albert Einstein was once quoted: “We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discoveries could have been made.”

Medicine

Sushruta was the father of medicine — the first to invent the art of performing surgery with anaesthesia. The first school of medicine, Ayurveda, was based on a systematic knowledge of plant-derived medicines and is practiced effectively even today. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, genetics, immunity, psychology and ethology can be found in many ancient Indian texts.

Astronomy

Some of Europe’s greatest discoveries were first made in India thousands of years earlier, before Europe even existed. Gravity for example, It was not Isaac Newton, but an Indian named Brahmagupta, who explained gravity, 1,000 years before the British Empire emerged. Ancient Indians had a profound knowledge of the origin and age of the universe and Earth, the circumference of the Earth and other planets. Mathematician Bhaskaracharya accurately calculated the time it takes our planet to orbit the sun to be 365.258756484 days, well before Western astronomers.

The Indian system of astronomy is by far the oldest. It was the source from which the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Jews derived their knowledge. The motion of the stars on the tables of Giovanni Cassini and Tobias Mayer, used in the 19th century, do not vary by even a minute from Indian calculations made 4,500 years before. Indian tables give the same annual variation of the moon as discovered by Tyco Brahe — a variation unknown to the schools of Alexandria and the Arabs.

Religion

Four of the world’s major religions — Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism — originated in India. India’s literary, artistic and philosophical contributions to the world are far greater than those of any other civilization in history.

Almost all religious, philosophical and mathematical theories taught by the Pythagoreans were known in India in the sixth century B.C. Indian sages of philosophy were the prototypes of Greece — to whose works Plato, Thales and Pythagoras were disciples. The priests of Egypt and the sages of Greece drew directly from India. Nearly 2,500 years ago, Pythagoras went from Samos to the Indian Ganges to learn geometry.

Indians also invented yoga, the art of unifying the mind and body. Today, it is practiced for its health benefits all over the world. The Chinese learned yoga, martial arts and Buddhism from India. Chess, snakes and ladders, buttons, high-grade steel manufacturing, the art of navigation, playing cards, the gymnasium, the university, rocket artillery, almost every geometrical instrument, the cultivation of cotton and jute, mining, the concept of gross domestic product — all have roots in India.

If there is one place where all of humanity’s dreams have found a home from the very earliest days of existence, it is India. Modern Indians should understand the original scientific culture their ancestors developed, make use of modern technology to demonstrate their in-born abilities, and strive for breakthroughs that will help all of society. And modern writers may need to rewrite the scientific history books after consulting Indian experts.

Skeptical Confluences

The very minute insignificant changes can be missed easily in a fine line of ends. Skepticism mostly portrays its confluences in the terms of markets and consumers. Changes in confluences can bring many other factors into consideration when talking about serious observations of markets and their seasonal behaviors. The line where confluences occur is the space where markets and consumers face third superlatives resulting in unlikely consequences out of every situation colliding with each other. The whole point of culminations according to the conclusions given by the statistical reports following changes of confluences aren’t always accurate. Precisely put in words , statistics can differ in the very drama of market’s phases and consumer’s choices / tastes / amendments in branding / survival factors.

Speaking of which , lining up all the observations marked a conclusion that confluences can be effected without our very knowledge. When two productive ends of the nation meet which are markets and consumers the changed make their own scope to show up in the national income which passively shows its drastic changes on the over all graphs. Hence , the skepticism ranges in the areas where the economy takes it’s confluences seriously.

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