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World Population Day- 2020

World Population Day is celebrated on 11 July each year as on this day in 1987, the world’s population reached 5 billion. It was observed as the “Five Billion Day” by the United Nations. The World Population Day is an attempt to raise awareness about the trend of the growing global population and its implications. It was established in the 1989 by the governing council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

As population explosion began to take the center-staged as a cause of serious concern, the themes World Population Day focused on the health problems faced by child bearing women and the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights.

With the current global population at 7.8 billion, and an estimate of 9 billion people by 2050, the massive surge in the population is identified to be the casual factor of developmental concerns in several countries. It becomes more conspicuous for the developing and lesser developed countries. Therefore, World Population Day assumes paramount importance because it highlights the problems of increasing population and raises awareness about the effects of over-population on the environment and planet.

This year’s theme of the World Population Day 2020 is to raise awareness about safeguarding sexual and reproductive health needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports of shown that domestic violence has increased globally amid the lockdown. The National Commission for Women in India reported a huge rise in the number of complaints.

Women also accounts for the largest share of front-line health workers, according to the United Nations report. In India, amid the lockdown, there have been many instances of pregnant women unable to reach health care centers for delivery.

It is important to create and celebrate awareness. Get to know women and girls in our neighborhood and learn about their troubles. Talk about family planning, gender equality, sex education and human rights with women around us who have not had the opportunity of receiving proper education in their childhood.

Auto-Rickshaw fully loaded with modern features

A three-wheeled tire from Mumbai is fitted to produce a sense of purity for its passengers while footage movement often brings out the dystopian world ultimately requiring vehicles built like tanks, the Coronavirus epidemic has put the real world in the same place, which has required us to make some very useful vehicle repairs. While these are tanks, they make improvements in the use of COVID-19 disaster management. Sharing the same event recently was Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group, who posted a video on a three-wheeled wheel in Mumbai having received such changes to introduce a ‘swachh’ or explicit experience to its passengers. Called the ‘Mumbai’s First Home System Auto’Created by Satyawan Gite, this three-wheeled Wheeler is lined with lush greenery, rugged carpet, and split dust – wet and dry – placed on all three clocks. What’s really impressive is the addition of a bathtub full of small water tank and mirror. We can remove a hand sanitizer and hand sanitizer, all of which are tied in place. An in-depth look inside also unveils many options with the Wi-Fi service, desktop, smartphone charging, mobile connected TV, Bluetooth audio system, food purified water, and cool fan. Created by Satyavan Gite, the driving drive offers free rides for newlyweds {{couples}, and older residents get free technology like 1 km. The addition of this three-wheeler ensures free technology as one kilometer for senior residents, and newlyweds couples will likely be found without the right amount. The driver likes the current suggestions about well-being. For these non-three-wheelers, the soft-tops act as a permanent hoarding that does not carry important Coronavirus-related details. This includes the total amount of BMC COVID-19 with details (1916) and orders of all English and Marathi, as well as a statement of thanks to the former army who worked in excess of 24 x 7 to make the virus happen. While movies tend to show the dystopian world set in the future that requires cars built like tanks, the Coronavirus epidemic has put the real world in a similar position, requiring people to make their own car repairs. While these are not tanks, they come with improved uses to combat the COVID-19 problem. Sharing a new example of this was Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group, who posted a video on a three-wheeled wheel in Mumbai that underwent such changes to give the ‘strikers’ or cleaner their experience. It is called the ‘Mumbai First Home Auto System’. Created by Satyawan Gite, the three-wheeled Wheeler is packed with plants in pots, the green carpet, and the separate dust – wet and dry – are mounted on three-wheelers. Most interesting is the addition of a complete wash basin with a small water tank and mirror. It also features a hand sanitizer and hand sanitizer, both handcuffed. An in-depth look reveals many features including Wi-Fi service, desktop, smartphone charging, TV connected to a cell phone, Bluetooth speakers, purified drinking water, and cool fan.

Right To Information : Here is you need to know about RTI


RTI stands for Right to Information. Right To Information Act 2005 mandates timely response to citizen requests for government information. Right to Information empowers every citizen to seek any information from the Government, inspect any Government documents and seek certified photocopies thereof. Right to information also empowers citizens to official inspect any Government work or to take the sample of material used in any work.


Right to Information is a part of fundamental rights under Article 19(1) of the Constitution. Article 19 (1) says that every citizen has freedom of speech and expression.


Right to Information Act 2005, which became effective on 13th October 2005, provides that machinery. Therefore, Right to Information Act does not give us any new right. It simply lays down the process on how to apply for information, where to apply, how much fees etc.


Objective of RTI Act?


The basic object of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in real sense. An informed citizenry will be better equipped to keep necessary vigil on the instruments of government and make the government more accountable to the governed.


The Schema of RTI Act


The Parliament recognized that proper and efficient functioning of a democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information and that such transparency is vital for checking corruption and to hold governance and their instrumentalities accountable to the citizen of the country. The Parliament was also conscious that random and uncontrolled revelation of information is likely to conflict with other public interests including efficient operations of the governance, optimum use of limited fiscal resources and preservation of confidentiality of sensitive information.
In its endeavour to balance out and harmonize these conflicting interests while preserving the paramountcy of the democratic idea, the Parliament enacted the RTI Act. The object of the RTI Act is to set out a practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of public authorities.


Sec. 4 of the Act imposes an obligation on public authorities to maintain its records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and form which facilitates the right to information under the Act.


Sec. 6 of the Act entitles a person desirous of obtaining any information under the Act, to make a request in writing to the Central or State Public Information Officer specifying the particulars of the information sought by him. The applicant is not required to give any reason as to why he is requesting for the information.


Sec. 7 of the Act requires the Public Information Officer to either provide the information or reject the request for any of the reasons specified in Secs. 8 and 9 within 30 days of receipt of the request. If the Officer fails to give a decision on the request within 30 days, he shall be deemed to have refused the request.
Under Sec. 19, if a person does not receive a decision within 30 days or is aggrieved by a decision of the Public Information Officer, he may prefer an appeal to an Officer who is senior in rank to the Public Information Officer in that Public Authority.


A second appeal is provided for against the order passed in the first appeal before the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission as the case may be. The powers of the Information Commission are enacted in Sub-Sec. 9 of Sec. 19 which includes the power to require the Public Authority to compensate the complainant for any loss or other detriment suffered and/or to impose any of the penalties provided under the RTI Act.


Sec. 20 of the Act empowers the Information Commission to impose penalty on the Public Information Officer if the Commission is of the opinion that the Officer without any reasonable cause refused to receive an application for information or has not furnished the information sought for within the specified time under Sec. 7(1) or mala fidely denied the request for information or knowingly has given incorrect, incomplete or misleading information or destroyed information which was the subject of the request or obstructed in any manner in furnishing the information.


Sec. 22 of the Act is a non- obstante clause giving overriding effect to the provisions of the Act.
Under Sec. 25, the Information Commission is required after the end of each year to prepare a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Act during that year and forward a copy thereof to the appropriate Government.
Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen may request information from a “public authority” (a body of Government or “instrumentality of State”) which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. The Act also requires every public authority to computerise their records for wide dissemination and to proactively disclose certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally. This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October 2005.


Right to Information includes the right to:

Inspect works, documents, records. Take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records. Take certified samples of material. Obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video, cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts. “information” means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advice, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.

Kashmiri Pandit’s

It is 30 years since the “exodus” from the Valley of its minority Hindu Kashmiri Pandit community. The hotly contested circumstances of their departure between January and March 1990, the numbers, and the issue of their return are an important side to the Kashmir story that has fed into the Hindu-Muslim polarisation in India over the years, in turn fuelling the Hindu-Muslim chasm in the Valley. The exodus took place at the same time that the BJP was upping the ante across northern India, and over the years, the plight of Kashmiri Pandits has become a potent Hindutva issue.
The run-up: 1980s to 1990
In the lead-up to the events of 1990, Kashmir was in ferment. Sheikh Abdullah had died in 1982, and the leadership of the National Conference passed on to his son Farooq Abdullah, who won the 1983 election. But within two years, the Centre broke up the NC, and installed dissident Ghulam Mohammed Shah as Chief Minister. This led to huge disaffection and political instability. The Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) stepped up its activities, and the hanging of the militant leader Maqbool Bhat in 1984 added to the sense of foreboding. In 1986, after the Rajiv Gandhi government opened the Babri Masjid locks to enable Hindus to offer prayers there, ripples were felt in Kashmir too.
In Anantnag, the constituency of then Congress leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, there was a series of attacks on Hindu temples, and shops and properties of Kashmiri Pandits, blamed on separatist and secessionists. In 1986, as opposition to the Shah government grew, Rajiv Gandhi resurrected Farooq Abdullah, who became CM once again. The rigged election of 1987 after which Abdullah formed the government was a turning point at which militants took the upper hand. The 1989 capitulation to the JKLF in the kidnapping of Mufti Sayeed’s daughter set the stage for the next decade.

By then, the Pandits had begun to be targeted. The Valley’s BJP leader Tika Lal Taploo was shot dead on September 13. Neel Kanth Ganjoo, a retired judge who had sentenced Maqbool Bhat to death, was shot dead outside the J&K High Court in Srinagar on November 4. Journalist-lawyer Prem Nath Bhat was shot dead in Anantnag on December 27. Hit lists of Pandits were in circulation. Waves of panic hit the community, especially after a local newspaper published an anonymous message, allegedly from the Hizb-ul Mujahideen, asking Pandits to leave.

Matters came to a head on January 19. By then, the Farooq Abdullah government had been dismissed and Governor’s Rule imposed. According to accounts published by many eminent Kashmiri Pandits, there were threatening slogans over loudspeakers from mosques, and on the streets. Speeches were made extolling Pakistan and the supremacy of Islam, and against Hinduism.
The Kashmiri Pandit community decided to leave. On January 20, the first stream began leaving the Valley with hastily packed belongings in whatever transport they could find. A second, larger wave left in March and April, after more Pandits were killed.
On January 21, the CRPF gunned down 160 Kashmiri Muslim protesters at the Gawkadal Bridge, which has come to be known as the worst massacre in the long history of the conflict in Kashmir. The two events — the flight of the Pandits and the Gawkadal massacre — took place within 48 hours, but for years, neither community could accept the pain of the other, and in some ways, still cannot, as each continues to talk past the other.
According to some estimates, notably by the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS), of 75,343 Kashmiri Pandit families in January 1990, more than 70,000 fled between 1990 and 1992. The flight continued until 2000. The KPSS has placed the number of Kashmiri Pandits killed by militants from 1990 to 2011 at 399, the majority during 1989-90. Some 800 families have remained in the Valley through these three decades.

MENTAL HEALTH; THE TRUTH

HOW IT STARTED

MENTAL HEALTH had been trending across social media platforms after the sudden demise of the Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput who chose to end his life. This incident occurred on 14th June 2020, when India was still under lockdown. Had this happened in a normal situation it would not have garnered this amount of attention probably. But this sent shock waves throughout the country as the actor had always been known to have a smiling face and charming self. There was no clue that he was so unhappy with himself and his life. His death awakes many questions on mental health, suffering, depression and nepotism in Bollywood. Many big names in Bollywood were trolled and blamed for indirectly killing him. Everyone on social media seemed concerned on mental health and even offered a lending ear to their friends and followers. They spoke about how mental health is as important as physical wellbeing and how everyone should support each other and spread only love and no hate. These were the same people who later on started trolling the Bollywood industry, star kids and other big names of the industry. Hypocrisy was very evident. Another disturbing aspect was that the actor’s family was not given privacy. News reporters were practically thrusting microphones and cameras under the nose of the family members of the late actor not allowing them time to even come to terms with their loss and grieve.  The irony was that on one side everyone was trying to be friendly, understanding and wanting to spread only positivity and love, and, on the other side trolling and blaming people and not giving space to the family members. The most traumatic part according to me was that the pictures of the late actor’s dead body started circulating on the internet. The police department had to officially announce that this is immoral and anyone found circulating these pictures will be punished. Some youtubers and news channels took it a level higher and started demonstrating how Sushant would have possibly hanged himself. This was not it, his personal life and relationships were also brought under public scrutiny this just made everything worse.

AN INSIGHT INTO MENTAL HEALTH

MENTAL HEALTH is still something which is not completely understood and accepted by our society. It is not given the attention and importance it deserves. According to the World Health Organisation, mental health is defined as –

“Mental health is a state of wellbeing in which an individual realises his/her own abilities, can cope with the normal stress of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his/her community.”

Any person no matter the age, gender, community, society, etc. is at a risk of developing a mental disorder. Financial status, fame or luxuries does not guarantee a good mental heath. Even a very successful and ambitious individual can develop a mental disorder.

MYTHS

There are some myths and superstitions regarding mental health that needs to be popped.

  1. Children are not affected by mental disorders: this is a big lie. As I have mentioned before, mental health affects anyone whatever the age or gender of that person. Children can also be affected based on their upbringing and their surroundings. The family background and environment will take a toll on the mental status of the child.
  • People with mental health issues are violent and unpredictable: we often have this misunderstanding that people who smile and laugh are happy and the ones who are sad are depressed. This is very wrong. Many studies have shown that people who are depressed tend to laugh at silly things and always try to have a smile on. They are friendly and jovial and in no means have an intention to hurt others.
  • Mental disorders are incurable: with proper medication and help mental disorders can be brought under control if not cured completely. But many people have been cured over time, a living and known example is actress Deepika Padukone. The right support and help can get you out of anything.
  • Personality weakness or character flaws cause mental issues, people can snap out of it if they want to: this is one of the most common myths that people have. Being lazy has nothing to do with mental health. Depressed people do not wish to stay that way, they do want to come out of it and enjoy life. They try their very best to be happy.
  • Mental health issues are rare: 1 in 8 people are affected with mental health issues. Most of the times we don’t realise that we have mental disorders or chose to ignore it, which is very wrong.
  • Having a mental illness means you’re crazy: this is completely false. Having mental health problems does not in any way imply you’re crazy, it just means you’re vulnerable.

TYPES OF DISORDERS

Here is the list of a few common types of mental disorders.

  • Anxiety disorder
  • Mood disorder
  • Personality disorder
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Eating disorder

CONCLUSION

All things considered, I would request every one to take care of their mental and physical wellbeing. In these trying times, we should support each other and move forward. Do not hesitate to seek help from professional and please don’t self-diagnose. Remember NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

REFERENCES

WHO

NIH

US questions on Pakistan Airline Safety

U.S. authorities have revoked the permit for a Pakistani-owned airline to fly flights from the country due to problems related to the validity of pilot licenses, a spokesman for the airlines said.Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was authorized earlier this year to operate 12 flights to the United States and allow the repatriation of Pakistani nationals to the country due to the coronavirus epidemic. On Thursday, the US Department of Transportation revoked the permit, using seven planes and five more waiting, PIA spokesman Abdullah Khan told Al Jazeera. According to an internal PIA email, seen by Al Jazeera, the US DoT has identified “‘the latest incidents identified by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority as a major concern for air safety’, especially issues related to the proper certification of certain Pakistani pilots reason for dismissal. On June 25, Pakistani Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said management had found 262 Pakistani pilots – nearly a third of all licensed pilots in the country – had acquired their licenses, a claim that was challenged by groups of pilots. Pakistan’s national carrier has suspended 150 pilots after questions about the validity of their existing licenses. Earlier, preliminary investigations found that the human error was largely due to a PIA plane crash that killed 98 people in southern Pakistan in May. Also, Said that the sparked widespread outcry, with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency suspending the country’s third PIA authorization to fly to European destinations a few days later. Some continents places Vietnam, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates have written to the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority to verify the licenses of pilots those were operating the aircrafts in the country. EASA has also written to European air traffic controllers asking them to suspend Pakistani pilots while awaiting confirmation of their certificates. Allegations by the Department of Air Force appear to focus on inconsistencies on written dates, with pilots who had been flagged down taking tests on the same day as they were on a flight, or on public holidays. Many pilots told Al Jazeera that they did not deny that they had ever flown on the same day as their tests, but said that this was “normal” and was not illegal. Earlier this week, the PCAA suspended the pilots’ licenses for 34 pilots in the matter. Eleven previous suspensions of this nature, issued in January 2019, have been challenged in court, and the trial is ongoing. PIA, a former pioneer airline for international airlines, stopped flying to the US in 2017, clarified financial considerations due to US security regulations forcing it to stop at its destination in Europe. Seven return flights were the first that Pakistani airlines had ever flown directly from the US, said company spokesman Abdullah Khan, telling Al Jazeera, that the airline was hoping to obtain permanent authorization after the coronavirus epidemic. Pakistani authorities began the process of applying for such authorization from the US Transportation Safety Administration last year, by U.S. inspectors conducting airport inspections in Pakistan in July 2019.

Honor killing


Honour killing is seen as a dirty behaviour by the member of the family thinking to bring purity to the family. It is an act of murder by the family on the family members to bring honour to the family to eradicate the shame and dishonour brought by the family member. The male member of the family kills the female member who has violated the wishes and honour of the family. This is a kind of pre-planned murder by the members of the family against the member who had bought shame to the family. Mostly these acts are caused due to trigger done by the relatives, society, neighbours by whom the accused feels dishonoured and gets provoked. Mostly these occur against the female who are assumed for sexual and marital offences. In situation where the members should be a support for the female are against them and brings a situation where they should not exist. India is a democratic country as every citizen has their rights and freedom to do acts which does not violate law. In a society where the citizens are equal without any discrimination, honour killing brings discrimination where the family member is considered to bring dishonour by choosing a person of a different caste.(Keane 2016) Caste and status are the main reasons for honour killing in the present world as the caste and status changes for a girl when she goes to her husband house.

HONOUR KILLING IN INDIA


Honour killing is an act of shame caused to the family for which it is otherwise called as shame killing. It is an act of killing when the person does not accept for arranged marriage, marrying a person disapproved by the family, doing inter-caste marriage which is against the wish and will of the family. In India, this type of killing is been carried over since many centuries. From the olden days this has become a practice. It has become a common practice for our country. Supreme Court had brought a decision based on honour killing that, „killing or physical assault being made over young men/women who marries against the wish of the family is illegal.‟(Ercan 2014) This type of killing is a brutal and barbaric activity made by the member of the family. However, in our country, honour killing has been made a separate provision having severe punishment. In India, mostly in places of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan practice of honour killing is more. Due to
the complex socio-cultural problems the crime of honour killing is divulging more and more. The prime factors of honour killing is the high caste members do not accept inter caste marriage to maintain their caste and in case if anything occurs to bring their status down, they would feel such thing need not exist and in that case if the female /male gets married to that person of low status they feel the person need not exist instead of leaving down their status. Even in case the status and gotra is the same, the parents do not accept if the victim wants to go for love marriage. This killing is done to restore their honour which would be reduced due to the act of the young male/woman. In India, honour killing is practiced due to merciful act also. The parties who had committed the act of honour killing ca plea on the circumstance of grave and sudden provocation. Such an idea was been indulged when the act was formed as the act of honour killing is prevailing since ages. Honour killing is a crime which has become predominantly equal to other rigorous crimes. Culture is important for a family but still the young male/female that had been brought up by the family since years are also to be considered by the family. The level of importance given to the culture and status is not given to the members of the family. They think about the society and neighbors and the allegations and news spreading about the victim and get triggered to commit honour killing but does not seek remedy to safeguard the victim. This has become a spreading crime in our country.


EFFECTS OF HONOUR KILLING


Honour killing is not constrained to one gender. Men are also brought as a victim of honour killing. It is inappropriate that the victim is a man or a woman, if they had violated or brought down the name of the family, they are subjected to be killed by the members of the family. However, honour killing are focused on the women, it is not restricted so. It extends to men too. When the men violate the customs, the family members of the women or the male family members tend to join hands to kill him. For the execution of honour killing, the role of male is more. In case to commit the crime, the male descendants of the family form a group to kill the victim and especially if the victim is a girl, the male members would kill the victim. It does not matter about how close and love they had on the victim, they kill the victim if they cross the limits of the family. In certain cases, women also play a part in commission of honour killing. They join hands with the male descendants in executing the crime. They play a role in ensuring the limits of sexual regulations and plan to kill the victim, if the victim is her daughter.

SPECIFIC TRIGGERS OF HONOUR KILLING


Following are the specific reasons for which honour killing is been made(Reddy 2014; Singh 2013):


● Refusal of an arranged marriage: The member of the family be it a male or female member of the family, if refuses to accept the marriage arranged by the family, they would be triggered to be killed for the welfare of the family. It is a kind of shame the family members feel when the person does not accept the marriage arranged by the family.


● Seeking a divorce: The victim of honor killing would be a married party and would have been divorced due to family issues in their marital life. Seeking divorce by the member would bring down the prestige of the family where they feel the victim would rather die than being alive and they themselves kill the person.


● Allegations and rumors about family members: The victim may be subjected to allegations or wrong talks by the neighbors or other members in the society. In that case knowing the true fact or not, the members of the family for their status and prestige would kill the member. Killing the victim according to them brings an additional prestige and status to the family.


● Homo-sexuality: It has become natural where love comes between the people of the same sex. When a couple of the same sex wants to live together the family or the society does not permit it and in turn creates more and more allegations and triggers the members of the family.


● Victims of rape: In a society where women should be protected, they are being raped. In that case it is the duty of the family to accept such victims but the family feels it as a shame and feels the life of the girl is gone and she is completely useless to the society and the family and thus she would be killed by them.


● Inter-caste marriage: Marriage done by the victim with another person of the different caste brings down the caste of the party who seek their caste as their soul and important than their member of the family. In such case, the member who is of higher caste would kill the victim than living by lowering their caste. In case where the victim is of lower caste, and the caste is the heart and soul of their prestige, they do not care about the victim and would kill them despite of the fact that they belong to their family. Not only their family members become the victim the other party with whom they want to live also becomes a victim.

Honor killing is definitely a serious and heinous crime.

Reality of Internet Speeds in India

4G is the talk of the town, but foot-racing is still a reality in India! The average speed of 4G LTE data in India has remained stagnant for more than a year at 6.1Mbps which is almost one-third of the world’s average of 17 Mbps, making it one of the slowest in the metric. Even if the big telcos are boosting 4G distribution, looking at 5G and talking about providing home-based fiberband speeds at the start of 100 Mbps soon, data junkies have no reason to rejoice. India’s 4G download speed is slower than neighboring Sri Lanka (13.95 Mbps), Pakistan (13.56 Mbps) and Myanmar (15.56 Mbps), according to UK Open Speed ​​Inspector. U.S. data speed tester Ookla has placed India at 109 near its 124 nations list with full internet speed, with download speeds of 9.12 Mbps, which is way below. With so many people using the Internet at any given time, network communication can be a daunting task. Experts say the country’s 4G speed also depends on how much it is used on LTE, even if it has adopted new 4G technologies such as LTE Advanced, how many networks are built and the levels of integration. Each Indian display is at a lower level compared to other countries, which affects the speed of the 4G network. Indians experienced a much slower internet speed for at least two years in March when the country shut down to accelerate the spread of Coronavirus, an analysis of data from the government’s MySpeed ​​program showed. The national closure began last March and some provinces ordered the closure of schools and the banning of public gatherings even earlier, resulting in people staying at home. The Hindustan Times last week reported, from government data, that India’s average internet usage in the week beginning March 22 (Janata’s home day) was 13% higher than the average daily usage last week. Raw data analysis from the app showed that the average download speed was 2.8 megabits per second in March. This has been the lowest monthly download speed for at least two years, starting in April 2018, when the app started tracking speed. The average download speed of 1.9 Mbps was also very low in the last two years. Prior to this in March, download speeds were significantly lower in December 2019 (3.5 Mbps) while download speeds were significantly lower in October 2019 (2 Mbps). Specifically, 4G users got an average download speed of 3.1 Mbps while 3G users got a Median speed of 0.8 Mbps, both of which are very low in two years. Median is considered to be a better measure of middle ground than what is stated, where there are a number of very large values ​​that can be considered to be calculated. The average upload speed in February this year was 4.2 and 2.4 Mbps, compared to 2.8 and 1.9 Mbps in March, which is a decrease of 34% and 20% respectively. This slowdown in internet speed has been evident to all users of major Telecoms Airtel, Vodafone-Idea, Jio and the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. The average download speed across all networks was much lower in two years.

Broken wings

“They began work at 5:30 and quit at 7 at night. Children six years old going home to lie on a straw pallet until time to resume work the next morning! I have seen the hair torn out of their heads by the machinery, their scalps torn off, and yet not a single tear was shed, while the poodle dogs were loved and caressed and carried to the seashore.”

Mother Jones

In the present morden society where everyone run towards their dreams and goals there are people who wish to have ‘Going to school‘ as their unattainable dream!

When we make plans with our friends to dine in a fancy restaurants and complain about how less our pocket Money are! There are children who less then 10 years old yearning money by working more than their Age!

Get admitted in one of the top Schools/University and complaining ‘there is lot to study I want to party & chill’. There are people who dropped out of there schools/University and dreaming your normal life!

In their very own room laying on the fluffiest bed having a great wifi with latest gadgets and your own private space. Where some people are dead frozen while sleeping on streets!

While our Pantries are filled with things need for atleast a month. There are some people dieing of starvation!

I am not saying all the west things to make you all feel bad. I just want you all to feel thankful for the life which we are living is the biggest dream for millions of people out there.

It was a beautiful evening of my senior secondary year. I was returning home from school with my friends on our school bus. It’s the busiest hour in the city so the small travel from school to home took 40 mins. Me and my friends usually used to take a short naps during the travel. But that day was our last day of our exams so we decided let’s have fun!

Our bus stopped on the busiest junction. I turned my head to enjoy the weather outside. My eyes fall on a young girl around 5 years old with red pakoda skirt carring flowers and small accessories from one vehicle. She is trying to sell them before the signal turn from red to green. It’s not the first time I have seen such scene but what made me realise there is something wrong is beside the girl on the platform I saw a beautiful little girl around the girls age. She is carring a school bag on her back and holding her hands with her elder brother.

My bus started moving but I can’t forget the scene I just saw. Somehow I felt guilty in my heart eventhough I am totally unrelated to her situation.

I tried to distract myself by talking to my friends but my eyes keep looking through the window. The next scene hit me even hard there are two children doing their homework on their platform home which is less than 5 feet. There is no lamp in their house they are using the street lamps!

I been traveling this path since I started my high school but I never noticed this! This is what my first taught but I am wrong. When I refreshed my memory I have seen thi place on my first day to school too! And during that time as soon as I saw this slum area I turned my head to look in the opposite area. When this memory comes back I am really ashamed of myself.

I asked my friends to look outside the window of our bus they all looked out they give me a glare like what’s wrong everything seems normal. I started to point out the people who I saw. When they all saw the same thing I saw with my exaggerated explanation. I noticed a rare seen emotion on my friends faces that’s empathy!

In our next school activity we informed it to our class coordinator can we do anything regarding this. Our school suggested that we can do a charity fair!

I know it’s a small pin in a huge ocean but we did some to make their lives better. Even it’s a little thing after seeing the smiles on the children faces we all felt like we had done a big thing. I don’t know how to say but trust me that feeling felt so great.

When we born in this world we can’t decide whom our parents are or how our lifestyle will be. So begin born poor/disabled is not their fault.

But why should this society wants to broke their dreams and shatter their hopes?

People will answer simply that they are not responsible for this people. But I want to ask what makes us different from other living this is Humanity if this humanity is gone are we still humans?

“If we can’t begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.”

Alexis Herman

Misogyny and patriarchy

Misogyny

The term “misogyny” is derived from the Ancient Greek word “mīsoguníā” which means hatred towards women.The word is formed from the Greek roots misein (“to hate”)and gynē (“woman”). 

Misogyny: the “law enforcement” branch of patriarchy (contrasted with sexism, the branch of patriarchy concerned with beliefs and attitudes about female people’s inferiority), which involves the sanctioning of feminine gender norm-violations.

Misogyny is a blatant disregard for women; while someone who is sexist may still be opposed to the fact that women make 78 cents to the dollar, a misogynist will believe that women don’t deserve equal pay because they are inherently lesser than men.  Misogyny has taken shape in multiple forms such as male privilege, patriarchy, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, belittling of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification.The roots of misogyny can be traced back to ancient Greek mythology. 

Misogyny over years has evolved as an ideology which has engulfed the society as a smog which diminishes their site to aurora. Great philosophers, socialist, and thinkers of golden era were subdued by roars of male dominant society which narrowed their vision and made them a supporter of patriarchal society. Aristotle who was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist was also a misogynist. He thought of women as a deformity, an incomplete male. He preached that men should always command and women should follow as they are the inferior being created by God. Misogyny at its front had male supporters, but over years, few females also supported the ideology as stated by Sociologist Michael Flood.

Over centuries, women have been suppressed, their rights were neglected as a human being, they were treated as an lower part of the society, and their roles were restricted to household chores and birthing. Prolonged oppression raised many voices and collectively led to a concept of feminism which started the longest movement in history which still continues.

Feminism

Feminism is a gamut of socio political movements and ideologies that share a common goal to delineate, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes.Feminist movements over decades have campaigned for rights of women, including the right to vote, to hold public office, to work, to earn fair wages or equal pay, to own property, to receive education, to enter contracts, to have equal rights within marriage, and to have maternity leave. Feminists have also worked to promote bodily autonomy and integrity and to protect women and girls from brutal crimes such as rape, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.

Postmodern feminism has two components, i.e., liberal feminism and radical feminism,the former being an individualistic form of feminist theory which focuses on women’s ability to maintain their equality by uplifting themselves in the field of academics, and other domains by which they can make better decisions and attain equal political and legal rights. Radical feminism on the other hand demands drastic reordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic contexts.

The fourth-wave feminism refers to a kind of feminism that began around 2012 which targets sexual harassment, campus sexual harassment, rape culture, workplace discrimination, body shaming, sexist imagery in the media, online misogyny, assault on public transport, and other type of harassment that is associated with the use of social media.The recent issues which were shocking and horrid like Nirbhaya Delhi Gang Rape, Harvey Weinstein allegations, and Bill Cosby allegations gave birth to campaigns like Everyday Sexism Project, No More Page 3, and the recent #MeToo and Times Up movements, equality and the empowerment of women have become household conversations around the world.

Patriarchy

 the system in which female people are structurally oppressed on the basis of their sex (whether by male people, or in a way that advantages male people).

Misogyny, is aligned with a disdain or devaluing of women in general. Misogynists often place women in value categories based on physical traits or simply qualify women in regards to their worth as they see fit to define it. For example, calling a woman a ‘dog’ or ‘cow’ or referring to her only as being the kind of woman good enough to have an affair with but not good enough to marry are examples of misogyny. The patriarchy is a governing system ruled by men. For example, when a man is the ”head” of a household that reflects a patriarchy. The United States is still considered as patriarchal society.

Trump’s new visa rules affecting Indian students

The Indian students in USA are going to be affected by Trump’s new visa rules.

F-1 VISA

It is the Visa that allows you to enter and stay in US as a full time student.

Currently about 202,000 students are enrolled in US contributing a big part of population.

On Monday, the US announced that if the classes are moved online in the upcoming semesters, the international students might have to leave the country or risk deportation. Hence, the students enrolled in the US colleges or schools will have to return back home.

The students who came back home after the universities were shut down due to lockdown will not be allowed to return if their courses are completely online.

For the students enrolled in universities with hybrid courses that is online and in-person classes can continue their stay in US or return after the lockdown is over.

The agency has also made it clear that no new visa will be issued further and the students with existing stamped visas will not be allowed to enter the country.

Sunflower

Thinking about sunflower the first thing that comes to your mind are yellow colour flowers. Here are some facts about sunflowers that you didn’t know about.

Colours

Sunflower is not only of yellow colour. It also comes in red and purple colour.

Yellow colour sunflower species are tallest of all.

Red sunflower comes in various species. Some of them have head like the daisy flower.

Purple sunflowers have 5 feet height approximately and has no pollen which makes it easier for cutting.

Height

Some sunflowers are tall while some are dwarf. The tall ones grow in field and have height up to 12 to 16 feet or more. Dwarf sunflowers are planted it pots and grow there. They don’t grow more than 3 feet.

Sun trackers

Heliotropism is the phenomenon in which the growth of plants is towards the sun.

Young sunflowers grow towards the sun. A young sunflower’s face follows the sun from sunrise to sunset until they mature.

Other facts

There are about 70 species of sunflower.

Sunflowers are also planted to soak nuclear radiations.

Each sunflower can contain 1000 to 2000 seeds.

Sunflowers should be harvested in the morning and not in the afternoon.

DIFFERENT PHASE OF CIRONA: EVEN AIR CAN INVITE CORONA

Govt. ‘watching’ WHO alert on airborne spread of virus. For your safety you are only responsible for yours. Always carry mask, never leave mask, sanitizer, gloves, keep social distancing. Be careful even at home. Whenever you come from outside firstly sanitize your self then do anything, make this is your first priority. Wash your hands at short intervals. “Care-less accident face”

After earlier denials, the World Health Organisation has said that there is evidence emerging of the airborne spread of the coronavirus.

Over 230 scientists across the world urged the global body to update its guidance, pointing to the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people.

Image showing 5 µm and human hair width (50 µm)
  • According to the technical lead on the COVID-19 pandemic at the WHO, there is a possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol transmission as one of the modes of transmission of COVID-19.
  • Droplet Transmission: Occurs when a person is within 1 metre of the infector, who coughs or sneezes and so is exposing their mouth, nose or eyes to potentially infective respiratory droplets. Such droplets are >5-10 µm in diameter. Being heavy, the droplets fall to the floor soon.
  • Airborne Transmission: It refers to transmission via aerosols (smaller droplets <5 µm) which can be transmitted to others over distances greater than 1 m. Aerosols may get released when infectors breathe heavily or talk, apart from coughing and sneezing. Aerosols contain fewer virus particles than larger droplets.

1. Coronavirus is airborne, 239 experts warn in letter to WHO18

While the WHO has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets that, once expelled by infected people in coughs and sneezes, fall quickly to the floor, in an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), 239 scientists in 32 countries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people, and are suggesting a revision of its recommendations.

  • If the airborne transmission is a significant factor, especially in crowded spaces with poor ventilation, the consequences for containment will be significant.
  • Masks may be needed indoors, even in socially distant settings.
  • Health care workers may need N95 masks that filter out even the smallest respiratory droplets as they care for coronavirus patients.
  • Ultraviolet lights may be needed to kill viral particles floating in tiny droplets indoors.

Prabhas 20 First look released

The first look of most awaited film in the down south had been revealed today. The film titled Radhe Shyam is said to be a intense romantic film starring Prabhas and Pooja hegde. Prabhas has become a PAN India star after the huge success of Bahubali. It created a huge fan base across the country and made him popular.

Even after the flop talk of his recent past movie titled Saaho, it made a tremendous impact in bollywood. It crossed the 100 crore mark with that flop talk. He is the first super star from the south to cross that mark. His upcoming releases are most awaited. Prabhas is not so active in social media and it added a buzz and made every news about him as a surprise. The most awaiting poster of the year had been released and Prabhas fans are celebrating it. Criticism plays its own role and in urge to mention that there is nothing new in this poster. Amid post lockdown people became so obsessed with things and searching for uniqueness even in poster. The memers, as usual are trying to make fun of every possible thing that became big.

The poster had gained immense response and had been in trending since morning. It created a record being the most tweeted first look of Indian cinema. It crossed the record of Mahesh Babu’s film titled Sarkaaru Vaari Paata. It tells us how eager the fans were for this update. Pooja hedge has also been in trending since she’s playing co-star in this film. Radha Krishna is the director and UV creations who are also closely associated with Prabhas are the producers. Bhushan Kumar and T-Series are releasing this film in bollywood. This gained immense popularity in the north. The film is being released in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. The film is still in the shooting and hoped to be released this year. Due to lockdown the schedule had been postponed as so release

The actors include Satyaraj, Bhagyashree, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Jagapati Babu, Jairam, Sachin khedekar, Bheena benarji, Murali Sharma and Priyadarshi. 70% of the shoot has been completed and the rest will be done post covid crises. The post is getting more criticism in social media and gaining immense popularity amid criticism.

Benefits of Black Coffee.

You will be really happy to learn about the various benefits that black coffee offers if you consume it regularly. Below are the top 4 points which highlight the importance and benefits of black coffee.

1.Improves Cardiovascular Health

The most important factor or benefit of black coffee is that it improves an individual’s cardiovascular health and reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases which includes stroke as well. On the other hand, black coffee also makes our heart stronger and reduces any type of inflammation in the body.

2.Improves Your Memory

As you get older there are chances that you can develop certain memory-related diseases which include Alzheimer’s Dementia and Parkinson’s Diseases. But consuming black coffee regularly would help you in keeping your brain fit and healthy and also deal with certain types of diseases which could damage your brain function. With the help of black coffee, the nerves are highly activated which results in the enhancement of your brain function.

3.Good for your liver

As we all know the liver is an important part of the human body as it carries out various functions so it is important to keep it healthy and running so there are no complications. Here Black Coffee acts in a certain way and boosts liver health and prevents the occurrence of liver cancer, fatty liver diseases, and hepatitis. Black coffee works in such a way that it lowers the level of enzymes that are found in the blood which results in lowering the chances of developing any kind of liver disease.

4.Good for your stomach

As coffee is known as a diuretic beverage so consuming it would eventually lead to urinating more often and this will result in flushing out of more and more toxins and bacteria from your body. This also results in the cleansing of your stomach and generally keeps you healthy.

As you can see that there various health benefits of consuming coffee regularly. But always have your limits as anything when consumed more than it should result in a negative response from the body.