In a big support to help fight Covid-19, National miner Coal India arm Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has donated Rs. Five (05) crores to the state of Uttar Pradesh for procurement of 50 Ambulances. NCL CMD Shri Prabhat Kumar Sinha and Director (Personnel) Shri Bimlendu Kumar handed over a cheque of the said amount to the UP Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanathin Lucknowtoday.

“NCL’s coal operations are in UP and MP States. I have assured Hon’ble CM that NCL will keep supplying plenty coal to the thermal power plants of the state. Moreover, as a responsible corporate citizen we are committed for the inclusive development of the state and as a part of our corporate Social responsibility (CSR) we have made a contribution of Rs. 05 crores to the state for purchase of ambulances during these trying times.” NCL CMD Shri Sinha said.

NCL, a Miniratna Company, is one the three subsidiaries of Coal India that produce and supply over 100 million tonnes (MT) of coal annually. The company digs out coal from a total number of 10 coal mines out of which 4 mines are located in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh that accounts over 20% of the company’s total coal production. 57% of the company’s coal goes out to the consumers located at Uttar Pradesh majority of them are power plants. Over 14% of the company’s coal is supplied to thermal power plants of Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL).

The company has taken up various CSR initiatives in Uttar Pradesh and has spent over Rs. 80 crores in last five years for various development projects in the state. These projects majorly include Solar power electrification of 80 Primary Health Centres, Financial aid for Solid Waste Management in 13 Panchayats of Varanasi, Construction of Eco Park near Banaras Railway Station, distribution of around 15000 furniture in 1800 government schools, smart classrooms in schools, construction of roads, developing skills of youths etc.

NCL had produced over 108 million tonnes of coal and its coal supply (despatch) remained over 107 million tonnes in the last fiscal. Both coal production and despatch of the company in the last fiscal had remained over and above the assigned targets of 106.25 million tonnes. The company has to produce 113.25 million tonnes of coal in the current fiscal, over 45% of which has already been achieved.

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Large volcanic eruptions can help to forecast the monsoon over India – the seasonal rainfall that is key for the country’s agriculture and thus for feeding one billion people. As erratic as they are, volcanic eruptions improve the predictability, an Indian-German research team finds. What seems to be a paradox is in fact due to a stronger coupling between the monsoon over large parts of South and South-East Asia and the El Niño phenomenon after an eruption. Combining data from meteorological observations, climate records, computer model simulations, and paleoclimate archives such as tree-rings, corals, cave deposits and ice-cores from past millennia of Earth history, the researchers found that a synchronization of the monsoon with the strongest mode of natural climate variability, the El Niño, makes it easier to anticipate the strength of seasonal rainfall in the Indian subcontinent.

“The tiny particles and gases that a large volcano blasts into the air enter into the stratosphere and remain there for a few years. While the volcanic matter in the stratosphere to some extent blocks sunshine from reaching the Earth’s surface, the reduced solar forcing increases the probability of an El Niño event in the next year,” says R. Krishnan from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune. “This is because less sunshine means less warmth and hence a change of temperature differences between the Northern and Southern hemisphere, which in turn affects the atmospheric large-scale circulation and precipitation dynamics. Advanced data analysis now reveals that large volcanic eruptions are more likely to promote the coincidence of warm El Niño events over the Pacific and Indian monsoon droughts – or, in contrast, cool La Niña events over the Pacific and Indian monsoon excess.”

The year-to-year variability of the Indian monsoon rainfall strongly depends on the El Niño / Southern Oscillation – a climatic phenomenon in the tropical Pacific Ocean whose Spanish name means ‘the boy’, referring to the child Christ because the water near South America is often at its warmest near Christmas. “The synchronization between tropical Pacific Ocean and Indian monsoon is changing over time, with human-made global warming being one of the factors, worsening the accurate prediction of the monsoon,” says Norbert Marwan from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). “This in fact confirms a hypothesis that our colleagues Maraun and Kurths advanced 15 years ago. The new findings now suggest a novel, additional path for monsoon predictions that is crucial for agricultural planning in India.” Previous research from PIK already substantially improved Monsoon prediction for years without volcanic eruptions.

The findings can also help further developing climate models and could in fact also help assessing the regional implications of geo-engineering experiments. To reduce global warming from human-made greenhouse gases, some scientists envision solar radiation management – basically to block a portion of sunrays from warming Earth’s surface by putting dust in the high atmosphere, similar to what the natural phenomenon of a volcanic eruption does. Artificially blocking sunshine, however, might dangerously interfere with a number of processes in the atmosphere. Understanding the mechanisms at play is thus important.

The findings have been published in Science Advances under the title “Fingerprint of Volcanic Forcing on the ENSO-Indian Monsoon Coupling”; read the article here. (Article: M. Singh, R. Krishnan, B. Goswami, A.D. Choudhury, P. Swapna, R. Vellore, A.G. Prajeesh, N. Sandeep, C. Venkataraman, R.V. Donner, N. Marwan, J. Kurths (2020) Fingerprint of Volcanic Forcing on the ENSO-Indian Monsoon Coupling. Science Advances)

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves acquisition of sole control over Bombardier Transportation’s (Bombardier Transport) by Alstom S.A. (Alstom), and acquisition of approximately 18% and 3% share capital of Alstom S.A. by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Bombardier Inc (Bombardier) respectively, under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002, today.

Alstom is a French corporation globally active in the rail transport industry, offering a wide range of transport solutions. In India, it manufactures and supplies, inter alia, signalling solutions, rail electrification, rolling stock (locomotives and metros), track works, maintenance services and it also provides associated construction and engineering services through its subsidiaries, including Alstom Manufacturing India Private Limited, Alstom Systems India Private Limited, Alstom Transport India Limited, and Madhepura Electric Locomotive Private Limited

Bombardier is a Canadian corporation globally active in the business aircraft and the rail transport industries.

Bombardier Transportation is the global rail solutions division of Bombardier. It offers a wide range of rail solutions. In India, Bombardier Transportation is engaged in the sale of rail vehicles, propulsion, control equipment and signalling solutions through its subsidiary Bombardier Transportation India Private Limited.

CDPQ is a global long-term institutional investor. It manages funds primarily for public and para-public pension and insurance plans. It invests in major financial markets, private equity, fixed income, infrastructure and real estate.

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In a landmark global achievement, India has overtaken USA and become the top country in terms of global COVID-19 recoveries.

India has reported the highest number of total recoveries with more than 42 lakh (42,08,431) COVID patients recovered and discharged. India now accounts for close to 19% of the total global recoveries. This has strongly pushed the national Recovery Rate to nearly 80% (79.28%).

India has maintained a sustained path of reporting very high number of recoveries. These are the result of focussed strategies leading to coordinated effective actions in the States/UTs. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued comprehensive Standard of Care clinical management and treatment protocols.  Drawing from global emerging evidence, these have been regularly revised and strengthened. India has allowed for rational use of ‘Investigational Therapies’ like Remdesevir, convalescent plasma and Tocilizumab and adopted measures such proning, use of high flow oxygen, non-invasive ventilation, use of steroids and anti-coagulants to aid recovery in COVID patients. Supervised home/facility isolation for mild and moderate cases, improved services of the ambulances for ferrying patients for prompt and timely treatment have enabled seamless and efficient patient management.

AIIMS, New Delhi has handheld the States/UTs for enhancing the clinical management skills of doctors in the ICUs, through the ‘National e-ICU on COVID-19 Management’ and Centers of Excellence. Held twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday, the sessions have aided in substantial increase of the total nationwide recovered cases and maintaining a low and steadily declining mortality rate.  19 such National e-ICUs have been held covering 249 hospitals of 28 States/UTs across the country, till date.

The Centre has been regularly reviewing the assistance provided to the State/UT governments. Several high level multi-specialist Central teams have been deployed in States/UTs. These support them for strengthening Containment, Surveillance, Testing and efficient Clinical Management. The Centre has also been regularly reviewing availability of medical oxygen in the hospitals/health facilities. These have played a critical intervention role in India’s high recoveries and maintained a low Case Fatality Rate (CFR), which currently stands at 1.61%.

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The Special No 5 Selection Board constituted to screen Women Officers for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) in Indian Army has commenced it’s proceedings at Army HQ on 14 September 2020. The board is headed by a Senior General Officer and includes a woman officer of the rank of Brigadier. Women officers have been permitted to witness the proceedings as observers in order to add transparency to the process.

Women Officers who qualify in the screening process will be granted Permanent Commission subject to being in minimum acceptable medical category.

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Marketing automation has a very nice potential to benefit everyone in business- from employees to owners. The future of marketing automation is bright and promising because of its world -wide business and ability to reach the right people at the right time with right messages.

What do you mean by Marketing Automation?

Marketing automation is a combination of different types of tools, strategies, apps and software. Each of these technologies practices, usefully messages that pushes people from awareness to conversion to brand loyalty. Marketing automation is like a growing garden in a business. You just need to saw proper seeds to bloom and nurture.

It can reduce friction, increase speed and maximise efficiency in the business. It helps in the progress of the business.

How to leverage the maximum benefit with marketing automation

Read this article and find how you can leverage the maximum benefit with marketing automation. Scroll it down. Have a happy reading ahead.

1. You have to choose software very carefully: There are a lot of marketing tools out now-a-days. While there are many options and solutions open for you, you have to remember which tool will be alright for your business. The key to success is to get the right tool that completes your needs and objectives both. You need that kind of software that strengthen your strong point and reduces your weakness. You must be knowing how to proceed further. You have to find that right tool that touches every aspects of marketing.
2. You have ensure integration and compatibility: You have to pick up the two most powerful tool that go with each other very well. Interoperability is a must one. When it comes to marketing automation hubs, these are the platforms that have a high level of compatibility with other tools: Hub Spot, Get Response, Drip, Mautic, Infusion Soft, and many more.
3. Build your list: Your list is the most main and valuable asset. So do not miss any big contacts in your list Or else you may fall. Your main target will be to build your list and not and not to buy it. You should not forget it or else you may lack behind. It requires a lot of maintenance to undo the bad effects of database delay.
4. You have to outsource customer facing tasks: When it comes to customer facing tasks or marketing tasks that can directly put an impact on brand image and customer relations, it is more likely to be efficient and effective step is to outsource. Content marketing is an awesome example but you have to be committed internally to content creation. Thus outsourcing can save your time and eliminate human element. You can always hire freelance copywriters to look after your blog content and it is of great use.
5. Do leverage automated drip campaigns in a right way: It an effective way to reach people over and over again is to launch email drip campaigns. You can continue maintaining your contacts on a regular basis. You need a correct outsourced content partner with correct voice , tone and messaging style.

So these are some of the ways of how you can maximise your benefit with marketing automation. Try these ways we assure you with long-term benefits and it will plentiful.

Have you ever bogged down by your past mistakes? Do you regrets about things that you have done or neglected to do? Have you had bad things happen to you that were unjustified and unfair? If so, you are not alone. We will assure you that your past experiences does not determine or define your future.

Yes, exactly it is true that your current life is at some point of the result of choosing your past actions, choices and experiences. Your future depends on the present moment or how to work in present.

By creating a lifeline, you can easily get the choices and experiences that had affected your life. It will be helpful to see the past perspective and where you may aim your future.

Here are some tips. Scroll down to read them.

1. Draw a chart of your past experience: Start depicting you’re your chronologically through drawing a chart. See your life story out of that chart. Then highlight the key points of your life. It can be both negative and positive. Focus on the interactions of your career. Pay special attention to your key points that have affected you and your decisions regarding career. These could be the areas or centres where you have worked, volunteered or made your own career choices. It will be helpful for you to determine that you lacked and it will help you fulfil that gap.
2. Create a connection between events: Now you know your career impacts after creating a chart. Sometimes careers gets affected by the past incidents like there can be high or low points of your career, health issues and relationships occurred at the same time. It creates a lot of impact on well-being of ours. Step back and look the trends of your experiences- positive and negative both. By looking back you will get to know what are things you liked most of your career and which you did not like. So you can easily pinpoint what you want to do in future and what you not.
3. Vision the insights of a bright future: If you have noticed the positive things, do the same with negative things also. You then have to expand this lifeline and identify and focus on the positive things or experiences that you would prefer to do. Ask yourself questions like-‘Are you satisfied with your current job status?’ ‘Are you ready to bring a change in your career?’ ‘Are you happy with your career?’ ‘Do you want to see more positive experiences to increase your job motivation and satisfaction level?’ All these questions can help you to determine your today’s action to your future.

Remember that your past had a grip on the present just because you have allowed it. Accept the fact that you could not change your past but you have complete autonomy to make your wishes and choices of your future.

No matter what has happened in your past, you can choose how much power over your current life you want to afford it. You cannot change the past but can always have a choice how to react to it.

Your past, no matter how bad it was, cannot determine your future. The choices and decisions that you take today will definitely make you what you want to become. Make the decisions to learn from your past and apply this to your present life, so that you can have a great future, that you are meant for. You deserve it.

Hope you enjoyed reading this article. Stay tuned with us for more updates. Till then goodbye. Have a nice day.

Look around yourself. The air we breathe , the water we drink , the soil we live on ,the rays of the sun and the blossom of a flower . The trees and the fauna everything is just so beautiful. Mother Nature has blessed us with magnificent things which of course we humans have taken it for granted. The human race has already done a lot of damage to the environment. In the greed of reaching heights we have badly affected our environment. Pollution levels have increased drastically and exploitation of resources has been immense. The ground water has depleted. The rains have turned into acid rain. The rivers are no longer purest. The regular cutting down of trees has led to deforestation. The effect of global warming, the increase of greenhouses gases, the depletion of the ozone layer and the alarming levels of pollution are all an indicator of an impending catastrophe. Industrialization has been a major source to pollution. With the increase in factories ,fuel , waste disposal everything has destroyed the purity of nature. To compensate our needs of fuel we have consumed the non renewable sources to a great extent. There is an urgent need for sustainable development. Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

We need to realize our responsibilities towards our Mother Earth and do every bit to conserve her. There are certain things we can do to save the upcoming disaster. The steps we can take are –

Sustainable living – It is important that we use the current resources by keeping in mind that there is a future ahead of us and also a generation that will live in it.

Plant trees as much as possible – There is no better way then planting trees / saplings. Nurture a sapling and that is the best you can do . We need to do Aforestation and Reforestation top save our environment.

Pollution control – Air, water or soil. There is a need to control all kinds of pollution . We should stop dumping wastage on the ground or stop disposing them in the rivers. The diesel and petrol vehicles should replace it by CNG for reduced air pollution.

Go Eco friendly – Use Biodegradable / Disposable Waste Bag, replace plastic bags with paper bags, reuse and recycle, do not waste paper , use terracotta products etc. Use Bulbs and tube lights that are energy efficient to save energy. Solar panels and rechargeable batteries can be used as alternative sources of energy. Compost bins can be set up to produce manure instead of using fertilizers.

There are several programs run by our government too , The National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests is a 100 percent centrally sponsored scheme for afforestation and tree plantation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) was established on October 18, 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010.It has been set up for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Green skill development program , green skills’ refers to those that contribute to preserve and restore environment and create a sustainable future. Hence, the programme focuses on developing skills among the youth in the environment and forest sector.

Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan, Launched on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2, 2014,Over the years, different versions of the campaign were started. This includes Gramin Swachh Bharat Mission and Bal Swachhata Abhiyan.

Toilet before Temples, ‘Pehle shauchalaya, phir devalaya’ .Implemented as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the government claims to have built over nine crore household toilets and 32 states or Union Territories have been declared open defecation-free since October 2, 2014.

So let’s promise ourselves to contribute everything we can to make this world a better place to live in! It is our duty to save the environment. Do something GREEN everyday .

Dadabhai Naoroji was also regarded as the ‘Great Old Man of India’ and ‘Oficial Ambassador of India’ as an Indian Parsi scholar, merchants and politicians and was the first Asian to be an Indian MP, despite the British MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre who was disenfranchised on the grounds of corruption in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895. Naoroji was one of the Indian National Congress’ founding members.

The Indian drain of wealth in Britain was brought to light in his Book Poverty and the United Kingdom rule in India. He clarified in it his principle of draining of capital. He and Kautsky and Plekhanov were also participants of the Second International. The congress works of Dadabhai Naoroji are deserving of praise. He was elected president of INC three times in 1886, 1893 and 1906. The Dadabhai Naoroji Awards for services to United Kingdom and India were opened in 2014 by Vice-Premier Nick Clegg. In 1963, 1997 and 2017 Naoroji was seen in the Indian Post on stamps.

In a Gujarati-speaking family, Naoroji was born in Navsari and taught at the Elphinstone Institute School. He was patronised by Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the Baroda Maharaja, and began his career as a dewan in 1874. On 1 August 1851, Naoroji established the Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha in order to restore its original purity and simplicity to the Zoroastrian faith. In 1854 he founded a quintessential gujarati journal, the Rast Goftar, in order to explain Zoroastrian concepts and to encourage social reforms in Parsi. He was named Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the Bombay University of Elphinstone in December 1855 and was the first Indian to hold this position in the academia. He also published an additional newspaper called The Voice of India. In 1855, he visited London to become a Cama & Co partner, opening an office in Liverpool in order to create the first Indian company in England. He resigned for legal reasons within three years. In 1859, he set up his own Dadabhai Naoroji & Co. cotton trade firm. Later, at University College , London, he became Professor of Gujarati.

Naoroji led the London Indian Society in 1865 and launched it with a view to addressing Indian political , social and literary problems. In 1861, together with Muncherjee Hormusji Cama, Naoroji founded The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe. He also helped set up in 1867 the East India Association, one of the Indian National Congress’ predecessors with the intention of providing the British public with an Indian perspective. The Association played a part in combating the propaganda of the London Ethnological Society, which tried to demonstrate the Asians were inferior to the European in 1866.

In the colonial rule of India, Dadabhai Naoroji concentrated on the drain of riches from India to England. One of the reasons for Naoroji’s drain theory is its choice to estimate India’s net national benefit and, by extension, its impact on the economy. By interacting with the economy, Naoroji tried to show that Great Britain drained money from India. Six factors led to external drain have been identified by Naorojis. First of all, India’s foreign government is controlled. Secondly, India does not attract immigration that contributes to economic growth through labour and capital. Third, India pays for the civil and occupational army of Britain. Fourthly, India carries in and outside its borders the burden of building an empire. Fifth, the country’s opening to free trade was in fact a way to manipulate India by supplying international workers with high paying jobs. Finally, the key income-makers would buy or leave the revenue, as most foreign workers, outside India. In Naoroji’s ‘Poverty’ book, he estimated that the income of India in Great Britain was losing about 200-300 million pounds. Naoroji described it as vampirism with money as a blood metaphor that made India human and tried to display the conduct of Britain as monstrous as a way to sympathise with the nationalist movement.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for sports and games is the highest sporting award of India. The award is named after, Rajiv Gandhi former Prime Minister of India. This award will be given annually for those sports persons who make india proud that year. This is not such an easy award to win. Out of several sports persons of different sports who contribute their efforts for making India proud, only three will ne selected as recipients of the award. But in 2020, there were 5 finalists for receiving this award. Let us see those Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2020 recipients.

The final recipients of Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna award 2020 are:

1. Shri Rohit Sharma
2. Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu.
3. Ms. Rani Rampal
4. Ms. Vinesh Phogat
5. Ms. Manika Batra

This is the first time that five five sports persons received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on the occasion of the National Sports Day on 29th August 2020.
Shri Rohit Sharma is the fourth Indian cricketer to win Khel Ratna. Our Master, Sachin Tendulkar won Khel Ratna in 1997-98 and was the first cricketer to win followed by MS Dhoni in 2007-08 and Virat Kohli in 2018. Rohith Sharma was the highest run getter(648 runs) with 5 centuries in ODI 2019. He is also the most successful IPL captain with 4 titles.

Shri Mariyappan T. is the third Indian Para Athlet to win Khel Ratna after Devendra Jhajharia in 2017 and Deepa Malik in 2019.
Mariyappan created history by winning gold medal for India in men’s High Jump under T-42 Category at the 2016 paralympic games in Rio.

Ms. Rani Rampal is the third Indian Hockey player to receive Khel Ratna after Dhanraj Pillay in 1999-2000 and Sardar Singh in 2017. She has a silver and a bronze medal in Asia Games and a Junior World Cup bronze medal in her cabinet. She also won ‘Best young player of the tournament’ title for her performance in Women’s Hockey World Cup in 2010.

Ms. Vinesh Phogat is the fourth Indian Wrestler to receive Khel Ratna after Sushil kumar in 2009,Sakshi Malik in 2016 and Bajrang Punia in 2019. Vinesh created history by winning the gold medal in the 50 kg category of freestyle wrestling. This was never achieved by a female wrestler before which made a stunning mark on her profile.

Ms. Manika Batra is the first Indian Table Tennis player to receive Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award which is for highest sports honor in India. Batra is the highest ranked India table tennis player in the world. She created history by winning four medals at the Commonwealth Games. She is top ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 47th in the world.

Rohit Sharma who was in UAE for IPL 2020 couldn’t attend for the ceremony as it was only allowed those who are currently in India had to take part in the ceremony. Vinesh Phogat who was supposed to be in Sonepat, had to be in quarantine after she tested positive for Covid-19 on the eve of award ceremony. Rani Rampal and Mariyappan attended the ceremony from Bengaluru and Commonwealth Games champion paddler Manika Batra joined from Pune.