Success

In today’s world everyone wants to be successful but what is a success. The perspective of success varies from person to person. For the record, the people before us have a different view on success and the person after us will have a different view on success. Moreover, people compare different people performance to evaluate their success. But success is not something that you can copy from others. You have to make your own path to achieving success. In modern-day, people are obsessed with success because of the glamour and lifestyle of successful people.

What formulates a person successful?

There are many ways in the world to be successful. But most people think of celebrities, artist, politicians, and businessmen whenever they heard the word success. Moreover, they think doing what they will make you successful but that not the case. They forget the most basic thing that makes a person successful that is their hard work, dedication, and the desire to achieve their dream. More importantly, they what they like to do not what that others told them to do. Successful people do what they like to do also they do what they feel correct for their business. If you look in the dictionary for the meaning of the word success then you will find that it means the achievement of one’s goal or aim. So, basically, anyone can achieve success by simply achieving their aim or goal.

What is the harm of success?

We all knew that we can’t achieve something without sacrificing something. Success also demands various things from you. But these sacrifices will not go in vain if you achieve your goal.

Certainly, many people achieve professional success but in doing so they fail in achieving mental, social and physical success. The tension of lacking behind in other things pulls them apart.

Also, there are cases where people became so obsessed with success that the people around them start to feel uncomfortable around them. In some cases, they have gone mad. Apart from that, people also get depressed if they can’t achieve success like others. So, we can say that there is much harm to success.

Success and hard work

It may sound unfit to some peoples but success depends a lot of hard work. Without it, you can’t become successful. Hard work does not mean that you do laborious work or the work that make you sweat. Hard work means having a healthy body, strong mind, willpower and positive attitude towards things. And for all those things you need energy. So, be attentive to your body and soul. Besides, do not just work on your program, push your limit, take charge of other things, improve your skills and most importantly keep learning. Apart from that, be with positive peoples, develop positive habits, and do exercise not only for the body but also for your mind.

To sum it up, we can say that success is like a seed that needs a balanced proportion of all the elements of life. And no one can achieve success in a day they have to go through and face different conditions in life for being successful. Above all, success is the feeling of fulfillment that you feel when you achieve your goal.

Lockdown

The term is used for a prison protocol that usually prevents people, information or objects from leaving an area. The protocol can usually only be initiated by someone in a position of authority.

A lockdown can also be used to protect people inside a facility or, for example, a computing system, from a threat or other external event. In buildings doors leading outside are usually locked so that no person may enter or exit. A full lockdown usually means that people must stay where they are and may not enter or exit a building or rooms within it, needing to go to the nearest place designated safe if not already in such a place. A drill lockdown may be held in the absence of a threat, to familiarise people with what they must do.

What effects has the lockdown had on the evolution of Covid-19 in India?

The Indian government argues that lockdown has successfully reduced the spread of the novel coronavirus epidemic, while some critics argue that it has largely failed. Where does the truth lie? What exactly does the available data coupled with modelling tell us?

The politics of lockdown

The effects of lockdown on disease cannot – and should not – be looked at in isolation. They are entwined with its political and humanitarian effects, including unemployment, hunger, an unprecedented migrant worker crisis, and widespread loss of access to healthcare. These crises could have been averted or lessened with planning, but they are now an essential part of India’s lockdown story. So what might have motivated the hasty decision to lock down?

When a complex and unclear threat is unfolding, you can see the appeal of a lockdown to those in power. It reframes disease control in terms of restrictions on movement and contact. Messy narratives about health infrastructure, testing, tracing, monitoring, probabilities, education, research and so forth, are replaced with a list of rules, responsibilities and consequences. The relationship between authorities and people is simplified: the authorities enforce the rules, the people comply.

Moreover, it is almost self-evident that a sufficiently rigorous lockdown must “work” – if we are willing to ignore all the realities of what such rigorous lockdown would entail. There is now an obvious culprit for any failure to control disease – the lockdown violator – and the narrative of lockdown helps build support for solutions based on surveillance.

A second effect of lockdown – also convenient for the central government – is that it “localises” both disease and politics. Because people, and hence infection, cannot move freely, the epidemic takes very different paths in different regions. Consequently, responses to it need to be local, and the responsibility for day-to-day disease control passes to state governments or municipal corporations.

As the national picture becomes increasingly complicated, the Centre takes on a more symbolic and supervisory role. Dashboards of “performance” in different states shift perceptions of responsibility and place pressure on state governments. It is they who become the villains when there is failure to control the disease, even where national policy may be to blame. The blame game encourages states to manipulate data including finding ways to underreport Covid-19 infections and deaths.

Lockdown and disease spread

Lockdown has two overlapping effects on disease, and modelling suggests that distinguishing between them is important for understanding the situation in India. First, lockdown slows the transmission of the virus by enforcing physical distancing. Second, it slows the geographical spread of disease – the localisation discussed above. Neither effect is absolute, of course. Poor lockdown planning led to panic and overcrowding, probably accelerating transmission for a while. And within some localities, for instance in Mumbai, hindering freedom of movement might actually have accelerated disease by stopping outflows of people which could have reduced population density.

The first lockdown effect, a slowdown in transmission, occurs via a reduction in those day-to-day events which spread disease. This can be modelled simply as a reduction in the probability of infection events occurring. It should manifest in the data after a delay. If transmissions are cut in half today, and testing typically occurs 10 days after infection, then 10 days from now recorded infections will start to slow. About 18 days from now, we will see deaths start to slow.

Ganesh chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the most prominent festivals of India. People of India wait the whole year for this festival eagerly. Although it is celebrated all over the country, in the state of Maharashtra it is celebrated with the most enthusiasm. Ganesh Chaturthi is a Hindu festival which holds utmost importance in the religion. This festival is celebrated following the Hindu Mythology which says that Ganesh Chaturthi is the birthday of the Lord Ganesha. Hindus refer to Lord Ganesha as the remover of all obstacles. People believe that Lord Ganesha comes every year with prosperity and success. Furthermore, they welcome Lord Ganesha in their homes with this festival with the belief that he will remove all their sufferings. Ganesh Chaturthi sparks joy all over the country and unties people with celebrations.

The specialty of Ganesha Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated for a whole 11 days. It begins on the Chaturthi when people install the statue of Lord Ganesha in their homes and temples. This festival ends on Anant Chaturdashi with Ganesh Visarjan. The devotees of the Lord Ganesha offer their prayers to God. They sing devotional songs for him and recited various mantras in his praise. They perform aartis in favour of the lord and seek his blessings on them.

Most importantly, they offer Lord Ganesha sweets. Ganesha Chaturthi especially calls for Modak. Devotees offer Lord Ganesha with Modak, which is the lord’s favorite dessert. Modaks are sweet dumplings which people make with a filling of coconut and jaggery. They either fry them or steam them. People at homes and sweet shops make this sweet delicacy. They are seen around Ganesha Chaturthi mostly and are a huge hit amongst children

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Celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi

This 11-day long festival begins with people getting up in the morning and bathing. They buy new clothes for this festival and wear these clean clothes in the morning after bathing. They follow the traditional rituals of chanting mantras and songs. Early on, Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated in a few families. Later on, it spread all over and thus began the installation of idols and immersion in the water. This marked the beginning of making Ganesh Chaturthi a larger than life festival. In other words, the idol immersion denotes freedom from evil and sufferings. People set up pandals make glorious statues of Lord Ganesha. Towards the end of the festival when the visarjan is about to take place, people carry out a full-fledged procession. People come out in hundreds and thousands and dance their way to the rivers and oceans.

When Ganesh Chaturthi ends, they pray for the return of Lord Ganesha every year. They look forward to this festival every year. The final immersion of Lord Ganesha’s statue in the river or ocean marks the end of Ganesh Chaturthi.

In short, Ganesh Chaturthi is a fun-filled festival in honour of Lord Ganesha. People all over India thoroughly enjoy it. All the devotees of Lord Ganesha come together irrespective of their differences of caste and colour. Ganesh Chaturthi spreads joy and unites people all over.

11 members of Sikhs and Hindus communities arrive in India from Afghanistan

Around 11 members of minority Sikh and Hindu communities of Afghanistan arrived in New Delhi after India granted them visas and facilitated their travel. They include a Sikh community leader Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was kidnapped and later released. The External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi appreciated Afghan government’s efforts in extending necessary support for their safe return.

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava had last week said that there has been a recent spurt of attacks on the Hindu and Sikh communities in Afghanistan and these attacks have been done by terrorists at the behest of their external supporters. He said, the MEA  has been receiving requests from the members of these communities to move to India and settle down here. He said, Indian Embassy in Kabul is providing them with the necessary visas to come here.

India had earlier expressed concern at the “targeting and persecution” of minority community members in Afghanistan by terrorists. Concerns among Afghanistan’s Sikh minority have increased after the terror attack on a Gurudwara in Kabul in March that left 25 people dead and several others injured.

AMUL – Anand Milk Union Limited

Anand Milk Union Limited, a brand so distinctively Indian has been a part of our lives for nearly five decades now and still is able to touch a chord in our hearts. Brand Amul has grown as a dynamic factor which protects the interests of producers and consumers of Indians and it is a symbol of many aspects of high-quality products sold at reasonable price, of the genesis of a vast co-operative network, of the marketing savvy of a farmers’ organization, and of a proven model for dairy development.

In 1946 the colonial government of Mumbai had the rights of the procurement of milk from the villages of Kaira district. The milk was to be supplied to the government for distribution in Mumbai. The firm, Polson dairy in turn appointed contractors for collecting milk from these villages. The farmers found the contractors entirely unreliable in collecting the daily milk supply and paying them what they considered to be unfair and insufficiently remunerative price. This state of affairs was not tolerated by the farmers; they retaliated and refused to supply milk. Hence they formed a co-operative under the guidance of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Morarji Desai and eventually won the right to collect milk in the district and also sell it to the Government.

The co-operative was  started with an initial collection of just 250 liters a day. This was the beginning of the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union, which is now better known as AMUL which was formally registered on December 14, 1946.

Amul inspired ‘Operation Flood’ and credited to bring the ‘White Revolution’ in India. It began with two village cooperatives and 250 liters of milk per day and it distributes over a million liters of milk per day, collects and processes various milk products. By managing milk supplies from the cattle farmer and sending it straight to the factory, it’s been able to eliminate the middleman. Amul has become a symbol of the aspirations of millions of farmers.

With  ‘White Revolution’, we cannot ignore the remarkable contribution of Dr. Verghese Kurien who is better known as the “father of the white revolution” in India and his name is synonymous with the Amul brand. He is also called as the Milkman of India. For his outstanding input he has earned many accolades and awards that include: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, Padam Shri, Padam Bhushan, Krishi Ratna Award, Wateler Peace Prize Award of Carnegie Foundation and many more.  

The Amul Model is a three-tier cooperative structure. This structure consists of a Dairy Cooperative Society at the village level affiliated to a Milk Union at the District level which in turn is further federated into a Milk Federation at the State level. Three-tier structure was set up in order to delegate the various functions; milk collection is done at the Village Dairy Society, Milk Procurement & Processing at the District Milk Union and Milk & Milk Products Marketing at the State Milk Federation. Three-tier structure was first developed at Amul in Gujarat and thereafter replicated all over the country under the Operation Flood Programme, it is known as the ‘Amul Model’ or ‘Anand Pattern’ of Dairy Cooperatives.

The effects of Operation Flood Programme are more appraised by the World Bank. An incremental return of Rs. 400 billion annually have been generated by an investment of Rs. 20 billion over a period of 20 years. This has been the most beneficial project funded by the World Bank anywhere in the World. One can continue to see the effect of these efforts as India’s milk production continues to increase and now stands at 90 Million Metric Tonne.

 AMUL is recognised as the country’s largest milk producing cooperative. Based in the village of Anand, it expands exponentially. Originally marketed by the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union, Anand, it was taken over by the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) in 1973 and further it joined hands with other milk cooperatives and now covers 2.12 million farmers, 10,411 village level milk collection centers and fourteen district level plants (unions) under the overall supervision of GCMMF (Gujarat cooperative milk marketing federation ltd). 

Amul has a wide spread supply chain network across the country. Its products are available in over 500,000 retail outlets across Indian through its network of over 3,500 distributors. There are 47 storehouses with dry and cold warehouses to buffer inventory of the entire range of products.

Amul network follows an umbrella branding strategy i.e a common brand for most product categories produced like liquid milk, milk powders, butter, ghee, cheese, cocoa products, sweets, ice-cream and condensed milk. AMUL is considered as India’s best known local Brand across all categories.

In fact, it is not just the core values at Amul that have remained the same; since long the core team associated with the brand is still the same. Even the advertising agency hasn’t changed, and Da Cunha and FCB Ulka, have played a pivotal role in the growth of Amul.

Amul’s unique marketing strategy is really surprising. Despite of the fact that in today’s business world advertising plays a vital role to marketing a product, Amul does not spend more than 1% of total turnover for marketing, compared with 7-8 % spent by most of food and consumer product companies. 

With top of mind  use of its jingle, Utterly Butterly Delicious and animated Amul girl, campaign- Amul brand has set a longest running advertising  Campaign and it is a world record that got registered its name in Guinness World Record and has won the many accolades.  Amul features in top 100 Brands of Asia.Competing with other international brands like Nastle, Dutch Lady, Dumex etc it has been ranked as the best and number one dairy brand from India. 

From a sales turnover of Rs 1,114 crore in 1994-95, Amul’s sales have risen substantially to Rs 9,774.2 crore in 2010-11. Amul is all set to fight in the global arena and has entered overseas markets such as Mauritius, UAE, United States of America, Bangladesh, Australia, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and a few South African countries.

The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. cannot be viewed simply as a business enterprise. It is an institution created by the milk producers themselves to primarily safeguard their interest economically, socially as well as democratically. Business houses create profit in order to distribute it to the shareholders. In the case of GCMMF the surplus is ploughed back to farmers through the District Unions as well as the village societies. This circulation of capital with value addition within the structure not only benefits the final beneficiary – the farmer – but eventually contributes to the development of the village community. This is the most significant contribution the Amul Model cooperative has made in building the Nation.

Home Minister Amit Shah extends wishes to brave CRPF Jawans on 82nd Raising Day today

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is celebrating its 82 raising day today. Home Minister Amit Shah has extended his wishes to brave CRPF personnel and their families on 82nd Raising Day today. In a tweet, Mr Shah said, CRPF is synonymous with valour, courage and sacrifice. He said, CRPF has made the nation proud and their dedication to serve the society during COVID-19 is unparalleled.

In a tweet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar saluted the valor, courage and sacrifice of CRPF Jawans for the nation.

Security forces bust terrorist hideout in Shopian district of J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir, security forces have busted a terrorist hideout in an orchard of Dachoo village in Shopian district.
A joint team of Shopian police, 44 RR and 178 BN CRPF busted the hideout during searches in the area yesterday following a credible input.

Security forces also recovered arms and ammunition which include 2 UBGL Grenades, 3 Chinese Grenades, 1 AK-47 Magazine, 20 AK-47 rounds, 1 ICOM Radio Set, 2 Pouches and other incriminating materials from the hideout. Police have registered a case and started further investigations into the matter.

COVID beds are available in three central govt hospitals and AIIMS, New Delhi: Union Health Ministry

Union Health Ministry has said that COVID beds are available in the three Central government hospitals and AIIMS, New Delhi. In a series of tweets, the Health Ministry said this shows the visible results of the Union government’s effective intervention in managing COVID19 situation in Delhi.

Out of 529, four hundred four beds are available in Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, Safdarjung and Lady Harding Medical College Hospital. While in AIIMS, Delhi, against a total of one thousand 515 COVID beds, one thousand 283 beds are vacant as of now.

Nation remembers former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on his death anniversary

The Nation remembers former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on his death anniversary today. Popularly known as people’s president and Missile Man of India, Dr. Kalam passed away in Shillong on 27th July 2015, while delivering a lecture to students.

Home Minister Amit Shah has paid tributes to former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on his death anniversary. Mr Shah described Dr vKalam as an epitome of intellect, wisdom and simplicity. In a tweet, Mr Shah said, Dr Kalam was a people’s President, who left indelible marks on several fields ranging from science to politics. He said, Dr Kalam’s relentless quest for knowledge continues to inspire and capture the idea of self-reliant India.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar paid tributes to the noted scientist and teacher Dr Kalam.

More than 8 lakh Indians stranded abroad returned home under Vande Bharat mission; Fifth phase to begin from Aug 1

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that more than 8 lakh 14 thousand Indians stranded abroad have returned to the country through various means under Vande Bharat Mission since May 6, 2020. He said, Out of these, at least 2 lakh 70 thousand people returned on flights from 53 countries. In a series of tweets, Mr Puri said the fifth Phase of Vande Bharat Mission will begin from August 1 to bring back more stranded Indians. Under the fifth phase, Air India will connect Indian cities with US, Canada, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Singapore, UK, Frankfurt, Paris, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, New Zealand and Philippines among others. Mr Puri said details about ticket bookings will be announced by Air India shortly.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said during the fourth phase of Vande Bharat Mission, India has operated 1,197 flights which includes 945 international flights and 252 feeder flights.

Air travel in India, both domestic and international was suspended when the national lockdown started on March 25 due to a coronavirus pandemic. Only domestic air travel began on May 25.

Sikkim extends statewide lockdown till 1st August in view of increasing Corona cases

Sikkim has extended the statewide lockdown till 6 am of 1st August in view of increasing COVID19 cases. The state was already under lockdown from 21st July till today morning, which has now been extended.

The Sikkim government extended the lockdown following a rapid surge in COVID19 cases and designation of several containment zones across the state, especially in East and South Sikkim districts. The state also reported its first COVID19 death on Sunday. As per the latest health bulletin, 45 new cases took Sikkim’s active COVID19 cases to 397 and total cases to 545, while 148 people have been discharged after recovery. 31 of the new cases are from South Sikkim district while 14 are from East Sikkim. All existing lockdown guidelines would be effective during the extended period till 1st August. All educational institutions in the state will remain closed till 31st August, 2020. 

Record number of over 36 thousand patients recovered from Corona virus in a single day; Eight lakh 85 thousand 576 people cured so far

Government has said that the highest ever recoveries of COVID -19 was registered in a single day and more than 36 thousand patients were discharged in the last 24 hours. This has taken the total number of recovered cases to eight lakh 85 thousand 576. The Union Health Ministry said the recovery rate has reached 63.92 per cent. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has further increased to over four lakh 17 thousand. The recovered cases are 1.89 times the active cases. The Ministry has advised all State and Union Territories governments to keep up with and effectively implement the strategy of Test, Track and Treat.

For the first time a record number of more than four lakh 40 thousand tests have been conducted in a single day. With this, the number of tests per million has further increased to 11 thousand 805 and cumulative testing to over one crore 62 lakh. The Ministry said, for the first time, Government labs have set a new record of testing three lakh 62 thousand 153 samples. The private labs have also scaled a new high of over 79 thousand samples tested in a single day. The aggressive testing along with ramped up hospital infrastructure by combining public and private sector efforts has enabled early identification and prompt triaging of COVID-19 patients leading to lower fatalities. The Ministry said, the case fatality rate is progressively falling and currently, it is 2.31 per cent. India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world.

Record number of over 36 thousand patients recovered from Corona virus in a single day; Eight lakh 85 thousand 576 people cured so far

Government has said that the highest ever recoveries of COVID -19 was registered in a single day and more than 36 thousand patients were discharged in the last 24 hours. This has taken the total number of recovered cases to eight lakh 85 thousand 576. The Union Health Ministry said the recovery rate has reached 63.92 per cent. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has further increased to over four lakh 17 thousand. The recovered cases are 1.89 times the active cases. The Ministry has advised all State and Union Territories governments to keep up with and effectively implement the strategy of Test, Track and Treat.

For the first time a record number of more than four lakh 40 thousand tests have been conducted in a single day. With this, the number of tests per million has further increased to 11 thousand 805 and cumulative testing to over one crore 62 lakh. The Ministry said, for the first time, Government labs have set a new record of testing three lakh 62 thousand 153 samples. The private labs have also scaled a new high of over 79 thousand samples tested in a single day. The aggressive testing along with ramped up hospital infrastructure by combining public and private sector efforts has enabled early identification and prompt triaging of COVID-19 patients leading to lower fatalities. The Ministry said, the case fatality rate is progressively falling and currently, it is 2.31 per cent. India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world.

Mann Ki Baat: Prime Minister cautions people not to lower guard against pandemic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned people not to lower guard against Covid 19. In his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, he emphasises the importance of remaining extra vigilant as the Corona crisis is far from over.

Mr Modi said, India has fought against the pandemic unitedly and the recovery rate is better as compared to other countries. He said, the mortality rate is much less as well compared to most countries. The Prime Minister said the loss of even one life is saddening, but India has succeeded in saving the lives of millions of people. Mr Modi advised everyone to wear face masks whenever they are out in public in order to protect themselves and others from the disease.

PM Modi to inaugurate virtually three high end COVID-19 testing labs in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch high throughput COVID-19 testing facilities through video conferencing. These facilities will ramp up testing capacity in the country and help in strengthening early detection and treatment, thus assisting in controlling the spread of the pandemic. Our correspondent reports that these three testing facilities have been set up strategically at ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai and ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata.

The government has adopted the test-track-treat strategy for early detection and containment of the Covid-19 pandemic. These three new testing facilities have been set up in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata and they will be able to test over ten thousand samples a day. These labs will also reduce turn-around-time and exposure of lab personnel to infectious clinical materials. The labs are enabled to test diseases other than COVID as well. Post the pandemic, the labs will be able to test for Hepatitis B and C, HIV, TB and Dengue. With Dipendra Kumar, Suparna Saikia, New Delhi.

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan,  along with Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh will participate in the event.