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THE HEADLINES:-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, United Nations faces crisis of confidence without comprehensive reforms.
Prime Minister to address IIT Guwahati’s convocation today through video-conferencing.
Government hikes Minimum Support Price for Rabi crops.
Railways floats revised tender for 44 Vande Bharat trains in line with Make in India policy.
Parliament passes Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill providing protection to healthcare personnel.
Novak Djokovic wins Men’s Singles event at Italian Open in Rome.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the United Nations faces a crisis of confidence without comprehensive reforms. The Prime Minister said this while addressing the high level meeting of United Nations General Assembly to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of United Nations last night through video conferencing.
“We cannot fight today’s challenges with outdated structures. Without comprehensive reforms, the UN faces a crisis of confidence. For today’s interconnected world, we need a reformed multilateralism that reflects today’s realities, gives voice to all stakeholders, addresses contemporary challenges and focuses on human welfare. India looks forward to working with all other nations towards this end.”
Mr Modi said, the Declaration being adopted on this occasion acknowledges that work still needs to be done in preventing conflict, ensuring development, addressing climate change, reducing inequality and leveraging digital technologies.
The Prime Minister paid tributes to all those who have advanced the cause of peace and development under UN flag, including in UN Peacekeeping Missions, where India had been a leading contributor. He said, 75 years ago, a new hope arose from the horrors of war and for the first time in human history, an institution was created for entire world.
“As a founding signatory of the UN Charter, India was part of that noble vision, it reflected India’s own philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, which sees all creation as a family. Our world today is a better place because of the United Nations.”
India has been spearheading decades-long efforts to reform the Security Council, saying a structure set up in 1945 does not reflect contemporary realities of the 21st century and is ill-equipped to handle current challenges. There is widespread support, including by four of the five permanent members of the Security Council – US, UK, France and Russia – for a permanent seat for India at the Council.
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Prime Minister will address the convocation of IIT, Guwahati today through video-conferencing. In all, 1,803 students including 687 B.Tech. and 637 M.Tech. students will be conferred degrees. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre and other dignitaries will participate in the event. To celebrate the graduate’s accomplishments through virtual mode, the institute has created a virtual reality-based award distribution ceremony where one can experience an Avatar of the recipient of the award collecting a medal.
“Established in 1994 , IIT, Guwahati completed 25 years of existence in 2019. Spread across 285-hectare area, the Institute has 11 Departments and five inter-disciplinary academic centres covering all the major engineering, science and humanities disciplines. The Institute offers a residential campus to 412 faculty members and more than 6,000 students. Besides its laurels in teaching and research, IIT , Guwahati has been able to fulfil the aspirations of the people of North East region to a great extent. The Institute has been ranked at Sixth position in ‘India Overall Rank’ and 350th position under the ‘World Overall Rank’ categories released by Nature Index for the year 2020. Manas Pratim Sarma, AIR News, Guwahati.”
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the passage of the farm bills in Parliament, saying these bills will revolutionise the agriculture sector. Mr Modi was speaking after laying the foundation stone of nine highway projects in Bihar through video conferencing yesterday.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the farming sector in India is in need of technological and structural upgrades citing that the bills will pave the way for farmers to increase their yield by using better tools. Mr. Modi said that agriculture sector is in desperate need of latest technology that assists the industrious farmers. Now, with the passage of the bills, he stressed that farmers will have easier access to futuristic technology that will boost production and yield better results.
Mr Modi assured India’s farmers that the Centre aims to serve them and build a stronger agricultural industry for future generations. The Prime Minister also highlighted the need for removal of middlemen in the farming sector. Mr Modi said that for many decades farmers in India have been ‘bullied by middlemen.’ The PM reiterated his assurance regarding Minimum Support Price (MSP).
“इतने बड़े व्यवस्था परिवर्तन के बाद कुछ लोगों को अपने हाथ से नियंत्रण जाता हुआ दिखाई दे रहा है, इसलिए अब ये लोग एमएसपी पर किसानों को गुमराह करने में जुटे हैं। ये वही लोग हैं, जो बरसों तक एमएसपी पर स्वामीनाथन कमेटी की इन सिफारिशों को अपने पैरों के नीचे दबाकर बैठे हुए थे। मैं देश के प्रत्येक किसान को इस बात का भरोसा देता हूं कि एमएसपी की व्यवस्था जैसे पहले चलती आ रही थी वैसे ही चलती रहने वाली है। इसी तरह हर सीजन में सरकारी खरीद के लिए जिस तरह अभियान चलाया जाता है, वो भी पहले की तरह चलते रहेंगे।“
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The Government has hiked the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of all mandated Rabi crops. The decision was taken at a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Lok Sabha that the MSP of six Rabi crops including Wheat, Chana, Masoor, Mustard, Jowar and Safflower has been hiked in the range of 50 to 300 rupees. He informed that the MSP of wheat has been increased by 50 rupees and now stands at one thousand 975 rupees per quintal whereas the MSP for Masoor has been hiked by 300 rupees. The MSP for Mustard and Chana has been increased by 225 rupees. Increase in Jowar’s MSP is by 75 rupees while for Safflower, the hike is by 112 rupees per quintal.
Mr. Tomar informed that the government paid nearly seven lakh crore rupees to the farmers as part of the MSP payment in the last six years which is almost double the amount that was paid from 2009 to 2014 under the UPA Government’s tenure.
“हमने छह साल के भीतर नरेन्द्र मोदी जी के नेतृत्व में एमएसपी के भुगतान के रूप में सात लाख करोड़ रुपया किसानों को भुगतान किया है, जो यूपीए सरकार से लगभग दोगुना है, जो नरेन्द्र मोदी जी ने कहा वो एमएसपी घोषित करके उसको आज हमने प्रमाणित किया है।“
The Minister said that the hike which is in consonance with the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission’s report reflects the current government’s commitment towards Minimum Support Price and procurement of agri products in the country. He reiterated that the recently passed farm bills in the Parliament do not impact MSP or provisions of the APMC Act in any way. Mr. Tomar also appealed to the farmers not to fall prey to the false or misleading political tactics of the opposition parties.
The Agriculture Ministry has said that Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other designated state agencies would continue to provide price support to the farmers.
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Home Minister Amit Shah has welcomed the Union Cabinet decision to hike MSP of six Rabi crops. Expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr Shah said that every day and every moment of Modi Government has been devoted towards welfare of farmers and the poor. He said, Modi Government has once again reiterated its resolve towards welfare of farmers and the poor by raising the MSP of six Rabi crops. He said, this unprecedented hike in MSP by the Government is a pragmatic effort towards doubling the farmers’ income.
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Parliament gave its assent to the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 with Lok Sabha passing it by voice vote in a late night sitting yesterday. Rajya Sabha gave it’s nod to the bill on the 19th of this month. The bill amends the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to include protections for health care service personnel combating epidemic diseases and expands the powers of the Central Government to prevent the spread of such diseases.
The bill repeals the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance that was promulgated in April this year. The legislation makes harm, injury, hurt or danger to the life of health care service personnel as a cognizable and non-bailable offence. It has provisions of imprisonment from three months to five years and a fine between 50 thousand rupees to two lakh rupees. Persons convicted of offences under the bill will also be liable to pay compensation to the health care service personnel whom they have hurt.
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The Lok Sabha passed the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 last night. Rajya Sabha had passed these bills on 18th of this month.
The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill amends the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973. The Act sets up the Central Council of Homoeopathy which regulates homoeopathic education and practice. The bill replaces the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which was promulgated in April this year. The legislation amends the 1973 Act to increase the period for the super cession of the Central Council from two years to three years.
The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill amends the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. The Act provides for the constitution of a Central Council which regulates the education and practice of the Indian medicine system including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy. The bill replaces the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which was promulgated in April this year.
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The Indian Railways has floated the revised Tender of semi-high speed 44 Vande Bharat train sets. The tender is for three-phase Propulsion, Control and other Equipment along with Bogies for train sets. The tender has been uploaded on www.ireps.gov.in. The Railway Ministry said that the revised tender is in line with Government’s preference for Make in India policy. The minimum local content percentage has been revised to 75 per cent. The Ministry said that it is the first big tender under the revised DPIIT norms of Atmanirbhar Bharat, having atleast 75 per cent domestic components. It said that the tender is now a domestic tender and only the companies registered in India can apply and will have to quote in Indian Rupees. The Ministry said, Pre-bid meeting for the tender will take place on the 29th of this month and it will be opened on 17th of November. The train sets will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala and Modern Coach Factory in Raebareli.
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In Chhattisgarh, a regular flight service from Jagdalpur, the Divisional Headquarters of tribal Bastar Division, to Raipur and Hyderabad began yesterday. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel virtually inaugurated the flight. On this occasion, in a recorded video message, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, the move will boost tourism in the Bastar region, which is known for dense forests, high hills and waterfalls and unique tribal culture. He said, air connectivity will fulfil the aspirations of people of the region and provide impetus to the local economy.
Speaking about efforts being made under the regional connectivity scheme-UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik), the Minister said, the Centre has sanctioned 108 crore rupees under UDAN scheme for up-gradation and development of three Airports in Chhattisgarh.
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The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called upon industrialists and entrepreneurs to invest in the state saying now UP is the idea whose time has come. He announced that Gautam Buddh Nagar, Noida will be developed as the biggest business hub of Northern India.
Presiding over a meeting of ‘Invest UP’, formerly known as ‘Udyog Bandhu’, the Chief Minister said that UP is now on the path of releasing its much-cherished dream of attaining one trillion dollar economy status.
The Chief Minister said, UP has a ready land bank of 20,000 acres on which the industries can be set up. The State Government is coming out with a comprehensive land policy beside formulating new Pharma Policy and Data Policy.
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The Health Ministry has said that India has recorded very high single day Recoveries from COVID-19 successively during the last three days. In a tweet, the Ministry said, more than 90 thousand patients were cured and discharged from facility isolation and hospitals every single day. It said, this high rate of daily recoveries has positioned India as the top country globally with maximum number of recovered cases. The Ministry said, this has also pushed the recovery rate to a high of more than 80 per cent.
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In Madhya Pradesh, Corona patients are recovering at a fast pace. The recovery rate in the state has reached 77.3 per cent. The death rate in the state has also come down to 1.86 per cent.
“The number of Corona tests per 10 lakh has reached 22 thousand 425 in Madhya Pradesh. At the same time, the state has a positivity rate of 5.87 per cent. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Mohammad Suleman said that out of the total Corona patients in the state, eight thousand 803 are in home isolation, which is 39 per cent of the total patients. They are being monitored regularly. The government has instructed the officials to take necessary measures for the control of Corona at the local level. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to more than one lakh eight thousand while 83 thousand 618 have recovered so far. There are now 22 thousand 542 active cases in Madhya Pradesh. Sanjeev Sharma, AIR News, Bhopal”.
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Gujarat reported a record 1,430 new cases of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the state have gone up to one lakh 24 thousand 767.
“With the recovery of 1,316 patients yesterday, the recovery rate has further improved and reached upto 84.23 per cent. Total one lakh five thousand 91 patients have recovered in the state till now. More than 38 lakh 62 thousand tests have been carried out in the state till date, out of which 61,897 tests were carried out yesterday. Maximum 290 new cases reported from Surat. At present, total active cases in the state are 16,337, out of which 89 patients are on ventilator. Seventeen patients died yesterday taking the total deaths due to COVID-19 upto 3,339. Meanwhile, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has added 14 new areas in the micro-containment zone, while clearing 20 areas from the list. Yogesh Pandya, AIR News, Ahmedabad”.
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Former RBI Governor C. Rangarajan submitted the report on boosting Tamil Nadu’s economy to pre-COVID levels, to Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy in Chennai, yesterday.
“The report of the 24-member panel led by ex-RBI Governor C. Rangarajan indicates that the Tamil Nadu economy will rebound in about two months to the pre-COVID levels. The panel was tasked with assessing the impact of the pandemic on the state’s revenues and to suggest medium term measures to ensure the rebounding of the economy. After submitting the 250-page report, Mr Rangarajan, who currently chairs the Madras School of Economics, told reporters, there may be a likely contraction, though the GST collection, fuel consumption and power usage show the signs of the green shoots of growth. However, he said, it would be difficult to predict the state’s growth rate at this juncture. Jayasingh, AIR News, Chennai”.
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In Odisha, the Covid-19 cumulative recovery has further increased to 1,45,675, though the total number of infections has spiked to 1,84,122. While covid-19 fatalities have crossed 700 mark, the state’s active caseload is 37,684, as of now.
“Odisha, of late, is witness to a neck to neck race between daily infection and daily recovery, with 4,018 recovered cases against 4,242 new cases on a single day yesterday. Capital Bhubaneswar, which has been a major contributor to the state’s viral burden, reported as many as 506 persons getting cured against 306 persons getting infected yesterday. As per the covid-19 report, Khordha district with 652 and Deogarh district with only 10 fresh cases continue to represent the extreme ends of the daily infection in the state, with about half the districts in between, reporting cases below 100. Girish Chandra Dash, Bhubaneswar”.
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Dr. Balbir Singh of Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi has said that diabetic and heart patients are at a higher risk along with senior citizens as far as Covid is concerned. In the discussion with AIR, he talked about the importance of wearing a mask for safety from the Corona virus.
“पापुलेशन जो हाइएस्ट रिस्क पे है वो डाइबिटिक है, हार्ट पेसेंट्स है और ओल्ड पेसेंट्स हैं। तीन ग्रुप्स हैं जो बिल्कुल हाई रिस्क पर हैं जब तक वैक्सीन नहीं आती मास्क एक वैक्सीन है आपके साथ, हैंड सैनिटाइजेशन, हैंड वॉश एक वैक्सीन है जब तक वैक्सीन नहीं आती। उसको पूरी तरह से यूज़ करिए।“
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Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut yesterday denied the Mumbai civic body’s claim in the Bombay High Court that she had made illegal structural alterations at her Pali Hill bungalow, part of which was demolished on 9th of this month.
In her rejoinder affidavit, Ms Ranaut said, the civic body had abused the statutory process by initiating the demolition of a part of her property without giving her adequate notice. She had said earlier that the BMC had given her only 24 hours to respond to the demolition notice and had hurriedly rejected her reply to its notice. She pointed out that, when similar type of notice was served to designer Manish Malhotra he was given seven days to respond.
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In our series on Seva Saptah, today we bring you a special story on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. In the last six years, Narendra Modi Government has given a lot of emphasis on providing housing for all with basic amenities. The government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to achieve the objective of Housing for all by the year 2022. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the restructured rural housing scheme, namely Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) on 20th November, 2016 from Agra with the target of construction of 2.95 crore houses with all basic amenities by the year 2022.
Addressing the Grih Pravesham event in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing on 12th of this month, Mr Modi said that notwithstanding the challenges during the Corona period, work of 18 lakh houses has been completed throughout the country under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana-Gramin.
“कोरोना के काल में तमाम रूकावटों के बीच भी देश भर में प्रधानमंत्री आवास योजना के तहत 18 लाख घरों का काम पूरा किया गया है। इस दौरान जिस गति से काम हुआ, वो भी अपने आप में रिकॉर्ड है। सामान्य तौर पर प्रधानमंत्री आवास योजना के तहत एक घर बनाने में औसतन 125 दिन का समय लगता है। कोरोना के इस काल में पीएम आवास योजना के तहत घरों को सिर्फ 45 से 60 दिन में ही बना कर तैयार कर दिया गया है।“
“Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) was launched with an aim of providing housing for all in rural areas. The scheme was made more comprehensive as it included amenities like water, gas, toilet and electricity supply in all the households. Under the PMAY-G, houses are being constructed using new technologies. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) was launched in 2015 with the objective of providing pucca house to all eligible beneficiaries of Urban India by 2022 with the vision of Housing for All. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has received a validated demand of about 1.12 crore houses under PMAY (U) and so far over one crore seven lakh houses have been sanctioned. Anand Kumar, AIR News, Delhi”.
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In our series on Gandhian philosophy, today we bring you a report on Gandhiji’s views on sanitation. Mahatma Gandhi was a strong critique of western customs but he admitted that he learnt sanitation from the west and wanted Indians to inculcate such habits. He urged Indians to maintain hygiene not only in personal life, but for also their society. Gandhiji also opposed the practice of untouchability and he continuously worked for the social and political upliftment of downtrodens. Gandhiji said that conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever.
“Mahatma Gandhi was not comfortable with the evil of untouchability, since childhood. In Gandhiji’s hometown, a sweeper called Uka did the scavenging. If the young Gandhi ever touched Uka, his mother, Putlibai, made him take a bath. Gandhiji had questioned his mother over it. The Father of the Nation carried out several campaigns against the practice of untouchabilty and ill treatment to people from Dalit community and launched several initiative like establishment of Harijan Sewak Sangh for their empowerment. Gandhiji also used to published a periodical named Harijan to give voice to Dalit issues. With Anand Kumar, Anupam Mishra, AIR News, Delhi”.
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In tennis, world number one Novak Djokovic won a record 36th Masters title by beating Diego Schwartzman in the Italian Open at Rome last night. The Serb, playing in his first tournament since being disqualified from this month’s US Open, won 7-5, 6-3 in the final to ensure that he goes into next week’s French Open on a high. The French Open starts on Sunday, with Rafael Nadal seeking a record-extending 13th men’s singles title in Paris.
Earlier yesterday, top-seeded Simona Halep of Romania won her first Italian Open title when defending champion Czech Karolína Pliskova retired midway through the final with an injury. Halep was leading 6-0, 2-1 when Czech player Pliskova stopped playing after just 31 minutes.
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In IPL Cricket, Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium last night. Chasing a target of 164, Hyderabad were all out for 153 in 19.4 overs, despite 61 off 43 balls from in-form batsman Jonny Bairstow. Bangalore’s bowler Yuzvendra Chahal took 3 wickets while Navdeep Saini and Shivam Dube ended up with two wickets each.
Earlier, Devdutt Padikkal’s impressive 56 off 42 on debut and a typical explosive half century by AB de Villiers 51 off 30 helped Royal Challengers Bangalore post 163 for 5 after they were sent in to bat.
Hyderabad’s bowlers T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar and Abhishek Sharma took one wicket each.
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Weather forecast for today
In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the minimum temperature was 22 degrees Celsius in Jammu while the maximum will be around 32 degrees. The city is likely to have mainly clear sky.
In Srinagar, the minimum temperature was around 9 degrees Celsius while the maximum will be 29 degrees. The city will have mainly clear sky.
Ladakh will have mainly clear sky. The temperature is likely to hover between 8 and 24 degrees Celsius.
In Gilgit, the temperature is likely to hover between 11 and 34 degrees Celsius. It will have mainly clear sky.
In Muzzafarabad, there will be mainly clear sky. The temperature is likely to hover between 16 and 35 degrees Celsius.
Delhi will have a thunderstorm with rain. The minimum temperature was recorded at 22 degrees Celsius and maximum is expected to be around 35 degrees.
In Mumbai, there will be generally cloudy sky with heavy rain. The minimum temperature was 26 degrees Celsius and the maximum will be around 32 degrees.
Chennai the temperature is likely to hover between 26 and 33 degrees Celsius.
Kolkata will witness cloudy sky with a few spells of rain or thundershowers. The minimum temperature in the metropolis was 25 degrees celsius while the maximum is expected to be around 31 degrees.
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విద్యా వారధి కార్యక్రమాలు – సప్తగిరి ఛానెల్ నందు ప్రసారమయ్యే వీడియో పాఠ్యాంశాల షెడ్యూల్ ను విడుదల చేసారు.
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THE HEADLINES:-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for nine highway projects worth over 14 Thousand Crore Rupees in Bihar through video conference today.
Government says Minimum Support Price for farmers will continue.
Railways starts running forty clone trains with higher speed and fewer stops .
Many states to partially reopen schools for students of class 9th to 12th from today as per Unlock 4 guidelines.
Sikkim government imposes complete lockdown in Gangtok municipal area till 27th of this month.
In Tennis; Novak Djokovic to clash with Diego Schwartzman in Men’s Singles final of Italian Open.
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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of nine highway projects worth 14,258 crore rupees in Bihar through video conference today. These highway projects involve a road length of about 350 kilometres at a cost of four thousand two hundred 58 crore ruppes. Prominent road projects are six laning of 39 km stretch of Patna Ring road, four laning of Ara-Mohania section of NH 30, Bakhtiarpur-Rajauli section of NH 31 and four laning of Narenpur-Purnea section of NH 131A. Paving the way for development of Bihar, these roads will enhance better connectivity, convenience and economic growth in and around the state. The Movement of people and goods will also improve substantially, especially with the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
“The Prime Minister had declared a special package for significant infrastructure development of Bihar in the year 2015. This included 75 projects worth 54 thousand 700 crore rupees, of which 13 projects have been completed, work is underway at 38 while others are in DPR, Bidding or Sanction stage. Bihar will get a major boost in bridge sector too as the Prime Minister will inaugurate three mega bridge during the event. The bridges include four lane bridge parallel to existing Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Patna, four lane bridge over Kosi river and four lane bridge parallel to existing Vikramshila Setu in Bhagalpur. Under the Prime Minister’s package, total number of bridges over Ganga river are going to be 17, with a lane capacity of 62. This way, on an average, there will be a bridge over rivers in the state at every 25 Kilometres. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Optical Fibre internet services where all the 45 thousand nine hundred 45 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service. This project will help in easy availabilty of digital services like e-Education, e-Agriculture, Tele-Medicine, Tele-law and other social security schemes to all citizens of Bihar at the click of the button. With KK Lal’s report from Patna, Nitya Franco, Air News.”
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The Defence Minister Minister Rajnath Singh has said that opposition parties are trying to mislead the nation’s farmers. He asserted that government is aiming to double farmers income and the two farm bills passed in Rajya Sabha yesterday are historic and will pave the way in enhancing farmers income. He added that farmers will continue to get MSP. He was brefing the media yesterday.
Parliament passed the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill 2020 with Rajya Sabha approving it yesterday amid uproar by the opposition. The House also negated the oppositions’ amendments to send the Bills to the Select Committee. Speaking on the Bills, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that the government has taken several steps for doubling the income of farmers after consultations with the famers and States.
The two Bills aim at increasing the availability of buyers for farmers’ produce by allowing them to trade freely without any license or stock limit resulting in better prices for their produce. They will replace two ordinances promulgated by the Central Government in June this year.The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill allows intra-state and inter-state trade of farmers’ produce beyond the physical premises of APMC markets. As per the Bill, State governments are prohibited from levying any market fee, cess or levy outside APMC areas.The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill creates a framework for contract farming through an agreement between a farmer and a buyer prior to the production of any farm produce.
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In an effort to guard against myths being circulated on various platforms, we bring you our segment on Fact Checking and Mythbusters.
It is a myth that Procurement at Minimum Support Price will stop after the implementation of Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020. Agriculture Ministry has clarified that Procurement at Minimum Support Price will continue and farmers can sell their produce at MSP rates. The Ministry said, the MSP for Rabi season will be announced next week.
The Ministry said it is also a myth that under contract farming, farmers will be under pressure and they will not be able to determine prices. The Agriculture Ministry has clarified that the farmer will have full power in the contract to fix a sale price of his choice for the produce. It said, they will receive payment within maximum three days.
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The Lok Sabha has passed The National Forensic Science University Bill 2020. The Bill establishes National Forensic Science University as an institute of national importance. The proposed university would facilitate and promote studies and research and help achieve excellence in the field of forensic science in conjunction with applied behavioural science studies, law, criminology and other allied areas.
The Lok Sabha also passed the Rashtriya Raksha University Bill. The Bill seeks to provide for the establishment of the Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat. The key objectives of the University include providing dynamic and high standards of learning and research, and provide a working environment dedicated to advancing research, education and training in the domain of policing. The Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill was also passed yesterday. The Bill seeks to provide a legal framework for bilateral netting of qualified financial contracts which are over the counter derivatives contracts.The Lok Sabha also passed The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
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The Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that a lot of deaths due to COVID 19 have been avoided because of early lockdown in the country. The Minister said that capacity building was done on a war footing to deal with the challenges emanating from the pandemic. Replying to a discussion on the pandemic in the country, he said it was NDA government’s wisdom that it had made a provision of giving 50 lakh rupees insurance to frontline workers in the fight against the pandemic. Dr Harsh Vardhan said Centre made all efforts to enable migrant workers to reach their destinations. He said adequate number of oxygen cylinders and ventilators were provided to all states and UTs. He said lockdown period was utilised so that all mechanisms to deal with the pandemic were in place and dedicated COVID facilities could be set up. Initiating the discussion, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that most of the countries across the world have either managed to keep its country safe from the virus at the cost of their economy or have kept the economy running while experiencing the onslaught of the disease. He said, the spread of the virus has affected the economy of the country and the government should have taken measures to keep the economy afloat. He said, GDP will shrink for the first time in 41 years. BJP leader Kirit Solanki highlighted the various steps taken by the Centre to check the spread of coronavirus. He also said the government has also taken care of the vulnerable and poor section of the society by providing financial assistance in the wake of the pandemic. DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran criticised the government for imposing the lockdown abruptly.
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The Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that no significant or drastic mutations have been found in strains of SARS-CoV-2 in India till now. He informed that ICMR has been conducting large-scale sequencing of nationally representative strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus collected over the past several months over different time-points . Detailed results on mutations and evolution of the virus will be available in early October. The Minister was answering questions posed by his social media interactors on the Sunday Samvaad platform yesterday. These questions covered a multitude of queries concerning not only the current situation of COVID but also the government’s approach to it and related topics like India’s growth in the field of Science. The Health Minister added that a major proposal is under consideration at the Expenditure Finance Committee level. They include strengthening surveillance of infectious diseases and outbreak response, establishment of dedicated infectious disease management hospital blocks in district hospitals and establishment of Integrated Public Health Laboratories.
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Talking to AIR News, Dr. Neeraj Gupta from Respiratory Diseases Department of Safdarjung Hospital Delhi said that symptoms and conditions of the Covid 19 patients are not same. Studies have showed that there is a behavioral change in the Corona virus.
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India has occupied the top position in the world in terms of total recoveries of Covid patients. In a tweet, the Health Ministry said, India’s recoveries constitute 19 per cent of the total global recoveries. It said, more than 43 lakh Covid patients have been recovered to date. The total global recoveries of USA is 18.70 per cent, Brazil 16.90 per cent and Russia is 4 per cent.
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A total of three thousand 812 new confirmed cases of Corona virus have been reported in Delhi during the last twenty four hours taking the total number of cases to over two lakh 46 thousand. Delhi Government has said that over two lakh nine thousand people affected with Corona virus have been cured so far. In the last 24 hours, three thousand 742 people recovered and 37 deaths were reported in the National Capital taking the toll to four thousand 982. Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the national capital is over 32 thousand.
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The Maharashtra government has said that strict action will be taken against black marketing of Remdesivir which is widely used for treating Covid 19 patients. There is a shortage of Remedesivir injections currently used for the treatment of corona patients in Sangli and Kolhapur districts. The Minister of state for health Rajendra Patil Yadravkar, who was on a visit to the district yesterday, said that there are complaints that stockists are stockpiling these medicines and selling them in the black market.
“Minister of State for Health Rajendra Patil said that he has spoken about the issue to five companies who are manufacturing the medicine and the necessary action taken by them is expected to solve the problem. Hence the situation in Sangli and Kolhapur districts is expected to change and the stocks are expected to increase. However he clarified if anyone is found black marketing the essential drug than Food and Drug Administration has been directed to take strong action against them. Meanwhile, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope visited Pune’s Sassoon Hospital, a major centre for treating Covid patients in the district, and asked the hospital to complete the filling of vacancies of doctors expeditiously to effectively deal with the situation. Devapriyo Bhattacharjee, AIR News, Mumbai.”
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In Chhattisgarh, COVID-19 cases have surged with the number of total infected people touching nearly ninety thousand mark. Faced with the challenging situation, the state government has once again imposed lock-down in various districts of the state.
“Amidst a rapid surge of CoVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh, local administration in about ten districts have decided to impose lock-down in their respective areas. In Durg district, lockdown has become effective since yesterday while the state capital Raipur and Surguja districts, lockdown will be imposed from today. Apart from this, in Bilaspur, Balodabazar, Jashpur, Balod, Surajpur and Dhamtari districts lockdown will be effective from 22nd September. In Raigarh district, lockdown will be imposed from 24th September to 30th September. In view of rapid increase in cases of corona infection, this time various district administrations have decided to implement the lockdown very strictly. In state capital Raipur, even Grocery and vegetable shops will not be allowed to open during lockdown. All government and non-government offices will remain closed. Fuel will be given to only government vehicles or ambulances from petrol pumps. Meanwhile, BJP MPs from Chhattisgarh met Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi yesterday. They have urged the centre to intervene and give necessary directions to the state government to contain further spread of infection. Vikalp Shukla, AIR News, Raipur.”
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In Tamil Nadu, state health department is augmenting its fleet of ambulances. It is aimed at reducing the response time of attending to medical emergencies.
“For the ambulance service, the response time is the main yardstick to determine its quality. It shows the average time taken by an ambulance to reach a place from where a call for help has been received. The state health minister Dr Vijayabhaskar said the response time in Chennai has been reduced from 11 minutes to less than eight minutes. Talking to reporters in Pudukkottai yesterday, he said in rural areas, it will soon be reduced to below 14 minutes. The state earlier had 1005 ambulances under the 108-service. Recently 500 additional vehicles were purchased at a cost of nearly 104 crore rupees, and 120 of them are fitted with advanced life support systems. Another notable feature is that a smartphone app is being developed by the state health department for the public to track the movement of the ambulance. It will help reduce the anxieties of the callers and improve the service quality. Jayasingh, AIR News, Chennai.”
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In Ladakh, the number of active Covid 19 cases has crossed the 1000 mark with 45 new cases being reported yesterday, the total count of active cases in the Union Territory have reached 1013.
“Ladakh has been witnessing surge in the covid 19 count in the past couple of months. In UT, 45 new cases of Covid postive are reported on Sunday which include 28 cases in Leh district and 17 cases in Kargil. With this , 3753 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus so far and there are 1013 active cases in Ladakh. 2691 patients have recovered from the infection and the Covid-19 recovery in Ladakh stands at 71 percent. However, 49 patients have died due to covid 19 pendemic ever since the first case was reported Ladakh in March. With Ramesh Chandra, this is Yangchan Dolma for AIR News from Leh Ladakh.”
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In Sikkim, a complete lockdown will be in force in Gangtok municipal area from today till 27th of this month. The lockdown was announced on Saturday following a spike in COVID19 cases in the state capital.
“During the seven-day Gangtok municipal area lockdown, movement of passenger and private vehicles will be prohibited except those involved in medical and essential services. All commercial establishments except medical and ration shops will remain closed. State government offices will operate with 30 per cent attendance. Following the lockdown, the state government has allowed free interstate movement of people without any registration from 1st October and resumption of tourism-related services from 10th October. The health department will issue fresh COVID19 protocol for interstate movement beginning 1st October. Tourism department will also issue guidelines for tourism-related services. With Saikat Sarkar, Namo Dixit from Sikkim for AIR”.
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The Railways has started running 40 clone trains from today in the wake of huge demands for travel on specific routes. These clone trains — primarily 3-AC trains with fewer halts, higher speeds and a departure time before the parent train come as a boon for the passengers who have to travel in an emergency or have made last-minute plans. Waitlisted passengers on high traffic routes can hope to reach their destinations two-three hours before the corresponding parent train.10 trains will operate between Bihar and Delhi under the East Central Railways. These trains will originate and terminate at Bihar’s Saharsa, Rajendra Nagar, Rajgir, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur.The two trains operating under the Northeast Frontier Railway are also from Katihar to Delhi and back. The Northern Railway will also run 10 trains which will operate between Delhi and Bihar and back, West Bengal to Delhi, Punjab to West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to Delhi among others.The South Central Railway will operate two trains between Danapur (Bihar) to Secunderabad and back. The South Western Railway will operate 6 trains between Goa and Delhi, Karnataka-Bihar and Karnataka-Delhi. The Western Railway will run 10 trains between (Darbhanga)- (Ahmedabad), Delhi-Gujarat, Chhapra to Gujarat, Mumbai-Punjab, and Ahmedabad-Patna.
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The schools in many States and Union Territories will partially reopen from today for students of 9th to 12th classes on a voluntary basis. These states are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh. Under Unlock 4 guidelines, the central government had permitted the states to reopen schools from September the 21st. However, the states have the authority to decide whether they want to resume schools from today or not. Citing the high number of coronavirus cases, many states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have announced not to resume classes from today. According to the Unlock 4 guidelines, schools are allowed to open with 50 percent teaching and non-teaching staff. Students of class 9 to 12 are permitted to go to school – strictly on voluntary basis. Students will have to get a consent slip from their parents to attend the schools. However, the students and teachers who live in the containment zones, are not allowed to attend schools. All the coronavirus preventive measures such as maintaining social distance, covering face with a mask or cover, washing or santising hands need to be strictly followed.
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In Madhya Pradesh, the monsoon session of the state assembly is starting from today. However, due to COVID-19, the session is limited to only one day. Arrangements have been made in all districts of the state for legislators who want to attend today’s one-day session of the Legislative Assembly virtually. The Protem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma said that MLAs have been given an option to attend virtually in view of the pandemic.
“Assembly officials informed that arrangements have been made at the National Informatics Centres (NIC) in every district for the legislators who will virtually participate in the proceedings of the assembly. The effective strength of the 230-member House has been reduced to 202 now due to deaths of three MLAs and resignation by 25 other MLAs earlier. As per the information, about 40 MLAs had tested coronavirus positive so far. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to 1 lakh 6 thousand after 2 thousand 579 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. As per the state health bulletin, 2 thousand 216 coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals yesterday taking the number of recovered cases in the state to 81thousand 374. There are now 22 thousand 300 active cases in Madhya Pradesh. Sanjeev Sharma, AIR News, Bhopal.”
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The Monsoon session of Gujarat assembly begins today with strict adherence to Covid19 protocols. Nearly 20 bills will be taken up for discussion during the five day session.
“Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi has made special arrangements for the monsoon session amid Coronavirus pandemic. Visitors will not be allowed in the house during the session. Instead, many legislators will sit in visitors galleries to maintain the social distance. Covid19 test is compulsory before entering the Assembly secretariat. People with Covid19 positive results will not be allowed to enter the house. According to sources, more than 500 staff members of assembly have been tested during the last two days, out of which five employees found positive. Four MLAs also found Covid19 positive ahead of the monsoon session. There will be no question hour during the session, however legislators can raise important issues through short call notice. On the first day today, the government will present the report on the work done to fight the Covid19 Pandemic in the state. Nearly 20 bills will be introduced during the session. Yogesh Pandya, AIR News, Ahmedabad.”
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In our series on Seva Saptah, today we bring you a special story on Education Sector. In the last six years, the Narendra Modi government has laid a lot of emphasis on the Education sector. Recently, a new National Education Policy has been launched with an aim to transform the existing education system and to provide quality education to all.
“The new Education Policy will bring transformational reforms in school and higher education. The policy has been formulated after an unprecedented process of consultation that involved nearly over two lakh suggestions from 2.5 lakhs Gram Panchayats and 676 Districts. The Policy aims for universalization of education from pre-school to secondary level with 100 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio in school education by 2030. It will promote research and innovation in the country. This will bring two crore out of school children back into the main stream through open schooling system. The new Policy promotes Multilingualism in both schools and higher education. Higher Education Commission of India will be set up as a single overarching umbrella body for the entire higher education, excluding medical and legal education. The Centre and the States will work together to increase the public investment in Education sector to reach six per cent of GDP at the earliest. With Dipendra Kumar, Suparna Saikia, AIR News Delhi.”
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In our series on Gandhian philosophy, today we bring you a report on Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas about cleanliness and good habits. He pointed out the close relationship of cleanliness to good health. He had said that no one should spit on the streets as it is harmful. Our correspondent reports that Gandhiji strongly emphasized on observing cleanliness in lavatories.
“Gandhi Ji has said that Sanitation is more important than independence. He made cleanliness and sanitation an integral part of the Gandhian way of living. His dream was total sanitation for all. Mahatma Gandhi said, cleanliness is most important for physical well-being and a healthy environment. He said, it is essential for everyone to learn about cleanliness, hygiene, sanitation and the various diseases that are caused due to poor hygienic conditions. Gandhi ji said habits learnt at a young age get embedded into one’s personality. With Dipendra, Anand Kumar, AIR News Delhi.”
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A meeting between military commanders of India and China is scheduled to be held this morning to defuse tension along the border between the two neighbours. Sources said, the talks will be held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.
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World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is set to clash with Diego Schwartzman of Argentina in the Men’s Singles final of Italian Open today. In the semi final match, Schwartzman defeated Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 5-7, 7-6. While, Djokovic reached the final after a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Casper Rudd of Norway.
Four-time champion Djokovic is playing his first tournament since his disqualification at the US Open and a win here would be a record 36th Masters title for the Serbian. The Argentine had upset nine-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal on Saturday evening. If he wins the final, he will crack the Top 10 of the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time. On the women’s side, Number one seed Simona Halep of Romania will take on Czech Karolína Pliskova in the championship match.
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Delhi Capitals beat Kings XI Punjab in the Super Over in the IPL at the Dubai International Stadium last night. Both teams scored 157 runs which dragged the match into the Super Over. Punjab managed to score just two runs as Kagiso Rabada dismissed KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran in the second and third delivery respectively. Delhi Capitals then chased the target of three runs easily.
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Take a look at the weather forecast for the day.
The National Capital of Delhi is expected to have a partly cloudy sky. The minimum temperature recorded was at 26 degree Celsius and maximum is expected to be 37 degrees. In Mumbai, there will be generally cloudy sky with moderate rain. The minimum temperature was 25 and the maximum will be around 30 degrees. Chennai will have a generally cloudy sky with light rain. The temperature is likely to hover between 26 and 31. Kolkata is likely to see thunderstorm with rain. The minimum temperature in the metropolis was around 25 while the maximum is expected to be 31. On to the North, in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the minimum temperature was 25 in Jammu while the maximum will be around 37. The city will have a mainly clear sky. In Srinagar, the minimum temperature was 9 while the maximum will be around 29 degrees. The city will see a mainly clear sky. Ladakh will have mainly a clear sky. The temperature is likely to hover between 11 and 25. In Gilgit, the temperature is likely to hover between 11 and 34 . It will have a mainly clear sky. Muzzafarabad, will see a mainly clear sky. The minimum temperature was 16 degree Celsius and the maximum will be around 36 degrees.
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