French Open : Barbora vs Anastasia In Women’s Final

 French Open women’s semi-final match to reach her first Grand Slam final on Thursday.

Barbora saved a match point at 5-3 in the third set and went on to win the titanic battle in three hours and 18 minutes.

Barbora will play first-time Grand Slam finalist No.31 seed Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated world No.85 Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 34 minutes in an earlier semi-final encounter.

On an 11-match winning streak, Barbora needed five match points over two games. She duly subdued the challenge from the Greek player and improved to 3-0 in their head-to-head rivalry.

Earlier, Anastasia, 29, became the first woman to play more than 50 major tournaments before reaching a final, having made her Grand Slam debut as a 15-year-old wildcard entrant at Wimbledon in 2007.

Italian Roberta Vinci, who was the 2015 US Open runner-up in her 44th main draw, held the previous record.

This tournament is the 52nd time that Anastasia has made the main draw of a Grand Slam event.
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Neem and Aloe Vera, Your Skin Care Essentials

Skincare has become a major part of our day-to-day activity, and it's important for us humans to take care of our skin, body, and hygiene.

It's very important to know what we are using and putting on our skin, these days most cosmetic and skincare products are flooded with chemicals and lots of ingredients which is not good for our skin.

we all know the healing power of Neem and Aloe vera, let's read more about its benefits.

Tired of investing in expensive skin and body care products that assure results but fail to give any? Your answer lies in simple, inexpensive natural ingredients which pack a host of benefits and aren’t going to load your skin with chemicals.

Summers in India are getting hotter with each passing year and the monsoons are almost clog pores, ultimately resulting in an uneven skin tone. Before you purchase your next ‘expensive-so-must-be-great’ product, it’s time to check out the kitchen garden for some humble Neem and Aloe Vera.

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Emphasis of ‘clean approach’ to lifestyle products

A grocery shopping bag speaks a lot about one’s health as well as the environment. A great deal of awareness generated across many platforms has ensured that people realize the importance of a simple diet, one that is focused on nutrition that cleanses the system and nurtures health.

Making its mark felt in people’s lives over time is following a ‘Clean Approach’ towards what they consume. Luke Coutinho, Co-founder at YouCare Lifestyle, emphasis on a ‘Clean Approach’ extends from food like vegetables, fruit, or dairy to the beauty and wellness segments too.

Raising Awareness

Given its convincing benefits, swapping everyday products with organic and chemical-free produce has gained a lot of attention and support from people in the past few years. Since they are grown naturally, organic food is considered healthier and more nutritious than regular foods. This increasing awareness has also given rise to the demand for such natural and organic produce. India is a large country with a population count where each one cannot make an immediate transition to eating healthy.

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For instance, city folks and people living in urban areas have begun transitioning towards a healthier lifestyle. This is something that counterparts in villages have always been doing. In rural India, eating organic food and cultivating produce in farms and dairy products is an integral part of the lifestyle.

Our country’s rich history of using herbs and practicing Ayurveda needs no elaboration. Making use of this deep-rooted connection with organic skin and hair care products is a safer and wiser alternative.

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Indian-American Couple Donates Crores For Bihar, Jharkhand Healthcare

 An Indian American couple has donated over ₹ 1 crore for healthcare works in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA) announced on Monday.

 

The generous donation of USD 150,000 by the Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation to the BJANA would be used for healthcare efforts in the rural areas of the two states through the PRAN-BJANA clinic initiative.

 

The Pravasi Alumni Nisshulk (PRAN) is an initiative by like-minded Indian-American physicians who are working to provide healthcare to the underprivileged and underserved in Bihar and Jharkhand.

 

These doctors have set up a PRAN clinic in Ranchi, providing free healthcare services to the needy. Their endeavor is to provide free healthcare services across the states.

 

“With the generous donation of Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia, this became possible. BJANA getting a large donation is a testament to its ongoing philanthropic activities both here and back home,” BJANA president Avinash Gupta said.

 

Alok Kumar, former FIA president, said this kind of donation would help the BJANA carry out its healthcare works in the region.

 

Ramesh Bhatia came from NIT, Patna, and runs a successful business in Texas.

Ramesh Bhatia’s relatives and family friends from Delhi , Ranchi and Patna have thanked him for his concerns towards the states he hails from and offering financial support to the states of Bihar and Jharkhand to help them their services for the uplift  of downtrodden and deprived sections.

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Sant Nirankari Mission Update : निरंकारी बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी, एक अध्यात्मिक सद्गुरु एवं अमन और शांति के मसीहा के रूप में पूरी दुनिया में जाने-जाते थे

 

24 अप्रैल 1980 को जब बाबा गुरूबचन सिंह जी अपने भक्तो को अहिंसा और प्रेम की राह दिखा रहे थे तब हिंसक प्रवृति ने उनकी हत्या कर दी। और बाबा जी के बलिदान से इंसानियत चीख उठी उसके बाद 27 अप्रैल 1980 को बाबा हरदेव जी ने संत निरंकारी मिशन की कमान संभाली, बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी ने बूटा सिंह जी के द्वारा शुरू की गयी। निरंकारी परम्पारा के उस वृक्ष को संभाला जिस पर बाबा अवतार सिंह जी की अवतार बाणी पुष्प खिल रहे थे। Nirankari baba ji ने संत निरंकारी मिशन को सिर्फ देश हीं नहीं पूरी दुनिया में फैलाया और आज संत निरंकारी मिशन के 27 देशों में अपनी संगत हैं। बाबा जी ने सिर्फ मिशन हीं नहीं बल्कि कैसे ऐसे सामाजिक कार्यों में भी समाज की सेवा की जिनसे इंसानियत जिन्दा हो उठे और दुनिया में भाईचारा फैल सके।

मगर दुर्भाग्यवश 13 मई 2016 को कनाडा में एक कार एक्सिडेंट में बाबा जी का निधन हो गया और वे अपने पंचतत्व के शरीर को त्याग कर ब्रह्मलीन हो गए संत निरंकारी मंडल के प्रमुख बाबाa हरदेव जी ने इंसानियत प्रेम और भाईचारे और इंसानियत की सेवा के लिए जितना कुछ किया है उसको भुलाया नहीं जा सकता इसीलिए कहते हैं।

बाबा हरदेव का शुरूआती जीवन

निरंकारी बाबा सद्गुरू हरदेव सिंह जी महाराज का जन्म 23 फरवरी सन् 1954 को दिल्ली में बाबा गुरूबचन (पिता) और कुलवंत कौर (माता) के घर में हुआ बाबा हरदेव अपनी चार बहनों के एकलौते भाई थे। बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी शुरूआती पढाई रोसरी पब्लिक स्कूल दिल्ली से हुई तथा बाद की शिक्षा पटियाला के यादवेन्द्र स्कूल से हुई बाबा जी ने दिल्ली यूनिवर्सिटी से उच्च शिक्षा हासिल की। वे बहुत ही सरल और सहज स्वभाव के थे उनकी इस सादगी और अध्यात्मिक सोच के कारण उनके दोस्त उनको भोला बाबा भी कहते थे।

घर में अध्यात्म की ज्ञान गंगा बह रही थी और अध्यात्म के उसी ज्ञान में डुबकी लगाकर Nirankari baba ji बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी ने वर्ष 1971 में निरंकारी सेवा दल ज्वाइन करके लोगो की सेवा करना शुरू कर दिया, 14 नवम्बर 1975 को उन्होंने अपने पारिवारिक जीवन की शुरूआत की और निरंकारी भक्तों के परिवार से जुड़ी सुंदर शुशील और कर्मठ सविन्दर जी को अपने साथी के रूप में अपनाया और इस तरह से उनके सफर में हमसफर जुड़ गया और पूरा निरंकारी समुदाय खुशी से झूम उठा।

बाबा हरदेव सिंह अध्यात्मिक सफर

कितने भी कठिन परीक्षा क्यों ने हो सिद्ध पुरूष उस पर खरे उतरते हैं बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी के सामने भी ऐसी ही परिस्थिति थी 27 अप्रैल 1980 को साध सांगत की सेवा करने वाले बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी को सत्य गुरू का चोला पहना दिया गया। और बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी को निराश हताश और शोकाकुल दिलों की रहनुमाई सौंप दी गई। हिंसा के शिकार भक्तों को अहिंसा का ज्ञान देना आज के जमाने में जब धर्म के नाम पर अधर्म का बोल बाला हो हर तरफ अशांति के विशाल नाग फन लहरा रहे हों, Nirankari baba ji बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी के वचनों का अलग ही महत्व है। बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी निरंकारी मिशन के चैथे प्रमुख बने।

Nirankari baba ji बाबा जी हमेशा वसुधैवकुटुम्बकम् के उसूलों का प्रचार करते थे उनका कहना था की इंसानियत की हर धर्म की बुनियाद और आधार है। यही निरंकार है जो हर इंसान के अंदर है। इसलिए हर इंसान की कद्र करो और हर इंसान की सेवा करों, निरंकारी समुदाय में हिन्दू, मुस्लिम, सिक्ख और इसाई चारों धर्मों के लोग शामिल है, जिनकी संख्या करीब 2 करोड़ है। बाबा हरदेव जी के वचनों और कठिन प्रयासों के बाद आज निरंकारी बाबा ने दुनियां के 27 देशों में अपने संत निरंकारी मिशन के अस्तित्व को स्थापित करके अमन और शांति का पैगाम दिया।

संत निरंकारी मिशन इंसानों के लिए वो दर है जहां निरंकार (formless god) को आधार मानकर न कोई जात-पात देखी जाती है ना किसी का धर्म देखा जाता है और ना ही किसी की पदवी बस एक चीज देखी जाती है तो वो है ‘‘इंसानियत’’।

बाबा हरदेव सिंह आदेश से निम्न क्षेत्रों में उनके भक्तों द्वारा सेवा की गयी- रक्त दान, वृक्षारोपण, फ्री हेल्थ चेक अप सेवा, स्वच्छता, स्कूल, काॅलेज, आपदा में धन राशी दान, महिला व युवा सशक्तिकरण

सभी क्षेत्रों में निरंकारी द्वारा फ्री सेवा की गयी और इनको समाज और सरकार द्वारा खूब सराहा गया ब्लड डोनेशन में निरंकारी मिशन की बहुत बड़ी भूमिका है। जिसको साल 2016 में गिनीज बुक ऑफ वल्र्ड में भी दर्ज किया गया क्योंकि बाबा हरदेव कहते थे।

सद्गुरू बाबा हरदेव सिंह पूरी दुनिया में रह रहे निरंकारी समुदाय तथा सांसारिक लोगों को अमन और शांति देकर, लगातार बचपन से इंसानियत का पैगाम देकर, दुनिया में भाईचारे और मिलवर्तत का संदेश देकर 13 मई 2016 को माॅट्रियल कनाडा में एक कार एक्सिडेंट में पंच तत्वों के शरीर को त्याग कर ब्रह्मलीन हो गए और दुनिया में प्यार प्रेम भाईचारा मिलवर्तन इंसानियत सिखाने वाला एक मसीहा फिर इस दुनिया से अलविदा कह गये Nirankari baba ji के अकस्मात् निधन पर राष्ट्रपति प्रणव मुखर्जी, प्रधान मंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी, गृह मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह और कांग्रेस पार्टी की अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी व अन्य लोगों ने दुःख जताते हुए उनको श्रद्धांजलि दी। 17 मई 2016 को, बाबा हरदेव सिंह जी की पत्नी सविन्दर कौर जी को मिशन का पांचवां प्रमुख चुना गया और सद्गुरू बाबा की जिम्मेदारी उनको सौंपी गयी 18 मई 2016 को निगमबोध शमशान घाट में उनका अंतिम संस्कार करके उनको अश्रुपूर्ण श्रद्धांजलि दी गयी।



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Bharat Biotech Update : Avoid Covaxin in case of allergies, fever

 Bharat Biotech, makers of India’s first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19, has advised people not to take ‘Covaxin‘ if they have allergies, fever, bleeding disorder, are on blood thinners, immune-compromised, or are on medicines that affect the immune system.

The Hyderabad-based vaccine-maker, in a fact sheet for recipients and caregivers, said that even pregnant and nursing women should not take the vaccine.

 

People who have taken another Covid-19 vaccine or are suffering from any other serious health-related issues should also not take Covaxin.

 

Bharat Biotech reiterated that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had authorized the “restricted use of Covaxin under clinical trial mode”.

 

“Individuals who are prioritised under the public health programme of the Health Ministry will be covered under this endeavour. Informing the individuals about the offer to vaccinate them with Covaxin will rest with the respective government program officials. Those offered Covaxin at pre-specified booths will have the option to receive or reject the administration of the vaccine,” says the fact sheet that surfaced on Tuesday.

 

Company sources told IANS that the fact sheet was issued last week.

 

“As with any new medicine, this vaccine will be closely monitored to allow quick identification of any new safety information,” said Bharat Biotech. Side effects can be reported to toll-free number 18001022245.

 

The vaccine-maker said that in phase 1 and 2 clinical trials, Covaxin has demonstrated the ability to produce antibodies against Covid-19. However, the clinical efficacy of Covaxin is yet to be established and it is still being studied in phase 3 clinical trial.

 

In phase 1 and 2 trials, 680 people were administered two doses each of Covaxin. The phase 3 clinical trial with 25,800 participants is on. The first dose was administered to them on January 6.

 

In the ongoing clinical trial, Covaxin has shown to generate immunity following two doses given four weeks apart, the firm said.

 

"Covaxin, which Bharat Biotech developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virology, and ‘Covishield’, developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India at Pune, have been cleared by the DCGI for emergency use. Both the vaccines are in use during the nationwide immunisation programme launched on January 16."

 

The move to include Covaxin even before the publication of data from its phase 3 trial had come under criticism from some quarters. However, the regulator had defended the decision by saying that both the vaccines were totally safe.

 

Over 500 adverse reactions were reported from across the country during two days of immunization. Two deaths were also reported but the government clarified that these were not related to vaccination.

 

Bharat Biotech said in case of any Serious Adverse Events (SAV), vaccine recipients will be provided medically recognized standards of care in government-designated and authorized centers/hospitals. Compensation for the serious adverse events will be paid by Bharat Biotech International Limited and if SAV is proved to be causally related to the vaccine. The compensation amount will be determined by the ICMR Central Ethics Committee, it added.

 

Source: https://insightonlinenews.in/bharat-biotech-update-avoid-covaxin-in-case-of-allergies-fever/

 

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Hyderabad Update : BJP now main threat to TRS’ dominance in Telangana

 There were celebrations at Telangana Bhavan on Friday when it appeared that TRS is heading to retain power in GHMC but couple of hours later gloom replaced that joy as the party began trailing BJP in 10-15 divisions.

 

Despite emerging as the single largest party with 55 seats in 150-member Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has more reasons to be worried about by the poll outcome.

 

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may not have captured GHMC in the fiercely contested polls but it sent the alarm bells ringing within the TRS.

 

From just four seats in 2016 to 48 divisions in 2020 under its belt, BJP has emerged as the main challenger to TRS.

 

Coming close on the heels of its victory in Dubbak Assembly by-election, the BJP’s impressive show in Greater Hyderabad has given credence to its claim as the sole alternative for the TRS as well as an impetus to its dream march in the south.

 

Political analysts say the saffron party with big gains has emerged as a dominant force in the state with its eyes set on the ultimate goal of winning 2023 Assembly polls and turn Telangana into second gateway to South India after Karnataka.

 

It was for this reason that the BJP leadership focused on GHMC campaign. Central Ministers including Amit Shah, party president J.P. Nadda and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath campaigned for the party candidates for the civic body polls.

 

The party aggressively pushed Hindutva's agenda to polarize votes while attacking TRS for what it called a secret alliance with the ‘communal’ Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM).

 

The analysts say TRS defeat in Dubbak and the setback in GHMC proves there is anti-incumbency and BJP has used this to its advantage thus replacing Congress as the main opposition.

 

“BJP has clearly made a mark in GHMC elections by improving the Party’s tally from 2016. And with Congress once again failing, the saffron party acquired the status of the main opposition to the ruling TRS,” said analyst P. Raghavendra Reddy.

 

“These results will surely have a bearing on all the future elections in the State, and BJP will be the main opposition to TRS.”

 

He believes that BJP with the new strength will make TRS struggle politically in the coming months.

 

After the formation of Telangana state, TRS was successful in preventing BJP from becoming a threat. In the 2018 elections, BJP’s performance was disastrous as it won only one seat in 119-member Assembly. Its vote share was just seven percent.

 

However, in the Lok Sabha elections held a few months later, BJP surprised everyone by winning four seats. It wrested three seats from TRS, including Nizamabad where Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was defeated. BJP increased its vote share to 20 percent.

 

Analysts, however, say Chandrasekhar Rao while weakening Congress by luring its legislators to TRS, underestimated the danger from TRS.

 

The anti-incumbency votes which used to get divided among different parties started consolidating under the BJP.

 

This was proved in Dubbak where BJP’s vote share went up to 38 percent. By polling over 30 percent votes again in GHMC polls, BJP has sent a warning to TRS that it faces stiff challenges ahead.

 

BJP’s next target will be the by-elections to Nagarjunasagar Assembly seat, which fell vacant following the death of sitting legislator of TRS’ Nomula Narsimhaiah three days ago.

 

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Ahmed Patel’s demise leaves many question marks in Rajasthan politics

 Ahmed Patel is no more and his sudden demise has left a number of questions unanswered in Rajasthan politics.

The raging question being discussed by one and all in political circles is who will replace Patel in the 3-member committee formed to address the political crisis which erupted soon after the former deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot launched a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in July.

Patel along with Ajay Maken and KC Venugopal was in the committee set up to redress the grievances of the rebel lobby in Rajasthan. In fact, Patel was the person who resolved the political crisis with his acumen and brought Pilot and his MLAs back in the party’s fold.

Now, the Congress workers are waiting to know how things proceed, “how will political appointments be announced, will there be cabinet expansion? How much weight will be given to Pilot and his MLAs who were divested of their portfolios after the crisis? When will the PCCs, dissolved in July after the political crisis, be formed again? Will the Gehlot loyalists who camped in hotels during the crisis for over a month be given plum posts?

Besides these, there are many other issues that need to be addressed in Rajasthan.

Speculations are rife whether Pilot will be elevated in the AICC or will Gehlot get mileage or if he will re-induct Pilot into his ministry.

Now, with Patel’s departure, there is suspense in the party over how things will proceed, said Jogendra Singh Awana, former BSP MLA who joined the Congress with five other BSP MLAs.

These ex-BSP MLAs are also awaiting their turn to get a position in the cabinet and other political appointments.

Everything including the cabinet expansion, political appointments, re-induction of rebel leaders etc were awaited but with Patel’s demise, a lot of uncertainty has been created and all eyes are on Rajasthan — will Gehlot give a major portfolio to Pilot or not, is what we all are looking for, said a senior Congress leader.

Meanwhile, Sachin Pilot, when contacted, told IANS that Ahmed Patel’s demise is a major loss for the party. “He was a pillar of the Congress who kept the young and the old united.”

The party in this time of crisis needs to stand united. Very soon, the PCC shall have a new team under its chief Govind Singh Dotasara in Rajasthan. Also, the pending developments too shall take place although there can be some delay in the matter.

Earlier Maken had been infected with COVID and Venugopal’s mother passed away. Now, our pillar of strength Patel is no more. So things might take time but everything will be resolved soon, he added.

In July, the PCC of Rajasthan was dissolved and the new committees for each district are yet to be announced.

Three of the committee members, Patel, Maken, and Venugopal were monitoring the developments and taking feedback from the grassroots leaders.

State education minister Govind Singh Dotasara was announced as the new PCC chief after Pilot was sacked from that position.

Pilot’s loyalist ministers namely Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena’s portfolios were also taken away.

In fact, the former PCC members and these former ministers have been awaiting their re-induction with the formation of the three-member committee.

Now, how and when shall these developments take place is a major question, said Awana.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had also expressed grief over the passing away of Ahmed Patel and termed him as his close friend and a trusted partner. “It was a great loss to the entire political community and the nation.”

“Sh. Ahmed Patel dedicated his entire life to the Congress party, Gehlot said.”

“In this way, he remained committed to keeping the Congress organization united even though staying away from power in his political life for more than four decades. His absence would be sorely missed,” he said in his tweet.

Source: https://insightonlinenews.in/ahmed-patels-demise-leaves-many-question-marks-in-rajasthan-politics/

 

 

Corona Vaccine : Vaccines against COVID-19 may not need to be administered annually – WHO Official

 

 Ekaterina Ivanova– Any safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 may not need to be administered annually, unlike vaccines for influenza, Dr. Richard Mihigo, the program area manager for immunization and vaccine development at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, told Sputnik in an interview.

“It’s difficult to predict now for how long the effect of the vaccine will last. It’s true that for flu vaccines, most of the time we need to repeat it every year, depending on the different strains of the virus being seasonal for north, west, etc. For the coronavirus, we believe that it may not necessarily be the case,” Dr. Mihigo remarked.

Citing the ongoing phase 3 clinical trials of several candidate vaccines in South Africa, as well as of therapeutic treatments such as the steroid dexamethasone, the WHO official said it was unclear how long it will take for conclusive results to be drawn from the tests.

“Our role is to create an enabling environment in which these therapeutics, these vaccines can be tested. And then we observe what will be the outcome of such clinical trials. It’s very difficult to predict when [we will see] the outcome,” Dr. Mihigo said.

Three vaccine producers – AstraZeneca, Johnson&Johnson, and Novavax – are currently conducting trials of candidate vaccines in South Africa, the WHO official outlined.
“We do have a few clinical trials currently going on, mainly in South Africa … The AstraZeneca trial started a couple of weeks ago. We have a Novavax vaccine that also started in South Africa and, most recently, the Johnson&Johnson vaccine that also started in South Africa. Other countries have also been approached – Kenya, Uganda – but clinical trials have not yet started there,” Dr. Mihigo said.

Johnson&Johnson on Tuesday announced that clinical trials of their candidate vaccine against COVID-19 would be paused after one patient exhibited symptoms of an “unexplained” illness.

AstraZeneca, which is producing its candidate vaccine in conjunction with the UK’s University of Oxford, was also forced to temporarily suspend its trials in early September after adverse side effects were seen in one patient.

Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), has said that Russian vaccines against COVID-19, which are based on the well-researched human adenovirus platform, may prove safer than using Western vaccines that are based on a chimpanzee adenovirus.

The RDIF is producing the Sputnik V vaccine in conjunction with its developer, the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.

 

Source:  https://insightonlinenews.in/corona-vaccine-vaccines-against-covid-19-may-not-need-to-be/

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(Second Amendment) Bill, 2020 passed by RS

 The Rajya Sabha on Saturday passed a Bill to temporarily suspend initiation of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

 

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(Second Amendment) Bill, 2020, moved for consideration by the Upper House, was passed by a voice vote.

 

The passage of the Bill came after the house negated the Statutory resolution moved by K K Ragesh disapproving the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (No. 9 of 2020) promulgated by the President of India on June 5, 2020.

 

The Bill amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

 

The Code provides a time-bound process for resolving insolvency in companies and among individuals. Insolvency is a situation where individuals or companies are unable to repay their outstanding debt.

 

The Bill seeks to temporarily suspend initiation of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) under the Code.

 

Responding to the debate on the Bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the purpose of suspending Section 10 A of the IBC was to prevent businesses from getting pushed into insolvency due to the COVID situation.

 

‘The situation before us in March was clearly of putting lives before livelihood. When PM announced the Janta curfew, he said it was a preventive remedy and did not know for how long it would last. Naturally, lockdown impacted business and financial markets, did we just sit and watch? No.

 

‘It is better to suspend sections 7, 9 and 10 of IBC so that we can prevent businesses from getting pushed into insolvency and with that intention an ordinance was brought out. With this intention, Section 10A of the ordinance was brought in. Our intention of initiating corporate insolvency for matters that occurred during lockdown, was to give immunity during this period. This is only for those which arrive during COVID period. Amendment of section 66 provides that no obligation shall be filed by a resolution professional,’ she said.

 

On members commenting on the government coming up with lot of ordinances, she said that the purpose of this government coming up with Ordinances was to ensure that the emerging situations are addressed from time to time.

 

“We repeatedly hear that this government comes out with an ordinance. That is to ensure that the emerging situations are addressed and we come back to the House and get the Bills passed. It is a responsive government’s duty is to show that we are with the people of India,’ she said.

 

Source: https://insightonlinenews.in/insolvency-and-bankruptcy-codesecond-amendment-bill/

Financial Education : RBI releases ‘National Strategy for Financial Education: 2020-2025’

 To achieve the vision of creating a financially aware and empowered India, the Reserve Bank on Thursday released the ‘Second National Strategy for Financial Education (NSFE) for the period 2020-2025.

The NSFE 2020-25 intends to support the Centre and financial sector regulators’ vision of empowering various sections of society to “develop adequate knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour which are needed to manage their money better and to plan for the future”.

“The strategy recommends adoption of a multi-stakeholder approach to achieve financial well-being of Indians,” the RBI said in a statement.

Accordingly, to achieve the vision of creating a financially aware and empowered India, certain strategic objectives have been laid down which include inculcating financial literacy concepts among various sections of the population through financial education to “make it an important life skill”.

“Encouraging active savings behaviour and developing credit discipline; improving usage of digital financial services in a safe and secure manner; bringing awareness about rights, duties and avenues for grievance redressal, etc,” the statement said.

“In order to achieve the ‘Strategic Objectives’ laid down, the document recommends adoption of a ‘5 C’ approach for dissemination of financial education through emphasis on the development of relevant ‘Content’, developing ‘Capacity’ among the intermediaries involved in providing financial services, leveraging on the positive effect of ‘Community’ led model for financial literacy through appropriate ‘Communication Strategy’, and lastly, enhancing ‘Collaboration’ among various stakeholders.”

As part of the exercise to prepare the strategy paper, the National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE) also conducted a survey to find out the status of financial literacy in India. As per the survey, the percentage of population above the financial literacy threshold Is highest in Western India that houses the two major stock exchanges of the country while people in North East come a close second. Eastern and Central India still have to go a long way in updating their financial understanding.

Also, the salaried class in both the government and the private sector seems to understand financial products better than other segments. The number of earnings also reflect a financial understanding of people with those earning the highest crossing the financial education threshold easily while those in middle to lower-income groups have still to do a lot of catching up.

Surprisingly, there has been a marked improvement in understanding financial products by rural India in the last five years with 24 per cent of the population now fairly aware about financial systems as against just 15 per of the population in 2013.

Source: Trusted Online News Portals in India

 

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What will it take to make effective Covid-19 vaccine?

With the global pandemic still in full swing, scientists around the world are working to develop an effective vaccine for Covid-19 virus in record time but they don’t all agree on how to get there and what “effective” really means.

 

In the study, published in the journal Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the experts spoke with researchers, doctors, and business leaders to shed light on some of the challenges vaccine developers are facing.

 

“As of mid-July, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that over 160 vaccine programs were in progress, an unprecedented effort toward a common goal,” wrote the study author Ryan Cross from C&EN in the US.

 

For SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, that part is the spike protein, which the virus uses to attach itself to human cells.

 

Both types of methods can be time-consuming, and traditional approaches are potentially dangerous because companies need to grow large amounts of virus.

 

This has caused some scientists to turn to experimental gene-based vaccines, the experts said. Researchers put the genetic code for the spike protein into harmless viruses that act as vessels, or simply use DNA or RNA to deliver the genetic information to human cells.

 

Human cells would use these instructions to make the spike protein, which would trigger an immune response.

 

These types of vaccines are very fast for scientists to design and make, but the technology is largely unproven, and it remains to be seen whether these kinds of vaccines are effective, Cross wrote.

 

Furthermore, there are many different modifications that scientists can make to the spike protein, which could change how our immune systems respond to the real virus.

 

According to Cross, vaccine makers are focusing on the ability of candidates to produce high levels of neutralizing antibodies that would prevent the virus from entering cells.

 

But this area of vaccine research also faces challenges. For example, the methods for quantifying the antibody response in the laboratory are not ideal.

 

In addition, it’s unclear just how much neutralization is good enough and for how long the effect would last.

 

“If antibody levels aren’t high enough, a person might only be left with partial immunity, which could prevent severe symptoms but still leave them with the ability to infect others and what works in one person might not work well in another,” Cross said.

 

Questions about safety still loom, and experts warn that moving too fast with an unsafe vaccine could shake public confidence.

 

Source: Trusted Online News Portals in India

 

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सियासी संकट के बीच गहलोत सरकार का 109 विधायकों के समर्थन का दावा

 

• राजस्थान में सियासी उठापटक के बीच सोमवार सुबह ग्‍यारह बजे मुख्‍यमत्री अशोक गहलोत के आवास पर होने थी लेकिन अभी शुरू नहीं हो सही है। उम्मीद है कि बैठक अब दोपहर बाद होगी।
  
  
  
  
  गहलोत सरकार का दावा है कि उनके पास 109 विधायकों का समर्थन पत्र है, जबकि उप मुख्यमंत्री सचिन पायलट ने दावा किया है कि 30 कांग्रेस विधायक उनके समर्थन में है। पायलट के हवाले से सूत्रों ने दावा किया है कि उप मुख्यमंत्री भाजपा में नहीं जाएंगे। वे एक अलग तीसरा मोर्चा खड़ा कर सकते हैं। पायलट सोमवार को नई पार्टी की घोषणा कर सकते हैं।
  
  
  इसमें कांग्रेस के एक तिहाई विधायकों के शामिल होने का दावा किया जा रहा है। प्रगतिशील कांग्रेस के नाम से तीसरा मोर्चा खड़ा करने की संभावना के बीच भारतीय जनता पार्टी के केन्‍द्र और राज्‍य के वरिष्‍ठ नेता इस पूरे घटनाक्रम पर अपनी निगाहें बनाए हुए हैं।
  
  
  कांंग्रेस पार्टी के संगठन महासचिव और राजस्थान से राज्यसभा सदस्य चुने गए केसी वेणुगोपाल भी जयपुर पहुंच गए हैं। इधर, आयकर विभाग ने सोमवार सुबह मुख्यमंत्री अशोक गहलोत के नजदीकी नेताओं के ठिकानों पर छापेमारी कर सियासी सरगर्मियां बढ़ा दी। विभाग की ओर से होटल फेयर माउंट समेत 22 ठिकानों पर छापेमारी की गई है। जिन नेताओं के यहां छापेमारी हुई हैं, उनमें मुख्‍यमंत्री के खास सिपहसालार कांग्रेस नेता राजीव अरोड़ा और धर्मेन्‍द्र सिंह राठौड भी शामिल है। इस बीच प्रदेश कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष सचिन पायलट की बगावत के बाद प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमेटी कार्यालय से पायलट के पोस्टर हटा लिए गए हैं।
  
  
  राजस्थान में विधायकों की खरीद-फरोख्त के प्रकरण में स्पेशल ऑपरेशन ग्रुप (एसओजी) की ओर से मुख्यमंत्री अशोक गहलोत, उप मुख्यमंत्री सचिन पायलट समेत कई विधायकों को बयान दर्ज कराने के लिए नोटिस जारी करने से गर्माए सियासी पारे को शांत करने और सियासी समीकरण साधने के लिए दिल्ली से आलाकमान के निर्देश पर प्रदेश प्रभारी अविनाश पांडे, रणदीप सुरजेवाला और अजय माकन को जयपुर भेजा। तीनों नेताओं ने रविवार देर रात तक मुख्यमंत्री आवास पर गहलोत और अन्य नेताओं से मुलाकात की और सारी स्थितियों को लेकर विचार विमर्श किया।
  
  
  इसके बाद रात ढाई बजे पत्रकार वार्ता कर 109 विधायकों का समर्थन हासिल होने का दावा किया।अविनाश पांडे ने कहा कि सोमवार सुबह विधायक दल बैठक होगी इसे लेकर व्हीप जारी कर दिया है जो विधायक इसका उल्लंघन करेगा उसके खिलाफ अनुशासनत्मक कार्रवाई की जाएगी। पांडे ने कहा कि बीजेपी की साजिश कामयाब नहीं होगी , राजस्थान के सभी विधायक एकजुट है। तीनों नेताओं ने राजस्थान सरकार को किसी तरह का खतरा होने से इनकार किया।
  
  
  इधर बहुजन समाज पार्टी से कांग्रेस में शामिल हुए विधायक राजेंद्र गुढ़ा ने सनसनीखेज खुलासा करते हुए कहा कि उन्‍हें खरीदने की कोशिश की गई है। विधायक दल की बैठक में शामिल होने आए गुड़ा ने मुख्यमंत्री आवास के बाहर पत्रकारों से बातचीत में कहा कि रविवार रात को हमसे होटल में संपर्क किया गया और हमें ऑफर दिया गया। आयकर छापों लेकर उन्होंने कहा कि सरकारी मशीनरी का दुरुपयोग किया गया है। उन्होंने दावा किया कि सरकार बचाने के लिए बीजेपी के कुछ नेताओं से भी संपर्क किया जा सकता है।
  
  
  मुख्यमंत्री, उप मुख्यमंत्री और अन्य कुछ विधायकों को एसओजी का नोटिस जारी होने के बाद से राजस्थान में सियासी बखेड़ा खड़ा हो गया है। उप मुख्यमंत्री पायलट कुछ समर्थित विधायकों के साथ दिल्ली में डेरा डाले हुए हैं, जबकि मुख्यमंत्री गहलोत रविवार को पूरे दिन सरकार बचाने की कवायद में लगे रहे।
  
  
  भाजपा इस पूरे मसले पर निगाहें गढ़ाए हुए हैं। भाजपा प्रदेशाध्यक्ष सतीश पूनियां ने कहा कि कांग्रेस सरकार बनने के बाद से उनमें अंर्तकलह चल रहा है। यही अंर्तकलह इस सरकार को ले डूबेगा।
  

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योगा से प्राप्त आन्तरिक सौंदर्य बाहरी सौंदर्य को निखारता है: शहनाज हुसैन

"सुन्दर चमकीली त्वचा, गठीला शरीर, छरहरा बदन, चेहरे पर यौवनता, चमकीले बाल तथा प्राकृतिक रूप से सुन्दर दिखने की चाहत में आज कल पिफटनेस सैन्टरों, जिम, सैलून, स्पा तथा बहुराष्ट्रीय कंपनियों के मंहगे सौदर्य प्रसाधनों को खरीदने की होड़ आम देखी जा सकती है।"

 

आज कल के प्रदूषण, तनाव, लाइफ स्टाइल तथा दिन रात की भागदौड़ भरी जिन्दगी से आप समय से पहले ही बूढ़े दिखने लगते हैं तथा युवा उम्र में ही चेहरे पर झुर्रियां, कील मुहांसे, फुंसियां, काले धब्बे लगातार परेशानी का सबब बन जाते हैं, अधिकांश लोग सूंदर दिखने की लालसा क्या क्या नहीं कर देते लेकिन फिर भी ब्यूटी सैलूनों में घण्टों फेयरनेस ट्रीटमेंट तथा कॉस्मेटिक पर भारी खर्च करने के बाद भी चेहरे का निखार कुछ दिनों बाद ही गायब हो जाता है। ऐसे में लोग उदास होकर दिल तोड़ बैठते हैं तथा उन्हें लगता है की सुंदरता तो बिरासत में ही मिलती है।

लेकिन कया आप जानते हैं की अगर आप शारीरिक रूप से सुन्दर हैं तो आपका सौन्दर्य चेहरे पर स्वभाबिक रूप से झलकेगा। कुछ योग आसनों के नियमित अभ्यास से आप प्राकृतिक सुन्दरता, दमकती त्वचा तथा शारीरिक आकर्षण ग्रहण कर सकते है। वास्तव में अगर आप योग साधना को अपने जीवन से जोड़ लें तो शरीर को स्वस्थ्य रखने के साथ ही प्रकृतिक तौर पर स्थाई रूप से सुन्दर तथा प्रभावशाली भी बनाया जा सकता है तथा महंगे सौन्दर्य प्रसाधनों, ब्यूटी सैलूनों के महंगे उपचार तथा समय को बचाया जा सकता है।

भारतीय आर्युवैदिक पद्धति योग के साधारण आसनों के जरिए आप स्थाई आन्तरिक तथा बाहरी सौन्दर्य मुफत में आसानी में पा सकते है। प्रतिदिन महज आध घण्टा सुबह तथा शाम सूर्या नमस्कार, प्राणायाम, उत्थान आसन, कपाल भाती, धनुर आसन तथा सांसो की क्रिया के माध्यम से आप अपने यौवन, सौन्दर्य तथा प्राकृतिक आकर्षण को जीवन पर्यन्त बनाऐ रख सकते है।

प्रणायाम से बालों की प्राकृतिक रूप से वृद्वि होती है तथा बालों का सफेद होना तथा झड़ने जैसी समस्या को रोकने में भी मदद मिलती है। योगा का मानसिक शारीरिक, भावनात्मक तथा मनोभाव पर सकारात्मक प्रभाव पड़ता है जिससे आत्म विश्वास बढ़ता है।

उत्थान आसन के लगातार उपयोग से आप कील, मुंहासे, काले धब्बों आदि की समस्याओं का स्थाई उपचार पा सकते है। कपालभाति शासीर में कार्बन डाईक्साईड को हटाकर खून को साफ करने में मदद मिलती है। उससे शरीर में हल्कापन महसूस होता है। धनुर आसन से शरीर में रक्त का प्रभाव बढ़ता है तथा शरीर से विषैले पदार्थो को बाहर निकालने में मदद मिलती है इससे शरीर की त्वचा में प्राकृतिक चमक आती है तथा त्वचा की रंगत में निखार भी आता है।

योगासन से रीढ़ की हड्डी तथा जोड़ों को लचकदार बनाया रखा जा सकता है। जिससे शरीर लम्बे समय तक लचीला तथा आकर्षक बनता है, योग से शरीर के भार को कम करने में भी मदद मिलती है तथा इससे मांस पेशियां नरम तथा मुलायम हो जाती है। सूर्यानमस्कार से शरीर पर बढ़ती आयु के प्रभाव को रोका जा सकता है तथा यह चेहरे तथा शरीर पर बुढ़ापे की भाव मुद्राओं के प्रभाव को रोकने में मददगार साबित होता है।

चेहरे की झुर्रियों से मुक्ति पाने के लिए सूर्यानमस्कार तथा प्राणायाम दोनों प्रभावी आसन है। अच्छा स्वास्थ्य तथा सौंदर्य एक ही सिक्के के दो पहलू है। यदि आप आन्तरिक रूप से सुन्दर नहीं है तब तक आपका सौंदर्य चेहरे पर नहीं झलक सकता। सुन्दर त्वचा, चमकीले बाल तथा छरहरे बदन के लिऐ अच्छी सेहत का होना परम आवश्यक है। वास्तव में मैंने समग्र स्वास्थ्य के लिए आर्युवैदिक सिद्धान्त को प्रोत्साहित किया।

योग से मानसिक तथा शारीरिक दोनों को प्रचुर लाभ मिलता है। इससे न केवल सभी मांस पेशियों को फायदा होता है बल्कि इससे प्राण शक्ति बढ़ती है तथा आन्तरिक अंगों की रंगत में निखार आता है।

योग प्राचीन भारतीय विद्या है तथा इसके निरन्तर अभ्यास से संयमित व्यक्तित्व तथा वृद्वावस्था की भाव मुद्राओं को रोकने में मदद मिलती है। इससे सांसों पर नियन्त्रण रहता है तथा योगाभ्यास के दौरान सांस खींचने तथा सांस बाहर निकलाने की उचित विधि से शवास को संयमित करने में मदद मिलती है । योग से सौंदर्य में व्यापक निखार आता है तथा यह त्वचा को ताजा तथा बीमारियों से पूरी तरह मुक्त रखती है। यह अवधारणा बालों पर भी लागू होती है। योग से सिर की खाल तथा बालों के कोश में रक्त संचार तथा आक्सीजन का व्यापक निरन्तर प्रवाह होता है। इससे बालों के रक्त संचार को पोष्टिक तत्व पहुंचाने में काफी मदद मिलती है जिससे बालो की वृद्धि तथा सिर की खाल को स्वास्थ्य रखने में बहुत मदद मिलती है।

वास्तव में योग नियमित रूप से तनाव से मुक्ति प्रदान करता है। जिससे त्वचा पर रंगत वापिस आ जाती है। योग करने से आप तत्काल पुनः यौवन प्राप्त करके चित प्रसन्न महसूस कर सकते है।

वास्तव में योग से बाहरी शारीरिक सौंदर्य को निखारने तथा संवारने में काफी मदद मिलती है।शरीर को स्वस्थ्य बनाने में तन और मन का बेहतर योगदान होता है। आमतौर पर देखा गया है कि हमारी शारीरिक बीमारियों के मानसिक आधार होते हैं। क्रोध हमारे मन को विकृत करता है जिससे हम विभिन्न प्रकार की बीमारियों से घिर जाते हैं फिर भी क्रोध से बिल्कुल अनभिज्ञ रहते हैं। योगाभ्यास क्रोध पर नियंत्रण रखने में अहम भूमिका निभाता है।

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In A First, Kerala Schools’ New Academic Year Begins Online

With authorities trying their level best to bring back normalcy to day-to-day lives of people — thrown haywire by the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown — Kerala has opted for online teaching to ensure the studies of schoolchildren in the coastal state does not suffer.

Online classes have been enabled through state-owned KITE-Victers Channel to benefit about 4.5 million students from Class 1 to 12 of state syllabus schools.


Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan appeared on TV at 8.30 am on Monday and announced the commencement of the online classes.


“Each class will have separate time slots and schoolteachers concerned will have to constantly interact with their students to ensure that all follow the new routine of online classes,” said Vijayan.


For students who miss online classes due to power failure or connectivity issues, there will be a daily repeat telecast, as also available on YouTube.


But for the COVID scare, Monday would have witnessed the usual hustle and bustle in Kerala schools as students would have walked in wearing new school uniforms and carrying schoolbags.


Vice-Chairman and Executive Director Anwar Sadath of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) — which is behind the IT-enabled education in over 16,000 Kerala schools — told IANS that they have been working on the project for a while, with the biggest advantage that all digital content was ready.


He said it could never ever be imagined that online classrooms would be put into effect so quickly.


“We have prepared time-tables for all classes. The first class of the day was for Class 12 English subject for half an hour in which lectures recorded by two teachers were aired. This service reaches every student’s home through the KITE-Victers channel, which is aired by a cable TV network,” said Sadath.


Daily, there will be four periods for Class 12, 3 for Class X and two each for Class 8 and 9, and one period each for all other classes. Each period will be of 30-minute duration.


“KITE-Victers is holding online classes through the broadcast, web, and even offline. One or two teachers handle one subject for a 30-minute period. The telecast is watched by all the students of that particular class across the state. At the end of the day, the teachers concerned at every school interact with their students through mobile phones for feedback. It’s the responsibility of the teacher concerned to clear all doubts of his or her students,” said Sadath.


Recording of all lectures for the next two weeks has been done while recording for the third week has commenced.


Special arrangements have been made for students who do not have TVs or smartphones.


“In-state schools, there are 1.20 lakh laptops, 80,000 projectors, and 4,500 TV sets. By now, teachers have identified students who do not have access to TVs. We have made arrangements to set up TV facilities in which 5 to 10 students can visit near their homes and attend online classes while observing social distancing norms. All these students need to come for just 30 minutes daily,” the KITE officer said.


State Higher Education Minister (Colleges) K.T. Jaleel, who has been a history teacher, inaugurated the online classes for colleges by taking a lecturer on ‘renaissance’ for History students. For the colleges, it’s more of a web telecast.


State Education Minister C. Raveendranth, a former college professor, said that the online classes were just a temporary arrangement and not an alternative to traditional classroom learning.


“Once the situation normalizes, students can return to their classrooms. All shortcomings in the online system will be rectified,” said Raveendranath.


A Class 12 student, who attended her first online class, said it was a new experience for her.


“However, I wish to attend school and sit in a classroom with my friends. Online teaching does not give the same experience as one gets when in school. I wish and hope the schools reopen soon,” said the student.


Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy pointed out that Victer's TV channel was launched by then-President APJ Abdul Kalam when Chandy was the Chief Minister in 2005.

  

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