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THE HEADLINES:
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Parliament passes Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020; Three Gujarat based Ayurveda institutes to be merged into one.
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Infiltration attempts by Pakistani terrorists have reduced in Jammu and
Kashmir in last two and a half years says Minister of State for Home
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COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 78.53 per cent; Over 39 lakh 42 thousand people recovered so far.
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Yoshihide Suga elected as Japan’s new Premier; Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates the new leader.
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Renowned scholar Dr.Kapila Vatsyayan passes away.
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Today is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
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The Parliament has passed
the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020 with Rajya
Sabha approving it today. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill.
The bill seeks to establish an Institute of Teaching and Research in
Ayurveda and declare it an Institute of National importance. The bill
also has the provision to merge three Ayurveda institutes situated in
Jamnagar, Gujarat into one. The institutes are, the Institute of
Post-Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Shree Gulabkunverba
Ayurved Mahavidyalaya and the Indian Institute of Ayurvedic
Pharmaceutical Sciences. The proposed Institute will be situated in the
campus of Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar. Replying to discussion,
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, the
government is committed to promote the ancient medicine system including
Ayurveda. He said, Ayush Ministry has initiated the process to give
deemed university status to all its national institutes.
On members’ questions, why
Jamnagar Institute has been selected for making an institute of
national importance, the Minister said, it has been chosen in an
objective manner as Jamnagar institutes are oldest Ayurveda institutes.
Earlier, participating in the discussion, TMC MP Dr Santunu Sen
questioned the bill saying it is in contradiction of the New Education
Policy. Prof. Ramgopal Yadav of Samajwadi Party demanded the Centre to
provide more assistance to states to ensure better availability of
medicines in the hospitals. While supporting the bill, Prashant Nanda of
BJD said, the world is looking towards India for quality education in
the field of Ayurveda.
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Terrorist incidents in
Jammu and Kashmir have reduced significantly after the revocation of
Article 370 from the newly carved Union Territory. This was stated by
the Minister of State for Home Affairs in G. Kishan Reddy in a written
reply in the Rajya Sabha today. He said, no major terror attack took
place in the hinterland of the country from 5th of August 2019 to 9th of
September 2020.
The Minister informed that
a total number of 455 terrorist related incidents have been reported
in Jammu and Kashmir within 402 days prior to revocation of Article 370.
He said, a total number of 211 terrorist incidents have been reported
between 5th August 2019 to 9th September 2020.
The minister said that
the government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism.
He added that various measures have been taken by the government for
strengthening the security apparatus and strict enforcement of law to
effectively deal with the challenges posed by the terrorist
organizations.
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The infiltration attempts
by the Pakistani terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir have come down in the
last two and half years. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today,
Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy informed that a total
number of 143 infiltrations occurred in the year 2018 and 141
infiltrations in the year 2019. In this year till July, 48 infiltrations
happened in Jammu and Kashmir. The Minister informed that a total
number of 257 terrorists in the year 2018 and 157 terrorists in the year
2019 were killed in J&K. This year, 168 terrorists have been killed
in the Union Territory till 9th of September.
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The Union Government is considering a revision in the limit of creamy layer for Other Backward Classes, OBCs.
In a written reply in the
Rajya Sabha today, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
Krishan Pal Gurjar said the modalities of revised limit are under
examination of the government. He was responding to a question wherein
it was asked whether the government has prepared a proposal to increase
the creamy layer limit of OBCs to 12 lakh rupees.
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Congress today questioned
the government’s measures taken for containing the spread of Corona
virus in the country and demanded that compensation must be given to
migrant workers and poor who lost their lives during the lockdown.
Participating in a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the statement given by
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on COVID-19
pandemic, Anand Sharma of Congress said, migrant workers and poor people
have to face hardships due to unplanned lockdown. He said, government
should inform the house about the rationale behind the sudden
announcement of lockdown.
Derek O’Brien of TMC also
questioned the government’s move related to the announcement of lockdown
without consulting the states. He also criticized the government for
suspension of MPLAD funds during this crisis situation. He urged the
Centre to work with the State Governments to control the COVID-19
situation. Ravi Prakash Verma of Samajawadi Party also raised fingers on
government’s steps related to lockdown. Tiruchi Siva of DMK said that
50 lakh people have been affected in India from Corona virus and
post-lockdown, the situation has worsened in the country. K. Keshav Rao
of TRS asked the Centre to take states into confidence to tackle the
situation arising out after the lockdown. Elamaram Karim of CPI (M) also
expressed his views while questioning the Central government. Manoj Jha
of RJD also talked about lockdown and criticized the government’s
policies.
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe of BJP
listed out the several measures taken by the Central Government to
provide relief to common people during lockdown and to protect their
health. He questioned the preparedness of the Maharashtra Government
alleging that the State Government has not been able to provide proper
health facilities to people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr.
Sahasrabuddhe talked about the several government measures like Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, Atmanirbhar Bharat and other welfare
initiatives which provided relief to people across the country. RCP
Singh of JD (U) objected to the use of word migrant and demanded that it
should be immediately stopped as everyone is Indian. Prasanna Acharya
of BJD and Swapan Dasgupta also participated in the discussion which
remained inconclusive. Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day.
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Labour Minister Santosh
Gangwar today said a number of unprecedented steps have been taken by
the Centre for labour welfare and employment including for migrant
workers across India during COVID-19 pandemic. Labour is in the
concurrent list and therefore, both State and Central Governments can
legislate on the issues. Further, most of the Central Labour Acts
including the Migrant Labour Act is being implemented exclusively by the
State Government. As per the provisions of the Migrant Labour Act, the
registration of the migrant workers is to be done by the respective
State Governments and the data has to be maintained by the State
Governments. However, in the unprecedented scenario of COVID-19, Labour
Ministry took the initiatives to collect the data of migrant workers who
are going to their home states during lockdown. On the basis of
information collected from various State Governments, around one crore
migrant workers have gone back to their source State during COVID-19.
Labour Minister further added that various initiatives were taken for
the welfare of migrant workers during lockdown. Immediately after the
lockdown, directions were sent from the Ministry to all the State
Governments and UTs instructing them to provide financial assistance to
construction workers from Building and Other Construction Workers’ Cess
Fund. It is estimated that the highest proportion of migrant workers are
construction workers. Till date, about two crore migrant workers have
been provided 5,000 crores directly in their bank accounts from Building
and Other Construction Workers’ Cess Fund being maintained by various
states.
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The recovery rate of
COVID-19 has further improved to 78.53 per cent. In all, 82 thousand 961
COVID patients had recovered and were discharged during the last 24
hours. The Health Ministry said, the total number of recoveries has
reached 39 lakh 42 thousand and 360. It said, the constant increase in
recoveries ensured that the actual caseload of the country is reduced
and currently comprises only 19.84 per cent of the total positive cases.
Currently, India’s Case Fatality Rate is at 1.63 per cent. The total
number of positive cases has now reached 50 lakh 20 thousand 359.
Presently, the total number of active cases in the country is nine lakh
95 thousand and 933. In the last 24 hours, 1,290 deaths were reported
taking the toll to 82 thousand 66. In all, 11 lakh 16 thousand 842 tests
were conducted during the last 24 hours. So far over five crore 94 lakh
tests have been conducted across the country.
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In Bihar, COVID-19
recovery rate has improved to 91 per cent which is 13 per cent more
than national average. Active cases in the state is regularly
decreasing. At present, 13 thousand 731 patients are undergoing
treatment in various hospitals of the state. Positivity rate has also
decreased to 1.46 per cent. Out of one lakh 61 thousand 101 positive
cases, one lakh 46 thousand 533 patients have been recovered from the
infection in the state so far. Casualities due to Corona have gone up to
836. No deaths were reported from the two dedicated hospitals NMCH and
AIIMS, Patna in last 24 hours. The total number of testings has crossed
50 lakh 94 thousand in the state. The Centre has alloted 113 crore
rupees to Bihar under for COVID management under National Health
Mission.
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In Himachal Pradesh, the
state cabinet has decided to allow people to enter or exit the state
without E- COVID registration. However, in the wake of rising COVID 19
cases and related fatality, it has been decided not to resume the
inter-state movement of public transport buses.
“The state
government has decided that there would be no requirement for online
registration before entering or exit the state from today onwards,
anyone could enter the state without registration however the interstate
movement of buses remain suspended till further orders. Meanwhile,
Himachal Pradesh recorded eight more deaths due to COVID19, pushing the
death toll to 88. These fatalities were reported from Mandi, Una,
Kangra, Shimla and solan districts. On the other hand, 419 fresh cases
were reported during the last 24 hours, taking the state COVID tally to
10,335. The number of active cases in the state has gone up to 3,801.
Sanjeev Sundriyal, AIR News, Shimla.”
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In Maharashtra, Chief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called upon the Sarpanch of every village
to take lead in effective implementation of ‘My Family, My
Responsibility’ initiative so as to contain the second wave of infection
well in time, if it hits the state. The Chief Minister along with
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other senior Ministers held a
meeting with as many as 28,000 Sarpanchs of the state via web.
“Calling
this campaign a people’s movement, chief minister Thackeray said the
government has been fighting this virus for six months, but now time has
come that every person in the state should do his bit to control the
spread of disease. So, this management has to be done at micro level and
so all sarpanchs should take responsibility of their villages. They
should ensure all protocols are followed and those violating are fined.
SONALI GHADYALPATIL, AIR NEWS, MUMBAI.”
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In Karnataka, State Home
Minister Basavaraj Bommai has tested positive for COVID-19. Informing
this in a tweet, the Minister has said that he is asymptomatic and will
be under home quarantine. He has asked those who were in contact with
him to take the COVID test. Meanwhile Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa
has informed that the state has benefitted from Prime Minister’s
Atmanirbhar Bharat package.
Speaking at a meeting
organized by the Cooperative sector, the Chief Minister said that the
state has received 4,525 crore rupees from Centre to strengthen farmers
producers organizations and agri-based Cooperative institutions. This
will benefit 1,549 Cooperative Societies.
The COVID surge in the
state remains at the peak. Yesterday, 68,365 Covid tests were
conducted, out of which, the new Covid cases detected were 7,481 and
those recovered were 7,406 people. There were 97 deaths due to COVID
during the last 24 hours. Currently, there are 4,88,013 persons in home
quarantine.
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Telangana reported 2273
fresh COVID -19 cases during the last 24 hours taking the number of
cases reported so far in the state to one lakh 62 thousand 844. The
state has conducted over 55 thousand tests yesterday. The recovery rate
has also improved slightly to 80.71 per cent with 2260 more people
recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in
the state to 1 lakh 31 thousand 447.
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Microsoft co-founder and
philanthropist Bill Gates has said India’s willingness to play a “big
role” in manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine and allow it to supply to the
other developing countries will be a critical part in containing the
pandemic globally. He said the world is looking to India for large scale
production of COVID-19 vaccine once it is rolled out. In an exclusive
interview to a news agency, Gates, whose foundation is focusing on
fighting the pandemic, called it the next biggest thing the world has
been confronted with after the World War. Scientists and pharmaceutical
companies globally are racing against time to find a vaccine for the
coronavirus pandemic which has killed about 9,32,000 people and infected
around 24 million. Some of the vaccine candidates have entered the
third and final phase of testing. Gates said India will be helping to
make sure there is equity. In a telephonic interview, the Microsoft
co-founder talked extensively about India’s strength in production of
vaccines and referred to companies like Serum Institute, Bio E and
Bharat Biotech.
Gates also said that his
foundation is having great discussions with India’s NITI-Aayog, adding
the ICMR is looking at the regulatory aspects of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Reserve Bank of India
Governor Shaktikanta Das today assured the industry that the Central
Bank will take all necessary measures to ensure liquidity in the system
and promote economic growth. Delivering a key-note address to the
members of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (
FICCI ) at a webinar, he said, the economic recovery has not fully
entrenched. He said, the recovery is likely to be gradual as efforts
towards reopening of the economy are confronted with increasing
infections. Mr. Das said, financial market conditions in India have
significantly eased across segments in response to front-loaded cut in
policy repo rate by the RBI. He underlined that the bank investments in
commercial papers, bonds, debentures and shares of corporate bodies from
April to August 2020 has increased by 5,615 crore rupees. In his
address, Mr Das spoke about the initiatives taken by the Central Bank to
ease the liquidity situation and make available funds to the businesses
impacted by the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.
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Punjab Chief Minister
Captain Amarinder Sngh has said the State Congress will challenge the
Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 in the court, which was
passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday. He alleged, the government has
imposed a Central law on a state subject, thus eroding the federal
structure of the country. Asserting that he will not allow the interests
of the farmers to be compromised, Captain Amarinder said, the enactment
of the legislation is clearly a step towards abolition of the MSP
regime.He said, the legislation talks of encouraging competition among
farmers. The Punjab Chief Minister asked how could the poor farmers, who
are only competing with themselves for survival, be able to compete
with rival big corporates for protecting their interests.
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The Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade issued a notification today,
extending the date of implementation of Toys (Quality Control) Order,
2020 as 1st January 2021 in place of 1st September 2020. This decision
allows domestic manufacturers four months of extra time to make
necessary arrangements for compliance of standards in view of
difficulties arising out of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Environment Minister
Prakash Javadekar today held discussions with Union Ministers Hardeep
Singh Puri and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on e-vehicles. In a tweet, Mr
Javadekar said, he has been using an e-car for a year now. He said,
under FAME India Scheme Phase-II, the government has sanctioned 2,636
e-vehicles charging stations amounting to 500 crore rupees in 62 cities
across 24 States and UTs.
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Today is International Day
for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. In a tweet, Union Minister
Prakash Javadekar said, World Ozone Day is observed to create awareness
related to climate change and ozone depletion. He asked people to look
for ozone-friendly, HCFC free, energy-efficient appliances to minimize
the Ozone layer impact.
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Education Minister Ramesh
Pokriyal Nishank today said the National Education Policy will aid young
students in reaching new milestones. Addressing a webinar on creating
awareness about National EducationPolicy-2020, he said, the Ministry
under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make India a
super house of knowledge and research, helping re-establish India as the
Vishwa Guru. He said, more higher education institutions will use the
mother tongue or local language as a medium of instruction. He further
said, private higher education institutions too will be encouraged and
incentivised to use Indian languages as medium of instruction and offer
bilingual programmes.
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As part of the Indo-US
Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the 10th Defence Technology and Trade
Initiative, DTTI Group Meeting was held virtually yesterday. The meeting
was co-chaired by Raj Kumar, Secretary, Defence Production, Defence
Ministry and Ellen M. Lord, Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition
and Sustainment, from the US Department of Defence. DTTI Group Meetings
are normally held twice a year, alternating between India and the United
States. This time, meeting was held virtually on account of COVID
pandemic. The aim of the DTTI Group is to bring sustained leadership
focus to the bilateral defense trade relationship and create
opportunities for co-production and co-development of defence equipment.
Four Joint Working Groups focused on land, naval, air, and aircraft
carrier technologies have been established under DTTI to promote
mutually agreed projects within their domains. The groups reported to
the co-chairs on the ongoing activities and collaborative opportunities
including a number of near-term projects targeted for completion on
priority.
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Indian Army has geared up
for any challenge in the Eastern Ladakh region with state of art
technologies and equipment. Indian Army in the last twenty years has
mastered the art of warfare in the highest battlefields with suitable
gear, food, arms and ammunition.
“Indian
army soldiers are feeling pride to serve in Ladakh to defend its
territories. The Army has taken enough care to choose the soldiers who
have served in the region earlier and withstood the tough and hostile
weather conditions. With this Indian Army is able to plug and play with
normal acclimatization on arrival. Indian Army has equipped with all
necessaries for any eventuality and for long haul. Each unit has served
at least one time in Ladakh region and some have served even four times
in the region. Apart from that, the Army has improved tremendously
various facilities that are required by the soldiers in temperatures
varying plus 20 to minus 50 in high altitude battle fields. Fire and
Fury Corps Major General Arvind Kapoor said,
In the last
twenty years, after the Kargil war and experiences from the victorious
war, the Indian Army has mastered the art of war in high altitude fields
to turn the disadvantages to an advantage. Ramesh Chandra, AIR News,
Leh”
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Leading scholar of Indian
classical dance, art, architecture and art history, Dr Kapila Vatsyayan
passed away this morning. She was 91. Dr. Vatsyayan was a former Member
of Parliament and also served as Secretary to the Government in the
Ministry of Education, where she was responsible for the establishment
of a large number of national institutions of higher education.
Dr Vatsyayan served as the
founding Director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
She was the former President of India International Centre (IIC) and an
IIC Life Trustee and the Chairperson of the IIC International Research
Division.
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In Rajasthan, nine people
died while some people went missing after a boat drowned in Chambal
river in Kauthali area of Kota district. Police Superintendent of Kota
Rural Sharad Chaudhary told AIR that the mishap took place under
Khatauli Police Station when about 40 people were crossing the river in a
boat to visit Kamleshwar Mahadev temple in adjoining Bundi district.
The boat overturned after running some distance. He told that relief and
rescue operations are going on. Top officials of Police and
administration have reached the spot.
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Yoshihide Suga was
formally elected today as Japan’s new Prime Minister in a Parliamentary
vote. Mr Suga replaced former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who
resigned earlier in the day because of ill health. Mr Suga had been
chosen as leader of the ruling party on Monday, virtually assuring his
succession. He was the Chief Cabinet Secretary and long seen as Abe’s
right-hand man. Mr Suga is to launch his own Cabinet later in the day
today. Mr Suga has stressed his background as a farmer’s son and a
self-made politician in promising to serve the interests of the ordinary
people and rural communities. He said, he will pursue Abe’s unfinished
policies and that his top priorities will be fighting the Corona virus
and turning around an economy battered by the pandemic. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi extended his heartiest congratulations to Yoshihide Suga
on the appointment as the Prime Minister of Japan. In a tweet, the Prime
Minister said, he is looking forward to jointly taking India and
Japan’s Special Strategic and Global Partnership to new heights.
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Take a look at the weather s for the day.
The National Capital Delhi
will have a partly cloudy sky. The minimum temperature recorded in the
city was 28 degrees Celsius and the maximum around 37 degrees. In
Mumbai, there will be generally cloudy sky with moderate rain. The
temperature is likely to hover between 26 and 32 degrees Celsius.
Chennai is likely to see a generally cloudy sky with light rain. The
minimum temperature was 26 degrees Celsius while the maximum is expected
to be around 32 degrees Celsius. Kolkata may have a partly cloudy sky
with possibility of moderate rain or thunderstorm. The minimum
temperature was 28 degrees Celsius while the maximum is likely to be
around 33 degrees. In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the
minimum temperature was recorded at 25 degrees Celsius in Jammu while
the maximum will be around 36 degrees. The city will see a mainly clear
sky. In Srinagar, the temperature will hover between 12 and 31 degrees
celsius. The city is likely to see a mainly clear sky. Ladakh will also
have mainly clear sky. The temperature may hover between 9 and 26
degrees Celsius.In Gilgit, the minimum temperature was 13 degrees and
the maximum will be 28 degrees Celsius. The city will have a mainly
clear sky. Muzzafarabad is also likely to have mainly clear sky. The
minimum temperature was 19 degrees Celsius and the maximum is expected
to be around 36 degrees Celsius.
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