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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sat- The NEP is big on access to education and aims to Bollywood ------30 urday (01 August) said, the new education policy an- increase gross enrolment ratio in higher education to Classifieds ------37 nounced by the government emphasizes on making 50 per cent by 2035, he said. Community Post ------17-26 'job creators' instead of 'job seekers' and is an at- "India's National Education Policy (NEP) reflects the Edit Page ------36 Horoscope ------27 This week’s question tempt to transform the 'intent' and 'content' of the spirit of new India. We are shifting from the burden of Immigration Post ------9 country's education system. the school bag, which does not last beyond school, to Will it be right decision for India Life Style ------14-15 to join QUAD naval exercises? Addressing the finale of the Smart India Hackathon, the boon of learning which helps for life. From simply Philosophy/Perspective ------33 Last week’s result he said the National Education Policy-2020 facilitates memorizing to critical thinking. The 21st century is the Info/Highlights ------4 Should federal troops be sent to inter-disciplinary study which will ensure that the fo- era of knowledge, learning, and innovation. For years, Real Estate ------32-33 States to control peaceful demonstrations? cus is on what the students want to learn and will the limitations of the system had an adverse effect on TechBiz Post ------10-11 Travel & Hospitality Post ------16 YES 54% NO 46% mark a shift from the "burden of school bag" to the the lives of students. No longer. "boon of learning". Details on page 5 Wellness Post ------12-13 2 India Post August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 India Post 3 www.indiapost.com 4 India Post August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra to transform both intent and content of istry together. This will ensure the fo- tion system, he said. Modi on Saturday (01 August) said, the education," he said. cus is on what the student wants to The prime minister said the new new education policy announced by Elaborating on the emphasis in the learn. Rather than what the student is education policy will help Indian lan- the government emphasizes on making guages to progress and develop fur- 'job creators' instead of 'job seekers' ther. and is an attempt to transform the 'in- "Students will benefit by learning tent' and 'content' of the country's edu- in their own language in their early cation system. years. The new education policy will Addressing the finale of the Smart also introduce the rich Indian lan- India Hackathon, he said the National guages to the world. This will not only Education Policy-2020 facilitates inter- promote knowledge and learning in disciplinary study which will ensure the country, but will also strengthen that the focus is on what the students its unity. want to learn and will mark a shift from "While the policy focuses on local, the "burden of school bag" to the "boon equal emphasis has been laid on glo- of learning". bal integration. Top global institutions The NEP is big on access to education have been encouraged to open cam- and aims to increase gross enrolment puses in India. ratio in higher education to 50 per cent "This will benefit Indian youth in by 2035, he said. getting world class exposure and op- "India's National Education Policy portunities, and help them prepare (NEP) reflects the spirit of new India. We for global competition as well. This are shifting from the burden of the will also help in building world-class school bag, which does not last beyond Prime Minister Narendra Modi institutions in India, making India a school, to the boon of learning which hub of global education," he said. helps for life. From simply memorizing new education policy on inter-disciplin- expected to, by society. Inter-disci- The NEP approved by the Union to critical thinking. The 21st century is ary study, the Prime Minister said, "This plinary studies gives you control. In Cabinet earlier this week replaces the the era of knowledge, learning, and in- concept has been gaining popularity. the process, it also makes you flexible. 34-year-old National Policy on Educa- novation. For years, the limitations of And, rightly so." "In the new policy, flexibility has tion framed in 1986 and is aimed at the system had an adverse effect on the "One size does not fit all. One subject been given great importance. There paving the way for transformational lives of students. No longer. does not define who you are. There are are provisions for multiple entry and reforms in school and higher educa- "The new policy reflects the aspira- no limits to discovering something new. exits. No one-way streets for a stu- tion systems to make India a global tions of young India. It is not process Human history has many examples of dent. The Under-Graduate experience knowledge superpower. centric, it is people centric and future stalwarts who have excelled in diverse can either be a three or four year jour- Quoting the architect of the Indian centric. The NEP is not just a policy but areas. Be it Aryabhata, Leonardo da ney." he said. Constitution B R Ambedkar that edu- is a compilation of aspirations of all 130 Vinci, Helen Keller, Gurudev Tagore". Students will enjoy the advantages cation should be accessible to all, crore Indians," he told the students "Now, we have done away with of an Academic Bank of Credit, which Modi said that the new education who participated in the event through some traditional boundaries between will store all the academic credits ac- policy is also dedicated to this idea. video link. arts, science, commerce. If someone is quired. These can be transferred and "It emphasizes on creating job cre- The prime minister said that under interested, they can learn Maths and counted in the final degree. Such flex- ators rather than job seekers. That is, the pressure of parents, relatives and Music together, or Coding and Chem- ibility was long needed in our educa- in a way an attempt to bring reform in friends, students tend to opt for sub- our mindset and in our approach," he jects that others have selected. said. "Even today many children feel that Hackathon is a non-stop digital prod- they are judged on the basis of a sub- uct development competition orga- ject in which they have no interest. Due nized by the HRD Ministry, where prob- to the pressure from parents, relatives, lems are posed to technology students friends etc. children are forced to pur- to suggest innovative solutions. This sue the subjects chosen by others. This year, more than 10,000 students are has resulted in a large population, competing to solve 243 problem state- which is well-educated, but most of ments from 37 central government de- what they have read, is not useful for partments, 17 state governments and them. 20 industries. "Despite having a pile of degrees, in- Each problem statement carries dividuals feel incomplete and lack con- prize money of Rs 1 lakh except the stu- fidence which affects their whole life. dent innovation theme, which will have The new policy seeks to change this three winners, 1st, 2nd and 3rd, with approach by bringing a systematic re- prize money of Rs 1 lakh, Rs 75,000 and form in education system and attempts Rs 50,000 respectively. PTI 6 India Post Top Stories August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com

US Congressional committee passes bill to promote Over 8.78 lakh Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr's legacies Indians have returned under Vande Bharat WASHINGTON: A key Congressional mental, and health priorities in India. ing social injustice in India, the US, and Mission: MEA committee on Wednesday (29 July) In 2009, Congressman John Lewis led in other parts of the world. passed a bill, written by civil rights icon a Congressional delegation visit to In- The bill, among other things, asks the NEW DELHI: Over 8.78 lakh Indians John Lewis, to promote the legacies of dia to commemorate the 50th anniver- administrator of the US Agency for In- have returned from abroad after the Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther sary of Dr King's pilgrimage to India. ternational Development (USAID) to es- government launched the "Vande King Jr. Inspired by his visit, Congressman tablish in cooperation with the Indian Bharat" evacuation mission on May Cosponsored by Indian-American Lewis created the Gandhi-King Ex- government the United States-India 7 in view of the coronavirus pan- Congressman Ami Bera, the Gandhi- change Act to seek to apply the phi- Gandhi-King Development Foundation. demic, the Ministry of External Af- King Exchange Act was passed by the losophies of Gandhi and Dr King Jr to The foundation shall identify devel- fairs (MEA) said on Thursday. House Foreign Affairs Committee. The conflict resolution efforts and current opment priorities and administer and Under the Phase 4 of the Vande bill would establish an exchange initia- policy challenges. oversee competitively awarded grants Bharat Mission, a total of 1,083 tive between the United States and In- "The Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange to private nongovernmental entities to flights have been scheduled so far, dia to study the work and legacies of Initiative Act is a fitting tribute to his address such priorities in India, includ- including 849 international flights Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther incredible legacy," said Bera, who is the ing health initiatives addressing tuber- and 234 feeder flights, MEA Spokes- King Jr. longest serving Indian-American mem- culosis (TB), water, sanitation, and health person Anurag Srivastava said at a (WASH), and pollution and related media briefing. health impacts (PHI); pollution and cli- "These flights are operated by mate change; education; and empower- the Air India Group, IndiGo, SpiceJet ment of women. and GoAir from 29 countries to 31 It asks the president and chief execu- airports in India," he said. tive officer of the United States Institute of Peace to develop a training initiative known as the Gandhi-King Global Acad- emy. It will target representatives from governments, nongovernmental orga- nizations, civic organizations, and edu- cational, cultural, women's, civil, and hu- man rights groups, including religious and ethnic minorities and marginalized communities in countries with ongoing political, social, ethnic, or violent con- flict. Cosponsored by Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, The academy would include a spe- cific focus on the success of nonviolent the Gandhi-King Exchange Act was passed by the House movements, inclusion, and representa- "As we begin dovetailing phase 4 Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill would establish an exchange tion in conflict resolution; develop a cur- into phase 5, (a total of) 8,78,921 In- riculum on conflict resolution tools initiative between the United States and India to dian nationals have returned as on based on the principles of nonviolence; July 29, 2020. (A total of) 1,07,452 study the work and legacies and make the curriculum publicly avail- Indians have returned from Nepal, able online, in person, and through a Bhutan, Myanmar, Pakistan and variety of media. Bangladesh by land borders," he "John Lewis was a civil rights hero ber of the Congress in history. Asserting that Dr King Jr's effective said. not only in the United States, but across "As the world's oldest and largest use of Gandhi's principles was instru- The phase 5 of the Vande Bharat the globe. John fought for human rights, democracies, the US and India have mental to the American civil rights Mission will start from August 1, he equality and justice, and democracy for long traditions of upholding these movement, the bill says that there is a said. all. Just like Gandhi and Dr. King, Con- shared values championed by figures long history of civil and social rights The MEA spokesperson said a to- gressman Lewis shaped the world like Gandhi, King, and Congressman movements in the United States and in tal of 792 flights (692 international through his actions of nonviolence, and Lewis. But they are increasingly under India. and 100 domestic feeders) have his life story will reverberate through- threat in both countries," he said. "As the relationship between the been scheduled to repatriate Indi- out history," Bera said. "This legislation will help ensure United States and India evolves, a bi-na- ans from 23 countries. The Act authorizes the US State De- those values endure and remind us that tional foundation through which the The countries include Gulf coun- partment, in cooperation with the In- by holding true to them, we embody governments of each country can work tries, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, dian government, to establish an annual and live up to the best of our two na- together and catalyze private invest- France, Australia, New Zealand, Ma- educational forum for scholars from tions," Bera said. ment toward development objectives laysia, Philippines, Singapore, both countries that focus on the lega- Noting that Gandhi and Dr King Jr would provide an ongoing, productive Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, cies of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi were dedicated leaders fighting for so- institution and symbol of the friendship China, Israel, Ukraine and and Martin Luther King Jr. cial justice and social change, peace, and common ideals of the respective Kyrgyzstan, he added. It also seeks to develop a profes- and civil rights in their respective com- governments and their peoples," it said. "The flights would cater to 21 dif- sional development training initiative munities, and countries and in the John Lewis died on July 17 at the age ferent airports across India and re- on conflict resolution based on the prin- world, the Bill said the use of non-vio- of 80 and was a contemporary of fellow patriate an estimated 1,30,000 Indi- ciples of nonviolence; and establish a lent civil disobedience is a shared tac- civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King ans stranded abroad," he said. PTI foundation to address social, environ- tic that has played a key role in defeat- Jr. PTI August 7, 2020 Top Stories India Post 7 www.indiapost.com

China, Australia spar on Twitter Indian-Americans important stakeholder in India-US over South China Sea relationship: Amb Sandhu

BEIJING: Chinese and Australian diplomats sparred sand and salty air can do serious damage to airframes WASHINGTON: Indian-Americans are an impor- on Twitter over Beijing's actions in the South China Sea and sophisticated on-board equipment. tant stakeholder in the relationship between the following Australia's endorsement of a US statement Chinese ships, including the country's two aircraft two largest democracies of the world, Indian Am- that it would recognize virtually none of China's terri- carriers, conduct frequent operations in the area, bassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, torial claims there. sometimes to trail and occasionally harass ships from urging the community to play a more active role in Australia recently filed a memorandum with the other countries. India's economic development, its recovery from United Nations saying the claims were "without legal US and Australian diplomats and defense ministers COVID-19, and help to strengthen the bilateral ties. basis," plunging Canberra into the controversy that pledged to renew and strengthen a united front Ambassador Sandhu made those remarks re- has drawn angry responses from Beijing. against China and what they termed Beijing's malign cently during a virtual meeting with members of Australian High Commissioner Barry O'Farrell behavior throughout the region and beyond. Indian-American community from in and around tweeted Thursday (30 July) that he told India's Minis- The two sides represented by US Secretary of Mike Washington DC. ter of External Affairs that China's moves were "desta- Pompeo, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Australian During the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian bilizing and could provoke escalation." Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Australian Defense ambassador has been holding virtual meetings Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong responded Fri- Minister Linda Reynolds has accused China of violat- with members of the Indian-American community day by accusing O'Farrell of "disregarding facts," writ- ing international norms in the South China Sea and from across the country. This was his seventh such ing: "It's clear who safeguards peace&stability & vowed to uphold freedom of navigation and the rule meeting. destabilise&provoke escalations in the region." of the law as well as democratic freedoms in Hong "The Indian American community is an impor- O'Farrell shot back saying China should follow a Kong. tant stakeholder, in our relationship with the 2016 international tribunal ruling that rejected most Pompeo said the US and Australia face "immediate United States," he said. of Beijing's claims. China has denounced the ruling as crises" that must be dealt with simultaneously. Those "We look forward to your ideas, and sugges- "illegal" and without any tions, on how we can leverage our strengths, for "binding force." O'Farrell's comments drew strong praise from internet the transforma- O'Farrell's comments tion of India, drew strong praise from users in India, where the public and politicians have called and for internet users in India, for a tougher line against China following a bloody strengthening where the public and India-US part- politicians have called for clash along their disputed border nership. We a tougher line against would like to China following a bloody see you play, a clash along their disputed border. include the coronavirus and "Chinese communist more active China said that long-range bombers were among party ambitions," particularly its malign activity in the role, in India's the aircraft that took part in recent aerial drills over Indo-Pacific region and indeed all around the world. economic de- the South China Sea amid rising tensions between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ex- velopment and Washington and Beijing over the strategic waterway. pressed helplessness in the face of China's seizure of recovery, in the The exercises included nighttime takeoffs and land- Philippine-claimed territories in the South China Sea. post-COVID ings and simulated long-range attacks, Defense Min- In an annual address to the nation recently, Duterte Indian Ambassador to the US scenario, as we Taranjit Singh Sandhu istry spokesperson Ren Guoqiang said Thursday (30 said he "cannot do anything" to counter those actions in look forward to July). Among the planes were H-6G and H-6K bomb- the face of China's overwhelming military superiority. seizing the opportunities, from the shifting supply ers, upgraded versions of aircraft long in use in China's China has effectively taken possession of territories chains," he said. military, Ren said. the Philippines claims and Manila's only option is to The Ambassador thanked the community mem- He said the exercises had been previously scheduled seek to cool tensions through dialogue, he said. bers for their active support to stranded Indians. and were aimed at boosting pilot abilities to operate Duterte has sought warmer ties with Beijing while "This has helped in supplementing the under all conditions, regardless of weather or time of downplaying long-standing relations with treaty ally Embassy's outreach to stranded Indians and stu- day. It wasn't clear whether live bombs were used. the United States. dents, during the COVID-19 pandemic. By helping China has built airstrips on many of its island hold- However, the Philippines last month renewed its with medical advice, prescriptions, helplines, pro- ings in the South China Sea, including man-made is- call for compliance with a 4-year-old arbitration ruling vision of temporary accommodation and provision lands atop coral reefs. It isn't clear though whether it that invalidated China's vast claims in the disputed of even groceries, in some cases, you have helped plans to permanently station aircraft there, where South China Sea on historical grounds. AP us meet the challenges. I am aware that several of you contribute, to local and community organiza- tions in India, and we welcome your engagement, with India's development," he said. Based on feedback from the community, the government has relaxed the travel restrictions, on OCI cardholders with specific categories, being allowed to travel on the Vande Bharat flights. In a separate move, the government has also an- nounced relaxations on the renewal of OCI cards until December 31, 2020, he said. Sandhu said that during the pandemic, India and United States have been collaborating closely. PTI 8 India Post Top Stories August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com Chef Vikas Khanna to help Chinese claims in Bhutan, incursion in India, indicative India's street vendors of their intentions: Pompeo NEW YORK: Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna, who will tributed 25 million meals across India amid the pan- WASHINGTON: China's territorial claims in soon reach the milestone of having distributed 25 mil- demic and says he will dedicate this milestone to Bhutan and the recent incursion into Indian land lion meals across India amid COVID-19, is now aiming India's legendary artist Lata Mangeshkar, with whom are indicative of their intentions, US Secretary of to provide essential rations and supplies to 10 million he shares a special bond. State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday (30 July), add- street vendors and their families facing hardships due He recalls that his mother listened to Mangeshkar's ing that Beijing under President Xi Jinping was try- to the coronavirus pandemic. songs on the radio after working long arduous hours ing to find out whether other countries are going The 48-year-old world-renowned chef and author running and managing banquets in Amritsar. to push back. has coordinated a massive food distribution drive Khanna is simultaneously working on providing two Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in from his home in Manhattan since the coronavirus pan- million meals, food, clothes, essential supplies like a bitter standoff in several areas along the Line of demic gripped India, unleashing economic hardships mosquito repellents, candles and matches to people Actual Control in eastern Ladakh since May 5. The for millions as a nationwide lockdown was imple- in flood-ravaged areas of Bihar and Assam, particularly situation deteriorated last month following the mented in March. in the remote areas. Galwan Valley clashes that left 20 Indian Army per- "We are securing ration and are planning about 10 "There are a lot of challenges to support relief in sonnel dead. China recently staked claim over the million meals around the country for street vendors, flooded areas of Bihar & Assam (especially the remote Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan at the Global who actually hold the true heritage of Indian food in ones). But I pledge 2 million+ meals in the affected Environment Facility (GEF) Council and opposed their hands," Khanna said. areas. We will do best to our ability," Khanna had funding to the project. He has distributed rations, meals and essential sup- tweeted. "I think the actions are entirely consistent with plies to innumerable orphanages, old-age homes, lep- The world-renowned chef said he was particularly rosy centers, widow ashrams, Mumbai's famed moved by the plight of the millions of street vendors Dabbawalas, boatmen and craftsmen in Varanasi as across India, whose source of income and livelihood well as to migrant workers and hundreds of thousands has been severely impacted due to the pandemic and of people in need across more than 125 Indian cities lockdown. with the help of The National Disaster Response Force. He is planning to distribute 10 million meals and Nearly 50 leading brands as well as public and pri- other essential items for the street vendors that will vate organizations and individuals have partnered last for at least three months and has shortlisted 20 with and supported Khanna in his 'Feed India' initia- cities for the distribution drive. tive. Khanna hopes that more people and companies Khanna will soon touch the landmark of having dis- will join his efforts to help the street vendors, who he says are an intrinsic part of India's food cul- ture and feed daily-wage workers, besides attracting food lovers from all walks of life. "Street vendors have been among the what they have been signaling to the world for most important thread of society and provide decades you might even argue since 1989 but cer- food to millions of daily laborers. They have tainly since General Secretary Xi (Jinping) came to uplifted each other through the years. That is power," Pompeo told members of the House For- the power of street vendors. My next mission eign Affairs Committee during a Congressional is to help these street vendors," he said. hearing. The secretary of state said China has the desire "It is important to stay positive in these dif- to expand its power and reach. ficult times but it also good to help out right "They talk about bringing socialism with Chinese now. This is the true moment where individual characteristics to the world. Claims that they have strength is displayed. We are all holding hands now made for real estate in Bhutan, the incursion and we can actually make this work. It is time that took place in India, these are indicative of Chi- for the country to come together," he said. nese intentions, and they are testing, they are Khanna emphasized that criticizing gov- probing the world to see if we are going to stand ernments or foundations for their response to up to their threats and their bullying, Pompeo said. the crisis "is an absolutely wrong way to look I am more confident than I was even a year ago that at it right now because these are very unpre- the world is prepared to do that. There's a lot more work dictable circumstances. Nobody knows how to do, and we need to be serious about it, said the top to deal with it." American diplomat. In his testimony, Pompeo told law- "These crises are not crises which can be makers that India has banned 106 Chinese applications managed by NGOs and governments alone. that threatened its citizens' privacy and security. The crisis is a testimony of the human grit. At "Our diplomatic efforts are working and mo- this time of severe crisis, we need individuals mentum is building to mitigate the threats that who can share a little from what they have," the Chinese Communist Party presents. All 10 he said. ASEAN nations have insisted that the South China "The street vendors are hopeful that once Sea disputes be settled on the basis of interna- restrictions are lifted and the crisis is over, tional law, including UNCLOS (United Nations Con- their businesses can resume. They are just vention on the Law of the Sea). Japan led the G-7's hanging by a thread. The pandemic is an un- condemnation of China's national security law tar- precedented crisis and it is far from over. But geting Hong Kong, he said. PTI we cannot give up," Khanna said. PTI In Brief Administration might try to end the Deferred UK funds multimillion- Action for Childhood pound studies to Arrivals program again, probe ethnicity link Immigration casting it as a law LONDON: New projects enforcement issue that worth around 4.3 million could contribute to pounds have received the UK illegal immigration government funding to help August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com India Post 9 explain and mitigate the dispro- portionately adverse COVID-19 impact and higher death rate among the country's ethnic mi- Trump administration won't accept norities, including those of In- dian origin. The UK Research and Innova- tion (UKRI) and National Institute new DACA applications for Health Research (NHRI) backed projects include over 2 CHICAGO: The Trump admin- affirmatively sanction, their ongo- brought to the country illegally gration Policy Institute. million pounds for academics at istration said Tuesday (28 July) ing violation of the immigration as children to work and shields The government will deny all the University of Leicester to in- that it will reject new applica- laws," Wolf wrote in the memo. them from deportation. new applications, limit renew- vestigate why people from black, tions and shorten renewal peri- About 650,000 people are Roughly 66,000 people meet als to one year instead of two, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) ods for an Obama-era program part of DACA, which allows age requirements to apply, ac- and deny requests by DACA re- backgrounds have a higher risk that shields young people from young immigrants who were cording to the nonpartisan Mi- cipients to visit their home of developing severe COVID-19. deportation, taking a defiant countries unless there are "ex- stance after the US Supreme ceptional circumstances." Court refused to let it be Recipients may seek permis- scrapped completely. sion to return home for family The move, detailed in a events, such as funerals or wed- memo from Acting Homeland dings, and other reasons, Security Secretary Chad Wolf, though the Trump administra- ended a month of uncertainty tion has generally denied them. The study titled UK-REACH UK about how the administration The Supreme Court ruled last Research study into Ethnicity would respond to its Supreme month that Trump failed to follow And COVID-19 outcomes in Court defeat in an election year rule-making procedures when Healthcare workers will work that has President Donald he tried to end the program, but with more than 30,000 clinical Trump looking for ways to ener- the justices kept a window open and non-clinical members of gize his base. for him to try again. staff to assess their risk from the Wolf said the administration Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf The White House has been deadly coronavirus, based on might try to end the Deferred devising plans to make another the analysis of two million Action for Childhood Arrivals pro- push to end DACA, though it was healthcare records. gram again, casting it as a law en- Indians lead in acquiring Australian not immediately clear whether "Globally, we have evidence forcement issue that could con- he would make the politically that people from BAME back- tribute to illegal immigration. He citizenship in 2019-20 sensitive move before grounds have a higher chance of said the federal government MELBOURNE: More than zen means more than just living November's election. Demo- going to intensive care and dy- needs more time to consider 38,000 Indians became Aus- and working here - it's a pledge cratic rival Joe Biden wants to ing from COVID-19 this may also next steps, presenting the mea- tralian citizens in 2019-2020, a of allegiance to our nation, our keep DACA unconditionally. be the case for healthcare staff," sures as a temporary change. 60 per cent increase from the people and our values. When A federal judge in Maryland said Dr Manish Pareek, the chief "DACA makes clear that, for previous year and the largest someone becomes a citizen, ruled earlier this month that the investigator of the UK-REACH certain large classes of individu- diaspora group to be granted they make a pledge to uphold program should be restored to study. IANS als, DHS will at least tolerate, if not the country's citizenship. Australia's rights, liberties, laws its original form, but the admin- Out of the over 200,000 and democratic values. It repre- istration was mum until Tuesday people who became Austra- sents a willingness to integrate (28 July) on whether it would PRADEEP ROY-SINGH lian citizens in 2019-2020, into our successful multicultural start accepting new applica- 38,209 were Indians, the nation," Tudge said. tions. The White House antici- B.A. LL.B. M.B.A. J.D. highest number on record, "Being an Australian citi- pates legal challenges. Attorney-at-Law followed by 25,011 Britishers, zen is an immense privilege, The administration's month- Former Assistant State’s Attorney 14,764 Chinese and 8821 Pa- which brings both rights and long silence had unnerved many kistanis. responsibilities. I congratu- DACA recipients and those who 1 Civil & Criminal Litigation Australia's Acting Minister late all those who have taken wanted to join. U.S. District 1 Felonies, Misdemeanors, Inc DUI for Immigration, Citizenship, this important step,'' he said Judge Paul Grimm of Maryland, 1 Personal Injury, Business, Divorce etc. Migrant Services and in a statement. an appointee of President 1 Property Tax for Commercial Properties Multicultural Affairs Alan In the ongoing COVID-19 Barack Obama, has given the ad- ministration until the end of Fri- http://www.proy-singh.com Tudge said citizenship was an health crisis, the Australian important part of Australia's government started online day (31 July) to update the US 2335 W. Devon Ave., Suite 204, success as a socially cohesive, ceremonies, which saw over Citizenship and Immigration Tel: 773-381-1820 multicultural nation. 60,000 people being, con- Services' website and start ad- Chicago, IL 60659 "Becoming an Australian citi- ferred the citizenship. PTI equately explaining why appli- cations are rejected. AP Tech News

Eight core industries' output contracts Israel to resume int'l flights on Aug 16 15 pc in Jun TechBiz JERUSALEM: Israel will resume international flights on August 16, Minister of Transport Miri Regev announced. NEW DELHI: Contracting for As the number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition has the fourth consecutive month, not increased sharply, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu re- the output of eight core infra- cently approved the resumption of international flights, it is re- structure industries shrank by 10 India Post www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 ported. IANS 15 per cent in June due to fall in the production of coal, crude oil, natural gas, steel, cement and electricity. Pompeo says Trump to take broad The eight core sectors had expanded by 1.2 per cent in June 2019, data released by action on Chinese software the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Friday (31 July), NEW YORK: President Donald nition patterns. It could be in- committee is reviewing can't exist as it does," Mnuchin showed. Trump plans to take action on formation about their resi- whether that's possible, and its said on ABC News This Week Barring fertilizer, all seven what he sees as a broad array dence, their phone numbers, members agree that TikTok with George Stephanopoulos. sectors - coal, crude oil, natural of national security risks pre- their friends, who they're con- cannot remain in the US in its As speculation grew over a gas, refinery products, steel, sented by software connected nected to. Those are the issues current form, because it "risks ban or sale of the social cement, and electricity - had to the Chinese Communist media's US business, TikTok recorded negative growth in Party, Secretary of State Mike posted a video recentlysaying: May. Pompeo said on Sunday (02 We're not planning on going The output of coal, crude oil, August). anywhere. natural gas, refinery products, Pompeo's remarks followed TikTok's catchy videos and steel, cement and electricity reports that Microsoft is in ad- ease of use has made it popu- declined by 15.5 per cent, 6 vanced talks to buy the US op- lar, and it says it has tens of mil- per cent, 12 per cent, 8.9 per erations of TikTok, which has lions of users in the US and cent, 33.8 per cent, 6.9 per been a source of national secu- hundreds of millions globally. cent, and 11 per cent, respec- rity and censorship concerns Its parent company, tively. for the Trump administration. Bytedance Ltd, launched During April-June 2020-21, These Chinese software TikTok in 2017. It bought the sectors' output dipped by companies doing business in Musical.ly, a video service 24.6 per cent as compared to a the United States, whether it's popular with teens in the US positive growth of 3.4 per cent TikTok or WeChat there are and Europe, and combined the in the same period previous countless more ... are feeding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo two. It has a similar service, year. These eight industries ac- data directly to the Chinese Douyin, for users in China. count for 40.27 per cent in the Communist Party, their na- that President Trump has made sending back information on But TikTok's Chinese owner- Index of Industrial Production tional security apparatus, clear we're going to take care 100 million Americans, said ship has raised concern about (IIP). Pompeo said on FOX News of. Treasury Secretary Steven the potential for sharing user In May, the sectors' output Channel's Sunday Morning Fu- Trump had said earlier that Mnuchin. data with Chinese officials as contracted by 22 per cent. PTI tures. he would soon ban TikTok in We all agree there has to be well as censorship of videos Could be their facial recog- the United States. A federal a change...everybody agrees it critical of the Chinese govern- ment. TikTok says it does not censor videos and it would not give the Chinese government Microsoft confirms talks to acquire TikTok by September 15 access to US user data. The President, when he SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft dressing the President's con- Microsoft has halted its bid to the short-video making app makes his decision, will make has officially confirmed it is in cerns. It is committed to ac- buy the US operations of China- that has over 80 million sure that everything we have talks to acquire the opera- quiring TikTok subject to a based TikTok after President monthly users in the coun- done drives us as close to zero tions of video-sharing plat- complete security review and Donald Trump vowed to ban try. risk for the American people, form TikTok in the US, Canada, providing According to a report in Pompeo said. Australia and New Zealand proper eco- The Wall Street Journal, a That's the mission set that markets following a conversa- nomic ben- sale was thought close to he laid out for all of us when we tion between Microsoft CEO efits to the agreement "but was put in get -- we began to evaluate Satya Nadella and President United States, doubt after the US this now several months back. Donald Trump. including the president's warning". We're closing in on a solution. "Microsoft is prepared to United States Microsoft said that it "will And I think you will see the continue discussions to ex- Treasury," the move quickly to pursue dis- president's announcement plore a purchase of TikTok in company said. cussions with TikTok's par- shortly. the United States," the tech The official ent company, ByteDance, in The debate over TikTok par- giant said in a recent blog confirmation a matter of weeks, and in allels a broader US security post. came after re- any event completing these crackdown on Chinese compa- "Microsoft fully appreci- ports sur- discussions no later than nies, including telecom provid- ates the importance of ad- faced that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella September 15, 2020". IANS ers Huawei and ZTE. AP August 7, 2020 TechBiz Post India Post 11 www.indiapost.com Tech Briefs Govt to come out with Twitter survey reveals paid strategic sectors list soon: FM service with 'Undo Send' button

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter and the ability to run brand NEW DELHI: The government and state-owned firms in other or they will be brought to- has kicked off a new survey surveys about ads". will soon come out with a new segments will eventually be gether in such a way that there for its upcoming paid sub- The 'Undo Send' will pro- public sector enterprises privatized. are only four or lesser, she said. scription service that will give vide a 30-second window policy that will define strategic "We are working on it ... it Under the policy, a list of stra- users options like "Undo for users to recall or with- sectors, which will not have should go to Cabinet soon," tegic sectors will be notified Send" button (like an edit draw a tweet with typos and more than four PSUs, Finance she said in interaction with where there will be at least one button) and ability to tweet other errors before anyone Minister Nirmala Sitharaman media when asked about the and a maximum of four public longer and high- can see it. said on Saturday (01 August). strategic sector list. sector enterprise, apart from quality videos, This will, how- private sector companies. among other fea- ever, be only a vi- In other sectors, central tures. able alternative public sector enterprises The micro- to the 'Edit' but- (CPSEs) will be privatized de- blogging platform ton users have pending upon the feasibility. hinted last month been demanding "We would like to announce it is planning a for years. a PSE policy (as) a self-reliant paid subscription The paid users India needs a coherent policy. platform that can be reused will be able to choose more All sectors will be opened to by other teams in the future. fonts and theme colors for private sectors also. Twitter is building a subscrip- background, links, mentions, "PSEs will continue to play tion platform with a team hashtags and icons. an important role in defined codenamed "Gryphon". The paid users will be able areas. We need a coherent According to TechCrunch, to publish videos up to 5 policy because sometimes you the company has started the times longer than the cur- open up some sectors in piece- survey towards the service rent default setting for vid- meal... Now we shall define the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that would give users paid fea- eos, with a much higher areas... where their presence tures like "support for profile maximum resolution As part of the 'Aatmanirbhar She said there could be vari- will be impact-fully felt," badges, auto responses, addi- (8192×8192), according to Bharat Abhiyan' package, the ous models to achieve mini- Sitharaman had said while an- tional social listening analytics the report. IANS finance minister in May had an- mum four PSUs in case of those nouncing the package. nounced that there will be a falling under the strategic sec- Asked about expectations maximum of four public sector tor. from the meeting of the Mon- companies in strategic sectors, Either they will be merged, etary Policy Committee next 386 MN user records from 18 week, the finance minister said companies stolen in data breaches that's for the RBI to decide. Gold futures surge as Speaking about the state of SAN FRANCISCO: A hacker/ Once they lose value, hackers economy, she said it is defi- hacking group known as may choose to release the international prices hit new high nitely trying to come out of dif- ShinyHunters flooded a data for free on forums to in- MUMBAI: Bull Run in domes- The safe haven demand for ficulty but would be difficult to hacker forum with 386 mil- crease their reputation and tic gold futures continued on gold refuses to die down as un- get a complete picture at this lion user records stolen from exposure. Monday as prices in the inter- certainty over the global eco- point of time due to uncer- 18 companies. When the publication asked national market surged to new nomic situation and the ongo- tainty around the pandemic. According to Bleeping ShinyHunters why they highs. ing pandemic continues. Value chains are getting dis- Computer, Shiny Hunters last dumped all of these data- The active October contract Anuj Gupta, DVP, Commodi- rupted due to containment week began uploading the da- bases, they were told that on the Multi-Commodity Ex- ties and Currencies Research, zones in many parts of the tabases to a forum where any- they were leaked for change (MCX) touched a high Angel Broking, said that it is country because of the pan- one can download them free everyone's benefit. of Rs 53,670 per 10 gram, while more of an impact of the inter- demic, she explained. of charge. Of the databases re- "I just thought: 'I've made the August contract, national trend, which has been Emphasizing that the Prime leased since July 21, nine of enough money now' so I which is due to end witnessed on the Minister is speaking with vari- them were already disclosed leaked for everyone's benefit." on Wednesday, Indian futures ous stakeholders on regular in some manner in the past. "Obviously, some people touched a high market. basis to get feedback on the However, the alleged data are a little upset because they of Rs 54,199 A recent evolving situation, she said the breaches at Appen.com, paid resellers a few days ago, per 10 gram. report by the government is keeping all op- Drizly.com, Havenly.com, but I don't care," ShinyHunters The Octo- World Gold tions open to help support IndabaMusic.com, Ivoy.mx, added. Earlier, ShinyHunters ber contract is cur- Council (WGC) showed that it economy. Proctoru.com, Rewards1.com, have played a role in high-pro- rently trading at Rs 53,637, is the record inflow into gold- There are some kinds of Scentbird.com and file data breaches at higher by Rs 192 or 0.36 per backed ETFs (Exchange Traded green shoots but the govern- Vakinha.com.br were not re- HomeChef, Promo.com, cent from its previous close. Funds) which has caused the ment is cautious about these ported before, noted Mathway, Chatbooks, Spot gold in the interna- rally in the prices of the yellow parameters, she said, adding BleepingComputer. Dave.com, Wattpad and even tional market touched an all- metal. The consumer demand, that the economy is at a stage Stolen databases are valu- Microsoft's GitHub account. time high of $1,987.95 per however, has hit rock-bottom where every sector is trying to able and usually sold privately. IANS ounce earlier in the day. amid the pandemic. IANS beat pandemic and revive. PTI Health Line 105-year old lady becomes oldest COVID-19 survivor

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 105-year old woman was One can be said to be perfectly healthy in body and mind only if no part of the body or mind makes itself felt. A part cured of COVID-19 after over makes itself felt only when there is something wrong with it. You know that you have a head only when it aches. three-month long battle and Sri Atmananda (1883 - 1959) discharged from a govern- 12 India Post www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 ment hospital in Kerala on Wednesday (29 July), becom- ing the oldest coronavirus sur- vivor in the state, the Health Scientists get closer to blood test department said. A native of Anchal town in neighboring Kollam district, for Alzheimer's disease Asma Beevi was admitted to the Kollam Medical College WASHINGTON: An experi- science chief at the U.S. National blood test development. Alzheimer's. Current drugs Hospital on April 20 after con- mental blood test was highly Institute on Aging, agreed. "The Results were discussed at only temporarily ease symp- tracting the virus through her accurate at distinguishing data looks very encouraging," the Alzheimer's Association In- toms and do not slow mental daughter, it said, adding she people with Alzheimer's dis- he said. The new testing "ap- ternational Conference taking decline. showed "enormous strength" ease from those without it in pears to be even more sensitive place online because of the The disease is usually diag- during the treatment. several studies, boosting nosed through tests of She was also suffering from hopes that there soon may be memory and thinking skills, but age-related ailments and her treatment monitored by a a simple way to help diagnose that's very imprecise and usu- medical board. this most common form of de- ally involves a referral to a neu- "Anchal-native Asma Beevi, mentia. rologist. 105, was discharged after being Developing such a test has More reliable methods such cured of COVID-19. She is the been a long-sought goal, and as spinal fluid tests and brain oldest in the state to be treated scientists warn that the new scans are invasive or expensive, and cured of the virus," the de- approach still needs more vali- so a simple blood test that could partment said in a release. dation and is not yet ready for be done in a family doctor's of- Earlier in early April, 93-year wide use. fice would be a big advance. old Thomas Abraham from Rani But recent results suggest Last year, scientists reported village in Pathanamthitta they're on the right track. The encouraging results from ex- achieved the feat of becoming testing identified people with perimental blood tests that the oldest COVID-19 survivor in Alzheimer's vs. no dementia or measure abnormal versions of the country then. Since then other types of it with accuracy amyloid, one of two proteins some centenarians have been ranging from 89 per cent to 98 that build up and damage cured of the disease in differ- per cent. and more reliable" than earlier coronavirus pandemic. Some Alzheimer's patients' brains. ent parts of the country. "That's pretty good. We've methods, but it needs to be results also were published in The new work focuses on Abraham, a farmer, and his never seen that" much precision tried in larger, more diverse the Journal of the American the other protein - tau - and 88-year wife Mariyamma were in previous efforts, said Maria populations, he said. Medical Association. finds that one form of it called treated at the Kottayam Medi- Carrillo, the Alzheimer's The institute had no role in More than 5 million people p-tau217 is a more reliable in- cal College Hospital and dis- Association's chief science officer. these studies but financed ear- in the United States and many dicator. Several companies and charged. PTI Dr. Eliezer Masliah, neuro- lier, basic research toward more worldwide have universities have developed experimental p-tau217 tests. Dr Oskar Hansson of Lund University in Sweden led a There's proof Covid-19 causes stroke in absence of comorbidity study of Eli Lilly's test on more than 1,400 people already en- NEW DELHI: Covid-19 is the hospital. of microthrombi (small clots). ischemic stroke. It seems to rolled in dementia studies in typically known as a lung in- P.N. Renjen, Senior Consult- "These clots can travel to be happening to those af- Sweden, Arizona and Colombia. fection, but it has also been ant (Neurology) at Delhi's the lung and obstruct blood fected with severe Covid They included people with found to cause blood clots Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, flow to the lung, which is called symptoms," he said. no impairment, mild impair- that can lead to severe said that coronavirus has been pulmonary embolism, or travel Cases have emerged ment, Alzheimer's and other stroke. And neurologists indi- shown to cause development to brain circulation and cause where people with zero neurological diseases. cate that there is proof that comorbidity have had The p-tau217 test outper- Covid-19 causes stroke in the strokes and tested positive formed a host of other mea- absence of comorbidities in a for Covid-19. sures for indicating which pa- patient. Renjen added, "While the tients had Alzheimer's as veri- As per the neurologists, if chances having of a Covid-19 fied by brain scans. It also was people with pre-existing induced stroke are higher in comparable to the brain scans conditions like blood pres- people with pre-existing and some spinal tests in accu- sure, diabetes or any heart comorbidities, there is proof racy. AP related ailments test positive that it can also cause stroke in for Covid-19, they should im- the absence of comorbidities For detailed stories visit mediately get admitted to in a patient." IANS www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 Wellness Post India Post 13 www.indiapost.com Vitamin D deficiency leads to higher osteoporosis risk Canada authorizes Remdesivir to treat NEW YORK: Researchers have found ent adequacy is imperative in support- and 46 per cent have inadequate vita- patients of severe Covid-19 that calcium and vitamin D deficiencies ing overall health and wellness, includ- min D intake. Gender, ethnic, and socio- lead to a higher risk of osteoporosis and ing immune health, at a time when that economic differences impact the over- OTTAWA: Canada has announced poor bone health. is heavy on everyone's mind," she all risk for inadequate calcium and vita- its authorization for using the drug For the findings, published in the added. min D intake and subsequent os- remdesivir for treating patients suf- journal PLOS ONE, the research team According to the study, 25 per cent teoporosis risk, as seen in some of the fering severe symptoms of Covid- examined inadequate nutrient intake of older US people live below the pov- study key findings. 19 who have pneumonia and re- and its relationship to poor bone health, erty line. Within this population, 68 per The findings also showed that US quire extra oxygen to help them specifically the risk of osteoporosis. cent have inadequate calcium intake, women over the age of 50 consistently breathe. The team examined the rela- have inadequate calcium intake, re- Remdesivir is the first drug that tionship between markers of gardless of their economic status. Canada has authorized for the treat- poverty with calcium and vita- Inadequate intake of calcium ment of Covid-19, according to a min D intake and osteoporosis and vitamin D affects poverty- press release on Tuesday (27 July) in Americans, 50 years and stricken men more than from Health Canada, Xinhua re- older. women with respect to os- ported. "This study continues to teoporosis risk. The drug, manufactured by demonstrate how prevalent It has been estimated in Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc., is au- nutrient deficiency is among the US population aged 50 and thorized for use in adults and ado- the US population, and even older, about 10.2 million suffer lescents with a bodyweight of at more so, among lower-in- from osteoporosis, and 80 per least 40 kg. The authorization in- come individuals and those cent of these affected cases cludes a full six-week scientific re- with food insecurities," said are females. view. Susan Hazels Mitmesser from In addition, there are poten- Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc. did Pharmavite LLC, the makers of tially 43.4 million people, or 44 not seek authorization for an indica- nature made vitamins, min- per cent of the population tion for use of remdesivir to treat erals and supplements, who with osteopenia, which is a children or pregnant women, conducted the study. bone condition that often Health Canada said. IANS "Yet, we know that nutri- leads to osteoporosis. IANS 14 India Post www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020

he American frontier drama ``The World to Shoemaker of Dreams`` and Alex Gibney's ``Crazy, Come,'' the Jim Broadbent and Helen Not Insane,'' about a psychiatrist who works with Mirren comedy-drama ``The Duke,'' Gia serial killers like Ted Bundy. TCoppola's ``Mainstream,'' and the Shia The festival will implement various modifications LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby drama ``Pieces of a due to ongoing concerns about COVID-19, includ- Woman'' are among the films set to premiere at ing a slightly slimmed-down official competition, a the Venice International Film Festival in September, reduced number of sections and the addition of two the first major event of its kind since outdoor screening venues, in addition to the coronavirus pandemic forced the its traditional venues. Organizers said cancellation of large gatherings they will also be adhering to safety mea- worldwide, organizers have an- sures established by local authorities. nounced. ``Until a short while ago, even the The selections for the 77th edition, certainty of maintaining the late-sum- which launches Sept. 2 on the Venice mer appointment with Venice's Festival Lido, are more global and less packed with star- a result of gender protocols. This is an unprecedented was anything but a given,'' Barbera said. studded Hollywood features than in years past as percentile which we hope augurs well for a future cin- And it will be a decidedly different festival than a result of the ongoing virus outbreak, festival di- ema that is free of any sort of prejudice and discrimi- in the past couple of years, where A-List stars from rector Alberto Barbera acknowledged in his open- nation.'' Brad Pitt to Lady Gaga have put on their finest for ing remarks. Cate Blanchett will be presiding over the main com- red carpet premieres. "This year, to borrow Bob Dylan's words, the pro- petition jury alongside filmmakers Joanna Hogg, ``A few spectacular movies will be missing, gram contains multitudes: of movies, of genres, of Veronika Franz, Christian Petzold and Cristi Puiu, actor blocked by the lockdown which still affects the pro- points of view,'' Barbera said. "There will be auteur Ludivine Sagnier and writer Nicola Lagioia. They will gramming of the most-awaited Hollywood releases. films, comedies, documentaries, horror flicks, together decide on the coveted Golden Lion award, A few cast members of the invited movies won't be gangster movies, and so on." which last went to Todd Phillips' ``Joker.'' able to attend because of the ongoing limitations Films premiering in competition include Chloe Out-of-competition selections include Luca on intercontinental travel,'' Barbera said. Zhao's ``Nomadland;'' Nicole Garcia's ``Lovers,'' Guadagnino's Salvatore Ferragamo documentary ``The Attendees are also likely to be mostly European with Stacy Martin; Susanna Nicchiarelli's ``Miss this year due to continuing travel restrictions and Marx,'' with Romola Garai as Karl Marx's daughter quarantine requirements. Italy was an early epi- Eleanor; and Mona Fastvold's ``The World to Come,'' The selections for the 77th edition, center of the virus outbreak. about two women who forge a connection in iso- which launches Sept. 2 on the Venice But the show will go on. lation in the mid-19th century. Based on Jim Lido, are more global and less packed ``The decision to hold the 77th edition of the Shepard's short story, it also stars Kirby, best Venice Film Festival is experienced like a sign of known for playing Princess Margaret in ``The with star-studded Hollywood features confidence in _ dnd concrete support of _ the Crown,'' Katherine Waterston and Casey Affleck. than in years past as a result of the world of film and the audiovisual industry,'' Barbera Barbera noted that almost half of the competi- said. tion film selections this year are directed by ongoing virus outbreak, festival The festival will open with an Italian film for the women. The festival has had notoriously poor gen- director Alberto Barbera first time in over a decade: the marital drama ``The der parity in the past. acknowledged in his opening remarks Ties,'' from director Daniele Luchetti and starring The films this year, Barbera said, ``were selected Alba Rohrwacher will premiere on the Lido on Sept. exclusively on the basis of their quality and not as 2. It runs through Sept. 12. AP August 7, 2020 India Post 15

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with National Handloom Day Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tussar sarees, and hand-wo- which is marked on August 7. Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, ven range of fabrics, home fur- The event aims at helping ar- Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar nishings, menswear and NEW DELHI: India has over artisans from across the coun- tisans, reinstate the pride in Pradesh and West Bengal. women's apparels. 10 million weavers and arti- try, aims at supporting artisans hand-spun, hand-woven and The collection on offer com- In addition to this, embroi- sans who are severely im- liquidate their stocks to sustain handcrafted products, support prises of Uppada sarees of dered sarees, dupattas, stoles pacted by the lockdown that themselves and to help the 'vocal for local' and to encourage Andhra Pradesh, Molakalmuru by the Lambadi community, caused shutdown of sales and sector recover from the impact people to indulge in the rich silk sarees of Karnataka, vi- handcrafted home accesso- production activities, resulting of Covid-19. handloom traditions of India. brant Jamdanis and Tangail ries by women artisans from in a loss of livelihoods. Organized by GoCoop, an The online sale will offer a sarees from Bengal to the tribal areas are a special part The second edition of 'Go online marketplace for weav- mix of contemporary and tradi- subtle elegance of of handcrafted collection. Swadeshi Online', an online ex- ers and artisans, the 15-day tional handlooms with collec- Maheshwaris and Chanderis. It When: August 1-15 hibition of handloom clothes online event will be held from tions by weavers from Andhra also offers choices of Where: https:// and artifacts by weavers and August 1-15 August coinciding Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Pochampally, Sambalpuri and gocoop.com/goswadeshi Digital growth of a beauty giant

NEW DELHI: The knee jerk the current scenario given the disruption caused by the pan- shift in consumer demands. demic and the months of Having spoken with indus- lockdown which followed, has try veteran Samir Modi, left every sector with a lot of Founder and Managing Direc- challenges. As sales and profits tor of Colorbar, to know how took a huge dip overnight, the the industry is positioning it- bounce back is tough for all. The self in accordance with the beauty industry is no different. changes in consumer behavior However, as things get back and the way forward. Read ex- to normal, players in the cerpts: beauty business were quick to Q: How do you think the pan- realize the changes required in demic has impacted the over- all beauty market in India? tivating digital spends, as retail look, reset and re-imagine our A: For the entire industry it business was the most im- business model, since custom- has been a time of massive re- pacted since the very first ers today have become very percussions across the value lockdown back in March. conscious about their safety chain. We saw the following Investing into Skincare and health. We've developed changes: based solutions as an exten- many statements of hygiene Change in business formats, sion of the existing portfolios and safety ensuring Colorbar as opposed to the way we Rise in the Essentials cat- has the safest environment out were doing things before the egory and Personal Care prod- there, for both the consumers lockdown. For example the ucts and our staff. IANSlife biggest learning of our times Various Digital initiatives has been the clear shift from yielding better fruits. We at For detailed story visit traditional selling points to ac- Colorbar have also had to re- www.indiapost.com 16 India Post www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020

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RAMESH SOPARAWALA Tech-savvy teen Samarth Tewari India Post News Service ACROSS AMERICA brings community support to CHICAGO: The28th Semi An- local restaurants and homeless nual Virtual Summit 2020 of Metropolitan Asin Family Ser- 17 India Post www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 Details on page 20 vices (MAFS) was held on Friday, July 31 2020 in the morning at 11 am with the theme being Care of Seniors During The Dr Shivangi on Coalition Advisory Board, Donald COVID-19 Pandemic. The virtual; meet was J. Trump for President, Inc. (the "Campaign") graced among others by Gov- India Post News Service Bharatiya Samman award from ernor of Telangana Dr. (Smt.) r. Sampat Shivangi, a the President of India Pranab TamilisaiSoundararajan, and US physician, an influen- Mukherjee in Bengaluru on the Rep Danny K Davis, State Rep- Dtial Indian-American Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. He is resentative Michelle community leader, and a vet- also one of the trustees of Mussman.Executive Director eran leader of the American Americans4Hindus, is a non- cum soul of MAFF Ms Santosh Association of Physicians of In- partisan Independent Political Kumar, Dr Vijay Prabhakar and dian Origin (AAPI), has been ap- Committee. A4H's mission is to MAFS team including Prashant pointed as the member of Coa- encourage and promote pub- and Sagar Kumar lition Advisory Board, Donald J. lic policies that embrace plu- Trump for President, Inc. (the ralism, mutual respect and lib- Details on page 18 "Campaign"). erty. Dr Shivangi is working on Dr. Sampat Shivangi is an In- the mission to get President Air India dian born American Physician. Trump re-elected and is ac- He has been serving the Board tively working on the manager, Malini for the Department of Mental Hindus4Trump program. Vaidyanathan bids Health in Mississippi for sev- I am honored that President adieu to Chicago eral years. Dr. Shivangi has re- Donald Trump appointed me ceived several awards for his as a member to his top board " work. The most notable award Donald J Trump for President, Details on page 19 he has received is the Pravasi Inc. Coalition Advisory Board. It has been an added honor as I am already elected as a Na- tional delegate for the upcom-

ing Republican Party Conven- Dr. Sampat Shivangi tion, which will be virtual this time due to pandemic. I am Romney in 2012 in Tampa FL, with INDIA and people of India, proud to serve as a National del- and 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio to said Dr Shivangi. egate for the fifth time consecu- nominate President Donald J Dr.Sampat S. Shivangi has tively a unique distinction for Trump. President Trump has been a conservative lifelong member of the Republican Dr. Sampat Shivangi is an Indian born Party, hailing from a strong re- American Physician. He has been serving the publican state of Mississippi. Board for the Department of Mental Health in He is the founding member of the Republican Indian council Mississippi for several years. Dr. Shivangi has and of Republican Indian Na- received several awards for his work tional Council which aims to work to help and assist in pro- an INDIAN American to be del- been a great friend of India, the moting President Elect egate at President George W first President to attend Prime Trump's agenda and support Bush convention in New York in Minister Modi Howdy Modi his advocacy in the coming 2004, Senator John McCain in rally in Houston, TX and his visit months. Minneapolis in 2008, Governor to India to show his solidarity Cont’d on page 24 18 India Post Community Across America August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com MAFS virtual fund raiser meet ends on success note

RAMESH SOPARAWALA can National Anthem while Ms. tion" was shown. serving over 25,000 Senior citi- for the past 15 years on SAHELI- India Post News Service Padma Mehta's soulfully ren- Keynote address was by zens annually for the past 28 South Asian Health Lifestyle CHICAGO: The28th Semi An- dered the Indian National An- Rep. Danny K Davis U. S, Con- years in Illinois State." Initiative, that translates estab- nual Virtual Summit 2020 of them Dr. Vijay Prabhakar intro- gressman. He spoke highly of Metropolitan Asian Family Ser- duced the Chief Guest of the Mrs. Kumar who followed her event, Dr. (Smt.) dream and started her vision in TamilisaiSoundararajan, Gover- a small office and has branched nor of Telangana who joined us virtually all the way from Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad, India; along with Congressman Danny K Davis live from Wash- ington DC. MAFS Seniors dancing Following this Mr. Sagar Kumar presented "Breath Of " The range of services pro- lished lifestyle interventions- MAFS", a brief video depicting vided by MAFS include Daily focused on diet, physical-activ- US Congressman Danny K Davis the birth of MAFS. Welcoming Hot Meals, Adult day Care, ity and stress management to Governor of Telangana Dr. (Smt.) Home Care, Public Benefit pro- the Community's specific cul- TamiIisai Soundararajan vices (MAFS) was held on Friday, grams, Immigration, Literacy, tural context and needs. First, July 31 2020 in the morning at out into several locations in Yoga, Health Education and Re- of its kind research program 11 am with the theme being Chicagoland area to serve the search Programs. These pro- for South Asians." Care of Seniors During The needy with food, breaking grams are funded by federal, The care of senior citizens COVID-19 Pandemic. their isolation and providing state, county governments, during this pandemic is the The virtual; meet was the community with many private Foundations and indi- top priority of our board and graced among others by Gov- other services like translation vidual donors. We are honored staff. The MAFS home delivery ernor of Telangana Dr. (Smt.) services, immigration today by the virtual presence of hot lunch program, health TamilisaiSoundararajan, and US 'The State Representative of the dynamic Dr care at the doorsteps by our Rep Danny K Davis, State Rep- Michelle Mussmanobserved SrimathiTamilisaiSoundararajan, home care & home health staff MAFS Executive Director resentative Michelle Ms Santosh Kumar that it was an incredibly impor- Mussman.Executive Director tant program by MAFS to the cum soul of MAFF Ms Santosh speech was given by Dr. immigrants, who are lonely, are Kumar, Dr Vijay Prabhakar and Firdaus Jaffri, DDS-President- new to this country and most MAFS team including Prashant MAFSwho welcomed the hon- of arenew to the language. and Sagar Kumar ored guests, the panelist, dis- Apart from showing healthy The MAFS' Team under the tinguished speakers, seniors and clean set up of the pro- leadership of Executive Direc- gram, the video ended with tor - Mrs. Santhosh Kumar, IT appreciation testimonials of Director - Prashant Kumar, Op- the seniors for the Program.Ms. erational Director - Sagar Mussman had 3 requests for Kumar and help from Chairman MAFS on behalf of the state of Organizing Committee Dr.Vijay Illinois…1) Fill out the CENSUS, Prabhakar, hosted one of the 2) Make sure everyone fills out most watched Semi-Annual Vir- a vote by mail Ballet in one's tual Events. MAFStruly put to- comfortable language. 3) DO- gether a spectacular, well-or- NATE Generously to MAFS so Dr Vijay Prabhakar ganized and successful Virtual they can continue to do their Global Event! and the viewers.Another capti- exemplary work. The program started with vating video ofthe Congregate Dr. Prabhakar introduced the Ms Santosh Kumar flanked by Prashant and Sagar Kumar Gauri Yadavsinging the Ameri- Meal Program of "MAFS in ac- founder of MAFS Mrs. Santosh Kumar fondly referring her as the Governor of Telangana and telehealth is fully opera- "Mother Theresa Of Chicago" State, as our Chief Guest. tional .The outpouring of love Mrs. Santosh Kumar sat listening Madam Governor your com- from our senior citizens in- to the program with teary eyes mitment and dedication to the spires our hardworking staff to looking back at her creation and people of India and to the relentlessly serve and take service to the community as she causes of Women, Children, & care of them, risking their own began her speech. Seniors is commendable." lives during this pandemic! Mrs. Santosh Kumar said, Referring to the yeomen Eulogizing the services ren- "Action speaks louder than services of the Governor, Mrs. dered by MAFS Staff MsKumar words. All of you have just seen Kumar added "Madam Gover- added, "MAFS is blessed with glimpses of MAFS wide array of nor, you will be pleased to the most hardworking and car- services among the Seniors, know that MAFS has been col- ing STAFF which is the reason delivered from our 14 senior laborating with the prestigious for our continued success and service centers. MAFS is a pio- Northwestern University's growth. neering organization that is Feinberg School of Medicine Cont’d on page 24 August 7, 2020 Community Across America India Post 19 www.indiapost.com Air India manager, Malini Vaidyanathan bids adieu to Chicago

RAMESH SOPARAWLA large number of stranded Indians,' she deared herself with the members of In- India Post News Service added dia diaspora during her stay in Chicago CHICAGO: Ms Malini Vaidhyanathan In a social message to members of as Midwest Manager with her humidity Manager Midwest in Chicago has the Indian community at large shesaid, and sincerity of approach Rarely would handed over her charge as Manager "I wish you all stay safe and enjoy vibrant there be a community oriented event Midwest of Air India to Shri Vikash health. In case you need any assistance Ms Malini here where in Air India would not ex- Shahal, Airport Manager ORD, with ef- in India, please do not hesitate to reach Vaidyanathan tend its support or have Ms Malini as a leaving as Midwest fect from July 31 2020 me in New Delhi. Manager honored guest, says Surendra Ullal Com- In a talk to this paper she said that. To say the least, Ms Malini had en- munity Editor India Post. she would be joining Air India the New Delhi office after reaching India. She said tat the three years that she had spent at Chicago serving a vibrant local community along with her duties as the Manage Midwest were the most interesting and challenging experience of her career. "It is interesting because of the great relationships built and challenging be- cause of economic havoc unleashed by the pandemic. However, I am proud to say that Air India rose to the occasion, by organizing Vande Bharat flights at a very short notice and to repatriate a

Stop worrying & Pay Property Tax By Oct 1 BABU TANGEWALA CHICAGO: The Second Installment of Cook County property taxes is due now, but property owners can pay without late fees through October 1, 2020, Cook CountyTreasurer Maria Pappas said. "If you are worried about how to pay your property taxes, you can stop!" Pappas said. "You have two additional months to figure out how to juggle your bills." Property owners can make partial payments to avoid making one big pay- ment on October 1. Any balance due on the Second Installment after that date will be charged 1.5 percent per month, as required by law. To download a copy of your tax bill or to make a payment, visit cookcountytreasurer.com: • Select the blue box labeled "Pay Online for Free" • Search by property address or en- ter your Property Index Number (PIN) • There is no fee if you pay from your bank account You may also use cookcountytreasurer.com to: • Search $75 million in available re- funds going back 20 years • See if you are missing out on $34 million in senior exemptions going back four years 20 India Post Community Across America August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com Tech-savvy teen Samarth Tewari brings community support to local restaurants and homeless How powerful is it when a fourteen-year-old is concerned about the local economy and local restaurants during these unprecedented times?

India Post News Service to figure out for himself and the restau- mont in partnership with Fremont amarth Tewari, a Rising Sopho- rants how to solve this problem. He Bridge Rotary has raised more than more at Mission San Jose High spoke to his techy dad and the re- $3,000 and plans to continue to raise SSchool was requesting his mom sponse was simply, "Figure it out your- more from local businesses and larger for more variety of food during self and help folks in the process". He national corporations with locations in COVID19. A typical teenager, having a began his research online as well. He our city like Costco, Walmart, Whole growth spurt,anda stomach like a fur- made an effort to understand the safety Foods, Sprouts, Lucky Supermarket etc. nace. His mom, a working professional concerns of the general public, as well Other restaurants like: Cantaritos, a at home was wondering how to meet as the revenue losses being experi- Mexican Restaurant; Lovely Sweets and his request. He suggested they start enced by local restaurants. Snacks Indian Cuisine; and Dina's Family buying food from local restaurants. His Sifting through health inspection restaurant which has been serving the mom said, "No way, it's not safe due to data provided by the Alameda County Fremont community for many decades COVID19". So, Samarth picked up the Health Department, he came up with a are extremely excited about the com- phone and started talking to the local method, based on CDC guidelines, munity supporting their businesses. restaurant owners when the shelter in which restaurants were considered Unfortunately, this problem is not place started in March this year. "safest" to buy food from during going away any time soon. Even as our He quickly learned that many restau- COVID19. The result was a website he county looks to open up again, restau- rants were either closed or struggling created with some guidance from his rants will be held to very limited capac- to stay open with new rules. He wanted Samarth Tewari father, eatsafefremont.org, to encour- ity seating and will still struggle to be age local citizens to eat at restaurants profitable. Never mind the potential of by eliminating some of their food safety a second wave of this deadly virus. Lo- concerns. As he rolled out the website, it was well re- ceived with nearly 12,000 visits to the informational pages and over 2,200 unique individual users. However, he realized this was not enough. There is more to do and he and the community could help local restaurants that have lost nearly 90% of their profits. He contacted Fremont Bridge Rotary club for fundraising ef- cal restaurants are an integral part of forts, where his mom was a member. our city. Our goal is to ensure Fremont With the support and backing of Fre- continues to have locally owned restau- mont Bridge Rotary and District 5170 of rants and doesn't turn into the urban Rotary International, money was raised jungle of large chain restaurants only. with the mission to help locally owned Going forward, Samarth is partnering restaurants to pay their bills, retain with local charitable organizations serv- their employees, and show the support ing homeless and hungry, old age from the community during these diffi- homes and women shelters to provide cult times. this vulnerable population with fresh, The response from the restaurant healthy and nutritious food through owners who received the check was these restaurants. This will further ex- overwhelming, Gael Stewart - owner of pand the mission of his project by giv- the popular Mission Coffee House in ing bulk orders to the restaurants and Fremont reacted, "this $500 check feeding the needy or at risk population came as a shock. This young man had in our community. been in touch, but I wasn't sure if we To learn more about the project and will actually receive funds. It means a help Eat Safe Fremont, please visit the lot, a young kid doing so much to sup- website www.eatsafefremont.org or port his community and caring about a write at [email protected]. local coffee shop with support from the You can easily donate directly at the community who want our coffee shop website to support this ongoing to be open post COVID19". Eat Safe Fre- project. August 7, 2020 Community Across America India Post 21 www.indiapost.com Akshaya Patra held Texas Virtual Gala

India Post News Service tity of Indian values when it bring a smile onto another home. His family would host a ebrated the, volunteers, chap- AUSTIN, TX: The Akshaya comes to helping others. As he person's face. Coming from a child from a lower economic sta- ter teams from Austin, Dallas, Patra Foundation held its Vir- addressed the Indian diaspora family of eleven children and tus for dinner every night of the and Houston who continueto tual Gala - 'Technology for in the U.S. and across the growing up in a lower-middle- week. It was evident that Mr. work towards alleviating class- Change' on Saturday, July 25th, Murthy's passion for helping room hunger. The chapter and raised $950,000 for feed- children started at a young age. teams are continuing to accept ing mid-day meals to school Along with insightful con- donations after the event here. children in India. The Texas gala versations between the two Established in 2000, Akshaya was hosted by the cities of technology pioneers including Patra is the largest NGO-run Austin, Dallas and Houston. an active audience who had school meal program in the Close to 1,000 businesses, non- the opportunity to ask ques- world, according to Time profits, government officials, tions, the evening consisted of Magazine, and serves 1.8 mil- philanthropic leaders, and fans a talented musical offering by lion children daily in over from around the world at- Smt. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, 19,257 schools through 55 tended and supported the one of the best known Carnatic kitchens in 12 states and two organization's dual mission of musicians today. She opened Union Territories in India. It addressing childhood hunger Mr Narayana Murthy and Siva Sivaram the show with the Dhanvantari costs only $20 to feed a child and promoting education for shloka and continued to amaze for an entire school year. For underserved children in India. globe, he gave sound advice class family that survived on a guests with her quiet compo- more information contact: The evening was eloquently on how important it is to inte- high school teacher's salary, Mr. sure and serene vocals Ankita Narula, led in a scintillating conversa- grate into the country one im- Murthy fondly remembered throughout the event. The [email protected] or Geeta tion with Mr. Narayana Murthy, migrates to by embracing it's special dinner guests in his tech-themed evening cel- Kulkarni, [email protected] Chairman Emeritus of Infosys values, laws, and civic respon- by Siva Sivaram, President of sibilities. When asked about Western Digital. Mr. Sivaram technology, Mr. Murthy ex- was recently appointed Chair- plained how technology is a man of Akshaya Patra Founda- great liberalizer and creates tion USA with Srivatsan Rajan, extraordinary opportunities, Partner at Bain & Company, as something he himself has ex- Vice Chairman. Desh perienced firsthand. Deshpande will continue to As a long time Akshaya Patra serve on the board as Chair- supporter, Mr. Murthy stressed man Emeritus. the importance of contribut- Mr. Murthy touched on ing, no matter how big or small, many aspects of giving, suc- to bring a smile on a child's cess, and individual responsi- face who otherwise would bilities throughout the conver- have slept hungry or skipped sation. He stressed the impor- school. His formula for success tance of making a living by giv- remains the same throughout ing what you can and the sanc- his life: to be successful is to

Indian American diaspora takes leadership role in COVID-19 efforts both in U.S. & India MANSI PATEL

WASHINGTON, DC: nessed across the board Indiaspora, a nonprofit orga- from helping to provide nization of global Indian meals to migrant workers in diaspora leaders from vari- India, personal protective ous backgrounds and profes- equipment to frontline sions, released 2020 Indian healthcare workers, educa- Diaspora in Action: Tracking tion through e-learning and the Indian American Re- healthcare. The report details sponse to COVID-19, a report the actions of 58 non-profit detailing the philanthropic organizations re-purposing impact of the diaspora on their efforts in response to COVID-19 relief. the pandemic and illustrates The tremendous outpour- the power of the Indian ing of support for both the Diaspora community. U.S. and India has been wit- Cont’d on page 23 22 India Post Community Across America August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com Hindu temple in Harare shut down again due to COVID-19 pandemic

India Post News Service celled or postponed"…"The notice" due to coronavirus out- Omkar Mandir celebrated 90th tions and actions to combat Ridge view Shree Omkar Society Priest, alone, will con- break in an email directive on anniversary in February 2019, deadly coronavirus and edu- Mandir in Harare (Zimbabwe), tinue to perform the daily March 24. Schools run by the while 25th anniversary of cating the community, Rajan which was re-opened on June Aarti". HSH-Westridge High School, Ridgeview Shree Omkar Zed President of Universal Soci- 26 after over three months clo- "Infection from and the Westridge Primary School, Mandir was observed in 2017. ety of Hinduism said here that sure due to COVID-19, has transmission of the Covid-19 Hindus are God's people, full of been shut down again for the virus can no longer be consid- courage and generosity. Peti- same reason. ered, a remote or distant tion God for the common good Executive Committee of the threat. It is, metaphorically, at of all the local and world com- Hindoo Society Harare (HSH), our doorstep", the email munities during these times of which runs the temple, in an added. confusion and suffering. email on July 24 to its mem- Other HSH run Cameron In the pre-COVID-19 times, bers, stated that all "events, Street Shree Omkar Mandir HSH reportedly had been con- meetings, gatherings and vis- also reportedly continues to ducting various bhajan events, its of any nature, are to cease be shut. Both the temples twice-weekly yoga classes, and are hereby either can- were shut down "until further Hindi lessons, cultural/social activities; organized daily aarti at both the temples with Havan on Sundays; and offered fu- neral assistance for bereaved families; etc.; besides running Mahila Mandal, Shishu Mandal Gujarati School-were also re- HSH "intends to publish a writ- and Yuvak Mandal. portedly closed. But the ten record" of the hundred Hinduism is the oldest and Ridgeview Shree Omkar years of "community's exist- third largest religion of the Mandir had a "limited open- ence in Zimbabwe". world with about 1.1 billion ing" from June 26. Commending HSH for at- adherents and moksh (libera- Cameron Street Shree tempting necessary precau- tion) is its ultimate goal. Jesse White honors Organ/Tissue Donor Poster Contest Winners BABU TANGEWALA CHICAGO: Illinois Secretary sue donation." Currently, there ing for an organ transplant. of State Jesse White honored are nearly 7 million people reg- One donor can save or greatly four Illinois students who were istered to become organ/tis- improve up to 25 lives. To reg- the winners of the sue donors in Illinois; however, ister to become an organ/tis- 23rdbiennial Organ/Tissue sue donor, visit Donor Poster Contest. www.LifeGoesOn.com. The 2020 overall contest The students who won winner was Allie Parks, a 7th the other age categories grader at Adams School in each received a $50 gift cer- Creal Springs. Allie received tificate for Barnes and Noble a congratulatory plaque, a from Donate Life Illinois, and personalized Illinois Blue were honored with a plaque Book and a $100 gift certifi- and a personalized Illinois cate to Barnes and Noble Blue Book. Winners were se- from Donate Life Illinois for lected from four age designing the overall win- groups: grades K-2, grades ning poster. Prints of the 3-5, grades 6-8 and grades poster she designed will be 9-12. The four winning displayed throughout the poster designs were se- state. lected from hundreds of en- White said. "Her poster tries sent in by students Alice Parks poster that won will be displayed at Driver throughout Illinois. The Services facilities, hospitals, li- 4,000individuals are currently poster contest is sponsored by braries and schools statewide on the waiting list, and about the Secretary of State as well to help promote organ and tis- 300 people die each year wait- as, Donate Life Illinois. August 7, 2020 Community Across America India Post 23 www.indiapost.com 'FERAL' The South Asian Feminist Folk/ HSS helps needy in the community beset with corona virus Horror We've All Been Waiting For: HARISH RAO With Sundance + Women In Film Financing Fellow Nihaarika Negi CHICAGO: Since the middle social distancing and other of March, the entire world, in- CDC-suggested practices. eral means 'to exist in a wild ported by Venice Film Festival ested in this subject matter. cluding the United States, has HAF volunteers in various state, especially after do- Development Labs, UK Arts She says, "As South-Asian F faced the unprecedented chal- communities worked in groups mestication/captivity.' A fitting Council, French Ministry of Cul- women, we're raised to tame lenge of COVID-19. With locally to feed needy and homeless title for Sundance + Women In our primal selves to fit restric- declared emergencies, all people, support senior citizens, Film Financing Fellow Nihaarika tive gender norms. When that businesses and activities were supply groceries to the needy, Negi's latest film: a horror sustained oppression inter- grounded. Hindu make PPEs, provide meals and folktale about two Indian sects with race, class, colonial Swayamsevak Sangh USA PPE to first responders, and did maidservants who transgress trauma - it causes a rupture to (HSS) considered this a chal- fundraising for food pantries against their abusive British occur through our bodies. I'm lenge anddecided to offer ser- and local relief organizations. Madame - taking over the interested how this visceral vices and help the community They also collaborated with and house and reclaiming their lost experience can be made vis- as the first responders and brought together several other mystical selves. ible through the structure of healthcare professionals. organizations to multiply these The film evokes the spirit of Dr. folklore/horror films." As HSS trains its volunteers efforts and help. Estes seminal book, Women Who Produced through Autotelic for any eventuality, this time all They felt humbled and Run With Wolves, using the mythic Pictures (LA), the film is sched- volunteers planned activities grateful that they could help structure of folklore to summon uled for a 2021 shoot. With that could be carried out while needy people in the commu- the wild woman archetype. Nihaarika Negi Nihaarika as lead writer/pro- observing the new norms of nity. International writer/pro- ducer backed by Sundance + ducer, Nihaarika (THE THRESH- ture - CNC, NYIFF, NFDC Labs, Women In Film,and the project's OLD, THE HOUSEMAIDS), whose Amazon Prime, Disney's timely subject matter - FERAL is Indian American diaspora takes leadership impressive work has been sup- Hotstar - has long been inter- surely geared for success. role in COVID-19 efforts both in U.S. & India Cont’d from page 21 tion for individuals and com- munities across the globe. Faces of Eviction - East Palo Alto renters "Never before have we Indiaspora notes that sev- witnessed such a united all- eral of these organizations band together to push for rental relief out community relief effort were founded by Indiaspora amongst the diaspora. One of members. These organiza- the most unique aspects we tions include: 360Plus, Arogya VIDYA SETHURAMAN 2.4 percent in 2019, according lost work due to COVID-19 and witnessed was the efforts by World, Achieving Women Eq- India Post News Service to California's Employment De- now face eviction, shared their the next generation of phi- uity Foundation, Freedom Em- 43 million Americans at risk velopment Department. Some stories and how they orga- lanthropists through their in- ployability Academy, Indian of eviction as relief programs California tenants have faced nized to form a wider network credible volunteer efforts," American Council's Hunger and moratorium expired. Amid increasingly aggressive evic- to renegotiate with landlords. said Gabrielle Trippe, Mitao, and WISH Foundation. rising coronavirus infections tion efforts over the last East Palo Alto's City Council Indiaspora Philanthropy Ini- Indiaspora also recently and a wors- tiatives Manager. completed a giving cam- ening eco- A notable group that has paign to fight hunger, nomic crisis, been at the forefront of the ChaloGive for COVID-19, in hundreds of response since the onset of response to food insecurity thousands of the pandemic is the India Phi- during the pandemic. Spear- renters are lanthropy Alliance (IPA). IPA is headed by its members, the now at risk of a coalition of twelve develop- campaign raised more than becoming ment and humanitarian orga- $1.18 million and provided homeless in nizations working together more than 8 million meals California, po- to mobilize resources and through partner organiza- tentially ex- build alliances to benefit In- tions Feeding America in the acerbating dia. Chairman of India Philan- U.S. and Goonj in India. the state's thropy Alliance Deepak Raj Indiaspora dire housing stated, "It is an honor to lead (www.indiaspora.org) is a crisis. All rent- such a remarkable group of 501c(3) nonprofit organiza- ers are now organizations coming to- tion established to transform subject to gether in a historic response the success of the Indian state laws, to support those most in diaspora into meaningful im- and there's a need during these incredibly pact worldwide. Our mem- patchwork of challenging times." bers are a powerful network eviction poli- The actions taken by the of diaspora leaders from di- cies that vary by state. month, despite emergency has recently voted unani- Indian Diaspora show they verse backgrounds and pro- East Palo Alto's workforce protections meant to preserve mously to extend the city's are committed to providing fessions who are committed has been hit hard by the pan- people's housing during the moratorium on residential sustained long-term relief to building stronger commu- demic, with a 12.1 percent un- coronavirus pandemic. evictions to Sept. 30, a month during the pandemic and nities with a culture of giving employment rate in June, com- Three families, who rent longer than the San Mateo serve as a model and inspira- and inspiring social change. pared with a yearly average of apartments in East Palo Alto, County moratorium. 24 India Post Community Across America August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com MAFS virtual fund raiser meet ends on success note

Cont’d from page 18 endowment virtually with a vote of everyone to donate to MAFS to con- easy job. It is a commitment. She men- thanks to the Kumar family. He said that tinue its services to the seniors and the tioned the importance of serving the Yes, the best is yet to come. I thank he was humbled by this gesture. This community at large. vulnerable seniors during this crisis. the almighty for choosing me as an in- award will encourage and be as an in- Finally, for the grand finale the Chief Dr. Vijay Prabhakar thankedPrashant strument to serve the seniors of the centive for deserving Students. Guest Dr. (Smt.) TamilisaiSoundararajan, Kumar, Jigar Patel, Darshan Patel, community. Yes, together we shall not MAFS presented the COVID 19 RE- thanked Danny K Davis for presenting Himanshu Suttur and Hitanshu Rami for only overcome but forge ahead". LIEF & RESCUE HERO 2020 AWARD to Dr. her "the International Rising Star their commendable s work. Mrs. Kumar Dr. Sreenivas Reddy who is a trustee Kiran Dhillon, Infectious Disease Special- Award". She also thanked Mrs. Santosh thanked GOV Dr. of Chicago Medical Society, the oldest ist, Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL, Kumar for her tireless efforts in services SrimathiTamilisaiSoundararajan, Con- Medical Organization in the US con- in recognition of her dedication, com- to the Seniors for the past 28 dedicated gressman Danny Davis, Dr. FirduasJaffri, veyed his sincere gratitude and sup- mitment and passion in rendering out- years. She was amazed that MAFS ser- Dr. Vijay Prabhakar and all the for this port to MAFS for their tireless effort to standing clinical care to the Senior Citi- vices more than 10,000 seniors is not an event a grand success. Dr Sampat Shivangi on Coalition Advisory Board

Cont’d from page 17 economic system. We are proud that our trustee Dr Sampat Shivangi has been RINC is based on the principles of RJC chosen to represent American Hindus and wants to promote conservative on our behalf, Aditya Satsangi, Presi- ideas and principles. He is the National dent, Americans4-Hindus.org President of Indian American Forum for It's a landmark in Indian American political Education the oldest Indian Diaspora's integration in The USA And American associations. For the last three Another Endorsement of President decades he has lobbied for bills in US Trump's Recognition of the Sincerity and congress on behalf of India through his Hardwork of Indian Americans. Dr be in the forefront delivering food and zens, especially to the Seven Nursing enormous contacts with US Senators Sampath Shivangi is a perfect embodi- support to the seniors during this hor- homes in New Lenox- Joliet area. Her and Congressmen. He is close to Bush ment of Indian American Values of Hard rific time of COVID-19. Ms Smita Shah tireless service to the Senior Citizens family and was instrumental in lobbying Work, Humility and Loyalty to the Na- also sent her greetings residents resulted in Zero Incidence of for first Diwali celebration in the White tion. It's a great honor Bestowed on him Next, MS. Dipti Shah, introduced this Covid-19, which is truly amazing! She house and President George W. Bush to and he richly deserves the honor. He Bollywood Dance Medley performed by thanked MAFS for this deserving award make his trip to India. He is a contribu- makes our entire Indian American Com- the seniors who are in their 70s and 80s. and encouraged the seniors to stay tor to international publications on ma- munity Proud and is a great inspiration The seniors broke into the choreogra- healthy and safe! jor issues on the global agenda and on for all of us, said phy while they matched the original Director of Operations, Sagar Kumar the trends shap- routine almost move to move, much to presented another video of the services ing the health care Dr Romesh Japra,Founder & Chairman the delight of all present. of MAFS during COVID-19 relief. Later programs and the Americans4Hindus said "Sampat is a dear old Pramod Kumar Student Scholarship he recognized all staff who put their political environ- award was presented by Mrs. Santosh lives in jeopardy to serve the seniors. ment. friend for 35 years and we have worked to- Kumar along with Prashant Kumar and Please see below a glimpse of the staff On speaking on gether in Political and Medical Professional Sagar Kumar to the Visionary Vice Chan- who were recognized. Dr. Shivangi's ap- arenas. We're proud of his persistence, devotion cellor of Sher E Kashmir Agriculture Sci- Following was an appeal to DONATE pointment, Dr ences and Technology, Jammu, Dr J.P. by Dr. Rakesh Asthana, Jayesh Desai, se- Romesh and vision in both these areas Sharma. . Dr. J. P. Sharma accepted this nior of MAFS and Ms. Roshita Panday to Japra,Founder & Chairman Americans4Hindus said Dr Shoba Chokkalingam, one of the "Sampat is a dear old friend for 35 years Trustees of Americans4Hindus. and we have worked together in Politi- Dr Shivangi's election as a RNC del- cal and Medical Professional arenas. egate for the 5th time and appointment We're proud of his persistence, devo- as the member of Coalition Advisory tion and vision in both these areas. As Board, Donald J. Trump for President, an esteemed Trustee of Americans4- Inc. is indeed an honor bestowed on the Hindus, we're looking forward to his Indian community on this humble contributions for educating Hindu Ide- leader, said Dr Subrata Gangppadhyay, ology and Principles to Politicians and one of the Trustees of Americans4-Hin- make our Community great. " dus. It is a proud moment for Americans4- His contributions have been simply Hindus to be directly associated with phenomenal, and as part of RNC, I am the Trump Campaign. The USA needs fully aware of it since 2002. Richly de- leadership of Trump more than ever to served and a great American Hindu, counteract the bad effect of Leftism said Kris Murthy, Chief of Staff, and Socialism on American political and Americans4Hindus. August 7, 2020 Community Across America India Post 25 www.indiapost.com Census officials call on all Californians to take the Census While state has made progress with "hard-to-count" populations, results so far show the rest of California needs to respond

India Post News Service land and New Jersey, which have It's a similar scenario in other operation, including how to Census Bureau attempts to SACRAMENTO:- While the much smaller overall popula- parts of the state including the identify an official Census taker, count every person in the California Complete Count - tions. o California's SRR exceeds enclaves of Newport Beach and please click here. United States. California leaders Census 2020 Office (Census that of other large states, such as Carmel-by-the-Sea. The campaign continues to re- have invested $187.2 million Office) has been blanketing the Florida (59.9 percent), New York 2 Million HTC Households mind all Californians that they can toward a statewide outreach state with multilingual appeals (58.5 percent) and Texas (57.8 As part of its original strat- respond to the Census online at and communication campaign. to encourage hard-to-count percent). egy, the Census Office focused https://my2020census.gov, by For more information, please go populations to fill out their 2020 • California's self-response its outreach on California's esti- phone at 844-330-2020 (a list of to https://californiacensus.org/ census forms, an analysis of the rate is above the national aver- mated 3.5 to 4.1 million hard- in-language options is available .DATA: To see data on the hard- response data released Mon- age - 64.1% versus 62.8%, re- est-to-count households, with a here), or by mail if they received to-count populations in cities, day (03 August) shows that spectively. target of reaching at least 2 a paper form. counties, congressional and many other Californians - in- • The final participation rate million hardest-to-count house- The California Complete legislative districts in California, cluding those on the Westside in 2010 for California was 68.2% holds to respond to the Census. Count - Census 2020 Office please visit: https:// of LA and San Francisco - still vs.. 66.5% nationally. So far, California has reached Once each decade, the U.S. cacensusreporter.azurewebsites.net/ need to do their part if the state Data Showing Differences in 2 million of those hardest-to- responses.html is going to achieve the same Response in Neighborhoods count households and contin- success it had in 2010. Compared to 10 Years Ago in ues to aim to reach as many as "The Census is important for Communities like Beverly Hills possible as the U.S. Census Bu- London firm asked to everyone. We need all Califor- and San Francisco's Cow Hollow reau begins its in person follow nians to do their part. We're call- In looking at the data, the Cen- up enumeration. withdraw denigrating apparel ing on all Californians to take sus Office noticed a trend - some These households - including HARISH RAO the Census by Friday (07 Au- areas that have been historically people who don't have broad- gust) - our Get Out the Count easier-to-count are responding at band Internet access, speak En- CHICAGO: Hugely upset In- world's oldest extant scripture Day, since efforts will begin lower rates than normal. glish as a second language and dian across the globe have Rig-Veda and other early Hindu shifting away from self-re- Take as an example the re- live at or near the poverty line - strongly pitched with "Yoga texts. It is also displayed in an- sponse. It'll take all of us to sponse rates in Los Angeles, are a priority because they are Peace Life", a London (United cient sculptures, and archaeo- reach an accurate and com- there are low response rates at an even greater risk of being Kingdom) based apparel and logical findings from as early as plete count," said Ditas spanning from Malibu, through missed in this Census. accessories online company, about 3000 BC that revealed Katague, Director of the Califor- Beverly Hills and West Holly- Of the 9.7 million California for immediate withdrawal of figurines in Namaste posture. nia Complete Count - Census wood and into Studio City. Even households that have re- some products, which they "Yoga Peace Life" should 2020 Office. though some of these cities sponded to the Census, two feel denigrate and trivialize sa- not be in the business of reli- Some important points, as of were far below the California million of those are considered cred Hindu symbols and con- gious appropriation, sacrilege, among the hardest-to-count. cepts. California has the highest average self-response California's self-response It is pointed out that rate (SRR) in census tracts where the foreign- rate is above the national aver- it was hurtful for the age - 64.1% versus 62.8%, re- devotees to see the born represent a higher-than-median spectively (as of July 30). immensely revered share of the tract's population Hinduism sym- In-Person Census Work bols/concepts The U.S. Census bureau typi- juxtaposed with July 30, 2020: statewide self-response rate in cally begins counting non-re- obscenity on • Only four states have a cur- 2010, the current about 36.0 sponders by sending Census some of the rent self-response rate above percent response rate in parts takers into neighborhoods to merchandise sold by their 2010 SRR: Washington, Ne- of Malibu and the over 20-per- go door-to-door and tally resi- this company. vada, Michigan and Kentucky centage point gap from 2010 is dents. Known as, Non-Response The chorus of protest • An estimated 9.7 million unprecedented. Follow-Up (NRFU), this opera- is led by RajanZed Presi- California households have al- Also, in San Francisco, several tion starts on August 11. dent of Universal Soci- ready taken the Census, of those, hard-to-count tracts in the Bay The California Census cam- ety of Hinduism. In a One of the many objectionable products, this 2 million are hardest-to-count. Area still have a long way to go paign is looking at lower-re- statement he said that is a "kids t-shirt" at "Yoga Peace Life", whose • California has had most to meet their 2010 self-re- sponding areas and what can highly venerated "Om" Product Information states, "Our most popular product for kids, this classic t-shirt is a must households respond to the Cen- sponse rates (a mile marker be done to increase those num- was the mystical syllable for showing off their passions." sus compared to other states. measurement used nation- bers during this period. containing the universe, • California has the highest wide). But seeing tracts in the California's strategy was built to which in Hinduism was used to and ridiculing entire communi- average self-response rate Marina, Cow Hollow, Pacific complement the work done by introduce and conclude reli- ties; Rajan emphasized. Hindu- (SRR) in census tracts where the Heights and Presidio neighbor- the U.S. Census Bureau, encour- gious work. ism us the oldest and third foreign-born represent a hoods register at about 53 per- aging the hardest-to-count He added that usually un- largest religion of the world higher-than-median share of cent Census participation was populations to complete the derstood meaning of Namaste with about 1.1 billion adher- the tract's population. surprising, particularly when re- Census. The state has adjusted was-I bow to the divine in you- ents • When compared to 10 other sponse rates in many of these along the way due to federal Besides, it is acustomary Products of "Yoga Peace states with similarly high racial areas exceeded 70 percent in operational adjustments and greetingand also an expres- Life", started in 2014, included and ethnic diversity, California's 2010. There is a nearly 20-point the current pandemic. sion of veneration, It is used in t-shirts/apparel and accesso- self-response rate is a national lag among these San Francisco For more information about worship also. Derived from ries for men, women, kids, ba- leader, only surpassed by Mary- neighborhoods. the U.S. Census Bureau's NRFU Sanskrit, it found reference in bies. August 7, 2020 Community Across America India Post 27 www.indiapost.com Distance Learning for K-12: Can it be done with equity for all kids?

VIDYA SETHURAMAN by the experts at the EMS con- the students lack a digital de- minority groups have enough mental health of kids. "With India Post News Service ference on July 31. vice, which is needed for online access to mental health ser- online classes, students may alifornia's two largest In California, where schools learning. Most schools weren't vices. "Students and workers experience challenges as it re- school districts an- in two-thirds of the state have prepared for what happened from these groups are likelier lates to increased screen Cnounced that schools been barred from reopening in and they didn't give sufficient than are their white classmates time," said Mary and they may will not open for any in-person person for now, state guide- training to the teachers to and colleagues to have lost a experience ineffective time instruction when the academic lines call for a school to close handle the distance learning. family member, friend or management, feelings of isola- year starts in August, and that for at least 14 days if more than Without proper guidance, someone in their community," tion due to limited socialization students will continue to learn 5 percent of its students, fac- schools are left on their own he said. "This then means that in-person, minimized aware- remotely. Most school districts ulty and staff test positive over and this will lead to a crisis in students of color and employ- ness and understanding of oth- across the country will rely on a two-week period. education. Shaun R. Harper, Executive In California, where schools in two-thirds of the state Director USC Race and Equity Center discussed racial equity have been barred from reopening in person for now, initiatives in higher education. state guidelines call for a school to close for at least He urged lawmakers to take steps to make sure resuming 14 days if more than 5 percent of its students, faculty campus learning does not and staff test positive over a two-week period worsen disparate impacts the coronavirus pandemic has had on communities of color. He distance learning or hybrid Pedro Noguera, Dean, USC called on the House higher models at the beginning of the Rossier School of Education education subcommittee to school year, providing a chal- said the pandemic has ex- earmark money for colleges to ees of color are much more ers created by in-person dia- lenge to educators and par- posed inequalities in our soci- protect front-line campus susceptible to prolonged sad- logues." ents. As some families seek ety and certainly in education. workers such as custodians ness and depression." Dan Domenech, executive di- creative solutions -learning It is impossible to reopen the and food service workers who Mary Helen Immordino- rector of AASA, The School Su- pods, tutors- what can be done economy without opening the are disproportionately Black Yang, Professor of Education, perintendents Association, to make sure that vulnerable schools. This has forced the and Latino. Among a number of Psychology and Neuroscience thinks the federal incentive to and low-income students who school districts to work on a other issues he raised, Harper at the Brain and Creativity In- reopen through funding mecha- have limited options do not fall plan to open without guidance also urged Congress to ensure stitute and Rossier School of nisms "is not working." But, if a further behind was discussed from the Government. Most of that students and staff from Education, USC spoke on the school is forced to reopen be- fore conditions are deemed safe and teachers choose to strike, there's "not much that a super- intendent can do" other than make the conditions as safe as possible upon return, he said. A third of school districts, he said, have already announced they will reopen virtually, and starv- ing those districts of funding could mean going virtual for the entire school year. He said his organization has asked Congress to spend $200 billion to bridge the digital divide, ensuring that students have laptops and qual- ity access to the Internet. In- creased costs for getting stu- dents back to learning work out to $490 per child, he said. Eddie Valero, who serves on the Tulare County Board of Su- pervisors, spoke of two mea- sures in the California state Leg- islature which would require communications companies to provide high-capacity broad- band to all residents. August 7, 2020 Horoscope India Post 27 www.indiapost.com Your Weekly Future by VANEET SHARMA AUG 7TH to AUG 13TH 2020

MAR 21 to APRIL 20 JUN 21 to JULY 22 SEP 23 to OCT 22 DEC 22 to JAN 19

he beginning of his week is best for his week is giving ou shall have some T the week is av- T your diplo- T indications of Y relief from the erage for your health matic activities, love some deliberations re- tensions in relation- & happiness. You life, and happiness garding property re- ship on the first two might remain frus- from children and con- lated matters. This can days of the week. In trated because of some reason and have sultation. Your social reputation shall get be considered as an auspicious time for the mid of the week some domestic is- to face some tensions in matters related enhanced and your acceptability in so- making any property related deal. The sues shall crop up. In the concluding part to children and love life therefore you cial circles shall enhance your confi- mid of the week is favorable for work of the week you shall be focusing on are advised to keep your patience intact. dence. Eventually the result shall be ex- area as new associations would prove to some areas from where you shall be able The mental peace shall get restored in cellent in work area in the mid of the be instrumental in extracting beneficial to generate some hidden gains. This the mid of the week. You might take week. You are likely to consolidate your results. In the concluding part of the week is perfect for your social life and some important decision in matters re- work area in the mid of the weak. Last week is although average for health and you shall enjoy opportunities to come lated to property or vehicle etc. days of the week are auspicious. happiness. close to some new interesting people.

APRIL 21 to MAY 20 JULY 23 to AUG 22 OCT 23 to NOV 22 JAN 20 to FEB 19

he first two days of n spite of facing some our tensions which he beginning of T the week indi- I mental pressures your Y are chasing T the week is cate fulfillment of de- money making efforts you from a long time good for family life. sires. Your love life, are giving you better shall be at peak in the The mid of the week educational progress results day by day but beginning of this gives an indication of and ability to advise people shall be at expenses are out of control and the same weak however there shall be some re- the aggravation of some trivial health its best whereas in the mid of the week types of results shall be experienced in lief from 13th August. The mid of the shall issues however social activities shall not there might remain some tensions be- this week too. In the beginning of the be better for family life whereas there get hampered. You shall spend good cause of sudden unexpected expenses. week you shall be having some health shall be lot of activities in social life and time with your kith and kin. You might The concluding part of the week viz. 15th, problems and the after effects shall chase you are likely to spend good time with make some planning regarding the pur- 16th & 17th of August are going to prove till the end of the week. Relief from ten- your kith and kin in the concluding part chase of property or vehicle in the con- luckiest for you and the good news shall sions is indicated on 17th of August only. of the weak with a possibility of getting cluding part of the week. Your mother's pour in from all directions. Your friends It would be better to avoid getting into some good news in terms of earning blessings shall work for your progress for and relatives shall be supportive. any type of argument with people. credibility &recognition in your work. sure. Family atmosphere shall improve.

MAY 21 to JUN 20 AUG 23 to SEP 22 NOV 23 to DEC 21 FEB 20 to MAR 20

his week is perfect he beginning of he aggression, im he beginning of T for your suc- T the week indi- T patience, rest- T the week is cess and happiness cates that the diffi- lessness and fear shall excellent for your hap- and your competitive culty that you were be chasing you in this piness and love life. spirit shall be at its facing in becoming week too. You shall be The happiness that you maximum. You would plan to do some- focused in studies is getting reduced putting in lot of efforts for the settle- shall be getting from your personnel re- thing extra in your work area. You would substantially. In the mid of the week i.e. ment of your financial issues. In the mid lation shall be remarkable. The mid of the be multiplying your efforts thereby gen- on 13th and 14th you are advised to be of the week you would find a way out. weak indicates happiness in the family. erating more productivity and gains in cautious about health. The concluding Your approach in handling the things Your abilities to do very well in any com- the mid of the week. Last three days of part of the week is better for getting the would be optimistic and your reputation petition shall be at its best in the con- the week indicate you getting more support of father & destiny. You should and status shall help you fight difficult cluding part of the week. Your friends pleasure. You might get some opportu- be getting the best guidance from your situation. The professional life shall remain and relatives shall also be very happy and nity to go on a journey. Your expenses well-wishers, friends, guides and consult- perfectly fine. You are likely to travel es- satisfied with you. The week is excellent are likely to increase. ants this week. pecially by the weekend i.e. 17th august. for parents and work.

Kindly read the predictions from your ascendant sign. If you do not know your ascendant sign then read the VANEET same from Moon sign. If Moon sign is also not known then read it from the Zodiac sign. The ascendant sign which is SHARMA calculated from the birth details viz. date, month, year, time & place of birth gives 85 % accurate predictions. The 510-648-4899 accuracy of predictions from Moon sign get limited to only 50 %. The predictions from Zodiac sign are only 25 % “Felicitated and accurate. In nutshell the predictions from ascendant sign are most accurate. In getting personality analysis the traits honored by then President of India Shri given by ascendant sign are 100 % accurate and that is the essence of Vedic Astrology. Pranab Mukherjee" 28 India Post Punjab Post August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com

LPU Chancellor LPU student bags Rs 1.3 crore Ashok Mittal welcomes new 'National scholarship at Australian University Education Policy'

JASWANT SINGH GANDAM / RAMAN NEHRA the on-ground application. The 1000 mentors at LPU who encouraged me at JASWANT SINGH GANDAM / RAMAN NEHRA India Post News Service acres of farmland that we have, offers every juncture and helped me in apply- India Post News Service PHAGWARA: LPU MSc Agriculture agriculture students plenty of opportu- ing to many leading universities across PHAGWARA: The Chancellor at (Genetics & Plant Breeding) student, nities to research and implement what the globe, including ANU." LPU Mr Ashok Mittal has welcomed Sumant Bindal has bagged a fully-paid they learn. We hope to see more of the Last year, in the second year of his the new 'National Education Policy' scholarship worth Rs. 1.3 Crores, a var- students following Sumant's footsteps MSc, Sumant had also got an opportu- of the country and appreciated it in sity release has announced. in the future as well". nity to intern at the globally renowned high terms, according to a varsity Sumant has got this scholarship for Sumant Bindal is extremely happy to 'World Vegetable Center' in Taiwan, release. studying PhD in Plant Sciences at the share: "I am very excited to receive this which was fully funded by the Taiwan prestigious Australian National Univer- Mr Mittal shares: "It's a great feel- sity (ANU) in Canberra. It is perhaps the ing to see that the new National biggest scholarship ever bagged by an Education Policy has finally seen the agriculture student in India. light of the day. A new paradigm The PhD program at ANU will com- shift in the education policy after 3 mence from September 28th, 2020 and decades is a very welcome move. In Sumant's topic of research would be present scenario technology and 'Identification of signaling pathways ac- adoption of the same by the society tivated by resistant genes against has made the change a necessity Fusarium wilt in Tomato'. His research than an option, and we are glad that would focus on how to make tomatoes the present government has taken completely resistant to "Fusarium wilt", a bold step in introducing, this, which is a plant fungus that infects to- much-needed reform in the educa- matoes worldwide. tion policy." LPU Chancellor Mr. Ashok Mittal "At Higher Education level a ma- shares, "Sumant is one of the brightest jor focus on a multidisciplinary edu- students at LPU. It is a moment of great cation, that pro- pride for all of us to see him get an op- scholarship. ANU is one of the leading government. Sumant was then one of motes ho- portunity to study at one of the world's research institutions in the world and a the 15 Masters students, from across listic edu- leading research universities. At LPU, our dream destination for me to pursue my the world who were chosen for the cov- cation, is a focus is on leading classroom learning to PhD. I would like to thank my faculty and eted Taiwanese fellowship. very wel- come move. Thousands in tractor protest march against LPU Chancellor LPU is Ashok Mittal one of its Modi-government's anti-farmers ordinances kind multidisciplinary university and we have always focused on allowing JASWANT SINGH GANDAM / RAMAN NEHRA farmers, supported by Hoshiarpur road,NH1 and various ser- students to have the flexibility of India Post News Service 'arhtiyas'(commission agents) and their vice lanes, inconveniencing the public. choosing subjects. We are happy PHAGWARA: In response to a state- laborers, took out a mammoth march, Marchers were stopped by police a that this has now been promoted at wide protest call, thousands of farmers throwing traffic out of gear on few furlongs away from Som Parkash's the national level. Also, we are happy took part in Tractors protest march on Hoshiarpur-Phagwara and GT roads. residence. that, at least, at the policy level a July 27 from local grain market to the Though the tractor march was disci- They held two rallies and sits-in, first common norm for public and pri- residence of Union minister of state for plined, several kms long tractor march at grain market and second on the main vate higher education institutions Commerce and Industry Som Parkash, in led to traffic snarls on Phagwara- road of Urban Estate, a few furlongs (HEIs) is mentioned. protest against anti-farmers, anti- away from the residence of Som A move to create an Academic traders and anti-laborers, farm-re- Parkash. Bank of Credit (ABC) is a very bold lated ordinances promulgated by Manjit Singh Rai, President move. Though it is there in many Modi government. Bharti Kisan Union(Doaba) that developed nations, this policy now These Ordinances included spearheaded the protest, available in India will give a new rise Farmers Produce, Trade and Kulwant Singh Sandhu, Punjab to the education consumption in In- Commerce(Promotion and Facili- Secretary CPM-led Democratic dia. This will also create a healthier tation) Ordinance, Kisan Sabha, Santokh Singh Bilga competition among the universities Farmers(Empowerment and Pro- of Kirti Kisan Union, Jaswinder to keep delivering great quality tection) Agreement on Price As- Singh Dhesi, another farmers education to retain students. surance and Farm Services Ordi- leaders, Naresh Though a foreign university has nance, and the Essential Bhardwaj,Secretary Federatiopn been allowed to set up its campus is a great move, as it allows a Commodities(Amendment) Ordi- of Arhtiya Association Punjab ad- healthier competition; however, In- nance. dressed rallies, among others. Sporting black flags and anti- dian institutions should also be al- ordinances and anti-Modi For detailed story visit lowed to develop twinning pro- bannerson 1000 tractors, the www.indiapost.com grams with foreign universities. August 7, 2020 India Post 29 www.indiapost.com

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1 Haan Mai Galat: Love Aaj Kal 2 Dus Bahane 2.0: Baaghi 3 30 India Post www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 3 Shayad: Love Aaj Kal 4 llegal Weapon 2.0: Street Dancer 3D 5 Muqabla: Street Dancer 3D 6 Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho: Shubh Mangal Zyaada Savdhan 7 Garmi: Street Dancer 3D ollywood heartthrob Vicky Kaushal 8 Shaitan ka Saala: Housefull 4 has shared what he regrets, on social 9 Dheeme Dheeme: Pati Patni B media. Aur Who Vicky took to Instagram and posted a selfie of himself after a workout. In the image, the actor flaunts post-work 10 Bhankas: Baaghi 3 sweat, in a white T-shirt and black baseball cap. He wrote: "Sweat > Regret. Although regret wasting time in between sets for a (taking a photo emoji). Adios!" Vicky shared that he yearns to break free. The actor shared his thoughts along with a still from his 2018 release "Manmarziyaan" on Instagram. In the picture, he can be seen jumping from the terrace of one building to another. Vicky was last seen in Bhanu Pratap Singh's "Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship". His upcoming film brings alive the story of revolutionary Udham Singh, who avenged the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 by assassinating General Michael O'Dwyer. Singh was subsequently tried and convicted of murder, and hanged in July 1940. IANS ctress Richa Chadha confesses that A overthinking is her stupid hobby. Richa opened up on the subject while conduct- ing an interactive session with fans on Instagram. When a user asked her what any new hobby she had picked up during the ctress Karishma Tanna has posted a lockdown, the actress spoke about how she new picture on Instagram in a bid to has been overthinking these days. Aredefine perfection. In the snapshot, "Yes, overthinking. It's a stupid hobby," she wears in a black lacy night suit and poses Richa wrote. Apart from this, Richa also on the bed. shared about how she keeps busy. "I have a Alongside the image, she wrote: "Wifi, lot to do. Many deadlines," she wrote. Coffe, My bed. Perfection." The picture cur- On the film front, Richa recently shot for a rently has over 241K likes on the photo-shar- sci-fi short film amid these troubled times. ing website. Titled "55kms/sec", the film is directed by Karishma recently was announced the Arati Kadav of "Cargo" fame. winner of season 10 of the adventure reality "This was a challenging shoot as we had to show, "Khatron Ke Khiladi". do everything ourselves, from hair and "As I hold this trophy in my hand, I feel I am makeup to recording sound but it was well holding all the dreams I dared to dream. It worth the effort. I am happy that we were able to create something thought provoking feels like I am holding the dream of my and beautiful, even in these grim times," said mother. Coming from a simple conventional Richa. IANS Gujarati family it started with. She can't do it. Why does she want to do it? Get an educa- tion, get a more secured job, get married, now who will marry her? It's a tough world out there. It's a mans world. How will she sur- vive the competition. She has no Godfather, no connections," she wrote. IANS August 7, 2020 India Post 31 www.indiapost.com Realty Tidbits 'Property swap' likely to help home buyers, raise sales

Jan-June housing NEW DELHI: As the real estate sector goes sales fall 52% through twin issues of subdued demand and stuck amid pandemic Real Estate projects amid the pandemic, market experts say 'property swap' may be a major tool in helping both NEW DELHI: The pandemic distressed homebuyers and increasing sales. has hit the real estate sector Developers and consultancy companies have of hard, as a PropTiger report late came up with this feature in a bid to help out shows that housing sales in the homebuyers who are waiting for their home to be 32 India Post www.indiapost.com first half of 2020 plunged August 7, 2020 completed for a long time. IANS around 52 per cent across eight major markets. Around 88,593 units were More Americans signed contracts sold during January-June 2020, compared to over 1.85 lakh units sold during the corre- to buy homes in June sponding period of last year. Supply was severely im- SILVER SPRING, Md.: The pacted as 48,232 units were number of Americans signing launched during the period contracts to buy homes rose under review, 65 per cent for the second straight month lower than the 1.36 lakh units a after a devastating spring year ago. freeze brought on by the The cities surveyed are coronavirus outbreak. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, The National Association of Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Realtors announced that its in- Pune, Delhi-NCR, including dex of pending sales rose Noida, Greater Noida, 16.6%, to 116.1 in June, its high- Gurugram, Ghaziabad and est level since 2006. That's up Faridabad and the Mumbai from a reading of 99.6 in May. Metropolitan Region (MMR) in- Contract signings are now cluding Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, 6.3% ahead of where they were Thane. last year after being signifi- cantly behind last year's pace The second quarter of 2020 due to the pandemic. An index was the worst hit as only of 100 represents the level of 19,038 units were sold across contract activity in 2001. the tier-I markets during the All four regions saw more a global pandemic, contract monetary policy.'' up a two-day meeting Wednes- period, 73 per cent lower than contract signings for the sec- activity for home purchases is Freddie Mac reported last day (29 July) and is not ex- 92,764 units in Q2 2019. ond straight month. The North- higher compared to one year week that average interest pected to change its main bor- Affordable housing, units east led the way with a 54.4% ago,'' said Lawrence Yun, NAR's rates on a 30-year fixed rate rowing rate. priced up to Rs 45 lakh, contin- increase. Sales in the Midwest, chief economist. ``Consumers mortgage rose to 3.01%. The In May, the number of ued to dominate the real es- South and West all jumped are taking advantage of average had been 2.98% the Americans signing contracts to tate sector accounting for a 44 around 12%. record-low mortgage rates re- previous week, the first time in buy homes rebounded a per cent share of all sales. ``It is quite surprising and sulting from the Federal 50 years that it slipped below record 44.3% after plunging New launches also de- remarkable that, in the midst of Reserve's maximum liquidity 3%. The Federal Reserve wraps during the usually busy spring creased significantly during season as buyers and sellers this period, as developers re- were sidelined by coronavirus- mained cautious during a pe- How to make your kitchen work efficiently for you related closures and regula- riod when commercial activity tions. across sectors slowed down. SUNITA MISHRA May's recovery was the Launches decreased 81 per he Coronavirus pandemic the responsibility to perform your kitchen clutter-free, to highest month-over-month cent during the quarter end- Thas brought some unprec- these tasks is now on us, it be- be able to work efficiently gain in the index since its in- ing June 30 to 12,564 units. edented changes in our daily comes pertinent to follow cer- and within a time limit. ception in January 2001. Launches declined signifi- lives. Before fears of exposing tain ground rules, so that you How to make your kitchen Last week, the government cantly across cities, especially our lives to the deadly virus are able to work efficiently in work efficiently for you reported that sales of new in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata and became the key driver of all your kitchen. In this context, Clean the dirty dishes imme- homes jumped 13.8% in June, Chennai. our normal reactions, many In- we discuss some tips to keep diately the second straight increase "While, developers are in- dian households, You just cannot leave dirty after two months when sales plunged as the country went creasingly offering schemes with working dishes in the sink and go to spouses, de- bed at night. Besides attract- into lockdown because of the such as flexible payment plans, pended on the ing bugs and pests, this coronavirus. June's increase fol- selective discounts and price services of do- would also upset your morn- lowed a 19.4% jump in May; protection plans to attract buy- mestic help for ing routine. Housing.com further evidence the housing ers, developers are under- daily chores, in- market has turned around. AP standably cautious and are fo- cluding cooking, cused on completing existing For detailed story visit cleaning, etc. As www.indiapost.com For detailed story visit projects. IANS www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 Real Estate Post India Post 33 www.indiapost.com

Vastu tips for positive energy at home Deve Gowda PURNIMA GOSWAMI SHARMA threatens stir against Karnataka's new land law

BENGALURU: Former Prime Minis- ter and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has threat- ened to launch a statewide agitation if the BJP government did not withdraw the amendments to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act forthwith. "As the amendments are anti- farmer and in favor of the real estate, we will launch an agitation across the ach one of us desires to live in a De-clutter for positive energy other, keep the center of the space, state along with farmers and the rural home that is comfortable, calm One can invite positive energy into a which is called the Brahmasthan, free of people, if they are not withdrawn," ing and rejuvenates us. It is im house, by de-cluttering and cleaning any kind of structural violation. This will Deve Gowda told reporters here. The amendments to the 1961 portant to understand that the the space. Clutter creates stagnant en- ensure that the flow of cosmic energy E Act, made through an ordinance energy within a house, affects the ergy and impedes the flow of positive is balanced. Earth energy can be bal- earlier this month, enable even people who occupy it. "One's environ- energy. Avoid keeping chipped, anced by keeping the northeast corner non-farmers to purchase and own ment helps in building a foundation for cracked or broken things. Clean the lively. Structural energy can be harmo- farmlands across the state for farm- a healthier mind and body and Vastu cupboards and drawers and clear nized, by ensuring that there is no clut- ing and agri-related activity. Shastra offers ways to create a healthier things that are no longer in use. Keep ter in the space," advises Shah. "The BJP government has also life," says Nitien Parmar of VastuPlus. "If the house clean and ensure that there Rectifying Vastu faults amended the APMC Act, allowing followed correctly, Vastu Shastra can are no cobwebs. Add few spoons of sea- According to Vastu experts, one can private players to buy food grains, help the home's residents to become salt to the water and mop the floor with also attract positive vibes to enhance vegetables and fruits from farmers physically and mentally healthy," it. It is believed that mopping the the health and well-being of the occu- to their cost advantage," said Deve Parmar adds. house with salt water will reduce the pants, by simply arranging or correct- Gowda, a newly elected Rajya Vastu tips for the main door effects of negative vibrations. ing items in the surroundings. "If the Sabha member from the state. Vastu principles improve a living Vastu-compliant construction bathroom is directly opposite to the As a farmer and son of the soil, space, according to the principles of There is a strong connection be- kitchen, keep the door closed and use a he said the recent changes in the Vastu energy partition on the door labor laws were also against work- frame to separate these opposing en- ers and serve the interests of in- ergies and to block the negative en- dustrialists and factory owners. ergy," says Parmar. "Mirrors bounce "I have already written three let- back energies. Hence, if the bed, on ters to Chief Minister B.S. which one sleeps, is in the line of the Yediyurappa urging him to with- mirror, it is advisable to remove the mir- draw the amendments to the Land ror or to cover it, for better sleep. A tulsi Reforms Act and the APMC Act, fail- plant is a must for the home, as it clears ing which I will take to streets negative energy," concludes Shah. along with hundreds of farmers Décor tips for positive energy and rural people," he warned. Fresh air and sunlight aids positive The May 14 amendment to the energy at home. So, ensure that you Karnataka Agricultural Produce Mar- keep the home's windows open, for keting Committee (APMC) Act, some time in the morning. through an ordinance, is to lift restric- Aquariums are akin to moving water tions on sale of farm produce and al- and it is auspicious, when placed to- low farmers to directly sell their crop wards the north-east. in APMC yards or in private markets harmony and energy flow. The main tween the energy of the house and the Avoid having a tree, pole or pillar fac- where they get the best price. door of a house is the entry point for health of the occupants, maintains ing the main door. It is called a dwar "By allowing anyone to buy and energy. "A door that opens outward Rasesh H Shah, energy facilitator and vedh (door obstacle). Similarly, avoid own farmlands, the pro-capitalist pushes energy away from home. So, Vastu expert. "Ancient architecture was having dead plants near the door. and pro-industry BJP government have the main door opening clockwise. all about proportions and planning the Keep the bathroom door closed. Al- is helping land sharks to rob the Opportunities may be limited, if the structure in a manner that it is always in ways keep toilet lid down, when not in livelihood of thousands of farmers door does not open fully. Ensure that sync with the magnetic field of the use. Ensure that there are no leaking and hit food grain production in the lobby near the main door is not earth and harmony of colors. It is most taps at home. Use pleasant fresheners the state," Deve Gowda claimed. dark. Good lighting stimulates positive important to commence the construc- in the bathroom. Defending the amendments, flow of energy and promotes balance tion at the right moment (muhurat) and Do not keep medicines in the Yediyurappa said the amended Land Reforms Act permitted citi- and harmony within the premise. Every to use non-offensive building materials. kitchen. Housing.com zens who are not farmers to buy house should have a threshold (umbra) Every built space has three types of en- farmlands in the state to grow food on the floor, at doorframe. It protects ergies - cosmic, earth and structural. To crops but not use the land for other the house from external negative influ- make the space positive and to ensure For detailed story visit activities.IANS ences," adds Parmar. that all three are in harmony with each www.indiapost.com 34 India Post August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com August 7, 2020 India Post 35 www.indiapost.com Philosophy Perspective

SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA (chittam) is the commander of the sense- organs, and so to win him is to win all; not India should aim high to be he mind in us determines the to win him is to win none….. just as to one Tquality and beauty, the dynamism who is wearing shoes the whole world is a global aerospace hub and glory, the nature and arrange- covered with leather" RAMESH RAMCHANDANI ments of the world around us. An ex- We need not conquer the sense-organs tension of our mind in its constant one by one, nor need we run away from all ndia, with aspirations for its 1.3 bil- manufacturing centers of the world perceptions and interpretations, un- objects of sense fascinations. Control the lion people, wants to drive exports can deliver quality products on time veils for us our private world of sorrows mind: and then go wherever you will. With Iand become part of the global sup- and on cost. India is competitive in and joys, likes and dislikes, successes and shoes one can walk even over thorny ply chain. It intends to go global. But rate structure, offering net cost sav- failures. bushes and stony slopes. You are pro- how India can achieve this? ings between 30-35 percent to US By conquering the mind we conquer tected from them all. Conquer your mind, The strategy India chose for dollar-denominated costs. India our world. The outer circumstances and then you are insured against everything, smartphones demonstrates the art of moved up to third place in the list of the available objects and beings around everywhere, at all times. the possible. It went from being an most-suitable locations for global us can no longer make us dance to their A meditator must thus direct his atten- importer of smartphones to a net ex- manufacturing among 48 countries in will and whim. We shall come to call the tion constantly in capturing the wild mind porter in the past five years with terms of cost competitiveness and tune, and the world around us shall learn and taming it to obey his own pure deci- policy and infrastructure changes. The operating conditions, according to a to obey, as we will it act. In fact, without sions and sattvika commands. Once the auto component sector is another in- recent property consultant Cushman this subjective conquest of one's own mind is conquered all else is conquered. dustry example where many global & Wakefield report. mind, no conquest anywhere is a real A conquered mind is called "pure mind" OEMs (Original Equipment Manufac- With trust in China - presently one conquest. in Vedanta (shuddha antahkarana), and it turers) and Tier 1 companies are sourc- of the largest exporters of aircraft Even if you have won the whole is a mental equipment which is not agi- ing from Indian manufacturers who components - weakening. India's fu- world, of what avail is it to you, if you have tated by every passing mood of passion, are meeting the high-quality stan- ture as a manufacturer of higher-com- not won over the soul (mind) in yourself? or is disturbed by every fascinating object dards required by the foreign mar- plexity aerospace items is completely kets. in our hands. India must present itself With the wind of BPS (Business Pro- as a viable alternative to China's sourc- By conquering mind we cess Sourcing) behind it, where it ing. dominates the market with over 80 percent of total BPS revenues (Gartner India must improve logistic conquer world report), India can tag on and move up infrastructure its aerospace industry value chain Export driven contracts with OEMs Objects (Vishayas) are helpless from design engineering & IT solutions like Boeing and Airbus, and demand- against a mind under control into component and subsystems ing offset contracts to 40 percent-60 manufacturing for the world of aero- percent of the total purchase cost Swami Chinmayananda of the clear intellect space. when purchasing fighter jets or civil aircraft from these two carriers, is one No success is a success, no joy a real joy, that comes across it. Private sector vs. public sector way to shore up manufacturing locally no beauty a true beauty unless the indi- The nature of the mind is that its How do we make it a reality for the in India and grow and develop small vidual has conquered his own mind. thoughts will readily flow towards any civil/defense aircraft industry? The and medium-sized private enter- Even though you have not con- object of its love. Where our prem is, there Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is in prises. Defense offsets are being quered, in battles, the world, you become our mind reaches and lingers lovingly. This existence since 1964, along with an- managed through Defense Offset the world conqueror when you have being its natural and instinctive mode of other PSU, National Aerospace Labora- Management Wing (DMOW). The In- conquered your mind; and although you behavior, if we supply it with an alterna- tories (NAL). They both have the kno- dian government must insist on India- have for long conquered the world by tive field of joyous love, it is sure to turn whow and capability for building air- based manufacturing offsets when force, you have conquered nothing so towards it, and in so doing, will be turning craft components. But the agility re- making commercial airline purchases long as you have not conquered your- away from the world-of-objects, where it quired for meeting the supply chain and which will signal its support for self." is now getting totally dissipated of all its needs of OEM's and delivering/mar- this industry. In order to thus conquer the mind one rich potentialities. keting to international markets at a Logistics infrastructure is a weak- need not run away physically from all Excerpted from chinmayasaaket.org. The profit is not their strength currently. ness that India must improve if parts sense objects or living beings in one's life. 27th death anniversary of Swami Chinmaya- The government-owned HAL has are to be delivered efficiently. Hasten- All that we have to do is to attend consis- nanda was observed on August 3 hardly made the company a paragon ing time to market is critical in the tently to the taming of the mind. Objects of efficiency; they should, therefore, success of aerospace parts export. In- (Vishayas) are helpless against a mind stick to their knitting of assembly of frastructure plays a critical role in under control of the clear intellect. The defense sector aircraft and leave the building an A&D manufacturing base. 50 SPIRITUAL APPETIZERS sense-organs will not dare run out into defense/civil aircraft component and The government must support and Vinod Dhawan the cess-pools of sensuous gratifications, subsystems manufacturing to India's encourage the creation of local aero- when the mind behind them is a fully dis- “It’s a lovely book. It feels en- growing private sector enterprises. space hubs. Creating clusters helps ciplined and strictly cultivated one. ergetically clear and light. It’s These companies are bottom-line micro, small, and medium enterprises Therefore, instead of unnecessarily easy to read, dip in and out and driven and agile. HAL and NAL can cer- (MSMEs) that supply components and most importantly it offers infor- wasting our energies in regulating the tainly provide training and knowledge sub-assemblies to large manufactur- mation without fluff! Blessings world of objects and environments, in- of aircraft component manufacturing ers. South Asia Monitor on this project.” process to the nascent private sector. stead of exhausting ourselves in vain at- Jac O’Keeffe For detailed story visit tempts at controlling the sense-organs, Spirituality teacher based in India, which is among the top eight www.indiapost.com let us attend to the mastering of our mind. USA. Say the Acharyas: "Extrovert thought Available on AMAZON, FLIPKART Disclaimer: Views expressed are personal to the author 36 India Post Edit Page August 7, 2020 www.indiapost.com Ladakh standoff: India needs to enhance its deterrence reputation LT GEN P R KUMAR (RETD)

very Indian citizen, es Jinping and Prime Minister Rocket Forces, Air Defense, pecially security and Narendra Modi even before the non-kinetic hi-tech formations China watchers, would ink has dried. It is by now clear like cyber, space, information, NEW EDUCATION POLICY be able to rattle out that military and political level surveillance and reconnais- E ndia finally decides to invoke the much needed education the latest situation along the talks and movement on the sance (ISR), amphibious, logis- policy to keep up with the demand of the country undergo- Line of Actual Control (LAC) in ground are going on excruciat- tics supply chain units are par- I ing changes and reforms. The Indian cabinet just approved East Ladakh given the plethora ingly slowly. ticipating, and the much- National Education Policy (NEP) last week offering new hope and of inputs, barring from the touted three warfare strategy rationality by providing greater autonomy to educational institu- government. There are a num- China's big gamble (public opinion, psychological, tions, along with flexibility and skill, to students. This is one of the ber of options discussed both Immediately after China got and legal warfare) is being ap- seven steps India Post editorial last week proposed India should by the self-styled pacifists (ac- a handle on COVID internally plied around his strategic do to move on the path towards becoming a fully developed na- tually status quo supporters (there are inputs of a second space. At last count one of the tion. who never want to make a coming, which may actually security experts spoke of The policy brings, for the first time, the age group from three to move, and pray and hope that egg them on to create mul- China engaging 27 countries in six years under the school curriculum, which is essential for early the crisis will resolve itself, ir- tiple external crisis situations), multi-domain competition developmental stage for young learners. For older children there respective of outcome), the and while the rest of the world leading to a confrontation. will be greater relaxation, unlike earlier, which was too rigid. The hawks, and the moderates. is still battling the virus and its Enough reasons for why has new system will put emphasis on skills and critical thinking. For high school the new system proposes greater flexibility to choose The background chatter is effects in other domains, China also been analyzed - from course work, alongside multiple entry and exit points for higher also by now well known, pro- (Chinese Communist Party to showcasing comprehensive education. vide excuses or show surprise be more precise) led by Xi is national power (CNP) and as- India is a large country and there is absolutely no control of at the action of an adversary, changing the global status quo. cent to global power status by central or state governments on government schools to impart talk of the woeful global eco- From using gunboat diplomacy, simultaneous confrontationist equal and honest dissemination of its policies and a standardized nomic situation in which we border troop aggressive move- actions with numerous nations, education. A visit to a village or state government school, one will are equally affected and to top ments and deployments, high including demonstrable ac- see that either the teacher is absent or the classrooms are empty. it all, the crisis of COVID-19 seas and border intimidation, tions to challenge the US, and There is no accountability of the principals, as they are mostly con- teach cocky new India a lesson. nected to political bosses or self-interested administrators. Increas- The background chatter is also by now well The last with the idea to dis- ingly, rural parents prefer their scribes to attend privately run school run by quasi-local businessmen. Even though the NEP rupt India's growth story, slow known, provide excuses or show surprise at the policy meets global standards in principle, it lacks the key clarity on down its infrastructure devel- action of an adversary, talk of the woeful global how this will be administered for the success of its mission. opment along the northern No developed country can grow unless its government policy economic situation in which we are equally af- borders, indicate an unstable creates competition to impart excellence in education. The new fected and to top it all, the crisis of COVID-19 India internally where the policy lacks in this area by not offering the choice and motivation movement of industries from to teachers or the head of the institution. Private institutions must which is engaging the world China is fraught with risk, warn be encouraged on an equal and level playing field, so that teachers India to lay off Aksai Chin and become accountable and perform their task as per global norms. which is engaging the world. wolf diplomacy, economic hold- Gilgit Baltistan, dissuade India According to DISE data more than 50% of schools in India are pri- All because of a mindset of outs/threats like with Australia not to create trouble in the vate institution but many lack even the basic standards that are essential. Government must take advantage of the NEP and bring a how can we challenge the Chi- and conduct of high level functioning of Belt and Road standard educational policy and ensure its implementation na- nese, will it not lead to a con- troops exercises involving the Initiative (BRI) especially China- tionwide. Rules and regulations had been made by successive gov- frontation between two asym- entire People's Liberation Army Pakistan Economic Corridor ernments but never implemented. metric adversaries or worse to (PLA), building new strategic al- (CPEC) which is existential for The success of this policy will greatly depend on how the gov- a two-front entanglement. liances and friendships a la Iran, China, and to stop India from ernment steers through the age-old lethargy that exits in the edu- We must be very clear that China is on the move externally interfering or dominating the cation system of India. For India to become a developed country, its China has violated all the confi- in all domains. Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and government must pull out of running Hotels, Airlines, Banks and dence-building measures Interestingly the low-key Malacca Straits. Industry, and Higher educational Institutions. The same also applies (CBMs), Border Defense Coop- military approach has long All this with a larger ambi- to most government enterprises as mentioned above. Govern- eration Agreement (BDCA), Joint been discarded and the entire tion of garnering real estate in ments should concentrate, as good and honest administrators, and ensure the implementation of its policies are aligned as per regula- Working Group, Senior Repre- PLA is galvanized. The multi- multiple areas having strategic tions, and not attempt to become competitors to private industry. sentative level understandings, service, multi-domain Armed sensitivities. All nations and se- Government and private grants are essential for any education protocols and mechanisms for Forces exercise in the South curity and China experts are policy to be successful, as well as, for industry research and devel- border management, including and East China Seas and border only second-guessing, and opment. the latest "strategic guidance to areas especially along the LAC China's the rationale for its ac- What lacks big time are life skills training in the Indian educa- the respective militaries to with India are of a much larger tions is frankly still a mystery, tion system. For example, how to drive and follow rules on the road, strengthen communication to scale, involve interoperability which will unfold as time and use public toilets, basic hygiene, courtesy at public dealings, physi- build mutual understanding and and being conducted closer events roll along. South Asia cal education, First Aid etc. Public speaking and cooking should be enhance predictability and ef- than normal to adversarial Monitor one of the subjects through all levels of school education. Another area is discipline and social work, which could be made compul- fectiveness in managing bor- shores and borders. The PLA For detailed stories visit sory for high school and graduate students. A one year compul- ders" signed by President Xi Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, www.indiapost.com sory military training or social work, before getting the Diploma or Degree could become a real game changer. Disclaimer: Views expressed are personal to the author August 7, 2020 Classifieds India Post 37 www.indiapost.com

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