Month: April 2020

Today's Special

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule: A Tribute

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Ancient Indian society had many religious beliefs, dogmas, rituals and social customs but most of the traditions were oppressive towards the lower castes especially women. In the beginning, the society was divided into Brahmin, Khastriya, Vaish and Shudra castes on work basis but later it changed to births.

Oppression in Indian society

In the later years, the people were taught that the means of living, earning, education, legal system were caste, creed and sex based and that they had divine sanction. But it was women that were the most oppressed. They were devoid of education and right to own property. Also, they were subjected to child marriage, widowhood, polyandry system, devdasies and even prostitution.

Rise of Mahatma Phule

Born on April 11, 1827 as Jyotirao Gobindrao Phule, Mahatma Phule did a commending job for upliftment of the downtrodden class of the society. He along with his wife started women empowerment with education. But Jyotirao didn’t have a pleasant childhood as his mother died when he was 9-months old.

Jyotirao took his primary education in his village school and later went to a Scottish Mission High School in Poona for higher education. In 1847, he completed his secondary education but decided to work for upliftment of the poor instead of accepting a government job.

In 1840, Jyotirao was married to Savitribai Phule who became his first disciple. Soon the Phule couple opened their first women’s school and they started a chain of school for women. For living, Jyotirao used to work as a contractor for PWD.

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Media & Entertainment Today's Special

PM Will Announce His Decision On Coronavirus Lockdown In His Address To Nation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will convey his decision on ending the coronavirus lockdown on the coming Tuesday in his address to the nation. The PM is likely to meet with Chief Ministers via video conference tomorrow to discuss the state of affairs post coronavirus lockdown.

Uncertainty over coronavirus lockdown

According to sources, the lockdown could be extended but with many changes like interstate movement will remain restricted and educational institutions are likely to stay closed. But PM could provide sector specific relaxation to ease the industry from the massive economic fallout of the prolonged shutdown but with social distancing norms.

The PM said that life wouldn’t be the same again after COVID-19. Massive behavioral, social and personal changes would have to take place, the PM said to political leaders in video conference.

Additional Secretary in Foreign Ministry, Vikas Swarup said that PM Modi’s decision to order the three-week lockdown had helped slow the infection rate but it had impacted the economy and thousands of poor workers. He said that millions of people lost their jobs and many of the daily wage workers had fled to their villages.

States want to extend lockdown

The three-week coronavirus lockdown ends on Tuesday April 14 but states want to extend the lockdown. Odisha had already announced extension of lockdown till April 30. Karnataka is expected to extend the lockdown today. Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have also called for a longer lockdown.

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Devotional

Happy Good Friday 2020: What Is Good And Bad About This Day?

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Good Friday 2020 falls on April 10 when the entire world is under a lockdown state. But everybody is waiting for this day that has both the good and bad feelings. It is the day when Jesus Christ was crucified and Good Friday is celebrated to commemorate the life of that holy man.

What is bad about Good Friday?

Jesus Christ was crucified and as a result, he left the mortal world for his holy abode in the high skies. But the humanity on the earth lost a great leader that took the responsibility of growth and greatness of human race.

What is good about Good Friday?

Jesus Christ left for his heavenly abode leaving the human race blessed to flourish for generations to come. This day is celebrated as day of Jesus Christ when he left for heaven. People give good wishes to each other and pray for the well-being of humanity in the world.

How is Google Friday celebrated?

The day start with prayers followed by wishing Good Friday to family members, relatives, friends, neighbors and all acquaintances.In the modern day, people sand pictures through WhatsApp messages to their groups and to individual phone numbers. Some creative people even make multimedia messages on the theme of Good Friday to send their best wishes.

Religious and social organizations feed hungry people on this day. Some organizations even host health checkup camps to aware people about their health conditions. It is the day when people establish and strengthen their social contacts.

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Sports Technology

Top 10 Internet Games Of 2020

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It is the gamers that decide whether a game is good or it’s just a time pass. Internet is full of interesting games and the one rules that the list is, obviously, the PlayerUknown’s BattleGrounds (PUBG) but it isn’t the only game available and others could be more interesting than PUBG.

Here’s a list of top 10 Internet games

Frontier Battle Royale

Developed by Epic Games, it has many similarities with PUBG but it scores higher on numbers and dramatic effects in comparison to PUBG. Also, it offers more features, equipment and game stages. The only drawback of the game is that it is only for boys. Today, it has 39 million online players.

Apex Legends

Developed by Respawn Entertainment, it is a battlefield game of six players divided into two squads of three players each. The players are left in an island to look for resources and weapons. The squad with minimum causalities is declared the winner. Recently it is included in the best superhero-themed video games in 2020.

League of Legends (LOL)

Developed by Riot Games, it’s a multiplayer action game popularly known as an evergreen game. As a player, you will get total control to choose your champions that can compete with others in the game. Its stunning mode and awesome graphics make it more exciting on each level.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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Business Media & Entertainment

Traders Ask To Extend Lockdown To April 30 But With Relief Package

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Confederation of All India Traders (CAT) stands with the government in the time of COVID-19 spread. National General Secretary of CAT, Pravin Khandelwal, wrote to the PM to extend the lockdown period to April 30.

CAT supports extension of lockdown

A survey conducted among traders and business leaders of various states, the business community said that they want the lockdown to be extended beyond the 21-day period. They said that the current situation of novel coronavirus spread demands stricter measures to contain the spread of the deadly disease. And the business community was unanimous in the decision to extend the lockdown period.

The CAT assured that the traders would leave no stone unturned to deal with the virus. Also, the confederation assured the PM that India would be victorious in its fight against the spread of novel coronavirus.

Challenges ahead

In a letter to the PM the confederation mentioned the hardships that the small and medium scale traders would have to face in the fight against the pandemic. The lockdown period would result in slowdown of business resulting in big losses. But the increasing number of coronavirus cases demand strict measures to control the spread. Despite the hardships, the merchant class stood with the country in containing the virus spread, said the letter.

Pravin Khandelwal sent memorandum

Pravin Khandelwal wrote in the letter that he had already sent a memorandum to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking financial relief for the merchants of India.

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Technology

WhatsApp: Send Messages Without Saving Contacts

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WhatsApp allows sending messages to phone numbers saved in the Contact Book of your phone. But it doesn’t mean that you can’t message to the numbers outside of your contact list. There are many third-party apps that make WhatsApp to send messages to any phone number in the world.

Send WhatsApp messages without adding phone numbers

There are two ways to send WhatsApp messages to phone numbers without adding them in your contact list. But the first one much easier and it works for both the Android and iOS.

  1. Take a Smartphone and open its browser and enter http://wa.me/xxxxxxxxxx, or this link — http://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=xxxxxxxxxx in the address bar.
  2. Type phone number with country code in xxxxxxxxxx. For example, take +919911111111. Here the first two digits (91) is the country code and the rest of the digits are of the mobile number.
  3. Open the link to access the WhatsApp page with the phone number in the link and a green Message Button.
  4. Tap on the Message Button to access the WhatsApp of the phone number.
  5. Type your message and send without adding that number on your contact list.

Siri Shortcuts

iPhone users can use Siri Shortcuts to send WhatsApp messages to numbers outside their Phone Books. Developed by Apple, this app runs on devices with iOS 12 or newer versions. iPhone users can download the app for sending WhatsApp messages to phone numbers they don’t want to add to their contact lists.

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Education

Elephant Toothpaste: Fun Experiment For Kids

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Elephant Toothpaste is a foamy substance resulting in a chemical reaction between hydrogen peroxide and potassium iodide or yeast with warm water as a catalyst. But it resembles toothpaste being squeezed from a tube.

Popular science experiment

Also known as the “marshmallow experiment”, it is a popular experiment for kids to perform in schools and parties. Hydrogen peroxide decomposes after coming into contact with potassium iodide or yeast with warm water. While decomposing, it breaks down into hydrogen and water. The oxygen pushes the solution out of the container. 

Bubbles are formed when oxygen is trapped in the soap particles and the trapped oxygen forms a huge amount of foam that looks like a toothpaste being squeezed from a tube. Color is added to give it a dramatic effect. It is an exothermic reaction hence the foam produced is hot.

Precautions

The foam that oozes out from the bottle in which the chemicals are mixed is too hot to touch hence shouldn’t be touched until it cools down. Children can do this experiment but only under the supervision of their guardians. 

You can try it at home with potassium iodide or yeast with warm water

Learn both the steps….

Elephant Toothpaste with potassium iodide

1. A clean and transparent plastic bottle for experiment

2. Hydrogen peroxide liquid 

3. Potassium iodide solution or yeast and warm water

4. Liquid soap

5. Color (choose any color including food coloring)

Learn the process

Arrange all the ingredients on a washable surface as you can see that the final product oozes out from the bottle and spreads on the surface.

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Devotional

How to Worship Bajrangbali In Lockdown State?

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Traditionally the devotees used to go to temples to recite Hanuman Chalisa to worship and please Bajrangbali. But this time, people will have to worship Bajrangbali at home due to coronavirus scare. But the good thing is that you can do Bajrangbalipuja with Vidhi Vidhan at home.

Hanuman Chalisa

The text of Hanuman Chalisa is taken as a blessing by the almighty. It is said that the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa destroys fear. It is recited in temples and other places during Hanuman Jayanti. But people can recite Hanuman Chalisa at home and celebrate Hanuman Jayanti. People are asked to stay indoors due to coronavirus lockdown but they can worship Bajrangbali at their homes.

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Trump Accuses WHO Of Bias And Threatens To Cut Funding

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US President Donald Trump accused the World Health Organization of bias towards China during the coronavirus pandemic and said that he could cut US funding to the WHO for its biased behavior.

Trump threatened WHO

Donald Trump said WHO, the UN body, could see a very powerful hold on funding from the US. It is well-known that the US is the biggest contributor of funds to WHO.

Trump pursues an America First policy and he has criticized WHO and other UN and multinational organizations in pursuance of his policy. But he revealed no details about the amount of fund to be withheld. On the contrary, he said that he was not saying, he was going to do that. He would look at ending the funding, added Trump.

Trump accuses WHO of bias

Donald Trump accused WHO of being very China centric while giving a faulty recommendation against curtailing international travel to stop the virus that first spread in China. He said that fortunately he rejected their advice on keeping the US borders open to China early on.

China also faced criticism from Republicans for mishandling the pandemic and Trump had expressed doubt over the statistics of coronavirus cases and deaths shared by China. Also, the Trump is facing criticism for initially downplaying the virus.

Trump likened the novel coronavirus to an ordinary flu and said that it was under control in the US. But soon he accepted that it was a national health emergency.

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Sports

Most Dangerous Stunts Of Jackie Chan

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Jackie Chan is known for his ludicrously dangerous stunts. There was a time when Jackie Chan dominated both the Hong Kong and East Asian box office but his popularity dimmed in his hometown due to his political affiliations.

But Jackie Chan is one of the few actors credited with creating some of the best action movies ever. But some of his stunts went wrong. He even risked his life while doing the stunts.

Here’re his most dangerous stunts

Armor of God – tree stunt

Jackie Chan leaps off the wall of a castle and onto a tree, then swings through the branches. But Chan broke the branch and fell on the ground. His head smacked a rock and he fractured his skull. This stunt almost killed him.

Police Story – shopping centre stunt

Jackie Chan throws himself off a balcony in a shopping centre, grabs a pole covered in light bulbs, slides down it and then drops off if through a glass roof and onto a small decoration house. He received multiple injuries including a fractured finger, injury to his pelvic bone and broken vertebrate during this stunt.

Project A – clock tower stunt

Jackie Chan is some 25 meters above the ground; he lets go of the clock with only two awnings below to break his fall. Chan landed on his head more than once while filming the scene.

Who am I? – skyscraper slide stunt

Jackie Chan slides down the exterior of the 25-storey Willemswerf building in Rotterdam. While Chan remained safe during the stunt but he did the stunt by himself.

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