Month: April 2020

Devotional

Ram Navami 2020: Ram Janm Katha And Its Importance

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Today the country is celebrating Ram Janmotsav as Ram Navmi. It is an annual festival that falls on the Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month of the Hindu calendar. MaryadaPurushottam Prabhu Shri Ram took birth on this day.

Story of the birth of Lord Shri Ram

It is a very interesting story because it has a mythical event behind the objective of his birth. Lord Rama was born to free the world from the curse of Ravana, the king of Lanka. In Tretayuga, Lord Srihari Vishnu took birth in the incarnation of Lord Rama to kill Ravana.

Maharaja Dasaratha of Ayodhyahad no children. He performed a yajna to get a son. To start the yajna, he released a horse named Shyamakarna with his Chaturangini army. It started in the presence of sages, ascetics, kinds, friends and their guru Vashistha ji.

The yajna started with chanting of mantras and the smell of holy offerings to the yajna spread all over the world. Also, special kheer was made for offering. At the conclusion, Maharaja Dasarathaoffered all his blessings to brahmins. And the kheer was kept as blessings for his queens, who became pregnant after eating the kheer.

On the Navami date of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month, queen Kaushalya gave birth to a son in Punavasu Nakshatra. The infant had a stunning indigo on his face because he was none other than Vishnu. Other queens Kaikey and Sumitra also gave birth to sons. MahrajaDasaratha got four sons with blessings of the yajna.

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News & Politics

Ivanka Trump Thanks PM Modi For Sharing Nidra Yoga Video

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Ivanka Trump daughter of US President Donald Trump mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her tweet. PM Modi is fond of yoga and he shares photos and videos of yoga in social media accounts. Ivanka Trump appreciated the “Yoga Nidra” video of PM Modi.

PM Modi’s love for yoga

Ivanka Trump was so impressed with PM Modi’s yoga video that she tweeted “This is wonderful. Thank you”.Also, she followed it with #TogetherApart.

PM Modi had earlier tweeted that he practiced “Nidra Yoga” once or twice a week. Also, he explained the benefits of this specific yoga technique. It said that it boosted over well-being; relaxed mind and reduced stress and anxiety. Finally, the PM shared the YouTube link of his Nidra Yoga video for his followers.

Modi has always appealed to people to practice yoga to stay healthy. Recently he promised to share his videos of practicing yoga in his Mann kiBaat radio programme.He promised to tell his followers how he was keeping fit during the 21-day lockdown period. India is under lockdown to fight the deadly coronavirus.

Ivanka Trump recently travelled to India with his father Donald Trump. He met Modi on the visit and said that she shared a very cordial relationship with PM Modi.

India shutdown

PM Modi announced lockdown in the country on March 24 midnight to contain the spread of coronavirus. The country will remain under lockdown condition till April 14. This 21-day lockdown period will break the chain of COVID-19.

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Business

Oil Industry Faces Demand Crash In April

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The oil is an all time low this month and this unparalleled demand destruction could transform the industry for years to come. The energy analysts anticipate that daily consumption of oil will plummet by 15 million to 22 million barrels in April in comparison to the demand last year.

Demand destruction in oil sector

In a March note, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said that shutting down the demand would have large scale and persistent ramifications to supply. Goldman anticipates a surge of 20 billion barrels a day in storage tanks in April. And HIS Markit predicts that the world will run out of storage space for oil in middle of the year.

April is predicted to be the worst ever month for global demand for jet fuel. According to industry consultant FGE forecasts American, the gasoline consumption could plunge by 50% in comparison to the last year. And Energy Aspects Ltd. predicts the global benchmark Brent crude to drop by $10 a barrel, a level not seen in more than two decades.

Aftereffects of April crash in oil

The April crash will be start of a second bleak quarter for the industry and the experts fear that it could send some producers to go to the extent of destabilizing governments in many OPEC countries. But there is a positive side of the crash in oil demand. It will help achieve the energy restructuring so badly needed according to Goldman.

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