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Gujarat, five other states opt out of crop insurance scheme : The Tribune India

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Gujarat, five other states opt out of crop insurance scheme : The Tribune India

Tribune News Service Karam Prakash New Delhi, April 2 Gujarat is among six states that have opted out of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana on the back of delay by insurance companies to settle claims. The other five states to have opted out of the Centre’s flagship scheme are Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand […]

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New Govt. Guideline Will Not Allow You to Buy RO, here is Why

There will be a large shift in the water purifier and filtering industry as the government has passed new guidelines which clearly state that the use of certain water filters is not required in cases when municipal water contains a certain number of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS).

The Reverse Osmosis (RO) filter is unnecessary in cases where the TDS are below 500 mg per liter. Additionally, the water recovery from these filters must be between 60 and 75 percent to ensure reduced wastage of water. But, Kitz Filters have a solution to the problem of water wastage from RO filters. You will soon come to know why they are a leader in water purification devices.

The move comes after the National Green Tribunal ordered directions to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ban water purifiers in areas where municipal water has 500 milligrams of total dissolved solids in the water.

In India, various states have different levels of TDS, meaning some areas may not even require RO filters. Using RO filters on the water with a TDS of 500 mg per liter Removes valuable Minerals from the water in a process known as demineralization.

Besides that, RO filters are prone to wasting water. It is seen that some filters only produce 1 liter of water for every 4 liters of water that are filtered.

Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a process by which minerals are forced out of the water through pressure. In reverse osmosis water filters, water is pushed through a membrane that has a size restriction. Therefore, allowing water through and restricting minerals with certain sizes, letting a small amount through.

Where Will it be Applicable?

Groundwater vs Municipal Water TDS Levels

Chlorine and Fluorine in Ground Water

What is Wrong with the Use of RO Water Filters?

The solution to Reverse Osmosis with Kitz Micro Filter JIS Standard Water Purifiers

End Note

Where Will it be Applicable?

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) are inorganic and minute amounts of organic minerals that are dissolved in water. Although water is treated to Maintain the amount of TDS in municipal water, this TDS level may remain high or be appropriate for human consumption.

It all depends on the original quality of the water and the treatment of the water at municipal water treatment plants.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the palatability of water is graded based on the total content of TDS in water. The grading system is as follows:

Below 300 mg per liter = Excellent

900 mg per liter = Poor

Above 1,200 mg = Unpalatable/Unacceptable

Groundwater vs Municipal Water TDS Levels

Water sourced from the ground is usually the main source of water that is taken and treated by municipal corporations before being distributed to the public. However, most areas deem this water unpalatable and unusable for consumption. Hence, the need for water purification devices in households.

However, a particular example of a study done in Patna highlights that not all municipal water is of poor quality. Based on a paper on the groundwater quality in Patna, Bihar, 100 water samples of groundwater from 10 sites showed that the groundwater quality was within national and even international standards.

Furthermore, there were revelations that the water quality of tap water at a Patna railway station was found to have better quality than several bottled water options being sold at the railway station.

The tests carried out were to measure various characteristics of the water including Conductivity, pH, Total Hardness, Total Alkalinity, Sulphate, and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), proving that not all water needs RO filtration processing.

Chlorine and Fluorine in Ground Water

Two other elements that have been found in water are Chlorine and Fluorine. Both elements can cause health problems when consumed in excessive amounts regularly.

Around 86 districts showed the above-the-average or excessive presence of Chlorine in drinking water, while 191 districts have excessive amounts of Fluorine in their water.

The thresholds are 1000 mg/L for Chlorine and 1.5 mg/L for Fluorine in groundwater. Note that it is beneficial to have less than 1 mg/L Fluorine in groundwater.

What is Wrong with the Use of RO Water Filters?

Reverse osmosis is only useful when there is an excessive amount of minerals in the water. If mineral quantities are already permissible, this process could lead to mineral amounts being further reduced and the water becoming demineralized.

Apart from the removal of minerals that can be beneficial in small amounts, the reverse osmosis filtration process can be wasteful as well. In trying to filter and remove as many minerals as possible, an excessive amount of water is discarded, resulting in the wastage of precious water.

This is especially wasteful when the water that is being sent into the RO water filter is already safe enough to drink! That would be an obvious waste of water which is such an important resource.

The solution to Reverse Osmosis with Kitz Micro Filter JIS Standard Water Purifiers

Unlike other reverse osmosis water filters, the filtering process of the Kitz Micro Filter ensures that desirable mineral levels are maintained and that there is no water loss! Thereby, solving two common problems associated with water purification in India.

Thus, more water can be churned out that is safe to drink and up to mark when it comes to appropriate TDS that is enforced by the World Health Organization.

The improved technology developed by the Made in Japan Kitz filter ensures that it uses the most modern approaches to purifying water that has high levels of total dissolved solids.

If you are conscious about water and want a filter that offers zero water wastage and at the same time performs as the best purifier for municipal water, Kitz is the best solution for you! You can Install the Kitz water filter without worrying about what the minerals in your municipal water will be, our technology is automated to ensure that only the best water is released.

End Note

With new government guidelines coming into force, you want to make sure that the water you drink is safe and abides by national and international norms. For that to happen, you need a water filter with technology that carefully purifies your water without wasting a lot.

The Kitz Micro Filter is a solution to all your problems as well as one which will be by the new government guidelines while keeping your health a top priority!

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APN NEWS Owner, team member details | Who is APN news owner?

APN NEWS Owner, team member details | Who is APN news owner?

APN News is the fastest-growing Hindi news channel in India known for its fair and unbiased journalism. This fast-paced, dynamic 24x7 Hindi News & Current Affairs TV channel with the tagline "Khabar Hai to Dikhegee"  speaks much about commitment to the authenticity, impact and power of news. 

Who is APNNEWS owner?

The owner of the APNNEWS channel is Sobhagaya Media Pvt Ltd. Well-known media personality Rajshri Rai is the Managing director and Editor in chief of apnnews. Veteran journalist Inderjit Badhwar worked as the Head of the editorial department. An excellent journalist and incredible advocate Mr. Pradeep Rai is an editorial advisor at APN News. 

A special focus of APNNEWS Channel

With a strong footprint across India, the channel has a special focus on Hindi heartland—Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh & Uttrakhand, Bihar & Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh. APN News maintains its reputation as a people's channel. Its cutting-edge formats and cutting-edge newsrooms. Here, news coverage is supported by a well-planned and defined product promotion and branding strategy that aids in the consolidation of our media market foothold.

About APN NEWS Team Members

Rajshri Rai

Rajshri Rai is Managing Director & Editor in Chief APN News. She is a well-known media personality who has hosted and produced national television shows for major networks. Rajshri has covered a wide range of news events and hosted a number of shows since the beginning of her career, often reporting live from the news scene. She has written extensively for leading news organizations such as NDTV on a wide range of key political, economic, and social stories from the Indian subcontinent. Rajshri is the driving force behind the APN's vision of "Khabar hai too dikhegi."

Inderjit Badhwar

Inderjit Badhwar is Head Editorial Operation. He worked in the United States for more than two decades, where his work was published in prestigious magazines and newspapers such as the Washington Post.

He was also connected to ABC TV. In India, he oversaw the editorial team of India Today for over ten years. He was also the president of the Sahara TV network. His novel The Chamber of Perfumes (originally titled Sniffing Papa) won France's most prestigious international award for "best foreign debut" in 2004.

Pradeep Rai

Senior Advocate, SCBA vice president, and excellent journalist Mr. Pradeep Rai is an editorial advisor for APN News. He began his career as a journalist, producing excellent reports. He joined the Bar in the 1990s and quickly made his mark. He has over two decades of experience at the bar, having appeared before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, Commissions, Regulatory Bodies, and Tribunals. Mr. Rai represents the Union of India, as well as several states such as Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and Andhra Pradesh. He has represented a number of major corporations, celebrities, film stars, politicians, and others.

Vinay Rai

A creative thinker, problem solver, decision maker, and law graduate Vinay Rai is Managing editor of Apn news. Vinay also holds a professional diploma in journalism and mass communication from Lucknow University. He has more than 16 years of experience in electronic media in hosting jobs like production and reporting. He has been a part of leading media houses like zee. He effectively balances employee needs with mission objectives.

Shweta Rai

Shweta Rai is currently associated with APN as Senior Anchor/Editor - Special Programming and has handled a variety of responsibilities in her 14 years with the company. She leads a diverse team and is in charge of coordinating the various departments (editors, camera operators, production control room, and master control room) and content producers, which ultimately leads to the broadcast or production of all content on television channels.  Shweta has worked in leading production hubs and news channels for the past 15 years. Her interest in anchoring for unconventional shows such as Navrang, Kalam ke Sipahi, Face to Face, and Ek Mulaqat- which are particularly popular in India.

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IEX Trades 7,322 MU in July, Achieves 37% Growth

The electricity market at the Indian Energy Exchange traded 7322 MU volume and achieved 37% YoY growth in July’21. According to the power demand data published by the National Load Dispatch Center, the national peak demand on 7 July’21 at200.6GWwas highest ever registering a 17.6% YoY increase while the energy consumption at 125.5 BU grew 10.6% on a YoY basis. During the month, India’s manufacturing PMI rose to 3-month high at 55.3. With easing of lockdown restrictions, economic activities as well as power consumption accelerated. While the increase in power demand has been contributing to the electricity volume growth at IEX, the Exchange’s role as the most flexible, competitive and transparent platform for power procurement for the distribution utilities and industries has been the most key aspect towards its increasing role and impact. Amidst the severe operational and financial challenges faced by the utilities and industries due to the CoVID-19 pandemic, the competitive power prices coupled with flexible procurement and a diverse spectrum of market segments have been enabling the participants to accrue significant financial savings. The green term-ahead market (GTAM) performed exceptionally well this month, surpassing all the previous milestones. The market traded the highest-ever volume of 726 MU in July’21seeing 76% MoM increase. The green term-ahead market also registered the highest-ever single day volume of 153.1 MU on 16th July 2021. Since the onset of wind season in April-May, the green market has been greatly enabling the distribution utilities to sell excess energy for the other deficit States to buy. In fact, July saw high wind generation in the country, with average wind generation recorded at 349MU per day, 64.5% higher than in 212 MU per day in 2020. During the month, the market saw participation from 51 members which is the highest-ever since inception in August’20. It reflects growing traction in the green market as it becomes a key facilitator of competitively priced renewable energy procurement among distribution utilities and industrial consumers. The market saw participation from distribution utilities from West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, Punjab, DNH, Daman &Diu, Assam and Tamil Nadu among others. The REC trading session which was scheduled on Wednesday 28 July 2021 did not take place due to a stay order from Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), in response to the petitions filed by a few Renewable Energy Associations.

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Latin American Herald Tribune – At Least 116 Die from Lightning Storms in Northern India NEW DELHI – At least 116 people have died in several widely dispersed lightning strikes in the northern Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Friday.

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11-05-2020 Current affairs & Daily News Analysis

MIGRANTS WELFARE Activists are demanding strict implementation of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 to ensure welfare of inter-State migrants who are suffering due to the nationwide lockdown.

About: The Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 seeks to regulate the employment of inter-State migrants and their conditions of service. It is applicable to every establishment and contractors that employs five or more migrant workmen from other States; or if it had employed five or more such workmen on any day in the preceding 12 months. The principal employer is prohibited from employing inter-State workmen without a certificate of registration from the relevant authority. Every contractor who recruits workmen from one State for deployment in another State should obtain a licence to do so. As part of the licensing process, contractors are bound by certain conditions like committing them to providing terms and conditions. In no case, shall the wages be lower than what is prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act.  Important Info : Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019: The proposed code has been introduced in the Parliament to merge 13 labour laws into a single piece of legislation. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979, is one of them.Activists fear that specific safeguards given to migrant workers may be lost as a result of this consolidation.  Source : The Hindu ( Social Issues ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy PRINCIPLE OF ‘STRICT LIABILITY’ VS ‘ABSOLUTE LIABILITY’ The National Green Tribunal's order in the Visakhapatnam gas tragedy found LG Polymers prima facie liable under the 19th century English law, Principle of “strict liability”, which was made redundant in India by the Supreme Court in 1986.

Strict liability principle: Under the “strict liability principle”, a party is not liable and need not pay compensation if a hazardous substance escapes his premises by accident or by an “act of God’” among other circumstances. The strict liability, evolved in an 1868 English case called Rylands versus Fletcher, provided companies with several exemptions from assuming liability. In the Visakhapatnam gas tragedy, even though the NGT directed the company to deposit an initial amount of ₹50 crore and formed a fact-finding committee, its use of the term “strict liability” has been questioned. Lawyers say the term “absolute liability” should have been used instead.  Important Info : Absolute Liability Principle: The Supreme Court, while deciding the Oleum gas leak case of Delhi in 1986, found strict liability woefully inadequate to protect citizens’ rights in an industrialised economy like India and replaced it with the ‘absolute liability principle’.Under the absolute liability principle, the apex court held that a company in a hazardous industry cannot claim any exemption.It has to mandatorily pay compensation, whether or not the disaster was caused by its negligence. The court said a hazardous enterprise has an “absolute non-delegable duty to the community”.The principle of absolute liability is part of Article 21 (right to life).  Source : The Hindu ( Disaster Management ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS) BULLETIN The Registrar General of India released its Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin based on data collected for 2018. Key findings are:

Birth rate: The national birth rate in 2018 stood at 20 per one thousand of the population. Bihar has the highest birth rate at 26.2 and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is at the bottom with a birth rate of 11.2. At an all-India level, the birth rate is higher in rural areas (21.6) compared to urban areas (16.7). Death Rate: The national death rate in 2018 stood at 6.2 per one thousand of the population. Chhattisgarh has the highest death rate at 8 and Delhi has a rate of 3.3, indicating better healthcare facilities. At an all-India level, the death rate is higher in rural areas (6.7) compared to urban areas (5.1). Infant mortality rate (IMR): The national IMR in 2018 stood at 32 per one thousand of the population. The IMR at an all-India level has declined from 50 to 32 in the last decade. Madhya Pradesh has an IMR of 48 and Nagaland 4.  Important Info : Sample Registration System (SRS)? The Sample Registration System (SRS) is a demographic survey for providing reliable annual estimates of infant mortality rate, birth rate, death rate and other fertility and mortality indicators at the national and sub-national levels.Initiated on a pilot basis by the Registrar General of India in a few states in 1964-65, it became fully operational during 1969-70. Source : Indian Express ( Social Issues ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy PRANAVAYU PROGRAMME The Bengaluru city corporation has launched Pranavayu programme to create awareness on the need to self examine the respiratory health for Bengaloreans.

About: Several deaths due to COVID-19 are reported due to Severe Acute Respiratory illness (SARI). Pranavayu awareness programme is an attempt to help people with low oxygen level in their blood to get themselves checked early before their ailments become fatal.  Source : All India Radio ( Health ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy PAKISTAN-OCCUPIED KASHMIR (PoK) The India Meteorological Department has started mentioning areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) — Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad — in its regional forecast bulletin as part of its Jammu & Kashmir Met subdivision.

About: Though the IMD had been mentioning PoK areas in its national forecast for the last six months after J&K’s bifurcation last year, its regional forecasts started specifying the areas explicitly in its bulletins from May 5. The move assumes significance, considering India’s official position that PoK belongs to India. The inclusion of Muzaffarabad and Gilgit-Baltistan comes amid Pakistan’s Supreme Court allowing elections in Gilgit-Baltistan recently, to which India had strongly reacted. Important Info : Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK)? Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) historically belonged to the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. This territory has been under Pakistan’s unlawful control since October 1947.POK comprises the so-called Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and has remained an amorphous.The Trans Karakoram Tract, comprising Shaksgam from Baltistan and Raskam from Gilgit, which Pakistan ceded to China in 1963, is also a part of POK. China promised to assist Pakistan in building the Karakoram Highway as a payoff.Muzaffarabad is the capital of the so called Azad Kashmir (AJK).  Source : Times of India ( Defence & Security ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy ROAD CONSTRUCTION TARGET Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways held a meeting on impact of COVID-19 on auto sector.

Key highlights of the meeting: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways has set a target of constructing roads worth Rs 15 lakh crore in the next two years. The Minister informed that he has directed the ministry officials to finalise the auto scrapping policy quickly which will go a long way in cost reduction. He also suggested exploring cheaper credits including foreign capital for enhancing liquidity in the automobile manufacturing sector.  Source : PIB ( Economy ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy SMALLPOX World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN's postal agency released a commemorative postage stamp on the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox. About: Cause: Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. Transmission: It was contagious i.e. spread from one person to another. Symptoms: The initial symptoms of the disease included fever and vomiting. This was followed by formation of sores in the mouth and a skin rash. Over a number of days the skin rash turned into characteristic fluid-filled bumps with a dent in the center. Mortality: The risk of death following contracting the disease was about 30%, with higher rates among babies. Eradication: The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980.  Important Info : Smallpox is one of two infectious diseases to have been eradicated, the other being rinderpest in 2011.Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823) was an English physician who was a contributor to the development of the smallpox vaccine.  Source : All India Radio ( Health ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy ELONGATED TORTOISE According to a recent study by ecologists in the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, over 90% of the potential distribution of the Sal forest tortoise falls outside current protected area’s network.

About: Scientific name: Indotestudo elongate. Common name: Elongated tortoise, Yellow Tortoise and Sal forest tortoise. Distribution: It is a species of tortoise found in Southeast Asia and parts of the Indian Subcontinent, particularly Northeast India. Physical description: These up to 1 foot-long tortoises have elongated somewhat narrow carapaces and yellow heads. Shells are typically a pale tannish-yellow to caramel color, with blotches of black. IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered. Population: According to the IUCN the population of the species may have fallen by about 80% in the last three generations (90 years). Threats: It is heavily hunted for food and collected both for local use, such as decorative masks, and international wildlife trade. In china, a mixture, made by grinding up the tortoise's shell, also serves as an aphrodisiac.  Source : The Hindu ( Environment ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL RADIATION (UVGI) Scientists are studying the use of ultraviolet germicidal radiation (UVGI) to detect the coronavirus in schools, restaurants and other public places. Through this method, ultraviolet (UV) lights would be able to disinfect contaminated public spaces to stop the transmission of the virus.

Background: Ultraviolet radiation The full spectrum of UV radiation from the sun can be subdivided into UV-A, UV-B and UV-C rays. UV-C rays are the most harmful and are completely absorbed by the Earth’s atmosphere. While both UV-A and UV-B rays are harmful, exposure to UV-B rays can cause DNA and cellular damage in living organisms. Increased exposure to it can cause cells to become carcinogenic, thereby increasing the risk of getting cancer. Ultraviolet Germicidal Radiation (UVGI): UVGI uses these “destructive properties” of UV light for disinfecting the air and preventing certain infectious diseases from spreading. UVGI replicates UV wavelengths that disinfects contaminated spaces, air and water.  Important Info : Is this method feasible? UVGI is a promising method for disinfection but the efficacy of it depends on its dose.UVGI is most effective in preventing infections that are chiefly spread through smaller droplets and not by direct contact or larger respiratory droplets.Using UVGI on a mass-scale, in public spaces such as schools, universities, restaurants and cinema halls may not be the most cost-effective way to approach disease prevention. Source : Indian Express ( Science & Technology ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy INDIAN RAILWAYS INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (IRIMEE) Ministry of Railways has clarified that it has no plans to shift Indian Railways Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE) from Jamalpur to Lucknow. Any Media reports to this effect are incorrect and misleading and do not have the approval of the Ministry of Railways.

About: What is it? IRIMEE is one of the six Centralized Training Institutes of Indian Railways functioning for training of Railway Officers. Location: It is located at Jamalpur in Munger district of Bihar. Background: Its history dates back to year 1888 when it was established as a Technical School. The training of Mechanical Engineers for Indian Railways commenced in the year 1927. Working: It presently conducts training courses for in-service Mechanical & M&C Officers and supervisors and appreciation courses in Mechanical Engineering for officers of other disciplines in Indian Railways.  Source : PIB ( Economy ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Coaching in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Daily Current affairs and News Analysis Best IAS Coaching institutes in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Contact Vignan IAS Academy Enroll For IAS Foundation Course from Best IFS Academy in Bangalore Read the full article

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April 15 Green Energy News

Headline News:

A trial date of October 29 has been set for a landmark lawsuit brought by a group of young Americans. Juliana v. United States was filed in 2015 on behalf of 21 young plaintiffs who allege their constitutional and public trust rights are being violated by the government’s creation of a national energy system that causes climate change. [DeSmog]

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“China’s bold energy vision” • The boldest plan to achieve the targets set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement comes from China. China’s Global Energy Interconnection offers a vision of how to achieve this energy transformation that is breathtaking. It moves electricity from where renewable resources are abundant to where it is needed. [Gulf Times]

According to a study published this month in the journal Nature Geoscience, Antarctica’s frozen underbelly is melting and receding at a rate around five times faster than normal. In the centuries following an ice age, glacier grounding lines should retreat about 82 feet per year, but the ice is retreating at speeds up to 600 feet annually. [KIRO Seattle]

The Indian government is will provide 700,000 solar study lamps in five states where rural household electrification levels are low. In Bihar alone, the target is to provide more than 188,400 underprivileged students with solar study lamps. Around 40,570 of such lamps have already been distributed to students by the program. [ETEnergyworld.com]

Since the downturn in mining operations, nearly 1,000 miners have left the Wyoming coal industry. About 5,600 remain. Some were laid off and hired back with different working conditions: less pay, a weaker insurance plan, a temporary position. Other workers are on mandatory overtime or searching for a second job. [Casper Star-Tribune Online]

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Bihar BJP MLC Sunil Kumar Singh dies of COVID-19; global cases now at 1.48 crore

08:04 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Kerala LATEST Updates

Kerala CM accuses Opposition of trying to sabotage govt's mitigation methods

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accuses Opposition parties of trying to sabotage the government’s mitigation methods, reports PTI. “They called for protest violating COVID-19 protocol,” he said. “The damage it causes will not only affect them but the whole state. They have always taken a negative approach and said there was no need for following the instructions given by the state and the health workers.”

07:59 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates

Global COVID-19 cases now at 1.48 crore, toll at 6.1 lakh

The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the world stand at 1.48 crore, according to the Reuters tracker. This figure includes COVID-19 patients who have recovered and the overall global death toll which stands at 6.1 lakh.

With over 38.5 lakh reported cases till date, the United States is the worst-affected country in the world. The US is followed by Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa.

07:51 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Brazil LATEST Updates

New coronavirus vaccine trials start in Brazil

Brazilian health authorities on Tuesday were starting a three-month test of a coronavirus vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac one of a handful around the world that are entering late-stage testing to prove effectiveness, reports AP.

Dimas Covas, president of the Butantan Institute coordinating the study, said at a press conference that if the vaccine proves safe and effective, Brazil would receive 120 million doses from China at the beginning of next year, which will allow 30 million Brazilians to be vaccinated.

07:43 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Assam LATEST Updates

Assam reports highest single-day spike in cases with over 1,600 new infections

Assam recorded the highest single-day spike of 1,680 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as the state crossed the 26,000 mark, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The state also saw six more deaths due to the infection, he said.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the state reached 26,772, while the death toll increased to 64.

07:39 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Bihar LATEST Updates

Bihar BJP MLC Sunil Kumar Singh, 66, dies of COVID-19

Bihar BJP MLC Sunil Kumar Singh died of the coronavirus at AIIMS on Tuesday, an official said. Singh was 66. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, and wife. He is the first lawmaker in the state to die of COVID-19.

Singh, who was BJP MLC from local self area constituency from Darbhanga, was undergoing treatment at the hospital since July 13 after he tested positive for COVID-19, reports PTI.

07:36 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in US LATEST Updates

US leading the world in COVID-19 testing, India second: Trump

The United States is leading the world in terms of COVID-19 testing and India is at second position, President Donald Trump said while giving an update on his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

So far more than 140,000 Americans have died due to coronavirus and 3.8 million have tested positive. While the US economy is slowly coming back to normal, the pandemic is now spreading in the Sun Belt of the country.

Coronavirus LATEST Updates: Bihar BJP MLC Sunil Kumar Singh died of the coronavirus at AIIMS on Tuesday, an official said. Singh was 66. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, and wife. He is the first lawmaker in the state to die of COVID-19.

India recorded 37,148 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 11,55,191 , while the total number of recoveries increased to 7,24,577, according to the Union health ministry's data issued at 8 am on Tuesday.

The toll due to the disease rose to 28,084 with 587 fatalities reported in a day, the data showed.

Of the total cases, based on the health ministry's figures, Maharashtra, the worst-affected state by the pandemic, alone accounts for nearly 27.5 percent, followed by Tamil Nadu (15 percent) and Delhi (10.7 percent) cases. These three states together account for more than half of India's total case load.

On Tuesday, Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally rose to 3,27,031 with the addition of 8,369 new cases, while 246 more patients succumbed, taking the fatality count in the state to 12,276, health department said.

Whereas in Tamil Nadu, 4,965 people tested positive on Friday, taking the infection count past the 1.80 lakh. Tamil Nadu on  crossed 20 lakh in samples screened so far.

The state recorded 75 fresh COVID-19 deaths, including that of a 56-day old boy, during the day, taking the toll to 2,626, a health department bulletin said. The state has 51,344 active cases out of the total 1,80,643.

Delhi recorded 1,349 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the caseload in the city to over 1.25 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 3,690 after 27 fatalities were recorded, authorities said.

The number of active cases stood at 15,288, marginally up from 15,166 on Monday.

Amid the rising cases, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) on Tuesday decided to cancel this year's pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.

India's COVID-19 fatality rate, however, has dropped significantly to 2.43 percent from 3.36 percent on 17 June, the Centre said on Tuesday, asserting the country has handled the pandemic "relatively well".

There are 4,02,529 active cases of the coronavirus infection currently in the country, while 7,24,577 people have recovered till now. Thus, 62.72 per cent people have recovered so far, the ministry said.

In the meantime, the National Green Tribunal Tuesday said that segregation of COVID-19 waste from others is a must to avoid further contamination adversely affecting public health.

Nearly a quarter Delhiites affected with COVID-19, finds sero survey

Amid the rising cases, the results of a  sero-prevalence survey in Delhi showed that 23.48 percent people in the National Capital had developed antibodies for COVID-19 with experts stating that the National Capital is still far from herd immunity against the coronavirus.

The survey results also show that remaining 77 percent are still vulnerable and the containment measures need to continue with the same rigour, National Centre for Disease Control director Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh, told a press briefing.

Delhi has a population of nearly 2 crore. Eight out of Delhi's 11 districts have more than 20 percent of sero prevalence, Singh said.

A senior Delhi government official said the government  will consult with public health experts and epidemiologists to determine if the future course of Delhi's strategy against COVID-19 should change in light of these survey results or not.

The sero survey was conducted from 27 June to 10 July, during which a total of 21,387 samples were tested by the NCDC in collaboration with the Delhi government.

Cases from states

Meanwhile, coronavirus cases in Gujarat crossed the 50,000 on Tuesday with a highest one-day spike of 1,026, around 300 of them from Surat district, the health department said.

The coronavirus death toll rose to 1,229 in Uttar Pradesh after the state reported 37 fatalities, a statement issued by the state government said on Tuesday. With as many as 2,128 fresh COVID-19 cases, the state's infection tally reached 53,288.

Kerala on Tuesday reported 720 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the number of infected people in the state to 13,994, while 1,62,444 people are under observation in the state.

Of the new cases, 528 were infected from their contacts, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

The state of Madhya Pradesh recorded 785 new COVID-19 caseson Tuesday, taking the state-wide infection count to 24,095, while 18 more patients succumbed to the disease, health department officials said.

With 18 more people succumbing to the viral infection on Tuesday, the death toll went up to 756, they said.

Of them, four fatalities each were reported from Bhopal and Indore, while one each patient died in Morena, Jabalpur, Sagar, Ratlam, Dhar, Barwani, Datia, Hoshangabad, Jhabua and Guna, the officials said.

Among the new cases, the highest 149 cases were reported from Bhopal, followed by 72 in Raisen, 70 in Indore, 62 in Morena and 49 in Gwalior, they said.

Jammu and Kashmir saw 608 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the tally in the Union Territory to 15,258 as nine fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 263, officials said.

"Nine persons, who were COVID-19 positive, have died over the past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir," they said, adding all the nine deaths took place in the Kashmir Valley.

In Goa, COVID-19 cases crossed the 4,000 with the state now having 4,027 positive cases as on Tuesday with 174 new detections, the state Health department said.

The COVID-19 tally in Manipur crossed the 2,000-mark, with the detection of 90 new cases on Tuesday, a Health department bulletin said.

The coronavirus death toll in Himachal Pradesh increased to 11 after a 75-year-old woman died in Mandi on Tuesday as 33 fresh cases surfaced, taking the state's infection tally to 1,665.

Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 5,731 on Tuesday with the addition of 133 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 29, as the sample of an elderly woman who died earlier tested positive, a health official said.

Mumbai, neighbouring districts report 2,627 new cases; 107 die

Mumbai's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,03,262 on Tuesday with the addition of 995 new cases, while the toll increased to 5,814 after 62 more patients succumbed to the infection, the city civic body said.

In enighbouring Thane district, an addition of 1,323 cases took COVID-19 count to 70,513, while the toll swelled by 40 during the day to touch 1,967, an official said.

Kalyan led the list of new cases with 268 people testing positive, followed by 254 in Navi Mumbai, he said.

"Thane and Kalyan now have over 16,000 cases each while Navi Mumbai is fast approaching the 12,000 mark. Of the 70,513 cases, 33.28 percent is active," he added.

Among those who died was a 52-year-old constable from Hill Line police station under Thane commissionerate, he said.

Neighbouring Palghar added 309 cases during the day to take its count to 12,382 while five deaths increased the toll to 223.

India doing relatively well, says Centre

Amid the rising cases, Rajesh Bhushan, officer on special duty in the Union health ministry, told a press conference in Delhi, that 30 states and Union Territories have COVID-19 positivity rate lower than that of the national average which stands at 8.07 percent.

According to PTI, stating that some states are doing more than 140 tests per million, Bhushan, said that the number of tests per million have to be brought down to  a level of 140 tests per day per million, so that the "rate of positivity reduces and comes down to 10 percent first and then continue the testing process so that the rate of positivity further reduces to 5 percent or lower".

The health ministry official also said that the COVID-19 deaths per million population in India stand at 20.4 per million which is amongst lowest in the world, Bhushan said.

"There are several countries where the deaths per million is 21 times or 33 times higher than in India. The global average stands at 77 deaths per million population," he said.

"So far, the nation has managed COVID-19 relatively well," Bhushan said.

He also shared a chart showing that the COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined from 3.36 percent on 17 June to 2.43 percent now.

Punjab's first plasma bank opens at Patiala

Punjab on Tuesday got its first plasma bank at Patiala's Rajindra Hospital where those who have recovered from the novel coronavirus can donate their blood plasma to help treat COVID-19 patients.

State's Medical Education and Research Minister OP Soni inaugurated the facility through video conference and said it will play a vital role in the fight against the pandemic.

Multiple trials of plasma therapy have been successfully conducted in the state that paved the way for the establishment of the plasma bank, he said.

Karnataka won't extend lockdown, to regulate supply of Remdesivir

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa also said that it will not be extending lockdown in Benglauru and other areas of the state, saying that "lockdown" is not the solution to control COVID-19 and stressed on social distancing and wearing of masks.

"We had been successful at the beginning in controlling the COVID, but in recent days especially in Bengaluru the COVID cases have increased.....I want to tell the people of the state that for the control of the virus, lockdown was not the solution. The solution is wearing masks and maintaining social distancing," Yediyurappa said.

In the meanwhile, amid reports of black marketing and haording of Remdesivir, a drug used in the treatment of coronavirus infected patients, Karnataka's COVID-19 task force on Tuesday decided that the state government will regulate its supply to private hospitals.

"Remdesivir which is currently available in the government hospitals will be supplied to private hospitals through the government. This will help curb black marketing of this drug," Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar's office said in a release.

The government has also fixed the rate for COVID-19 tests in private labs at Rs 2,000 for government referred cases and 3,000 for self-reporting cases.

Meanwhile, the West Bengal govt said Tuesday that there will be a complete lockdown in the state on 23, 25 and 29 July to fight the spread of COVID-19.

US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research

Days after authorities in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom accused a hacking group with links to Russian intelligence with trying to target research on the disease, the US Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across the world and more recently targeting firms developing a vaccine for the coronavirus.

The indictment, says the hackers in recent months had researched vulnerabilities in the computer networks of companies publicly known for their work in developing vaccines and treatments, AP reported.

However, there was no immediate indication that the hackers had successfully obtained any COVID-19 research, despite efforts to snoop on the companies.

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Youth becoming addict of Cannabis and its effect on human

The religious scholars from ancient ‘vedas’ mentioned cannabis as “one of the five sacred plants” in 2000 B.C.. Even though it is still illegal to be used except in government-approved zones to sell bhang or for medicinal or research purposes.

NDPS act,1985; chapter1 section 2 defines cannabis as; “cannabis (hemp)” mean resin may be called hashish oil or liquid hashish, which can be crude or purified, that is obtained from the cannabis plant and also includes concentrated.

The flowering or fruiting top of the cannabis plant is known as ‘ganja’, excluding seeds and leaves when they are not attached to top.

Also, Genus cannabis comprises any cannabis plant.

Cannabis has psychoactive properties and belong to a class of plants -cannabis sativa, cannabis indica, cannabis ruderalis. The by-product of cannabis includes charas, ganja, marijuana, bhang etc.. When the flowers of these plants are harvested and dried; weed is obtained it is most common drug in the world and is also referred to as pot as well as marijuana.

Its active principles are mainly tetrahydrocannabivarin, cannabinol, cannabidiol, tetrahydrocannabinol, and cannabidiolic acid. Cannabidinol (CBD) is non inebriate and has a number of uses in medicines, beauty products, furniture and fuel whereas tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is psychotropic and gives the user a ‘high’, is a controlled substance. Its geographic origin includes Central Asia & Indian Subcontinent.

Uses and Side Effects;-Uses of cannabis and its products includes both useful as well as harmful outcomes. It can be smoked, vaporized, used within food or as an extract. Its uses includes medicinal, recreational and spiritual.

Medicinal:-  It reduces nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. Also it improves appetite among HIV/AIDS patients.

Recreational:- It gives relaxing and euphoric effect.

But even after counting these effects, there are harmful effects too which includes:-

Dizziness, feeling tired, vomiting,

Memory and cognition problems,

Addiction risk,

Risk of schizophrenia in young people.

Altered body image,

Auditory & visual illusions,

Pseduhallucinations & ataxia from selective impairment of polysnaptic reflexes,

Depersonalization, derealization and short term memory.

It also impairs psychomotor functioning that involves impairment in attentional process, reflexes.

If chronic, patients lives in a state of stupor and suffers from melancholia and hallucinations.

Lethal dose of cannabis:- Inhaled 2-3 mg of THC or ingested dose of 5-20 mg causes memory lose and doses>7.5mg /m2 inhaled in adults and oral doses from 5-300 mg in pediatrics produces severe symptoms.

Cannabis in India:-

In India, bhang is considered as ‘prasad of shiva’ and is commonly consumed during shiv ratri. It is also common during holla muhalla in sikh community. Muslim saints(sufis) also cousume bhang. According to a study by AIIMS in 2019, about 7.2 million Indians consumes bhang. In India, 3.2% of cannabis is consumed; out of these approx 2.89% users are teenagers.

In 2017, Uttrakhand became the first state in India to allow the cultivation of hemp. Although, the status of bhang is still questionable to the court stating it as a major pitfall of NDPS Act,1985.

Each state although has its own laws for the cultivation of cannabis; Chandigarh High court in Arjun Singh Vs State of Haryana,2004, stated that bhang is not Cannabis (hemp) under the act but it is a Cannabis plant. Under the restrictions of the law, it’s therefore not illegal to consume (bhang) cannabis leaves, but is illegal to grow cannabis plant.

Around 2017, Bihar state showed a substantial rise in intake of chars/ganja/heroine after bann on alcohol.

Chandigarh, too, showed highest intake of charas in 2019 as it showed in 2017 and 2018 collectively.

In 2018, as the statistics showed New Delhi and Mumbai were among top 10 places to consume marijuana i.e. 38.2 tones and 32.4 tones respectively. New Delhi being in third on the list.

In 2016, a movie named Udta Punjab was released by Abhishek Chaubey stating drug overuse in Punjab state.

There are several laws for drug prevention and various NGOs working for it.

Laws related with cannabis plant:-  According to Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Act, 1985; Section 20 disclose- Punishment for contravention in relation to cannabis plant and cannabis

Whoever, breach any provision of this Act or any rule or order made or condition of license granted   cultivates any cannabis plant; shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for upto ten years and a fine of upto one lakh; or   produces, manufactures, possesses, sells, purchases, transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or uses cannabis, shall be punishable depending on the quantity they possess

If, small quantity, the rigorous imprisonment is  for a term which may extend to 2, or  fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both;

 If, quantity lesser than commercial quantity but greater than small quantity, the rigorous imprisonment is for a term which may extend to ten years, and with fine which extends to one lakh rupees;

If the quantity equals the commercial quantity, rigorous imprisonment is for a term of not  less than ten years but can extend to twenty years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to two lakh rupees:

The court on some terms can implicate a fine of two lakh rupees which should be mentioned in the judgement.

Case Study:-

According to the tribune, on June 15 vice-pradhan of Chauli gram panchayat of Jaswan Pragpur Assemble Constituency, was arrested by Rakkar police in Jawalamukhi sub-division with 306 gms. of charas in his hotel room during raid at Kaleshwar Mahadev. He was arrested under section 20 of NDPS Act,1985.

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The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act,1985

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9th Schedule of Indian Constitution and Judicial Scrutiny

This article has been written by Ravi Shankar Pandey, a first-year student of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow. In this article, he discusses the 1st amendment to the Indian Constitution through the insertion of Article 31B and ninth schedule along with the evolution of the doctrine of basic structure in the light of various judicial pronouncements.

  Introduction

Whenever any new law is implemented in India or any amendment to existing law is made, if it does not comply with constitutional norms, is nullified or reverted.  But, this is not the same for every law which is enacted and the exception in such cases are backed under Article 31B. If any law is kept under 9th schedule, it goes unchallenged even if it violates the FRs (Fundamental Rights). But, in judgements followed, it is now well established that although there is a constitutional validity of such laws and government is entitled to place any law under the  umbrella of 9th schedule, there are also prone to judicial scrutiny if they do not comply with “basic structure doctrine” established in the landmark judgement of Keshavananda Bharati.

What is a Judicial Review?

Judicial review may be defined as “scrutiny of the decisions made by the legislature and executive, by the judiciary to check whether they are in consonance with constitutional values and ideals of equity, justice and good conscience”. This prevents the decision making bodies to act against public welfare and restricts them from making laws for their own good.

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Background

9th schedule along with Article 31B was added in 1951 through the first amendment in Indian Constitution. It was meant to enact some new laws which were important to transform India into a more egalitarian society. The amendment was the need of the hour as in the case of Kameshwar Singh v. The State of Bihar, government’s decision to classify zamindars into different categories for procuring their land was criticized by the judiciary and it was a major setback as the Court stated that doing so was a violation of Art. 14 that guarantees equal protection of laws to the citizens as such classification was discriminatory.

Article 31B states that, “none of the Acts and Regulations specified in the Ninth Schedule nor any of the provisions thereof shall be deemed to be void, or ever to have become void, on the ground that such Act, Regulation or provision is inconsistent with, or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by, any provisions of this Part, and notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court or tribunal to the contrary, each of the said Acts and Regulations shall, subject to the power of any competent Legislature to repeal or amend it, continue in force”.

Hence, when any legislation is kept under the 9th schedule, it does not matter whether it violates the fundamental rights of a person. This provision restricted the rights of the judiciary and on other hands, increased the power of the legislature. Hence, it started the conflict between the judiciary and the government.

Features of Art. 31B

Retrospective in nature- If an act is held unconstitutional and thereafter is put under 9th scheduled it will be considered as its part since its commencement.

Jeejeebhoy v. Assistant Collector— the court stated that “Article 31B shows that it is a drastic and novel method of an amendment”.

To protect property rights- Article 31B was inserted in the constitution for legislation governing rights relating to the property. But, in the years following, it has resulted in the insertion of other laws also for purposes other than that related to society and economics.

9th Schedule

The 9th schedule was drafted by the first government of independent India in the tenure of J L Nehru. It represents a drastic but innovative technique of amending the Indian Constitution. It is a method to bypass the judicial review and judicial scrutiny. Any act which is added under the 9th schedule gets resistant from any encroachment from judiciary even if it infringes the fundamental rights of an individual.

The result of the clash of ideology between the conservative judiciary and progressive and growth-oriented legislature and executives, it was added to cover only a few legislations under its ambit, but with the passage of time, the government used it as a blanket for many types of legislation covering over 250 Acts in the present.

Objectives

To implement various land reforms, after independence.

Abolition of Zamindari system in order to put an end to feudalistic society and to provide a pavement for socialism to take its place.

To immunize certain legislations which act as a blockade in bringing reforms and that have the potential to infringe fundamental rights.

To uphold the interests of weaker sections of the society by bringing them at par with the other sections of the society.

To meet the constitutional goal of establishing an egalitarian society and to reduce the concentration of land in few hands by dividing it into the farmers.

Nature and Scope of Article 31B combined with the 9th schedule

It is now an established fact that the Ninth Schedule has transformed itself to become a dustbin and house for each disputed law which is passed by the lawmaking body. Such a circumstance was not conceived at that time when the First amendment was made to the Indian Constitution. It is contended here that a right elucidation of the language of Art.31-B can adequately end this problem.

Arts.31-A (1) and 31-B are planned to work as insurance against results which could somehow or another mean lead to the breach of the constitutional rights specially, the fundamental rights granted under part 3. Enactment falling under any piece of Art.31-A (1), including the arrangements, can likewise get insurance under Art.31-B. In this association, to know further about the connection between Arts. 31-A and 31-B, Professor A.R. Blackshield’s observation is pertinent to the discourse. He considered the opening expressions of Art.31-B (Without reference to the consensus of the arrangements contained in Art.31-An) as the basic interconnection between Articles 31-A and 31-B. That gives ascend to a derivation that Article 31-B read with Ninth Schedule is particularization of Article 31-A in itself.

But sadly, the legal methodology on this issue isn’t on the above lines, due to the outcome that Ninth Schedule has become a ready weapon for ensuring presence of illegal laws based on time, subject and space.

In Vishweshwara v. State of Madhya Pradesh, the Court observed Art.31-B as free of Art.31-A. From there on, the opening expressions of Art.31-B were translated by the Court in N.B. Jeejeebhoy v. Assistant Collector, Thana by suggesting that “the Demonstrations and guidelines indicated in the Ninth Schedule would have the insusceptibility regardless of whether they didn’t pull in Art.31-A of the Indian Constitution.” The Court’s reasoning was based on the fact that “if each Demonstration in the Ninth Schedule would be secured by Art.31-A, this Article would become repetitive.” Further, they got support from the presence in the Ninth Schedule of laws irrelevant and reasoned that Art.31-B was not represented by Art.31-A.

It is submitted that this approach is quite deceptive, and the correct conclusion was stated by J. Bhagwati by an in-depth analysis in the celebrated judgment of Minerva Mills v. Union of India, when he expressed that “the Ninth Schedule of Art.31-B was not planned to incorporate laws other than those secured by Article 31-A.” In such manner, it is submitted that the right translation of the expression ‘without reference to the sweeping statement of Art.31-A’ can be understood through the accompanying method. The ambit of Article 31 is able to expand itself to cover five kinds of laws, comparing to sub-provisos a) to e) of its first clause. Presently, by giving that Art.31-B does not take away from the sweeping statement of Article 31-A, what is implied is that in spite of the fact that a law might be incorporated into the Ninth Schedule under Article 31-B, it, in no manner deprives a person of his rights that are protected under Article 31-A.

Evolution of the Concept of Judicial Review

Judicial Review plays an important part in the enforcement of the rights granted under the Indian Constitution. By acting as a cornerstone for the principle of constitutionalism, it may be justified as it upholds the principle of the rule of law and the doctrine of separation of powers. Basically, it comprises the power of the Courts to render any law or order, unconstitutional or void based on its inconsistency with the basic motto behind the law of the land.

Prior to studying the role of the judiciary in reviewing the laws inserted under the 9th schedule, it’s important, firstly to discuss the history and evolution of judicial review. The Arthashastra, written by Chanakya, Smritis, and, Dharmashastras may be counted as one of the earliest sources that show the existence of the judiciary. The time when they were written had the firm belief that the law is always above the rule so that the government cannot enforce a law which is tyrannical in nature. Although the King was considered as the fountain and prominent source of justice, he himself was expected to resolve all disputes based on the principle of Dharma. Even during the Mughal period, the highest judge in the kingdom used to be the King.

Similarly, in ancient Greek also, the philosophers emphasized in the welfare of people and their relation with law, and opposed every law which was unjust and tyrannical. Aristotle by interpreting the philosophies of Plato in a more practical form concluded that “the nature of the law should be in consonance with Constitutional values.

In the UK and USA, the advent of judicial review emerged much earlier in comparison to India. In Britain, it was due to Lord Coke’s instrumental role in Dr. Bonham’s case (1610) which ascertained that the Common law is always above the House of Commons. Similarly, in the USA, the judicial review was established in the case of Marbury v Marsden but the doctrine traces its origin to the Bonham case which is regarded as a social and political heritage from Britain. The judgement in Marbury derived the doctrine of judicial review from the written constitution itself and subsequently designated the constitution as the supreme law and States the need for a more rigorous statutory interpretation.

In India, during the post-independence period, due to the emergent need of enforcing the individual as well as the group rights, the concept of judicial review was considered as a necessity. In the broader scale there are mainly three aspects of judicial review, they are-

Judicial review of administrative actions

Reviewing Judicial pronouncements, and

Review of the action of the legislature.

Unlike in the USA, where the nature of the judicial review is more substantial, India has a more procedural review system. In addition, Indian Judicial review has its root directly in several Articles of the Indian Constitution e.g. Article 13, 32, 131 to 136, 143, 226 and 227 etc. which is not a case in countries like the USA.

Importance of Judicial Review

Judicial review, as has been mentioned earlier, due to its inherent nature with Constitutional norms, is responsible for balancing the interests and powers of different organs of the government and in assisting in the maintenance of control by marking a boundary to limit uneven encroachment of the authorities towards a person’s constitutional rights and among themselves. It’s important to state Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s observation on judicial review. He remarked in the Constitutional Assembly,

“If  I was asked to name any particular Article in the Constitution as the most important, it is Article 32 without which the Constitution would be a nullity- it would not refer to any other Article except this one.  It is the very soul of the Constitution and the very heart of it and I am glad that the house had realized its importance”.

Judgements after the 1st amendment

Initially after the institution of Art. 31B and 9th schedule, the court agreed with the government that such provisions are necessary for agrarian reforms and in the establishment of equality on a larger level. But, the tussle between judiciary started from the case of Golaknath v. State of Punjab (1967) and continued until landmark judgement in Keshavananda Bharati (1973).

The facts of the Golaknath case- The Golaknath family owned 500 acres of land in Punjab. But, due to Punjab Security and Land Tenures Act of 1953, they were only allowed to keep 30 acres of land with them. They challenged the act on the grounds of violation of their fundamental rights of property. The foremost question before the court was- Can fundamental rights be amended?

Judgement- the Parliament cannot curtail the fundamental rights of an individual.

Keshavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala– The court upheld the judgement in Golaknath and introduced a new concept of “Basic structure of the Indian Constitution” and stated that, “all provisions of the constitution can be amended but those amendments which will abrogate or take away the essence or basic structure of constitution which included Fundamental Rights are fit to be struck down by the court”.

Waman Rao v. Union Of India– In this important judgement, the Apex Court ruled that, “those amendments which were made in the constitution before 24th April 1973 (date on which judgement in Keshavananda Bharati was delivered) are valid and constitutional but those which were made after the stated date are open to being challenged on the ground of constitutionality and the State is only immunized for its acts before the judgement in Keshavananda Bharati. This is also known as “Doctrine of Prospective Over-Ruling” which means that ‘only what follows after is bound to abide by the rules and what has happened earlier will not be taken in the account’

I R Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu-Two important questions were referred to the higher bench by the constitutional bench of 5 judges which remained unanswered in the judgement in Waman Rao. The questions were,

 Can an Act or the part which violates Arts. 14, 19 or 21 be included in 9th schedule?

 Is it mandatory that only a constitutional amendment which destroys the basic structure be struck down?

Judgement- It was held that every law must be tested under Art. 14, 19 and 21 if it came into force after 24th April 1973. In addition, the court upheld its previous rulings and declared that any act can be challenged and is open to scrutiny by the judiciary if it is not in consonance with the basic structure of the constitution. In addition, it was held that if the constitutional validity of any law under the ninth schedule has been upheld before, in future it cannot be challenged again. Thus, it put a check on the legislature to formulate laws so that they do not take away the rights of the citizen and thus settled all the dilemmas prevailing over the law under the 9th schedule.

The Doctrine of Basic Structure

The doctrine of basic structure is established on the basis of the difference between constituent power which is considered as the original power of framing the constitution and the nature of constituent power which the Parliament possess through the aid of Article 368. It is argued that by adding the words “constituent power” in Article 368, the parliament cannot be considered similar to the Constitution Assembly. It is always the Parliament which must follow the laws established through a controlled Constitution.

While evolving, the issue which was mainly examined was the issue of ‘use of the device under Article 31B to immunize the laws under ninth schedule’. In Waman Rao, the court answered in the affirmative by making the part three of the constitution inapplicable to such laws which were incompatible with basic structure doctrine and were placed under the ninth schedule. It was stated by the apex court that such act of the legislature of putting the laws violative of fundamental rights under the ninth schedule will remove the control over legislative power and will render the basic structure doctrine redundant.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the whole purpose of the basic structure doctrine is to save the golden triangle of article 21 read with articles 14 and nineteen excluding the entire part 3 of the constitution from the effect of the laws placed under the ninth schedule.

Scope of judicial review for laws placed under 9th Schedule

Before discussing further, in one word it may be said that the scope of reviewing the laws placed under 9th schedule is limited. The first amendment was brought by the parliament after the Kamleshwar case and with the insertion of article 31B along with the 9th schedule for giving effect to agrarian reforms. The provisions inserted were made to provide immunity to the laws inserted under them from judicial encroachment.

After the first amendment, the major landmark case in which the question of immunity granted to parliament was presented before the court was the case of Shankari Prasad. It was asked that whether Article 31B read with schedule 9 was unconstitutional by excluding the scope of judicial review. It was contended that excluding judicial scrutiny for such laws will amount to a violation of Article 13(2).

The Court rejected the petition by stating that “there is a chart clear demarcation between ordinary law and constitutional law, and so, the amendments made under Article 368 are not affected by the application of article 13 (2). In addition, the parliament under Article 368, is empowered to amend the fundamental rights also and at such instances judicial encroachment is impermissible.

But, at a later stage, in Golaknath case, it was held that the parliament has no power to amend the fundamental rights including the provisions on personal property. The parliament aggrieved by the judgement in Golaknath, passed the 24th amendment in 1971, which empowered it to amend any part of the Constitution including the fundamental rights.

This stage i.e. the years following 24th amendment may be considered as the years of a tussle on the issue of power and authority between the legislature and the Indian Judiciary which followed its course until the landmark judgement in Kesavananda Bharati (24 April 1973).

In its decision in Kesavananda Bharati case, the Apex Court through its largest constitutional bench of 13 judges stated that “although the amendments made under Article 368 are Constitutional, the court is entitled to reject any of them if their nature is such that ‘they may violate the basic structure of the Indian Constitution”. The criteria would be to check whether the concerned statute has the potential to violate any article which acts as a touchstone for the whole Indian Constitution.

This case put a check on the enormous power of the parliament through the introduction of basic structure doctrine and made the judiciary more powerful. This case is also regarded as the saviour of Indian democracy.

However, when a similar matter reached the court in Indira Gandhi v Raj Narain, regarding 39th amendment by the parliament which added some controversial laws under the ninth schedule, the court held that “ordinary laws placed under 9th schedule cannot be subjected to basic structure test and only the constitutional amendments which are made through Article 368 are prone to judicial scrutiny if they are violative of basic structure.

But, even after the judgement in the Keshavananda Bharati case, the legislature tried to threaten judicial review by passing the 42nd amendment which again opened the way for amending the fundamental rights. However, this fraud which was committed by the parliament through 42nd amendment was later corrected by the Apex Court in Minerva Mills case.

In Minerva Mills, the Supreme Court struck down clauses 4 and 5 which were added to Article 368 through 42nd amendment and observed that “the donee of a limited power cannot convert his limited power into unlimited one by exercising the power that he possesses”. The doctrine of basic structure and the judgement in the case of Minerva Mills was later affirmed in many subsequent judgements including Waman Rao v Union of India, I R Coelho and M Nagaraj.

Conclusion

While concluding, it may be stated that it was some sort of deliberate attempt of the constitution framers to exclude the scope of judicial review for the laws placed under the ninth schedule. This is evident from the fact that the nature of the right to property was, from its inception, such to invite various disputes. However, the misuse of Article 31B and ninth schedule started only after the 4th amendment when few non-agrarian laws were excluded from the scope of judicial scrutiny.

But ultimately, due to the intervention of the Apex Court from Shankari Prasad to Keshavananda Bharati had ensured to put a check on the powers of the law making body by describing the basic structure of the Indian Constitution. It may be stated that when the parliament deleted the law of the right to property through the 44th amendment, it should have amended the provisions of the ninth schedule to allow judicial review. But, it didn’t happen and thus, Article 31B along with ninth schedule continued to act as a blanket of the parliament to include any law that it considers fit and proper, opening the possibility of the abuse and misuse of 9th schedule.

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C.A Dated On 25-06-2019

C.A Dated On 25-06-2019 GS-2 Cancer in India: The projected cancer cases were computed using projected incidence rates and population (personyears), said a note to the table annexed by the government to its reply. What does data says?  Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, the country’s most and second-most populous states, also recorded the highest incidence of cancer by absolute numbers in the three years between 2016 and 2018,l  The estimated incidence of cancer cases (for both men and women) in Uttar Pradesh were 2,45,231; 2,57,353; and 2,70,053 for the years 2016, 2017, and 2018 respectively.  The corresponding numbers for Maharashtra were 1,32,726; 1,38,271; and 1,44,032. Among the lowest estimated incidence was seen in Haryana and Assam, the smaller among the major states.  The projected cancer cases were computed using projected incidence rates and population (person-years), said a note to the table annexed by the government to its reply.  The absolute numbers suggested the fastest year-on-year increase in the incidence of cancer was estimated for Bihar (5.38% from 2016 to 2017, and 5.37% from 2017 to 2018), the country’s third most populous state as per the 2011 Census. Steps taken by govt  The Health Ministry’s reply said the central government was “implementing Strengthening of Tertiary Care Cancer facilities scheme to support setting up of State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) in different parts of the country”. Dengue and Rainfall: Mumbai registered its first dengue death this year with 32-year-old Mulund resident on July 20. Health officials are seeing a surge in the viral infection, transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquito. The mosquitoborne infection has successively risen in the last few years in Mumbai. C.A Dated On 25-06-2019 What is dengue? Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that peaks from Monsoons every year. In Mumbai, the cases have risen from 919 in 2015 to 1003 in 2018. In the same period, the suspected dengue cases significantly rose from 12,447 to 14,110. This year already 71 dengue cases have been confirmed by the BMC till July 14. Role of weather  Unlike malaria mosquito (Anopheles) that breeds in water accumulating in open areas, Aedes aegypti mosquito breeds in freshwater in the peri-domestic atmosphere, meaning petri  The dishes, under refrigerator plates, water containers, on sagged tarpaulin sheets, in households. The mosquito’s reach to human beings becomes closer.  During heavy rainfall, water continuously accumulates and gets washed away, thus sweeping away any mosquito larvae.  In Mumbai, however, the last fortnight has seen a dry spell, forcing rainwater to remain stagnant.  This kind of weather is best suited for mosquitoes to breed and multiply. “The mosquito’s life cycle is 7-8 days, to grow from larvae to adult stage.  With the dry spell, the water is not washed away and remains stagnant allowing the larvae to develop into an adult mosquito,). Situation in India  Dengue is prevalent in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan towards west, Delhi, Harayana, Punjab in north, West Bengal towards east and most of southern India. Till May 26, 2019, 5,504 dengue cases have been recorded by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP).  In 2018, provisional records show 172 people died due to dengue and 1.01 lakh people were infected. Punjab (14,980), Maharashtra (11,011) and Gujarat (7,579) accounted for maximum cases. C.A Dated On 25-06-2019  “The reason for these states to have higher cases is not only weather but also infrastructure to confirm dengue diagnosis. Maharashtra has 42 laboratories that help in more case detection,” Jagtap said.  This year, 23,000 samples have already been screened for dengue virus. Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Why in news? The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to amend the Inter State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 to streamline the adjudication of inter-State river water disputes. Salient features  A key feature of the Bill is the constitution of a single tribunal with different benches, and the setting of strict timelines for adjudication.  Benches will be set up under the single tribunal. A retired Supreme Court judge will head the tribunal.  There will be benches formed as and when required. The benches though will be wound up once a dispute is resolve, sources said. The 2017 Bill could not get parliamentary nod.  The tribunal will be mandated to deliver final award in two years and it is proposed that whenever it gives order, the verdict gets notified automatically, the sources said.  As per the current provisions of the 1956 Act, a tribunal can be formed after a State government approaches the Union government with such a request and the Centre is convinced of the need to form the tribunal.  At present, there are nine Tribunals including those on Cauvery, Mahadayi, Ravi and Beas, Vansadhara and Krishna rivers. C.A Dated On 25-06-2019 GS-3 Global Innovation Index 2019 Why in news? India has jumped five places to rank 52 in the Global Innovation Index 2019, up from the 57 it had in last year’s rankings. Earlier Performance  India’s rise in the rankings has been a consistent trend over the last few years. It had ranked 81 in 2015, which rose to 66 in 2016, 60 in 2017 and 57 in 2018.  “The performance improvement of India is particularly noteworthy,” the report, brought out by the UN World Intellectual Property Organisation, INSEAD and CII, said. Most innovative  “India continues to be the most innovative economy in central and southern Asia — a distinction held since 2011 — improving its global rank to 52 in 2019.  “India is consistently among the top in the world in innovation drivers such as ICT services exports, graduates in science and engineering, the quality of universities, gross capital formation — a measure of economy-wide investments — and creative goods exports,” the report added.  The report also highlighted that India stands out in the world’s top science and technology clusters, with Bengaluru, Mumbai, and New Delhi featuring among the top 100 global clusters. C.A Dated On 25-06-2019  “Given its size — and if progress is upheld — India will make a true impact on global innovation in the years to come.  Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, who released the report, said that India’s hope of increasing the size of the economy to $5 trillion cannot happen without significant innovation. Sovereign bonds Why in news? In her maiden Budget speech earlier in this month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced something that no previous FM had done. She said that the Indian “government would start raising a part of its gross borrowing programme in external markets in external currencies”. According to most reports, this type of borrowing is likely to start by October with the initial amount of $10 billion. What exactly are sovereign bonds? o A bond is like an IOU. The issuer of a bond promises to pay back a fixed amount of money every year until the expiry of the term, at which point the issuer returns the principal amount to the buyer. o When a government issues such a bond it is called a sovereign bond. o Typically, the more financially strong a country, the more well respected is its sovereign bond. o Some of the best known sovereign bonds are the Treasuries (of the United States), the Gilts (of Britain), the OATS (of France), the Bundesanleihen or Bunds (of Germany) and the JGBs (of Japan). And what is the controversial part? C.A Dated On 25-06-2019  The current controversy relates to India’s sovereign bonds that will be floated in foreign countries and will be denominated in foreign currencies.  In other words, both the initial loan amount and the final payment will be in either US dollars or some other comparable currency.  This would differentiate these proposed bonds from either government securities (or G-secs, wherein the Indian government raises loans within India and in Indian rupee) or Masala bonds (wherein Indian entities — not the government — raise money overseas in rupee terms). . . So, why is India borrowing in external markets in external currency? o Possibly the biggest of these is that the Indian government’s domestic borrowing is crowding out private investment and preventing the interest rates from falling even when inflation has cooled off and the RBI is cutting policy rates. o If the government was to borrow some of its loans from outside India, there will be investable money left for private companies to borrow; not to mention that interest rates could start coming down. o Moreover, at less than 5%, India’s sovereign external debt to GDP is among the lowest globally. In other words, there is scope for the Indian government to raise funds this way without worrying too much about the possible negative effects. o Thirdly, a sovereign bond issue will provide a yield curve — a benchmark — for Indian corporates who wish to raise loans in foreign markets. o This will help Indian businesses that have increasingly looked towards foreign economies to borrow money. o Lastly, the timing is great. Globally, and especially in the advanced economies where the government is likely to go to borrow, the interest rates are low and, thanks to the easy C.A Dated On 25-06-2019 monetary policies of foreign central banks, there are a lot of surplus funds waiting for a product that pays more. o In an ideal scenario, it could be win-win for all: Indian government raises loans at interest rates much cheaper than domestic interest rates, while foreign investors get a much higher return than is available in their own markets. Then why are so many cautioning against this move? o The biggest potential fly in the ointment is the element of risk that comes into the picture when a government borrows in foreign markets and in foreign currency. o As N R Bhanumurthy and Kanika Gupta ( both of NIPFP) have shown recently, the volatility in India’s exchange rate is far more than the volatility in the yields of India’s Gsecs (the yields are the interest rate that the government pays when it borrows domestically). o This means that although the government would be borrowing at “cheaper” rates than domestically, the eventual rates (after incorporating the possible weakening of rupee against the dollar) might make the deal costlier. o Rajan has also questioned the assumption that borrowing outside would necessarily reduce the number of government bonds the domestic market will have to absorb. o That’s because if fresh foreign currency comes into the economy, the RBI would have to “neutralise” it by sucking the exact amount out of the money supply. o This, in turn, will require selling more bonds. If the RBI doesn’t do it then the excess money supply will create inflation and push up the interest rates, thus disincentivising private investments. o Lastly, based on the unpleasant experience of other emerging economies, many argue that a small initial borrowing is the thin end of the wedge. C.A Dated On 25-06-2019 o It is quite likely that the government will be tempted to dip into the foreign markets for more loans every time it runs out of money. o At some point, especially if India does not take care of its fiscal health, the foreign investors will pull the plug on fresh investments, creating dire consequences for India. Formation of Milky way Why in news? The Milky Way, home to our sun and billions of other stars, merged with another smaller galaxy in a colossal cosmic collision roughly 10 billion years ago, scientists said on Monday based on data from the Gaia space observatory. How did it happen?  The union of the Milky Way and the so-called dwarf galaxy Gaia-Enceladus increased our galaxy’s mass by about a quarter and triggered a period of accelerated star formation lasting about 2 to 4 billion years, the scientists said.  Galaxies of all types, including the Milky Way, began to form relatively soon after the Big Bang explosion that marked the beginning of the universe some 13.8 billion years ago, but were generally smaller than those seen today and were forming stars at a rapid rate.  Subsequent galactic mergers were instrumental in configuring galaxies existing now.  Certain stars with higher content of elements other than hydrogen or helium arose in the Milky Way, they found, and others with lower such content originated in Gaia-Enceladus, owing to its smaller mass.  While the merger was dramatic and helped shape the Milky Way, it was not a star-destroying calamity. Distance between Galaxy C.A Dated On 25-06-2019  The distances between stars in a galaxy are so huge — a galaxy is basically empty space — that the two galaxies intermix, change their global shape, more star formation may happen in one, and maybe the small one stops forming stars. Dragon tree in India: Why in news? Researchers discover Dracaena cambodiana in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong dist. Assam has added to India’s botanical wealth a plant that yields dragon’s blood — a bright red resin used since ancient times as medicine, body oil, varnish, incense and dye. This is for the first time that a dragon tree species has been reported from India.  About the tree  In India, the Dracaena genus belonging to the family Asparagaceae is represented by nine species and two varieties in the Himalayan region, the northeast and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. But Dracaena cambodiana is the only true dragon tree species, the study said.  Dracaena cambodiana is an important medicinal plant as well as an ornamental tree. it is a major source of dragon’s blood, a precious traditional medicine in China.  Several antifungal and antibacterial compounds, antioxidants, flavonoids, etc., have been extracted from various parts of the plant. Threats to tree  “Recent overexploitation to meet the increasing demand for dragon’s blood has resulted in rapid depletion of the plant. For this reason, the species is already listed in the inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of China.  The population size of the dragon tree species in Assam was estimated to be fewer than 50 mature individuals.  “The habitat of the plant is severely fragmented due to open excavation of a stone quarry and there is continuing decrease in its area of occupancy and number of mature individuals,” he said. C.A Dated On 25-06-2019  The Dracaena seeds are usually dispersed by birds.  But due to the large fruit size, only a few species of birds are able to swallow the fruits, thus limiting the scope of its natural conservation.  The study advocates conservation programme for Dracaena cambodiana in view of its medicinal, ornamental and ecological values.

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LONDON: A meeting, sponsored by Stephen Timms MP, in the UK Parliament on Monday discussed India’s controversial citizenship law and the countrywide protests, ARY News reported.

Lawyer and legal scholar Gautam Bhatia who is currently involved in the Supreme Court’s challenge to the legislation explained the brazenly discriminatory nature of the citizenship amendment act (CAA).

Read More: Spectator Index declares India 5th Most Dangerous Country of World

The potential for mass disenfranchisement of Muslims undermines the Indian citizenship guaranteed by the Constitution said Bhatia.

Several British MPs expressed their concern about the legislation, its implications for human rights and potential for mass disenfranchisement of Muslims, and the situation in India more generally.

Announcing the UK release of a jury report from the People’s Tribunal on State Action in Uttar Pradesh (India), she noted that it documented appalling violence against Muslims by the police accompanied by armed thugs affiliated to the ruling party and that this was a direct response to directions from the Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath who had called for ‘revenge’ to be carried out against the Muslim community for protesting.

Earlier on January 16, standing on a stage in the centre of one of India’s most prestigious universities, a firebrand politician looked out at the cheering supporters before him and issued a sharp challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Read More: Indian hegemony over disputed Kashmir can’t continue: Fakhar Imam

“The idea of India is under threat,” said Kanhaiya Kumar, a leftist politician from the northeastern state of Bihar, his voice rising in the cold evening air. “We will not stop. Let the government use force. Let them bring the police.” He paused. “We will rise to prove them wrong. Listen, Modi!”

“Freedom!” the crowd chanted after each line Kumar said from the stage, jabbing his hand in the air for emphasis and occasionally fingering the red scarf slung around his neck.

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Day by day Bulletin: Om Birla set to be elected LS Speaker, Modi to chair all-party meet on simultaneous polls; day's prime tales

http://tinyurl.com/y36qch8y Lok Sabha to formally elect the Speaker at the moment The 17th Lok Sabha will elect its Speaker on Wednesday because the Home meets on the third day of the continuing session. The BJP’s shock decide — Om Birla — is all set to win these polls unopposed after his candidature on Tuesday was backed by all NDA allies as additionally by the YSR Congress Celebration, the Biju Janata Dal and key Opposition parties, including the Congress. The BJP submitted a discover to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, proposing the identify of Birla — a two-time MP from the Kota-Bundi seat in Rajasthan — for the Speaker’s publish and bringing a movement for his election, which will likely be held on Wednesday. As per sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed 57-year-old Birla’s identify for the publish. The Rajasthan chief is taken into account to be near each Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. Birla’s shock nomination is seen by many within the BJP as a message from the highest management that the social gathering will promote leaders who maintain a low-profile and work on the floor degree. Narendra Modi outdoors Lok Sabha. PTI Prime minister to chair all-party meet on one nation one ballot proposal Modi will chair a gathering of chiefs of all political events who’ve no less than one member within the Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha to debate the implementation of the one nation, one ballot technique at three pm within the Parliament Library Constructing. West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will likely be conspicuous by her absence on the assembly. Mamata, who had additionally skipped the assembly of all chief ministers referred to as by the NITI Aayog in addition to Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, has communicated to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi that the matter of ‘one nation, one election’ required consultations with consultants, and the authorities ought to put together a white paper on it quite than hurrying ahead with the implementation. “A correct response on such a delicate and severe topic like ‘one nation, one election’ in such a short while wouldn’t do justice to the topic. The matter requires consultations with constitutional consultants, election consultants and above all, the social gathering members,” she wrote within the letter. “As an alternative of going about it hurriedly, I’d request you to kindly flow into a white paper on the topic to all political events, inviting their views by offering sufficient time. For those who solely achieve this, we will give concrete recommendations on this necessary topic.” Bihar encephalitis toll mounts to 111 The toll in suspected encephalitis instances has climbed to 110 on the SKMCH and Kejriwal hospital in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, and one affected person died within the neighbouring East Champaran district. Though a lot of the encephalitis instances have been reported from Muzaffarpur, case have additionally been reported from adjoining districts like East Champaran and Vaishali. Because the lychee fruit is being predominantly blamed for the unfold of the virus, the federal government has ordered the Meals Security Commissioner to gather and check samples of lychees being offered in markets to establish attainable poisonous content material. In the meantime, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who visited Muzaffarpur district on Tuesday, has directed the implementation of each short-term and long-term measures to enhance the scenario at SKMCH, which incorporates upgrading the 600 beds on the hospital to 2,500. “As many as 900 beds will likely be added by the subsequent 12 months, whereas the remaining will likely be added steadily. Apart from, the prevailing 50-bed paediatric ICU will likely be upgraded to 100 beds,” he stated, including {that a} relaxation home will likely be constructed for folks coming for remedy. South Africa face unbeaten New Zealand in battle for World Cup survival at Edgbaston New Zealand and South Africa will face off in Match 25 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Birmingham’s Edgbaston on Wednesday. The campaigns of the 2 groups, neither of whom have tasted World Cup success until date, have been contrasting to this point. Whereas the Black Caps discover themselves in a powerful place with three wins from 4 video games — their fixture towards India getting washed out — South Africa began off with three consecutive losses, collected their first level by means of a rained off sport towards West Indies earlier than hammering Afghanistan to gather their first win. South Africa Vs New Zealand is scheduled for three pm (IST). Fb pronounces unbiased consortium with 27 firms Fb has formally introduced its long-rumoured world cryptocurrency ‘Libra’, which it’s going to launch in 2020. It additionally revealed a non-profit consortium referred to as Libra Affiliation  — a bunch of 28 founding members, together with Fb, that has huge names in tech resembling Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, Lyft, Coinbase, eBay, Spotify, Vodafone, and so forth. Collectively, the group will collaborate to develop the Libra cryptocurrency challenge. NCLT to listen to Jet Airways’ chapter case at the moment The consortium of 26 bankers led by the State Financial institution of India, on Tuesday, took the grounded Jet Airways to the Nationwide Firm Legislation Tribunal to get well their dues of over Rs 8,500 crore. The tribunal will hear the matter on Wednesday. Began over 25 years in the past by airline-ticketing-agent-turned-entrepreneur Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways stopped flying on 17 April after it ran out of money. The unpaid lessors took away most of its 100-odd operational flights. The lenders have been making an attempt to promote the airline as a priority for the previous 5 months however have failed resulting from many a motive. David Tennant, Hayley Atwell be part of Netflix’s Criminals David Tennant and Hayley Atwell are visitor starring in Netflix’s police procedural drama Criminals, with episodes set in France, Germany, Spain and the UK. 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Ganga River water unfit for direct drinking, bathing: CPCB

New Delhi: The Ganga River drinking water is unquestionably unfit for “direct drinking” and only seven places from wherever it passes can be eaten after disinfection, the Central Air pollution Regulate Board (CPCB) has said.

According to the newest information with the CPCB, most of the Ganga River water in the Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal extend is unfit for consuming and bathing.

A map introduced by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows high level of coliform microorganisms in the river.

Out of 86 stay checking stations mounted in as lots of destinations, only seven parts have been uncovered to be healthy for ingesting just after disinfection procedure whilst 78 have been uncovered unfit.

The information has been collected by are living checking stations in the Ganga basin across the state to check out the top quality of the river water.

In the state wherever scores of people today flock to get a dip in the Ganga, which is regarded as as the lifeline of India, the CPCB states the river drinking water is so polluted that it is unfit for bathing, let by itself consuming.

Only 18 spots have been identified to be suit for bathing whilst 62 locations from in which it flows have been identified unfit.

Some stretches in Uttarakhand and two places in West Bengal are marked in inexperienced indicating drinking water can be eaten after disinfection when the relaxation of the river water is unfit for ingesting or bathing the whole way until it drains into the Bay of Bengal.

The 78 monitoring stations where the river h2o was identified unfit for drinking and bathing include Gomati river in Bhusaula-Bihar, Kanpur, Gola Ghat in Varanasi, Dalmau in Raebareli, Sangam in Allahabad, Ghazipur, Buxar, Patna, Bhagalpur, Howrah-Shivpur in West Bengal and other folks.

The 6 spots which were being located match for consumption under course A- in shape for consuming right after disinfection- are Bhagirathi at Gangotri, Rudraprayag, Devprayag, Raiwala- Uttarakhand, Rishikesh, Bijnor and Diamond Harbour in West Bengal.

The places observed fit for bathing under class B in river Ganga incorporate – Bhagirathi at Gangotri, Rudraprayag, Devprayag, Raiwala- Uttarakhand, Gharmukhteshwar, Rishikesh, Bijnor, Aligarh and many others, which includes four spots in West Bengal.

Even with various options in position to cleanse the river and instructions of the Countrywide Eco-friendly Tribunal to tackle river pollution, it would seem to be a significantly fetched fact.

The ministry of ecosystem, which is also involved with the cleansing of the river together with the ministry of water assets, explained industrial pollution has been checked as industrial units are now not discharging in the river.

“Namami Gange is a quite bold programme initiated by the Ministry of Water Resources and is implementing it. Permit us consider Ganga for illustration, two forms of factors are there- industrial squander and sewage squander. River pollution is thanks to 30 p.c industrial squander and relaxation of it is sewage.

“On the banking companies of River Ganga, there are over 1100 industrial models which discharge their squander into the river. Now, not a single industry is discharging black squander in the river. That is the stage to which we have brought it,” Union Surroundings Secretary C K Mishra mentioned.

Mishra also claimed that the problem was not a “happy” one but endeavours have been on.

“Sewage is a massive situation.Perform is likely on an it will consider a minimal although and at minimum each and every working day we monitor the water top quality. I am guaranteed no one is joyful with the circumstance and no one particular must be happy about the present point out of affairs, but initiatives are on,” he stated when questioned about river cleansing.

Nevertheless, environmental activist and attorney Vikrant Tongad, who also filed an RTI about the problem of the river, stated while government’s endeavours ended up considerable, it was not enough to tackle the situation.

“Efforts can be lauded but specified other measures such as general public participation and controlling agricultural squander created immediately after using pesticides are also required. The federal government experienced prepared to cleanse the river by 2020 but it can not be achieved till 2025,” he reported.

The CPCB map ‘Sustainability of River Ganga Water’ employs the standards of dissolved oxygen (much more than 6 mg/litre), biochemical oxygen desire (significantly less than 2 mg/litre), whole coliform levels (5000 for each 100 ml) and pH (variety concerning 6.5 and 8.5) to evaluate the overall health of the river.

Most of the polluted and unfit Ganga drinking water has been located with significant faecal coliform micro organism at 50,000 and over levels. @PTI

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Newspapers from India: Here is a list of the dominant free online newspapers, Magazines, news websites, online television and radio channels from India having access to the current news on local and international affairs.

o   Aajkal

o   Agra Samachar

o   Ahmedabad Mirror

o   All India News

o   Andhra Bhoomi

o   Andhra News

o   Asomiya Pratidin

o   Bangalore Mirror

o   Bengal Net

o   Bombay Samachar

o   Business Standard (EN)

o   Chennai Online

o   Daily Desher Katha

o   Daily Thanthi

o   Dainik Aikya

o   Dainik Navajyoti

o   Darjeeling Times

o   Deccan Herald (EN)

o   Desh Videsh Times

o   Deshonnati

o   Dinamalar

o   Divya Bhaskar

o   DNA

o   Economic Times

o   Financial Chronicle

o   Ganashakti

o   Great Andhra

o   Gujarat Samachar

o   Hari Bhoomi

o   Hindi Milap

o   Hindustan Times (EN)

o   In Today

o   India Today

o   India's News

o   International Business Times

o   Jai Hind

o   Kangla Online

o   Kashmir Observer

o   Kerala Kaumudi

o   Khas Khabar (HI)

o   Kutchmitra

o   Loksatta (Marathi)

o   Madhyamam

o   Mangalam

o   Milap

o   Money Control

o   Munsif

o   Nagaland Post

o   Nava Bharat

o   New Indian Express

o   News Today Live

o   NYT India

o   Online Indian News

o   Patrika

o   Poknapham

o   Pragativadi

o   Pratahkal

o   Pudhari

o   Punjab Kesari

o   Raj Express

o   Rashtriya Sahara

o   Rozana Spokesman

o   Sakaal Times

o   Samachaar

o   Samaya

o   Sandesh

o   Sangbad Pratidin

o   Seema Sandesh (HI)

o   Sikkim Express

o   State Times (EN)

o   Tamil Sudar

o   Telegraph

o   The Arunachal Times

o   The DayAfter

o   The Financial Express (EN)

o   The Hindu Business Line (EN)

o   The Sentinel

o   The Times of India (EN)

o   Thinaboomi (Tamil)

o   Times of Assam

o   Tir Yimyim

o   Tripura Info

o   United News of India

o   Uttar Banga Sambad

o   Vanglaini

o   Vijay Karnataka

o   Aapka Times

o   Agri Watch

o   Ajir Dainik Batori

o   Amar Ujala

o   Andhra Jyothi

o   Andhrabhoomi

o   Assam Tribune

o   Bartaman Patrika

o   Bihar Times

o   Business Line

o   Cal Online

o   Chennai Vision

o   Daily Excelsior

o   Daily Thanti (TA)

o   Dainik Bhaskar

o   Dainik Suprovat

o   Deccan Chronicle

o   Deepika

o   Deshabhimani

o   Dharitri

o   Dinamalar (Tamil)

o   Divya Bhaskar (Gujarati)

o   E Pao

o   Eenadu

o   Financial Express

o   Garhwal Post

o   Greater Kashmir

o   Gujarat Today

o   Headlines India

o   Hindu

o   Hitavada

o   India Notes

o   India.Com

o   Indusscitech

o   Jabalpur Express

o   Jammu and Kashmir

o   Kannada Prabha

o   Kashmir Times

o   Kerala Next

o   Kolkata Mirror

o   Lokmat

o   Maalai Malar

o   Mail Today

o   Mathrubhumi

o   Milli Gazette

o   Morung Express

o   Nafa Nuksan

o   Naidunia

o   Navbharat times (HI)

o   New Kerala

o   Newstrack India

o   O Heraldo

o   Orissa India

o   Patrika (HI)

o   Prabhasakshi

o   Praja Sakti

o   Pratahkal (HI)

o   Pune Mirror

o   Punjab Mail Online

o   Rajasthan Patrika (HI)

o   Rediff

o   Sahil Online

o   Sakal

o   Samachar

o   Sambad

o   Sandhya Jyoti Darpan

o   Sanjevani

o   Siasat

o   Sportskeeda

o   Statesman

o   Tamizhankural

o   Telugu People

o   The Asian Age (EN)

o   The Economic Revolution

o   The Free Press Journal (EN)

o   The Indian Express (EN)

o   The Shillong Times

o   Thejas

o   This Is My India

o   Times of Assam (EN)

o   Tribune

o   Tripura Times

o   Univarta

o   Vaartha

o   Vavraddeacho IXTT

o   Vir Arjun

o   Agra News

o   Ahmedabad

o   Ajit

o   Anandabazar Patrika

o   Andhra Jyothy (Telugi)

o   Asian Age

o   Assamiya Khabor

o   Bartaman Patrika (Bengali)

o   Bloomberg

o   Business Standard

o   Charhdikala

o   Chitralekha

o   Daily Lokmat (HI)

o   Dainik Agradoot

o   Dainik Jagran

o   Danik Navajtothi (HI)

o   Deccan Herald

o   Dehradun Classified

o   Deshbandhu

o   Dinakaran

o   Dinamani

o   DLA

o   Eastern Mirror

o   Ergo

o   Free Press Journal

o   General Daily

o   Gujarat Plus

o   Gurgaon News

o   Himgiri

o   Hindustan Times

o   Imphal Free Press

o   India Times

o   Indian Express

o   Inquilab

o   Jag Bani

o   Janmabhoomi

o   Kashmir Live

o   Kaumudi Online

o   Kesari

o   Kumudam

o   Loksatta

o   Maalai Sudar

o   Malayala Manorama

o   Meri News

o   Mint

o   Mumbai Mirror

o   Nagaland Page

o   Naidunia (Hindi)

o   NE India

o   News Today

o   Nobat

o   One India

o   Patna Daily

o   Pioneer

o   Prabhat Khabar

o   Prajavani

o   Press Trust of India

o   Punjab Globe

o   Punjab Newsline

o   Ranchi Express

o   Reuters

o   Sahil Online Net

o   Saksi

o   Samaj

o   Sambhaav

o   Sangai Express

o   Sanmarg

o   Sify

o   Star of Mysore

o   Suryaa

o   Tarun Bharat

o   That's Cricket

o   The Assam Tribune (EN)

o   The Economic Times (EN)

o   The Hindu (EN)

o   The Inquilab (Urdu)

o   The Telegraph (EN)

o   Thina Boomi

o   Tibet Times

o   Times of India

o   Tripura India

o   Udayavani

o   Upkhabar

o   Vaarttha (Telugi)

o   Viduthalai

o   Voice of Sikkim