14 JULY 2020, TUESDAY 141

“When you are able to shift

your inner awareness to how
you can serve others, and when
you make this the central focus
of your life, you will then be in a
position to know true miracles
in your progress toward
prosperity”
- Wayne Dyer

FAKE NEWS
Minister Ravi Shanker Claims Department Of Pharmaceuti-
cals Finalizing Guidelines For
Shri Gadkari To
Initiate New Economic
Corridor Projects In
Digital Divide Is Being Filled Selection Of Locations For Haryana
Claims Regarding The Issuance Of A Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union benchmark of succeed, India’s smartphones combined with Drug Parks Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union
Minister for Road Transport,
letter Is Entirely Bogus : PIB Electronics and Information movement has arrived. affordable data and
Technology Minister, said that On this occasion, Sundar world-class telecom Highways and MSMEs will
the existing digital divide is Pichai, CEO of Google, infrastructure. He also commence and lay the
As per the Union government’s statement, the bedrock of several Highway
being filled by the digital announced Google for India expressed Google’s eagerness
Press Investigation Bureau (PIB) has confirmed projects as part of a new
transformation charged by Digitisation Fund. He to work with the Indian
that there are certain sources which are claiming economic corridor worth over
Digital India. He said that it is declared that Google will government.
that a letter written by the Defence Minister to Rs 20 thousand crore in
also allowing the growth of invest an amount of Rs. 75 The Union Minister said
the Prime Minister is completely irrelevant as Haryana on 14th July 2020.
innovation in the country. thousand crore in India over that the digital payment and
no such letter has been officially circulated by This online reception will
Addressing the 6th the next 5 to 7 years. While direct benefit transfer changed
the same. Apart from this, the PIB further be chaired by the Chief
edition of Google for India expressing his gratitude to the digital landscape of India.
added that people should stay away from such Minister of Haryana Shri
via video conferencing, he Prime Minister Narendra He added that Digital India is
kind of scamps who in order to fulfil their Manohar Lal.
commented that Aadhar, UPI, Modi’s vision for digital India, continuously transforming the
ulterior motives are ready to play with certain In the online reception, several
GSTN and Aayushman he said India made huge lives of Indians through the
political matters. projects will be inaugurated
Bharat are operating on digital progress in getting billions of power of technology. D V Sadananda Gowda, and pharma institutes like
platforms and with this Indians online, low-cost which consists of the 35.45
Union Minister of Chemicals NIPER, IISER, AIIMS km 4-lane Rohna/Hasangarh
Must Read
and Fertilisers said that the among others. to Jhajjar section of NH 334B
1,39,000 Mt Food Department of With the aim of
EDUCATIONAL UPDATES Ministry Of Tourism Presents Grains Lifted by Pharmaceuticals is finalizing encouraging domestic
costing Rs 1183 crore, the 70
km 4-lane of Punjab-Haryana
37. CBSE 12th Results 2020 Announced 41st Webinar Titled ‘NadiVig- States Under
guidelines which form the
basis for objectively selecting
production of critical
APIs/KSM and medical
Border to Jind section of NH
71 costing Rs 857 crore, and
on cbseresults.nic.in, No ‘Fail’ But
‘Essential Repeat’
yan: A Complete Solution For PMGKAY locations of upcoming three
bulk drug parks and four
devices, in March the Union
Cabinet approved a scheme
the 85.36 km 2-lane with
paved shoulders Jind-Karnal
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Spinal Disorders’ Under Dekho Union minister Ram Vilas
Paswan proclaimed that out
medical devices parks in the for development of three bulk Highway on NH 709 costing
country. drugs and four medical
on Monday has declared the results for Class 12
examinations 2020, informed Union HRD Minister
Apna Desh Series. of 203 Lakh Metric Tonnes The Union Minister met devices parks in which
Rs 200 crore.
The projects for settling the
of food grains allocated for 5 Finance Minister of Punjab, Government of India will
Ramesh Pokhriyal on Twitter. Students can check continuously spreading spirit months from July to bedrock encompasses the 227
of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Manpreet Singh Badal who extend Grants-in-Aid to States km 6-lane access administered
their scores online on the official website of CBSE. November under extended
Bharat through virtual handed him the request letter with a maximum limit of Rs. Greenfield expressway from
Apart from it the students can also view their Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
platforms. for considering setting up of 1000 Crore per bulk drug Ismailpur to Narnaul on NH
marksheet on mobile apps like DigiLocker. Anna Yojana (PMGKAY),
Dr. Laxminarayan explained one of the proposed Bulk park and Rs 100 crore per 152D in 8 packages costing
Results of Class XII have been sent to all the 1.39 Lakh Metric Tonnes
how any imbalance of these Drug Park in Bhatinda, medical device parks. Rs 8650 crore, the 46 km
schools across the country on the IDs provided by food grains have been lifted
elements in the body leads to Punjab. Gowda expressed his The scheme for promotion 4-lane Gurugram
CBSE to the schools. Students may ask their school by the states.
several disorders. gratitude to Badal for showing of bulk drug park is expected Pataudi-Rewari segment of
administration,” tweets Minister Pokhriyal. Mr. Paswan said since 1st
Nadi Parikshan (or pulse interest in extending support to result in incremental NH 352W costing Rs 1524
Minutes after the announcement of the results, the July, over 11 Lakh Metric
diagnosis) helps in for the development of parks. production of bulk drugs crore, the 14.4 km 4-lane
official websites assigned to put out the results were Tonnes of food grains have
To enlighten people about the determining the problems or Speaking on the occasion, worth about Rs 46,400 crore, Rewari Bypass costing Rs
down due to the heavy traffic. The official CBSE been loaded and delivered to
ancient form of health disorders caused due to the Manpreet Singh Badal while scheme for promotion 928 crore, the 30.45 km
websites are still down. Read more the states through 396 rail
science- NadiVigyan and its imbalance of Vata, Pitta and commended Bhatinda for its of medical device park will 4-lane Rewari-Ateli Mandi
CBSE has decided to replace the term ‘FAIL’ by racks so far.
fruitful benefits in curing Kapha. The 72,000 nadis good connectivity, water and lead to incremental production part of NH 11 costing Rs
the term ‘Essential Repeat’. He also informed that from
various spinal disorders, spring from three basic nadis land availability. He also of medical devices worth 1057 crore, the 40.8 km
The board has announced the results on the basis 25th March to 30th of June
Ministry of Tourism – the left, the right and the added that the State already about Rs 68,437 crore. These 6-lane Narnaul Bypass on
of an alternate assessment scheme after the pending Food Corporation of India has
presented a webinar on central – the Ida, Pingala, and has the presence of some of schemes will also result in NH 148B, NH 11 and
exams were cancelled in view of spike in transported nearly 140 Lakh
‘NadiVigyan: A complete Sushumna. According to the biggest USFDA approved significant generation of jobs. Narnaul to Ateli Mandi
COVID-19 cases. Metric Tonnes food grains
solution for spinal disorders’ Hatha yoga, we can maintain pharmaceutical companies section of NH 11 costing Rs
As per the four-pointer scheme, marks have been through 4,999 railways.
awarded on basis of marks scored by a student in under Dekho Apna Desh the blood flow through Mr Paswan also said, that 1380 crore, the 40.6 km
his or her best performing subjects. webinar series. The 41st
session of the Dekho Apna
specific nadis by performing
few asanas.
Streamlining of wheat and Income Tax Dept. Launches Tool for 4-lane Jind-Gohana of NH
Trivandrum region records highest pass percentage 352A costing Rs 1207 crore.
at 97.67, Patna region records lowest pass Desh webinar series on 11th Dr. Arpita Negi
paddy from farmers under
procurement targets for the
Banks to Ascertain Tds Applicability Also, the 38.23 km 4-lane
percentage at 74.57. July 2020 was moderated by explained how performing Rabi season 2020-21 is Rates on Cash Withdrawals Gohana-Sonipat section of
CBSE has said that Class 12 results of 400 students Ms. various asanas like ongoing. He added FCI has NH 352A costing Rs 1502
The Income Tax Department withdrawal upto 20 lakh and
could not be computed as per decided assessment Rupinder Brar, Additional Makarasana (crocodile pose) procured 389.45 Lakh Metric crore, and the 40.47 km
has rolled out a functionality it can mark 5% if, exceeds
scheme. It will be announced later by CBSE. Director General, Ministry of which is also called as natural Tonnes wheat till July 11. 4-lane UP-Haryana Border to
for Banks and Post offices one crore rupees in case the
Girls have outranked boys in CBSE class 12 Tourism and was presented alignment pose, bhujangasana He said with the acquisition Roha on NH 334B costing
cognize the TDS applicability person is a non-filer of the
examination, record 5.96% higher pass percentage by Dr. Laxminarayan Joshi, (snake pose), shavasana and of 128.86 Lakh Metric Rs 1509 crore. These projects
rates on amount withdrawals. income-tax return.
than boys. CBSE has announced that merit list for Dean, Student Welfare, bhujang shavasana which is Tonnes paddy in the Rabi will provide people with the
Amount CBDT said
class 12 examination will not be put out. Founder and Faculty Head of the combination of season, a total of 750.17 Lakh assistance of better and
above 20 lakh Cong claims support of t h a t t h e
HRD Minister tweeted, “Dear Students, Parents Dept. of Yogic Science, bhujangasana and shavasana Metric Tonnes paddy have smooth connectivity between
rupees in case data on
and Teachers! CBSE has announced the results of Uttarakhand Sanskrit help in curing the various been procured hitherto in the 109 mlas in rajasthan states.
o f a Rajasthan Deputy minister. c a s h
Class XII and can be accessed at cbseresults.nic.in. University. spinal disorders and problems.
Dekho Apna Desh According to Hatha yoga, we
2019-20 season. non-payment Chief Minister Sachin Pandey, general withdrawal General Updates
We congratulate you all for making this possible. I o f
Pilot declared an open secretary in-charge of
t h e rebellion and claimed All India Congress which will
reiterate, Student’s health & quality education are Webinar Series is an effort to can maintain the blood flow
income-tax that the Ashok Gehlot Committee (AICC) be depicted J&K Government
our priority.” showcase India’s rich through specific nadis by Mp Govt To Run government in the Rajasthan, said that
return and that s t a t e w a s i n a some other MLAs are by this tool Issues Guidelines
Earlier, a fake release had surfaced on social diversity under Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat and it is
performing few asanas.
R o k o - To k o of above one minority, with in touch with Gehlot indicates
For The Arrival
media which stated that the Class XII results will be Congress leader and they will also sign

announced on July 11 and Class X results will be
out on July 13. Banks and pos can access tds
rates conveniently
UPSC Confirmed The Results Of The Income Tax Department
Recruitment 2020 has introduced new TDS
norms at banks and post
offices. As per the modified
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has norms, if an income tax filing
finalised the recruitment results during the month of person withdraws more than
March, April and May, 2020. The candidates who 1 crore of cash, TDS would
have been shortlisted are apprised by post be deducted at a rate of 2%.
individually. The Tax Deduction at Source
The Union Public Service Commission is India's (TDS) for income tax
premier central recruiting agency. It is responsible
defaulters is higher than the
for appointments to and examinations for All India
tax filers. The TDS
services and group A & group B of Central
applicability rate for cash
services. While the Department of Personnel and withdrawal exceeding 20
Training is the central personnel agency in India. Lakhs is 2%, and a 5% rate
is applied for withdrawal
exceeding INR 1 crore.
The Income Tax
Department has made the
process convenient for banks
and post offices. Since July 1,
they only have to enter the
PAN details of the person
withdrawing money, to know
applicable TDS rates. The
entire process has been made
online by connecting it with
the bank's internal core
banking solutions.
The department said that
this step would drive India
towards a cashless economy.
Moreover, it would help to
keep a record of non-filers of
income tax returns, and
would also put a halt on
black money fluidity. As of
now, more than 53,000
verification requests have
been processed successfully
through this facility, the
department stated.
Campaign
Madhya Pradesh,
government will now run a
the
Roko -Toko means stop and
campaign for those who do
not wear masks. Now
selected voluntary
organizations will provide
masks to the people who do
not wear masks in public
places and will charge an
amount of Rs 20 per mask
from the concerned.
In the guidelines issued
by the state government, it
has been said that the
collector will select
voluntary organizations in
the district for this work.
Collectors will make
available suitable places to
these organizations for the
distribution of masks. The
selected organizations will
be provided 100 masks
created under 'Jeevan Shakti
Yojana' on credit. On sale of
the mask, the organizations
will pay the concerned urban
body at the rate of Rs 11 per
mask.
c r o r e Avinash Pandey the letter soon. He said that huge
Of Tourists
rupees in case saying on Monday that whip has asked all amount of
that 109 MLAs had to attend the Congress
of a filer of signed letters of Legislature Party c a s h i s The Jammu and Kashmir
the income-tax support to the chief meeting. b e i n g government has issued
return, TDS is withdrawn guidelines for arrival of tourists
being ascertained. PC Modi by the persons who have in the union territory. It has
chairman of central boards of never filed income-tax returns. decided to open the tourism
direct This sector in a phased manner
taxes said device is from tomorrow. In the first
hitherto able to phase, tourism will be limited
only to those arriving by air.
m o r e cover
The RT-PCR testing of all
than 53 those
tourists on arrival has been
thousand who are
made compulsory.
verifica- trying to
The tourists also need to
t i o n h i d e
requests have been entertained from filing the taxes and can have confirmed hotel bookings
successfully on this facility. curb dirty money, the Finance before visiting the Union
This has been launched to Act, 2020 further amended territory. The proof of the
same shall be checked on
make easier for banks to Income-tax Act from july 1,
arrival. All tourists must have
attain TDS from cash to lower limit of cash
withdrawer. This tool is withdrawal to 20 lakh rupees confirmed return air tickets
available on IT E-PORTAL. for the applicability of this also. Taxis or transport
BANKS can enter the PAN TDS for the non-filers. It also facilities need to be pre-booked
of the person withdrawing been made mandatory to fill via the hotel. J&K Tourism
cash for ascertaining the TDS at the higher rate of 5 will provide a list of such
hotels and travel agencies.
applicable rate of TDS. OTP per cent on cash withdrawal
Persons above the age of 65
will be shared on the mobile exceeding one crore rupees
should avoid coming on a
number. TDS is cut at 2% by the non-filers.
tourism holiday.
rate of interest for the
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DAILY SPECIAL PAGE
REVISITING LONAVALA
ill stations always suffice our cravings. If one plans believed to be the oldest ones in a snake’s hood. At the top, there The next stop is the Pawana
hold a special place in to visit Lonavala, then how can India. is the Mahadeva Temple, where Lake, which offers a spectacular
our hearts. The sight he miss the Tiger’s Leap? After a tiring zig-zag trail to one can offer some religious landscape, is another notable
of fog-covered Sitting at a height of 650 meters caves from the village, one can worshipping. It is to be noted picnic spot. The lake’s natural
mountains, drizzle in the above the sea level, the Tiger’s take a refreshing dip in the that Duke’s Nose attracts the beauty also provides a distant
morning, and the warm Leap has become an important nearby waterfall. The next maximum adventurous souls for view of Lohagad Fort, Tikona
condominiums make us fall tourist attraction in the place. It destination is the Bhushi Dam hiking, trekking, rock climbing, Fort, and Tunga Fort, which
head over heels for any hilly got this name because of its which is an ideal spot for a etc. No place is complete makes it a natural background
place. Sometimes, such places unique shape that resembles a picnic with friends and family. without the touch of history and for beautiful photographs. The
make a perfect destination for a tiger leaping the valley. For the Although swimming is to see the history that a place best time to visit this place is
small weekend trip. Our country adventurous souls, this place prohibited because of the houses, we must visit its forts. definitely during the monsoons,
is blessed with so but one can also
many hill stations visit during winter.
that we have lost Then next, we head
the count. But, to the Ryewood
whatever it is, no Park. The park,
matter whichever situated near the
state we visit, our Lonavala market,
search for at least was originally a
one hill station botanical garden,
remains a but it got renovated
compulsory thing. into a park. It boasts
Although one of richness in the
cannot spend ten variety of flora
days long in a hill along with some old
station, a two-day trees and
visit fulfills all our ornamental plants.
hearty desires. So No matter, how
today, we will be many beautiful
exploring another parks or lakes we
hill station. visit, we remain
Located in drawn towards
Maharashtra, history. This going
Lonavala will back to history,
always remain an again and again,
escape from the hue takes us to the
and cry of the city. This popular Rajmachi Fort, which is also
tourist destination of the state is becomes a mandatory visit for inconsistent water flow, this The Tikona Fort, a popular site known as Manoranjan Balekilla.
often called ‘ The Jewel of some hiking and trekking. Also, place remains densely crowded of history from the Maratha This fort was built during the
Sahyadri’ and the ‘City of a picnic day-out with our loved during the monsoons. Empire, got its names because of time of Chatrapati Shivaji and
Caves’. The marvelous setting ones at the Tiger’s Leap will Entering the Duke’s Nose (Oh, its triangular shape. The this site comprises two
of the hill station boasts of green completely satisfy our hearty not literally!) now, this place is entrance to the fort is through a fortresses-Shrivardhan and
valleys, stunning waterfalls, desires. Moving on to some another remarkable vantage small cave, which would again Manoranjan, which were built to
lakes, and caves. Not only these, adventure, there are the Bhaja point in Lonavala. It got its take us through a guard tower keep an eye on the surroundings.
but the place also includes Caves situated in the Bhaja name after the Duke of and five more caves. Within the It gives a natural and verdant
historical sites, religious village in Lonavala. Wellington because of its fort, there is a dilapidated temple view of the surroundings, along
wonders. etc. Classified as a national resemblance, but it is also and a massive stone wheel. At with some temples, one among
Only talking about how monument, the caves belong to known as ‘Nagpani’ because of the top, there are few water which is the Kal Bhairava
beautiful the place is won’t the 2nd century BCE and are its shape which again resembles tanks and a Buddhist cave. Mandir.

INVENTION OF MEMORY CARD

uman civilization always
has needed to store
information. But how did
we come from parchment
scrolls to cloud storage? Can you
imagine your mobile phone only
with some 'Kb' of storage? The
storage system started with merely
some 'Kb'.
In 1890, Punch cards prevail
much before than electrical
computers. They were first used in
1725 in the textile industry to control
mechanized textile looms, but then
Herman Hollerith used them in the
1890s for the census calculation of
the rapidly growing US population.
A punch card was a thick sheet of
paper with holes punched through it
in patterns that could then be
interpreted. In 1950, Magnetic tape
came after the paper, which worked
in the same manner but had more
storage capacity. It was stored in a
roll. This is one of the oldest
technologies for electronic data
storage. It had a high capacity, low
cost, and long durability.
In 1956, IBM's first hard drive
was invented. It was known as the
IBM Model 350 Disk File that came
with the IBM 305 RAMAC
computer in 1956. It had 50 24-inch
discs with a total storage capacity of
5 million alphanumeric characters,
which totals to about 5 MB. But the
funny thing was, the IBM 305
RAMAC computer weighed over a
ton!
In 1963, the first compact audio
cassette was introduced by Philips.
They originally intended to use it for
dictation machines, but it
unexpectedly became popular for
distributing music. The compact
cassette was also a popular way of
data storage for personal computers multimedia data. It was developed and commercialized by the Toshiba
in the late 70s and 80s. Then we were by Panasonic, Philips, Sony, and Company in 1987. It was released
introduced with Floppy disk in the Toshiba together. In 1999, the with around 500MB of storage
year 1971. companies SanDisk, Matsushita, and which eventually reached up to
The invention of the floppy disk Toshiba agreed to develop and 32GB.
started in IBM as an alternative to market
buying hard drives, which was very t h e
expensive at that time. The result Secure
was the first, 8-inch floppy disk in Digital
1971. It had a capacity of 79,7 kB ( S D )
and was read-only. In 1960, James T. Memory
Russel thought of using light to Card,
record and replay music. He the basis
invented the flop optical digital of which
television recording and playback is flash
television in 1970. But fortunately, memory.
in 1975, he got paid to develop the It was
compact disc (CD). invented
During the year 1995, DVD or by Fujio
Digital Video Disc was the next Masuo-
generation of digital disc storage. It ka at
was a bigger and faster alternative to Toshiba
the compact disc and served to store in 1980
3
INTERNATIONAL
MISCELLANEOUS
U.S Congress Needs Compromise
Vestian: a great place to work To Extend Covid-19 Unemployment
Payments : PelosiU.S Congress
Needs Compromise To Extend
Covid-19 Unemployment Payments
: Pelosi
Vestian ranks 12th in India's Great Mid-Size Democratic House
Workplaces for 2020 and has been recognized as a Speaker Nancy Pelosi said
'Great Place to Work in the Real Estate Sector'. on Sunday she believes
Speaking on the occasion, Michael Silver, U.S. lawmakers can find a
Chairman - Vestian, said, " We are elated to have compromise on extending
been adjudged amongst the top 25 great mid-sized jobless benefits and
workplaces in India. We believe that the human unemployment insurance
capital at Vestian is what makes us what we are for Americans struggling
today. amid
It's a testament to the dedication of our people corona-
working together in a truly diverse, multicultural virus
environment. We have a vibrant and hardworking p a n -
team, and we continually strive for a positive and demic
nurturing work environment. We remain firmly shut-
committed to further enhancement of the culture downs.
and values that we have collectively created." “We
'Great Place to Work' is the global authority on have to find a
building, sustaining, and recognizing high-trust, compromise because we
high-performing workplace cultures. must extend it,” Pelosi
In India, Great Place to Work produces the said on CNN’s “State of
annual lists of India's Best Companies along with the Union.” The top
other Best Workplaces lists in all major industry Republican in the U.S.
sectors. House of Representatives
has said it would not be
Kargil Farmers Ready To productive to extend the
extra unemployment
Harvest Barley Crop benefits that were
included in coronavirus
Some Kargil farmers have been successful in
harvesting a large amount of Barley crop this year,
even after the nationwide imposed lockdown. The Postal Voting For Over 70000
farmers are hoping to harvest a bumper crop of Srilankan Officials Begins Amid
Barley along with a second crop, in the coming
months. New Covid-19 Threat
According to some farmers, the lockdown helped In Sri Lanka, postal voting
in reducing labour costs, as all the family members for upcoming
were available for farm work. Recently, the parliamentary elections
Ladakh Lt. Governor has also launched a began today even as there
greenhouse project in the region, which would help is growing concern over
the farmers in deep winters. The Union Territory is COVID cases detected
stepping towards a Carbon neutral zone, which from a rehabilitation
would also mitigate climate change issues. center over past few
Village of Goma Kargil has sufficient water days.The postal voting
sources, which would help them in harvesting
larger produce.
will continue till 21st of
this month while polling
The other villages in the district, including Baroo
and Hundermaan, are still struggling with
calamities, such as drought. Mayor Of Seoul, Park Won-Soon
Summoned For Four Years Of
Sexual Harassment
AWARDS & RECOGNITION A harassed
previous
SMT WINS FOR ITS DRUG Secre-
tary of
ELUTING STENT IN ITALY t h e
mayor
of Seoul
- who
passed
on a week ago in evident
suicide - has blamed him
for four years of sexual
harassment. Park
Won-Soon long was one
of South Korea's most
powerful pioneers and
was viewed as a potential
presidential competitor.
At a news meeting on
Monday, legal advisors
for the supposed casualty
said the mayor sexually
India’s Sahajanand Medical Technologies’ (SMT)
Manchester city escape champions league ban after
Italian partner ‘Eukon’ has won the first national
tender for their drug-eluting stent (DES), Supraflex
cas appeal
Cruz DES SMT.
This is India’s biggest win in Italy and the
selection was made through an open tender, which Manchester City have won
focused primarily on quality in terms of superior their appeal to the Court of
technology and clinical trial. The company, via its Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
Italian partner, has signed an agreement with the over alleged financial fair
Italian government to deliver up to 40,000 play violations and are free
biodegradable polymer-coated DES Supraflex’ to play in the Champions
stents by 2022. League next season, it was
Out of the eight major medical device announced on Monday.
companies that had participated, the selection City were originally banned
committee chose SMT as the winner. It could from European
secure the top rank because of its outstanding competitions for two
clinical data and a strong record of safety and seasons but won their
efficacy. Gaurav Goel, head of SMT’s Western appeal to CAS.
Europe division, said that their victory is the The Court of Arbitration
validation of their world-class standards, best for Sport announced the
product performance, and clinical data. The club were cleared of
Superflex family has been manufactured in India “disguising equity funds as
and has proven to be at par with Abbott’s Xience sponsorship contributions”.
family. In Italy, the market size for stents, annually, UEFA issued the ban in
February after ruling City
had committed “serious
relief legislation earlier
this year. The benefits
expire on July 31.
Minority Leader Kevin
McCarthy and other
Republicans point to
statistics showing many
Americans receive more
money
from the
extended
unemploy-
m e n t
benefits
than they
earned
when they were at work.
Republicans and
Democrats have been
debating how to help the
country recover from the
economic effects of the
novel coronavirus, which
led to business closures
that have thrown tens of
millions of Americans out
of work.
for 225 member
parliament is scheduled
for 5th of next month.
Over seven lakh state
sector workers are eligible
for postal votes.
Earlier, the voting was
suspended in one division
because of rising number
of COVID cases there.
her for
f o u r
years.
The lady
said the
mayor
sent her
photos
of himself in his clothing,
and called her into the
room in his office,
requesting her to hug him.
The appeal on the South
Korean presidential site,
where individuals
normally start crusades,
was marked over 560,000
times. On Sunday, a court
in Seoul dismissed a
directive to stop the open
funeral service.
SPORTS
breaches”
o f
Financial
Fair Play
regulations
between
2012 and
2 0 1 6 .
City’s fine
has been
cut from
€ 3 0 m
(£26.9m)
to €10m.
I n
delivering the ruling, CAS
said City did “fail to
cooperate with UEFA
authorities” but overturned
the decision by UEFA’s
club financial control body
14 JULY 2020 TUESDAY
As Maldives Reopens for Tourists,
India is Likely to Create Special
Air Bubble
Maldives reopens for
tourists with no
restrictions on July 15
after a four-month.
President Ibrahim Solih
announced on this regard,
resorts and hotels will be
reopened on its islands on
July 15,
Tourism sector covered
70 per cent of Maldives'
GDP. India grasp the
opportunity and
considering establishing
an air bubble or air travel
bridge to the Maldives
and an agreement may be
The United States Plans To Execute
Prisoners For The Fourth Time In
17 Years After 1963
The first execution of a
federal prisoner in 17 years
will take place on Monday
(July 13, 2020). This is the
result of the Trump
administration's efforts to
revive the use of the
long-standing legal
problems of the US
government.
The department plans
to carry out two more
executions later this week
and on August 4. All men,
such as Wesley Perky,
Dustin Honken, and Keith
Nelson, were convicted of
killing their children. The
Court of Appeal on
Sunday rejected some of
Florida Marks New Daily
Coronavirus Case Record Of
15,299
Florida has enrolled a state
record of 15,299 new
coronavirus cases in 24
hours around a fourth of
the entirety of the United
States' day by day
contaminations. The state,
with only 7% of the US
populace, outperformed the
past day by day record held
by California.
Florida, which started
lifting coronavirus
limitations in May, has
demonstrated powerless
because of the travel
industry and an older
(CFCB) to ban them.
On Monday, the CAS
statement said that charges
related to concealment of
equity funding "were
clearly more significant
reached in the next two or
three days,
Maldives is considered
a low corona-risk country
with 64 fresh cases on
Saturday.
Although, it has a
population over 500,000,
and had 2,681 confirmed
Covid-19 cases on 11 july
while 2,238 had
recovered.
Government officials
said that Establishing the
air corridor will send out a
strong signal of solidarity
with the Solih
the lawsuit filed by this
relative, who filed for
derogation. A 2018 Pew
Research Center study
found that 54% of
Americans support people
convicted of murder.
Convicts on death row sue
the District Court and the
US Department of Justice
in Washington, DC,
claiming that the new drug
protocol is unconstitutional,
violating various drug
control and drug control
laws.
They asked Judge Tanya
to postpone the execution
while the trial was ongoing.
populace. Florida likewise
enlisted an extra 45 deaths.
The state would rank fourth
on the planet for new cases
on the off chance that it
was a nation. Over 40
medical clinics in Florida
state their serious
consideration offices are at
full limit.
The caseload in Florida
has kept on ascending
despite Republican
Governor Ron DeSantis
requesting a few bars to
close again a month ago.
The top consultant on the
White House coronavirus
taskforce, Dr. Anthony
Fauci, had scrutinized
lockdown facilitating in the
state, saying the
information on
contaminations didn't
bolster the move.
violations than obstructing
the CFCB's investigations,"
so it felt it was not
appropriate to impose a ban
on participating in UEFA's
club competitions.
government and the
Maldives.
A limited number of
flights to operate from
Indian airports to the
Maldives. Meanwhile,
sixteen international
airlines have already
announced flights to the
Maldives from July 15.
The bubble will also
facilitate around 6,000
Indians employed who
were evacuated by the
Indian Navy to India for
their return.
C o r p s
Commander-Level
talks To Be Held
Between India &
China At Ladakh's
Chushul
Corps Commander Level
talks to be held between
India and China tomorrow
at Chushul in Eastern
Ladakh. The talks arrive in
the aftermath of the violent
clashes between the two
militaries last month when
20 personnel of the Indian
Army were killed in
Galwan Valley.
As per the reports of the
AIR correspondent quoting
official, it is said that the
talks will be mainly
focused on the second
phase of disengagement
along the Line of Actual
Control.
And from many frictional
points, China has already
removed its troops. In the
past one week, China has
also decreased its presence
in the ridgeline of Finger 4.
Restriction Due
To Coronavirus
Lifted In
Scotland, No
New Deaths
Recorded
In Scotland, the
restrictions have been
reported to be lifted as the
cases are reportedly
decreasing.
The non-essential
shops inside shopping
malls have revived as
lockdown is eased off the
19 positive cases gave an
account of Sunday, 12
originated from Glasgow
with seven distinguished
at one care home.
According to the report,
for the fifth day straight,
there has been no new
death. There are presently
550 patients in a hospital
with positive or possible
Covid-19 and six are in
the Intensive care unit
(ICU). Children are now
allowed to play organized
physical games outside.
The limitations on
dental treatments are
facilitated and clinic
patients without COVID
are permitted one assigned
visitor.
Nicola Sturgeon has
asked day-trippers to pivot
and head off to someplace
else if the place they had
wanted to visit was
occupied.
Scottish biotech firm
grounds £7 m deal is
subsequent to making a
compound solution for
helping the Covid-19
testing process.
Xinjiang: Rubio
And Cruz Hit
With Tit-For-Tat
C h i n a
Sanctions
China announces
sanctions on top
Republicans after the US
imposed sanctions on
Chinese officials for
so-called human rights
misuse against Muslim
minorities in Xinjiang
province.
The senator Ted Cruz
& Marco Rubio, both
straight forward critics
of China & their nature
was unclear. The senator
Ted Cruz is for Texas
whereas Macro Rubio
constitutes Florida.
Also, China is being
accused of detaining
more than a million
Uighurs and others in
Xinjiang but China
refuses mistreatment in
the far - western region.
China also imposed
sanctions on Republican
congressman Chris
Smith, Ambassador at
large for International
Religious Freedom Sam
Brownback and a
Government agency, the
US Congressional-Ex-
ecutive Commission on
China. According to the
Foreign Ministry, this
move was in response to
America's "evil actions'
'.According
spokesman
to
Hua
Chunying, they urged
the US immediately to
withdraw its evil actions
& would stop the actions
interfering in China's
internal affairs & also
harm China's interests.
Relations between the
US & China are already
exhausted over a few
issues, including trade,
coronavirus pandemic &
China's introduction of
controversial security
laws in Hong Kong.
China decides to make
further responses
depending on the
development of the
situation.
The Chinese
authorities say the
Uighurs are being
educated in "vocational
training centres" in order
to combat violent
religious extremism.
However, evidence
shows many are being
detained for simply
expressing their faith -
for example, praying or
wearing a veil - or for
having overseas
connections to places
like Turkey. Uighurs,
who are mostly Muslim,
are ethnically Turkic and
make up about 45% of
Xinjiang's population.
Last month a report by
China scholar Adrian
Zenz found China was
forcing women in
Xinjiang to be sterilised
or fitted with
contraceptive devices.
The report has prompted
international calls for the
United Nations to
investigate.
 Science & Technology
BUSINESS & ECONOMY Google To Launch Cheap
Smartphones To Digitalize
Federal Reserve's $3
India
Trillion Virus Rescue Will
Boost Market Bubbles Technology giant Google
on Monday announced its
plans to launch low value
The Federal Reserve’s $3 trillion sack,
smartphones in India so
fueling surpluses in the US capital
that feature cellphone
markets, has prompted bids to halt the users can emerge as
economic crisis after the coronavirus smartphone users. Caesar
outbreak. Sengupta mentioned the
The US Federal Reserve is virtual event Google India
2020 and said that the
committed to unlimited purchases of
company has contacted
financial assets to maintain market several equipment
liquidity, and its balance sheet was manufacturers who could
raised from 4. 2.4 trillion in February to offer cheap Android
$ 7 trillion. phones.
Google said: “By the
Although most of these purchases have
end of 2020, more than
been limited to US Treasury bills and 22,000 schools in India
mortgage-backed securities, the Fed's will have more than a
promise to boost the corporate bond million teachers who can
market has been quite dynamic. offer classroom and
Andrew Brenner, head of
international fixed income at Net
blended
combining
learning,
online
learning and free tools
Alliance said that the worse the like G Suite for
Covid-19 gets, the better the markets Education, Google
will do because the fed will stimulate
and it derives the market
The Federal Reserve has not bought the IIT Kanpur develops UV sanitizing
shares as part of its fiscal stimulus
programs. But its near-zero interest rates
device 'SHUDDH' to make your room
and credit support for large sectors of COVID free
American companies have driven Due to Covid Pandemic
performance-hungry investors into the People are nowadays afraid
stock market. of touching anything
around, specifically in the
I nvestment grade and high yield
areas where masses have to
bonds had an incredible quarter in terms come.
of issuance and performance To solve this problem
Imagineering Laboratory
department of IIT Kanpur
has developed an
Ultraviolet (UV) sanitizing
OBITUARY
product named SHUDH.
- Smartphone operated
Handy Ultraviolet
Disinfection Helper that is
Retail Inflation Rises By
6.09% In June LEGAL
A rise of 6.09% in retail inflation was Delhi Hc Extends The Service Of
observed in June on account of higher
prices of food items, according to the Temporary Subsistence Orders Until
government data. The Consumer Price 31 August In The Light Of Covid-19.
Index data informed that in June, the
food inflation rose by 7.87%.
Despite the continuing
pandemic in Delhi, the
The inflation figures are calculated
from the data collected from limited
Delhi High Court
prolonged the service of
markets in view of coronavirus norms,
all the remaining interim
the Ministry of Statistics & Programme
orders until August 31.
Implementation said in a release.
Thus taking the suo moto
However, the data collected did not meet
notice of the issues,
the adequacy criteria for generating
Division Bench of Chief
robust estimates of the Consumer Price
Justice DN Patel, Justice
Index at the state level.
Siddharth Mridul and
In June 2019, the retail inflation
Justice Talwant Singh
based on Consumer Price Index was
have ordered that all such
3.18%.
interim orders be
immediately extended
until 31/08/20 or until
3 Months Extension For Re
further orders have been
Import Of Cut And Polished given, except where any
Diamonds order to the contrary has
been given by the
Honorable Supreme
Court of India in any
specific case in the course
of the proceedings.
Taking the suo
moto cognizance and
exercising its
extraordinary authority
under Articles 226 and
227 of the Constitution,
In view of COVID-19 pandemic for the interim orders
situation, the Government today
passed both by itself and
extended relief to gems and jewellery
by subordinate courts, the
sector by relaxing the requirement of court has passed the said
re-import of cut and polished diamonds, way. 'Needless to clarify
which have been sent abroad for that in the event that the
certification and grading, by three aforementioned extension
months. o f
- The Finance Ministry, on Sunday,
t h e
relaxed the requirement of re- import of
inter-
cut and polished diamonds by three i m
months. order
- The CBIC said that the required
notification has already been issued.The
re-import in the extended period would
be without payment of Basic Customs
Duty(BCD) and IGST.
14 JULY 2020 TUESDAY
Classroom,
YouTube and
others.”
Google CEO
S u n d a r
Pichai said he
will invest
75,000 runes
(about $ 10
billion) in the
next five to
seven years.
Investments
focus on four
areas that are important
for digitizing India.
This includes access to
information and
information that all
Indians, regardless of
Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi or
other languages, can
access in their own
language. The second is
the creation of new
products and services that
SHUDH has six UV lights
of 15 Watts each that can
be individually monitored
from a distance.
- Initial testing has
proved that the device at its
full operation can disinfect
a 10x10 squared feet room
in about 15 minutes.
- SHUDH can assist in
killing the spread of corona
virus at the highly prone
places such as hospitals,
hotels, malls, offices and
schools.
causes any extreme
hardship to a party to such
proceedings, they would
be free, as may be
advised, to seek adequate
relief. 'Chief Justice DN
Patel emphasized during
the hearing that 4-5 High
Court workers had tested
positive for COVID19,
but all of them are
asymptomatic.
The Delhi
Government's Health
Department has set up a 3
day Rapid Antigen
Testing camp for the
Delhi High Court officers
and officials. The court
further noted that the
issue of the released
prisoners returning to jail
as possible carriers of the
virus needs to be
addressed. The court also
directed that the said
order be uploaded to this
Court's website and
forwarded to all Delhi 's
Standing Counsel, UOI,
GNCTD, DDA, Civic
Authorities, Delhi High
Court Bar Association, all
other Delhi Bar
Associations, as well as
all District Courts
subordinated to that level.
are closely related to the
special needs of India. In
areas such as healthcare,
education, and
agriculture, companies
need to continue or
overcome the digital
transformation and use
technology and AI for
social security.
APPOINTMENT
Biden wins the
d e m o c r a t i c
presidential primary
On Sunday, Joe Biden won
the Democratic presidential
primary in Puerto Rico. He
faced altogether seven other
candidates on the ballot,
although all of them
dropped out of the race. To
become the party’s nominee,
Biden had previously locked
up enough delegates.
The primary was
scheduled to be held in
March, but it got delayed till
Sunday because of the
pandemic. Being US
citizens of Puerto Rico, the
residents are not allowed to
vote in the general election.
Therefore, the Democrats
and the Republicans have to
invite delegates from the US
territory for their respective
political accord.
Jamia Violence: Delhi Hc
Directs Center To File Replies
Within 2
On Monday, the
Delhi High Court
directed the Central
Government to file its
response to all the
petitions about
violence against
Jamia within 2 days.
The Chief Justice
Division Bench DN Patel
and Justice Prateek Jalan
further ordered the Center to
adhere to the said timetable
otherwise a strict order
would be passed by the
court. In addition, the court
has ordered the petitioners to
file their rejoinders within 4
days of obtaining the Centre
's reply. All parties are
guided to have a
consolidated list of issues
circulated among them.
The present order came
in a batch of petitions
seeking an independent
judicial investigation into the
alleged acts of police
brutality that took place last
December inside the Jamia
Millia University campus.
The Petitioners claimed
that without prior
permission, the Delhi Police
invaded the University
campus and allegedly
assaulted both the protesting
students, but also the
students sitting in the library
and mosque. Such petitions
also seek compensation in
addition to impartial
investigation for students
who sustained significant
Kerala's First Plasma
Bank Set Up At Manjeri
Bank has been set up at the
Government Medical
College Hospital near
Manjeri.
Two covid-19 patients had
been recovered there by
therapy.
"The bank as of today
has a storage of 25 plasma
donated by volunteers and
200 are in the list who
would donate as and when
required," said Dr Shainaz
Babu, COVID-19 District
Coordinator, Malappuram.
Shahul Hameed and
Abdul Latheef donated the
plasma.
However, despite trying
their best, the doctors could
not save the life of
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covid-19 patients had been
recovered there by therapy.
"The bank as of today
has a storage of 25 plasma
donated by volunteers and
200 are in the list who
would donate as and when
required," said Dr Shainaz
Babu, COVID-19 District
Coordinator, Malappuram.
Shahul Hameed and
Abdul Latheef donated the
plasma.
However, despite trying
their best, the doctors could
not save the life of
Hamsakoya, a former
footballer, who had
returned with his family
injuries during the attack.
Delhi Police submitted in its
affidavit that the police used
proportionate force to stop a
suspected mob of unlawful
assembly, the Deputy
Commissioner of Delhi
Police stated that it is not
only the right but also the
obligation and the
responsibility of the police to
access either of these areas;
Where situations and
conditions reasonably
warrant such action on the
part of the police to preserve
law and order and ensure
the security of the lives,
limbs and properties of
innocent people and the
public at large. The case
concerns violence which
broke out last December at
the Jamia Millia Islamia
University campus.
Although the police say the
force used was proportionate
to the violence perpetrated
by the mob, many students
are seriously injured and
trying to file FIRs against
the erring officials as well as
compensation for their
injury. The court will take
up the matter on July 21.
Hamsakoya, a former
footballer, who had
returned with his family
from Mumbai.
A quantity of 200 ml of
plasma is collected from
people, in the age bracket
of 18 to 50, weighing more
than 55 kg and had been
tested double negative for
the virus. Their plasma
could be extracted after 14
days of their final recovery
and within 120 days of
testing negative for a
second time. With
scientific storage, the
plasma could be used for
one year," Dr Shainaz
added.
from Mumbai.
A quantity of 200 ml of
plasma is collected from
people, in the age bracket
of 18 to 50, weighing more
than 55 kg and had been
tested double negative for
the virus. Their plasma
could be extracted after 14
days of their final recovery
and within 120 days of
testing negative for a
second time. With
scientific storage, the
plasma could be used for
one year," Dr Shainaz
added.
SC Said No To
Liberal Approach
In NDPS Bail
Matters
The Supreme Court denied
authorizing the conduct of
the Amarnath yatra, as it
suggested that it is a subject
matter under the realm of the
Executive. The case was
judged by A three-judge
Bench of Justices DY
Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra
and KM Joseph. Amit Pai,
Advocate-on-Record filed
the plea stating a desire for
the issuance of instructions to
corroborate that live darshan
of the ice lingam and the
Yatra is shown on television
and the internet to appease
the religious sentiments of
devotees.
While discountenancing
the to pass any orders on the
plea, the Court said, “we are
of view that recourse being
taken here under Article 32 is
inappropriate. The issue as to
whether Yatra be held should
be left with the local
administration." Adducing
the segregation of powers,
the Court stated that the
requests made in the plea
requires to adopt the
functions of Executive
oversight, which the court is
not disposed to. Senior
Counsel Devdutt Kamat,
appearing for the petitioners,
sought to apprise the Court of
the COVID-19 guidelines
and regulations laid down by
the Ministry of Home Affairs
under the Disaster
Management Act.
The bench of judges also
stated that the court is
ill-equipped to judge whether
a Yatra can be held in a
difficult terrain. It is not SC’s
concern under Article 32.
The problem is in the petition
where the counsel compares
similar such orders.
New Global Coalition
to Help Policymakers
Leverage Ai Against
COVID-19
A group of think-tanks and
UN agencies has
announced on July 9,
Collective and Augmented
Intelligence Against
Covid-19 (CAIAC) to help
policymakers globally by
combining AI technology
and human expertise to
address challenges posed
by the COVID 19
pandemic.
The CAIAC’s efforts are
being led by the Stanford
Institute for
Human-Centered Artificial
Intelligence and with
support from UNESCO
and the Patrick J.
McGovern Foundation.
The group will
encourage research which
is based on datasets from
various societal facets
related to COVID-19,
Cyrus Hodes, chair of the
AI Initiative at the
non-profit think tank the
Future Society said “to
make sure we can actually
make sense of this vast
amount of data” being
generated.
The partnership bears
its origins to the Global
Data Access Framework
that uses big data and AI to
get UN’s 17 Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs).
The coalition has
pronounced three focus
territories for the stage.
Mr Hodes said, We are
basing this on pretty much
all data sets that can be
available and the group
will try to think outside the
box.
The CAIAC’s advisory
board will include
representation from
UNESCO and UN Global
Pulse
C3.ai, stability.ai,
Element AI, Axis, GLG
and Planet are private
sector participants of
CAIAC
NDMC introduces
'Anti Smog Gun' to
reduce pollution level
in Delhi
The pollution level in the
national capital has gone
up ever since the Unlock
phases have begun.
The rise in the pollution
level has made the New
Delhi Municipal Council
(NDMC) make an 'Anti
Smog Gun' that is going
to reduce the pollution
level in Delhi.
- The pollution level in
the national capital has
gone up ever since the
Unlock phases have
begun.
- A first of its kind
machine was installed in
the Central Park in
Connaught Place and was
inaugurated by NDMC's
Chairman Dharmendra,
in the presence of NDMC
Secretary Amit Singla
and other NDMC senior
officers.
- Anti-Smog Gun is
designed to create an
ultra-fine fog consisting
of very fine water
droplets (less than
10-micron size).
 2020 - THE BLOODIEST YEAR OF
MEXICO?
exico has been especially
bloodthirsty and savage in
the recent months of 2020.
Most notably on the 7th of he duty of both
June 117 murders were tracked in 24 the police and
the army is to
hours, which probably reports as the
protect the
country’s violent day of the era. On interests of public.
account of the country’s brutality, 114 But when it comes to pay
respect,we see a huge
homicides had taken place on 20th April
difference in the amount of
2020. respect that we pay to our
People are being abused by the brave soldiers and police.
police, it is said that a man was found Image of police is not so
good. Although,in the very
dead a month ago and was beaten to recent days we have
death for not wearing a mask in the witnessed a new positive
public. “Just for not wearing a mask?” face of people helping the
needy ones. Credit goes to
asks one witness. “He was resisting”, covid 19 and lockdown.
answers an officer. Otherwise words like
The hashtag #JusticiaParaGiovanni torture, inhuman
behaviour,rubb and bribe
was on-trend in Mexican social media. etc were the most common
The critics suggest that if this continues words used to define the
to trend, 2020 could be marked as the police. Actually,
definitions like this still
bloodiest year on record. exist. Improvement in the
Withstanding the unpleasant scenario, police system along with
the number of attacks in Mexico is in the issue of proper use of
judicial proceedures is a
peak as it is the sheer brazenness of important topic to debate
these attacks which stands out. upon. In current scenario,i
The country has endured the believe that indian police
system has two faces. We
difficulties, which is brutal and the can understand with the
noteworthy element to be noted is it is help of some incidents
two years since Andres Manuel Lopez happened in the very recent
days. On one hand many
Obrador won the presidency in Mexico. policemen were martyred in
The recent disgraceful moment that
happened in the country is, a gang of
culprits and criminals have targeted HOW THE RUSSIAN VACCINE COULD HELP THE FIGHT
foot soldiers and prominent political
figures. According to the local media of AGAINST CORONA :-
Mexico, the gang had attempted in nitial stage of
killing Mexico’s police chief Omar Gracia corona: The Corona
virus is said to have
Harfuch. Subsequently, Omar Gracia broke out in
Harfuch was shot during an ambush on WUHAN animal
Friday. Though he survived the market, China during the
unpleasant situation, twenty-eight later half of 2019.
Various species of
people were attacked which is reported animals are been traded
in the investigation. every year. Millions of
A group of gangsters disguised the animals are consumed by
construction workers, as well as three the people throughout the
year. It went on, to begin
people, were assassinated who was in
when a local, bought
the security detail of the chief. some bat meat not
Guanajuato a state of Mexico was realizing that it is capable
once considered as the peaceful state of of adversely affecting the
the country. Lamentably as per the lives of millions across
the globe as per prof
record, the CJNG (Jalisco New Stefen Turner, head of the
Generation Cartel) is gradually department of
increasing in the state. The worsening microbiology at
part of the state is twelve people have Melbourne's Monash
University.
been killed in a week in Guanajuato. Apart from this,
"This is a cost that we are now paying for another theory suggests
years and years of continued, almost that the source of novel
perfect impunity in Mexico", says Falko coronavirus was the
Ernst, a senior analyst at Crisis Group. WUHAN lab as claimed
by the Top American
Critics of President Lopez Obrador
argue that his administration and
promises for the country are of no use,
but the involvement of criminal activity ythian games, the
has developed. Looking back at the c o m m o n
country’s memories of 2009 and 2011 is meeting of the
the worst year due to the country’s drug Hellenes, and send
war. Mexican security analyst Alejandro his slaves to presid
But though all of us, the
Hope says, "Security forces in Mexico
Hellenes, see and hear these
were already very weak to start with and things, we send no
now they're being overwhelmed by the representatives to one
pandemic". another to discuss the
He points out the last month's matter; we show no
scene the murder of Judge Villegas and indignation; we are in so evil
his wife. He believes that the country a mood, so deep have the
has headed to lose hope as he says, "I'm lines been dug which sever
city from city, that up to this
not sure [the cartels] will come out of
very day we are unable to act
this stronger than they were before but as either our interest or our
they will not come out any weaker duty require.
either”. We cannot unite; we can
Despite the pandemic and the form no combination for
unpleasant environment, Mexico is yet mutual support or
to mark 2020 as the cruel year of the friendship; but we look on
while the man grows greater,
revolution.
because every one has made
14 JULY 2020 TUESDAY
WE ARE THE POLICE
encounter with criminals in
UP but unfortunately some
of the policemen helped
criminals indirectly. One
more shocking news I
heard. Father son died in
police custody in
Tamilnadu. Allegations are
being made that they were
brutally
beaten by
police-
men. The
image of
police in
States is
dictatori-
al and
t h e y
misuse
t h e i r
rights.
W h i l e
t h e y
should have been friendly
with public.
In a national seminar on
smart policing, vice
president also emphasized
the need of policing and
policemen to be soft with
society.The police are the
subject of the state list,
that's why every state has a
police force in India so that
the status of law and order
can be ensured. But the
         
administrators. China,
being accused of rolling
out the virus, intending to
slow down the economy
of other countries. As per
the recent reports, there
are no such evidences
which can prove that the
virus had been formed in
the lab.
Spread of the
pandemic: The outbreak
of the virus was
announced as a Public
Health Emergency of
International Concern by
the World Health
Organization (WHO) 30th
of January 2020. World
Health Organization
which is a UN body,
responsible for managing
public health world wide,
further declared the
outbreak as a Pandemic
on 11th of March. The
first epidemic was
observed in WUHAN
located in China was the
very first district to get
THE THIRD PHILIPPIC
up his mind, as it seems to me,
to profit by the time during
which his neighbor is being
ruined, and no one cares or
acts for the safety of the
Hellenes.
For we all know that Philip
is like the recurrence or the
attack of a fever or other
illness, in his descent upon
those who fancy themselves
for the present well out of his
reach.
And further, you must
surely realize that all the
wrongs that the Hellenes
suffered from the Spartans
or ourselves they at least
suffered at the hands of
true-born sons of Hellas;
and, one might conceive, it
was as though a lawful son,
born to a great estate,
managed his affairs in some
state governments have
monopoly on the police and
they misuse the police
system for their political
interests.
There are still 30
percent vacancies in police
bonds, due to which the
police administration
works under pressure. In
2017, there were 131 police
officers on 100,000 people,
while the accepted number
is 181 and the
recommended number is
222 from the United
Nations.
Till January 2020,
there are more than 5 lakh
vacancies in police system.
In comparison to developed
knocked out in the late
2019. Later, the global
pandemic further spread
to many more countries
like US, Japan, south
Korea, Taiwan and
Vietnam while affecting
the respective people and
their economy.
So far more than 13
million people were
infected where 5 million
got killed and 7 million
plus recovered. USA is
the most high-flown
country with about 3.37
million cases followed by
Brazil with 1.87 million
cases and India with 878K
cases being the top three
most affected countries.
The vaccine: Amidst this
crisis Russia’s Gamalei
institute of Epidemiology
and Microbiology created
it’s first vaccine on 18th
of June. Later the clinical
trial of the same vaccine
began at The Sechenov
First Moscow State
wrong or improper way. His
conduct would in itself
deserve blame and
denunciation, but at least it
could not be said that he was
not one of the family, or was
not the heir to the property.
But had it been a slave or a
supposititious son that was
thus ruining and spoiling an
inheritance to which he had
no title, why, good Heavens!
how infinitely more
scandalous and
reprehensible all would
have declared it to be.
And yet they show no such
feeling in regard to Philip,
although not only is he no
Hellene, not only has he no
kinship with Hellenes, but
he is not even a barbarian
from a country that one could
acknowledge with credit.
countries, policemen in our
country are paid poorly and
the more work is taken
which promotes the corrupt
behaviour.As a result
policemen look to leaders
and hide the prejudice
under their pressure in the
greed of money and
p r o m o -
tions.People
consider
talking with
the police,
u s u a l l y
disappoint-
i n g ,
time-betting
and pocket
cutting. The
g e n e r a l
public finds
ways to
avoid them
instead of looking towards
them for solutions.
There are also
departmental drawbacks
behind them, 86% of the
policemen are constable,
who do not get anything
other than a promotion
(head constable) before
retirement. Repeated
transfer orders also
pressurize them and they
choose the path of
me d ic al u n iv er s ity
accomplished in
completing the test on the
volunteers as said by the
director. The initial batch
of the volunteers will be
discharged soon.
The
creation of the vaccine
brought a hope to
everyone to do away with
the novel corona virus.
The vaccine test results
succeeding apprises the
end of the pandemic. The
vaccine should be bought
He is a pestilent
Macedonian, from whose
country it used not to be
possible to buy even a slave
of any value.
And in spite of this, is there
any degree of insolence to
which he does not proceed?
Not content with
annihilating cities, does he
not manage the e over the
competition in his absence?
Is he not master of
Thermopylae, and of the
passes which lead into
Hellenic territory? Does he
not hold that district with
garrisons and mercenaries?
Has he not taken the
precedence in consulting the
oracle, and thrust aside
ourselves and
Thessalians and Dorians
and the rest of the
          
corruption.
Most of the states of
India have made their
police law based on the
Act, 1861 of the British
period. All these laws are
not in line with the existing
democratic system of India.
India is ahead towards
becoming economic and
political superpower today,
in such a situation, our
police can not live in the
frame of the last era.To
prepare our police to deal
with all the challenges,
there is urgent need to
strengthen the criminal
justice system and our
ground level police
institutions. Police reforms
are not being paid attention
due to lack of political will
power.
Police system
requires new direction, new
thinking and new
dimension. Police should
be sensitive to the people
of the deprived class of
society. But we also have to
understand that the police
are friends of the citizens
and without their
cooperation, the law system
can not be followed.
out to the affected
Countries as soon as
possible to control the
current situation and
hinder the spread of the
virus. Laterally people
should also be wary of
themselves and take the
safety measures feasibly.
The vaccine should also
be available for the
people who are not tested
positive as that would
only lessen the odds out.
Amphictyons, though the
rightisnotonewhichisgiven
even to all of the Hellenes?
Does he not write to the
Thessalians to prescribe the
constitution under which
they are to live? Does he not
send one body of
mercenaries to Porthmus, to
expel the popular party of
Eretria, and another to
Oreus, to set up Philistides as
tyrant? And yet the Hellenes
see these things and endure
them, gazing, it seems to me,
as they would gaze at a
hailstorm, each people
praying that it may not come
their way, but no one trying
to prevent it.
Nor is it only his outrages
the upon Hellas that go
unresisted.
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMY OF MEXICO

he economy of Mexico is a
developing economy. It is
the 15th largest in the world in
nominal terms and the 11th
largest by purchasing power
parity, according to the International
Monetary Fund. Since the 1994 crisis,
administrations have improved the
country's macroeconomic aspects. The
Mexican economy has had
unprecedented macroeconomic
stability, which has reduced inflation
and interest rates which had recorded
lows and have increased per capita
income.
There have been enormous gaps
between the urban and the rural
population, the northern and southern
states, and the rich and the poor as well.
Some of the unresolved issues include
the upgrade of infrastructure, the
modernization of the tax system and
labor laws, and the reduction of income
inequality.
Mexico is among the world's 15
largest economies and is the
second-largest economy in Latin
America. The country is highly
dependent on the United States, as its
largest trading partner and destination
of 80% of its exports. In 2019 the
economy recorded an estimated growth
rate of -0.1%, compared to 2.1% the
previous year, due to uncertainty
following President López Obrador’s
first year in office, as well as reduced
domestic demand and investment.
According to the updated IMF forecasts
from 14th April 2020, due to the
outbreak of the COVID-19, GDP
growth is expected to fall to -6.6% in
2020 and pick up to 3% in 2021, subject
to the post-pandemic global economic
recovery. producers over the last three decades, Mexico has
After of coffee, also underperformed in terms of growth,
recording a sugar, corn, inclusion, and poverty reduction
p r i m a r y oranges, compared to similar countries. The
b u d g e t avocados, country’s economic growth averaged
surplus of 1% and limes. just above 2 percent a year between
in 2019, the C a t t l e 1980 and 2018, limiting progress in
2020 budget farming and convergence relative to high-income
plan foresees fishing are economies. On a per-capita basis,
an increase in also popular average growth was close to just 1.0
spending by activities in percent. The country’s per capita GDP
0.8% in real the food today stands at 34.0 percent of U.S. per
terms, with a industry. capita GDP, compared with 49.0
projected Mexico is percent in 1980.
deficit of also the In this context, progress towards
2.6% of GDP world's poverty reduction has been moderate.
(and a fifth-largest The total share of the population living
primary fiscal producer of below the monetary poverty line in 2018
surplus of beer and its was 48.8 percent, close to the level
+0.7% of largest observed in 2008. The median per
GDP). exporter. capita income has recently recovered
Spending With a slightly after several years of decline.
priorities that population After a decline between 2010 and 2014,
include social of almost the annualized growth rate of MePCI in
programs, the creation of the National 2021(April 2020 World Economic 130 million, a rich cultural history and Mexico was 1.8 percent between 2016
Guard to fight rising crime, and new Outlook IMF). The informal sector is diversity, and abundant natural and 2018, still below the average for the
funds to support PEMEX, whose rating still estimated to involve around 60% of resources, Mexico has strong LAC region.
was downgraded by Fitch due to employment (OCSE). Important macroeconomic institutions and it is However, Mexico is a country with
uncertainty around its future strategy challenges that remain to be tackled open to trade and private investment. significant opportunities and potential.
and financial stress. This sector is of include high dependence on the U.S. The authorities have also implemented Its macroeconomic stability is the
pivotal importance to the Mexican economy, high and rising criminality stable and sustainable monetary and cornerstone to foster investments and a
economy, as oil production accounts for rates, income inequality, weakening fiscal policies, which have made the richly growing private sector.
one-third of the government revenues. infrastructure and education, and Mexican peso the most highly traded Improvements in productivity growth,
The country’s debt-to-GDP ratio decades of underinvestment in the oil emerging market currency. stronger institutions, and quality of
increased slightly to 53.8% in 2019 sector. Currently, it is the world’s 15th service delivery and infrastructure,
(+0.2% year-on-year) and is expected to Mexico's economy is diversified, largest exporter due to the strengthening coupled with attention to reducing
keep following this trend in the which includes hi-tech industries, oil of its productive capacities, diversifying regional and household income
upcoming years. production, mineral exploitation, and away from raw materials such as oil, inequalities, would bring enormous
Mexico's unemployment rate manufacturing. Agriculture accounts for and deepening its production prosperity to the economy. The
remained steady at 3.3% and is expected 3.4% of Mexico’s GDP and employs complexity on manufactured products country’s trade agreements, enviable
to increase to 5.3% in 2020, due to the over 13% of the country’s active that are integrated into regional and geographic position, and growing
economic impact of the COVID-19 population (World Bank, 2019). Mexico global value chains. domestic market, also make Mexico a
pandemic, and decrease to 3.5% in ranks among the world's largest However, despite all this progress, key destination for investment.

MANEKA GANDHI VS. UNION OF INDIA: CASE SUMMARY

C
itation: 1978 AIR
597, 1978 SCR (2)
621
Petitioner: Maneka
Gandhi
Respondent: Union of India
Date of Judgement: 25/01/1978
BENCH:
Hameedullah Beg (CJI),
Y.V.Chandrachud, P.N
Bhagwati, V.R. Krishna Iyer,
N.L.Untwalia, S.M. Fazal Ali &
P.S.Kailasam.
Background of Facts:
The Supreme Court in Satwant
Singh case held that the Right
to travel around the world is
well constituted in the Art. 21
of the Constitution. Therefore,
to combat the above lay down,
the Parliament enacted the
Passport Act 1967. Thus, the
Passports act of 1967 can
impound any individual for the
sake of safety of India, friendly
relations with other countries
or general public.
In the immediate case the
authorities in July 4th 1977
issued a notice of
impoundment of the passport
of the journalist who was the
petitioner citing reasons as in
the interest of general public.
When she received the
information of her passport
being impounded she
immediately reverted back to
the authorities as to why it was
impounded.
The authorities replied that
the reasons are not to be
specified to the general public.
Therefore, the petitioner
approached the Supreme Court
under Article 32 of the India
Constitution for the
enforcement of the
Fundamental Rights under
Article 14 against the arbitrary
action of the authorities. The
petition was further amended
and enforcement of Article 21
i.e Protection of Life and
Personal Liberty, Article 19 (1)
(g) i.e Right to Freedom of
Movement. The petitioner
contended that the impugned
order was void as it took away
the petitioner’s right to be
given fair hearing to present
her defence.
Issue
•Is there any nexus between the
provision mentioned under Art.
14, 19 and 21.
•Scope of the word “procedure
established by
law”
•Whether right to
travel resides
under Art. 21 of
the constitution
•Whether a
legislative law
that takes away
right to life is
reasonable.
Judgement
The landmark
judgement came
on 25th January
1978 and changed
the landscape of the upon the “procedure court should check no
constitution of India. This established by law”. The bench arbitrariness or unreasonable-
Judgement expanded the scope rejecting all the arguments by ness should arise. The
of Article 21 of the constitution the petitioner went with that the argument of Justice Ali was
and this judgement made India word law under Article 21 of that the procedure should be
a welfare state as mentioned in the Constitution doesn’t lie in fair reasonable and just.
the preamble. conformity with the idea of The Court in maneka Gandhi
This case directly raised Natural Justice. thus adopted the dissenting
questions for the legality and But it was Justice Fazal Ali judgement of Fazal Ali for the
validity for AK Gopalan vs. who came up with a more AK Gopalan vs. State of
State of Madras. In the case it liberal approach for the article Madras. Therefore, the court
was argued by the petitioner under 21. Justice Fazal Ali decided that the procedure
whether the validity of any law dissented with the rest of the adopted by the court should be
shall be decided by the fact that presiding bench with the reasonable, just and fair and
it is a procedure decided by law majority that the right to life should be away from
or the law along with the under Article 21 does arbitrariness.
principle of natural justice. The constitute the principles of
main discussion was based Natural Justice and that the
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14 JULY 2020 TUESDAY
LANDFORMS AND LADFORMES CREATED BY VOLCANOES
andform is featuring the
Earth's surface that is part
of the terrain.
Mountains, hills,
There are how many major plateaus, and plains are the four
types of landforms? major types of landforms.
5 types Minor landforms include buttes,
canyons, valleys, and basins.
3 types Tectonic plate movement under
4 types the Earth can create landforms
by pushing up mountains and
hills. Erosion by water and
Which are the highest wind can wear down land and
landforms on earth? create landforms like valleys
valleys and canyons. Both processes
happen over a long period of
mountains time, sometimes millions of
deltas years.
It took 6 million years, in fact,
for the Colorado River to carve
Which is the deepest landform out the Grand Canyon in the
on earth? U.S. state of Arizona. The
Grand Canyon is 446
Mariana trench
kilometers (277 miles) long.
Tona trench The highest landform on
Philippine trench Earth is a mountain: Mount
Everest in Nepal. It measures
8,850 meters (29,035 feet)
What is the length of Mount above sea level. It is part of
Everest? the Himalaya range that runs
across several countries in
29,035 feet
Asia.
30,000 feet Landforms can exist under
25,399 feet water in the form of mountain
ranges and basins under the
sea. The Mariana Trench, the
How much part of the earth is deepest landform on Earth, is
covered by oceans? in the South Pacific Ocean. A
majority of geologists set to
75 percent work on interpreting the
71 percent environmental history of the
65 percent Earth from that rock record.
And where that rock record was
missing, they speculated about
A triangular area were the how the landforms developed
rivers are divided is? on older rocks had developed.
plains RESHAPING OF
plateaus LANDFORMS
Reshaping of landforms using
delta
earth-moving equipment is
common, but its effects are
When the molten magma is poorly studied. Beaches and
spewed onto the earth it is dunes may be graded or
reshaped for several reasons: to
called? create a barrier to prevent wave
lava over wash and flooding; to
volcano uncover human facilities
inundated by wave over wash
earth’s core or wind drift; to create or
maintain channels to facilitate
navigation, relieve flooding, or
What are formed after the
alter circulation patterns; to
collapse of volcanic structure? enhance beach recreation by
lava creating wider, higher, or flatter
shield volcanoes platforms; to eliminate dunes
that restrict access or obscure
craters and calderas views of the sea; and to create
new landforms to enhance
environmental quality.
There are many types of
landforms on the earth’s
surface. Following are some of
the common types of landforms
and their characteristics.
Mountains: Mountains are
landforms higher than the
surrounding areas. They are
formed due to the tectonic
movements, earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions and erosion
of the surrounding areas caused
due to wind, water and ice.
Mountains are found in the
oceans and on land.
Plateaus: Plateaus are flat
highlands that are separated
from the surroundings due to
steep slopes. They are formed
by collisions of tectonic plates,
magma action that causes the
elevation in earth’s crust.
Valleys: Valleys are low-lying
areas of land between hills and
mountains that are formed due
to the actions of glaciers and
rivers over millions of years.
Depending on the shape they
are classified as V shaped
valleys and U shaped valleys.
V-shaped valleys are formed by
the flowing rivers and U-shaped
valleys are formed due to
glaciers.
Deserts: Due to lack of
adequate rainfall, desert is a dry
piece of land with little or no
vegetation. They are mostly
found mainly in rain shadow
areas which are leeward of a
mountain range with respect to
the wind direction. In deserts,
the atmospheric air is very dry,
and daytime temperature is
high.
Dunes: Dunes are mounds or
small hills made up of sand that
are created due to the action of
and water flow (under water
dunes). It may be dome-shaped,
crescent-shaped, star-shaped,
linear-shaped, and many more.
The height of a dune hill can be
as low as 1 meter, or as high as
10 meter and more.
Islands: An island is a piece of
land which is surrounded by
water from all sides and formed
either due to volcanic eruptions
or due to hot spots in the
lithosphere.
Plains: Plains are flat or the low
relief areas on the surface of the
earth. It might be formed as a
result of the sedimentation of
eroded soil from the top of the
hills and mountains or might be
due to flowing lava deposited
by the agents of wind, water,
and ice.
Rivers: Rivers are natural
flowing streams of fresh water
descending from mountains.
They mostly flow toward a
lake, sea, ocean or another river.
Oceans: Oceans are the biggest
water bodies found on earth and
are saline in nature. Oceans
cover over 71% of the earth’s
surface and are responsible in
controlling the weather and
climate of the earth. Oceans
originated due to continental
drifts i.e. the movement of the
earth’s tectonic plates.
Loess: Loess is deposition of
silt, with a little amount of sand
and clay.
They appear yellowish or
brownish in color. Wind action
or glacial activities are
responsible for formation of
loess.
Glaciers: Glaciers are slow
moving huge bodies of ice
formed due to the compression
of the snow layers. They move
depending on the pressure and
gravity. There are two types of
glaciers, the alpine glaciers
which can be located in high
mountains and the continental
glaciers which can be located in
cold Polar Regions.
Peninsulas: Peninsulas are
large land areas that extend into
water bodies. They remain
surrounded by water on three
sides. Peninsulas are formed by
lithospheric movements and
action of water currents.
Delta
A delta is a triangular area
where a major river divides into
several smaller parts that
usually flow into a large body
of water the first delta is so
called Nile delta.
Volcanic delta formation
Volcanic activity is another
constructive factor in the
formation of landforms.
Volcanic actions involve the
release of molten magma
from deep below the earth’s
surface.
When the molten magma is
spewed onto the earth’s
surface, it is called lava.
When lava cools off on the
earth’s surface, they solidify
and may farmland features.
This action is responsible for
the formation of many
spectacular landforms. Some
examples of landforms
created by volcanic action
include lava domes, plateau,
and calderas. Landforms
formed by volcanic activity will
depend on the kind of volcano it
is, or material it produced.
Shield volcanoes
They are formed by
non-explosive eruptions of low
viscosity lava. The features of
this kind of volcano age its
gentle upper slopes and steep
lower slopes. Low viscosity
material from the vent spreads
around quickly before they cool
and solidify. As they cool,
viscosity increases, causing it to
thicken at the edges.
Craters and calderas
This is circular depressions that
collect rainwater or snowmelt
and are created by very
explosive and gaseous
eruptions. They are formed by a
collapse of a volcanic structure.
Craters are smaller in size and
calderas are larger.
Examples include
Yellowstone caldera in
Wyoming, long valley caldera
in eastern California, and valles
caldera in New Mexico.
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14 JULY 2020 TUESDAY

BIOGRAPHY : FOREST WHITAKER
hitaker Hollywood, where “I’m really just a normal Vietnam (1987), which Award for Best Actor in as an adaptation of the

“REMEMBER”
was born
on July
15, 1961, in
BY CHRISTINA GEORGINA
Longview,
Texas, to Laura Francis
Remem- (Smith), a special
education teacher, and
ber me Forest Steven Whitaker,
an insurance salesman.
when I His family moved to
South Central Los
am gone Angeles in 1965. The
athletically-inclined
away, Whitaker initially found
Gone far his way into college via a
football scholarship.
away into the silent Later, however, he
transferred to USC
land; where he set his
concentration on music
When you can no more and earned two more
scholarships training as
hold me by the hand, an operatic tenor. This,
in turn, led to another
Nor I half turn to go yet scholarship at Berkeley
with a renewed focus on
turning stay. acting and
performing stage.
the
Remember me when no As a youngster, he
proved a number of charitable
more day by day naturally-gifted athlete.
Growing up in a tough
You tell me of our LA neighbourhood, he
revealed his prowess at
future that you plann’d: American football on
his high school team
Only remember me; you and went on to win a
football scholarship to
understand California State
Polytechnic University.
It will be late to counsel After suffering a back
injury he switched to
then or pray. the University of
Yet if you should forget Southern California to
nurture his other big
me for a while talent - singing. The
tenor won a music
And afterwards scholarship to study
opera and was then
remember, do not accepted into the drama
conservatory. He
grieve: graduated in 1982, the
year of his first notable
For if the darkness and on-screen role in Fast
Times At Ridgemont
corruption leave High, in which he
appeared alongside
A vestige of the Nicolas Cage and Sean
Penn. The part was a
thoughts that once I familiar one for the
21-year-old, who found
had, himself portraying a
footballer.
Better by far you should A burly, good-natured
Texan, soft-spoken and a
forget and smile little shy, Forest
Whitaker doesn’t exactly
Than that you should stand out in a crowd,”
wrote Associated Press
remember and be sad. correspondent Jay
Sharbutt. “But in
unemployment is the
rule, not the exception,
he does OK.” Whitaker,
an award-winning actor,
has graduated from
important cameo roles to
leading parts in major
films. Not only has he
won roles created
specifically for a black
actor—including jazz
legend Charlie Parker in
Bird —he has also
received the opportunity
to portray characters
originally written for
white actors. Whitaker
commented to the
Associated Press on his
extraordinary range of
roles: “I only care about
doing characters I can
grow from, someone I
can learn from, people I
can find some truth in. If
I can do that, I can be
happy.” As much as
possible, Whitaker
avoids the prying eyes of
the Hollywood press. He
grants interviews
reluctantly and says little
about his personal life or
his work in the film
industry. The actor
explained in Ebony that
the publicity
surrounding his recent
starring roles has proven
difficult for him to
accept. “I really
appreciate that people
enjoy my work, but most
of my life has been in the
background,” he said.
guy, hanging out trying
to live my life.… I
appreciate the attention
and I am growing to
understand it and deal
with it better, but I would
prefer to walk around in
total obscurity.”
Whitaker made his
film debut at the age of
21 in the raucous
comedy Fast Times at
Ridgemont High (1982)
wherein he played, quite
naturally, a footballer.
He went on to play
another sports-oriented
student, a wrestler, in his
second film Vision
Quest (1985).
He gained
experience on TV as
well with featured spots
on such varied shows as
Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
and Cagney & Lacey
(1981), not to mention
the TV-movie Civil War
epic North and South,
Book I (1985) and its
sequel.
The movie that truly
put him on the map was
The Color of Money
(1986). His one big
scene as a naive-looking
pool player who
out-hustles Paul
Newman's Fast Eddie
Felson was pure
electricity. This led to
more visible roles in the
"A" class films Platoon
(1986), Stakeout (1987),
and Good Morning,
culminated in his
breakout lead portrayal
of the tortured jazz icon
'Charlie "Bird" Parker' in
Clint Eastwood's passion
project Bird (1988), for
which Whitaker won the
Cannes Film Festival
award for "best actor"
and a Golden Globe
nomination. Whitaker
continued to work with
several well-known
directors throughout the
1990s.
Whitaker attracted
critical attention in the
role of the young pool
player who flummoxes
Fast Eddie Felson (Paul
Newman) in The Color
of Money (1986). He
was subsequently
selected by director Clint
Eastwood for the prize
role of jazz great Charlie
"Bird" Parker in Bird
(1988), which won him
the Best Actor award at
Cannes.
In 1992, Whitaker
gained further fame for
his role as a captured
British soldier whose
prior relationship with
the mysterious Dil (Jaye
Davidson) catalyzes the
plot of The Crying
Game.
Whitaker's greatest
success to date is the
2006 film, The Last King
of Scotland. His
performance earned him
the 2007 Academy
a Leading Role, For that Maurice Sendak classic
same role, he also children's book. Around
received the Golden the same time, he also
Globe Award, the Screen starred n "Repossession
Actors Guild Award, a Mambo", with Jude
BAFTA Award, and Law, "Hurricane
many critical accolades. Season", "Winged
He has also received Creatures", and "Powder
several other honours. In Blue". He appeared in
September 2006, the the Olivier Dahan film
10th Annual Hollywood "My Own Love Song",
Film Festival presented opposite Renée
him with its "Hollywood Zellweger, and was part
Actor of the Year of the Africa Movie
Award," He was also
honoured at the Santa
Academy Awards in
2009, in Nigeria. He is
Barbara International
Film Festival 2007,
married to former model
Keisha Whitaker and has
three children by her. His
younger brothers Kenn
Whitaker and Damon
Whitaker are both actors
as well.
Whitaker's multimedia
company, Spirit Dance
Entertainment, includes
film, television and
music production. He
works closely with a
organizations, giving
back to his community
by serving as an
Honorary Board
Members for Penny
Lane, an organization
that assists abused
teenagers, the Human
Rights Watch and The
Hope North
organization.
Forest says he owes
his ability to recreate
receiving the American
another character so
brilliantly to his
Riviera Award.
Previously, in 2005, the
obsessive nature.
"My brother always
Deauville Festival of
American Film paid
said I did everything
well because I gave
tribute to him. In 2007,
Forest Whitaker won the
myself so much to it," he
admits. "I didn't play ball
Cinema for Peace Award
2007.
until high school, but I
was good at it because I
In 2007, Whitaker
co-starred in The Great
was so obsessive."
The actor doesn't
Debaters with fellow
Oscar winner Denzel
plan to rest on his laurels,
however. "I honestly
Washington, and in believe that the best
2008, Whitaker played work of my life is about
opposite Keanu Reeves to happen," he says.
in Street Kings and One of the biggest
Dennis Quaid in talents of his generation,
Vantage Point. Forest Whitaker has
In 2009, Forest shown that despite his
co-starred in the Warner boyish features and
Bros. gentle giant build he can
film "Where the Wild carry off the most
Things Are," directed by diverse roles, from mafia
Spike Jonze, which was hit-man and Ugandan
a mix of live-action, dictator to gay clothing
animation and puppetry designer and jazz icon.

PAINTING: THE TWO FRIDAS

rida Kahlo's work placed
Mexican art on the international
stage. Her style was figuratist and
self-taught, with elements of the
fantastical and an emphasis on her
own individual, biographical perspective.
Her self-referential art, now a media
phenomenon, originated in the development
of her portrait painting which, from early on,
became her most effective device for
expressing certain unease about exploring
her own personality.
Frida Kahlo’s painting is painted in the
year 1939 in oil on canvas with dimensions
173 x 173 cm; it is located in the Museum of
Modern Art of Mexico.
The first thing we see in this painting is
a double self-portrait, where the two Fridas
are sitting on a wooden bench with straw,
you can see over your clothes the heart,
which is connected by an artery to the heart
of the second Frida, in turn they are united
because they are taken by the hands.
Overview of the Painting
This painting was completed shortly after
her divorce with Diego Rivera.
Each Frida is dressed in a different way,
it is said that one represents the European
Frida and the other the Mexican Frida; The
European shows in her right hand a few
words, her white dress is stained with blood,
her heart is not complete; while the Mexican
Frida has in her right hand a mini portrait of
Diego Rivera, and her heart is complete. The
first impression that this work gives us is the
duality of a woman, it is the double vision
that Frida has on herself, that on the one hand
she is strong and in love and on the other she
has a completely broken heart, in this Frida is
given to notice the pain and suffering that
this causes her because her white dress is
stained with blood.
The main artery, which comes from the
torn heart down to the right hand of the
traditional Frida, is cut off by the surgical that is dressed more colourful is the Frida of Frida, her own experiences, since she was
pincers held in the lap of the traditional Mexican, and it’s the clothes she wore to able to create wonderful works from them.
Frida. The blood keeps dripping on her white please her husband (Diego Rivera). This painting was acquired by the INBA
dress and she is in danger of bleeding to Frida Kahlo’s Style (Mexican National Institute of Fine Arts)
death. The stormy sky filled with agitated Frida expresses her own experiences in directly from the artist in 1947, and
clouds may reflect Frida's inner turmoil. her works, it is exactly what she is living in transferred to the MAM (Museum of
Composition her present, and how she interprets it and Modern Art) on December 28, 1966.
Frida Kahlo opts for the use of linear how she believes that
perspective, putting the vanishing point in others live it. She
the union of the hands of both Fridas, in this paints after her
way the center of the work is the divorce, as already
ambivalence that a person can have, in this mentioned before,
case herself, but at the same time these two “Las dos Fridas”,
different parts are deeply united. which we can locate
Colour within Surrealism
This work is strongly marked by the line, (1939), because the
especially as regards the two human figures, surrealists do not want
which have a drawing ending; However, she to copy reality but
does not abandon the colour as she uses it to prefer to capture their
make the difference between the two: one reality, which is what
dressed in white shows her European side as they interpret of her
well as what her society expects and the one dreams, or in the case