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  Former U.S President Barack Obama has announced his first memoir, as a President of U.S.A, titled " A Promised Land ". The book consists of 768 pages. It will be published in November 2020 by Penguin Random House. As per sources the scheduled release will be 17 November. The interesting thing is that it is going to be published in 25 different languages to cater to needs of global populace. This is one of two volumes going to be published. This volume tells about his early political life, his presidential candidacy and campaign in 2008 and ending with the death of most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden in 2011.

The World Bank has released a report on Human Capital Index 2020. India has been ranked 116th. The report was titled " The Human Capital Index 2020 Update: Human capital in the time of Covid-19 ". The index is being prepared with collaboration between Human Development Practice Group and the World Bank's Development Economics. India has been ranked among 174 countries. Singapore has topped the ranking list followed by Hongkong and China. Japan got the third position. The Human Capital Index 2020 update includes health and education data of 174 countries. It covers 98% of the World's population up to March 2020. It provides pre-pandemic situational analysis keeping health and education of children as a baseline. It tracks how the current health and education infrastructure brings about productivity of the coming generation of workers.

M Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice-President of India inaugurated 4th Ayurveda Summit: The summit was inaugurated virtually by M Venkaiah Naidu.   The theme of the summit was "Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic". The objective of the summit was to showcase the importance of Ayurveda and its immunity build up capability model to the global world through a solution being named as "Health as One " and "Immunity through Ayurveda".

Fiumicino International Airport got world's 1st 5-star Anti-Covid award: Fiumicino Airport is known mainly by "Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport". It is situated in Italy. It is the busiest airport in Italy. It has become the first airport in the world to be certified with "Covid-19 5-star airport rating" from a U.K based airport and airline review firm Skytrax. It has got the distinction  mainly due to checks on its hygiene processes in the airport. The procedural efficiency checks, visual observation anlysis and ATP sampling steps for Covid-19.  

India has now become a member of ECOSOC: India has been elected as a member of Commission on Status of Women, a body under the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) which is a part of United Nations. India is going to have a four year term that is from 2021-2025. Apart from India, countries like Afghanistan, China has also contested to be the member. But they failed to achieve that.  ECOSOC that is Economic and Social Council is part of the United Nations. It is headquartered in New York, USA. It is the central platform to foster sustainable goals and achieve it collectively through consensus among various countries internationally. It is also responsible to follow up major conferences and summits associated with Economic and social well being for the people all over the world.

Tiktok choses Oracle as its technology partner for its U.S operations. TikTok has chosen Oracle as its tech-partner for its U.S operations. There are many companies who were in the race to acquire it. Microsoft was also in a bid to acquire Bytedance company TikTok. But the Chinese major company have chosen Oracle over Microsoft to be its partner. The partnership was signed by the two companies last month. One thing was made very clear as stated by U.S President that TikTok would be blocked in the U.S if it did not sell its entire entities of U.S operations to an American company by 20th September 2020.  Thus U.S is successfully able to make Chinese company bow down to their feet when U.S was suspecting espionage and data theft from TikTok. 

Happy National Engineer's Day: 15th September. National Engineer's Day is celebrated in India specially on 15th September every year since 1968, on account of birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya (popularly known as Sir M.V). This day recognised the contribution of engineer's in the development of nation. Sir M.V was diwan of Mysore. He was awarded "Bharat Ratna", India's highest civilian award and honour for his phenomenal contribution towards nation building in 1955. There is a story associated with him. Once he was travelling in a train during British days. He was quietly sleeping on his berth at night. Suddenly he woke up and pull up the emergency chain to stop the train as soon as possible.  People and railway staff became very angry and started humiliating after reaching his boggey in which he was sitting quietly after the train stopped.  He told the staff that there was a broken track few metres away. The staffs thought he was making fun...

International Tea Day was observed globally on 21st May: International Tea day is celebrated globally on May 21 on the recommendation of India, which is World leader in Tea-production after China. This day is observed to try to improve the condition of tea producers and tea workers worldwide. Tea producing countries make a lot of profit by exporting tea-products worldwide but the conditions of labour working in the tea plantations is very bad. Therefore the purpose of observing May-21 is to encourage the confidence of tea workers, women working there, worker's rights, daily wages etc. HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL TEA DAY: The United Nations General Assembly in New York has designated May 21 as International Tea Day based on a proposal put forwarded by India at the FAO inter-governmental group on Tea in October 2015. Before 2019, it was celebrated on 15th december in many tea-producing countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Ke...

Amphan, the super tropical cylone brought destruction: The Amphan cyclone affected West Bengal severely. The coastal areas of West Bengal saw 180kmph and outskirts along with Kolkata observed 130–140 kmph speed. It is a tropical cyclone on Bay of Bengal. The aftereffects are really pathetic. Houses made up of mud are completely destroyed. College street, a famous site in Kolkata near Presidency University, a hub for students to buy books was in poor condition. The book stalls full of books got destroyed and it is observed that books are lying on the roads like garbage sheets. It is so pathetic to see. Many people died at the spot when trees fall on their heads. It is unimaginable and dangerous too. I hope, we will overcome the situation. And pray to God to simultaneously end Covid-19 crisis and “Amphan” too.

Ladakh becomes Corona-virus free region in India: The Union territory Ladakh has become covid-19 free region. This region have not reported any new case since 3rd May 2020. And the previously infected persons who were undergoing treatment in Leh district have recovered from this deadly disease. A total of around 43 cases of covid-19 were reported in Ladakh till now and all the confirmed cases have recovered from the covid-19.

World Health Assembly's 73rd session: The 73rd session of World Health Assembly was held through video-conferencing due to Corona virus pandemic. It featured all delegations from W.H.O member countries/states. It focused on specific health agenda which was prepared by group under a executive board. Dr. Harsh Vardhan . Union Health Minister of India participated on behalf of India. He highlighted timely approach and necessary action taken by Indian government to tackle Covid-19 spread. For your kind information guys, WHO is a international decision making organisation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO assembly is responsible to determine policies governing international health.

Economic Relief Package for Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman  has announced the details of the 5th tranche, a part of 20 lakh crore package earlier announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji. This package is about the objective of making India self-reliant. Following are some of the measures taken by GoI:-  Allocation for MGNREGS:-   The government decided to allocate Rs.40000 crore under MGNREGS which will help create 300 crore person days of work. This will ensure returning migrant workers to work in Monsoon season as well. Hence it is expected to boost the rural economy. Providing Technology for education:- "Diksha Program"- It will provide one nation, one digital platform for school goers in all states and Union Territories. Use of radio,podcasts, and television will play a pivotal role in providing education to students sitting at home. Special content will also be provided to visually and hearing challenged students. The govt...

INDIAN ARMY'S "Tour of Duty" Indian Army came up with a scheme known as "tour of duty". The scheme underlies the fact that civilians could be allowed to join Indian Army for a three- year tenure as officers and Jawans. They could also join in other ranks and even give their valuable service while in frontline as fighters. It is off course a good proposal. It aims to tap the resurgence of nationalism and patriotism among youths of this country who do not want to join Army as a profession but wish to experience the military culture and ethos which they think can instill a gentlemen approach towards leading life less ordinary. The demography of India is in favour of Indian army since it has a huge population of youth. This proposal is going to be discussed further among bureaucrats and top commanders of Indian Armed Forces. Presently Army recruits young candidates for a tenure of 10 years which is extendable upto 4 years. This is Army's short service commission...

Lockdown 4.0 : Here what MHA said The ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday extended the lockdown period upto 31st March to curb the spread of COVID-19 with some relaxation.  They have issued an order in which they said that schools, colleges and hotels will remain closed. Furthermore, domestic flights are also going to be closed till any orders about its opening comes.   Now I am going to discuss about the relaxations given the govt of India:- Inter-state movement of migrants through special trains and buses with mutual consent of State administration. The Central government has also permitted State governments to identify their zones as Red, Green, and Orange following standard procedures. Sports complexes were also allowed to function to certain extent. Shops having essential food items are already in function. Vegetable shops are also opened. Many states have been allowed at their will to open Liquor shops but with added taxes so as to income more and more in this period. Thi...

Facebook buys Giphy, the GIF-maker: Facebook has purchased the American online database and search engine that allows to make GIF files. A report from Axios said that the deal was settled for $400 million. But as usual Facebook is not going to disclose the price of the deal. Before knowing bit about it, let's explore what GIFs are. GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format, is an animated image you often found in Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook and other social media platforms. It is an animated image or short soundless video of very short duration like for few seconds only. It plays on a continuous loop without viewers intervention in clicking or pressing the play button. These GIFs convey emotions, jokes, present happenings etc.  And Giphy is one of the largest sites for making such creative animated images. Facebook said that 50% of Giphy's traffic came from their platforms and half of it used to come from Instagram. So, it decided to make Giphy's creation a part of Inst...

Vietnam's success over Covid-19 Pandemic:- Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia on South China Sea. It is famous for its beaches, Buddhist pagodas and bustling cities. Vietnam has a long border with China and a population of about 98 million people. The country has been successful in tackling covid-19 crises despite being a long border with China. Vietnam latest reports show that it has recorded just over 300 cases of Corona-virus with not a single death. It acted early and used each and every measure to contain the virus. The leaders of the country knows very well that they didn't have sufficient medical infrastructure to tackle the crisis if it would been a mild spread of this virus. If cases arising out of USA been replaced to Vietnam hypothetically, then the country would have gone in complete darkness. That is the reason, it acted early and fiercely which seemed to be quite extreme when the outbreak of the virus spreaded from Wuhan, the most probable epicenter of this pa...

                     IAS- Must read books 1. NCERT books: NCERT books are of immense help as far as UPSC civil services  preparation is concerned. NCERT books from class 6-10 are very necessary. Subjects like History,Geography,Civics,Science and Economics must be covered properly. Class 11, 12 books which covers History,Geography, Civics,Economics,Sociology and Art and Culture which cannot be neglected. 2. Polity by Laxmikanth: This is very famous among IAS aspirants. It is considered Bible of Polity. 3. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh: This book is written in very lucid language. It covers all the concepts associated with economics and economy of the country.  4. Spectrum's Modern India: This book is also very famous. It is actually written by IPS officer Rajiv Ahir. During his preparation he used to make notes for Modern Indian History. He compiled those notes into a book. The advantage of reading this book is that it is ...

TOP 05 MOBILE COMPANIES 2020:- 1. APPLE :-                   Apple Inc is an American multinational technology company. It is headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops and sells electronic products such as iphones, ipods, mac personal computer. It also develops computer software and other online services. 2. Samsung :-                  Samsung is a South-Korean multinational company. It is headquartered in famous Samsung Town, Seoul. The company has multiple bussiness ventures in almost all electronic products. It was founded by Lee Byung-chul way back in 1938. Samsung is successful in almost all of his business ventures. 3. OnePlus :-                    OnePlus is a Chinese mobile manufacturer. It is headquatered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is a very recent company started by Pete Lau and Carl Pei in December 2013. It b...

                   Scientists are puzzled over Corona                                          virus Mutations! Scientists and researchers in US and UK have identified hundreds of mutations to the virus which causes this dangerous disease Covid-19. Preliminary research in US suggested that the virus is becoming dominant and could make this disease more infectious. The research team from UK found people with mutated virus seemed to have a larger amount of virus in their samples but they are still confused that they become sicker or stayed in hospital for longer. Theories emerging from several scientists are still theoretical. Many Covid-19 vaccines which are currently in development targeting the virus which are not mutating at the time of research but with time it changes its character, thus making it difficult for the devel...

     PM Narendra Modi announces 20 lakh crore               Economic Pakage amid Lockdown in India Prime minister Narendra Modi gave a beautiful speech in which he emphasized the need to be self reliant in every aspect. He begins with India's rich historical culture from vedic age to till date. The cultural tradition which enables each and every Indian to inspire themselves is described by PM Narendra Modi Ji. He gave many slogans from Vedas to Upanishads to Geeta to inspire 130 crore people living here to stand back on their firm feet to make a mark in the history of India.   Due to Covid-19 the physical logistics is going to impact the World over. India too rely on imported goods which are not going to be accessible due to this pandemic. The export sector growth is going to decrease in the upcoming months. So, self-sufficiency, self-reliant and made in India product needed to be increased. Narendra Modi ji emphasize...

Empowerment of women, is always been a hot topic since Independence. It is not only a national issue for country like India or any other developing nation but international too .  In vedic-era such empowerment was not in need. Women are equally treated in those days. The condition of women in society deteriorated after 500 BC or so. Since India's Independence we are struggling a lot to empower women. They are being discriminated in every spare of life. They are deprived of voting, taking decisions, pursuing education etc. From Jhansi ki Rani to Indira Gandhi to Sushma Swaraj and so on examples are there to show what a women can do. But still we are lagging behind for what we want to achieve. Census shows that there are 930 females per 1000 males in India. In some states the ratio is poorer than this figure. Not only in rural and sub-urban regions have harsh conditions of women but it is prevalent in some educated urban elites group. They are still in dark phase. In...

                   My view on Covid-19 ! The novel corona virus which started to spread from Wuhan province of China roughly around November 2019 got its official name Covid-19 from World Health Organisation( Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland). The deadly outbreak was first observed in Italy where it was spreading at fast pace. The international community were little late to recognise its dangerous effect on human immune system before it created havoc situation in Italy. Now, many countries such as Iran, France, UAE, India etc are battling with this situation. Social distancing is one of the most demanding medicine which can stop the virus to spread among humans.

How Indian Institute of Technology became a brand ! The Indian Economy was facing scarcity of Engineers after it has got its independence. The need of the hour was to boost the industrial economy along with agriculture. IITs are thus established with that enthusiasm and by the help of other foreign Universities. Since its establishment, it is attracting one of the best brains in India. Millions of students used to sit for just about 12000 seats in IITs. The lure of getting job from multinational comapnies with fat pakages attracts the best brains of India. Google, Microsoft, Apple like companies are hiring students from IITs since its inception. Speculation of brain drain usually occurs in media. But at the same time, one of the finest brains coming from IITs are also working in India. DRDO,ISRO,BARC are some of the finest organisations to work for. These government organisation are still the dream jobs from many IItians. So, at the end of all its the quality edu...

Addiction of mobile phones in India ! With the advent of 4G technology in India, using mobile phone and consuming more data has become an addiction for not only youth which comprises 65% of its population but also the older ones. One biggest revolution came when Jio started to give its customer free sim with free data and calls. It created a huge leap in 4G phones being sold in India. I hope 5G will also revolutionize the mobile phone market in India. And India is going to crave for more data. 

Future of mobile phones with the latest innovation ! The future of mobile phones with latest innovations is going to scale up in the upcoming years. The World is day by day shrinking into global village and further into a four walled room from where you can easily do everything you want just by using your smartphone. The following technologies are going to be implemented which can scale up the use of mobile technology in each and every corner of the world:- 5G tecnology and its bandwidth. Internet of things app Blockchain app Cloud app Artificial intelligence Automation of web. Mobile payments and unified payment interface globally.

History of the word "Hello", that we usually say while calling or receiving someone. According to most of the English Dictionary available internationally, it says  hello  is an alteration of  hallo ,  hollo  , in old German style. It is used to yell at ferryman for calling them. in Germany. Actually credit goes to Thomas Edison who discovered this word and used it for telephone greeting

Despite being a diverse country why India has solutions but little innovation? It’s not completely true in the context of innovation. But if we speak about administration of the country then it has several lacunae which bars India to real innovation. First, let’s speak about innovation in India:- Innovation is what making India in global limelight. The Hackathons which are even conducted by government owned enterprises which was usually done by private players. So more and more people are coming from rural backgrounds and tier-III colleges and institutes to participate in it. India has also been in the list of leading countries in terms of Space technology. It is indeed a big player in Software making. So there is no dearth of innovation in India. Second. Let’s speak about administration in India:- India is successful in selecting the best staffs to work for the country be it Defence, Civil administration or any govt. organisation. But despite talented p...

Are Chinese brands sending private data to China? Is this news true? It’s possible to some extent that Chinese brands are sending private data to China. But authenticity of the news cannot be guaranteed. But one most important thing is that the place associated with manufacturing, Quality check, software check facilities and rules and regulation through which a company has to go before selling its product. If suppose Chinese brands are making Phones in India, manufacturing them in India under Make in India basis, then possibility of leakage of private information is less. India will throughly check its quality, software, licensing etc . So, in particular India act as a filtering process to give its citizen the best possible product , be it from any company or country.

                     Impact of Lockdown on Nature! Nature has its own beauty. We humans have continuously taken Nature for granted. We forget their violent face. And for the sake of our benefits we have been continuously exploiting them. Humans are greedy by nature. It's not the Nature who has this type of nature we possess. They are selflessly providing everything we wanted. So it is our responsibility to keep our Earth clean.