SP MOOKERJEE HIS VISION OF EDUCATION
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BJP President Amit Shah released the book Syama Prasad Mookerjee:-
His Vision of Education, edited by Anirban Ganguly and Avadhesh Kumar Singh and published by Wisdom Tree in arrangement with Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, in the presence of Prof Bibek Debory, Member NITI Aayog, Prof BB Kumar, Chairman ICSSR and Shri Shyam Jaju, Vice President BJP. The glittering event held at Teen Murti Library on 15 July 2017 was attended by media, senior educationists, artistes and politicians.
Besides being a front-ranking statesman, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee was an outstanding educationist and education administrator. I hope that the book generates a wide and dispassionate discussion on the fundamentals of Indian education as envisaged by Dr. Mookerjee.
-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee was an academician, administrator and educational thinker, as may be discerned from his life-long engagement with education and discourses on education that he delivered on various occasions in the last two decades of his life in particular. Ironically, his contribution to domains beyond politics remains unacknowledged and a serious and vigorous consideration of his educational views and vision still eludes us to an extent that they are not a part of the discussions in the mainstream education system in India even today.
RUSSIA’S SOYUZ-2.1A ROCKET DELIVERS 73 SATELLITES INTO ORBITS
A Russian Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle successfully delivered record-breaking 73 satellites into three different orbits on Friday, Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos said.
The launcher, carrying an Earth observation Kanopus-V-IK satellite and 72 small satellites, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 09:36 Moscow time (0636 GMT) on Friday, and a “Fregat” upper stage launched the spacecraft into three orbits before retreating and falling into the Indian Ocean at 18:18 Moscow time (1518 GMT), according to Roscosmos statements.
“72 smallsats make the mission set a record in the number of spacecraft to be injected into several target orbits among smallsats launches ever,” the corporation said.
About a dozen of the satellites are for U.S., German, Norwegian, Canadian and Japanese operators, Roscosmos said.
Based on the Soyuz-U series, Russia’s Soyuz-2 launcher features advanced engines and up-to-date control and telemetry systems, which can be configured with the Fregat upper stage depending on the mission.
A standard Fregat upper stage was designed by Lavochkin Association to complement various launchers in order to put satellites in different orbits. Media agencies
TEHRAN BLASTS TRUMP FOR DESCRIBING IRAN AS A ROGUE STATE
Iran on Saturday slammed the U.S. President Trump’s description of the country as a rogue state, Iran’s state news agency IRNA quoted the foreign ministry spokesman as saying.
“Trump ought to seek the reason for subversion and rebellion in his own arbitrary and conflicting policies and actions, as well as those of his arrogant, aggressive and occupying allies in the region,” said foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi.
President Trump said on Thursday that new threats were emerging from “rogue regimes like North Korea, Iran and Syriaand the governments that finance and support them.”
Senior Iranian officials have blamed U.S-allied Saudi Arabia, Iran’s Sunni Muslim regional rival, for instability and attacks in the Middle East, including last month’s assaults that killed 18 people in Tehran. Xenhua
CHINA’S FINANCIAL REFORM PLANS UNVEILED
China unveiled reform plans Saturday to improve the financial sector’s capabilities to serve the real economy while guarding against systemic risks.
China must strengthen the leadership of the Communist Party of China over financial work, stick to the basic tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and respect the rules of financial development, said President Xi Jinping, at a two-day National Financial Work Conference that ended Saturday.
The conference has been convened every five years since 1997 and is widely considered to set the tone for financial reforms.
Three tasks are highlighted in the meeting, including making the financial sector better serve the real economy, containing financial risks and deepening financial reforms.
Serving the real economy is the bounden duty and purpose of the financial sector and the fundamental way to guard against financial risks, Xi pointed out.
The financial sector should improve service efficiency and quality and channel more resources into major and weak areas of economic and social development, he said.
Developing direct financing will be prioritized while indirect financing structure should be optimized by accelerating strategic transformation of state-owned major banks and developing small and medium-sized banks and private financial institutions, according to Xi.
The reiteration of the role of the financial sector points out the development direction of the financial sector and emphasis on direct financing is also quite reassuring for the stocks and bond markets, according to Li Huiyong, a senior analyst with Shenwan Hongyuan Securities.
Xi also said that guarding against systemic financial risks is the eternal theme of financial work and the government should take stronger initiative to monitor, warn against and deal with risks in a timely manner.
China will accelerate developing laws and regulations governing the financial sector, improve macro prudential management and emphasize functional as well as behavioral regulation, according to Xi.
The government will continue to deleverage the economy by firmly taking a prudent monetary policy and prioritizing reducing leverage in state-owned enterprises, Xi said.
The country will also resolutely deepen financial reforms including improving financial regulation coordination and shoring up weak links in supervision.
China will set up a committee under the State Council to oversee financial stability and development and the central bank will play a stronger role in macro prudential management and guarding against systemic risks, according to Xi.
The introduction of the State Council financial stability and development committee will help improve regulation effectiveness and address regulation challenges brought by increasingly mixed financial services, according to Lian Ping, chief economist with Bank of Communications.
Reforms of the financial regulation framework should be based on China’s domestic conditions and all financial businesses will be put under supervision, according to Premier Li Keqiang.
The world’s second largest economy will further open up its financial market to promote the internationalization of the Chinese yuan and capital account convertibility in a steady pace, Xi added.
China will also increase efforts in improving legal framework, credit mechanism and talent development for the financial sector to help Chinese economy expand steadily, Premier Li said.
ISRAELI FORCES KILL SUSPECTED PALESTINIAN MILITANT
Israeli forces kill suspected Palestinian militant in West Bank
Israeli forces shoot dead a suspected Palestinian militant in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near the city of Ramallah, Reuters reported. The Israelis opened fire as a man they wanted to arrest shot at them, the police and military said. “The terrorist was found and surrounded, he pulled out his weapons at them, and in response, the terrorist was killed,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He added that the man was suspected of carrying out two shootings in the West Bank. The incident resulted in no Israeli casualties. There is so far no comment from the Palestinian authorities.
FRANCE CELEBRATES BASTILLE DAY
900 cars burnt, 370 people arrested as France celebrates Bastille Day
In the course of the two-day Bastille Day festivities, 368 people had been arrested, French officials said, adding that the number indicates a decrease compared to last year’s detentions. However, the number of burnt vehicles has spiked. The data released by the French Interior Ministry Saturday shows that 897 vehicles were destroyed by arson. Of those, 631 had been set on fire, while 266 were damaged by the spreading flames. The total number of burnt vehicles this year is slightly higher than last year, when 858 cars were burned. In 2015, 951 cars were torched. The number of people arrested during the days of festivities is sharply down, though, the ministry said, praising law enforcement efforts for limiting the number of offenses. In 2016, 577 people were taken into custody. “A mobilization of police forces… has significantly reduced the number of incidents and especially brawls on the streets committed at the time of July 14 festivities,“ the interior ministry spokesman, Pierre-Henry Brandet said.
GERMAN WARPLANES FORCE KOREAN AIR JET TO LAND IN STUTTGART
Two German military jets were scrambled to intercept a Korean Air plane with 200 passengers on board, forcing it to land in Stuttgart, Germany. The military planes were dispatched after the Korean airliner, travelling from Seoul to Zurich, failed to respond via radio Saturday night, according to Stuttgart airport officials, cited by dpa. It is not yet clear what led to the loss of radio contact. As a result, affected passengers were stuck at the airport due to a flight curfew, spending the night at the airport in Germany’s southwest.
INDIA WILL BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT IN PULSES, OILSEEDS:
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today exuded confidence that India will become self-sufficient in pulses and oilseeds production in the coming years. He said, the government is taking steps to boost yields through use of better quality seeds and technologies.
The country imports over 5 million tonnes of pulses and about 14.5 million tonnes of vegetable oils, comprising edible and non-edible oils every year to meet domestic demand.
Addressing the 89th foundation day of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in New Delhi, Mr Singh said the government is not only focusing on increasing production but taking steps to make agriculture income-centric as part of its target to double farmers’ income by 2022.
The Minister said, the green revolution helped India in becoming self-sufficient in wheat and rice, but the country is still importing pulses and oilseeds to meet domestic demand and spending huge amount of foreign currency. The country’s pulses production increased to record 22.40 million tonnes in the 2016-17 crop year (July-June) against 16.35 million tonnes in the previous year. Oilseeds output rose by 29 per cent to 32.52 million tonnes last year.
16 AMARNATH PILGRIMS KILLED AS BUS FALLS INTO GORGE
Jammu & Kashmir, 16 Amarnath pilgrims were killed and 19 others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge on Jammu Srinagar national highway in Ramban district today.
A senior police spokesman told AIR that 19 injured were being airlifted for specialized treatment while 8 others have sustained minor injuries.
Security officials said that a bus carrying yatris was heading towards Srinagar for Amarnath cave when it met with an accident after a tyre burst near Army Camp Nachilana under police station Banihal on the highway.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief on the loss of lives of Amarnath Yatris due to a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, his thoughts are with the families of the deceased.
He also prayed that those injured in the bus accident recover soon. 16 pilgrims were killed and several others injured when their vehicle fell into a gorge on the Jammu- Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has also expressed grief on the loss of life of Amarnath yatris in Ramban Bus accident. In a tweet, Mr Singh said, his heart goes out to the families of Amarnath Yatris who lost their loved ones in the bus accident.
He also prayed are with the injured. Mr Singh spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on the bus accident. Ms Mufti apprised Mr Singh of the ongoing rescue operations. The injured Amarnath Yatris were airlifted for treatment in Jammu.
WHOLESALE INFLATION FALLS TO 0.9% IN JUNE
Wholesale inflation fell to 0(point)9 per cent in June this year as prices of food articles, including vegetables, fell.
The inflation figure is the lowest in at least eight months–since the availability of data for the new 2011-12 base year series.
Inflation based on the wholesale price index had stood at 2.17 per cent in May this year, and minus 0.09 per cent in June last year.
Government data released today showed that wholesale inflation in food articles stood at minus 3.47 per cent in June. Inflation in vegetables was minus 21.16 per cent, meaning that overall vegetable prices fell. Inflation in potatoes was minus 47.32 per cent in June.
Data earlier this week had showed that retail inflation eased to a record low of 1.54 per cent in June.
Digital transactions ‘leapfrogged
State Bank of India has said that India has leapfrogged three years of digitisation in just seven months post demonetisation and the government’s drive to promote use of debit and credit cards at point of sale or PoS terminals.
According to a SBI research report, the volume of digital transactions has crossed the 70,000 crore rupee level in last seven months. It informs that banks have installed 11.8 lakh additional POS terminals to facilitate this movement.
The report says that similar trends are observed in usage of pre-paid instruments including m-wallet, PPI cards and mobile banking.
The SBI Report claims that an increase of 10,000 crore rupees of transactions by credit and debit cards at PoS terminals will lead to around 1.1 percent decline in Consumer Price Index based inflation.
HARINDER PAL SANDHU WINS VICTORIAN OPEN SQUASH
India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu continued his fine run by winning a second title in two weeks, beating top-seed Rex Hedrick of Australia 12-14, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 in a 77-minute final of Victorian Open squash, in Melbourne today. Sandhu, who had reached the final without dropping a game, ran into an opponent, who was ready for a long battle.
The first game saw long rallies and Hedrick held his nerve to win it on extra points as the two mixed caution with aggression. Third-seeded Sandhu, who had won the South Australian Open last week, stepped up to win the second game 11-3 using an attacking game to keep his rival at bay. The third game also followed a similar pattern as Sandhu romped home 11-4.
The 28-year-old Indian carried the momentum into the fourth game and stayed ahead to win it 11-7. It was his fourth title of the year. He had beaten Piedro Schweertman of the Netherlands yesterday to reach the final.
GARBINE MUGURUZA WINS WIMBLEDON BEATING VENUS WILLIAMS
Spain’s Garbine Muguruza breezed past five-time winner Venus Williams to win the women’s singles title at the Wimbledon Championships here on Saturday.
The 23-year-old, who lost to Venus’ younger sister Serena in the 2015 final, won 7-5, 6-0 on Centre Court for her first Wimbledon title to add to her French Open victory in 2016.
Muguruza, playing in her just fourth Wimbledon, reached the final two years ago as a virtual unknown player and was beaten in straight sets by Serena.
Garbine Muguruza has won the Wimbledon Women’s singles title beating Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0. In the final clash in All England Club in London, the 23-year-old Spanish took just one hour and 17 minutes to beat five-time winner Venus Williams to clinch her maiden Wimbledon and second Grand Slam title.
After some tense early exchanges, the Muguruza cut loose, winning nine straight games to claim grand slam title. The Spaniard had also clinched the 2016 French Open. It was her second Wimbledon final, having lost to Venus’s sister Serena on the same stage in 2015.
It was a sad end for Venus Williams’ campaign, who reached the women’s singles final for the first time in nine years. If she would have won, Venus would have become the oldest woman to win a Major crown.
SUNDAR SINGH WINS GOLD AT WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar gave India its first medal at the 2017 IPC Para Athletics Championships in London today. Sundar, who had been disqualified from his event in Rio 2016 due to technical reasons, lifted Gold with a personal best throw of 60.36 metre.
Speaking after his event, Sundar said, the medal is a great motivation for him to perform even better from here on. He said, he had recovered fully, and will do even better at the next year’s Asian Games.
The javelin F46 event also saw another impressive performance by 18-year old Rinku. The talented boy from Rohtak, who had finished 5th in Rio, bettered his personal best from the Paralympics with a 55.12 metre throw, to end fourth and narrowly miss out on another medal for India. Rinku is supported by the GoSports Foundation.
In the men’s shotput F57 event, fellow GoSports Foundation athlete Virender Dhankar also came tantalisingly close to a podium place, ended fourth with a throw of 13.62 metre.
INDIA DEFEATS NEW ZEALAND TO REACH SEMI-FINALS OF WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
India stormed into the semifinals of ICC Women’s World Cup crushing New Zealand by 186 runs. Riding on left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s brilliant five wickets for just 15 runs and skipper Mithali Raj’s magnificent 109 runs, India defeated Kiwis In Derby yesterday.
The win ensured Indian eves qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since 2010.
Put into bat, India recovered from an early wobble of 21 for 2 in eighth over to score a challenging 265 for 7 in their final league match. A 132-run stand between Mithali and Harmanpreet Kaur for the third wicket brought them back into the match.
Kaur scored 60 runs. A brilliant quick-fire 70 off just 45 balls from Krishnamurthy, studded with seven fours and two sixes, took India past 260.
Chasing 266 for a win, New Zealand crashed out for just 79 runs in 25.3 overs.
In Women’s Cricket World Cup second Semi-final, Indian eves will clash with Australia on Thursday. In first semifinal England will take on South Africa on Tuesday. The final will be played on next Sunday.
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