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Shri Ram Janmabhumi Teerth Kshethra to start mass contact and contribution campaign

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The Shri Ram Janmabhumi Teerth Kshethra has announced that on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranthi (January 14, 2021) a mass contact and contribution campaign would be launched for the construction of a grand temple at Ayodhya that will continue till Magh Purnima.

It also said that the public will be made aware of the historical significance of the Janmabhoomi Movement.

The trust has said that just like how crores of Ram devotees contributed for the reclamation of the janmabhoomi, the temple shall also be built with the voluntary contribution of devotees.


“This abhiyan will be run across the nation. Photo of the proposed new model of Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Mandir will also reach crores of households through their campaign. Voluntary donations from Rambhakts will be accepted for which coupons of Rs 10, 100 and 1,000 will be available,” it said.

As per reports, the temple will be built using ancient and traditional construction techniques.

DMK executive involved in prostitution arrested

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Police have arrested eight people including a branch secretary of the DMK for engaging in prostitution.

Hemamala, an inspector of the prostitution prevention unit of the police, had received a tip-off that a prostitution racket was functional in the Attikulam area of ​​Madurai and raided the area. Upon seeing the police, the men and women panicked and started running helter-skelter only to be detained later.

At that time it was revealed that Poosamalai, DMK branch secretary from Muduvarpatti Devaseri area near Alanganallur in Madurai district was one of the key persons engaged in sex work.

3 women and 5 men were later produced in court and remanded them in custody.

The incident in which a DMK office bearer was found to be involved in a prostitution racket has caused shock among the people of the region.

(Source: Update News 360, Kathir News)

‘Ready to set aside ego and cooperate with each other’: Kamal on alliance with Rajini

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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) head actor Kamal Haasan who is touring the southern part of Tamil Nadu as part of his campaign trail said that he is ready for an alliance with Superstar Rajinikanth provided there are no ideological differences.

“We are just a phone call away. If our ideology is similar and if it would benefit the people we are ready to set aside our ego and co-operate with each other”, Kamal Haasan said while speaking to reporters.

 

Kamal Haasan took the political plunge in February 2018. The actor had hinted at teaming up with Rajinikanth earlier in November 2019 when he said “”We have been together for 44 years. If the need comes for us to get together [in politics] then we will. Right now, work is important; talking about this is not. For the benefit of the people of Tamil Nadu, we can take this journey together.”

BJP calls EC to implement model code of conduct in WB immediately

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Just days after when stones were pelted on the convey of Bharatiya Janata Party President J P Nadda and the impending visit by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the next few days in poll-bound West Bengal, the BJP has asked the Election Commission (EC) to invoke Section 15 of the Representation of the People’s Act.

What it actually means is that the BJP wants EC to impose the model code of conduct in the state early according to the provision of that section.

A delegation led by BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta made the submission to the poll body citing the law and order situation and “political bias”.

The BJP has asked for early deployment of central police forces in the state, “else the ruling AITC with the active support of West Bengal Police will make campaigning very difficult, resulting in widespread violence.”

The BJP has also said that members of the state government employees federation are not used in the preparation of electoral rolls as “they have pledged their support to the Chief Minister and the AITC.”

There is also the issue of discrepancies in the draft voters’ list alleged by the BJP were names of the dead and relocated voters continue to remain. 

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal invites foreign investors to be part of India’s growth story

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Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal has welcomed the foreign investors to be a part of India’s growth story. Addressing the inaugural session of CII’s Partnership Summit 2020 through virtual means today, he welcomed them with open arms, a red carpet and assured complete assistance, partnership & involvement through your journey in this land of opportunities.

The Minister said that continuing on an open path, India has been systematically opening up to global investors new sectors of our economy and encouraging businesses through strategic relationships with different investment partners, strengthening our economic plans for the future. He said that FDI(Foreign Direct Investment) flows in India have been continuously growing. “During the first9 months of this year, at the peak of COVID-19 pandemic, our FDI has grown. We have one of the most facilitative FDI policies in the world. During the April-September period, FDI inflows are at $40 billion, which has been higher than last year by about 13%. Last year, we announced one of the most attractive tax rates available anywhere in the world at 22% tax for businesses in India and 15% tax for new manufacturing facilities set up after October 2019.”

Minister Goyal said that a number of new schemes have been introduced including Production-Linked Incentive Scheme to attract industries to come to India. “We have investment promotion cells in all the ministries. Central Govt & States are working together to attract & promote investments even before the onset of the pandemic, India was rapidly announcing a slew of reform measures aimed at improving the economy & productivity levels in the economy. India is introducing conducive reforms & facilitation measures to encourage greater global involvement in our V-shaped recovery. I invite you to board the bus of development, growth & prosperity that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is crafting for the people of India.”

Dwelling on the theme of the partnership summit, which is about partnerships for lives, livelihoods & growth, Minister Goyal said that this will help all of us in our joint endeavour to get our economies back on the growth path & encourage new opportunities. “Our aim is not only to grow sustainably at high levels but achieve the target of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025. Historic reforms in different sectors will hold the country in good stead in our effort to improve prosperity levels of the people. India does not wish to miss the sunshine under the warm sun that India is blessed with. We believe in the new world there will be new thinking, new opportunities for growth.Alone, we can accomplish little but together our reach may exceed beyond anyone’s imagination. This is the time to be in India, this is the time to expand your presence & investments in India. India is a land of opportunities.”

India registers another landmark achievement: National recovery rate crosses 95%, one of the highest in the world

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India has achieved several significant milestones in its fight against COVID.

The new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours have fallen under 22,100. The daily new cases stand at 22,065 after 161 days. The new added cases were 22,252 on 7th July, 2020.

With a high number of COVID patients recovering every day and the sustained fall in the mortality rate, India’s steady trend of registering dipping active cases continues.

In another achievement, the active cases have drastically declined below 3.4 lakh. The total positive cases of the country are 3,39,820 and now comprise merely 3.43%of the total cases.

The slide in the active cases is supplemented by an exponential rise in the recoveries. The total recovered cases have crossed 94 lakhs (94,22,636).The gap between active cases and recovered cases is continuously increasing and stands at 90,82,816.

The national Recovery Rate has further escalated to 95.12%.

India’s Recovery Rate is one of the highest in the world for countries with high caseload.

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“Farmers are being misled about the agriculture reforms”: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled various developmental projects in Gujarat which includes a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant.

Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that one has to keep up with the changing times and embrace global best practices. He lauded the farmers in Kutch in this regard, as they are now exporting fruits abroad. He said this indicates the innovative zeal of the farmers. He said the agriculture, dairy and fisheries sectors have prospered in Gujarat over the last two decades due to minimum interference from the Government. What Gujarat did was to empower farmers and cooperatives.

The Prime Minister said that farmers are being misled about the agriculture reforms. He pointed out that the agriculture reforms that have taken place is exactly what farmer bodies and even opposition parties have been asking over the years. He reiterated that the Government of India is always committed to farmer welfare and will keep assuring the farmers and addressing their concerns.

Foundation stone laid for the Renewable Energy Park in Kharera, Desalination plant in Mandvi and the New Automatic plant at Sarhad Dehri in Anjar are going to create new milestones in the development journey of Kutch. He added that the benefit of these projects would accrue to the tribals, farmers, cattle ranchers and common people of the region. He remarked that today, Kutch is one of the fastest growing regions of the country. The connectivity here is getting better day by day.

The Prime Minister recalled the moment in time when the people of Gujarat had a ‘simple’ demand – to get electricity during dinner time. He said things have changed so much in Gujarat. Today’s youth in Gujarat are not even aware of the earlier days of inconvenience, he said. The Prime Minister recalled that the population in Kutch used to have negative growth. Now that people have stopped going out, the population is thriving as people are coming back .He called upon the researchers and universities to do a case-study on Kutch’s four-fold development post the massive earthquake.

He lauded the Gujarat Government for introducing many farmer friendly schemes in the last twenty years. He said Gujarat was a pioneer to work on strengthening solar energy capacities.

The Prime Minister remarked that Energy security and water security are vital in the 21st century. He said that the early teams were mocked when they spoke of getting Narmada waters to Kutch to solve the problem of scarcity. Now, Narmada waters have reached Kutch and Kutch is progressing.

India Post Payments Bank launches ‘DakPay’, aims to transform banking experience at the last mile

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Department of Posts (DoP) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) unveiled a new digital payment app ‘DakPay’ at a virtual launch event today (December 15). The app has been launched as part of the ongoing efforts to provide digital financial inclusion till the last mile across India.

DakPay is not just a digital payment app but a suite of digital financial and assisted banking services provided by India Post & IPPB through the trusted Postal (‘Dak’) network across the nation to cater to the financial needs (‘Pay’) of various sections of the society – be it sending money to the loved ones (Domestic Money Transfers – DMT), Scan QR code and make payment for services/merchants digitally (Virtual debit card & with UPI), enabling cashless ecosystem through biometrics, providing interoperable banking services to the customers of ANY BANK (AePS) and Utility Bill Payment services, the press release by the Ministry of Communications read.

Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad appreciated India Post Payments Bank’s efforts during fight against Covid-19 by providing doorstep financial assistance through AePS leading to financial empowerment of the unbanked and the underbanked.

Announcing the launch of the “DakPay”, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “India Post stood the test of times by serving the nation through various postal services digitally and physically during nationwide lockdown. Launch of DakPay adds up to the legacy of India Post which is about reaching out to every household. This innovative service will not only give access to banking services and postal products online, but also is a unique concept where one can order and avail postal financial services at doorsteps. I strongly believe that this double strength of service offerings in the form of online payments and home delivery of financial services combined with nationwide network of Postal department will be another big leap towards Prime Minister’s vision of a financially inclusive and an AatmaNirbhar Bharat.”

Pradipta Kumar Bisoi, Secretary (Posts) & Chairman, IPPB Board said that, “Dak Pay brings simplified payment solutions to all by offering all customers access to the banking and payments products and services either through an App or in assisted mode with the help of the trusted Postman. Dak Pay is truly an Indian solution designed to address the financial needs of every Indian”.

“The unveiling of DakPay is a landmark achievement in IPPB’s journey and will further deepen comprehensive financial inclusion to bring forth the dawn of a ‘Truly Inclusive Financial System’. Our motto is  – Every customer is important, every transaction is significant and every deposit is valuable.” Said Mr. J Venkatramu, MD & CEO, India Post Payments Bank.

About India Post Payments Bank

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has been established under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication with 100% equity owned by Government of India. IPPB was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 1, 2018. The bank has been set up with the vision to build the most accessible, affordable and trusted bank for the common man in India. The fundamental mandate of India Post Payments Bank is to remove barriers for the unbanked & underbanked and reach the last mile leveraging the Postal network comprising 155,000 Post Offices (135,000 in rural areas) and 300,000 Postal employees.

IPPB’s reach and its operating model is built on the key pillars of India Stack – enabling Paperless, Cashless and Presence-less banking in a simple and secure manner at the customers’ doorstep, through a CBS-integrated smartphone and biometric device. Leveraging frugal innovation and with a high focus on ease of banking for the masses, IPPB delivers simple and affordable banking solutions through intuitive interfaces available in 13 languages.

(Published from PIB)

Puthiya Tamilagam party enters 24th year, Dr Krishnasamy asks party cadres to buckle up for a New Tamil Nadu

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Puthiya Tamilagam, the only party in the entire country that is swimming against the tide by placing the demand for getting its community members (Devendrakula Vellalars), delisted from the Scheduled Caste, enters the 24th year of its existence today (December 15).

The leader of the party Dr. K. Krishnasamy in a letter to the cadres said “I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all levels of Puthiya Tamilagam party executives, Devendrakula relatives, mothers, youth, students, friends, and family who have traveled with us through the most difficult periods of our journey towards the goal of the party in the last 23 years.”

“Starting a political party is an easy thing to do. But the biggest challenge is to keep that party going and strong.” Dr. Krishnasamy said.

“We have experienced oppression and suppression that no other political party leadership in Tamil Nadu has faced in the last 27 years. Despite being subjected to numerous treacherous activities, we are going steady in the path for the socio-political-economic emancipation of all people and we are guiding the people and the party towards the goal.”, Dr. Krishnasamy fruther addded.

He said that a party’s strength depended on three things: its ambitions, organization structure and an able leadership.

Dr. Krishnasamy said that the Puthiya Tamilagam party is built on strong principles of achieving true equality and social justice, restoration of land rights, human rights, right to life, right to identity, and empowering the common and indigenous people by bringing them to the annals of power.

He acknowledged that the party though may not have the expected structure at the second and third level, it has a strong structure at the grassroots. He also said that although the Puthiya Tamilagam has made immeasurable achievements in the social arena, it has not reached the peak is needed to be reached in the political arena.

“It is easy to attain political victory if there exists a driving thirst for power. But the reality is that to this day we have not shown much initiative.”, Dr. Krishnasamy said.

He said that this year in which the party enters its 24th year and the coming 2021 year is of utmost significance, adding that the time has come to bring about a change to the five decade rule by the Dravidian parties.

“The party is about to complete 25 years. We have fulfilled our duty in the social arena without any shortcomings. The time has come to fulfill our obligations to the political arena.” Dr. Krishnasamy said urging the cadres to take a pledge to work towards hoisting the red-green flag (the party’s flag) at the secretariat.

No more govt-run Madrasas in Assam, only Indian Civilisation and Nationalism will be taught: Sarma

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In a significant development, the state of Assam in India will become the first state where Indian civilisation, irrespective of religion would be taught after the closing down of hundreds of government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols (schools), state Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday (14 December).

Speaking to the Media, Sarma said “All the 683 government-run madrassas would be converted into the general schools and 97 Sanskrit tols would be handed over to Kumar Bhaskarvarma Sanskrit University. These Sanskrit tols would be converted into centres of learning and research where Indian culture, civilisation and nationalism would be studied. Irrespective of religion, Indian culture, civilisation and nationalism would be taught in these converted educational institutions making Assam the first Indian state to teach on these themes,”.

While addressing the media, Sarma also added, “The State Madrassa Education Board will be dissolved from the date of declaration of results of examinations to be held for the 2021-22 academic year, and all records, bank accounts and staff will be transferred to the Board of Secondary Education, Assam,”.

Sarma was very categorical when he said, “the government cannot spend public money for religious teaching”. In order to bring uniformity, teaching the Quran at the cost of government exchequer could not be allowed to continue,”.

Madrassa education had started in 1934 when Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla was the Prime Minister of Assam during the British Raj and the legacy of the Muslim League.

Sarma went on to say that parents of most of the students enrolled in the madrassas, want to see their children become doctors and engineers. A Muslim professor in Gauhati University who conducted a survey found that, parents and guardians of most of the students of the madrasas did not know that their children are not taught the regular subjects but are only taught Quran.

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