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12-Year-Old Boy Clears HSLC Exam with first division

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In Manipur, a 12-year-old boy, Issac Paulallungmaun, has secured 72 percent in Manipur high school leaving certificate (HSLC) exam thus becoming the first 12-year-old child to appear and clear the High School Leaving Certificate examination in the first division.

He got special permission from the Board of Secondary Education Manipur to appear for the HSLC exam conducted in February-March, 2020. As per rules, the Manipur BSEM exam allows only those who have completed 15-years of age; however, Issac was given permission as a “special case” after his father wrote to the education department seeking permission last year. He is now the youngest to appear for such an exam and come out with distinction.

Before giving permission a psychological test was conducted on him by the Department of Clinical Psychology, RIMS, Imphal. The boy secured an astonishing grade with an IQ of 141. The test showed that the mental health of the boy is 17 years 5 months and he had superior intellectual and development functioning.

As per the PTI reports Issac is an admirer of Sir Issac Newton because as he shares is name also thinks that he is like him.

Post results the boy said, “Results were a bit lower than I expected. I want to study Zoology and Paleontology as my interest is in animals. We must always believe in ourselves.”

Issac is eldest among all and is a resident of Kangvai in Churachandpur.

LinTlMaT – A novel statistical learning approach for tracing cell lineage

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Dr. Hamim Zafar from IIT, Kanpur, in collaboration with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, has developed a statistical learning method called ‘LinTlMaT’ that can reconstruct cell lineages for an individual organism or at the species-level.

Our body consists of many cells that function continuously to keep us alive. Though the cells in different organs contain almost similar DNA, they perform different functions. Starting as the single-cell they divide over time and ancestor cells give rise to descendant cells forming a lineage tree.

The process of cell transformation from one type to another is called cellular differentiation. Understanding this process is crucial to know what goes on in normal human development process and also what goes wrong in pathologies such as cancer. LinTlMat is the research developed by Dr. Hamim Zafar, to understand this challenging process.

The method and its application on the whole-organism lineage reconstruction have been reported in an article published in the journal Nature Communications. The research team consists of Dr. Hamim Zafar, joint faculty in the CSE and BSBE departments of IIT, Kanpur, Chieh Lin (co-first author in the study), and Professor Ziv Bar-Joseph from Carnegie Mellon University.

“Our methods will have a lot of applications in understanding normal as well as pathological development in different diseases. LinTlMaT will be a powerful method for the biologists who are studying development in model organisms or cancer tissues,” said Dr. Zafar.

“Go have sex and enjoy, you prostitute”: BHIM Army chief in soup for abusive and derogatory tweets on women

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The Chairperson of National Commission for Women, Rekha Sharma, on Thursday, took suo motu cognisance of vile and abusive comments made by  of BHIM Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad and said that she would ‘take care of the man disgracing the name of a great hero’ after his old tweets that was bad in taste went viral on social media.

Netizens also started demanding action from Twitter to bar him from the micro-blogging site after the tweets that he made in 2018 resurfaced. It is to be noted that Chandrasekhar Azad is a verified blue tick handle.

The Bhim Army chief in his tweets had used extremely unpleasant and derogatory language against women who are seen supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He called these women as “prostitutes” and people “who sell their bodies to BJP leaders”.

On March 23, 2018, responding to a twitter handle, the Bhim Army chief wrote “go have sex and enjoy, you prostitute”.

On March 25, 2018, the BHIM Army chief tweeted against journalist Jagriti Shukla using crass language and cheap Hindi slangs and called her a “prostitute” who sells her body and does “dallal” (pimp) to BJP.

In another tweet, he called Zee News anchor Anjana Om Kashyam a prostitute and dallal.

The BHIM Army chief can also be seen derogating Union Minister Smriti Irani, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in an extremely abusive tweet.

He had even called BJP supporters as those born to dogs.

It is to be noted that Twitter had earlier censored American President Donald Trump’s tweet in which he said “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”. However, Twitter is yet to take action on the BHIM Army Chief’s account.

Author and prominent Twitter personality Shefali Vaidya questioned Twitter’s inaction and expressed concerns of safety for woman on Twitter.

The NCW Chairperson has written to the UP DGP requesting for a strict action against the BHIM Army chief who has denied writing these tweets as he claims that he was in jail during that time.

The UP police are now in touch with cybercrime department.

Pakistan skips important meeting with India on locust attacks

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(200216) -- OKARA, Feb. 16, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken with mobile phone on Feb. 15, 2020 shows Pakistani farmers trying to avoid locusts swarming in Okara district in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province. Locust attack on crops incurred heavy financial losses to farmers in some areas of the country. (Str/Xinhua) (Xinhua/Stringer via Getty Images)

Crucial meeting that was to happen between India and Pakistan on Thursday, to deliberate on the locust attacks and ways to tackle the menace was skipped by Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

It was reported that according to diplomatic sources, Islamabad had not given any formal response to the request to hold discussions on the locust attack.

Officials from both India and Pakistan were to hold a technical level meeting on June 18 to discuss about the recent locust attacks that led to widespread damage to crops in both the countries.

The Foreign Office of Pakistan had earlier said on June 5 that both the countries were cooperating to tackle the issue under a forum administered by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Both Pakistan and India are members of the FAO’s Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia (SWAC).

The Dawn had reported quoting thePakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui that a ministerial meeting was held in March and a Technical and Operational Coordination Team was formed to exchange information and for coordinating at the border areas to combat the locust attack. She had mentioned that the country had been participating in SWAC meetings on a weekly basis and that the cooperation was fruitful. Farooqui had assured that Pakistan remains committed to cooperating with SWAC member states including India.

Locust swam have plagued the fields eating away crops in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and in major areas of Pakistan as well.

Uighur Muslim Imams are most vulnerable to persecution in Mainland China, Uyghur Hjelp says

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Norway based Uighur advocacy and aid organization Uyghur Hjelp has said that Uighur Muslim Imams in China’s Xinjiang province have become the most vulnerable to persecution due to Beijing’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims.

Abduweli Ayup, the founder of Uyghur Hjelp has reportedly said that the targeting of Imams is not a surprising as they have the potential to organize and mobilize Uighurs Muslims in large numbers.

It is said that Chinese authorities have detained more than 518 Uighur Muslim figures and Imams since 2016 and many of those who were trained and employed by Beijing have now been sentenced to long imprisonment while some of them have died in internment camps.

Abdurkerim Memet, one of the detained Imams was sent to 10 years in prison 2017. The 61 year old Imam was employed by Beijing to lead the prayers at a mosque in Yengisar in Kashgar, located in southern part of Xinjiang. Her daughter who lives in Saudi Arabia didn’t know of this until she got to know through a local contact in Xinjiang.

And it is not just those living within Xinjiang are targeted. Some of the family members living outside the province allege that they have been tricked into coming to Xinjiang based on false promises. Meryemgul Abdulla, a Uighur woman based out of Turkey had told Voice of America that her husband Abduhalik Abdulhak, a religious scholar was enticed by the Chinese saying that they would allow him to construct a museum but was later arrested upon returning to China.

According to UN estimates, more than a million Muslims could be in internment camps. Some observers have alleged that Chinese authorities use religious extremism charges that give a free hand to detain Uighurs. It is said that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to suppress the Uighur identity and culture.

New Zealand hit by earthquake of high magnitude

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Vaibavi Jayakumar
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On Thursday, New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands were hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 on the Richter scale. A warning of hazardous tsunami waves within 300km (186 miles) of the epicentre was issued within minutes. However, the alert was later downgraded with no tsunami threat for New Zealand or Australia. The country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) tweeted saying that the possibility of this triggering a tsunami was unlikely.

This earthquake, which has been dubbed the June 18 quake, has been measured to have an impact of up to a depth of 10 kilometres. This was preceded by a similar quake of 5.1 magnitude off the Bay of Plenty about 5.30 am on Tuesday.

Earthquakes with magnitudes between 6.5 and 7.5, like the one that occurred south of New Zealand, generally do not produce destructive tsunamis, the United States Geological Survey states, but “small sea-level changes might be observed in the vicinity of the epicentre.” Due to this, people have been instructed to stay out of the water, fearing strong currents.

A lot of people living along the coast have come out in condemnation of the delay in response with respect to the Tsunami warning, saying that by the time the NEMA had issued the warning to not venture into the sea, it would have been too late, had there been a tsunami.

PM Modi calls for active participation of citizens and frontliners to combat stigma attached to COVID

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday during his interaction with Chief Ministers of States and Union Territories called for active participation of citizens and health workers to eliminate the stigma attached with corona virus and its patients.

Addressing the socio-emotional aspect, Prime Minister in his address through video conferencing highlighted the importance of battling fear of being afflicted and also the stigma attached by making people aware of number of persons who have recovered from the disease.  He said that the number of people who recovered from the virus is high and is increasing rapidly and added that those who contracted the disease need not panic.

He also emphasized on Jan Bhaagidari (public participation) by stressing on the importance of using masks, face cover and maintaining physical distancing.

Dr. Anjan Trikha, Chairman of Clinical Managerial Group of the COVID Centre at AIIMS, New Delhi said that people manifest anxiety over the virus as a result of overexposure to social media and unverified news. He asked people to look for verified information from authorized news agencies like All India Radio and Doordarshan and not fall prey to false news.

India rejects China’s claim of sovereignty over Galwan valley

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lijian Zhao on Wednesday had said that the Galwan Valley has always been a part of China and that Indian border forces violated Chinese border protocols.

Galwan valley is the site of a violent clash between the Indian and Chinese army.

India trashed China’s claim as “exaggerated” and “untenable” and said that it acted contrary to the understanding reached during a high-level military dialogue on June 6.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava referred to an agreement reached between Chinese and Indian militaries on “disengagement” during the Lt General-level talks on June 6, in response to the claim by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) .

He said “As we have conveyed earlier today, External Affairs Minister and the State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China had a phone conversation on recent developments in Ladakh”.

He added that both sides agreed to handle the overall situation in a responsible manner and that the outcomes of June 6 Military Commander meeting should be implemented sincerely.

“Making exaggerated and untenable claims is contrary to this understanding” Mr. Srivastava said.

Since the clashes in Nathu La in 1967 when India lost around 80 soldiers and China lost over 300 PLA personnel , the violent clashes at the Galwan Valley was the biggest confrontation along the Line of Actual Control between the two forces.

Tevero becomes the first brand to launch masks with textile technology to protect from COVID

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The world has been grappling with coronavirus over the past few months and it looks like it is here to stay for some time. Circumstances warrant that humans protect themselves in whatever way they can. In light of this fashion clothing are looking at ways to give a layer of protection to protect people from microbes and Tevero has collaborated with companies, vendors and labs across the word to come out with products along this line.

Tevero using the technology of Swiss textile innovation company HeiQ has launched fashion masks, gloves and clothing under an exclusive collection named Virus Shield.

Under laboratory settings, it showed that the activity of the SARS-CoV-2 is reduced by 99.99 percent in 30 minutes on the treated fabric submitted by them. This textile technology – HieQ Viroblock NPJ03 – is safe and non-toxic.

Tevero’s masks are composed of two layers of soft knitted cotton for excellent comfort and breathability. There is an anti-viral treatment done on both the layers, increasing protection for the wearer. In between the two layers, there is a filter composed of meltdown fabric that offers more than 99.5 percent bacterial filtration efficiency (> 3mm)

The company is the first to launch anti-viral mask in India, using a technology proven against the coronavirus.  Tevero is planning to tie up with Amazon and medical store for retail.

Centre to establish Khelo India State Centres of Excellence in every State/UT

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The sports ministry will establish Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) under the Khelo India scheme in every State and Union Territory. This will help to create a robust sports infrastructure across the country. The Ministry has so far identified state-owned sports facilities in a total of 8 states that include Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, and Telangana.

The following eight centres in the respective states will be upgraded under the KISCE scheme.

Sangey Lhaden Sports Academy, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Jaiprakash Narayan National Youth Center, Bangalore, Karanataka

GV Raja Sr. Secondary Sports School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, Imphal, Manipur

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Aizawl, Mizoram

State Sports Academy, IG Stadium, Kohima, Nagaland

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

Regional Sports School, Hakimpet, Telangana.

The process of shortlisting of these facilities started in October 2019 when states were asked to identify the best sports infrastructure available with them to be developed into state of the art sporting facilities. The above 8 were shortlisted from a list of 15 based on existing facilities available in priority sports, infrastructure and champions produced.

The Centre will provide Viability Gap Funding (VGF) to support critical gaps such as procuring expert coaches, equipment, and infrastructure through the Khelo India Scheme while the respective State/UT takes full responsibility of running and maintaining the centre.

Speaking on this, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju, said that these centres will help grow India’s excellence in the Olympic Games. This setup is made to level up all the sports facilities in various states of India.

He added further, the sports facilities have been actively looked into by the government committee.

He expressed confidence that this step will bring out the hidden talent in the states and will help in making world-class Olympic champions.

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