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Kumaraswamy confident of a strong government

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JD(S) State President and Chief Minister designate H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Monday that he would provide a stable government in Karnataka for the next five years. Though difficult, he said he was confident that he would succeed with support from the Congress.

Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita Kumaraswamy were at his native taluk in Holenarasipur to offer prayers at the Lakshmi Narasimha temple, in gratitude for becoming the Chief Minister for a second time. He is later scheduled to visit Eshwara Temple at Haradanahalli, Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Mavinakere and Deveeramma Temple at Yaliyuru.

Nipah virus assert 3 lives in Kerala, 8 under observation

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The Nipah virus has so far claimed three lives in Kerala while one person is undergoing treatment and 8 others are under observation in Kozhikode district, Health minister K K Shylaja today said.

The three deaths, which occurred over the past fortnight, were from the same family, including two siblings in their early twenties. The man who is undergoing treatment for ‘Nipah’ is the father of the two brothers who died.

Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, Pteropus genus. A bat was found in the well of their house which has now been closed, the minister said.

A nursing assistant, Lini, who had treated three infected persons, died this morning. However, it is yet to be confirmed if she had contracted the virus, which spreads through bats. Five more people have died due to high fever and similar symptoms of the virus here and in neighbouring Malappuram district.

However, it is yet to be confirmed if their deaths was caused by the virus, health department sources said. Health minister Shylaja and Labour minister, T P Ramakrishnan, who hails from Kozhikode, held discussions with officials and assured that the government had taken all necessary steps to prevent the spread of the virus, which has affected the state for the first time.

A high level team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has already arrived in Kozhikode district to take stock of the situation. The state has been put on high alert and two control rooms have also been opened here.

The minister said there was no need to panic as the virus spreads only through direct contact with the infected person. “We have listed the persons who have got in touch with the patients. They have been isolated as precautionary measure,” she said.

The minister said peripheral hospitals in the vicinity of Medical college have been asked to set up isolation wards and if they have patients with symptoms of the virus, they should be directed to the medical college.

NiV was first identified during an outbreak of disease that took place in Kampung Sungai Nipah in Malaysia during 1998. Then, pigs were the intermediate hosts. However, in subsequent NiV outbreaks, there were no intermediate hosts.

Small Screen Round Up

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3 Dev Actors Shot For WWE Sunday Dhamaal

The 3 actors of the film 3 Dev namely Karan Singh Grover, Ravi Dubey & Kunaal Roy Kapur enjoyed shooting recently for WWE Sunday Dhamaal with anchor Salil Acharya.
Just recently Karan Singh Grover, Ravi Dubey as well as Kunaal Roy Kapur had gone went to promote their Hindi comedy film namely 3 DEV on WWE Sunday Dhamaal with anchor Salil Acharya.
All the actors namely Karan Singh Grover, Ravi dubey & Kunaal Roy Kapoor had great time as they love WWE.
Karan Singh Grover averred, “It was such a nostalgic moment for me to be a part of WWE Sunday Dhamaal. I remember watching Raw & SmackDown as a young boy and now we have come a full circle, with me being a part of WWE to promote my film 3 Dev.”

Ravi Dubey averred, “Doing commentary for WWE Sunday Dhamaal was a special experience for me because of the connection I share with WWE. Every time I am watching TV and I see WWE, there is no option to turn on another channel.”

Kunaal Roy Kapur averred, “Our film 3 Dev is releasing on 1st Jun, 2018 and being a part of WWE for the promotion was a fun experience for me. Being a commentator for the high octane match between Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins,with Karan Singh Grover & Ravi Dubey was exciting .”

The film is produced by Chintan Rana of R2 Phillum Productions & presented by Ayub Khan of E4U Enterprises. The film is directed by Ankoosh Bhatt.

The movie also stars Raima Sen, Priya Banerjee, Poonam Kaur, Tisca Chopra & Prosenjit Chatterjee. The movie is scheduled to release on 1st Jun, 2018.

Bangalore Buzz

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NeoStencil.com & Cutting Edge Technology Brings Best & Affordable Online Classrooms

Ed-tech platform NeoStencil organised an IAS toppers seminar in Bangalore recently. The seminar hosted their IAS students such as Suman Sourav Mohanty (All India Rank 9, 2016), Rishi Raj (AIR 27, 2017) & Akshat Kaushal (AIR 55, 2017) as well as a partner teacher Praveen Kishore, Director of Nice IAS. The seminar was attended by over 350 serious UPSC aspirants & parents. Attendees asked preparation related questions of all the speakers.
Exam preparation in India has always been concentrated to a few cities. Top teachers in these cities have always been a valued commodity, with aspirants relocating to Kota for IIT/PMT, Delhi for IAS/IES and the like, as a norm.
Many have tried to address this in different ways. Quite a few have set up VSAT centres, franchise in other cities. Some existing institutes have gone online with their own content. A few have created open online marketplaces while targeting to enable more than 10,000 teachers to come and teach.
Despite these being around, more than 90% serious aspirants still continue to relocate to the same cities, to study from the same teachers.
NeoStencil.com, an Ed-tech venture set up by IIT, AIIMS & IIIM alumni, realized this pattern. And realized the core of the problem was never lack of quality teachers. The core was always accessibility to these quality teachers.

NeoStencil decided to approach the problem differently. The company decided to enable existing top teachers of the country to conduct their classes online through its Live-Learning platform.
To ensure that students saw value in this, and did not need to relocate any longer, NeoStencil conducts these classes Live. A student sitting in a remote corner of the country can attend a class by Hyderabad’s top teacher as and when the teacher is teaching in his classroom. So, the syllabus is up-to-date & current. Moreover, with live classes, student’s studying is in-sync with offline world and it is easier to manage the learning pace. If a student misses LIVE classes, he also gets the flexibility to attend the class later, 24×7 and any number of times. Study material, regular tests, toppers seminar are other features of this comprehensive one-stop platform of NeoStencil.

This allows students around the country to get access to teachers of their choice, without needing to relocate any longer. Students can now continue with their jobs, continue living with their families. They do not need to spend lakhs on rent and living expenses. We take pride in the fact that we have been able to create a level playing field among aspirants as more than 50% of our students are from Tier III & IV towns and beyond with parental income less than INR 2.5 Lakhs, who otherwise couldn’t have afforded to relocate to Delhi and aspire for their IAS officer dream.
Also, women in our country need to take into account additional factors, such as safety, before deciding to relocate. With a platform like NeoStencil getting established, women do not need to compromise on safety at all, and can access best education simply through their laptops.
Today NeoStencil has become one of the preferred online platforms for Civil Services exams aspirants as it grants access to top teachers and their classroom programmes across India, through its Live-Learning platform. NeoStencil has tied-up only with top teachers of their field. Teachers who have vast experience, and have delivered stellar results throughout are on-boarded through well defined criteria. The Company has partnered with the most recognized & trusted teachers & and coaching institutes such as Prof Majid Husain, Pavan Kumar IAS, Lukmaan IAS, Mitrapal, Alok Ranjan, Rajnish Raj, Praveen Kishore, Venkat Mohan among 40+ Institutes from across India.
A graduate of IITB & IIMC, Kush Beejal, the Co-Founder of NeoStencil said, “The cost incurred towards Exam preparation is not only the course fees, but also the dilemma of leaving jobs, and the relocation expenses candidates have to bear to move to coaching capitals. With technology evolution, internet penetration & affordable IT hardware at NeoStencil we have bridged the geographical challenges for student & teachers to facilitate comprehensive preparation of competitive exams and within affordable range. We aim to delink aspiration & affordability”.
“Many students have started using online platforms, such as NeoStencil, to connect with teachers and select their classroom of their choice. We are super excited & happy that almost 1 in every 2 successful candidates is a student of our partner institute. 102 of our online students made it to the 2017 final UPSC list including AIR-5, AIR-9 and so on. This is a testimonial to the acceptance of our platform amongst serious aspirants and the quality of education we enable through our platform,” shares, Beejal.

As per the sources, the Edutech market is further pegged to have a potential to touch $1.96Bn by 2020 from current size of $247 Mn.
NeoStencil is India’s foremost online platform for preparing for India’s most coveted Government jobs, i.e. IAS, IPS, IRS. Founded in 2014 by alumni from AIIMS/ IIT/ IIM and in its short span of existence, it has established itself as a leading platform in the IAS segment. NeoStencil on boards premier IAS coaching institutes and famous academicians who believe in knowledge sharing and inspiring students for the best. NeoStencil is proud to have partnered with 40 most recognized and trusted coaching institutes in IAS (UPSC) and is now looking to expand its teachers base to 300 by entering into other Government job exams like IES, State Civil Services & Judiciary.

Bollywood Buzz

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Mrs. India Uk Urvashi Salaria Chawla To Represent As Mrs. Eurasia Earth

An Indian beauty entrepreneur based in London was crowned Mrs. India UK at a glitzy event in London last month making her country proud.

Urvashi Salaria Chawla from Delhi, India is the winner of “Colors TV UK Presents Mrs. India UK 2018” organized by Brand Wok. She also won the sub-titles of “Best Catwalk” & “Brand Ambassador” along with other achievements.


Urvashi Saloaria Chawla avers after winning the crown, “Though the crown is magnificent, it comes with a lot of responsibilities, and I will wear this crown not just on my head but my soul. I’ll fulfill all my responsibilities with perseverance.”

Academically Urvashi Salaria Chawla is a journalism graduate, worked as an airline professional, a beauty blogger and now a successful entrepreneur in the makeup industry who owns Sakshi & Urvashi Beauty Studio in Delhi, India and is an esteemed Asian Bridal Makeup Artist in London. She is also an environmentalist by nature who believes in spreading awareness about climate change.

Urvasi Salaria Chawla has been doing a lot of plantation drives in Delhi as well as London. She has been closely associated with volunteering in environmental activities like WWF Earth Hour campaign.

Urvashi Salaria Chawla believes in expressing the notion of “beauty with a purpose”. Urvashi Salaria Chawla will now represent as Mrs. Eurasia Earth and compete for Mrs. Earth 2018 pageant in Jun, this year which will be held in Las Vegas, USA.

Urvashi Salaria Chwla strongly believes in standing against climate change and taking care of our mother earth. She thinks we all should actively plant trees and be more aware of how we can help in taking care of the environment and it all starts from small things like using reusable coffee cups, using eco-friendly products in daily life, recycling & reusing, trashing litter in bins. She has initiated a campaign called #iCareForEarth where everyone is supporting her by posting photos on social media doing any activity or a picture of a product that they use in their daily life which is environmental friendly using this hashtag #iCareForEarth.

Urvashi Salaria Chawla believes that social media plays a significant role in inspiring & and encouraging others and she wants to use this platform to work towards a greener planet.

Urvashi Salaria Chawla says, “I’m fortunate enough to be a part of such an esteemed platform of Mrs. Earth Pageant where I will meet so many like-minded ladies from around the world where our main motto is working towards a healthier planet. I am extremely thankful to the entire team and the organizers for giving us this opportunity. I am on a mission to fight the environmental problems our planet is facing, and I request everybody to join me in the #iCareForEarth campaign as I believe that in the long our little efforts will have a huge impact.”

Preity apologises for Kings XI Punjab’s loss in IPL

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Actress Preity Zinta has apologised on behalf of her team Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) for “not being up to the mark” and losing to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).

The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK knocked out KXIP from the play-offs race of the IPL, after defeating them in the last league match by five wickets in Pune on Sunday.

Reacting to the loss, Preity said in a tweet: “Who would have thought that after winning five out of six games in the beginning, Kings XI Punjab would have ended the IPL on this note.”

“I am sorry to all our fans and supporters for not being up to the mark this season. Next year we won’t let you down. Disappointed,” she added.

The Punjab side under new skipper Ravichandran Ashwin managed to win six out of their 14 league games to end their campaign at the penultimate spot in the IPL tally with 12 points.

Kejriwal to attend Kumaraswamy’s oath taking ceremony

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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal will attend the oath taking ceremony of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader and Karnataka Chief Minister-designate H.D. Kumaraswamy.

An aide close to Kejriwal told IANS that the Chief Minister was invited by former Prime Minister and JD-S supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and added that the schedule was being worked out.

Kumaraswamy is to take oath as Karnataka Chief Minister on May 23.

Kumaraswamy heads to Delhi to discuss power sharing

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H D Kumaraswamy will take a call on the government formation in Karnataka after a meeting with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. Contradictions in the JD(S)-Congress combine remain as both parties are yet to finalize the full list of ministers.
Kumaraswamy said that there would be no rotation of chief ministers and he would complete the full five-year term. The Congress, on the other hand, is pushing for two deputy CMs and wants both those posts.

Party MLA Shivaram Hebbar dismisses bribe tape framing BJP as ‘fake’

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In a major embarrassment for the Congress party, one of its own MLAs, Shivaram Hebbar, has diffused the “bribe bomb” the party hurled at the BJP ahead of the Floor Test in Karnataka Assembly on Saturday. Congress had released sting audio clippings purportedly showing BJP allegedly offering bribe to buy the support of the Congress MLA during the floor test. Hebbar has said the tape released by the Congress was “fake”.

Hebbar is a Congress MLA from Yellapur. The said audio tape was released by Congress MLC V S Ugrappa on Saturday. The Congress had claimed that the tape was of a recorded call by BJP leaders offering Rs 15 crore bribe to Hebbar’s wife for his support. The MLA, however, said the tape was “fake and fabricated”.

Hebbar wrote on Facebook on Saturday that the voice of the woman in the audio clipping was not of his wife. She had received no call. Hebbar also condemned those who released such clippings for political reasons.

Another Congress MLA BK Hariprasad, however, was reported as saying by CNN News 18 that Hebbar’s statement was not an embarrassment for the Congress party.

The Indian Express today reported Congress as claiming that it had laid a trap and the BJP walked in. Congress sources told IE that there was an alleged middleman and a planned operation to “trap BJP in the act” of trying to lure MLAs to switch sides before the trust votes.

The Congress had released six audio recording in the run-up to the Floor Test which didn’t take place as Yeddyurappa announced his decision to resign from the CM post.

IE reports Congress sources as saying that the plan to trap BJP started three days ago when the saffron party’s alleged MLA approached Congress leadership. A senior Congress leader said that MLAs who could pretend negotiations with the BJP were selected for trapping the saffron party. The audio clipping released by the Congress included one having a purported conversation with Yeddyurappa.

Not commenting on Hebbar’s statement, Congress MLA BC Patil told that “They (BJP) offered me Minister post & all, it’s a fact. I don’t know about Hebbar. I can talk about myself. Yeddyurappa, Sriramulu and Muralidhar Rao spoke to me.”

Plastic pollution needs to be curbed: UN Environment head

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Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats and countries need better waste management to cope with the sheer quantity of plastic rubbish that is fouling the waters and environment, says United Nations Environment head Erik Solheim.

“Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats the planet is facing right now,” Solheim emphasised.

Sample these startling facts about plastic pollution: Every year the world uses 500 billion plastic bags. Fifty per cent of the plastic we use is single-use or disposable. Each year, at least eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans, the equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute.

In the last decade, the world produced more plastic than in the whole of last century.

“We’re throwing up to 13 million tonnes of plastic waste into the oceans each year, and in the next decade that could double . We’re turning the oceans into a plastic soup,” the UN Under-Secretary-General told IANS in an exclusive online interview.

“This has to stop, and right now, because it’s harming marine life and ending up in our own food and water supplies. If it’s not resolved, this is a problem that will come back to bite us. It’s also a problem that’s difficult to clean up.

“We’d like to see a mass mobilisation of people around the world and big clean-ups. These are important because no amount of clean-ups can solve this issue. We need upstream change, that means a change in the way we use plastic,” Solheim, who is coming to India, a host to UN Environment-led global event World Environment Day on June 5.

“Beat Plastic Pollution”, the theme for World Environment 2018, urges governments, industry and individuals to explore sustainable alternatives and reduce the production and excessive use of single-use plastic polluting oceans, damaging marine life and threatening human health.

“We need consumers to pause and examine their relationship with plastic. If we look at our daily lives, there is so much single-use and throwaway plastic that can easily be eliminated and replaced with sustainable alternatives. If enough people do this, it translates into colossal consumer power!” Solheim said.

For companies, he says: “Then we want industry to innovate, to find sustainable alternatives and embrace the idea of extended producer responsibility — by which a manufacturer takes responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their product.”

“I strongly believe that the companies that innovate now will be the winners of the future.”

“We also want governments to drive this change through legislation, and ensure we have strong enforcement. It’s about ensuring manufacturers have the necessary incentives in place to do the right thing.”

There’s no single, magic solution to enforce a ban on single-use pet bottles or straws. Every minute we buy one million plastic bottles globally, according to the UN Environment.

“It’s clear that we need better waste management to cope with the sheer quantity of plastic rubbish. But let’s not see this as just a litter problem. We need to stop wasteful practice and to do that bans on certain single-use plastic items are helpful,’ he said.

“Ultimately, though, we need changes in design. We need to see sustainable alternatives emerge on the market to replace so much of the wasteful plastic products that we use.”
Yes, India needs more Afroz Shah, not only for clean-up oceans but also for rivers and mountains.

“Afroz Shah is a great inspiration, not only for India but for the entire world. So yes, we do need more people like him! What is important is not just the quantity of litter that has been collected, but that a powerful message has been sent around the world and that this message has been heard!”

Shah, a young lawyer from Mumbai, and his volunteers have removed around 13 million kg of waste since 2015 in what the UN has called “the world’s largest beach cleanup project”.

Solheim is optimistic that India can act as a catalyst for curbing pollution.

“Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi recently said it would be a crime against future generations not to take action on climate change.

“India, therefore, carries a strong moral argument. In addition, India is among the nations that stand to suffer the biggest impact from climate change; so it’s important that it acts as a powerful voice for action on the global stage,” he said.

“India is also innovating, and that’s what I think will be its biggest act of leadership: showing climate action can also unlock incredible economic gains,” he added.

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