In yet another amusing statement, United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic will go away after a chunk of the population developed 'herd mentality'.
Trump made these statements when he was being interviewed by George Stephanopolous in a talk show.
"...you'll develop, you'll develop herd like a herd mentality. It's going to be, it's going to be herd developed and that's going to happen. That will all happen," Trump stuttered while making this not so coherent statement.
Trump doesn't even acknowledge that he made a mistake in his following statements.
"It will go away without a vaccine?" Stephanopolous asked again, to which Trump replied, "COVID-19 will go away quickly if a vaccine was made available."
Obviously, what Trump meant to say was that the COVID-19 pandemic will go away when the population develops 'herd immunity' not 'herd mentality.'
Herd immunity is a resistance developed naturally against the contagious disease when the majority of the population has been infected with COVID-19 and has successfully recovered from it. When a population develops herd immunity, it is meant to be safe from the disease.
Till now the United States has not reached herd immunity, and scientists say that there is still a long way before the United States can develop herd immunity. Therefore the population is advised to follow the required COVID-19 protocols before a vaccine is rolled out for the world, successfully completing various stages of the trial phase.
Coronavirus has affected more than 29.6 million people with 9,36,000 deaths worldwide. The United States is the worst affected COVID-19 nation with 6.61 million people with 1,96,000 deaths.
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Barcelona head coach, Ronald Koeman, has named a strong squad to face Girona in today’s pre-season friendly fixture at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.
Koeman released a list of 23 players to tackle the Segunda División side in a post via the club’s official website on Wednesday.
Barcelona head to the game after defeating Gimnastic 3-1 in their last fixture last Saturday.
Barcelona squad against Girona: Neto, Iñaki Peña, Arnau Tenas, N. Semedo, Piqué, Sergio, Griezmann, Messi, O. Dembélé, Coutinho, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Braithwaite, S. Roberto, F. De Jong, Junior, Aleñá, Trincao, Pedri, Riqui Puig, R. Araujo, J. Cuenca and Konrad.
The kick-off time for the friendly match is at 6 pm.
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The good looks of the Realme 1 hides the inconsistencies of the phone. It tries to get ahead of the game by gaming the synthetic benchmarks but falls flat in real world performance. It positions itself as a selfie-centric phone but the selfies from the phone comes off as artificial and puffed up.
Oppo has been a player in the Indian smartphone market for quite some time now. The China-based company, owned by BBK Electronics has positioned itself more as a premium brand in the country. Most of Oppo’s offerings have been more or less expensive with a strong emphasis on selfies. One could say Oppo’s offerings are more of a lifestyle device than just a piece of technology. However, the highest demand in the smartphone market in India is for mid-range phones that are low on price and high on features. Oppo wanted a piece of the mid-range cake, but being a premium brand, it can’t just come out with a cheap phone. Hence the brand, Realme. Just like what Xiaomi did with the Redmi brand, Realme wants to do the same for Oppo.
But whether the bet of introducing a new brand will pay off for Oppo or not is fodder for another discussion. The focus right now is whether Realme 1, the first phone under the new sub-brand is an attractive proposition. The phone certainly look different and the diamond black flair adds to the premium charm of it.
The Realme 1 launched in India exclusively to take on the Redmi Note 5 Pro, but how far does it go to settle the argument? We find out.
Design
The Realme 1 looks distinctly different from all other phones at its price, thanks to the diamond-like reflective body. The phone is housed inside a fibre-glass casing that has been cut at different angles such that each section of the glass back turns to a different shade of black when light is reflecting off it. It does look a lot like a diamond. If you like your gadgets shiny and glossy, this phone will catch your eye. The same glossy finish runs along the edges as well.
The front is all screen. There are no capacitive navigation button on the front. Even the fingerprint sensor is missing. The Realme 1 relies only on facial recognition for authentication. It’s a brave move by a brand that’s taking its first plunge in a highly competitive market, and other than just being perceived as future forward, it’s actually detrimental to the experience. The user loses out on the reliability of the fingerprint when authenticating purchases. The face unlock is quick, but isn’t reliable enough to keep user’s data secure. You can use facial authentication to access the private space (where you can store apps and data securely), and private apps (that are password-locked). In a practical scenario, the phone was unlocked by a colleague by simply pointing it at my face from a distance.
Apart from the diamond-black finish, it’s a pretty straightforward phone. It rocks the in-vogue univisium form factor and is just 7.8mm thick. There’s an ugly bulge along the edge of the phone that messes with the grip. The screen takes up most of the real-estate up front. The screen-to-body ratio is around 84 percent, which Realme managed to do by fitting the usual 6-inch display in a smaller 6.14-inch frame. The phone is offered in two more colours — Red and silver, but that will be available later in June.
Display
The Realme 1 sports a standard-issue 6-inch Full HD+ display of 18:9 aspect ratio. The panel is just about average with decent colour reproduction. The colour tones are slightly on the cooler side and brightness isn’t high enough to be visible properly when outdoors. In fact, there’s some colour loss at peak brightness and texts appear faded under direct sunlight. The panel quiet reflective too. You get the usual blue-light filters and options to tweak the colour temperature.
The good part about the panel is that it takes up most of the real estate up front with minimal bezels on the top and the bottom. The sides are also quite thin, which gives off an immersive feel to the content.
Performance and UI
The Realme 1 wants to be the phone of choice for mid-range buyers. The undercutting price point is one instance where it shows. But more than that, it’s the brand’s attempt to beat the best in its maiden attempt that brings out the competitive attitude of the company.
The Realme 1 is powered by the MediaTek Helio P60 SoC which is MediaTek’s most advanced chipset. It comes with an AI chip inside that can compute machine learning tasks on the device itself. It is what powers the facial recognition and the battery efficiency, apart from other things. It’s an octa-core chipset built on a 12nm FinFET process with four Cortex A53 and four Cortex A73 cores, all clocked at 2GHz frequency. On paper it’s faster than its Qualcomm counterpart, as the benchmark results from AnTuTu 7.0 and Geekbench will state. However, when I monitored how the chipset was being used, I observed some anomaly. It seemed for both the benchmark tests, which is comprised of multiple small tasks that stress the CPU to measure performance, the chipset was running at a constant 2.0GHz, irrespective whether the load on the CPU was minimal or at its peak. It could either be an anomaly with the unit I received or Realme is gaming a popular benchmark tests. In a more real world scenario, when the performance was measured while playing the new PubG Mobile game, the CPU speed matched the load put on it. The AnTuTu score for the Realme 1 was 138260 against the Redmi Note 5 Pro’s 112652. The Geekbench Single Core and Multi Core scores are also higher at 1490 and 5682 respectively. But in both cases, the CPU was artificially plonked up to eke out a better score.
We performed a similar analysis on the Redmi Note 5 Pro which proved to be more consistent in responding to CPU load both during synthetic benchmark tests and real world scenarios. The Realme 1’s anomaly seems a little too deliberative. Nevertheless, there’s 6GB RAM and 128GB storage on the unit we re. It leaves enough resources free despite a heavy user interface. It also support dual VoLTE which is useful in the Indian context.
The Realme 1 relies on Oppo’s Colour OS. It’s definitely functional like all Android-layered user interfaces these days, but I wouldn’t call it particularly appealing. It lacks the attention to detail that MIUI is known or the simplicity of stock Android. Instead, the UI seems cluttered with disproportional icons and overall looks quite cartoonish. It does come with a game mode, a private space and the usual bells and whistles of Android Oreo, but that doesn’t take away the fact how uninviting the UI looks for a nitpicking user.
Camera
The fate of smartphones these days is decided by how good the camera is. The Realme 1, in that section, is quite underwhelming in comparison to the competition. It has a single 13-megapixel sensor at the back while on the front is an 8-megapixel shooter. The focus, unsurprisingly, is on selfies and portrait shots. The phone relies on Oppo’s AI algorithms to fine-tune the photos which the company claims works by analysing 296 recognition points to understand the skin tone, age, gender, etc. Based on that analysis, the phone applies one of 8 million ‘beauty solutions’ to the image.
The end result is simply a photo with extreme layers of softening, so much so, that all spots and blemishes are hidden. It was a tad difficult for me to accept the effects, but I suppose there’s a demand for them in a country where fairness creams are one of the highest selling products. If beautification is what you’re seeking from a smartphone camera, the Realme 1 will be a pure delight. But if you’re a little more serious about taking good photos, the phone might leave you hanging.
In daylight, the photos have ample highlight clipping. There’s practically no detail in the bright sky in the photo below. Furthermore, the camera tends to saturate the colours more than they are in reality. It also lacks the desired dynamic range.
Indoor shots are a little more polished. The controlled light brings out the good side of the camera. There’s more controlled AI enhancement and the little that it does, it makes objects look much better than they are in real. You get good sharp images with a slightly warmer white balance. There’s some glare off the source of light though, which might be a lens issue.
Under low light, the camera fails to show much promise. Grains show up if you try to dial the exposure higher to take an image under poor lighting, with little to no detail. The shutter speed is actually dialled up when there’s less light which demands a steady hand and if the object is moving, you get a blurred photo.
The portrait mode is present both on the front and the back camera. The Realme 1 relies on software to simulate the depth-of-field effect. It’s nowhere as consistent as the Redmi Note 5 Pro, but it does the job as far as blurring the background is concerned.
Battery
The Realme 1 is powered by a 3410mAh battery. For those comparing, that’s a hairline more than what Xiaomi’s best mid-range phone offers, and the battery life of the phone is more or less at par. The phone managed to run for 6 hours on the PCMark Battery 2.0 Test which should easily convert to over a day’s usage for an average user. For the review, I used the phone to browse the internet, play games, take photos and use social media. It did last me for a typical work day and then some more. The Helio P60 chipset seems to be quite energy-efficient and based on the battery life, Realme seems to be delivering on its promise of using machine learning to manage resources. The battery section in the Settings app gives some insight in how much juice each app takes and apart from the resource-intensive game I was playing, the UI sucked up most of the battery. When you are running out of power on this phone, you know what to blame.
Bottomline
The debutante Realme 1’s ambition to compete with the likes of Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro is quite apparent. It looks boldly different from the rest, but a good design will only take it so far. The performance is nowhere near the best in the market, despite the benchmark results telling you so. The camera which is propped up by on-device machine learning ends up delivering unnaturally softened photos while the UI comes off quite amateurish. The battery life is the only saving grace, but overall this phone isn’t what it advertises to be. Oppo’s decision to come out with a new sub-brand to cater to the highly competitive mid-range market may be driven by consumer demand, but there’s little in the phone to entice buyers, apart from a good looking device.
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Following the announcement of the first fully electric-powered BMW X model earlier this summer, BMW is today revealing the launch specifications for the BMW iX3 in the UK market.
Launching in summer 2021, UK customers will be able to choose between the iX3 Premier Edition and BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro, both offering a significant level of standard equipment over and above the current X3. The BMW X3 will be the brand’s first model offered with a pure-electric drive system, a plug-in hybrid system or highly efficient petrol and diesel engines.
BMW iX3 Premier Edition or BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro customers will have the choice of four exterior metallic body paint colours including Carbon Black, Mineral White, Phytonic Blue and Sophisto Grey. Two exterior trim colours will be offered too, with Brushed Aluminium or Black High Gloss exterior trim. 20” Black aerodynamic wheels, automatic tailgate, adaptive suspension and panoramic sunroof complete the exterior look of the BMW iX3 Premier Edition.
Vernasca leather in a choice of four colours, Sensatec dashboard, sun protect glazing, ambient lighting and electric seats are offered as standard within the vehicle interior, enhancing comfort and style.
Additional standard features include wireless phone charging, heated front seats and the brand’s very latest driver assistance technology, including Driving Assistant Professional, Parking Assistant and BMW Live Cockpit Professional.
For customers choosing the BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro, additional standard features will include BMW Head-up Display, Harman Kardon surround sound, Gesture Control, Parking Assistant Plus, Automatic high beam assistant, Comfort access and Lumbar support. BMW IconicSounds Electric, developed in collaboration with Hans Zimmer, completes the extensive offering.
Pricing for the BMW iX3 Premier Edition and Premier Edition Pro in the UK as follows:
| BMW iX3 Premier Edition | £61,900 OTR |
| BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro | £64,900 OTR |
Customers can pre-order their BMW iX3 Premier Edition or iX3 Premier Edition Pro from today at bmw.co.uk/ix3, with deliveries starting in summer 2021.
BMW iX3 in detail
Highly integrated drive system technology.
The highly integrated drive system technology at the heart of the new BMW iX3 plays a particularly important role in optimising efficiency and power development. The electric motor, transmission and power electronics are now arranged together in a single housing. The electric motor in the new BMW iX3 works according to the principle of a current-excited synchronous motor, without the use of magnets. This design eliminates the use of rare earth materials of the motor.
The power density of the electric motor in the iX3 is 30 per cent greater than that of existing fully-electric vehicles within the BMW Group portfolio. The motor is up to 93 per cent efficient, compared with under 40 per cent for combustion engines.
The new drive system unit generates maximum output of 286 hp and peak torque of 295 lb-ft which, unlike many other electric motors, is sustained at high revs.
The new BMW iX3 sprints from 0 to 62 mph in 6.8 seconds, putting it in the same territory as the conventionally powered BMW X3 xDrive30i.
Top speed is electronically limited to 112 mph. Sending power to the rear wheels creates a characteristic BMW driving experience with outstanding traction ensured thanks to the standard-fit ARB technology (actuator contiguous wheel slip limitation).
Cutting-edge battery-cell technology plays a headline role in the latest development stage of high-voltage batteries. The storage capacity of the battery has been substantially increased, relative to the installation space required and its weight.
The gravimetric energy density of the 188 prismatic cells in the new BMW iX3 is around 20 per cent higher than that of the battery cells used by the BMW Group in its fully-electric vehicles up to now. A gross energy content of 80 kWh – of which 74 kWh is utilised – and the high efficiency of the drive systems allow the new BMW iX3 to offer a range of up to 279 miles (WLTP test cycle).
Another technical highlight making its debut in iX3 thanks to BMW Group’s fifth-generation eDrive technology is the innovative new charging unit, which sends power to both the 400V battery and the 12V on-board power supply. When charging using alternating current, it enables both single-phase and three-phase charging at up to 11 kW. Plugging the vehicle into a direct current rapid-charging station opens the door to charging outputs of up to 150 kW, meaning the high-voltage battery can be charged from 0 to 80 per cent of its full capacity in 34 minutes. Drivers can inject the power required to add 62 miles to the car’s driving range (in the WLTP cycle) in just 10 minutes.
The outstanding efficiency of its electric motor and its high charging capacity give the new BMW iX3 exceptional long-distance capability.
On a trip, a BMW iX3 would need to make fewer charging stops than a comparable electric vehicle whose efficiency is compromised by the presence of larger and heavier high-voltage batteries. And the iX3 stops would be shorter.
Adaptive recuperation enhances efficiency and driving comfort during a journey. The intensity of the Brake Energy Regeneration is adapted to the road situation using data from the navigation system and the driver assistance system sensors.
For example, when approaching a junction or a vehicle on the road ahead, recuperation is fully utilised. On the open road, the coasting function is activated whenever the driver takes their foot off the accelerator. As an alternative to adaptive recuperation, in driving position D the driver can choose a high, medium or low Brake Energy Regeneration setting.
Engaging driving position B provides the signature one-pedal feeling of BMW Group’s electric vehicles thanks to particularly strong recuperation. An enhanced heat pump included as standard on the BMW iX3 underscores the efficiency-oriented approach taken to the vehicle’s development.
BMW assumed a leading role in driving forward electric mobility when it unveiled innovative solutions for charging at home or on the move alongside the introduction of BMW i3 in 2013. This trend continues with the BMW iX3, which includes a newly developed Flexible Fast Charger cable which can be hooked up to both standard domestic and industrial sockets using optional adapters.
Recharging at home is further enhanced with a personal Wallbox. Available through our partner, Smart solutions are also available to monitor energy usage and cost, as well as keeping a historic record of home-charging energy expenditure, making it very convenient for company car users.
The new cloud-based BMW Maps navigation system enables route and arrival times to be calculated with even greater speed and precision. Services already familiar from the BMW i3, such as navigation with range display on the map and detailed information on public charging stations – covering everything from address, availability and connector type through to charging rate and Chargepoint Operator – are now joined by additional functionality that can be accessed from the car. This capability includes navigation planning with recommendations for charging stops, information on points of interest near public charging stations and the ability to filter search results by fast-charging points.
The exceptionally efficient drive system, extensive use of secondary raw materials in the manufacture of aluminium castings and thermoplastics, absence of rare earths and across-the-board use of green electricity in production, including the cells for the high-voltage battery, are all contributory factors in the impressive CO2 assessment for the new BMW iX3.
During the customer-use phase, the iX3 outperforms the diesel-powered BMW X3 xDrive 20d by more than 30 per cent when drawing on average European electricity sources or roughly 60 per cent when powered by green electricity.
The exterior design of the new BMW iX3 displays the typical proportions of a Sports Activity Vehicle, which means it provides a visual showcase for the robust premium character and all-round talents espoused by BMW X models. Model-specific design features optimise the car’s aerodynamic properties as well as lending visual expression to its sustainability-focused drive concept. The front apron and BMW kidney grille have a largely enclosed design, while the rear end has also been sculpted with a view to reducing air resistance.
Innovative, aerodynamically designed light-alloy wheels help to control the flow of air around the vehicle. The aerodynamic wheels making their debut on the new BMW iX3 reduce its drag coefficient by around 5 per cent over an equivalent vehicle with conventional light-alloy wheels. This is achieved with the help of sophisticated inserts in the V-spoke base wheel whose surfaces keep the air flowing smoothly.
The resulting improvement in efficiency adds around 6 miles to the range of the new BMW iX3 (WLTP test cycle). This combines with aerodynamic enhancements to the underbody’s rear diffuser and chassis strut area, as well as the air flap control system, to give the all-electric SAV a drag coefficient (Cd) of 0.29.
Understated blue accents for both the exterior and interior of the new BMW iX3 allude to the presence of its electric drive system. The clearly structured controls, high-quality materials and stylish surfaces combine to create the premium interior ambience associated with BMW SAV models. The versatility of the iX3 is confirmed by spaciousness on a par with that of conventionally powered BMW X3 variants. Thanks to the 40:20:40 split/folding rear seat backrest, boot capacity can be increased from 510 to a maximum of 1,560 litres.
The debut of BMW IconicSounds Electric in the BMW iX3 provides acoustic feedback to enrich the electric driving experience by lending it added emotional depth. Load changes are signalled by a smoothly modulated sound, and recuperation during overrun and braking is accompanied by a gently filtered acoustic response, meaning that every driving state is accompanied by a matching sound pattern. A newly introduced short sound composition, which is the result of a collaboration between Hans Zimmer and BMW sound designer Renzo Vitale, can be heard when the Start/Stop button is pressed. The drive sound is an original work by BMW’s sound designers and acoustic engineers. Drive soundtracks from the collaboration with Hans Zimmer will be available in electrified BMW models at a later date.
The BMW iX3 is equipped with the latest generation BMW Operating System 7, which allows for every line of software code in the car to be updated over the air in the future. The standard-fit BMW Live Cockpit Professional offers a fully-digital screen grouping comprising a high-resolution 12.3 inch instrument cluster behind the steering wheel and a 10.25-inch Central Control Display.
The enhanced intuitive multimodal interaction allows the driver to take their pick of control interface for the situation at hand: Control Display touchscreen, iDrive Controller, multifunction buttons on the steering wheel, voice control or BMW gesture control.
The latest version of the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant takes the connection between driver and car to a new level in the new BMW iX3.
Activated by a spoken prompt (for example “Hey BMW”) or at the touch of a button, this digital companion acquires new capabilities all the time. The system helps the driver, learns their preferences and is familiar with their favoured settings – e.g. for the seat heating or the places they drive to frequently using the navigation system (“Take me home”).
BMW Live Cockpit Professional comes with optimised smartphone integration; in addition to Apple CarPlay, the new iX3 is also compatible with Android Auto.
The latter enables customers to access digital services such as Google Assistant, Google Maps, music streaming services like Spotify and Amazon Music, and the WhatsApp messaging service.
The BMW iX3 Premier Edition is available to order now from retailers nationwide, with pricing from £61,900 OTR. The BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro is offered from £64,900 OTR. Customers wishing to pre-order should visit www.bmw.co.uk/ix3.
SOURCE: BMW
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Raj Kapoor with his granddaughters
Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan took to social media to share an unseen throwback picture from her and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni's childhood with grandpa Raj Kapoor as Riddhima turned 40 on September 15. Sharing the picture, she wrote, “Sister sledge. Happy birthday beautiful Ridz @riddhimakapoorsahniofficial (sic).”
In the picture, little Bebo and Riddhima can be seen sitting in grandpa Raj Kapoor’s lap while Karisma can be seen hugging him. As the picture refresh their childhood memories, Riddhima was quick to drop a comment to Bebo’s post and wrote, “Aww thank you Bebo. @KareenaKapoorKhan love you (sic)."
This adorable throwback picture gives a glimpse of sisters’ strong bond that they have been sharing since their childhood. Karisma also reposted the same picture with a witty caption. She wrote, ”Bebo can you please wake up? Oh that goes for me too #family #Repost (sic).”
The actress also shared a couple of photos with Riddhima on Instagram and wrote, "Happy 40th birthday! so glad we got to celebrate with you! @riddhimakapoorsahniofficial #birthdaywishes #family #cousins #happybirthday #familytime (sic)."
Karisma and Kareena also shared pictures from the celebration on their Instagram stories. The Kapoors gathered at Neetu Kapoor’s house to celebrate Riddhima’s 40th birthday. Bebo’s husband Saif Ali Khan and Ranbir Kapoor’s girlfriend Alia Bhatt also joined the celebration.
Riddhima is showered with love and best wishes from family and friends. Several other Bollywood celebs also took to social media to wish the birthday girl.
Meanwhile, Bebo is also gearing up for her 40th birthday in the coming week on September 21. It seems like this month is going to be the birthday month for Kapoors.
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As much as we love Facebook and Instagram for connecting us with our favourite actors and influencers, we cannot ignore the fact that the social media has been giving a platform to hate speech and misinformation also. To urge Facebook to reform its policies against hate speech, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lawrence and others are going to quit social media for a day under the #StopHateForProfit campaign.
Facebook ignores hate & disinformation on their site. This is not an “operational mistake.” It is a deliberate decision to put profits over people and democracy. Tell Facebook to #StopHateForProfit. https://t.co/7TSovLMug2 pic.twitter.com/lJts6Ampgp
— Jennifer Lawrence - Represent.Us (@JLawrence_RepUs) September 14, 2020
Actors like Sacha Baron Cohen have joined forces with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to launch the campaign calling on Facebook to crack down on hate speech, violence, and misinformation on its platforms. In one of its recent tweets, ADL said, “Facebook does not protect its users from hate or disinformation. Facebook has shown us time & time again that profits come before people. That’s why we are “freezing” our Instagram account for 24 hours.”
The only thing more terrifying than Mark Zuckerberg surfing in whiteface...Is the white supremacy and lies Facebook spreads every day. This Weds Sept 16 I’m freezing my Instagram to tell Mark to #StopHateForProfit. Who’s in?! pic.twitter.com/nM5VB9YVZd
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) September 14, 2020
Facebook does not protect its users from hate or disinformation. Facebook has shown us time & time again that profits come before people. That’s why we are “freezing” our Instagram account for 24 hours.Join us & send a message to Facebook to #StopHateForProfit. pic.twitter.com/84n9dAx9WB
— ADL (@ADL) September 16, 2020
The "freeze" is part of the campaign’s "week of action”, which kicked off Monday. Members plan to continue to share information on "how Facebook’s failures lead to real-life violence and sow division" and call for change through the end of the week.
Businesswoman and social media influencer Kim Kardashian also urged Facebook to stop providing platform to hate speech which is dividing America. She tweeted, “I can’t sit by and stay silent while these platforms continue to allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation - created by groups to sow division and split America apart only to take steps after people are killed. Misinformation shared on social media has a serious impact on our elections and undermines our democracy.”
I love that I can connect directly with you through Instagram and Facebook, but I can’t sit by and stay silent while these platforms continue to allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation - created by groups to sow division and split America apart pic.twitter.com/XkxzABn7qw
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) September 15, 2020
Actor Mark Ruffalo has also called on Facebook to take substantial steps to stop hate speech, misinformation on its platform and has frozen his accounts this Wednesday.
Facebook claims they address hate, yet they continue to look the other way as racist, violent groups and posts sow division and split America apart – only taking steps after people are killed. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/AfO70nEEo8
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) September 14, 2020
Thank you to @michaelb4jordan @iamjamiefoxx @LeoDiCaprio @kerrywashington @KimKardashian @NaomiCampbell for calling out Facebook for ignoring hate & disinformation on their site. This is not an “operational mistake.” It is a deliberate decision to divide.#StopHateForProfit pic.twitter.com/lI1P5kQus6
— NAACP (@NAACP) September 16, 2020
With the US Presidential elections just a month away, social media platforms have become an essential platform for politicians and other interest groups to target its voters and influence the election results. The political scene in the United States has been polarised since President Donald Trump took office with some help from Facebook as explained by Netflix documentary The Great Hack. The recent Black Lives Matter protests and President Trump’s ways of curbing it have only raised questions on social media companies' responsibility in tackling fake news which can endanger marginalised people’s lives.
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For quite some time, a piece of news showing India has 21 million jobless has triggered fear in the minds of those who still retain their purse. Those who lost their salaries have blamed it on the prevailing pandemic. But when the virus was absent, a strange activism had prevailed across India, ensuring some of the largest businesses remained shut across the country, and some of the Indian companies working abroad drew flak.
Jobless workers protest in Goa to reopen iron ore mines
So let’s take a quick look.
Work has stopped in the iron ore mines in Goa, one of Asia’s largest copper plants has shut down in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, troubles are brewing in iron ore mines in Chhattisgarh and Odisha and at the Adani group’s coal mines in the Down Under. Strangely, these have become disturbing symbols of the Indian industry.
All has come at a cost to the economy, imports have increased and exports taken a tumble.
At the heart of this are protests by a handful who have hopped, skipped and jumped from one protest to another, ensuring they generate the much needed steam to their movement. One movement has died, another risen like the proverbial Phoenix from the ashes. These activists have routinely raised India’s big issue of land versus machines and cried wolf, smoking out everything else from the horizon. They are not worried about a lakh of miners going jobless and hungry for over two years in Goa. They do not care about 35,000 struggling without salaries in Thoothukudi, or, for that matter, Indian companies piling up huge non performing assets in the mines of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand. Like Bengal’s ubiqutious Cholbey Na slogan in the 70s that killed industry in that eastern Indian state, these activists have continued their activism for a very long period.
What is surprising is their claim to fight for people’s rights when these rights are actually nowhere in sight. There is a common thread of people who are omnipresent in all these protests, their frustration seems both natural and common. They want the world to believe that India is burning, Indian companies are dubious, the world’s second most populous nation is in a revolutionary mood.
Last week, a Dubai-based activist campaigning against Adani’s coal mines in Australia, mistakenly revealed how he planned to scuttle Adani’s operations through an email that got leaked. In the email, the activist had apprised his friends in Australia about his plans to set up a website and create trouble for the Ahmedabad-based Indian conglomerate which runs business ranging from infrastructure to airports to ports to edible oil.
The activist’s Dubai to Australia connection to discredit an Indian company is interesting, especially at a time when jobs are at a premium and a closure would mean further catastrophe. The activist was seeking help from an anti-Adani group in Australia. Helping him were activists in India who have been in the forefront of the anti-Sterlite movement in Tamil Nadu, and against mining companies in Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Iron ore, coal and copper do not jell together but the broad idea was to add an Indian twist to build up a narrative of alleged wrongdoings in India and get it amplified in Australia. Or, for that matter, across the world. Recently, these activists raised another hue and cry over India’s coal mining and argued why it could not be substituted by solar or wind energy. Little did they realise that coal – under any circumstances – could not be replaced overnight, it still remains the best possible resource for energy in a billion plus nation. Conspiring activists are challenging the energy security of the country where per capita electricity consumption is just about 1200 units a year compared to China with four to five times higher numbers.
Those criticising India and its energy policies forget the developed nations have per capita electricity consumption is as high as 10000 to 20000 units. Little did they care that their misplaced activism could affect the Indian economy, disrupt growth opportunities & reduce scope of employment badly. They did not care that projecting one conglomerate with negativity would diminish another Indian conglomerate’s chance for inter-continental projects Indian companies are eyeing in a post-Covid situation. They seem to be keen on building an overall negative perception globally that Indian corporates care little for environment and human rights and also the rights of tribals and indigenous peoples. They do it knowing very well that their actions would help create an anti-Modi sentiment across the Indian borders.
What is interesting is that the majority of these protests are against large private firms and happening in a selective manner. For instance, Adani Group does not own any mine in India and it is a contractor for state owned mines. However, all energy and attention of so called activists is targeted to a contractor producing 15 million tonne a year for a state utility instead of the world’s largest coal mining firm, the Kolkata-based Coal India Limited (CIL) just because it is a public sector undertaking. The big race for breaking headlines in India often misses the real picture.
Surprisingly, none of these environmental activists ever hit the print industry that also claim millions of trees to produce newspapers. Worse, industries in India have often expressed their concerns over blackmailing by activists by misusing or manipulating media.
So let’s take a look at the protests against Adani. There is a peculiar pattern spotted in protests against the likes of Adani where Indian activist lobby is supporting protests in Australia, which is the world’s largest coal exporter with well over 25 percent market share. Indian activists have never expressed concerns against CIL or other Australian mining entities. Singling out one from a cluttered market creates suspicion. It would not be wrong to say interests of Australian activists started in Carmichael mine generated only after it was acquired by Adani from an Australian mining entity.
So why is this happening?
There is some deep-rooted economics of this activism. If there are Cola giants, they need to be linked to water crisis (never mind if the demand to ban the soft drink majors comes from faraway Norway), if there is iron ore or coal, the mining companies need to be blamed and if there are airports and ports, infrastructure giants need to be hauled over the coals. On paper, these activists lace their work with a tinge of environmental activism. It is all about some interesting twists and turns, it is about deferring current consumption for a better and secure tomorrow. They tell the world that if companies pollute rivers and cut forests for mining, the coming generations will get nothing on plate.
That is a great argument, a great platform for breaking news that is considered both dangerous and madness by many in South Asia. The world loves visuals of an impoverished tribal standing tall with his father’s machet against miners seeking to break the earth for iron ore, or coal. It is a great photograph of protest, students love to flaunt it to their parents, and friends. It is the best form of defence, there is no economics of scale involved.
But these self-styled mass movements for environmental causes actually come packaged without a reason. It is like asking the poor – who is at the rock bottom of the economic ladder – to kill industry and defer consumption. In most cases the poor back out, and these movements die a silent death.
A serious look at activism in India will show an interesting trend. Ever since the Supreme Court gave approval in October 2020 to the Sardar Sarovar Dam project in Gujarat, activists shifted their gears in favour of rights, ranging from land, homes, food, information and health. They did not care, did not realise that a nation’s resources are best saved when the government blends a lot of economics in its decisions and achieves a balance. They should have taken a lesson or two in economics from India’s lost decade (2004-14) before hyperventilating on corporate greed.
The need of the hour is to generate jobs, not protests. Activism must be laced with realism. Else, the jobless will spill out on the streets. And that would be dangerous for the nation, and its economy.
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With the Galaxy Note 5, Samsung has completed the transformation it started with the Galaxy S6 this year. The phone is a combination of power and design, and not many would deny that the phone looks good and performs well. It’s pure style, combined with good performance. The only real hitch is that a phone this expensive shouldn’t be prone to falling out of your hand. If you’re looking for a flagship phablet, then this is still the one to buy though.
Having reviewed three out of four Samsung flagships this years, there’s not much left to say about the Galaxy Note 5 that we haven’t said in those other reviews already. What differs though is that The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 has much more to live up to than the other devices. This is a segment that Samsung pioneered, which means that the responsibility of innovating falls on its shoulders. Evidently though, the company’s focus this year is on design, because that’s precisely where the Note 5 is different from other Note devices till now.
Build and Design
The glass and metal design philosophy that Samsung adopted for its flagships, continues with the Note 5. The phone has curved glass on the back and a sheet of Gorilla Glass 4 on the front. But you already know about that.
What you need to know is that while the Note 5, like the Note 4 before it, is more compact than other phones in this series, it remains unwieldy. Many seem to like this large size though, so the decision falls on the buyer. The heavy usage of glass though makes the phone really slippery and prone to falling out of your hand.
None of that changes the fact that the phone looks premium though. The curved glass on the back has but one job, and that is to make this phone look good and different. From the front though, it’s a quintessential Samsung design, and whether you like it is completely your own opinion. For us, we would give Note 5 a lot of marks on the looks front.
Display
If you’ve read out Galaxy S6 Edge Plus review, you already know how good the Note 5’s display is. The 5.7 inch QHD SAMOLED display is one of the best out there. What’s interesting is that Samsung has toned down the yellowish-ness of the display. The Galaxy S6 Edge has a pretty warm display, to the point that it looks like the odd one out when placed next to an LG G4 and Sony Xperia Z3+, but the Note 5’s display is not as warm as we’ve come to expect from Samsung.
Colours are really vivid on the display, and if you’ve liked Samsung displays till now, this one’s to die for, just like the S6 Edge Plus.
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S-Pen
The S-Pen on the Galaxy Note 5 is as good as it ever was, and a tad better. That said, even with a 5.7 inch display, there's only that much that you can do. If you've been a big proponent of Samsung's S-Pen though, then the one on the Note 5 is easily the best till now. It writes almost like a real pen and Samsung has added the option to add apps to the Air Command menu. So, you can now add apps like Evernote, OneNote and others to the Air Command menu and write on them using the S-Pen. What's more useful though is the Screen Off Memo option, which allows you to write with the S-Pen even with the display turned off. Whenever you pull the S-Pen out of the Note 5, the screen will remain black, but you can write on it and jot down a few notes. It's limited in the sense that there's only that much you can write on a 5.7 inch display, but its pretty useful nevertheless.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the Galaxy Note 5 can alert you if you've left the S-Pen behind somewhere. This perhaps is something that every Note user would appreciate, considering how many have lost their styluses. The S-Pen Alerts option is turned on by default and you can turn it off from the Settings menu.
Performance
Benchmarks don’t ever suffice for performance testing, but Samsung’s got both the aspects covered with its Exynos 7 Octa processor. This is the same processor that runs on the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and the S6 Edge Plus.
In regular usage, the Galaxy Note 5 can take anything you throw at it, and the bigger size of the phone, allows for better heat circulation, allowing the average clock speed to remain higher than in the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. The performance of the phone can’t be credited to the SoC alone though. While Exynos 7 is a good processor, the Note 5’s performance owes a lot to the fact that Samsung has made no compromise. The sequential read speeds for the storage on the phone come to around 440 MB per second which for the general public, translates to really good. In addition, DDR4 RAM allows the performance to be even smoother, and 4 GB of it, allows for a lot of multitasking.
The overall performance of the Note 5 is a combination of processor, NAND and RAM, and they all do well working in unison. It’s the best performing Android phone in the market right now, speaking in terms of pure performance. Even the call and network performance on the Note 5 is better than others. In a room with 5 people on the same Vodafone network, the Note 5 can get a 3G signal even when others are stuck on Edge. This is something that many iPhone users report about their devices.
It would be worth mentioning that the Galaxy Note 5 sends diagnostic reports to Samsung servers whenever it's connected to a WiFi. You can turn this off from the Settings Menu, by going into Lock Screen and Security. I have contacted Samsung to clarify that the Reports are indeed only diagnostic reports, and am yet to hear back from it.
Battery
All the performance though, usually take a toll on the battery life, so when Samsung allowed a 3,000 mAh battery, I was somewhat disappointed. You’re talking about a 5.7 inch QHD display here, along with a powerful octa-core processor.
Here again though, the Note 5 exceeded expectations. On a regular work day, with exactly 26 phone calls, lots of IMs, social networking and about 20 minutes of gaming, at midnight, the phone had 15% of battery left. This is without using the battery saver mode at all, and that’s about as good as any phone in the market can give you today.
Camera
We’ve discussed Samsung’s prowess with cameras in the Galaxy S6 Edge and S6 Edge Plus review, so we’ll simply direct you to those for this one.
Bottomline
With the Galaxy Note 5, Samsung has completed the transformation it started with the Galaxy S6 this year. The phone is a combination of power and design, and not many would deny that the phone looks good and performs well. It’s pure style, combined with good performance. The only real hitch is that a phone this expensive shouldn’t be prone to falling out of your hand. If you’re looking for a flagship phablet, then this is still the one to buy though.
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india takes pakistan oic turkey tlif : ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਮੁੱਦੇ ‘ਤੇ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ, ਟਰਕੀ ਅਤੇ ਇਸਲਾਮਿਕ ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਸੰਗਠਨ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਫਿਰ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਘੇਰਨ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ।ਜੇਨੇਵਾ ‘ਚ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਦੇ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਪਰਿਸ਼ਦ ਦੇ 45ਵੇਂ ਸ਼ੈਸ਼ਨ ‘ਚ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ, ਤੁਰਕੀ ਅਤੇ ਓਆਈਸੀ ਨੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਮੁੱਦੇ ‘ਤੇ ਟਿੱਪਣੀ ਅਤੇ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਉਲੰਘਣ ਦਾ ਦੋਸ਼ ਲਗਾਇਆ।ਇਸਦੇ ਬਾਅਦ ਉਤਰ ਦੇਣ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਤਹਿਤ ਜੇਨੇਵਾ ਦੇ ਸਥਾਈ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਸਕੱਤਰ ਪਵਨ ਪਾਂਡੇ ਨੇ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕਰਾਰਾ ਜਵਾਬ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ।ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਦੀ ਬੈਠਕ ‘ਚ ਜੰਮੂ-ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਦੇ ਹਾਲਾਤ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਹੋਈ ਆਲੋਚਨਾ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਖਾਰਿਜ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ। ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਜੰਮੂ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੋਕਤੰਤਰ ਅਤੇ ਆਰਥਿਕ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਦੀ ਬਹਾਲੀ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੇਜ਼ੀ ਆਈ ਹੈ, ਜਦੋਂਕਿ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੀਕ੍ਰਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਈ ਰੁਕਾਵਟਾਂ ਲਿਆਉਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ।ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਝੂਠੇ ਅਤੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਦੋਸ਼ ਲਗਾ ਕੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਬਦਨਾਮ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਆਦਤ ਬਣ ਗਈ ਹੈ। ਭਾਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਸੇ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਭਾਸ਼ਣ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਅਤੇ ਨਸਲੀ ਘੱਟਗਿਣਤੀ ਸਮੂਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਪ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਅੱਤਵਾਦ ਦਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਹੈ।
ਭਾਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਨਿਧੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੇ ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ, ਖੈਬਰ ਪਖਤੂਨਖਵਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਿੰਧ ਵਿਚ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਮਾੜੀ ਹਾਲਤ ਇਸ ਦੀ ਪੋਲ ਖੋਲ੍ਹਦੀ ਹੈ। ਇਕ ਵੀ ਦਿਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੰਘਦਾ ਜਦੋਂ ਇਕ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਮੈਂਬਰ ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ ਵਿਚ ਲਾਪਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ. ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਤੋਂ ਪਾਬੰਦੀਸ਼ੁਦਾ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੈਨਸ਼ਨ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਮਾਣ ਨਾਲ ਮੰਨਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਅੱਤਵਾਦੀ ਜੰਮੂ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਵਿਚ ਲੜਨ ਲਈ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿਚ ਸਿਖਲਾਈ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਨ।ਭਾਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਨਿਧੀ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਜਵਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਕੋਈ ਹੈਰਾਨੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਗੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਆਲਮੀ ਅਦਾਰੇ ਅੱਤਵਾਦ ਨੂੰ ਵਿੱਤ ਦੇਣ ਤੋਂ ਰੋਕਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਅਸਫਲਤਾ ਤੋਂ ਚਿੰਤਤ ਹਨ। ਭਾਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਨਿਧੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਵਿਚ ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਅਤੇ ਨਸਲੀ ਘੱਟਗਿਣਤੀ ਸਮੂਹਾਂ ਲਈ ਕੋਈ ਭਵਿੱਖ ਬਾਕੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ।
ਘੱਟ ਗਿਣਤੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਯੋਜਨਾਬੱਧ ਪ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ, ਕੁਫ਼ਰ ਦੇ ਕਾਨੂੰਨਾਂ, ਜਬਰੀ ਧਰਮ ਪਰਿਵਰਤਨ, ਕਤਲੇਆਮ, ਫਿਰਕੂ ਹਿੰਸਾ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਤਕਰੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਘੱਟ ਗਿਣਤੀਆਂ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ। ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਵਿਚ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਸਿੱਖ, ਹਿੰਦੂ ਅਤੇ ਈਸਾਈ women ਅਗਵਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਵਿਆਹ ਕਰਵਾ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਜ਼ਬਰਦਸਤੀ ਧਰਮ ਪਰਿਵਰਤਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਜੰਮੂ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਦੇ ਸੰਬੰਧ ਵਿਚ ਇਸਲਾਮਿਕ ਸਹਿਕਾਰਤਾ ਸੰਗਠਨ ਦੇ ਬਿਆਨ ‘ਤੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਇਤਰਾਜ਼ ਜਤਾਇਆ ਸੀ। ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਓਆਈਸੀ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਮੁੱਦੇ ‘ਤੇ ਟਿੱਪਣੀ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਓਆਈਸੀ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਇਸ ਦੀ ਦੁਰਵਰਤੋਂ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਦੇ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ. ਓਆਈਸੀ ਦੇ ਮੈਂਬਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫੈਸਲਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੀ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੇ ਏਜੰਡੇ ਲਈ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਦੁਰਵਰਤੋਂ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਦੇਣਾ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਹਿੱਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ।ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਤੁਰਕੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਸਲਾਹ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਮੁੱਦੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਟਿੱਪਣੀ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਗੁਰੇਜ਼ ਕਰਨ। ਤੁਰਕੀ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਮੁੱਦੇ ‘ਤੇ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੇ ਸਟੈਂਡ ਦਾ ਸਮਰਥਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ। ਤੁਰਕੀ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਰੀਸ਼ੇਪ ਤਯਿਪ ਏਰਦੋਵਾਨ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਬਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਬਜ਼ਾ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ ਹੈ।
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Shruti Modi reached Narcotics Control Bureau's office in south Mumbai today for questioning
A member of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team probing drugs angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case has tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday following which questioning of the actor's former manager Shruti Modi has been postponed, an official said.
Shruti Modi reached the NCB office in south Mumbai around 10 am for questioning by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
But, before the probe team could start recording her statement, the NCB received report of one of its SIT members testing positive for coronavirus, the official said.
The SIT member's antigen test came out positive, he said, adding that other members of the probe team will also be tested and all protocols will be followed.
"Accordingly, we sent back Shruti Modi who had joined the investigation in the morning," he said.
The NCB on Tuesday asked Shruti Modi and Sushant Singh Rajput's talent manager Jaya Saha to join its investigation to get a better picture on some aspects of the case. Jaya Saha will now be called later, the official said.
So far, the top drug law enforcement agency has arrested 18 people, including Sushant Rajput's friend and actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty.
Earlier, statements of Shruti Modi and Jaya Saha were recorded by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is separately probing the Sushant death case.
They were also questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Mumbai Police in connection with cases linked to the actor's death probe.
Chats of Jaya Saha with Rhea Chakraborty had come to light during the ED's questioning, the official added.
Sushant Singh Rajput (34) was found hanging in his flat in Mumbai's suburban Bandra on June 14.
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Chicago Cubs' Javier Baez (9) hits a home run against the Cleveland Indians during the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept.15, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
CHICAGO: Willson Contreras and Cameron Maybin were plunked by consecutive pitches from Cleveland reliever Nick Wittgren in the ninth inning, forcing home the winning run as the Chicago Cubs beat the Indians 6-5 Tuesday night.
After Cleveland tied the game at 5 with two runs in the top of the ninth, left-hander Oliver Prez (1-1) allowed a one-out walk to Kris Bryant in the bottom of the inning. Anthony Rizzo followed with a single that advanced Bryant to third. Wittgren drilled Contreras with a 1-1 fastball, then hit Maybin with a bases-loaded changeup.
Trailing 5-3 in the ninth, Josh Naylor drew a leadoff walk from Cubs closer Jeremy Jeffress. One out later, Francisco Lindor hit a two-run shot to left to tie the game. It was his eighth of the season and the second blown save for Jeffress (4-1).
Javier Bez also homered for the Cubs, who increased their lead to five games in the NL Central.
Lindor’s home run took away a victory for Cubs starter Yu Darvish. The NL Cy Young Award candidate allowed three runs and nine hits over seven innings. He struck out seven and walked one as he bounced back from a loss to the Reds in his last outing.
Rookie Tyler Naquin was 4 for 4 for the Indians, who lost their season-high seventh straight game.
With the score tied at three in the seventh, Indians reliever James Karinchak walked Bryant with one out. Bryant advanced to third on Rizzo’s single, and Contreras followed with a sacrifice fly to right to score the go-ahead run.
Bez manufactured an insurance run in the eighth. He walked, stole second and came around to score after catcher Sandy Len’s throw went into center. Baez never hesitated, rounding third and beating Cleveland’s relay.
Happ doubled to center for the Cubs in the fifth and scored on Bryants single. Rizzo followed with an RBI double to tie the game at 3.
Lindor had three hits and four RBIs, including a run-scoring double during a two-run third. He was later thrown out at home by right fielder Jason Heyward on Jos Ramrezs flyout.
DeShields doubled with one out in the fifth and scored on Lindor’s single to give the Indians a 3-1 lead.
With one out in the second inning, Bez hit a towering home run to straightaway center field to put the Cubs up 1-0. It was Baezs seventh of the season.
Indians starter Carlos Carrasco pitched six innings and allowed three runs and eight hits with five strikeouts and one walk in the no-decision.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Tyler Chatwood suffered a setback in his hopes of returning from a forearm strain . I don’t want to make a statement that his season is over, but I would say there is definitely a lot of caution, said Cubs manager David Ross.
UP NEXT
Indians: RHP Aaron Civale (3-5) is scheduled to start Wednesday against the Cubs. He has gone at least six innings in all nine of his starts this season, despite losing three of his last four starts.
Cubs: LHP Jon Lester (2-2), who is coming off one of his best starts of the season, is Chicago’s scheduled starter. He struck out a season-high eight batters in six scoreless innings against the Brewers on Friday.
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LIVE TVLittle by little, medical researchers are beginning to uncover more about the 2019 novel coronavirus. Until the vaccine or an effective drug becomes available, prevention remains the best way to control the spread of this highly contagious pathogen. Meanwhile, there are those who were hospitalised due to mild or severe symptoms and eventually discharged after tests confirm they were negative. However, scientists are still baffled by the long-term effects that continue to incapacitate people even after they have fully recovered.
Therefore, leading experts have been called in to find out what is causing these cycles of illnesses. The main complaints from patients include brain fog, chronic fatigue, and difficulty in breathing. "At the moment it is just so unknown. We're still very much at the point where we're learning what the after-effects are," explained co-investigator Dr. Rachael Evans. "It has become very apparent that the long-term effects can happen to people that were young and fit before and perhaps had a fairly mild acute illness... enough to bring them to hospital but maybe only a day or two."
One of the cases that were highlighted involved a 22-year-old patient who was considered physically fit prior to her being diagnosed with COVID-19. It has been six months since her recovery, but she still suffers from irregular heart rate, fever, nausea, and chronic fatigue. Upon checking her medical history, there were reportedly no pre-existing conditions.
The respiratory consultant pointed out that most pneumonia cases can take up to three months to make a full recovery. On the other hand, patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 continue to experience various symptoms for much longer. In her 23 years with the National Health Service (NHS) there has been no recorded precedent in respiratory medicine, reports the Evening Standard.
As such, the post-hospitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID) is a UK-wide collaboration between leading researchers. It is an effort to better understand and provide care for people with long-term effects of the disease.
The study hopes to recruit 10,000 COVID-19 patients who have recovered and monitor them for a year or longer. Funding will be provided by the UK Research and Innovation group along with the National Institute for Health Research. The ultimate goal is to discover treatments and learn how to prevent various long-term effects.
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