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Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page No. 3
PM Modi lauds New Education Policy PM Modi urges people to be
as game changer; emphasises on its vocal for handmade products on
National Handloom Day
holistic implementation Agency indigenous crafts of the To mark the occasion and to
New Delhi, Aug 7: country. In a tweet, Mr Modi instil pride in the
Agency a better India, Mr Modi said urged countrymen to be workmanship of handloom
New Delhi, Aug 7: students should work National Handloom Day is vocal for handmade and weaving amongst citizens, a
towards curiosity and being organised today by the strengthen efforts towards social media campaign is
Prime Minister Narendra commitment driven life . He Ministry of Textiles on a an Atma Nirbhar Bharat. planned for the handloom
Modi today said the New said NEP stresses on virtual platform. Textiles Textiles Minister Smirti Irani weaving community.
Education Policy ( NEP) is a teachers’ learning and Minister Smriti Irani will be also urged countrymen to Prime Minister Narendra
game changer to empower teachers make enlightened the Chief Guest on the contribute towards Atma Modi has said, the Handloom
students. Addressing students. occasion. During the Nirbhar Bharat. She and Handicrafts of India
inaugural NEP conclave, Mr The Prime Minister function, handloom clusters requested all to support encompass a glorious
Modi emphasised holistic welcomed questions and across India, NIFT vocal for handmade. Ms history of hundreds of years.
implementation of NEP. doubts on NEP. He said campuses, all the 28 Weaver Irani highlighted that five In his Mann Ki Baat address
Prime Minister Modi added students will now have the Service Centres, National years back on this day, on All India Radio last
this conclave will give more freedom to switch courses Handloom Development National Handloom day was month, the Prime Minister
information on NEP which and higher education is now Corporation and others will instituted. The Minister said, urged everyone to use Indian
will further help in its better should strive for global be reduced as there is an free of specific streams. be connected online. this day is a tribute to the Handloom and Handicrafts
implementation. citizens but must not forget overload of information and Saying inquiry, analysis, Prime Minister Narendra Swadeshi movement which as much as possible, and also
Saying education overhaul roots. He stressed on content . Quoting former discussion based learning Modi today greeted all those was launched on the same communicate to more and
was the need of the hour, the teaching in regional President A P J Abdul Kalam, will strengthen the education associated with the nation’s date in 1905. more people about them. He
Prime Minister said the languages as it will help the Prime Minister said the system. Prime minister vibrant handloom and The objective is to generate said, local artisans and
country’s education system young students. purpose of education is to highlighted how this NEP handicrafts sector. On awareness about the weavers will benefit from
must meet global standards. The Prime Minister said the make good human beings. was framed after a long National Handloom Day, the Handloom Industry among conversations about the
He said students and youths burden on students should Calling for faster reforms for thinking . Prime Minister said, they the public and its richness and diversity of
have made commendable contribution to socio- Indian handloom and
GPS to prevent misuse of ventilators efforts to preserve the economic development. handicrafts.
Historic collaboration signed between
IT Correspondent address issues and encourage were imported. Now with the more than 90% by value.”
New Delhi, Aug. 7: the domestic industry to government push, the prices Just about 0.27% of total UNICEF and NCC
manufacture ventilators and of machines have dropped active Covid-19 cases are on
With a view to prevent misuse ramp up their production. from Rs 10 lakh to Rs.20 lakh a ventilator across the IT News outlook, and ideals of selfless NCC and UNICEF in the North
of ventilators the Union Based on expert projections in (imported) to Rs 1.50 lakh to country, according to Imphal, Aug 7: service among young citizens. East have agreed to pursue a
Health Ministry has created a March, the health ministry Rs 4 lakh per unit(Indian government data. “At any Within this framework, UNICEF project titled “YuWaah for
dashboard for tracking the decided to procure about supplies). given time, not more than 1% A historic Letter of and NCC, based on their Change” that will support
real-time status of ventilators 60,000 ventilators for Covid- Major domestic players of patients are sick enough to Understanding (LoU) has been respective mandates, both aim efforts in Manipur, Arunachal
dispatched, delivered, and 19 patients. About 18,000 include Skanray (in need ventilator support,” said entered into between United to promote rights of children. Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya,
installed and the indigenously ventilators have been so far collaboration with Bharat Bhushan. Nations Children’s Fund This LoU shall aim to Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura,
manufactured ventilators are supplied to states, central Electronics Limited), AgVa (in The ministry’s technical expert (UNICEF), a subsidiary organ consolidate a long standing with the aim to: Facilitate 1
being embedded with Global government hospitals, and collaboration with Maruti committee has come up with of the United Nations collaborative relationship at million young people in the
Positioning System (GPS) Defence Research Suzuki Limited) and AP minimum essential established by the General the regional level, by North East as change makers
chips to track if their locations Development Organisation Medtech Zone and Allied specifications for the basic Assembly of the United identifying specific areas in and create spaces for
in hospitals change as part of facilities. They have been Medical. Public sector BEL ventilators manufactured in Nations pursuant to resolution which NCC and UNICEF would developing their leadership.
efforts to prevent their misuse. installed in at least 700 has manufactured 30,000 India. All the procurements are 57(I) of 11 December 1946, like to enhance, expand and UNICEF and NCC will work on
hospitals across the country. ventilators and Andhra Med- made based on the committee’s having its headquarters at New scale up joint action and an annual Plan of Action, which
“We can track the location of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) Tech Zone 13,500. recommendations. York, NY USA, and the partnership. will be developed
each of these devices as each rolled out the first locally-made The indigenous ventilators, A critical care expert at a *National Cadet Corps (NCC) Driven by its mission to deliver each year for implementation
ventilator is geo-tagged. We ventilator on 30 May 2020. are being funded by PM prominent government with its headquarters in New results for young people, during the following year. The
will get to know in real-time if The health ministry has CARES Fund which comes to hospital said a ventilator is a Delhi, India. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Plan of Action will address
a ventilator is changing ordered 60,000 ventilators, of about Rs 2,000 crore in complex machine with several UNICEF, in accordance to with Sports (MoYAS) and UNICEF national initiatives and include
location,” Union health which 57600 are indigenous monetary terms,” Bhushan features meant to perform its Charter and Mission have come together to support local collaborations. It is
secretary Rajesh Bhushan (as against 8500 machines in said and added that “The specific functions. “It is not Statement, works with the Generation Unlimited understood that the agreed
said and added that the 2019). This is a distinct shift Make in India [indigenous] only about pumping in the air. governments, civil society (GenU) partnership, called upon Plan of Action will be
government has constituted from the pre-COVID days, ventilators have a share of There is much more to this organizations, and other YuWaah in India. It is a multi- amended to incorporate
an empowered group to when most of the ventilators more than 96% by volume and machine. partners in more than one stakeholder platform that aims additional local collaborations.
hundred and sixty countries to to facilitate holistic pathways UNICEF will provide technical
advance children’s rights to to aspirations of young cadres, support in the form of resource
Actor Sushant’s death case: CBI files FIR survival, protection, that integrate opportunities for persons, presentations,
education, civic participation,
development and participation,
newsletters, videos /films etc.
and is guided by the
social service, skilling and
and will identify external
against Rhea and 5 others Convention of the Rights of the employment. platforms for participation by
Child (CRC).
young people at the state and
In the spirit of the national
NCC is a youth development partnership, NCC Directorate, national levels.
By Raju Vernekar the Viscera report is awaited. movement that provides North Eastern Region and Brigadier RS Sethi, Group Cdr
Mumbai: Aug. 7: According to police, Disha opportunities to the youth of UNICEF are committing to NCC Group Imphal expressed
allegedly committed suicide the country for their all-round develop the potential of NCC his satisfaction at this
The Central Bureau of by jumping from a high-rise development. NCC is open to cadets in the age bracket of 13 development and remarked that
Investigation (CBI) registered building in Malad. regular schools and colleges on to 24 years by facilitating their this event shall result in a
an FIR in actor Sushant Singh On Wednesday, new a voluntary basis and it aims at meaningful engagement and paradigm shift in the
Rajput death case against six information came to light with developing character, participation in social, cultural, development of youth of the
people, including actress Rhea Disha’s post mortem report comradeship, discipline, a secular civic and economic initiatives. state of Manipur.
Chakraborty, on charges of which revealed that she had
abetment to suicide on unnatural head injuries and
Thursday. other multiple injuries which Apollo Children’s Hospital save a
Others named in the FIR are could be because she fell from
Rhea’s brother Showik a high rise building in
Chakraborty, father Indrajit Mumbai. She died by suicide baby with rare heart complain
Chakraborty, mother Sandhya Bandra police had already money laundering angle in the at around 2 AM on 9 June, just
Chakraborty, Rhea’s associate recorded the statements of death of Sushant, based on 5 days before Sushant’s tragic IT News Interventional Paediatric vertical failed and the mitral
and Sushant’s house manager nearly 40 persons, who the FIR filed in Patna(Bihar) demise. Disha’s father in his Imphal, Aug 7: Cardiologists, confirmed that valve started leaking acutely.
Samuel Miranda and Shruti included actors, film makers by his father KK Singh. ED letter to police has already the baby was suffering from The condition was looking
Modi. Rhea has been and others. has taken up the charge to stated that his family does not Apollo Children’s Hospitals this rare condition. The left bleak and we decided to place
summoned to present herself After the Centre consented to probe if Rhea had in fact suspect any foul play in her Doctors successfully saved a atrium (the upper chamber of the baby on ECMO
before CBI on Friday. the Bihar Government’s pocketed Rs 15 crore from death and they are satisfied new born baby by performing the heart) had developed an (Extracorporeal Membrane
The charges levelled against recommendation to hand over Sushant’s account. ED has with the investigation a high risk procedure recently. aneurysm, which had become Oxygenatation). The heart
them are that of criminal the case of the Sushant’s also questioned Sushant’s CA conducted by the Mumbai The new borne baby was so huge that it had already was hardly contracting the
conspiracy, abetment to death, the CBI formed a special Sandeep Sridhar and Rhea’s Police and have faith in them. presented to the Hospital with compressed the heart and first night. We added some
suicide, wrongful restraint or team to investigate the matter. associate and Sushant’s Former Maharashtra CM and a very rare condition called lungs, distorting these vital critical life-saving medications
confinement, theft, cheating, The special team is headed by house manager Samuel present BJP Rajya Sabha Left Atrial Appendage organs. to stabilise”.
intimidation, among others. Manoj Sashidhar, IPS, Gujarat Miranda. Rhea’s properties are member Narayan Rane had Aneurysm. Left atrial Dr. Neville Solomon, He also added, “However,
The CBI took over the Cadre. DIG Gagandeep also under ED’s scrutiny. recently alleged that Sushant appendage aneurysm Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon, over a period of 48-72 hours,
investigation of the 34-year- Ghambir will supervise the In another development, and Disha were ‘murdered’. (LAAA) is a rare cardiac Apollo Children’s Hospital the heart started to recover
old actor on Wednesday, after probe, while Anil Yadav will be Mumbai Police on Thursday He had also demanded that malformation that is reported pointed out that, “ The baby and we were able to get the
the Centre handed them the the investigation officer. The said that the investigation in police should find out who very rarely. did not tolerate the procedure patient off ECMO. With a few
case on Bihar government’s CBI team is already in touch the suicide of Sushant’s all attended the parties held When the five month old baby as the blood that was being further days on ventilator and
recommendation. with the Bihar police for manager Disha Salian (28) on on the eve of each death..on suddenly developed accommodated in the several days of intense care
Sushant found dead at his documents pertaining to the 8 June in Malad area in North 8 June and 13 June, 2020. breathlessness her panicked aneurysm pre-operatively was given by our doctors, nurse
Bandra residence in Mumbai case and their findings, to take Mumbai, is still on. DCP Vishal However Mumbai Police parents brought her to Apollo being suddenly diverted and technicians in the ICU, the
on 14 June. Bandra police the case forward hereon. Thakur said that information Commissioner Param Bir Children’s Hospital on time. Dr. entirely into the left vertical, baby progressed steadily and
recorded the incident as The Enforcement Directorate about Disha’s death is still Singh said that no such C.S. Muthukumaran and Dr. which is the main pumping has been successfully
“accidental death”. The is already investigating the subject to investigation and partied were held. Anuradha Sridhar, Senior chamber of the heart. The left discharged from the ICU”.