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Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee passes away

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Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee passes away

Bengal, 15th November: Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee breathed his at Belle Vue Clinic of Kolkata at the age of 85 on Sunday. Chatterjee tested positive for COVID-19 last month and was taken to hospital.

The octogenarian actor’s health condition deteriorated extremely over the past 2 days. Chatterjee’s prolonged stay at the hospital since 6 October had taken a toll on his health.

The 85-year-old Dadasaheb Phalke awardee and one of the most celebrated actors in Bengali cinema were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Kolkata’s Belle Vue Hospital for almost 40 days.

Soumitra Chatterjee, Bengal’s most celebrated actor, was best known for his many collaborations with filmmaker Satyajit Ray – they made 14 movies together. He made his debut in Ray’s 1959 film Apur Sansar, part of the acclaimed Pather Panchali trilogy.

Chatterjee was also directed by Satyajit Ray in Charulata, Devi, Teen Kanya, Ghare Baire, Ganashatru, and other films. He was the first actor to play the role of Feluda, the detective created by Satyajit Ray. Soumitra Chatterjee starred as Feluda in two films directed by Ray – Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath.

For the first time, NASA to bring Mars rock samples back to Earth

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For the first time, NASA to bring Mars rock samples back to Earth

US, 14th November: In a first, the National Aeronautics and Space The administration (NASA) is an attempt to bring a sample of Mars rock back to Earth for scientists to study.

NASA released an independent review report indicating the agency is now ready to undertake its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign to bring pristine samples of Mars rock to Earth for scientific study.

“The agency established the MSR Independent Review Board (IRB) to evaluate its early concepts for a groundbreaking, international partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) to return the first samples from another planet,” mentioned in the statement issued by NASA.

“After a thorough review of the agency’s planning over the past several years, the IRB unanimously believes that NASA is now ready to carry out the MSR program, the next step for robotic exploration of Mars,” said the statement.

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is more than halfway to Mars following its launch in July. The Perseverance rover will gather samples from Martian rocks and soil using its drill. The rover will then store the sample cores in tubes on the Martian surface.

Scientists want to analyze samples from Mars in hopes of ascertaining whether life ever existed in the planet’s lush, wet past.

BSF jawan from Assam killed in Pakistan shelling

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BSF jawan from Assam killed in Pakistan shelling

Assam, 14th November: A BSF jawan from Assam has been killed in ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Hardhan Chandra Roy, who hailed from Phutukibari-Medhipara under Sapatgram police station in lower Assam’s Dhubri district was among the four Army jawan killed in Pakistan firing on Friday.

In a major flare-up along the LoC, 11 people, including five soldiers, were killed in ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops in different areas in north Jammu and Kashmir.

Four army jawans, a BSF sub-inspector in Assam, and six civilians were killed in the recent border shelling which the locals have termed as “unprecedented.” The incident occurred in parts of the Uri Keran sector of Kupwara district and Izmarg in Gurez sector of Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir.

As per the information, Pakistan initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violations along the LoC. The army officials added that Pakistan used mortars and other weapons and had deliberately targeted civilian areas. Indian army also retaliated strongly destroying Pakistani army bunkers, fuel dumps, and launch pads.

Army sources say that there are huge casualties on the Pakistan side as well as around six to seven soldiers from Pakistan were killed and around 10-12 were injured. The army has also released videos showing mortars hitting and damaging Pakistani bunkers along the LoC.

PM Modi celebrates Diwali with soldiers in Jaisalmer

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PM Modi celebrates Diwali with soldiers in Jaisalmer

India, 14th November: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Longewala post at the Rajasthan border on Saturday to celebrate Diwali with soldiers. PM Modi has been spending Diwali with soldiers since the year he first came to power.

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Army Chief General MM Naravane, and Border Security Force (BSF) DG Rakesh Asthana has also accompanied him.

During an interaction with jawans, Prime Minister said no force in the world could prevent India’s soldiers from protecting the country’s borders. India has shown its strength and political will to give a befitting reply to those challenging it.

“I extend my Diwali greetings to you. I have brought the greetings of every Indian with me. You may be on snow-capped mountains or in deserts, but my Diwali is complete only when I celebrate with you. My happiness doubles when I look at the glee on your faces. Be it the peaks of The Himalayas, the stretch of the desert, dense forests or the depths of seas your valour has triumphed in every challenge,” PM told jawans, including those from the Border Security Force (BSF).

“The world has now understood that India won’t compromise its interests at any cost. The repute and stature of India are due to your strength and valour. The nation is clearly presenting its opinions on international fora today because you’ve secured the nation,” he said.

“India trusts the policy of understanding others, making them understand, but will reply strongly if it is tested. As long as you are there, this country’s Diwali celebrations will continue in full swing and luminescence,” he told the soldiers.

While talking about India’s defence capabilities, PM said, “India is working rapidly to increase its defence capabilities and make its defence sector atmanirbhar (self-reliant). We have decided to focus on the indigenous arms factory. This decision of the defence sector propelled 130 crore Indians to work towards vocal for local doctrine.”

Prime Minister asserted that India is becoming a strong voice against this thinking. “Today the whole world is troubled by expansionist forces. Expansionism is, in a way, a mental disorder and reflects 18th-century thinking. India is also becoming a strong voice against this idea,” he said.

The Prime Minister urged troops to innovate, practise yoga, and learn an Indian language. “I would like to implore three points to the armed forces. The first is to continue ingenuity by innovating; second is to practice yoga, and third is to learn a language other than your mother tongue and English.”

Earlier in the day, PM Modi tweeted his greeting to the nation and wished for the festival to bring ‘brightness and happiness’ in the lives of people. “Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali! May this festival further brightness and happiness. May everyone is prosperous and healthy,” PM Modi tweeted.

On Friday, the PM shared a clipping from Mann Ki Baat, delivered last on October 25, in which he urged every citizen to light a Diya as a salute to soldiers who “fearlessly protect our nation”.

“This Diwali, let us also light a Diya as a #Salute2Soldiers who fearlessly protect our nation. Words can’t do justice to the sense of gratitude we have for our soldiers for their exemplary courage. We are also grateful to the families of those on the borders,” he tweeted.

In 2019, PM Modi visited the “Hall of Fame” in Rajouri and the Pathankot Airbase during diwali. In 2018, he visited Kedarnathand and inspected a military post on the India-China border, and in 2017, he visited the Gurez sector of north Kashmir. He spent his Diwali with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police in Himachal Pradesh in 2016 and 2015, he visited the Punjab border.

Kailash Vijayvargiya in JP Nadda’s fresh team of in-charges for BJP in Bengal

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Kailash Vijayvargiya in JP Nadda’s fresh team of in-charges for BJP in Bengal

Delhi, 14th November: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Kailash Vijayvargiya as in-charge of West Bengal. Arvind Menon and Amit Malviya have been appointed as sah-prabharis of West Bengal. The appointments were made by BJP chief JP Nadda.

Some of the other key appointments:

  • Dr Sukanta Majumdar, MP, Balurghat as in-charge, of Sikkim.
  • Senior spokespersons Nalin Kohli and Sambit Patra have been made in-charge of Nagaland and Manipur
  • Dr Anupam Hazra, National Secretary has been appointed co-in-charge of Bihar.
  • Subhas Sarkar, MP, Bankura has been appointed as co-in-charge of Jharkhand.
  • Radha Mohan Singh has been appointed in-charge of Uttar Pradesh.
  • BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh has been appointed in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh.
  • Bhupender Yadav has been appointed Gujarat in-charge.
  • NTR’s daughter- D Purandareswari, who has been made in-charge of Chhatisgarh and Odisha
  • Rajya Sabha MP Dushyant Kumar Gautam has been made in-charge of Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Chandigarh
  • BJP I-T cell chief Amit Malviya has been made the co-in charge of West Bengal
  • National secretary Vinod Tawde has been named in-charge of Haryana

Earlier in September, JP Nadda released the list of new National office bearers of the party. While most senior leaders and ex-CMs like – Raman Singh, Vasundhara Raje, Raghubar Das were retained as state Vice-presidents, several younger leaders were elevated.

Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya has replaced Poonam Mahajan as the new BJP Yuva Morcha chief while late Deputy CM Gopinath Munde’s daughter Pankaja Munde has been made national secretary. The BJP has also reshuffled its national spokespersons – dropping leaders G V.L Narasimha Rao and Meenakshi Lekhi.

One of the biggest changes is that Ram Madhav has been replaced with Punjab’s Tarun Chugh as General Secretary. This is the first time Nadda has rejigged the team, since taking over as party president from Amit Shah in January.

Made in China lights rules in Assam’s Diwali market

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Made in China lights rules in Assam’s Diwali market

Assam, 13th November: Despite the Anti-China sentiment, city markets are flooded with lights that have been made in China, and other decorative items. The clay artist and earthen lamp seller are facing problems in Pal Pada village of Silchar.

An earthen lamps maker shares his sorrow with us.

“We are facing problems as our products are ready but all that has not a good response in the market. I have made Diyas for Diwali. The market is very down due to the pandemic. We have requested the government to help us, but didn’t get any support,” Vobotosh Paul, earthen lamp maker said.

Following the state government’s ban on crackers, people are buying Chinese light due to their variety and low price.

On the other hand, the Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal continuously urging people to buy and use the local products. He captured while purchasing earthen lamps from the market.

“I urged everyone to celebrate Diwali with earthen lamps. As per PM Modi said Local-Vocal-Global. We have to first be vocal for local so that we can make it global,” said CM Sonowal.

CM has requested the people of the state to support local textile and handicraft items.  He also asks people to remember PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Vocal for Local’ campaign while buying or gifting earthen lamps to clothes during this festival season.

“I bought these lamps so that I can spread the message among all and our product will be in use. People who make these earthen lamps are very poor. We should help them,” CM added.

Shops in the city’s markets are selling a huge variety of lights from China lights to electric lamps, paper lamps, candles, etc. which directly affects the earthen lamp sellers.

Shubash Das, a resident said “Diya making process is going on for Diwali. These clay artists are facing a lot of problems due to lockdown. They are not getting any help from anywhere, not even the government is coming forward to help them. We observe that in cities people prefer to use electric or battery lights instead of earthen lamps.”

As per the source, a 20-metre long Chinese fairy light string cost Rs 50 whereas an India-made light of the same length costs around Rs 130. Similarly, China-made products in the price range of Rs 40-50 to Rs 500 offer more choice to buyers.

‘Bengal BJP’ Twitter crosses 2 lakh followers mark

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‘Bengal BJP’ Twitter crosses 2 lakh followers mark

West Bengal, 13th November: Bengal BJP’s Twitter handle crossed 2 lakh followers just 6 months before the assembly election in the state. Bengal BJP shared the news on Twitter and thanked all the followers.

Twitter is common in Bengal whether it is the war between the TMC ruling government and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar or the allegations politics of saffron and TMC.

Bengal BJP had opened their Twitter account in 2015 but the usage is increasing as the day of the election is hitting up the state.

Twitter and political messaging were an integral duo in the electoral success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014.

Twitter revolves around quick and short pieces of communication, thereby not appearing to be a conducive medium for the traditional style of political messaging.

At the same time, the evolution of the information ecosystem has engendered a preference for shorter pieces of communication like quick news bytes over nuanced, long-form narratives among a large proportion of individuals.

Subsequently, the platform became an effective tool to amplify certain talking points which are intended to elicit a reaction from the individuals against a well-thought-out response.

This in turn led to Twitter being dominated by groups that act in a concerted fashion, many of which are politically and culturally rooted. In India, while other political parties have also taken to Twitter, as of date, none of them stand a chance against the BJP. Campaigns run by other political parties are mostly of lesser intensity apart from a few instances.

CM Sonowal buy earthen lamps for Diwali

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CM Sonowal buy earthen lamps for Diwali

Assam, 13th November: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal purchased earthen lamps from local pottery at Kamakhya Gate for Diwali. The chief minister urged the people to buy earthen lamps instead of using Chinese products to celebrate the festival of light Diwali. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal purchased 100 nos of lamps for Rs 250.

“I urged everyone to celebrate Diwali with earthen lamps. As per PM Modi said Local-Vocal-Global. We have to first be vocal for local so that we can make it global,” said CM Sonowal.

CM has requested the people of the state to support local textile and handicraft items.  He also asks people to remember PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Vocal For Local’ campaign while buying or gifting these lamps to clothes during this festival season.

“I bought these lamps so that I can spread the message among all and our own product will be in use. People who make these earthen lamps are very poor. We should help them,” CM added.

PM Modi has also made a fervent appeal to people that they should promote ‘local fro Diwali’ by buying local products this festival season. This will give a new boost to the country’s economy in the long run.

MHA approves Rs 4381 cr to 6 states hit by natural disaster

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MHA approves Rs 4381 cr to 6 states hit by natural disaster

India, 13th November: MHA approves Rs 4381 cr to 6 states hit by natural disaster The High-Level Committee (HLC) under the chairmanship of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved additional Central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to six states, who were affected by cyclones, floods, and landslides during this year.

The committee has approved additional Central assistance of Rs 4,381.88 crore to six states – Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Odisha, and Maharashtra from the National Disaster Response Fund.

As per the statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs Friday says for cyclone ‘Amphan’, Rs 2,707.77 crore has been approved for West Bengal and Rs 128.23 crore for Odisha.

Rs 268.59 crore has been approved for Maharashtra which was hit by cyclone Nisarga.

Rs 577.84 crore has been approved for Karnataka for floods and landslides during the South-West monsoon, Rs 611.61 crore for Madhya Pradesh, and Rs 87.84 crore for Sikkim by MHA.

After cyclone ‘Amphan’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited the affected States of West Bengal and Odisha on 22 May 2020. As announced by the Prime Minister, financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore to West Bengal and Rs 500 crore to Odisha were released, in advance, on 23 May 2020 for immediate relief activities in these states, the statement said.

In addition, PM Modi had also announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured, which was over and above the ex-gratia provided through the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and the NDRF.

In all the six States, the central government had deputed Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) immediately after the calamities, without waiting for the receipt of a memorandum from the affected state governments, it said.

To date, the central government has released Rs 15,524.43 crore to 28 states from the SDRF during the financial year 2020-21, the statement added.

Arunachal Pradesh to get airport by 2022

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Arunachal Pradesh to get airport by 2022

Arunachal, 13th November: The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is going to get its first airport by 2022. Itanagar is the only state capital without any airport. CM Pema Khandu went to inspect the site of the Greenfield airport at Hollongi.

State’s Civil Aviation Minister Nakap Nalo and a host of departmental officers and legislators accompanied CM for a first-hand report of the ground facts of the maiden airport in the state capital.

The project, the foundation has been laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. The project is being executed by Gujarat-based firm Dinesh Chandra R Agarwal Infracon Pvt Ltd at a cost of 370 crores and a time limit of 30 months.

“The project, foundation of which was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is our top-most priority. Please be informed that earlier the completion target was November 2022 which, has been changed to August 2022. Work accordingly,” CM Pema Khandu said.

He assured that funds would not curb for completion of any work on time. Rather he is concern about the slow progress of work on the runway and the airport terminal.

Officials of the work departments like Power, PHE, PWD, and district administration gave details of works being executed by each like water supply, power, approach road, boundary wall, land acquisition, rehabilitation of displaced Chakma settlers.

CM urged the Chief Project Manager of the firm Kaushal Patel to speed up the construction process. Kaushal Patel described the difficulties and the reason for the project.

“The roads outside the airport is not good. We will make a Runway of about 2.3 km within the time span of 30 months and a budget of 370 crores. Their company has the best experience in making runways, bridges, highways, and has all world-class construction equipment,” said Patel.

Arunachal Pradesh CM Khandu informed the Chief Project Manager of the firm Kaushal Patel that all assistance would be provided to the firm by the government for building first airport in Itanagar.

“You have got five months of the best working season. Make full use of it. Work all day and night and you have got all our support and cooperation,” CM said, adding that he would personally monitor the progress of work by visiting the site from time to time.

“As the airport site lies along the Assam-Arunachal boundary and some land have to be acquired also from the Assam side. We will coordinate with the Assam government in the successful completion of the project,” he said.

CM also visited the rehabilitation site of the 186 displaced Chakma families and interacted with them. He assured them in resolving the drinking water issue, which is under progress. Water is being supplied through bore wells at the moment as a temporary solution.

Khandu was informed that 156 families had to be shifted and rehabilitated from the project site and 30 families from the four-lane approach road.

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