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Defence Minister Inaugurates HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre Established in Karnataka

Posted on August 13, 2020 by City Today News (City today.media)

Bengaluru, August 13, 2020: Mr. Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister, inaugurated the HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre (SDC) established at IISc’s Challakere campus in Chitradurga district (Karnataka), 225 km from Bengaluru through a video conference today. Speaking on the occasion, the Defence Minister said knowledge is power and skilled workforce is basic necessity for innovation and creativity. The SDC is a sound example of synergistic collaboration between the country’s flagship aerospace giant and the best in class premier academia, he added.

Top officials present on the occasion included General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary, Mr Raj Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Mr R Madhavan, CMD, HAL, Mr Alok Verma, Director (HR), HAL, Prof. G Rangarajan, Director, IISc.

The centre will impart skills to various beneficiaries ranging from local community members to high-end engineering professionals to usher true ‘Make-in-India’, says Mr. Madhavan.

“We are grateful to HAL for supporting us and partnering with us on this critical national initiative,” says Prof. Rangarajan. “We eagerly look forward to working closely with HAL, to realize our shared vision of training hundreds of aspiring young workers and professionals from across the country”.

The goal of the SDC is to create a large pool of trained personnel to address vital skill development gaps in India, crucial for economic growth and self-sufficiency. It is a natural outgrowth of a successful training programme for rural science and mathematics teachers that IISc initiated in 2011 at the Challakere campus. The IISc approached HAL in 2016 with its proposal and HAL agreed to fund and support the initiative under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. The MoU for establishing the centre, with an outlay of Rs. 73.7 crores, was signed on March 28, 2016 and construction began on October 27 the same year. The SDC is located on 1,500 acres of land provided by the Government of Karnataka during IISc’s centenary year celebrations in 2008

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ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರ ಮೇಲಿನ ಹಲ್ಲೆಗೆ ಪ್ರೆಸ್‍ಕ್ಲಬ್ ಆಫ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಖಂಡನೆ, ಆರೋಪಿಗಳ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಒತ್ತಾಯ

Posted on August 13, 2020 by City Today News (City today.media)

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದಿನಾಂಕ:11.08.2020 ರ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಕೆ.ಜಿ. ಹಳ್ಳಿ ಮತ್ತು ಡಿ.ಜೆ. ಹಳ್ಳಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಗಲಭೆಯನ್ನು ವರದಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಹೋದ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದವರ ಮೇಲೆ ದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮಿಗಳು ಹಲ್ಲೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದನ್ನು ಪ್ರೆಸ್‍ಕ್ಲಬ್ ಆಫ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಖಂಡಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

ಆ ದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪತ್ತೆ ಹಚ್ಚಿ ಕೂಡಲೇ ಬಂಧಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ರೆಸ್‍ಕ್ಲಬ್ ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನು ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಪ್ರತಿ ಬಾರಿಯೂ ಇಂತಹ ಗಲಾಟೆ ನಡೆಯುವ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಲ್ಲೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ನೋವಿನ ವಿಷಯ.

ಇಂತಹ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ವರದಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರಿಗೆ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ನೀಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನು ಹಿಂದೆ ಅನೇಕ ಭಾರಿ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ನಿಷ್ಪಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರಿಗೆ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ನೀಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನು ಪ್ರೆಸ್‍ಕ್ಲಬ್ ಆಫ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

-ಕೆ. ಸದಾಶಿವ ಶೆಣೈ

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ಎಚ್.ವಿ. ಕಿರಣ್

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ಪುಂಡರ ಸಮರ್ಥನೆಗೆ ಇಳಿದು ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಲಾಭ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷವು ಹುನ್ನಾರ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ತೀರಾ ವಿಷಾದನೀಯ-ಡಿ.ಸಿ.ಎಂ

Posted on August 12, 2020 by City Today News (City today.media)

ಡಿ.ಸಿ.ಎಂ. ಸವದಿಯವರ ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆ

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕೆಲವೆಡೆ ನಿನ್ನೆ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಹಿಂಸಾಕೃತ್ಯ ನಡೆಸಿ ಅಮಾನವೀಯವಾಗಿ ಲೂಟಿ, ದೊಂಬಿ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದು ಯಾರೇ ಆಗಲಿ ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಇದನ್ನು ಖಂಡಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲ ಇನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಈ ರೀತಿಯ ದುಷ್ಕೃತ್ಯ ನಡೆಸುವವರಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಶಾಸ್ತಿ ಕಾದಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ನೀಡಬಯಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ತಪ್ಪಿತಸ್ಥರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕಠಿಣ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ವಿಧಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಹಿಂದೆಮುಂದೆ ನೋಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

ಆದರೆ ಈ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಖಂಡಿಸುವ ಬದಲು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಮುಖಂಡರು ಪೊಲೀಸರ ವೈಫಲ್ಯವೇ ಈ ಘಟನೆಗೆ ಕಾರಣ ಮತ್ತು
ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ ನೀಡಿದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಬಿ.ಜೆ.ಪಿ. ಬೆಂಬಲಿಗ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿರುವುದು ಅವರ ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ದಿವಾಳಿತನವನ್ನು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

ತಮ್ಮವರೇ ಪ್ರಚೋದನಾಕಾರಿ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ ನೀಡಿದ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಇಂಥ ಹಿಂಸಾಕೃತ್ಯಗಳು ನಡೆದರೂ ಇದು ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಬೆಂಬಲಿಗರ ಕೃತ್ಯ ಎಂದು
ಆರೋಪಿಸಿ ಜನರನ್ನು ದಾರಿತಪ್ಪಿಸಲು
ಹವಣಿಸುವುದು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸಿನವರ ಹಳೆಯ ಚಾಳಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋಲಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಸೋಲು ಉಣ್ಣುತ್ತಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷ ಇಂಥ ಸವಾಲಿನ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ರೀತಿಯ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಅವರು ಹತಾಶೆಗೆ ನಿದರ್ಶನವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಇಂತಹ ಗಲಭೆಯನ್ನು ಹತ್ತಿಕ್ಕುವ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಕ್ಕೆ ಕೈ ಜೋಡಿಸುವ ಬದಲು ಪರೋಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ
ಇಂತಹ ಪುಂಡರ ಸಮರ್ಥನೆಗೆ ಇಳಿದು ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಲಾಭ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷವು ಹುನ್ನಾರ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ತೀರಾ ವಿಷಾದನೀಯ.

–ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಣ ಸವದಿ
ಉಪ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಸಚಿವರು,
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ.

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Mswipe launches “Bank Box” to revolutionize the digital payment landscape for SMEs

Posted on August 12, 2020 by City Today News (City today.media)

New affordable offerings comprising of zero rental and zero MDR solutions
Small businesses can collect and pay digitally even without a bank account
Enters issuance business with Mswipe Moneyback Card to help merchants earn as they spend
One-time digital KYC for hassle free and instant signup

Mumbai, 7th August 2020: Mswipe announced today the launch of Bank Box, a digital acceptance and payment solution designed to meet the cost-centric needs of MSMEs and merchants, as well as provide for a seamlessly integrated experience. Through this launch, Mswipe aims to pave the way for a futuristic payment solution platform and address key challenges that merchants and MSMEs face, with recurring costs on POS terminals like PoS rentals and Merchant Discount Rate (MDR).
Mswipe, India’s largest merchant acquirer with a network of 6.75 lakh POS and 1.1 million QR merchants, set out with the vision to build a cutting edge product – one that combines their acquiring and issuing platforms into a one-stop-shop, “Bank Box”, which enables easy signup, instant activation of the terminal and lifetime zero rental and zero effective MDR for merchants.
Manish Patel, Founder and CEO, Mswipe said, “COVID-19 has significantly impacted the earnings of small businesses, which in turn has led to curbed expenditures from their end. As a market innovator, Mswipe is helping MSMEs and merchants control costs incurred while accepting digital payments and further incentivize them to make digital payments. Essentially, Mswipe’s Bank Box facilitates small, medium and micro businesses to break into the digital ecosystem at the lowest possible TCO and sign up – even if they do not have a bank account.”
With a one-time digital KYC, businesses can choose between Bank Box Go – a POS solution with zero rental and zero MDR or Bank Box Lite – a QR solution with 0 rental and 1% cashback on all transactions and instantly go live. In both offerings a merchant gets a UPI QR and a Moneyback Card. Bank Box Go additionally provides an affordable mPOS capable of accepting chip + pin and contactless card payments. For Bank Box Go merchants have to pay a one-time fee of Rs. 4,000 plus taxes while for Bank Box Lite, they pay only Rs.199 plus taxes.
Sameer Hoda, President, Strategy and Operations, Mswipe said, “With Bank Box we have democratized the digital acceptance and payments ecosystem for the smallest of businesses by giving them a choice. With Mswipe now both an acquirer and issuer, we have provided an end-to-end digital enablement of MSMEs and merchants and empowered them to join the Digital Bharat movement.”
While mPOS allows acceptance of multiple modes of payments including UPI, Visa, Mastercard and American Express, mQR accepts payments from more than 150 UPI and mobile banking apps like PayTM, Axis Bank and BHIM among others. To spend digitally, merchants can load their Mcard with up to Rs. 1,00,000 per month
Mswipe is targeting merchants with an average daily digital collection of Rs. 2,000 – Rs.2,500 in tier 3-4 markets and Rs. 8,000 – Rs. 10,000 in Metro and semi-urban areas.

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“Cabinet has approved the New Education Policy 2020” – There will be uniform rules for all government, private, deemed institutions

Posted on August 12, 2020 by City Today News (City today.media)

Cabinet has approved the New Education Policy 2020

Education policy has been changed after 34 years.

The notable things about the new education policy are as follows:

—- 5 Years Fundamental —-

Nursery @ 4 Years
Jr KG @ 5 Years
Sr KG @ 6 Years
Std 1st @ 7 Years
Std 2nd @ 8 Years

—- 3 Years Preparatory —-

Std 3rd @ 9 Years
Std 4th @ 10 Years
Std 5th @ 11 Years

—– 3 Years Middle —-

Std 6th @ 12 Years
10.Std 7th @ 13 Years
Std 8th @ 14 Years

—- 4 Years Secondary —-

Std 9th @ 15 Years
Std SSC @ 16 Years
Std FYJC @ 17Years
STD SYJC @ 18 Years

Important things:

—- There will be board in 12th class only.

4 years of college degree.

10th Board Expiry.
MPhil will also be closed.

(In institutions like JNU, 45 to 50 years old students stay there for many years and MPhil, all these debauched leftist ideologues will now be removed from the institute ..)

—- Now students up to 5th will be taught in mother language, local language and national language only. The rest of the subjects, even if they are English, will be taught as a subject.

—- Now just have to take board exams in 12th standard

Whereas before it was mandatory to take the 10th board examination, which would not happen now.

—- Examination will be done in the semester from 9th to 12th class. Schooling will be taught under the 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 formula (see table above)

—- College degree will be 3 and 4 years duration. That is, a certificate will be given on the first year of graduation, diploma on the second year, degree in the third year.

—- 3 year degree is for those students who do not have to take higher education. At the same time, students doing higher education will have to do a 4-year degree. Students doing 4 years degree will be able to do MA in one year

— Now students will not have to do MPhil.
Rather MA students will now be able to do PHD directly.

—- Students will be able to do other courses in between. Gross enrollment ratio will be 50 percent by 2035 in higher education. At the same time, under the new education policy, if a student wants to do another course in the middle of one course, then he can take a second course by taking a break from the first course for a limited time.

—- Many reforms have also been made in higher education. Improvements include graded academic, administrative and financial autonomy etc. Apart from this, e-courses will be started in regional languages. Virtual Labs will be developed. A National Educational Scientific Forum (NETF) will be started. Please tell that there are 45 thousand colleges in the country.

—- There will be uniform rules for all government, private, deemed institutions.

According to this rule, new academic session can be started and all students and parents carefully read this message.

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