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.
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.
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.
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.
● Majority of Entrepreneurs & Self-Employed have Turned Exercising More to keep Stress Away; Students & working professionals turn to speaking more often with friends & family as their release
Bengaluru, August, 10th 2020:The Mental Health Survey conducted across 8,396 individuals by YourDOST (www.yourdost.com), a leading online emotional and mental wellness platform, reveals that when the nationwide lockdown had just started, 33% of respondents experienced ‘extreme to high stress’, 65% of respondents report ‘moderate to mild stress’ while 16% did not experience stress. However, these stress levels rose significantly as the lockdown period got more and more extended with 55.3% of the respondents reporting an increase in their stress.
Interestingly, (as illustrated in Figure 2 ) falling back on friends and family by way of being able to speak with them more frequently is the most preferred coping mechanism for the respondents, while exercising more frequently, reduction in consumption of news and social media usage helped them also found favor as other options. However, entrepreneurs and self-employed relied on exercising more to help them reduce stress levels.
The survey was conducted in two phases – at the early implementation of the lockdown and after the lifting of lockdown across most states. Overall, the study incorporated insights from 8396 people. Responses were taken from 1,196 people (560 during the lockdown 1.0 and 636 post lifting of lockdown) for conducting the survey and compiled the data to see how the stress levels and mental emotions are impacting human lifestyles. The insights were further combined with inputs from 7000 unique individuals who have undergone counselling sessions during the period of April – July 2020. Additionally, over 50 Psychologists, Counselors,
Psychotherapists and Coaches were interviewed to understand the kind of cases they have been observing in their respective practices during the lockdown period.
The survey covered both male and female individuals residing in Tier -I, Tier-II and Tier-III cities aged between 17 – 90 years and comprised a mix of college students, working professionals, entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, housewives, unemployed individuals and retirees.
(Figure 3): As per the survey, loneliness or boredom followed by anxiety and anger were the top three emotions which impacted Indians the most during the lockdown. Biggest reason for ballooning of these emotions was uncertainty of when this lockdown or pandemic would end and when they can see normalcy again. Key reasons why the pandemic has been making people more stressed among the other key factors are health concerns and its impact on their job security.
Speaking on the survey findings, Mr. Puneet Manuja, Co-Founder and COO, YourDOST, said, “People across the globe are going through the most difficult phase of their lives. The impact of pandemic has led to untold and unforeseen uncertainties. Feelings of loneliness, stress & anxiety and hopelessness are dominant responses to the situation. However, people are also figuring out various coping mechanisms and are reaching out, exercising more, avoiding stimulations that are not helping them remain positive and also turning to meditation. We are witnessing a spike in traffic to our platform compared to the normal conditions indicating that their awareness levels related to the importance of being mentally and emotionally fit have also risen.”
(Figure 4): The survey clearly indicated that the sleep was the most affected activity due to the excessive stress levels during the lockdown and this followed by productivity and diet, overeating or undereating amongst the top impacts. Experts suggest that to deal with the situation, speaking with family members and friends would help. Exercising and reducing news consumption (currently full of negativity) will aid combat stress.
Figure 5: Stress levels have gone up by 55% compared to the initial lockdown. A fall in Work life balance has become the most common reason for the increase in stress levels during the lockdown period.
Figure 6 &7: Although no longer under lockdown, the people are still not feeling comfortable to step out and meet other people fearing that they might get infected or others might not be willing to meet them. Anxiety, stress are the most common issues for which people are reaching out for counselling support. The number of sessions in the last three months of lockdown (March to June) was doubled due to the similar reasons.
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