Unlock 4.0 and guidelines for education institutes

All the rules and regulations of Unlock 4.0 will come into force from September 1, 2020. Everyone is concerned about whether there is any news regarding the opening of schools and colleges.

According to the press release on August 29, the regular class activity will remain shut till September 30, while the online and distance learning will continue. Union government handed the decision to the state government for further education institute related guidelines.

In addition, the government also stated that students from classes 9 to 12 can go to school, only for taking guidance from the teacher, after September 21, 2020, only outside containment zones with written permission letter. The lockdown should be strictly followed in areas coming under the containment zone and schools cannot open there. 

For students studying the postgraduate and PhD courses in technical fields that require research and lab/experimental work, the college will reopen after proper precautions and consultation with MHA(Ministry of Home Affairs).

Skill and entrepreneurship training centres will be permitted to work at the top institutes like IIE(Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship), ITI(Industrial Training Institute), etc after September 21 with required consultations.

For all the decisions mentioned above, the SOP(Standard Operating Procedure) will be issued by the MHA. 

WHAT ELSE IN UNLOCK 4.0? 

ALLOW:

• Social, cultural, political, sports, and religious functions will be allowed with a maximum of 100 people.
• Metro will operate in a graded manner.
• Inter-state and intra-state movement of persons or goods will not be restricted anymore.  

CLOSED:

• Entertainment parks, theatres, swimming pools and cinema halls will remain closed.
• International air travel will be restricted except permitted by MHA.

What's right and what's wrong?

As per decisions taken in previous unlocks and even now, it is yet uncertain to decide whether the decisions are actually right or not.

The main reason behind this question to raise is with the online classes and shut colleges for the last 6 months, the career of many students have come in danger. 

Delhi government is making decisions for the working of beer bars in restaurants, hotels, etc because they know it would bring them tax. Then why the decisions regarding the education institute are given the least priority.

It will only bring a long struggle for the nation to fight pandemic and rising unemployment, which was already there before the pandemic.

What is your view? What do you support, or suggest to all the decisions? Read and share your opinion.

BANGALORE VIOLENCE - WHAT'S INSIDE

Violence broke out on Tuesday night in the silicon valley of India when P.Naveen, nephew of a Congress legislator Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, posted something offensive on Prophet Muhammad over social media.

The WhatsApp message forwarded in various groups and people started to gather around the police station by the evening of August 11. The FIR was filed against the accused at DJ Halli police station.

Things started to go out of hands when the mob of around 2000 people gathered around the Congress MLA. When the police didn't arrest his nephew, the mob started attacking his house, DJ Halli and KG Halli police stations, and the public properties like vehicles, etc.

By around 11 at night, the violence became so ugly that police had to use tear gases and ultimately had to open fire in which three of the rioters died and around 50 policemen were injured.

The investigation started and till now 160 have been arrested including rioters, P.Naveen, and SDPI leader Muzammil Pasha. Chief Minister Yediyurappa assured strict action against those who are behind the conspiracy. 

WHO IS BEHIND ALL?

It is not yet clear whether it was a preplanned conspiracy or just a reaction came out of intolerance. Bangalore Police is finding the truth through the WhatsApp chats in which the news regarding mob gathering was spread. If the messages were intentionally spread over just to gather the people for violence, then it will be considered as a preplanned conspiracy.

The Karnataka government has decided to ban organisations like 

SDPI(Social Democratic Party of India) and PFI(Popular Front of India). Both the parties are allegedly involved in the riots. After finding evidence against both, action will be taken.

PFI has been claimed for its involvement in Mangalore riots last year and funding Delhi riots early this year. For the democratic balance and peace, such parties are required to be banned. 

Moreover, the FIRs are registered against certain groups of people, and not against any individual, for creating law and order problems.

The accused P.Naveen's parents have said that his mobile phone was stolen, he himself said that his Facebook account was hacked. While exploring through his activities, it was found that he had posted offensive things many times before.

At the same time, extremist groups always search for something to raise an issue and create violence. Everyone seems to be wrong because damaging public property is always not a solution for any sentimental matter. 

There were Muslims who were there making a human chain to protect a temple. Whether this news is true or not, this is the ideal way of reaction because, in such a diverse nation, sentiments are in large numbers and they will be targeted just to excite a particular group.

I hope this article is sensible enough and explains what the correct reaction should be.

Beirut explosion and the situation of Lebanon

A massive explosion destroyed half of the capital of Lebanon. The destruction was caused by the blast can be seen through the videos posted on social media. The impact of the blast was felt to distance more than the physical extent.

Lebanese people were already facing a collapse in the country's economic condition for more than a year and a half. An explosion like this had completely pushed the country towards a long struggle of political, financial, health conditions, etc.

REASON BEHIND BEIRUT BLAST

Everything has begun from Sept 2013 when a ship from Georgia travelling to Mozambique, stopped at the port of the city Beirut, carrying a massive 2750 metric tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a combustible substance required for making fertilisers, and bombs also.

It was a Russian-leased cargo ship but due to some financial and diplomatic reasons, the Russian abandoned it. Consequently, the ammonium nitrate was transferred to the dockside warehouse in Beirut. On Tuesday, August 4, it exploded and killed more than 140 people and causing thousands injured.

Questions were raised by the citizens and many officials that even after knowing the consequences the authorities showed their negligence and failed to act, and now it has costed the whole country. 

The custom officials provided solutions for the stored ammonium nitrate. They advised to donate it to the army or selling it to the explosives producing companies across the country. They also said that all their requests during the period of 2014 to 2017 were denied by the judiciary. 

It was an accident caused by the negligence of the judicial system which will, unfortunately, make the lives of Beirut citizens more miserable than before.  

LEBANON BEFORE THE BLAST

The situation of Lebanon was already miserable because of political unacceptance and economic crisis. Last year, the Lebanese currency fall was 80% and meanwhile, it increased to 85% in some time. 

With 30% population out of 68.5 lakhs are below the poverty line, the unemployment rate rose to 25% at the time of October 2019. 

An extreme fall in the GDP of the country made the situation worse as the businesses were not accepting credit cards for the transaction as they fear the banks would not pay their money. 

Many similar situations were there to worsen the financial problems in the country. The government decided to impose a tax of around 4.5 pounds on using the WhatsApp, which consequently made the Lebanese people unhappy.

The impact of coronavirus was drastic, increased poverty, unemployment, and lack of medical facilities. 

CONSEQUENCES OF EXPLOSION

Lebanon governor broke into tears after the incident took place

According to the Governor of Lebanon, Riad Salame, more than 300,000 people have become homeless, 90% of the hotels of Beirut have destroyed. The death toll is now 140 and is still increasing, with injured more than 5,000.

The property in the range of 10-20 kilometres of the blast has destroyed completely. The hospitals are facing a big challenge of differentiating the injured and the coronavirus patients. The estimate lose is of around $3 billion. 

Donald Trump has claimed that it was a bomb blast, which is yet to be investigated but several sources denied. British Government is ready to provide health-related financial aid while the Australian government has helped financially. Russia has also come forward to help.