School Education is the most important factor of a student’s life. Their parents play a crucial role in providing them with this factor. Considering the malignant situation that all are facing at present it becomes difficult to provide better education. The pandemic has made the country’s economy worse. People unemployed, face a financial crisis and it is ambiguous to say when things will get better.
Parents give their everything in order to provide their children with a better future. In today’s time schooling is getting more and more expensive especially the private schools. Teaching your children in a private school is not at all an easy task to do. You have to meet the school’s financial expectations every month.
Parents allegations over private schools:
In this Covid times, students are attending virtual classes or online classes. However, the fees paid to the schools is pretty much the same. People are losing their jobs but they are still managing to give their children a good education. The school management does not seem to be concerned about this.
The Delhi Government has given directions not to hike fees till the time when remains closed and to not levy any charges in the name of annual fees or development fees.
Some parents have alleged that the authorities have increased the fee w.e.f. August even after Delhi Government’s strict orders.
“The school is not charging annual or development fees but they have increased the tuition fees. There are some dubious heads mentioned in the new receipts such as operational charges and maintenance charges,” said a parent on the condition of anonymity. “When the schools are closed what are they maintaining? From Rs 9,000, we are now supposed to pay Rs 13,000 just for the tuition fee.”
Another parent said they sought appointment from the school authorities multiple times to discuss this but there has been no luck. The overall fees had come down during the lockdown after the Delhi Government ordered that only tuition fees can be charged during the period and other heads such as transportation fee, sports fee etc. should not be collected.
“If the tuition fee has been ultimately raised to almost the same amount as we used to pay before the lockdown then what is the relaxation?” the parent asked. Another parent alleged, “The school has two junior branches — one in Vasant Kunj and one in East of Kailash. How can there be two different fee structures for the two branches of the same school. There should be some parity.”
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Conclusion:
Going through the above statements one can easily agree that the parents’ comments are justified. What are the additional charges for? Do the parents need to pay Rs.13, 000 for the virtual classes? Students are not even using the school’s resources. hey are using internet connection for which their parents have paid.
Fees hike is a major issue. It does not always mean that school management is wrong and the parents are correct. There are always two sides to a coin. However, to every problem there’s a solution- wait till the government’s order.
At Tokyo Olympics 2020, India won its first medal in javelin throw by Neeraj Chopra. Neeraj Chopra in the first attempt threw a distance of 87.58m, also the final winning distancing. This is India’s 7th medal at Tokyo 2020, the best one. Chopra’s Gold is also India’s second-ever individual Gold medal at the Olympics, after Abhinav Bindra in Shooting in 2008. Subedar Neeraj Chopra VSM is an Indian javelin thrower and Junior military officer within the Indian Army.
Neeraj Chopra was on the flight to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics. But as fate would have it, his breakthrough performance during the planet Athletics Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2016, came just 12 days after the qualification period for the Olympics ended.
However, five years later, the boy from Panipat’s Khandra village scripted history. He became the primary Indian track and field and second Indian athlete to win Olympic gold.
Review of Javelin throw:
In his very first attempt today, Chopra topped the list with a throw of 87.03m. Weber Julian (85.30) of Germany, Vadlejch Jakub (83.98) of the Czech Republic, Vetter Johannes (82.52m) of Germany and Katkavets Aliaksei (82.49) of Belarus.
In the second round, Chopra bettered his first score with 87.58m — the highest within the finals. However, within the third round, he finished at 76.79 m. His score in the second attempt could not be levelled by other competitors. Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch won silver with 86.67m and Vitezslav Vesely claimed bronze with 85.44m.
Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin on Saturday with a best throw of 87.58 metres, claiming a historic first Olympic gold in athletics for India.
The Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch won silver with a best attempt of 86.67 metres and Vitezslav Vesely claimed the bronze with 85.44.
Chopra, the 2018 Commonwealth champion, seized the lead after reaching the 87.03 marks together with his first attempt. A distance no other competitor achieved, winning India’s first gold of the Tokyo Games, as his overjoyed teammates and coaches watched from the stands.
Ugen Gurung, from Dzongu One of the participants of the sanitary distribution team
“Well it just looks like a simple picture with a person walking but it’s so much more than that…but a group of passionate and hardworking young people…who traveled on foot in difficult terrain and bad weather for hours on end to deliver those pads to the people there. Pentong is one of the last village at the absolute end of Dzongu and I must say the roads aren’t favorable for travel with numerous landslides and countless obstacles blocking the path and not to mention leeches. Watching such people doing their part for the people in need was really inspiring. Not many people know what such inspiring young people are doing and I wanted to do a small part by Sharing this story with people…”
Sikkim Lepcha Youth Association:
Sikkim Lepcha Youth Association or SLYA, Dzongu affiliated to SLYA (parent body) came into existence 7th May 2017. After its formation body has immensely contributed to society in many ways.
With a team filled with energetic, enthusiastic, robust and active youths they come up with many creative and productive ideas.
The organisation have received rousing applause from both the side, Government and civil societies. Their noted programs such as ‘Guiding Junior’ program in the winter breaks in collaboration with ‘Sikkim Youth Federation’ are praise worthy. Further, ‘career guidance program for secondary and higher secondary students & paintings and essay competition for junior and primary students’ are also commendable.
‘Sanitary Pad Drive’:
Collaboration with Nehru Yuva Kendra, the organisation has been able to get to its roots organising numerous student-related events. One of the noted events of the organisation among them is the ‘Sanitary Pad Drive’ program.
With the kind of hardwork and effort they make society a better place. The Government of Sikkim has recognised their efforts. They bestowed upon them the distinguished award of “District Level Outstanding Youth Club Award 2018-19”. The felicitation was on the auspicious occasion of Republic Day, 26th Jan 2020.
Picture courtesy: SLYA, Dzongu (in Pentong)
Miss Marmit Lepcha says:
The Sanitary Pad drive has been one of the major events of the organisation. Miss Marmit Lepcha, Core member and Central Executive of SLYA, Dzongu branch, comments
“It was during the first phase of lockdown, when the young girls of Sangdong, Dzongu gathered to clean up school and was sharing their own challenges and experiences of lockdown as it was first of its kind been faced by everyone. So, everything was new. That’s when whole idea of sanitary pad distribution was born. As, we understand a village only has few shops and even amongst them, there are only few shops that actually keep sanitary pad and those days even Mangan, the nearest main market for Dzongu was running short with many things.
And, that’s when, the girl just talked to some of her friends who were active socially as it was something we had never thought about. There are Govt and some NGOs who would cater to ration, medicine relief or any other help but sanitary pad, haven’t seen or have thought about it.
Sangdong is about 40 minutes drive from Mangan and if the girls from that area had sanitary pad shortage then what about those women and girls who were living in an area that has been totally cut out from the main road connectivity that too for the past few years. That’s when, we thought we got to make it happen even if it were few numbers of girls we could help (it’s said that its easier for people to understand if you have gone through that situation and every woman can relate to this), and that’s when we started pooling money ourselves to purchase sanitary pad and our word got spread through word of mouth from our friends to many friends.”
Picture Courtesy: SLYA, Dzongu (Labi-Sardong)
The initiative has come a long way-
The Association’s initiative of Sanitary Pad Drive has come a long way with everyone pulling in. Beginning with their own people to strangers to big and recognised organisations.
“Well, when we started the Sanitary pad drive a year back in August 2020, it was just us, our friends, our friend’s friends, our siblings’ friends, their friends and their siblings, Uncle and Aunties and their friends. Our circle started growing even amongst strangers. So, there was no collaboration. It was individual good wishes and contribution, that we could provide sanitary pad for the whole of Dzongu. However, this year (2021) we were fortunate enough to have been sponsored by two organizations. Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI)-Sikkim, who provided us with 12 cartoons of Sanitary pad (Sofy) and the Red Sunshine provided us with Cloth Pad.” Thankful Marmit asserts.
Thanking ‘The Red Sunshine’ and ‘WICCI-SIKKIM’
The organisation puts down on its official Facebook page “Words cannot express our appreciation of how much you, ‘The Red Sunshine’ and ‘WICCI-SIKKIM’, have influenced so many lives in such a positive way. Your generous thoughtfulness has truly inspired many young people like us to reach the last village of Dzongu, Sakyoung-Pentong to distribute cloth pads send to us by The Red Sunshine and sanitary Pad by WICCI-SIKKIM…………………………………………………………….. “
Picture courtesy: SLYA, Dzongu
Miss Mayal Lepcha adds:
“Our main focus was villages far away from the road connectivity. Sakyoung Pentong, the last village of Dzongu was first on our list. Next was Bring Katam, Kushel Mangzing, Breingbong, Gnon Sangdong, Ramom, Bay. The whole of Tingvong GPU, Laven, Lingdem, Ruklu Kayem, Leek and coming down to Lum Gor Sangtok GPU, there too Sagyoung is cut out from both ends be it from Sangtok side or Gor side.
We visited Ramom too however due to some communication gab we missed out Ship Gyer, which was on the list. Well, this we all covered within mid-August till the end of September 2020. And we did visit Lingthem and Gor School in the month of November. And this year, we just covered some selective places from the previous year and added Kalaw, Nampatam, Noom Panang, Tong Rong Rong, Katong, Upper Mangshila, Labi and Sarong” says Miss Lepcha, when being asked about places they have reached and covered.
Picture courtesy: SLYA, Dzongu.
Learning and understanding has been integral part of life, the organisation does much more than just delivering them. Their drive isn’t just limited to distribution and delivering those hoped stuffs but they even educate the gatherings too.
“Initially, when we started, we just distributed them however, when we reached Tingvong, we met one of the AWW Miss Mayal Lepcha, who advised and taught us through her whole visit of Tingvong GPU as to how we can educate them about the use and disposal of the sanitary pad at home, in school or while travelling. So, after that, there was no looking back.” further comments miss Lepcha.
Picture Courtesy: SLYA, Dzongu (Mangshilla)
Alternative Sanitary cloth pad
With team filled with creative minds, productive and flexible individuals; does not only deliver traditional disposal pads but they have leapt ahead a step further with a sustainable approach. Create awareness about conserving the environment is a little possible. Cloth pads is considered to be highly sustainable, can be reused for almost until the five years or so.
“We must understand that we always come back to where we started, right? Be it fashion, tradition or anything. So that’s how cloth sanitary pad is also on the trend these days and to use cloth pads, what women used historically and so are easy to adopt, we understand, it might seem a little tricky for those including myself, who have used disposable Sanitary Pads;
Characteristics of a cloth pad:
Cloth pad is sustainable and is a one-time expenditure only as one can actually use it for 5 years and so can save money, the best that could help rural women during unfortunate period like pandemic or when one is cut off from road connectivity during natural disaster which is very frequent news in Dzongu.
For environment lover, it’s a give back to the environment for not adding plastic waste to bulge waste in the landfill.
Since dumping the used pads and throwing in the Community Dustbin’s takes up to 100 years to decompose in the Landfill. It’s impossible to sort and get it recycled/degraded.
To use Sanitary Cloth means you are choosing healthy living.
We all have been reusing and changing innerwear so the same goes with the cloth pads, when washed well, dried in direct sunlight and kept properly in a clean place, they are faultlessly hygienic”.
Picture courtesy: SLYA,Dzongu.
SLYA, Dzongu hopes to continue this humanitarian journey even in the years to come. Reassures that organisation will be there always and tells that anyone can approach the team “PAD SQUAD” is needed in your area.
The Shift from Online to Offline in Delhi University:
It has already been about one and a half years since the pandemic has emerged. The education system has completely shifted to online mode. Last year was full of ups and downs as the pandemic was at its peak. Still the situation was managed well by the people and the government. The pandemic resulted in a variety of changes in daily lives and so it did with the education system. Before the pandemic, the traditional method ensured physical presence of students and teachers at schools and colleges. But now, it is completely online.
Adjusting to the “new normal”:
In the beginning, the sudden shift from traditional to online mode resulted in a bit of difficulty. Both the teachers and students met various obstacles. Such as difficulty in adapting a new way of learning, unavailability of proper internet connection and gadgets. Some even lacked proper knowledge regarding how to use online method etc. However with time, people have now become much familiar with the online mode of teaching. It has become new normal. Online classes were initiated keeping in mind the safety of both staff and students. However, it also has some backdrops such as lack of practical exposure.
DU to reopen campus:
At present, the COVID situation is in much more control than it was before. Keeping the present situation in mind, Delhi University is likely to reopen the campus for the students of the science stream. As its syllabus consists of a lot of practical and project work. Registrar Vikas Gupta, during a webinar, made an announcement that the university is expected to issue guidelines regarding this issue by next week. He also concluded that students from the arts and commerce stream must keep themselves patient since the guidelines are likely to issue by next week. Before the second wave broke out and prompted DU to suspend all offline activities, the university had allowed students in the last year to enter the lab classes physically while taking theory classes online.
Schools- a foremost thing in the life of children. It is a fountain of knowledge being imparted to a child. The school makes a person more confident. It is a medium through which children acquire knowledge.
Now, we all are aware that India is amid a pandemic. We are not in a place where everything is sunshine and butterflies, people are dying although the situation is getting better the main question here is are we ready for the schools to re-open? Is it safe to say that the reopening of schools will not surge the cases?
GOVERNMENT’S TAKE ON SCHOOL REOPENING:
Firstly we talk about the government’s step towards the reopening of school. The schools in the national capital have been closed since March 2020 and the particular reason for this circumstance is the pandemic. However, the schools had been opened for classes IX to XII for the completion of their project work.
The closure of schools has led huge loss of learning and the students have also faced problems in virtual learning. So now it is high time to reopen schools. Besides many states have already opened their schools.
Punjab has opened all schools.
Haryana has opened a school for only classes IX to XII.
Bihar and Himachal Pradesh opened a school for only X and XII.
Uttrakhand also has opened schools for few classes and the rest of the rest were opened on August 16.
The Delhi government has come through over 35,000 suggestions on the issue of school reopening. After receiving feedback from all the stakeholders further decisions will be made.
“So far, 35000 suggestions have been received. Over 12,000 of them were received on day one itself. We will soon take a decision taking the feedback from all stakeholders into account,” Mr Sisodia said on the sidelines of an event.
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PARENTS’ TAKE ON SCHOOL REOPENING:
When some parents agreed to school reopening few parents are not in favour of this and honestly there is nothing wrong with that. Earlier also when the schools were opened in a phased manner in Delhi for senior students in January, the students were allowed to attend classes with their parent’s consent.
Following are the views of few parents:
“It is a humble request not to open school now. We all know the situation is under control. However, as a parent, I am apprehensive of sending my ward to school till he is vaccinated,”
“What guarantee can schools offer that the children will not be exposed to the virus? We should postpone the opening of the schools and continue with the online mode until the third wave is behind us and there is some clarity about vaccination for children.”
After months of negotiations U.S. officials and Taliban representatives had signed a final peace deal in Qatar’s capital. To end the US’s longest war, fought in Afghanistan. The agreement signed in Doha in the presence of leaders from Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
With this, it has paved the way for the United States to gradually withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
PROVISIONS OF THE DEAL:
Troops Withdrawal: The US will draw down to 8600 troops in 135 days and NATO or coalition troop numbers also brought down, proportionately and simultaneously. And all the troops will be out thin 14 months including “non-diplomatic civilian personnel” or “intelligence” personnel.
Taliban Commitment: Taliban’s main counter-terrorism commitment is that it will not allow any of its members, other individuals or groups, including Al-Qaeda, to use the soil of Afghanistan to threaten the security of the US and its allies. The pact is silent on other terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed. India, not being a US ally is not covered under this pact.
Sanctions Removal: UN sanctions on Taliban leaders to be removed by 3 months and US sanctions by 27 August 2020.
PRISONERS RELEASE:
The pact says up to 5000 imprisoned Taliban and up to 1000 prisoners from “the other side” held by Taliban “will be released”.
The joint declaration says the US will facilitate discussion with Taliban representatives on confidence-building measures. This including determining the feasibility of releasing significant numbers of prisoners on both sides.
FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEAL:
War Fatigue: Long drawn out inconclusive war which US along with NATO partners have been fighting in the last 2 decades. The US had war fatigue due to the endless war since 2001.
Financial Aspect: That brings the total cost, based on official data to $822 billion since the war began in 2001. It however doesn’t include any spending in Pakistan, which the US uses as a base for Afghan-related operations.
Huge War Causalities: Since the war against the Taliban began in 2001, US forces have suffered more than 2300 deaths. Further, around 20,660 soldiers injured in action.
Public Pressure: The US citizens don’t want any more wars further and there is huge pressure to disengage from wars.
Political Promise: US President Donald Trump in 2016 election promised to draw a peace pact and bring US soldiers home.
CRITICISMS OF THE DEAL:
Side-Lining Afghan Government: The fundamental issue with the US’s Taliban engagement is that it deliberately excluded the Afghan government because the insurgents do not see the government as legitimate rulers. By giving in to the Taliban’s demand, the US has practically called into question the legitimacy of the government it backs.
Concessions to Taliban: Second, the US has made several concessions to the Taliban in the agreement. The Taliban was not pressed enough to declare a ceasefire. Both sides settled for a 7-day reduction of violence period before signing the deal. The US with some 14000 troops in Afghanistan, has committed to pulling them out in a phased manner. In return for the Taliban’s assurances that it would sever ties with other terrorist groups and start talks with the Kabul government.
Human Rights: Taliban well known for strict religious laws. Such as banishing women from public life, shutting down schools and unleashing systematic discrimination on religious and ethnic minorities. It has not made any promises on whether it would respect civil liberties or accept the Afghan Constitution. Shifting the Power to Taliban: The US withdrawal will invariably weaken the Kabul government, altering the balance of power both on the battlefield and at negotiating table. A weakened government will have to talk with a resurgent Taliban in Doha agreement. The US, in a desperate bid, to exit the Afghan war has practically abandoned the Kabul government and millions of Afghans who do not support the Taliban’s violent, tribal Islamism, to the mercy of insurgents.
CONCLUSION:
An independent, sovereign, democratic, pluralistic and inclusive Afghanistan is crucial for peace and stability in the region. To ensure this:
The Afghan peace process means Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled.
Also, there is a need for the global community to fight against the global concern of terrorism. In this context, it is high time to adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (proposed by India at UN in 1996).
Though the deal Doha Agreement is a good step, the road ahead would not be easy. Achieving lasting peace in Afghanistan will require patience and compromise among all parties.
Previews Day 14 in Tokyo : Bajrang 1 win away from a medal. Indian women lose hockey bronze.
Bajrang Punia was one win away from winning a medal. Punia reached the semifinals after winning 2 matches on Friday. Bad luck for him he lost by 5-12 from Israel’s wrestler. But he still has a chance for the bronze medal.
Indian women hockey team lost out on bronze in a spirited performance against Great Britain. The Indian hockey’s Tokyo Olympics campaign came to an in-depth. The women in blue went down 3-4 to defending champions Great Britain in their trophy match. After the lad’s side brought home a hockey medal for the first time in 41 years, the Rani Rampal-led side produced a spirited performance. Even leading at one point before bowing out with the best fourth finish ever.
In the women’s 20-km racewalk, Priyanka Goswami was with the leading pack in the first half of the race, ranked 1st after 8 km. India’s star wrestler Punia began his campaign by narrowly defeating Kyrgystan’s Ernazar Akmataliev within the men’s freestyle 65 kg category. He then ousted Iran’s Morteza Ghiasi by fall to book his place in the semifinals. Bajrang is now one win far away from claiming a medal. It was, however, the top of the road for India’s women wrestlers with Seema Bisla bowing call at her first bout of women’s freestyle 50kg category.
Meanwhile, golfer Aditi Ashok had another adieu, finishing Round 3 in second place. In athletics, Gurpreet Singh dropped out of his 50km race walk early within the morning. While Priyanka Goswami and Bhawana Jat are going to be in action later in women’s 20km race walk event.
–About the Matches
–Hockey:
It was a tough fight and ended in tears. The Indian women’s hockey team should be proud of what they achieved at the Tokyo Olympics. Despite losing 3-4 during a pulsating bronze-medal playoff against Great Britain on Friday.
Great Britain were the gold medallists from Rio 2016, where the Indians finished 12th among as many teams. That Sjoerd Marijne’s charges fought on level terms with such fancied opponents for many a part of the match tells one everything about the strides this squad of players has made in the last few years.
–Wrestling:
Debutant Indian wrestler Seema Bisla couldn’t find how to urge out of the defensive trap of Tunisia’s Sarra Hamdi and lost her 50kg opening round 1-3 at the Olympics Games here on Friday.
The 27-year-old couldn’t make her moves as Hamdi applied the body lock to great effect, never allowing Seema to initiate a robust attack.
–Golf:
It all depends on the weather now. India’s Aditi Ashok is poised to win a medal at the of the third and penultimate round of the women’s golf at Kasumigaseki club on Friday.
She finished 12-under 201, three shots below leader Nelly Korda of the USA who is 15-under 198. Aditi is two rounds ahead of four–Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Hannah Green of Australia, Emily Pedersen of Denmark and hosts Imami Mone of the hosts’ Japan – who are tied 10-under 203
Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU ) told the Delhi High Court that its decision to allocate 100 percent PhD seats is well considered.
New Delhi’s most popular and prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University is itself a big reward to the students. They work hard and qualify intense examination conducted by UGC at National level.
The decision:
The university argues that its decision to allocate 100 percent PhD seats to JRF category candidates for the year 2021-22 in select centers in JNU well thought through. Also, added decision made by The Academic Council in conformity with the UGC guidelines, the highest body of academic experts.
JNU stated that allowing relief would disrupt the entire admissions process. It will cause prejudice to hundreds of thousands of aspiring people. The nature of the research is interdisciplinary. No candidate deprived of the opportunity to take the entrance exam for the doctoral program offered by other centers.
Towards a unified enrollment system:
Moreover, it is articulated that JNU is fully capable of formulating the eligibility criteria for admitting candidates on requirements and the pursuit of excellence. The court was informed that JNU is gradually moving towards a unified enrollment system. They are using JRF as a benchmark for high-quality research work to improve the academic environment and standards. JNU further argued that SFI’s petition was to gain political miles and not serve any so-called public interest. They didn’t defend or prove that it violated any statutory norms or regulations.
The Seven Centers:
The seven centers are International Trade and Development Center, Doctor of Human Rights Studies (HRSH), English Research Center, Indian Language Center: Doctor of Hindi, Urdu and Hindi Translation; Law and Governance Research Center, Specialized System Medicine Center and Women’s Studies Center. The notice in the PIL, issued on July 16th by the bench led by Chief Justice DN Patel. This event will take place on August 20th.
iCloud UPLOADS TO BE SCANNED FOR CHILD ABUSE IMAGES
AFTER MAJOR TECHGIANTS LIKE GOOGLE, FACEBOOK AND MICROSOFT, APPLE’s iCloud HAS NOW ANNOUNCED A SYSTEM TO DETECT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL IN DEVICES BASED IN US.
Apple on Thursday announced their decision to implement a system to check whether the uploads comply to the guidelines in the States. The database of US National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and other child safety organizations will be used. The computer system made to detect known abuse images will be called as NeuralMatch. While unveiling their plans for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, they talked about this tool. There are rumors that Apple plans to even scan users’ encrypted chats for child safety.
NGOs working for Child Safety and Rights have appreciated the steps taken by Apple Inc. towards child safety and protection. Significantly, Apple previously has been under pressure from the US governments due to their strict privacy policies.
HOW DOES THE TOOL WORK?
Before uploading an image on iCloud, the on-device system will run a matching process by turning the images into hashes. Then comparing with known CSAM hashes. The known Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) will be fetched from various child safety organizations. In case, the image fails the test performed by NeuralMatch, the trillion-dollar company will do a manual review of each report to confirm whether the tool was accurate or not. The company claims the system to have extremely high level of accuracy. Along with the false positive cases below one in a trillion.
In case, the user’s upload fails even in a manual review. They plan to take actions against those users including disabling accounts and reporting to the authorities.
Moreover, Apple as of now plans only to scan iCloud uploads and not users’ personal libraries storing data locally. They also told, if users feel that their accounts have been unlawfully locked can appeal for unlocking of the accounts.
PRIVACY CONCERNS
Several civil liberties groups have raised concerns over Apple’s tool. They called it a betrayal of users’ trust on the company’s privacy policy. Some cybersecurity experts also cautioned that this could lead to scanning of devices generally by governments to shut political dissents. Also, this tool would make computer researchers impossible to check whether Apple is obeying to the pre-decided usage of the tool or not. Matthew Green, a security researcher at Johns Hopkins University said, ”Whether they turn out to be right or wrong on that point hardly matters. This will break the dam- governments will demand it from everyone.”
Though the company says that this new tool offers ample amount of privacy to the users and only cross-checks for CSAM. But there always exists a back-door for iCloud compromise on the users’ privacy when the authorities want.
India’s action on Wednesday had a moment of pride as boxer LovlinaBorgohain won a bronze medal. India’s third medal at Tokyo 2020 and the second bronze medal. Assam’s Borgohain stunned the bronze in the women’s welterweight category. After losing 5-0 against reigning world champion Busenaz Sürmeneli of Turkey in the 69kg semi-finals.
Ravi Dahiyaclaimed a wordless result in freestyle 57kg Wrestling. Despite being 2-9 down, he fought back within the eleventh hour to win by Fall. That is pinning your shoulder’s opponents to the mat. He will play the trophy match tomorrow. Deepak Punia lost his Semifinal and will fight in the Bronze medal match now.
Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men’s javelin throw finals by the Group A qualification with a throw of 86.65m. However, Shivpal Singh failed to do so in Group B. On the opposite hand, India faces Argentina within the women’s hockey semi-finals later. In their third-ever Olympics, it’ll be their first-ever last-four appearance.
In wrestling, both Ravi Dahiya (57kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) won their opening two bouts. They also made their way into the respective semi-finals. Anshu Malik, who lost her opening bout in women’s 57kg, will compete within the repechage round next.
Indian hockey teams:
In the last Indian participation for the day, the women’s hockey team lost 1-2 to Argentina despite taking an early lead. Thus ending their golden dream. They will be up against Great Britain within the trophy match.
In some events held at the Olympics India won two medals to take their overall tally from Tokyo 2020 to five. It all began with the men’s Indian hockey team defeating Germany 5-4 to win the Olympics bronze. In an emotional day for Team India, Manpreet Singh’s men fought well and made an excellent comeback to finish their 41-year old medal drought, adding their 12th hockey medal to their history.
Indian freestyle wrestlers & racewalkers:
The most important clash of the day was between Ravi Dahiya and Zavur Uguev as India hoped for a historic gold medal. Dahiya was ruthless in making an exciting comeback to qualify for the final. Ravi presented a good fight in the final, a bit like the semi. Yet, eventually, the Russian did enough to win 7-4. Deepak Punia, during a heartbreaking result for India, was leading in his trophy match till the last 10 seconds, before losing 4-2.
It was also the end of the road for Anshu Malik, who lost the repechage round. Vinesh Phogat also lost her quarterfinals and also had her chances of a Bronze dashed after her vanquisher Kaladzinskaya lost within the semi.
In the men’s 20km racewalk final, Sandeep Kumar finished highest for India at 23rd, while Rahul Rohilla and KT Irfan ended at 47th and 51st.
