Under the unique MoU, MSU will offer exclusively designed industry-aligned programs. These UGC-recognized courses will be aligned with the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP2020) and the National Skills Ǫualification Framework (NSǪF). Aimed at enhancing the employability of the children of CRPF Families, the courses are aligned with the National Credit Framework (NCrF) to help wards utilize their academic credits for future goals.

These new-age courses will be exclusively designed for CRPF personnel and comprise 50% practical component of learning at MSU’s Industry Partners. The minimum eligibility qualification for availing benefits under the Programs is 10/10+2/ equivalent certificate recognized by the Government.

Following UGC’s latest guidelines, there will be 2 admission cycles for the courses- July and January, with admissions opening in July session for the first time.

The MoU was signed by Smt. Radha, President, Regional CRPF Family Welfare Association (CWA), Group Centre (GC) Siliguri, in the presence of Sh. Pankaj Kumar, DIG, GC Siliguri and Mr. Kuldip Sarma, Co-Founder and Pro-Chancellor, MSU on August 13 in Siliguri.

On the occasion, Mr. Sarma stated “With Independence Day spirit all around us, the timing of this collaboration is particularly fitting. MSU regards the defense forces as a crucial partner in its mission to upskill India. It is committed to enhancing education avenues and the employability of the families of our heroes. This initiative is a testament to our unwavering support for the CRPF personnel and their loved ones.”

Smt. Radha emphasized the significance of the MoU. “This landmark collaboration aligns with CWA’s objectives of providing opportunities for better education, as well as vocational and technical training, to the children and families of CRPF personnel. We must support the educational and professional goals of families who sacrifice greatly for our nation’s security and well-being,” she said.

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68th National Film Awards to be held on 30th September

President Smt Droupadi Murmu to preside over awards ceremony

New Delhi, Sep 27 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today announced that the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020 will be accorded to legendary actress Ms Asha Parekh. The award will be presented at the National Film Award ceremony in New Delhi.

Announcing the decision Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur said, “I am honoured to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Selection Jury has decided to recognise & award Ms Asha Parekh ji for her exemplary lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema.” The Minister also announced that the 68^th National Film Awards will be held on 30^th September 2022 and will be presided over by President of India Droupadi Murmu.

Ms Asha Parekh is a renowned film actress, director and producer and an accomplished Indian classical dancer. Starting her career as a child actor she made her debut as lead heroine in Dil Deke Dekho and has gone on to act in over 95 movies. She has acted in celebrated films like Kati Patang, Teesri Manzil, Love in Tokyo, Aya Saawan Jhoom Ke, Aan Milo Sajna, Mera Gaon Mera Desh.

Ms Parekh is a winner of Padhma Shri, awarded to her in 1992. She has also served as the head of Central Board for Film Certification from 1998-2001.
Shri Anurag Thakur also announced that the decision to confer the award to Ms Parekh was taken by a jury of five members. The jury for the selection of 52^nd Dadasaheb Phalke award consisted of five members from the film industry:

1. Ms Asha Bhosle
2. Ms Hema Malini
3. Ms Poonam Dhillon
4. Shri T. S. Nagabharana
5. Shri Udit Narayan

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A group of 175 IAS officers of the 2020 batch, currently deputed to various Union Ministries and Departments as Assistant Secretaries were called on at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

While addressing the officers, the President said that as civil servants, you have an important role to play in the emergence of India as a global hub of knowledge, supply-chain, innovation, technology development and various other fields.

President further added, “At the same time, India has to strengthen the leadership position it has taken in the areas of socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable development.”

Pointing to the fact that by 2047, officers of the 2020 batch will be among the senior-most decision makers, the President said that by working with passion and pride, they can ensure that the India of 2047 will be much more prosperous, strong and happy.

President also pointed to the central government initiative ‘Mission Karmayogi’ as a major initiative to make our civil servants more modern, dynamic and sensitive in their approach.

The President said that with tremendous growth in infrastructure, it has become easier to reach remote parts of the country. She said that it is expected of civil servants to reach the last person or the most deprived person in their area of responsibility and improve her living condition.

Civil servants should be guided by dedication to public service, empathy and compassion towards the weaker sections, maintaining the highest standards of integrity and conduct and impartiality and objectivity, further, she added.

They are also expected to be especially mindful and active with respect to constitutional provisions related to Panchayati Raj Institutions, administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes, and provisions about the administration of tribal areas in the North-East mentioned in the Sixth Schedule.

Civil Servants should be fired with the passion to make their region ‘number one’ in terms of human development indices. They should be sensitive to the people they are duty-bound to serve.

President Murmu ended his discourse by saying that “Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam” – the entire world is one large family – is part of the great Indian ethos. “Bharatamev Kutumbakam”- all India is my family – should be integral to the ethos of civil servants belonging to All India Services.

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Pointing to the fact that Maharashtra Udayagiri Mahavidyalaya of the Maharashtra Education Society is marking its Diamond Jubilee this year, the President congratulated the entire team of the college for making continuous contribution in the field of education for past sixty years. Noting that the college was established by the farmers and traders of Udgir region with their hard-earned money, he said that society and nation progress only with such extraordinary contribution of ordinary citizens. He said that we should gratefully remember the contribution of founders on this occasion.

Remembering the literary contributions of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Dr BR Ambedkar, the President said that Mahatma Jyotiba Phule wrote revolutionary books like ‘Gulamgiri’ and ‘Tritiya Ratna’. The play ‘Tritiya Ratna’ is considered as an important work of social theatre. Babasaheb Ambedkar enriched the thinking of Maharashtra as well as whole country with the ideals of modernity and equality through his publications like ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ and ‘Mooknayak’. On that egalitarian ideology and spirit, talented writers of the deprived classes, in modern era, have composed literature in Marathi which is called Dalit literature.

The President said that equality and valour are the identity of Maharashtra. In the 17th century, by flowing the streams of bravery and knowledge, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Samarth Guru Ramdas and Sant Tukaram, endowed Marathi identity and literature with extraordinary splendour which created a new self-respect in India.

Speaking about valuable and extraordinary contributions of women-power in Maharashtra, the President remembered Queen Naganika of Satavahana dynasty who lead her empire after the untimely demise of her husband; Veermata Jijabai who had not only built the character and personality of her son Veer Shivaji but also gave new heights to the Maratha pride through her able leadership; Janabai who composed a number of musical abhangas challenging caste and gender-based discrimination in the 14th century; Baija Bai who fought against British 40 years before the struggle of 1857. He also mentioned the contributions of Savitribai Phule, Sagunabai Kshirsagar, Fatima Shaikh, Mukta Salve and Tarabai Shinde to society, literature and education in 19th century’s Maharashtra. He said that Tarabai Shinde wrote a book ‘Stree-Purush Tulna’ in the year 1882 which is considered to be the first article written on the topic of women’s liberation in India. He said that the example of Dr. Anandibai Joshi who was among the first women of India to become a doctor, gives an introduction to a progressive society. In the 20th century, social workers like Pramila Tai Medhe have contributed nationwide.

The President said it is a matter of concern that the women of Maharashtra, who have been leading since ancient times in the fields of politics, social reform, thinking and literature, are lagging behind today. He noted that according to the 2011 census, Maharashtra was ranked 14th in terms of female literacy and 22nd on the sex-ratio parameter. He urged progressive citizens participating in the Literary Conference to take a pledge to encourage women to take lead in areas like health, education and literature.

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Sri Lanka’s parliament will convene Tuesday in its first session since a state of emergency was imposed as the country grapples with protests and mounting demands for the president’s resignation over a worsening economic crisis. The state of emergency is due to expire on Thursday next week unless it is ratified in a parliamentary vote. Sri Lanka’s opposition dismissed President Rajapaksa’s invitation to join a unity government as “nonsensical” and instead demanded his resignation over the country’s worsening shortages . meanwhile Sri Lanka’s central bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said he is resigning, only hours after all government ministers offered to step down amid the nation’s worst economic and political crises in decades. The resignation was submitted to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Cabraal said in a Twitter post Monday. It wasn’t immediately clear if the president had accepted the offer.

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10 Additional Judges elevated to become Judges of Bombay High Court

The President of India, in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed S/Shri Justices Avinash Gunwant Gharote, Nitin Bhagawantrao Suryawanshi,  Anil Satyavijay Kilor, Milind Narendra Jadhav, Mukund Govindrao Sewlikar, Virendrasingh Gyansingh Bisht, Debadwar Bhalchandra Ugrasen,  Smt. Mukulika Shrikant Jawalkar, Surendra Pandharinath Tavade, and  Nitin Rudrasen Borkar, Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court, to be Judges of the Bombay High Court. A notification in this regard was issued by Department of Justice, Ministry of Law& Justice today.

Shri Justice Avinash Gunwant Gharote, B.Sc., LL.B., was enrolled as an Advocate on 23.10.1986. He practiced before the Bombay High Court at Nagpur Bench in Civil, Arbitration, Constitutional and Criminal matters. His specialization was in Civil and Arbitration laws. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 23.08.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 22.08.2021.

Shri Justice Nitin Bhagawantrao Suryawanshi, B.S.L., LL.B., was enrolled as an Advocate on 05.08.1988. He practiced before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad Bench in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Service etc. matters. His specialization was in Criminal and Constitutional laws. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 23.08.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 22.08.2021.

Shri Justice Anil Satyavijay Kilor, B.Com., LL.B., was enrolled as an Advocate on 25.06.1992. He practiced before the Bombay High Court at Nagpur Bench in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour and Service matters. His specialization was in Constitutional and Service Laws. He served as Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor, High Court at Nagpur Bench from 2000-2005. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 23.08.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 22.08.2021.

Shri Justice Milind Narendra Jadhav, B.Sc., LL.M., was enrolled as an Advocate on 10.02.1998. He practiced before the Supreme Court of India, Bombay High Court and Subordinate Courts/Tribunals in Bombay in Civil, Constitutional, and Land matters. His specialization was in Land Acquisition, Writ Petitions & Land Revenue and Town Planning cases. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 23.08.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 22.08.2021.

Shri Justice Mukund Govindrao Sewlikar, B.Com., LL.B., was born on 21.09.1960 and enrolled as an advocate on 03.09.1984. He joined the Judicial Service on 10.10.1990. He served as Judicial Officer in various courts in Maharashtra State. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 05.12.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 04.12.2021.

Shri Justice Virendrasingh Gyansingh Bisht, B.Sc., LL.B., M.I.R.P.M. (Master of Industrial Relation and Personal Management) was enrolled as an Advocate on 29.11.1985. He joined the Judicial Service on 10.08.1990. He served as Judicial Officer in various courts in Maharashtra State. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 05.12.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 04.12.2021.

Shri Justice Debadwar Bhalchandra Ugrasen, B.Com., LL.B., enrolled as an Advocate on 03.07.1985. He joined the Judicial Service on 21.05.1992. He served as Judicial Officer in various courts in Maharashtra State. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court with effect from 05.12.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 16th June, 2021 i.e. his date of superannuation.

Smt. Justice Mukulika Shrikant Jawalkar, M.Com., LL.B. & LL.M, enrolled as an Advocate on 21.09.1989. She joined the Judicial Service on 02.05.2008. She served as Judicial Officer in various courts in Maharashtra State. She was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 05.12.2019. Her term as an Additional Judge will expire on 04.12.2021.

Shri Justice Surendra Pandharinath Tavade, B.Com., LL.B., enrolled as an Advocate on 12.07.1984. He joined the Judicial Service on 03.09.1990. He served as Judicial Officer in various courts in Maharashtra State and as Registrar, Original Side, Inspection-I and as Registrar General, Bombay High Court. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 05.12.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 04.12.2021.

Shri Justice Nitin Rudrasen Borkar, LL.B., was enrolled as an advocate on 08.08.1995. He joined the Judicial Service on 02.05.2008. He served as Judicial Officer in various courts in Maharashtra State. He was appointed as Additional Judge, Bombay High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from 05.12.2019. His term as an Additional Judge will expire on 04.12.2021.

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In his customary address to the joint sitting of Parliament that marks the start of the Budget session, Kovind also referred to the Chinese aggression on the border, and asserted that his government is vigilant and fully committed to protecting the country’s interests.

Additional forces have been deployed to safeguard India’s sovereignty, he said while paying tributes to the 20 soldiers who made supreme sacrifices in a clash with the Chinese army at the Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year. India and China are locked in a tense military standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 5 last. Meanwhile 15 political parties including congress boycott presidential speech in support of farmers protest .

He also noted that the new farm reform laws enacted in September last year have immediately benefited 10 crore small farmers, and said various parties in the past had supported these measures.

Criticising the violence which marred the farmers’ protest on the Republic Day, he said if the Constitution gives us the right to freedom of expression, it also teaches us to take laws and rules seriously.

The President’s hour-long address was boycotted by over 20 opposition parties in support of the demand of the protesting farmers for the repeal of the three farm laws.

Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu raised slogans like ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ during the address and demanded repeal of the three laws. Some opposition MPs were heard raising slogans in the Central Hall’s gallery.

Noting that the Supreme Court has put the implementation of the three laws on hold, Kovind said the government will respect whatever is the decision of the apex court.

“My Government has always respected freedom of expression and holding of peaceful agitations in a democratic set up. However, the recent acts of dishonouring the National Flag and showing disrespect to the auspicious occasion of the Republic Day are unfortunate,” he said.

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Trump alleges that there was a massive voter fraud. Election officials and the media have said that there is no evidence to back his claims. He has also lost dozens of lawsuits.

“The president spends more time whining and complaining than doing something about the problem. I don’t know why he still wants the job. He doesn’t want to do the work,” Biden said on Monday at a drive-in election rally in Georgia where he sought support for two Democratic candidates.

on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, throngs of people pushed past police who were trying to block them from entering the building as lawmakers inside debated counting electoral college votes confirming Biden’s victory. A mob was able to breach security and successfully enter the building.

many protesters  loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s Presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Mr. Trump in the White House.

The nation’s elected representatives scrambled to crouch under desks and don gas marks, while police futilely tried to barricade the building, one of the most jarring scenes ever to unfold in a seat of American political power. four person died in shooting by security forces  and Washington’s mayor instituted an evening curfew in an attempt to contain the violence.

The rioters were egged on by Mr. Trump, who has spent weeks falsely attacking the integrity of the election and had urged his supporters to descend on Washington Wednesday to protest Congress’ for approval of BIDEN as president .Some Republican lawmakers were in the midst of raising objections to the results on his behalf when the proceedings were abruptly halted by the mob.

meanwhile The top Democrats in Congress, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, have called on Vice President Mike Pence and Trump`s Cabinet to use the US Constitution to remove Trump for “his incitement of insurrection.”

The 25th Amendment allows a majority of the Cabinet to remove a president from power if he is unable to discharge the duties of the office.

But a Pence adviser said the vice president, who would have to lead any such effort, was opposed to using the amendment to oust Trump from the White House, reported Reuters

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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S. president, unseating the incumbent with a pledge to unify and mend a nation reeling from a worsening pandemic, faltering economy and deep political divisions.

Biden’s victory came after the Associated Press, CNN and NBC showed him winning Pennsylvania and gaining more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure the presidency. Trump sought to undermine the outcome, baselessly accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election and claiming victory before the race was called.

Biden’s running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris, 56, becomes the first Black and Indian-American woman to serve as vice president, a glimpse at a coming generational shift in the party.

Biden, 77, will become the oldest president-elect in U.S. history and the first to oust a sitting commander-in-chief after one term since Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992.

Biden won 284 Electoral College votes, according to the AP, which earlier had called Arizona for the Democrat. Several other networks have yet to call Arizona, leaving Biden with 273 Electoral College votes in their counts, still plenty to claim the presidency.

But the incoming president’s goal of uniting the country will be made more difficult by Trump’s unfounded allegations of fraud and with control of the U.S. Senate up in the air, awaiting two runoffs in Georgia in January.

If Republicans hold the Senate, Biden’s agenda of tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations and climate-friendly energy policies could be stymied in Congress. Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives.

Biden won back the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — the so-called Blue Wall that delivered the presidency to Trump in 2016. Buoyed by historic turnout, Biden reaped 4 million more votes than Trump nationwide, as of Saturday morning, winning at least 74 million votes to Trump’s 70 million.

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Trump set the tone early in the day when he addressed delegates in Charlotte, North Carolina, after formally securing their nomination for another term, and claimed without evidence that Democrats were trying to steal the election.

Republicans had vowed to offer an inspiring, positive message in contrast to what they characterized as a dark and gloomy Democratic convention last week. But the first night’s prime-time program featured speakers who peppered their remarks with ominous predictions if Democrats win power.

“They want to destroy this country and everything that we have fought for and hold dear,” Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle said. “They want to steal your liberty, your freedom. They want to control what you see, and think, and believe, so they can control how you live.”

Democrats drew their own dismal picture of what four more years under Trump would look like at their convention last week.

Like its Democratic counterpart, the Republican convention was largely virtual. Most speakers addressed a quiet auditorium in Washington, D.C., bowing to the reality of the pandemic despite Trump’s having pushed for a big event in front of thousands of raucous admirers.

Trump has focused on a “law and order” response to widespread protests following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, and he has pushed schools and businesses to reopen despite the pandemic. Both messages represent the campaign’s effort to win back suburban voters, especially women, who have abandoned the Republican Party in droves during the Trump era.

Donald Trump Jr., the president’s oldest son and Guilfoyle’s boyfriend, portrayed the ongoing civil unrest as violent assaults on small businesses by anarchists and said Democrats would fail to keep neighborhoods safe.

The dystopian language echoed that of Trump’s 2017 inaugural speech, when he vowed to end the “American carnage” of crime, poverty and manufacturing decline. It remains to be seen whether voters find the same argument as compelling after Trump has held power for more than three years

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