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Modi’s Three Promises: Nothing for Self, Nothing With Ill-Intention and Devotion To Nation

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NEW DELHI, MAY 23 :  Dedicating the massive victory of the BJP to the people of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made three promises to the nation – nothing for self, never to work with ill intention and devoting every moment of his time for the country.

Amid lusty chants of “Modi, Modi’’ by enthusiastic party cadres at the BJP headquarters, the Prime Minister also assured the people that he would take even staunch political rivals along in his mission of building a new, developed and prosperous India during his second five year term of 2019 to 2024.

“It is possible to make mistakes while working but I will not do anything with wrong intention and my promise to the people of nation is that I will not do anything for myself,’’ Mr Modi said.

Seeking to unveil his new image of a consensus builder, Mr. Modi, in his victory speech, said that negative forces have been crushed by the massive mandate given by the people to the BJP-led NDA which also casts a heavy responsibility on the ruling dispensation.

Pledging that the Constitution was supreme for him and the party, he gave a clarion call to his compatriots to eliminate poverty as India marches ahead to become a developed nation over the next few years. He said there would be only two castes in India in future – those who are poor and those who seek to help the poor and eliminate poverty.

 “Whatever happened in the elections, it’s past now…will take the opposition along in the interest of the nation and in the spirit of the Constitution,’’ he said.

Mr. Modi said that 2019 general elections were devoid of oft-repeated issues of corruption, casteism and price rise. He also sought to pull the mask off the so-called pseudo secular forces who, he added, would need to latch on to a wholly new narrative of a new, confident, positive and aspirational India of 21st century.

Referring to the BJP’s electoral journey from two Lok Sabha seats to returning to power for a second term in 2019, Mr. Modi said the party had never deviated from its ideals, beliefs, humility, culture and conscience. “There have been many ups and downs in our journey from two MPs to winning a second term but we have not compromised with our principles and will not give up our humility,’’ he told the gathering.

He said the landslide victory of the BJP was that of 40 crore-strong unorganized labourers for whom pension scheme has been launched and was also that of law-abiding and tax paying middle class.

Global Study of Urban Poor Links Childhood Adversity to Adolescent Violence & Depression

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Boys suffer even more than girls to adverse events as children including physical and emotional neglect, violence and sexual abuse which makes them more likely to be violent in return, a new study has suggested.
In poor urban areas around the world, exposure to adverse events as children—including physical and emotional neglect, violence, and sexual abuse—is strongly associated with both adolescent depression and violence perpetrated by young people, according to the study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“This is the first global study to investigate how a cluster of traumatic childhood experiences known as ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences, work together to cause specific health issues in early adolescence with terrible, life-long consequences,” said Dr. Robert Blum, lead researcher for the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) that is based in multiple countries across five continents.
“And while we found young girls often suffer significantly, contrary to common belief, boys reported even greater exposure to violence and neglect, which makes them more likely to be violent in return.” The study catalogued the ACEs suffered by 1,284 adolescents aged 10 to 14 in 14 “low-income urban settings” around the world. It found remarkably common experiences with trauma—and very similar impacts—regardless of where the children lived, which included Vietnam, China, Bolivia, Egypt, India, Kenya, UK and the United States. 
The report is the first to include an assessment of how adversity impacts young children in multiple low- and middle-income countries, where the vast majority of the 1.8 billion 10- to 24-year-olds worldwide live—about a quarter of the global population. 
Overall, the study found that 46% of young adolescents reported experiencing violence, 38% suffered emotional neglect and 29% experienced physical neglect. But boys stood out in several categories. They were more likely to report physical neglect, sexual abuse and violence victimization. Also, for both boys and girls, the more adversity they experienced, the more likely they were to engage in violent behaviors, such as bullying, threatening or hitting someone. But the effect of the adversity was more pronounced for boys than girls, with boys 11 times more likely to be engaged in violence, and girls four times more likely to be violent. Also, the study found that, in general, the cumulative effect of their traumas tended to produce higher levels of depressive symptoms among girls than boys, while boys tended to show more external aggression than girls. 
The study is part of the Global Early Adolescent Study, a major collaboration of the World Health Organization and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to understand more about the development of gender stereotypes in early adolescence and their impact on adolescent health around the world.
And it buttresses a key conclusion from a major new report to be released next week at Women Deliver in Vancouver based on a global coalition of adolescent health experts: that the world will never achieve gender equality “by focusing on girls and women alone and excluding boys and men.” That report, from the Bellagio Working Group on Gender Equality, reflects the assessment of 22 experts from 15 countries. Their analysis, Achieving Gender Equality by 2030: Putting Adolescents at the Center, finds that boys have as equal a part to play as girls in achieving the fifth of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG5), which seeks to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” by 2030. The report notes that the current indicators for SDG5 ignore boys and men. But it warns that “we cannot achieve a gender equitable world by ignoring half of its occupants.” 
Global Early Adolescent Study Over the past six years, an international consortium of 15 countries has been working on the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS). The GEAS aims to understand how gender norms are formed in early adolescence and how they predispose young people to subsequent sexual and other health risks.

SHUBHAM KALOSIYA – A COLLEGE DROPOUT WHO FOUNDED “ARTIST MINE MUSIC”

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Dropping out of school and college always considered as a bad decision in our society. The majority feels that education and a fancy college degree is the only way to success and happy stable life. There have been many examples in the past of people who are school/college dropouts and made it big in life. 
Shubham Kalosiya is one of those amazing examples who started from the bottom and made it big. Shubham who comes from an ordinary middle-class family and is a college dropout is the new sensation in the rap music industry. He is the founder of “Artist Mine Music” which supports and promotes the underground rappers.
However, this success didn’t come easy as there were a lot of difficulties that Shubham Kalosiya had to face to reach this level.
Basically residing from Rajasthan belonging from a simple family he never had any financial support from anyone. When Shubham was in the first year of college studying BA he made one of the brave and toughest choices of his life to quit the studies and work for his dream to be an entrepreneur.
Shubham Kalosiya got his first break when he was just 17 years old where he was an Artist event manager and from his journey started. He started working and event manager, organiser and found his way in the music industry. Shubham loved the show business and wanted to start his own music label which was a quite big dream to achieve as an individual.
A dream never becomes true unless you work for it and that’s what exactly Shubham Kalosiya did. Instead of thinking about the difficulties of his journey and getting demotivated he thought of the ways how he can do it and achieve his dream. His positive attitude towards life and with sheer hard work and dedication he finally made his dream true when he founded his own music company “Artist Mine Music”.
The Rap and Hip Hop culture in India has been in a rage from the past few years and has seen a lot of young talented artist like Emiway who raised from a very simple background. Shubham’s company Artist Mine Music search for these type of underground rappers and artist and promotes and support them.
Having seen the difficulties and struggle in his life Shubham Kalosiya wants to help other struggling artist and rappers in achieving their dreams by providing them with a platform and he also wishes to take Artist Mine Music on the international level.

Explained – How votes are counted in Indian elections?

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The counting of votes for General Election 2019, which concluded on Sunday, will begin tomorrow, i.e., 23rd May at 8 AM.  The election was conducted in 7 phases for 543 constituencies of Lok Sabha.  The Election Commission of India (ECI) uses Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to conduct elections. Since 2000, ECI has conducted 113 assembly elections and three general elections using EVMs.[1]  Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system was added to EVMs in 2013 to increase transparency and improve voter confidence in the system.  The VVPAT system generates a printed paper slip bearing the name and election symbol of the candidate.  On April 8, 2019, Supreme Court instructed the ECI that printed VVPAT slips from randomly selected five polling stations in each assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency should be matched with EVMs.[2]  In this blog, we explain the election counting process in India.
Who is responsible for counting the votes?
The Returning Officer (RO) is responsible for conducting elections in a constituency, which also includes counting of votes.[3] The RO is an officer of the government or a local authority nominated by the ECI for each constituency in consultation with the state government.[4]
Where does the counting take place?
The RO decides the place where the votes will be counted for the parliamentary constituency.  The date and time of counting is fixed by the ECI.  Ideally counting of votes for a constituency should be done at one place, preferably at the Headquarter of the RO in that constituency.  It should be performed under the direct supervision of the RO.  However, each Parliamentary Constituency has multiple assembly segments.  In this situation, counting can take place at different locations for various assembly segments under the direct supervision of an Assistant Returning Officer (ARO).
Page 431, Handbook for Returning Officer Document 23 Edition 1, Election Commission of India
Counting of votes for each assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency is performed in a single hall.  In each round of counting, votes from 14 EVMs are counted.  In case of simultaneous parliamentary and assembly elections, such as Odisha, the first seven tables are used for counting votes for assembly elections, and the rest for parliamentary elections.
In constituencies with a large number of candidates, it may not be possible to count votes for all candidates in a single hall without overcrowding it.  In such a situation, the number of counting halls or tables can be increased with the prior permission of the ECI.  A hall can also be used for counting votes of another assembly segment after the results of the first segment are declared.  However, counting may be done for only one assembly segment in a hall at any point of time.
What is the counting process?
Counting is performed by counting supervisors appointed by the RO.  Counting staff is appointed through a three stage randomisation process to ensure impartiality.  Candidates along with their counting agents and election agents are also present in the counting hall.
Counting of votes begins with Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballots (ETPB) and Postal Ballots (PB). These votes are counted under the direct supervision of the RO. Counting of EVMs can start 30 minutes after the commencement of PB counting, even if all PBs have not been counted.  At the end of each round of counting, the results from 14 EVMs are declared.
What is the process for counting VVPAT slips?
The ECI prescribes the process for randomly selecting one EVM for each assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency for VVPAT matching.  The verification of VVPAT paper slips is conducted inside a secured VVPAT Counting Booth in the counting hall with access to authorised personnel only.  Any counting table in the hall can be converted into VVPAT Counting Booth after completing EVM vote counting.  Parliamentary constituencies generally have between five and ten assembly segments.
The Supreme Court has decided that VVPAT slips of five randomly selected polling stations for each assembly segment shall be matched with the result shown in the respective EVMs.  This implies that VVPAT paper slips need to be matched for about 25-50 machines for each parliamentary constituency.  This process requires personal supervision of RO/ARO.  The ECI has decided that the counting of five VVPATs will be done sequentially.[5]  The RO can declare the final result for the constituency after the VVPAT matching process has been completed.
What happens if there is a discrepancy between the VVPAT count and the EVM results?
In such a case, the printed paper slips count is taken as final. The ECI has not clarified whether there would be any further action (such as counting of all VVPATs in a constituency or assembly segment) if there is a discrepancy in the counts of one of the five VVPATs.

Source – PRS

Music Is All About Reaching Out Wider Audience and Express Yourself : Linard Zarins

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Born in Latvia in the year 1995, Linard Zarins is a Spanish based singer and songwriter. He is the most up-and-coming music stars who perform an intuitive blend of both pop and R&B tracks. Owing to his versatile singing expertise, he has multiplied his broad and engaged fan base day by day. Linard Zarins is mainly known for his 2017 appearance in the Latvian version of The X Factor.

With an aim to excel in this profession, Zarins has capitalized his success through a slew of appreciable covers of international superstars like Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Mabel, Justin Bieber, and many more. All the covers are widely acclaimed by his fans and this has been seen on his social pages. Day by day, he organically grew his followers on Instagram and other social platforms.

As his online presence started gaining the attention of producers, other artists, and A&R executives he started getting acclaimed and recognition. Many of the producers and other artists started pitching him to work with him and they are even ready to feature him on their tracks/songs. Few asked him to collaborate with him as a singer. With all these acclamations at one side, Linards Zarins has something as his aim and he then decided to write and release his own music album. This is what made him the stand on the list of emerging artists of the time.

When asked him about his genre and his passion of singing and song writing, he said, “When I write my music, I want to make sure I not only appeal to a greater demographic of music lovers, but also to make sure I’m true to my own style as a musician,” says Linards. “By composing and performing a combination of both pop and R&B songs, I feel I’m able to reach out to a wider audience and express myself organically.”

Besides, he also said “Though performing these covers really helped to launch my career, I was very grateful to garner the attention of reputable producers, other artists, and A&R executives,” states Linards. “They all wanted to work with me to develop my own music and collaborate, which led me to release my own work.”

With all his passion and expertise, he has released his debut single, Good Thing, which mainly reflects on the vast array of emotions he felt in past relationships. 

The Linards Zarins song has intimate connections, where the listeners can connect to the moments of pure happiness and bliss, even in the times of soul-crushing stress and sadness, pride, and excitement in between. He encouraged is fans stating “Through Good Thing, I want to help listeners to understand that through turmoil, there is still hope and lessons to be learned,” says Linards. “We must all go on and prepare for future exciting new adventures in love.”

India Is Yet To Understand The Power of Digital Marketing : JP Silwania

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Digital Entrepreneur: Today Branding, Promotion and Digital marketing are becoming the need of an hour to survive in this competitive world. Yes, you can sell your product, can do personal promotion which can make a person famous and we can see many examples today how people get famous online. Smart work can help businessman earn fast and big due to digital marketing and for that, you need a person with sound knowledge who can work smartly and make a solid campaign for online marketing to take you from zero to millionaire. We are taking here about Digital Entrepreneur who drives business throughout the world online. 

JP Silwania, 20( Now student at Ramjas college , Delhi University): In this competitive world you need to be smart to sell your product and make a mark in this Digital world. His Company Smartplay Media  is Leading Brand in Digital Marketing. At the Age of 20,JP Silwania Have Achieved An Honour of Digital Marketing Expert in very Less time Span. Worked with Leading Brands T-Series, Sony India,  Drake, Badshah, and Many More in Very Short Period of Time. Digital Marketing to grow in India: Today world is getting used to mobile and internet every guy is now having a mobile with internet facility it is like a new habit of India. JP Silwania feels India is yet to understand the power of online marketing and has jumped into this business early in India and he feels more people become aware of this online benefits his business will grow even bigger. 

JP Silwania and his team:  JP Silwania has dedicated team he knows this work needs a good team and luckily he has that. Company website https://smartplaymedia.com/ from where clients can contact him. JP Silwania  and his team have worked for many Companies, Firms and Celebrities their Motto is simple to make people famous through an online platform and they are doing it successfully.

ACTOR NIKHIL WAIRAGAR NOW TURNS AS DIRECTOR FOR HIS UPCOMING MOVIE NAMED “HERO”

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Nikhil Wairagar who is known for the movies like Jalsa , Gatmat , headline and also for his famous song Bai Wadyawar Ya  from movie jalsa , now turns into direction. He is going to direct his direction debut movie “Hero” in upcoming days. 
As Gatmat movie which was written by Nikhil Wairagar himself and which was presented by Avdhood Gupte, got good response by the audience . And now he is working on a project named HERO which  is also written by him and he is going to direct it for the first time . He is working in film industry from more then nine years and he thinks that working in acting field he has learned many things related film making , so he confident that he has chosen a good subject for his direction debut. He is working on a script from 6 months and now ready to go on floor soon .
His upcoming movies like “tu fakta ho mhan” and “Tanga palti ghode farar “in Which he has done acting in a lead role are also in Post production level and will also release soon .Nowadays Marathi film industry is going on top level and breaking many box office records,He thinks bringing unique films will make Marathi industry grow more stronger, so he has also chosen a unique concept for direction, the casting of the film will soon be finalized , this film will go on floor in September for shoot. The more details about the movie will be declared soon.

Exit Polls Predict Return Of BJP-NDA To Power

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NEW DELHI: After the conclusion of the long-drawn seven phase polling on Sunday, leading exit polls predicted the return of Narendra Modi government at the Centre with easy and clear majority.

If exit polls predictions come true on May 23, the day when results will start pouring in, it would be a first for the BJP-led NDA coalition to have another go at governing the country for a second five-year term.

The Congress-led UPA coalition was predicted to see its tally of 60 seats of 2014 of more than doubling but exit polls indications are that it would not prove to be a strong challenger to dislodge the Modi government from the Centre.

In the most crucial state of Uttar Pradesh which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha, ABP News exit poll predicted 22 seats for the BJP while 56 to SP-BSP alliance and two to the Congress. Poll of Polls projected 55 seats to BJP in UP and 23 to SP-BSP tie-up and two to the Congress. In the last 2014 polls, BJP had bagged 71 seats in the State on its own.

All leading exit polls on Sunday evening indicated a comfortable majority for the ruling BJP led NDA dispensation, strongly projecting its return to power in the 17th Lok Sabha elections.

As the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections concluded on Sunday, all eyes turned to the projections being made by the exit polls by several news channels and surveys for the 542 seats that went to polls.

Times Now-VMR exit poll predicted 306 seats for the BJP-led NDA ruling dispensation. It projected 132 seats for the Congress-led UPA while gave others 104 seats.

Republic-C Voter projected 287 seats for the BJP—NDA coalition and 128 for the Congress-UPA.

According to News Nation predicted 282-290 seats for the BJP-led NDA, 118 – 126 seats for UPA and 130-136 for others.

According to surveys, BJP seems to have regained lost ground in three crucial Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh which the Lotus party had lost last years in assembly polls to the Congress. The exit polls indicate that BJP could win 22 out of 25 total seats in Rajasthan, 25 out of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh and seven out of 11 seats in Chhattisgarh. In the national capital of Delhi, exit polls predicted a clean sweep for the BJP on all seven Lok Sabha seats.

The first phase of polling had kicked off on April 11 and the long drawn campaign and polling amidst heat and dust proved to be a long drawn and tiring affair for the political bigwigs as well as the people who turned up to cast their votes. A 90-crore strong electorate was registered in 2019 general elections, showing an increase of nine crore electors as compared to the last polls in 2014.

DJ Zenith’s Song ‘Junglee’ The “Coolest Pop Track Of The Season”

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Harshit Agarwal, more commonly known as DJ Zenith, is the talk of the music industry. Hailing from Jaipur, he started his music journey in 2014, since then he has become one of the most prominent artists in the country as well as globally. He has worked with artists like Alan Walker, Tiesto, One Republic, David Guetta and so one.

Zenith recently produced a song called “Junglee” with Charan on vocals, the duo were winners of the Bacardi House Party Sessions for whom this Anthem was created. They were mentored by the legendary Bollywood singer Benny Dayal. The music video created quite a buzz in the industry and even caught the attention of renowned Bollywood Music Producer; Amit Trivedi who congratulated the duo for such an amazing song.

“Junglee” explores the dynamics between a Madari (master) and his monkey, the music video has a twist wherein the roles are reversed between the Madari and the monkey which leads to a change in the perspective. The Madari and the monkey become overnight sensations after listening to the song. The unconventional storytelling and music vibe that makes you want to move is what makes this video a must watch.

2018 was a milestone for Zenith as he started blending independent Hindi music with his own beats. His song “Kho gaye” was a nationwide success and was trending on all social media platforms. When asked what drives him to create music, Zenith said, “I was always an avid listener of different kinds of music since I was a kid and I’ve grown organically into it”

In the coming months, Zenith will be releasing a number of songs. Some of them will be independent releases, while the others like Junglee will be in collaboration with brands. 2019 is shaping up to be an even bigger year for this young artist as he sets out as a songwriter on multiple upcoming projects.

Adopting A Healthy Lifestyle Helps Reduce The Risk Of Dementia : WHO

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People can reduce their risk of dementia by getting regular exercise, not smoking, avoiding harmful use of alcohol, controlling their weight, eating a healthy diet, and maintaining healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, according to new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).

“In the next 30 years, the number of people with dementia is expected to triple,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “We need to do everything we can to reduce our risk of dementia. The scientific evidence gathered for these Guidelines confirm what we have suspected for some time, that what is good for our heart, is also good for our brain.”

The Guidelines provide the knowledge base for health-care providers to advise patients on what they can do to help prevent cognitive decline and dementia. They will also be useful for governments, policy-makers and planning authorities to guide them in developing policy and designing programmes that encourage healthy lifestyles.

The reduction of risk factors for dementia is one of several areas of action included in WHO’s Global action plan for the public health response to dementia. Other areas include: strengthening information systems for dementia; diagnosis, treatment and care; supporting carers of people with dementia; and research and innovation.

WHO’s Global Dementia Observatory, launched in December 2017, is a compilation of information about country activities and resources for dementia, such as national plans, dementia-friendly initiatives, awareness campaigns and facilities for care. Data from 21 countries, including Bangladesh, Chile, France, Japan, Jordan and Togo, have already been included, with a total of 80 countries now engaged in providing data.

Creating national policies and plans for dementia are among WHO’s key recommendations for countries in their efforts to manage this growing health challenge. During 2018, WHO provided support to countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Qatar, Slovenia and Sri Lanka to help them develop a comprehensive, multi-sectoral public health response to dementia.

An essential element of every national dementia plan is support for carers of people with dementia, said Dr Dévora Kestel, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at WHO. “Dementia carers are very often family members who need to make considerable adjustments to their family and professional lives to care for their loved ones. This is why WHO created iSupport. iSupport is an online training programme providing carers of people with dementia with advice on overall management of care, dealing with behaviour changes and how to look after their own health.”

iSupport  is currently being used in eight countries, with more expected to follow.

Dementia: A rapidly growing public health problem

Dementia is an illness characterized by a deterioration in cognitive function beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. It affects memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgement. Dementia results from a variety of diseases and injuries that affect the brain, such as Alzheimer disease or stroke.

Dementia is a rapidly growing public health problem affecting around 50 million people globally. There are nearly 10 million new cases every year. Dementia is a major cause of disability and dependency among older people. Additionally, the disease inflicts a heavy economic burden on societies as a whole, with the costs of caring for people with dementia estimated to rise to US$ 2 trillion annually by 2030.

Currently there is no cure for dementia. However, much can be done to support people living with dementia. Early diagnosis is important; regular health checks can help to ensure that accompanying physical illnesses are diagnosed and treated; and health and social care systems, when adequately resourced, can ensure care at all stages of dementia.