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In view of the Corona infection in India, CBSE has announced to reduce syllabus from ninth to 12th class, giving relief to the students.

The press statement issued by CBSE said that the decision has been taken in view of the conditions arising out of the corona infection as class room classes are not being held due to the closure of schools.

Due to this, the board has decided to reduce the syllabus from ninth to 12th by 30% in the 2020-21 season.

The parts which will be reduced from the syllabus will not be asked questions in internal assessment and board examination.

According to the Indian Ministry of Health, there have been a total of 6,97,213 cases of Covid-19 infection in the country. Of these, 2,53,287 cases are active. A total of 19,693 people have died due to the infection so far.

According to Johns Hopkins University, the worldwide death toll due to corona virus infection has increased to more than 5.35 million. At the same time, there are a total of 11,51,6,782 cases of infection in the world.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, India has overtaken Russia in the third place in the total number of infection cases.

240 scientists of the world claim that the corona virus infection can also spread through the air. Scientists have asked the World Health Organization to take it seriously.

A United Nations environment body says that if humans do not stop killing animals, they may have to face more terrible diseases like corona infection.

In view of the corona epidemic, the Government of India is about to start the standard operation of film shooting soon so that film production can be resumed quickly.

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting in India Prakash Javadekar has said, "In view of the epidemic, the Indian government is going to soon issue the standard operating procedure of film shooting so that film production can be resumed at a rapid pace due to Kovid. Has stopped The government is also bringing incentives for all production work including TV serials, film making, co-production, animation, gaming. These will be announced soon. ''

The total cases of corona infection in Odisha have exceeded ten thousand. So far 42 people have died in Odisha from Kovid-19.

The Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) has said that more than five thousand of their coronas have been infected so far and a total of 27 CAPF personnel have died from Kovid-19.

The Karnataka government has said that so far no such signal has been found, on the basis of which it can be said that community transmission has started in the state.

Police in Satara district of Maharashtra has released a CCTV footage in which some thieves are seen stealing wearing PPE kits. According to the police, "the thieves broke the lock of the goldsmith shop and fled with about 780 grams of gold."

Officials of the Meghalaya government have said that an 8-month-old baby brought to Meghalaya from Arunachal Pradesh has died after traveling nearly 400 km for treatment. The child died just hours after the Kovid test was found positive.

Iran's currency rial continues to fall drastically. According to Bonbast.com, the price of one dollar on Monday was 2,15,000 rials. This riyal is almost five times the official rate of 42,000 rial.

According to the news agency Reuters, the central bank had to take steps due to the continuing decline in the last few weeks. The bank put millions of dollars into the market to bring some stability. Central Bank Governor Abdulnansir Hematti has described the move as wise and in the right direction.

He informed that the bank had sufficient reserves of foreign exchange without giving any information. According to economists, the use of those reserves has become necessary due to the impact on the current account and fiscal deficit during the economic crisis caused by the corona virus.

According to Gabris Iradian, chief economic adviser to the Middle East and North Africa at the Institute of International Finance, "They have limited foreign exchange reserves to invest in the market and are now isolated due to isolation from the international community in addition to US sanctions." It will not be possible to prevent any further decline. ''

In 2015, Iran signed a nuclear deal with 6 countries, including the US, but in the year 2018, the US canceled the deal and banned Iran again. Due to this, the value of the currency of Iran was reduced by about 70 percent.

The government tried to fix several exchange rates to reduce the financial burden of importers. But the Rial's decline continued even after the Central Bank's intervention in the free market.

The United Nations watchdog has asked Iran to allow it to visit two suspected old nuclear facilities. In addition, the recent decline has been recorded due to the negativity created by the macroeconomic decline due to Corona Mahamari. But these too can lead to major changes.

A telephonic conversation between India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi took place on Sunday amid efforts to restore peace on both sides following violent clashes in the Galvani Valley between India and China.

The details of the talks between India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have been issued by the Chinese Embassy in India.

In his statement, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Waidong has given details of the interaction between the two Special Representatives. He has said that the Chinese Foreign Minister told Ajit Doval that the relationship between India and China is 70 years old.

According to the Chinese Foreign Minister, what has happened in the Galvan Valley on the western sector border between India and China, it is clear what is right and what has gone wrong.

The Chinese Foreign Minister also said that China wants to protect its sovereignty as well as restore peace in the area.

Wang Yi also stressed in his talk that development is the top priority of both China and India, so both countries should focus on reducing tensions.

According to the Chinese ambassador, there was a detailed discussion between the two representatives. In this conversation, broadly agreed on four things -

- The consensus between the top leaders of the two countries will be implemented. The two leaders have agreed to work together for a long time for peace and development in the border areas.

- The two countries will jointly try to reduce the tension on the border according to mutual agreement.

- Through dialogue between special representatives, both sides will improve mutual dialogue. The system of working mechanism for advising and combining border matters between India and China will be improved by regularizing it. This will strengthen the trust between the two sides.

The two sides welcomed what was agreed in the recent Commander-level meeting. At the Commander-level meeting on July 1, the two sides agreed to reduce the tension on the border.

Earlier, the Indian Foreign Ministry had issued a statement saying that there has been a clear and detailed talk between Doval and Wang Yi about the recent activities on the western sector border between India and China.

It has been agreed on both sides that to strengthen bilateral relations, both countries must restore peace on the border and prevent differences from taking the form of a dispute.

In this direction, both sides have worked on the process of reducing the tension on the border, that is, the situation is not as it was when the soldiers of both sides came face to face. Both sides have agreed to do it step by step in a phased manner.

The statement also said that in this conversation of the two special representatives, it has been agreed to continue the dialogue between the military and diplomatic officials of the two countries.

Apart from this, there has been an agreement to keep regular interactions between Doval and Wang Yi.

At the same time, according to news agency AFP, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing on Monday, "There has been positive progress on both sides to reduce the tension on the border."

Lijian has expressed hope that the Indian side will step forward with China to implement the things that have been mutually agreed upon.

Officials watching the India-China border dispute have told the BBC that the process to reduce the border tension has started from Monday morning.

Officials said that this work is going on in three places, these places are Galvan, Gogra and Hot Springs. The official briefing the BBC made it clear that they were not talking about Depsang or Pangong Tso Lake.

Another official said, "Both the tents and temporary structures are being removed and the troops are retreating. But this does not mean the withdrawal or the end of the episode."

Indian officials said that these activities are constantly being monitored, for which the help of satellite images and high platforms is being taken.

In response to the question of how many Chinese soldiers have been withdrawn, several media reports said, the official refused to give any distance.

He said this much, "This is the beginning of the process that was decided after the meeting of the commanders of both sides in Chusul on 30 June".

However, according to reports coming in the media, the Chinese soldiers are going backwards two kilometers from where the violence took place in Galvan.

It is noteworthy that on June 15, there was a violent clash between the soldiers of India and China in the Galvan Valley, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.

Subsequently, on July 1, there was a commander-level dialogue between the armies of the two countries and in that negotiation, it was agreed to reduce the tension on the India-China LAC.

Then a week ago, the Government of India announced the closure of 59 mobile apps, including UC Browser of WeChat Ali Baba Group, the well-known social platform TikTok.

Although the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of India did not take the name of China, it was clear that the complaint was received that these apps on Android and iOS were also interfering with the personal data of the people. Restrictions on these apps will secure India's mobile and Internet users. It is essential for India's security, integrity and sovereignty.

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In India, the Ganga and Yamuna rivers are being captured by China-Africa fishes. Sometimes the number of foreign fishes brought to the ponds is increasing in these rivers so that the fish of the local species has to fight for survival.

Recent studies of the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute located in Barrackpore, West Bengal show that the biodiversity of the river has been threatened by the excess of foreign species. In the Ganga-Yamuna, the most important rivers of India, the life of the fish of the local species has become in crisis.

In recent times, the number of fishes of foreign species has increased in the water of these rivers. Actually, the seeds of foreign species of high-meat fishes were added to ponds in different parts of India, but due to floods and rains many fishes went into the water of the rivers. Once after come in the water of river, their number has increased rapidly.

Ishtiaq Ahmed, a fish specialist at the Institute of Conservation Education at the Bombay Natural History Society, said that fish like African cat fish were first shifted to Bangladesh. But, slowly, through Ganga Sagar, it has reached water from Patna, Allahabad, Kanpur and Haridwar. Along with the confluence of the Yamuna in Allahabad, they also got access to Yamuna waters.

Experts say that the backbone of the Tilpia fish originally from Bangkok is strong enough. It also creates a crisis on the lives of those eating organisms. It is believed that many crocodiles have died due to eating tilpia fish in the crocodile Century located in Chambal river.

In the ecosystem of the river the fish of local species plays an important role. They do the cleaning of the river. Whereas, foreign species are ending the number of local fish. This also threatens river health.

Dr V R Chitranshi, the former ADG Indian Council of Agriculture Research and the consultant of Central Inland Fisheries Institute, said, "Fishes of local species have been taking care of the health of Indian rivers more well. With the abundance of foreign fishes, their existence is facing a crisis which is a matter of concern."

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