Chief Scout of India spoke on Kargil Divas

New Delhi: “Let me first extend my gratitude to each and every one who was involved with the Kargil operation. Let me pay homage to all those who have laid their lives for the nation. The countrymen will never be able to forget the sacrifice these soldiers have done for the motherland,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chief Scout For India addressing scouts and guides and many people on web. 

 “Lets come together as a Nation of Youths and celebrate the success of our forces during Kargl operation. Our forces who all served this operation are today the real source of inspiration for the youth of this country. We have to learn a lot from these martyrs,” added Dr. Marwah motivating Scouts and Guides of India. 

 Kargil Vijay Diwas, named after the successful Operation Vijay, is celebrated in India on 26 July. On this date in 1999 India successfully took command of the high outposts which had been lost to Pakistan. The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days, ended on 26 July and resulted in loss of life on both the sides. 

 Later Dr. Sandeep Marwah read the important messages of the dignities “ one by one.Kargil Vijay Diwas is symbol of fearless determination & exceptional valour of our Armed Forces. I salute the soldiers who fought the enemy and laid down their life to defend Bharat Mata. The nation is forever grateful to them and their families,” said Shri Ram Nath Kovind President of India. 

 “On Kargil Vijay Diwas, we remember the courage and determination of our armed forces, who steadfastly protected our nation in 1999. Their valour continues to inspire generations,” said Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India 

 “Kargil is not only a symbol of our self-respect but also a step taken against injustice. Former PM AB Vajpayee had said that within the purview of national security whatever we do is for self-defence and not attack,” said :Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. 

Religion to spirituality webinar by World Peace Foundation

New Delhi: “Hey lord give me good thinking and good feelings so that I can do good deeds and through by good Karmas I would love to convert Earth into heaven. Today is the World Population Day, the current population of 770 crores will be 850 crores in 2030 What values we are planning to pass on to the next generation will depend upon what values we are going to create today,” we have to be serious and definitely concerned about it,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of World Peace Development And Research Foundation initiating the webinar organized by Confederation of World Religion.

 

Avadhuta H. H. Jagat Guru Dileep ji Maharaj spoke about his vision vision of fulfilling the ancient Vedic wisdom of great masters from India and create a global family “Vasudaivakudumbakam”. He suggested the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi “Simple Living and High Thinking”, the teachings of Swami Sivananda Saraswati “Love All, Serve All”, and the teachings of Mother Teresa “A Smile Can Change The World”.

 

His Holiness Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami Ji believes that only spiritual upliftment of mankind is not enough, along with it there has to be all-round knowledge of basic things. We all should be committed towards this development and carry related activities to fulfill this divine objective. Education is the need of the day he said.

 

“What is required is the combination of ancient meditation, yoga and new science. This method is very helpful to eradicate the beastie tendency and to proliferate the divine thoughts in human mind to build a peaceful society. Environment protection, conservation and restoration is another very important job we all have to get involved with to leave mother earth in good condition for the next generation,” said H.H. Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni.

 

Rajyogni B K. Saroj Didi Ji of Brahma Kumari, Adv. Brahmideviji of Sadguru Foundation Goa, B.K. Sunita Malik from Brahm Kumaris, Dr. Gopal Ji of Global Yog Alliance also spoke on the occasion.

 

Acharya Satyendra Narain President Confederation of World Religion extended vote of thanks and promised to come back with new discussion. AAFT University of Media And Arts, International Film And Television Research Centre and International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry supported the event.

Excessive Force used by Police officers in US

Police and the law is made to protect us rather than to exploit us. Police officers also have some rules and regulations which they need to follow strictly in any procedure during their duty hours. But in-spite of all this, there is a case of police brutality or violence every seven hours in United States. Excessive use of powers by police officers has been observed to suppress the situation or take that situation under their control.

Undue advantage or misuse of powers given by government to the police officers on common citizens breaching their civil rights is called police brutality or police violence. Police brutality does not just includes torture or encounters but also physical or verbal abuse,  mental torture, giving stress during interrogation, rape and false arrests. Police is meant to help us and protect our rights but it is more often seen that it terrifies the people around.

According to a data, every nine out of ten people claim that police violence is a problem in the country. (The Guardian)  Excessive force refers to situations where police officials try exceeding the minimum limit to control the situation. The constitutional right meant to protect from excessive force is found reasonable and as a requirement in the fourth amendment right and the prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment in eighth amendment law. But even after that many of rights of common people are violated by the police officers. (Kellie Pantekoek, Findlaw)

There have been many such cases where there was found to be misuse of force by the police officers. In a certain case of Tennessee V. Garner who was trying to flee from a house he had burglarised, he was a non- threatening teenager but the police shot him to stop him. This case was taken to Supreme Court and it refused to authorise the use of “all the necessary means to affect the arrest” plead so avoid the violation of fourth amendment. Similarly, it recognized the arrest of unnecessary people and torturing them to get information. There should be certain ways to do it. (Berenice Garcia, The Monitor)

In the recent times, where there is a huge protest for treating black people with respect and dignity, there had been some cases which show excessive steps taken by police officers to stop the crowd, which was protesting peacefully. Last month when U.S president Donald Trump went to visit a historic church near the white house, the police officers threw tear gas on the people doing silent protest and turned them out of the way. (The Guardian)

The Black Lives Matter protests peaked on 6 June with half a million people protesting in nearly 550 places across America. This is being considered as biggest protest till date and the reason, not to mention, is excessive force and torture being executed on the common people by the police officers. It all started with George Floyd unreasonable brutal torture, where he was restrained in the ground on road and was tortured to such an extent that he lost his life. George kept on appealing that let him breathe nearly 30 times, he told that he was claustrophobic and did not had any weapons and was ready to surrender but the police officers inhumanly tortured him to death. (USA Today, Joshua Bute)

Racism is a big problem in America and the growing cases of police violence and brutality only makes it worse. There is a need of strict monitoring to avoid and discrepancies further and the US government should take strict actions against anyone not following or going through the defined laws. However, Trump has launched full-throated defenses of the police, about which the survey found by the guardian had contrasting views.  

According to the survey, three out of four people that are around 76 percent of people believe that most cops are good people but there are a few “bad apples”. But more than one in 10 that is thirteen percent people have the opposite opinion which is that most police officers are bad people, but there are some good ones. Through the survey one thing was clearly evident that excessive use of powers in US by the police officers was a serious matter or concern.

Law is above all and everyone should follow it. Police officers also have some guidelines which they should follow regardless of their personal liking or disliking. Powers are given to the police officers to take action when there is need. But misusing it for their personal grudge, no matter how serious is not acceptable.

Fourth Amendment and Eighth amendment speaks about the violence against common citizens. Also Supreme Court asked the police to get into the detail of an investigation and before taking actions, certain decorum should be maintained. Supreme Court issued some steps of differentiating the level of punishment and actions which can be taken by police officers in order to arrest the criminals. (Associated Press)

Physical presence, verbalization, empty hand control which deals which physical body moves, less lethal methods or weapons and then lethal weapons like guns and firearms should be allowed. And while taking action on any step, police should have credible proof of arresting the person. Even then use of unreasonable force should stop if the suspect is successfully restrained and checked. It is not allowed to punish suspects or criminals who do not posses threats. 

After acknowledging all this, it is our role to keep ourselves aware of the rights and keep in check abouhow we can prevent police officers from using excessive force on the public unnecessarily. For that purpose some remedies are available. Excessive force is a constitutional violation and any person who has been a victim of such thing can file a civil right complain for monetary injunctive relief. (Associated Press)

The victim can also file a complaint in Department of Justice, which may decide to investigate your case if some relevant clue is found. Generally when the person files the complaint, the court looks into the matter very precisely and judges on some crucial criteria. They try to know the severity of the crime committed by the person, any happening which could or had threatened the police officer to take that particular action against him/her and whether it is justified or not. The court tries to find if the individual was resisting request or trying to flee in any case. If there were any alternatives which the officer had to prevent the action of sequences and if at all warning was provided by the police official. (Kellie Pantekoek, Findlaw)

These factors matter a lot however saying so over the year’s police officials somehow escape the trap and get immunity for just doing the job. The situation often is not that complicated as it is shown in the court of justice. Hence the real victims of police brutality do not get proper justice and their rights are often violated. It would not be wrong to say that due to existing racism in the country, a major amount of cases happening due to excessive power used by police force is on a particular community or race.

It is really disheartening to know that in every seven hours, there is case of police violence or brutality where the police officers use excessive force resulting in violation of civil rights of people living in United States. (Business Standard)  This unfair and unreasonable practice should stop as soon as it is possible.

Importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are institutions of Higher Education which were made for the purpose of enriching the education among the African American Community. Cheney University, established in 1837, is the oldest HBCU founded by Richard Humphreys. Today more than 70% of African Americans dentists have obtained their degree from a Historically Black College or University.

According to a data of NCES, only 15-17% of black students are enrolled in colleges among which 14% have obtained their degree from HBCU College. These colleges are especially for those who are at high risk of not entering or completing college, students at low income group and first generation college students. (HBCU Buzz, NCES)

HBCU’s were created after Civil War to meet educational needs of the students of US. There has been no looking back and many renowned colleges are a part of HBCU.  However there have been many myths about the Historically Black Colleges and University. First of all it is being said that enrollments in HBCU are declining, however in past few years many African American students choose to go to a HBCU college as they find it a safer environment and rather there has been an increase of about 30% in admissions in these colleges.

Then other myths are that these colleges are more expensive and do not have quality of education which is quite wrong. Tuition fees of HBCU’s are 6000$ less than other colleges. Other than that it is said that they lack diversity and do not have adequate resources which is also not true.

World Population Day observed at WPDRF

New Delhi: It took hundreds of thousands of years for the world population to grow to 1 billion – then in just another 200 years or so, it grew seven fold. In 2011, the global population reached the 7 billion mark, and today, it stands at about 7.7 billion, and it’s expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.9 billion in 2100.

“ This massive growth has been driven largely by increasing numbers of people surviving to reproductive age, and has been accompanied by major changes in fertility rates, increasing urbanization and accelerating migration. These trends will affect the future of human race,” said Sandeep Marwah President of World Peace Development And Research Foundation while talking to the large audience at a webinar conducted to observe World Population Day.

 early 1970s, women had on average  4.5 children each; by 2015, total fertility for the world had fallen to below 2.5 children per woman. Meanwhile, average global lifespans  have risen, from 64.6 years in the early 1990s to  72.6 years in 2019.

In addition, the world is seeing high levels of urbanization  and accelerating migration. 2007 was the first year in which more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas , and by 2050 about 66 per cent of the world population will be living in cities.

These megatrends have far-reaching implications. They affect economic development, employment, income distribution, poverty and social protections. They also affect efforts to ensure universal access to health care, education, housing, sanitation, water, food and energy. To more sustainably address the needs of individuals, policymakers must understand how many people are living on the planet, where they are, how old they are, and how many people will come after them

The event was supported by ICMEI- International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry, AAFT University of Media And Arts, IFUNA- Indian Federation of United Nations Associations and IFTRC- International Film And Television Research Centre.

National Day of Mangolia celebrated at AAFT

New Delhi: ICMEI- International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry celebrated National Day of Mongolia with its members on web which falls on 11^th July. The President of the Chamber congratulated the Ambassador and his complete team in New Delhi.

“I on behalf of ICMEI and compete media and entertainment industry of India extend my heartiest congratulations to H.E. Gonchig Ganbold Ambassador of Mongolia to India and the people of Republic of Mongolia on this auspicious occasion of National Day of his country. The relation between India and Mongolia go back to centuries. I pray and wish for a much stronger relation between the two countries,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of ICMEI and Chair for Indo Mongolian Film And Cultural Forum.

IMFCF- Indo Mongolian Film And Cultural Forum has done extremely well in these last two years. Dr. Sandeep Marwah also had the opportunity to brief H.E. Khaltmaagiin Battulga the President of Mongolia about the activities of the forum in India during his last visit to New Delhi, who is the Chief Patron of the association.

National Day of Comoros celebrated by AAFT

New Delhi; ICMEI extends its best wishes and congratulations on behalf of Media And Entertainment Industry of India to K.L.Ganju the Consul General of Comoros in India on the National Day of the Republic of Union of the Comoros which falls on 6^th July.

“I on behalf of Indian Media And Entertainment Industry congratulate Shri K.L.Ganju the Consul General of Comoros in India and the people of Comoros on the National Day of the Comoros. India and Comoros have been friends for ages and I pray for the much stronger ties with Comoros, “ said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry and Chair for Indo Comoros Film And Cultural Forum.

ICFCF- Indo Comoros Film And Cultural Forum has been now part of many major international events of ICMEI with the presence of K.L.Ganju including Global Film Festival, Global Festival of Journalism, Global Literary Festival and Global Fashion Week. Recently a scholarship has also been handed over for the deserving student to study films in India.