COURAGE:

” Life shrinks or expands in proportion to your courage.”

” Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.”

” Help is largely giving people courage.”

CONVERSATION:

” It’s better to be silent and be considered a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”

” Silence is one of the arts of conversation.”

” It takes a great person to make a good listener.”

” The art of conversation is not knowing what you ought to say, but what you ought not to say.”

CONFIDENCE:

” Life’s battles don’t always go to the strongest or the fastest person, but sooner or later the person who wins is the one who thinks they can.”

COMPETITORS:

” Appreciate your competitors they are your stimulus for change.”

” Concentrate your strengths against your competitor’s weaknesses.”

As India has been battling with the double blow of a surge in covid-19 infections and the severe damage to its economy, the military confrontation with China in Ladakh has posed a fresh national challenge.

India seeks friends in turbulent times

• Despite the Ladakh face-off, India’s foreign policy interests are better served by the Russia-India-China combine
• Despite nationalistic fervour, ties with China cannot be severed without hurting India’s economic interests. The RIC combine enables each partner to retain a fair degree of national autonomy 

Maharashtra sees nearly 5,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, biggest spike so far

• The total number of confirmed virus patients have rose to 1,47,741 after 4,841 more patients tested positive in the state in the last 24 hours
• The death toll also increased to 6,931 as 192 more virus-related fatalities were reported in the state since Wednesday

Maharashtra on Thursday recorded highest single-day novel coronavirus cases, pushing the Covid-19 case count in the state beyond 1.4 lakh since the outbreak.

Regular trains cancelled until 12 August, special trains to continue: Railways

• However, the special 230 trains will continue to function, said the national transporter
• Also, all the tickets booked for the regular time-tabled trains from 1 July-12 August stand cancelled and full refund will be generated, says Railways 

The latest border stand-off with China has created possibilities of India raising barriers on Chinese imports. The possibility arises at a time when India is devoting considerable energy to articulating ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, the notion of a self-reliant India. The import pushback inherent in the belief is accentuated by border clashes with China, leading to the surmise of India enhancing tariffs on Chinese imports. Unilateral trade-restrictive actions like tariffs are intended to convey to China, India’s determination to not allow import dependence to come in the way of its acting tough on China.

It’s India, not China, that tariffs would hurt

 The non-negotiable nature of India’s import dependency on China makes the prospect of unilateral trade actions quite doubtful in securing its objectives. Such actions, if implemented exhaustively, are likely to end up injuring Indian producers and consumers significantly.