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[00:00:10] Hello and welcome to the news. I am Jaya Sinha.
[00:00:14] Let's start with today's headlines.
[00:00:16] Prime Minister Modi
[00:00:20] attended the 57th
[00:00:23] neglect or abuse towards convocation ceremony of IIT Delhi. He said that the youth will have a big
[00:00:26] responsibility in the coming times. He
[00:00:30] inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI-powered
[00:00:31] system.
[00:00:40] Politics heats up before the Punjab Assembly elections.
[00:00:43] BJP accuses the AAP government of misusing government machinery.
[00:00:47] A large number of youths are dying due to drugs.
[00:00:50] Extortion and torture
[00:00:52] are rampant.
[00:00:58] Shiv devotees rained flowers and said
[00:01:01] that the government is ready to protect
[00:01:05] and welcome the Kanwariyas.
[00:01:10] an oath is taken
[00:01:17] In Jharkhand, protesting students again held talks with the Soren
[00:01:20] government today regarding alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations,
[00:01:24] but no solution was found. For now,
[00:01:27] the government has launched a website and email
[00:01:30] for
[00:01:34] Along with old age, complaints.
[00:01:39] Road accident in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. A bus overturned
[00:01:42] uncontrollably on the Bairagarh-Tissa road. Seven
[00:01:46] people died and 11 were injured in the accident. The death toll
[00:01:49] may rise.
[00:01:57] as a challenge with old age. examinations, students Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 57th convocation ceremony of IIT Delhi as the chief guest.
[00:01:59] He awarded meritorious students who performed
[00:02:04] with the State Social brilliantly academically. He dedicated
[00:02:06] the Param Pragya Supercomputing facility, established
[00:02:10] at IIT Delhi's Sonipat campus, to the nation.
[00:02:13] This state-of-the-art AI-based facility will further strengthen
[00:02:17] the institute's capabilities in the field of
[00:02:20] artificial intelligence, data sciences, advanced computing, and interdisciplinary research.
[00:02:24] The Prime Minister said that in a rapidly changing
[00:02:28] world, every era
[00:03:00] felt like this.
[00:03:02] It used to take hours or days
[00:03:05] the students are now seen protesting to find solutions in simulation. But
[00:03:07] then
[00:03:11] you solved the problem
[00:03:15] and brought something new.
[00:03:19] Similarly, in
[00:03:22] life too,
[00:03:24] there will be difficulties.
[00:03:27] But
[00:03:30] difficulties have a nature. They
[00:03:34] do not come alone.
[00:03:37] When a difficulty comes,
[00:03:41] it also brings opportunities
[00:03:45] with it.
[00:03:45] Everyone
[00:03:52] just needs to be alert,
[00:03:56] careful. What
[00:03:58] this institution has taught
[00:04:02] must be remembered again
[00:04:06] and again.
[00:04:08] The Prime Minister said that the youth of the country have a big responsibility to play
[00:04:12] a positive role in making the country self-reliant and developed.
[00:04:15] Today, somewhere
[00:04:18] a young engineer of the country
[00:04:21] is saying with pride, "First
[00:04:25] in my bloodline."
[00:04:28] And
[00:04:31] and spend some time during the day
[00:05:00] I strongly believe that
[00:05:03] everything from chips to ships
[00:05:07] will be made by your
[00:05:10] own hands.
[00:05:14] In Jharkhand, a large number of candidates are protesting
[00:05:17] at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi
[00:05:21] over allegations of irregularities in examinations. The students'
[00:05:24] demand is that the disputed examination be cancelled and
[00:05:28] an impartial inquiry be conducted into the entire matter. A delegation of the state government
[00:05:32] held talks with representatives of the agitating students today.
[00:05:36] The group of ministers included Sudivya Kumar, Deepika
[00:05:39] Pandey Singh, Chamra Linda, and Sanjay
[00:05:42] Yadav. After
[00:05:46] meeting with the delegation of candidates,
[00:05:50] Jharkhand Minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu said that the
[00:05:53] government will talk to all student groups
[00:05:56] and concerned stakeholders. He said that a collective
[00:05:59] decision will be taken based on all
[00:06:02] suggestions.
[00:06:05] This delegation will continue to meet with different
[00:06:08] student groups and stakeholders. Today
[00:06:49] we have a policy of form and a collective decision. Eight protestors in Jharkhand are on hunger strike. They say that if their demands
[00:06:52] are not met, they will march to the Assembly on August 10.
[00:06:56] Watch this special report by our correspondent Diwakar
[00:06:59] Kumar.
[00:07:01] In
[00:07:04] Jharkhand, to stop irregularities in competitive
[00:07:08] are now fighting a do-or-die battle. Look at this picture of Bapu,
[00:07:12] with the picture of Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar, these students have been
[00:07:16] on a hunger strike for the past five days.
[00:07:19] Although their indefinite strike has reached
[00:07:22] its 15th day and this movement is continuously
[00:07:26] growing, one of their associates fell ill yesterday,
[00:07:29] after which he was admitted to the hospital yesterday, but
[00:07:33] his condition is now good. So the movement is continuously growing
[00:07:37] and another group of students there also has four students
[00:07:40] sitting on a hunger strike in the same way and this movement
[00:07:44] is continuously growing and their indefinite strike has been
[00:07:48] going on continuously for the past 15 days, but the government has tried to break the deadlock
[00:07:52] and now they hope that some way will be found soon and if
[00:07:56] a way is not found, then on the 10th, they are firm on their program
[00:08:00] of marching to the assembly and in this way they will continue
[00:08:03] the movement in which some more students will also join
[00:08:06] this indefinite hunger strike. With my colleague Vikas, I am
[00:08:10] Diwakar Kumar, Doordarshan News.
[00:08:14] With satirical slogans,
[00:08:18] with roses. Diwakar is giving more information
[00:08:21] about this form of student movement.
[00:08:23] In
[00:08:26] Jharkhand, this fast for 15 consecutive days
[00:08:29] regarding irregularities in competitive examinations and the demand
[00:08:33] to cancel JPSC PT, the indefinite
[00:08:37] strike is continuously going on and look, every day
[00:08:40] their method of protest is changing every day. Today these
[00:08:44] people were seen with these pamphlets, hoardings and banner posters every day,
[00:08:48] but today they have come to give a message to the government through roses,
[00:08:52] so that their voice reaches peacefully and the talks they are having
[00:08:55] continuously, a positive result also comes out of it,
[00:08:59] so that the voice of the students can get justice and
[00:09:03] they can take that justice forward. With my colleagues Saurav
[00:09:07] and Vikas, I am Diwakar Kumar, Doordarshan News,
[00:09:10] Ranchi. So the student movement is growing, we will take a short
[00:09:13] break and will be back soon.
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[00:10:50] Narendra Modi. After the meeting, Raghav Chadha posted
[00:10:53] on social media calling it a memorable morning.
[00:10:57] He said that he had a detailed
[00:11:00] and enlightening discussion with the Prime Minister.
[00:11:03] Raghav Chadha expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister
[00:11:07] for giving him time and the opportunity to hear his
[00:11:10] thoughts and guidance.
[00:11:14] And a new series 'Operation Safed Sagar' has been released
[00:11:17] on OTT. This series is based on
[00:11:20] an air mission of the Indian Air Force's Golden Arrow
[00:11:23] Squadron during the 1999 Kargil War. The star cast
[00:11:27] of the series visited News and let's know what is special
[00:11:31] about this story.
[00:11:33] Operation Safed Sagar is a story of the extraordinary spirit of ordinary
[00:11:37] people. At this moment, I have the entire star cast
[00:11:41] of Operation Safed Sagar with me. A very warm welcome to DD News.
[00:11:44] First of all, if you want to say in one word, Operation Safed Sagar has premiered
[00:11:48] now, what was
[00:11:51] your experience like? The experience was very inspiring.
[00:11:55] We have learned a lot and been inspired a lot from here. And
[00:11:58] we hope that whoever watches this show, which is streaming on Netflix
[00:12:02] from today, will also have that experience.
[00:12:05] This series came out after a lot of hard work and research. How was
[00:12:09] the entire prep, if you can tell briefly, and now that it has come out and people
[00:12:13] are watching it, how are you feeling? It feels very good
[00:12:16] because this show has been made with a lot of research
[00:12:20] and we have got this opportunity to play the roles of fighter pilots
[00:12:24] and I think it will inspire the younger generation
[00:12:27] a lot, do watch it. Prajakta, tell us how important
[00:12:31] is the role of a soldier's family behind him. How do you bring
[00:12:35] that character to life on screen here? I can only try and I have
[00:12:39] done that. But the family plays a very big role
[00:12:42] and I think when you watch the show,
[00:12:46] you will understand its nuances and details even more, how important
[00:12:50] this relationship is. Tarukh, such a big star cast, so much responsibility,
[00:12:54] and there are many stunts, VFX. How was it to bring the entire
[00:12:58] series together and now that its reviews have started coming in,
[00:13:01] Madam, in this entire series, my contribution is very small.
[00:13:05] Stunts, VFX, technical team, at least
[00:13:09] thousands of people have worked on this show. We come last, we are actors,
[00:13:13] our job is to go there and just say some lines
[00:13:17] and express our emotions and just try our best.
[00:13:20] But the entire team has worked very hard and I think
[00:13:24] we have done something very good.
[00:14:26] Yes, courage, courage, courage.
[00:14:29] They spread the sky under
[00:14:32] their feet. They have so much
[00:14:35] courage, courage,
[00:14:37] courage.
[00:14:41] With this, that's all for the news. Please excuse me and my entire team.
[00:14:44] Namaste.
[00:14:45] We bring your talk on senior
[00:15:03] citizens, care, system, vulnerability to
[00:15:07] abuse, welfare, awareness and strengthening access
[00:15:10] to justice, this talk was part of a webinar
[00:15:14] organized by the department of justice. Senior citizens care,
[00:15:17] whether it is in villages or in cities,
[00:15:21] we have to create awareness about it.
[00:15:25] Or policy makers, NGOs, civil society or wider
[00:15:28] society need to be integrated into this. India, slowly
[00:15:32] but surely, is moving towards an aging
[00:15:35] tsunami. Better
[00:16:08] can emerge. In our culture
[00:16:10] and in our society, since ancient
[00:16:14] times, there has been a joint family system
[00:16:17] and a feeling of care and respect towards senior
[00:16:21] citizens. We are certainly seeing some slight cracks
[00:16:24] or slight strains in it. And
[00:16:28] these statistics you are seeing show that a very large
[00:16:32] number of people, 80% of senior
[00:16:35] citizens, live in rural areas. And a matter of concern is that a very
[00:16:39] large section of them are illiterate,
[00:16:43] less educated, and are only engaged in physical labor.
[00:16:45] More than 58%
[00:16:48] of women are above 60 years of age.
[00:16:51] Their economic condition or social support,
[00:16:55] emotional support, we need to work more on that.
[00:16:58] Broadly, the challenges that old age
[00:17:02] brings with it are not only at an emotional level,
[00:17:05] but also at a physical and mental level, they are very
[00:17:09] daunting.
[00:17:12] diseases, loneliness, and children
[00:17:15] moving to outside cities for work,
[00:17:18] and because the body is weak,
[00:17:22] physically or mentally you are not as capable,
[00:17:26] so you are not able to work as much by going out of the house.
[00:17:30] Therefore, livelihood-related problems are also emerging
[00:17:34] As changes are coming in society, the family
[00:17:38] structure is undergoing
[00:17:42] a transformation. So earlier, what used to be a silent
[00:17:46] problem or was talked about behind closed doors,
[00:17:49] now slowly the media and other
[00:17:52] awareness or Resident Welfare Associations, Senior Citizen
[00:17:55] Associations, Pensioners Associations and even
[00:17:58] NGOs are now bringing this out in the open
[00:18:02] and talking about it. When this survey was done for the last seven years,
[00:18:05] who commits this elder abuse? Then very shocking figures
[00:18:09] came to light that at least the survey showed
[00:18:13] that across India, 82%
[00:18:17] of adults, their children, sons and
[00:18:20] daughters, and daughters-in-law who
[00:18:23] take care of them, whether they are formal caregivers or informal
[00:18:27] caregivers, the bedridden people were found to be
[00:18:31] victims of this. Many senior
[00:18:34] citizen women who beg have also been victims
[00:18:38] of sexual exploitation. Financial
[00:18:41] exploitation or financial abuse is more often discussed
[00:18:44] because it is related to property. Getting checks
[00:18:48] signed from them by intimidating, threatening, or enticing them,
[00:18:51] getting property papers transferred in their name, and then throwing
[00:18:55] them out of the house, you must have often read about this
[00:18:59] in the media. So the question arises that abuse also happens to children,
[00:19:03] and also to women, so why are we more vulnerable
[00:19:06] or susceptible to elder abuse? So there are some
[00:19:10] reasons for that. You all must have
[00:19:13] heard the word Alzheimer's or dementia.
[00:19:16] So mental health-related issues are becoming
[00:19:20] very pronounced. And
[00:19:23] if a person does not know about himself, about his condition,
[00:19:26] about his finances, about his food,
[00:19:30] if he has problems with forgetting, then he becomes more
[00:19:34] vulnerable to abuse. Secondly,
[00:19:37] especially in urban areas, loneliness
[00:19:40] or children moving away, social
[00:19:44] isolation, reducing interaction with people of their age,
[00:19:48] reducing going out, that also increases
[00:19:51] vulnerability to abuse. And another
[00:19:53] thing that came to light in the survey
[00:19:57] is the stress of caregivers. In that also, the people
[00:20:01] who take care of them are sometimes unable to bear the pressure
[00:20:04] and in that frustration, they commit atrocities
[00:20:08] or ill-will towards senior citizens.
[00:20:11] In this, one more thing has been observed
[00:20:15] that those senior citizens who are financially insecure,
[00:20:19] who do not have a regular income, savings,
[00:20:22] or have very little knowledge about their rights
[00:20:26] or government schemes or laws,
[00:20:30] they are more physically and emotionally vulnerable to elder
[00:20:34] abuse, and the dependence on the caregiver
[00:20:38] also somewhere increases their vulnerability.
[00:20:41] One abuse is what
[00:20:45] their caregivers, society or family members
[00:20:48] do. Another type of abuse is self-neglect.
[00:20:52] When a person becomes very disappointed or
[00:20:55] indifferent towards society or family, then he
[00:20:58] also becomes indifferent towards himself, and in such a situation,
[00:21:02] taking medicine on time, eating food, maintaining his hygiene,
[00:21:06] going out for prayers, all those things that they stop
[00:21:10] doing, are also considered
[00:21:13] themselves. The broad signs we all know
[00:21:16] of physical abuse, neglect, can be marks of injury,
[00:21:20] marks of burns, or any senior citizen
[00:21:24] who was doing normal activities but suddenly withdrew,
[00:21:28] stopped talking, stopped going out, meeting friends,
[00:21:31] or completely stopped their daily activities,
[00:21:35] and in their financial situation, suppose you suddenly see
[00:21:38] a lot of change, that earlier they were fine
[00:21:42] and now they have no money to spend,
[00:21:45] or you hear sounds
[00:21:48] of them being beaten or abused in the house,
[00:21:52] their caregiver and senior citizen, their
[00:21:55] hygiene, their daily needs, their medicines,
[00:21:59] all this and if their health
[00:22:01] is unexplainedly bad for a very long time,
[00:22:05] then these are some symptoms or signs by which you can
[00:22:08] find out that everything is not right with the senior
[00:22:12] citizen. Intimidation, sidelining them in any matter,
[00:22:15] not discussing about them, financial exploitation is very
[00:22:19] pronounced and is increasing a lot. Our ministry's
[00:22:22] national helpline, 14567
[00:22:26] Elder Line, gets a lot
[00:22:29] of cases related to this, in which either by misleading
[00:22:33] them or by love or by enticing them, whether
[00:22:36] they are domestic helpers working in their house, or family
[00:22:40] members, caregivers, once they get something in their name,
[00:22:44] then they face a lot of problems. So this kind of awareness
[00:22:48] is very important for senior
[00:23:50] citizens, I would definitely like to talk about
[00:23:53] one first and foremost thing with you, senior citizens
[00:23:57] themselves taking responsibility for themselves, when
[00:24:01] they are in their 40s or 50s or early 60s,
[00:24:04] taking responsibility for their health, for their food on time,
[00:24:08] taking care of their savings, not spending
[00:24:10] all their money on their daughter's marriage
[00:24:14] or building a house, this is our
[00:24:17] retirement counseling, this is our main duty.
[00:24:20] Secondly, those who work
[00:24:24] for them, professionals, health workers or financial
[00:24:28] workers, spreading awareness among them. The
[00:24:31] agencies that work for them, lawmaking, law enforcement, police,
[00:24:35] NGOs, paralegal volunteers,
[00:24:38] providing them with information about what elder abuse
[00:24:42] is, what the maintenance act is. And
[00:24:46] at the grassroots level, the agencies
[00:24:50] whether it is panchayats, or RWAs, or
[00:24:53] other associations, urban local bodies, there should
[00:24:56] be some kind of facility.
[00:24:59] This is very important. In the changing environment,
[00:25:03] having only old age homes is not enough for us. In the coming
[00:25:07] times, day care centers, multi-service
[00:25:10] centers or such places for intergenerational
[00:25:13] bonding, some schools or colleges should have a designated place
[00:25:17] where they can come
[00:25:21] and meet people of their age. The nodal
[00:25:24] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has played a critical
[00:25:27] role in the welfare of senior citizens,
[00:25:30] and this scheme was launched in 2010, Regional Resource and Training Centers
[00:25:34] on Aging, and our main role in this
[00:25:38] is to provide technical support and inputs to the Ministry.
[00:25:42] We train the agencies that are allocated to us
[00:25:45] in the states, and multiple agencies, whether they are schools,
[00:25:49] colleges, panchayats, health departments,
[00:25:53] every department that deals with senior citizens, we
[00:25:57] provide them with training, capacity building, handholding, and awareness.
[00:26:00] Campaigns are conducted on a wide scale. Every year
[00:26:04] when October 1st comes, Senior Citizens' Day,
[00:26:08] themes are decided, sometimes financial, sometimes legal,
[00:26:12] sometimes health, and aging with dignity,
[00:26:15] dignified old age is our main aim. So this is the
[00:26:19] broad mandate from training and capacity building to research to
[00:26:22] advocacy to data bank generation, and a very
[00:26:26] important thing in this is ensuring a
[00:26:29] model implementation of old age homes. What kind of facilities
[00:26:33] are available in the old age homes under the ministry, CCTV, and
[00:26:37] all the workers working there, the inmates, their supervision
[00:26:40] and handholding also comes under our scope of work.
[00:26:44] Like International Day of Older Persons Mass Awareness Program, in which
[00:26:47] thousands of people participate, World Elder Abuse
[00:26:51] Awareness Day comes on June 15th, please all of you note
[00:26:55] this and it should be observed in all your circles.
[00:26:58] In this, we take out rallies, do road shows, seminars,
[00:27:02] workshops, and the ministry
[00:27:05] plays a very important role, an oath
[00:27:09] is administered,
[00:27:13] through the young generation that we will take care
[00:27:16] of our senior citizens throughout their lives and
[00:27:20] our normally ministers and other senior
[00:27:23] people conduct this. Swachhta Diwas, Yoga Diwas, and Aging
[00:27:27] with Dignity Campaign, as I said, apart from this, we conduct
[00:27:31] sensitization programs on different policies for
[00:27:34] one day each. Elder's Month is in October, the entire
[00:27:38] month we implement different
[00:27:40] activities almost up to the district level
[00:27:44] in India. In this, we especially give importance
[00:27:47] to women in the program, the Matri Shakti
[00:27:50] program is on senior citizen women. One more
[00:27:54] very important thing is that the condition of senior
[00:27:58] citizens aged 70, 80, 90 years in different
[00:28:01] jails is also being worked upon in collaboration
[00:28:07] Welfare Department and Home Department. And this Aging with Dignity
[00:28:10] campaign is now a pan-India campaign that runs in collaboration
[00:28:14] with state governments. Our organization
[00:28:17] Anugrah Delhi State Legal Services Authority in Delhi, in collaboration
[00:28:21] with the Delhi High Court, runs India's only
[00:28:25] unique center, Swabhiman
[00:28:28] Parisar. This series started in 2010.
[00:28:31] Samman Kendra, Swabhiman Kendra, Leh Ladakh,
[00:28:35] Uttarakhand, Jammu Kashmir, at many places
[00:28:39] and Haryana, and now in Delhi, these awareness
[00:28:43] programs that reach their doorstep, this is what
[00:28:46] I was mentioning to. So it basically focuses legal aid,
[00:28:50] counseling, training and holistic care, India's first
[00:28:53] model welfare center for senior citizens. As I said to all of you,
[00:28:56] we have to work collectively towards a
[00:28:59] society which is an age
[00:29:02] friendly India and age friendly society and especially I would
[00:29:06] say youth has very important responsibility not only
[00:29:09] government but all the stakeholders
[00:29:25] in this. Thank you so much. In this week's Defense Dynamics,
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