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Myths related to novel Coronavirus COVID-19

2020-03-31T00:18:00.000+05:30

WHO Myth-busters

In this blog, I am going to debunk widely popular myths regarding novel Coronavirus COVID-19 according to the WHO.

What are coronaviruses, COVID-19 and how are they related to SARS?

What is a coronavirus?

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness in animals or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The most recently discovered coronavirus causes coronavirus disease COVID-19.

What is COVID-19?

COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

Is COVID-19 the same as SARS?

No. The virus that causes COVID-19 and the one that caused the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 are related to each other genetically, but the diseases they cause are quite different. SARS was more deadly but much less infectious than COVID-19. There have been no outbreaks of SARS anywhere in the world since 2003.

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are:
🤒 fever
😴 tiredness
💨 dry cough

Some patients may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea.

These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually. Some people become infected but don’t develop any symptoms and don't feel unwell.

Most people (about 80%) recover from the disease without needing special treatment. Around 1 out of every 6 people who gets COVID-19 becomes seriously ill and develops difficulty breathing.

Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like high blood pressure, heart problems or diabetes, are more likely to develop serious illness.

People with fever, cough and difficulty breathing should seek medical attention.

FACTS

🔢 People of all ages CAN be infected by the coronavirus. Older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.

❄️ Cold weather and snow CANNOT kill the coronavirus.

☀️ The coronavirus CAN be transmitted in areas with hot and humid climates

🦟 The coronavirus CANNOT be transmitted through mosquito bites.

🐶 There is NO evidence that companion animals/pets such as dogs or cats can transmit the coronavirus.

🛀 Taking a hot bath DOES NOT prevent the coronavirus

💨 Hand dryers are NOT effective in killing the coronavirus

🟣 Ultraviolet light SHOULD NOT be used for sterilization and can cause skin irritation

🌡️ Thermal scanners CAN detect if people have a fever but CANNOT detect whether or not someone has the coronavirus

💦 Spraying alcohol or chlorine all over your body WILL NOT kill viruses that have already entered your body

💉 Vaccines against pneumonia, such as pneumococcal vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, DO NOT provide protection against the coronavirus.

👃 There is NO evidence that regularly rinsing the nose with saline has protected people from infection with the coronavirus.

🧄 Garlic is healthy but there is NO evidence from the current outbreak that eating garlic has protected people from the coronavirus.

💊 Antibiotics DO NOT work against viruses, antibiotics only work against bacteria.

🧪 To date, there is NO specific medicine recommended to prevent or treat the coronavirus.

Check the facts on the WHO website: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

Protect yourself

🧼 Wash your hands frequently

👄 Avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose

💪 Cover your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze

🚷 Avoid crowded places

🏠Stay at home if you feel unwell - even with a slight fever and cough

🤒 If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early - but call by phone
first

Speed up your android device by tweaking Kernel Adiutor(root) settings

2020-03-31T00:02:00.001+05:30

Hello readers, today I'm going to share with you the most powerful root app named Kernel Adiutor.
I have been using for very long and have experimented it with different combinations of settings and have found out that the best possible settings which would definitely empower your device to get the best performance with decent battery life. These settings are universal in any android smartphone and hence can be modified with ease.
By tweaking it as follows you will notice a significant improvement in app launch time and also while multi-tasking. Let's dive into it.

Requirements:

Root privilege
Android smartphone
Little knowledge of tweaking and customizing.

Steps:

After successfully installing the "Kernel Adiutor" via play store.
Swipe from the left edge to see a list of options and hit I/O Scheduler.

Change the values and entries as follows:

INTERNAL STORAGE

Scheduler--------------------noop

Read-ahead----------------2048kb

Rotational Storage---------ON

I/O Stats---------------------OFF

Add Random----------------ON

RQ Affinity------------------2

EXTERNAL STORAGE

Scheduler--------------------noop

Read-ahead----------------2048kb

Rotational Storage---------ON

I/O Stats---------------------OFF

Add Random----------------ON

RQ Affinity------------------2

After that tick "Apply on boot"
Then go into Low Memory Killer and click on Aggressive.
If you have Adaptive Low Memory Killer option, enable it otherwise leave it.
Tick "Apply on boot"
Go to Entropy settings

Set as following:

Read----------------------256

Write---------------------512

Tick "Apply on boot"
After that go to settings from options and just click on Script.
And that's all. Restart your device to apply settings immediately.

Please tell me in the comments if you found this blog helpful. Also, you can ask any query related to this.

Advantages of choosing Sociology optional in UPSC Civil Services Exam

2020-03-30T23:08:00.000+05:30

“The country doesn’t deserve anything less than success from us. Let us aim for success”
– Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Dear students, we all are striving for success in some way or another and UPSC is one of that platform through which we strive for success and Sociology is one of the optional through which you can enhance your chances to become successful.

Sociology is extension of our common sense knowledge of social life. As student in some way or another is connected with this society so he/she is having some basic understanding of society. But despite this some basic questions come in our mind regarding the pros and cons of Sociology as optional.

Advantages of Sociology

How effective is Sociology as an Optional in UPSC?

Sociology is very effective optional. It not only helps you to get good marks in optional paper but is also helpful in Essay and better writing skills.

What is the success ratio of Sociology in UPSC?

Success Ratio varies- the number of candidates getting selected are around 85 to 240. This ratio, however, can be neglected; this is because there are numerous candidates who score high in their optional but due to not performing well in their GS papers, they are not able to clear Mains.

Will Sociology help in General Studies also?

Yes definitely, being a generalized topic, it helps in all the four papers of the General Studies. Various sections in which it helps in General Studies has been mentioned below in this Approach paper.

Why Sociology is a safer optional?

Sociology is considered as a safer optional as it doesn’t require any particular knowledge or academic background for its preparation as an optional. It has been proved many times that candidates without any prior knowledge of Sociology have scored well in their optional paper.

Who should take Sociology?

Any student can take Sociology as an optional as it deals with society and we all are staying in this society itself. Apart from humanities background, students from technical background can also opt for Sociology as students from this background has an edge in applied aspects of Sociology. Rest of the students who are coming from other streams can also chose Sociology as an optional as it is much generalized in nature and no specialization is required for it.

Which books can be referred for Sociology?

Being one of the popular optional subject abundant study materials are available. But beginning should always be done with NCERT 11th & 12th.

Other Benefits

1.You will never get very low score in this subject. Regardless of whether or not you have finished the syllabus, you can without much of a stretch compose answers from a general up point of view and it will enable you to score marks unlike other subjects where there are odds of you getting a zero too in your answers.
2.Further, Sociology helps you have a generalized theory on each topic; this means scoring more marks in essays.
3.Better your interview and speaking abilities at different levels.
4.Questions on theories are repeat quite often. So, there's no need to worry about getting shockers in the exam.
5.Aforementioned, no necessity to have a background of Sociology.
6.Syllabus is not very long.
7.Study material is conveniently available.

Syllabus overlap of Sociology with GS papers

General Studies - Paper I
• Political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
• Notable highlights of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
• Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
• Impacts of globalization on Indian culture
• Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.

General Studies - Paper II
• Pressure groups and formal/informal associations, their role in the Polity.
• Development processes and the development industry- the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health,
• Education, Human Resources.
• Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
• Civil services in a democracy.

General Studies - Paper III
• Comprehensive development and issues emerging from it.
• Land reforms in India.
• Changes in industrial policy, impacts of liberalization on the economy, and their outcome on industrial growth.
• Development and spread of extremism linkage – Naxalism.

General Studies - Paper IV
Human Values- role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values; reformers and administrators, lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders

Essay
It helps with the essay paper since generally at least one essay is asked on social issues.

Interview
We all live in society and by analyzing it we try to make our opinion. Being a Sociology student always give you an edge in maintaining balance in your answers in front of the Interview board members.

Font Changer Module for Magisk Manager for rooted android devices

2020-03-28T16:01:00.000+05:30

Bored of the old-school classic 'Roboto fonts' of your android smartphone? Now its time to give your device an elegant and most pleasing look ever! All you need is Android smartphone with latest Magisk manager installed to install this module. If you don't know what rooted phone is or don't know how to root your android via magisk manager, check out my step by step guide 👉here.

After successfully installing Magisk manager in your device.

Go to the options by sliding from left and go to downloads section.
Search "font changer"
Download and install that module. You can directly install it and later reboot it or by using TWRP also.
After that install any Terminal emulator app through playstore. I personally prefer this material version 👉https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=yarolegovich.materialterminal&hl=en_IN
Just type 'su' hit enter to get root privilege and type 'font_changer' hit enter.
You'll get a list of downloadable fonts and emojis.
Select any option number you like and hit enter.
A reboot is required to apply the fonts.

Voila! You have successfully changed your fonts.

If you're facing any trouble please feel free to ask in the comment section below.
Check out my other blog too 👉 here

15 Best Magisk Modules you should have!

2018-03-21T13:50:00.000+05:30

Magisk has proved to be one of the best alternatives to the other conventional rooting methods that rely upon altering the /system partition. Magisk works by building upon a mask over the /system partition, thus allowing for mods to be executed whilst keeping the system stable and safe. This feature has also invited many developers to port their ideas as modules for Magisk. While there aren’t a lot of options available as of yet, there are some great modules available for download from the Magisk repo and well, here are the 15 Best Magisk modules you should definitely try:

1.Xposed Framework

I’ll be starting off with the most preferred choice of everyone – the Xposed Framework. Xposed has been around for quite some years, and has become an essential app for many users out there. Xposed builds around a framework over the Android OS, allowing execution of various Android mods and tweaks. When Magisk brought about root access without hampering the system partition, its developer rovo89 ported the Xposed Framework to Magisk to allow users to achieve the best of Xposed’s Modules along with systemless root.

2.Dolby Atmos

Dolby Atmos transports you into the story with moving audio that flows all around you with breathtaking realism.Lenovo had introduced Dolby’s Atmos Sound technology to their devices a couple of years ago, something that was widely appreciated. The Dolby Atmos Magisk mod brigs the Dolby Atmos audio enhancements to any Android smartphone. The mod offers simple yet efficient sound modifications to the overall audio quality of one’s device. This app, which was earlier exclusive to Lenovo’s ROMs, has now been ported to Magisk, so that it can work systemlessly. You can customize the audio quality of music, movies, games, voice, etc. There are a lot of options here and if you are an audiophile, you will definitely appreciate the features on offer.

3.ViPER4Android FX (Materialized)

Viper4Android is by far one of the most feature-rich and advanced music mod out there for Android. It lets you alter almost each and every aspect of your device’s audio capabilities, thus giving you full control. It lets you customize the audio performance of your device’s speaker, Bluetooth speaker, headset or even a dock. The app not only increases the volume of the audio on your device but also improves bass & clarity, thanks to the cool ViPER Clarity and XHiFi technology. To download this materialized version click here.

Also check out my profile for ViPER4Android FX from here.

3.Android Mic Fix

Many a times, after flashing a new ROM or firmware, you may experience a loss in the mic quality of your device. The reason behind this is that most of times your build.prop file is tampered with by the developers which causes the aforementioned issue. The Android Mic Fix, as the name suggests, aims to fix this problem with the help of the “resetprop” tool to modify your build.prop file.

4.Emoji One

Emoji One is the global standard for emojis and they have recently announced EmojiOne 3.0, which includes all new redesigned emojis. What this module does is that it essentially replaces the Google Emoji found on your device with Emoji One.

5.Audio Modification Library

There are a number of sound mods available for rooted Android devices, like the aforementioned Viper4Android, AM3D Zirene and Dolby Atmos . Based upon your liking, you may want to one of them. But what if you like different features of different mods, but installing both mods at the same time would result in a system failure for you? Well, Audio Modification Library is a Magisk module that overcomes Magisk’s limitation of installing multiple audio mods, and does not cause any compatibility issues.

6.ExtSDCard Access Enabler

This module will give you a new path to your external sd card storage with all neccessary R/W access permissions.

The new access path for your external SDCard:

/mnt/media_rw/SDCARDNUMBER

7.MidnightCore

This module allows you modify system fonts, media, bootanimations etc. After enabling this module you'll just have to downlaod "Terminal Emulator App" from playstore and run the following command :

"su

midnight" (without " ")

and select the option as per you choice.

8.Magisk Manager for Recovery Mode (mm)

With this module you can manage magisk image, data, modules and settings from recovery mode--run "mm" in recovery from TWRP recovery. This module comes very handy when you mistakenly installed a module which you shouldn't have and you are stuck in bootloop.

9.Sysconfig Patcher

- Takes down GMS Doze "imunity".
- Systemlessly patches all relevent XML files in `/system/etc/sysconfig` for data and battery savings -- & auto-re-patches across ROM/GApps updates.

- If you're familiar with `DozeGMS` or similar module/tweak -- Sysconfig Patcher goes even further than that. In addition to `google.xml`, it also patches any other XML files in `/system/etc/sysconfig` containing battery &/or power white-listed packages. This way, these packages will no longer have unrestricted access to data & power intensive resources without the user's explicit consent.

- Remove any similar mod before installing.

10.Adaptive Icons Rounds Mask

This simple module changes the mask of adaptive icons to round. It looks really well with third party launcher, I highly reccommend using Nova launcher.

11.F-Droid Privileged Extension

F-Droid is a software repository for Android system, similar to the Google Play store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free software apps. This module allows F-Droid to automatically install apps without having to manually click on install button.

12.Greenify4Magisk

A very simple module just to make Greenify work as a rom-integrated (privileged) app systemlessly (also known as Boost Mode), so you'll achieve the best hibernating performance it could give, and faster than using the root option only. It'll simply inject a folder with the apk into the path: /system/priv-app. If it shows Privileged at the app settings, then you're good. Read this for extra explanation.

13.Google Answers Enabler

This module simply fixes the lack of voice in Google app when reading answers to a search query.

14.App Systemizer

This module is used to convert third party installed apps to system apps, but systemlessly, through Magisk. While some launchers are converted to system apps automatically, it includes an AppSystemizer companion app, which can be used to convert various other apps to system apps, as per the user’s discretion. The system apps can’t be uninstalled, they can only be disabled.

15.Volume Steps Increase

This module doubles the the number of steps in voulume adjustment for both media and in-call volume and removes "Safe volume warning". More details in support thread

Enhance Android With Various Magisk Mods

Magisk is a very powerful environment whose power continue to grow with the addition of more and more modules. While any app that requires root access works with Magisk, having the ability to run that app without altering the /system partition is a feature that everyone prefers and that’s what sets Magisk above from other root alternatives. While there aren’t many modules available on the Magisk repo currently, more and more mods are sure to come in the near future. As of now, these are indeed the best Magisk mods available, so try them out and let me know your thoughts in the comments section below. I'll be pleased to assist you!