Vimla Patil, Editor, Femina, Sadgati.
Nobel Prize 2024 Literature goes to South Korean author, Han Kang, for ‘her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’. Nobel Prize 2024 Peace goes to Nihon Hidankya of Japan for ‘its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again’.
Government of India – DoPT – has taken the final call on IAS-IPS Officers in Telangana, and AP. 8 from Telangana to AP; and 3 to Telangana. They are expected to report in allotted cadres soon. We also hear some may go to court again. Amrapali, Ronald Rose, Prashanti, Karuna, Vani Prasad, Anjani Kumar, Abhilasha Bisht, and Abhishek Mohanty are expected to report in AP. Srijana, Siva Sankar, and Harikiran to report in Telangana.
In accordance with New Education Policy, NEP and modelled after Gurukulams and Navodaya Schools, Telangana Government is starting English-medium Young India Integrated Residential Schools @ 1 per assembly constituency, for classes 4 to 12. Rs.5000 Crore have been allocated. Foundation is laid for 28 schools, to begin with. The schools will be spread over 20-25 acres, with state-of-the-art teaching facilities, digital smart boards, computer labs, libraries et cl. The plan is to enrol 2560 students in each school. These add to existing 1023 residential government schools in the state. They are getting upgraded to advanced technology centres (and engineering colleges), in collaboration with Tatas. Coming-up Telangana Skills University may take up post-schooling undergraduate, postgraduate employable education. We also hope the basic schooling infrastructure, and teaching improves in existing schools too.
Ratan Tata leaves behind the legacy of humility, generosity, purpose, and service to humanity. Visionary at work, recluse outside. Bill Gates: RT left an indelible mark on India and the world… I was always moved by his strong sense of purpose and service to humanity. … to help people lead healthier, more prosperous lives…. The legacy he left and example he set will continue to inspire generations. Simi Garewal: It is too hard to bear your loss..too hard.. Farewell my friend.
Thanks to Sir Ratan Tata Trust, SRTT’s grant making grant, to make grants that could make a difference, my philanthropic knowledge, skills, tools, and ways were honed. Some 25 years ago. After this stint, I got hooked on the self-help movement, starting with women.
Noel Tata, 67, RT’s half-brother, Tata Group insider for 40 years, has been unanimously appointed Chairman of Tata Trusts. He is already a trustee. Venu Srinivasan, and Vijay Singh continue as Vice-chairmen. Mehli Mistry is also a trustee. Tata Trusts hold controlling 66% stake in Tata Sons. Possibly, another person may become Chairman, Tata Sons. Tata Sons holds the Tata Group. Tata Group is estimated to be a Rs. 30 lakh Crore business conglomerate. Noel Tata graduated from Sussex and studied at INSEAD. Let us see how Noel Tata takes the group forward.
NITI Aayog team visited APCNF to see how natural farming is faring vis-à-vis conventional chemical farming, in terms of economics, benefits, resilience and practices, and appreciate its extension through peer best practitioner resource persons, and women-led self-help architecture. Will this hasten the NF Movement nationally? Will NMNF get more allocation?
Can we stop/delay blinking first? Can we write down and work on our plans? Can we see ‘nature’ outside, inside? Can we smile? Can we think fast, speak slow? Can we be quiet, when we have an opportunity? Can we enjoy moments of loneliness? Can we be fair? Can we be intense?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flow with life micro-macro. In N? yaanayoga for 7L.
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