Founder Young India Project, Penukonda Narinder Singh Bedi, 86, Sadgati. Crusader for rural employment; Advocate of Rural employment rights; Involved in the design of MGNREGA. Worked on Drought, Water, Poverty, Migration, Farming, Skills, and Employment extensively and intensively. Inspiration to a large number of civil society leaders in general, in Rayalaseema in particular.
Rohit, Virat, and Bumra in Champions’ Trophy Team.
US: Trump’s inauguration. Donald Trump, JD Vance and their cabinet take charge. Trump spoke: The golden age of America begins right now; My election is a mandate to give the American people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom; I was saved by God to make America great again; His administration would reinstate ‘remain in Mexico’ policy; We are taking Panama Canal back; We will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.
At the inauguration, he withdrew from the World Health Organization. He signed several executive orders. These include: end of work-from-home; withdrawal from Paris climate accord; national emergency at southern border; attempt to end birthright citizenship; pardons for 1500 supporters, and part of 2021 attack on Capitol; Only two genders – male, female; national energy emergency; 75-day pause on banning TikTok; Revoking sanctions against Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank; Removal of Cuba from blacklist. What more is in store in the initial days?
21 January: Six planets set to align, although not so perfectly. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. This may be the reason, this Purn Kumbh is considered special, and referred as Maha Kumbh, in addition to 2013 Maha Kumbh.
Schwab Foundation says: 10 million social enterprises are creating 200 million jobs, generating USD 2 Trillion annually. Yet they need USD 1.1 Trillion funds. Our world is facing extreme, unpredictable weather events and disasters while it is grappling with instability, inequalities, poverty and marginalization. Green and digital transitions are underway in a big way. In this background and context, Schwab Foundation Awards 2025 announces 18 social entrepreneurs and innovators as awardees driving systematic change. The Award offers a three-year journey/fellowship. These include: Akshay Saxena (Avanti Fellows), Vineet Singal (CareMessage), Cecilia Corral (CareMessage); Trinh Thi Huong (Agency for Enterprise Development, Viet Nam); Caitlyn Chen (Tencent – Tech for Good digital innovations); Ved Aya, Poonam Muttreja, and Apoorva Oza (Responsible Coalition for Resilient Communities).
How does intelligence, knowledge, and wisdom get to PVM? To eco-fragile and marginalized zones. How does the new architecture look like, and operate? Can we prepare ourselves, our PVMs, their collectives, their teams and support teams? Are we not enterprisers? Are our habitats run by portfolios of enterprises? We hear: Microsoft alone is investing USD 80B = Rs.6 lakh Crore in one year in AI infra. India – public, private – in total cannot match this investment. How do we compete? Can we train people then? Support, use. Can we access and use it better? On scale. Intelligence movement.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Tackling snakes, traps. In N? Janapaatavayoga for 7L.
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