AP and Telangana go for an annual budget of Rs.3.0 lakh + each for the year 2025-26. This is about 6% of the budget of Rs.50.0 lakh+, of the Government of India. .
Sunita Williams ad Butch Wilmore have returned home after 286-day stay (5 June 2024 – 18 March 2025), through 4577 orbits flying over 195 million kilometres in the International Space Station. They landed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida at 0327 hrs, US Time, 19 March. It was originally an eight-day mission. Welcome back. Please adjust to the gravity situation on the Earth. It may take a while, maybe six months and more.
Telangana hikes BC – backward classes ‘backbone classes’ – Reservations to 42%. In jobs, educational institutions and local body polls. Consensus unanimous vote. Now, this has to be taken into Ninth Schedule of the Constitution by the Parliament.
Telangana has also passed SC Classification for distribution of reservation unanimously. 59 communities have been categorised into 3 groups: 15 communities (Relli et al) – 3.3% SC population in group 1 with 1% quota; 18 communities (Madiga et al) – 62.7% SC population in group 2 with 9%; remaining 26 communities (Mala et al) – 34% SC population in group 3 with 5%. After the 2026 census, it is proposed to raise the reservation from 15% to maybe up to 18%. Andhra Pradesh is also taking a similar step. The Cabinet has cleared the SC categorization recommendations. This resolution will be taken to the Assembly soon.
AP approves the provision of free electricity, up to 200 units per month, to handloom weavers’ houses; 500 units to powerlooms.
Yadagirigutta Temple Trust Board is being constituted with 18 members. An IAS officer would be the executive officer. This is on the lines of TTD – Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. More temples – Bhadrachalam, Vemulawada would go through similar restructuring soon.
Skills needed for jobs are changing fast. In the next 5 years, two-third of the skills are expected to change. By and large, employers are not getting the right talent. Many staff are becoming irrelevant with no suitable/appropriate skills required. Half of the people, however, are willing and planning to learn new skills. Top skills on the rise include: creativity; code review; problem solving; pre-screening; strategic thinking; communication; adaptability; large language models; AI literacy; debugging; customer engagement; data analysis; prompt engineering; market analysis; and stakeholder engagement. This situation is for an urban-centric corporate world. These would also be relevant to an extent to government, community collectives and non-profits/civil society. What more would be the specific skills requirement rising in the development-livelihoods domain? What would be the specific requirement rising in Government(s)? Can we assess quickly and help with plans to gear up?
Can we be happy? As an individual, team, community, and nation. In the moment, over time. With positive emotions, a sense of purpose, and a feeling of fulfilment. For a significant proportion of our days/hours we have with us. Negative stress-free. Decent living levels. Meeting minimal life needs in auto-mode. Reinforcing coexistence relations. Entertainment. Participation, inclusion, and equal rights.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. On top of universal minimum for all. In N? muditayoga for 7L.
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