Bihar elections to be completed by 22 November.
Several small new changes are being introduced in the conduct of elections. Starting with Bihar elections. These include: Elector Photo Identity Cards, (EPIC) within 15 days of voter registration; voters per polling booth not to exceed 1200; colour photos et al of candidates on EVMs; booth level officials to carry official Identity Cards; Mobiles to be deposited outside the booth; webcasting coverage across all polling stations; postal votes to be counted early.
Cricket: Test Captain Shubman Gill is also the new ODI captain. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, however, are in the squad. It is possible that they last up to the World Cup in 2027.
Germany became one single sovereign Germany on 3 October 1990. The Berlin wall was broken. East and West Berlin have become a single city, Berlin, and the capital city. Culturally, socially, the unification is still going on.
Animals. 7.8M species. 1.5M species are described. Of these, 1.05M are insects; 85,000+ molluscs, and 65,000+ vertebrates. Most of them are part of Bilateria major clade with 2 clades – protostomes; deuterostomes. Animals began some 539 Mya. It is understood that 6,331 genes identified are common to all living animals including humans, and they may have arisen from a single common ancestor lived some 650 Mya. Broadest division of animals – vertebrates (animals with backbones); and invertebrates (animals without backbones). Vertebrates include: mammals, birds, reptile, amphibians, and fish. Invertebrates include: insects, spiders, molluscs, worms, jellyfish, etc.
Mammals include: Prototheria (monotremes), which lay eggs; Metatheria (marsupials), which have underdeveloped live-born young that develop in a pouch; and Eutheria (placental mammals), which have live-born young fully developed in the womb, nourished by a placenta. Eutheria include: Rodentia (rats, squirrels); Primates (humans, monkeys); Carnivora (cats, dogs); Chiroptera (bats); Artiodactyla (cows); Perissodactyla (horses).
We humans are unique amongst primates for our bipedality, significant hairlessness, and complex intelligence. Homo sapiens sapiens (wise man) – evolved from Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthals, etc. Some 300,000 years ago. First crucial adaptation – freeing hands. Next is the culture – creating tools, languages, and practices. Technology.
Teachers, Mentors, Coaches, and Guides. Learning facilitators. Adhyaapak, Upaadhay, Aachaarya, Dhrsta, and Guru. Aachaarya devo bhavanthu. Vande guruun, jagadgurum. They impart information, knowledge, skills, tools, insights, links, leads, vision, and wisdom. They take us from darkness to light. They take us to the truth. They take us to prosperity. They take us to ‘amrt’. Some of them stimulate, inspire, motivate, encourage us. Some indicate, show us the way(s), methods, tools, practices; some explain them out; demonstrate; handhold, troubleshoot; supervise practice; make us plan, implement, and track. They may give us ‘deeksha’, and take us with them. They may let us go, being available, if they feel we require help. In the first place, they appear when we are ready. Our job is to be prepared and get ready.
In the interim, we remain grateful to the teachers who let us move forward up to now. Being human, being useful, and relevant. Can we now prepare, get ready for N-Support 1? Gurus are waiting. Can we?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Assisted to active readying. In N? sanghasajjatayoga for 7L.