An IIT Kanpur alumnus, with Public Policy masters from Princeton University, Revenue Secretary, Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990-batch IAS of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for next 3 years. He will succeed Shaktikanta Das as the RBI chief. Shaktikanta served for 6 years.
Padma Vibhushan Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (SM Krishna), 92, CEO chief minister of Karnataka (1999-2004), ex-foreign minister at Government of India, and ex-Governor, Maharashtra rests. Sadgati.
Anti-corruption. Good governance with integrity of administration, transparency, and accountability. Sanctions against corruption, graduated sanctions. Watch, vigilance within, by media, non-government, civil society organizations, community/community organizations, social media. And action against the corrupt, and the people who support corrupt. Action against bribe takers and bribe givers, for example. Education against corruption. In schools, colleges. Culture. Campaigns. For prevention, deterrence. Can we take anti-corruption into our values?
Human rights. Inherent and inalienable. For being here in this location, in this world. Civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights – right to life, therefore living, livelihoods, health; expression; education, literacy, skilling; no slavery; no violence; no fear. Housing. Liberty and Happiness included. Justice and peace included. Fairness, equity, equality. Clean healthy sustainable environment included.
Human brain – cerebrum, brainstem, cerebellum – is the central organ of the human nervous system, along with the spinal cord. 86 billion neurons and equal number of glial and other cells. Interconnections of neurons (neural pathways, circuits and network systems) and release of neurotransmitters facilitate brain activities. It weighs about 1.0 – 1.6 kg, 2% of the body weight. Typically, it is smaller in women. Brain provides rhythmic control of the heart rate, rate of breathing and maintaining homeostasis. Language functions through neurolinguistics. While the brain appears symmetrical left and right, it functions asymmetrically. Left brain controls the right body and vice-versa, broadly. Exceptions include language and spatial cognition. Left brain takes language function predominantly. Specific regions of the brain seem to activate specific emotions. It possesses an extraordinary ability to store and recall memories across a lifetime. Size of the brain and intelligence are not strongly related.
The brain consumes up to 20% of the energy used by the human body, more than any other organ. It consumes approximately 60% of blood glucose while fasting, or being sedentary. It takes 15% of the cardiac output; 20% of total body oxygen consumption; and 25% of total body glucose utilization. Sleep enhances the clearance of metabolic waste products including neurotoxins. Decrease in blood supply to a brain area, stroke injures brain. Brain death is characterised by coma, loss of reflexes and apnoea.
Can we find the gut, heart, spinal cord and the brain of the N-way movement, build them, nurture them, deploy them? Can we link with trained, skilled sensory cells, motor cells and action cells?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing. ‘Bio-interlinked’ . In N? mastiskayoga for 7L.
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