In recent years, there’s been a trend toward following our passions and doing work we love. At least, we hear a lot about finding ways to get paid to do work that we like. However, that trend might be on the verge of a chance, if a recent survey is any indication.
Recent survey released the results of its recent Way to Work survey, and the findings are that many college students are more interested in stability than they feel a passion for their work.
The survey indicates that 70% of the college-age respondents are more interested in finding a stable job than they are interested in whether or not they feel passionate about what they are doing. Not only that, but the aspiration that received the greatest interest in the service was to be financially stable in the next 10 years (31% of respondents). Landing a dream job in the next 10 years was the second-greatest aspiration, with 28% of respondents hoping for this outcome.

This is an interesting development when you consider that, for a number of years, we’ve been steeped in messages about following passions and creating our own dream jobs. At least, I’ve been steeped in that rhetoric as a personal finance freelancer who is regularly exposed to people trying to follow their dreams and create their own jobs.
However, as many college students near the end of their education, it appears that many are less concerned about how much they love their work, and more concerned about whether or not they will have a job that will lead them to financial stability.
This is a struggle that many of us face in our own lives. It’s hard to put a price on job stability. In some cases, it makes sense to stick with a stable job for longer because it does offer something known. You know how much you will be paid each month.
On top of that, a stable job often offers other benefits, like subsidized health insurance and an employer match for your retirement plan. Followed by a healthy work-life balance, drives Indian youth to opt for banking and government jobs. Based on the responses from 5000 banking and government jobs aspirants across the country, the survey from the online competitive exam preparation space. In terms of preferred mode for exam preparation, 58.7 per cent voted for online mock tests, while YouTube classes and videos (44.5 per cent) came second, and traditional coaching institutes (8.4per cent) were the last choice.
A majority of the candidates (39.4 per cent) prepare for three or more competitive exams at the same time, the study said. The survey also found that access to online coaching for competitive exams, such as JEE, NEET, Banking, SSC and GATE, has gained greater momentum.
Online learning and personalised education tools are replacing traditional coaching methods. Social media is definitely a game-changer, offering easy access to discussion forums and study groups. According to the data, Telegram groups (31.5 per cent), WhatsApp groups (31.5 per cent) and Oliveboard discussion forum (27.1 per cent) are the most popular platforms to interact with peers and educators.

The term Hindutva took birth with the appearance of VD Savarkar’s book titled Hindutva in 1923. Savarkar’s Hindutva was declared to be the Holy Book of Hindu Sangathan or organization. M. S. Golwalkar, who headed the RSS after K. B. Hedgewar, too regarded Savarkar’s Hindutva as a great scientific book which fulfilled the need of a text-book on Hindu nationalism.[1] According to a biography of founder of RSS, Hedgewar published by the RSS, “Savarkar’s inspiring and brilliant exposition of the concept of Hindutva marked by incontestable logic and clarity, struck the cord of Doctorji’s [Hedgewar’s] heart”.[2]
Despite such statements glorifying Hindutva as priceless contribution in defence of Hindu nationalism, the contents of the book did not attract many Hindu leaders and remained beyond the comprehension of common Hindus. In fact, even the title of the book seemed to have been an afterthought. A perusal of the original edition (1923) will show that the booklet was printed with the title Hinduism but subsequently a separate piece of paper on which Hindutva was printed was pasted on the title page of the book. Since the term remained alien even to the Savarkarites, by the 4th edition Hindutva as title was dropped and it was published under a new title Who Is A Hindu? In 1963 Maharashtra Provincial Hindusabha published it as part of Savarkar’s collected works with the title Essentials of Hindutva. Another notable fact about this book was that it was published under the pen name ‘A Maratha’ signifying a regional identity of the author whereas book stressed only the Hindu identity of the country and its inhabitants.
Savarkar admitted at the outset that the ‘term Hindutva defies all attempts at analysis’.[3] He began by trying to make a clear-cut distinction between his theory of Hindutva and religion Hinduism. But few pages later it became clear that Hindutva was nothing else but political Hinduism. At the very outset, Savarkar made it clear that Hindutva was not the same as Hinduism. It had nothing to do with religion or rituals. The term in English which came closest to the one he was using, he wrote, was perhaps Hinduness. As a principle, Hindutva formed the basis of India’s national character, he maintained, and, to provide greater clarity, offered his own definition of who was a Hindu. The word Hindu was as ancient as the Vedas, he contended, and explained that the letter ‘Sa’ in Sanskrit was often turned into ‘Ha’ in the Prakrit languages. Thus the land of the people known as the Sapta Sindhus, which had acquired for itself the name Sapta Sindhu, was referred to as ‘Hapta Hindu’ in the Avesta of the ancient Persians, he said.
Savarkar wasn’t really setting out to create a Hindu nation. India was, he asserted, citing some ancient and medieval texts, a Hindu nation in an organic sense. The bitter reality is that Hindutva is nothing but an ideology which stands for totalitarianism, Casteism and injustice. We must remember the following prophetic words of Dr Ambedkar about the critical danger which Hindutva politics poses to our country.

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Akshay Kumar of the film industry’s menace, shot with Bear Grylls in the world’s most popular show ‘Man Vs Wild’ Special episode OTT Platform Discovery Plus has been released. On 14 September, Monday evening, people will be able to watch it for free on Discovery Channel. Recently, Akshay and Bear Grylls shot this special episode in Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve.

In this special episode, Akshay Kumar made many revelations. Akshay was born in Delhi, his mother was a Kashmiri and father a Punjabi. Akshay revealed that he lived in his house with 24 people. He also shared how he reached Thailand to learn martial arts and became a waiter.

The ‘Mission Mangal’ actor revealed how he remembers that part of his life today. He said that life was good. I know that I have a lot of money and everything, but that life is different. I had so much freedom. Being a celebrity, this (now) has changed a bit and you have to protect yourself. This life is very good.

Akshay called his father his role model. Akshay also talked about his son Aarav, who is very different from him. The actor said, “He does not want to tell anyone that he is my son. He wants to stay away from the limelight. He wants to build his own identity and I understand it. I let him stay as he is Wants. That’s what I miss myself.

Let us know that recently Akshay Kumar participated in an Instagram live session with the adventurer and TV host Bear Grylls for his special episode of ‘Into the Wild’. The session was hosted by Huma Qureshi, who is working with her in the film ‘Bell Bottom’. During this, Huma asked Akshay that if Bear Grylls persuaded him to drink tea made from elephant dung, Akshay said, “I was not worried. I was more than thrilled.”

He further said I was not too worried. Because I have also drunk cow’s urine every day due to “Ayurvedic” reasons. So due to this, I did not have any particular problem. Bear said about this thing of Akshay that you are the one who is saying an easy thing to drink cow’s urine. Bear also said, ‘When people become famous, they stop working outside their comfort zone, because they are afraid of looking weak but Akshay was ready for anything.

In fact, last month, when people came to know that Akshay Kumar is going to appear with real-life player Bear Grylls in the special episode of the world’s most popular adventure show Into the Wild, then the joy of the fans was not there. People of the country and the world were eagerly waiting for September 14 to see Akshay Kumar whom he used to do dangerous stunts in films, tell martial arts tricks, jump from hundreds of feet high and walk with his hands for several minutes. Into the wild show will be seen scrambling in the world of dangers. But when people saw the show Into the Wild with Bear Grylls and Akshay Kumar, they felt disappointed. Instead of doing stunts or playing hide and seek with wild animals, Akshay Kumar was able to tell Bear Grylls his life story from 43 minutes to 40 minutes. To tell the truth, the audience had to see the wild side of Khiladi Kumar, because the way Akshay Kumar created an atmosphere on social media that he is going to storm with beer grills. In reality, Akshay Kumar played with the emotions of the audience.

I congratulate Shri Harivanshji on behalf of the entire House and all the countrymen for his election as deputy chairman of this House for the second time.

I have a lot of respect for Harivanshji in my heart for the way he has carved his honest image in the world of social work and journalism. I feel that the people who know him closely have the same respect and warmth that I have for him; and so does every member of the House. Harivanshji has himself earned this respect and affinity.  It is also natural given his style of working and the manner in which he conducts the House proceedings. Your impartial role in the House strengthens democracy.

Mr. Chairman Sir, this time the proceedings of the House is being conducted in extreme circumstances that were never seen before. It is the duty of all of us that in the prevailing circumstances due to Corona, this House functions and fulfils its important obligations towards the country. I am confident that we will discharge our duties by ensuring all precautions and guidelines.

Mr. Chairman, the more cooperation the Rajya Sabha members extend to the Deputy Chairman in running the House smoothly, there will be more utilization of time and everybody will be safe.

Mr. Chairman Sir, Harivanshji has lived up to the trust at every level that we had reposed in him for the responsibility of the Upper House of Parliament. In my last address, I had said that I have firm belief that as the God is for everybody, similarly, the House’s God will also be there for the ruling as well as opposition members. The god of our House, Harivanshji, should remain unbiased to everybody without any discrimination, and he should not be party to either ruling or opposition.

I had also said that the umpires are more troubled than the players in this field of the House. It is very challenging to force the parliamentarians to play according to the rules. I had full faith that he would be a better umpire, but Harivanshji has won the trust of those who were not well acquainted with him through his decisiveness and decisions.

Mr. Chairman Sir, these two years are proof how Harivanshji has discharged his responsibility successfully. Harivanshji operated the House efficiently by organizing in-depth discussions on the important legislations and getting the bills passed quickly by sitting for hours. During this time, many historic bills regarding the country’s future were passed in this House. In the last year itself, this House has created a record of maximum productivity in 10 years. And that too, when Lok Sabha elections were underway last year!

It is a matter of pride for every member that there has been more positivity along with productivity. Everybody could put forth his views openly. Concerted efforts have been noticed so that the work of the House is not disrupted. It has also enhanced the dignity of the House. This was also the aspiration of Constitution makers from the Upper House. Harivanshji has shown how a torchbearer of democracy who comes from Bihar, a land known for its democratic ethos, and also the land of JP and Karpuri Thakur and Bapu’s Champaran, comes forward and discharges his responsibilities.

When you discuss about Harivanshji with his close associates, then one comes to know why he is so grounded. His early education happened in a makeshift school under a neem tree in his village. It is the upbringing of his education that he could relate himself to the ground realities.

We all know very well that Harivanshji comes from Sitab Diyara village, which belonged to Jayaprakashji.  This village is the birthplace of Jayaprakashji. Every year, Diyara, divided between two rivers, the Ganges and the Ghagra, and between the two states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar’s three district Arrah, Ballia, Chhapra, would become an island as it used to be flooded.  Barely, one crop could be cultivated. The only way to go anywhere was by crossing the river on boat.

Harivanshji received the practical knowledge that contentment is satisfaction from the prevailing conditions at his village home. Once, somebody told me an incident about his background. Harivanshji needed shoes for the first time when he reached High School. He did not have shoes, as he had never bought. So, a person who used to make shoes in the village was asked to prepare shoes for Harivanshji. Harivanshji would often visit him to see the progress of the shoe. Like a rich man visits his bungalow frequently to see its progress, Harivanshji would also go there quite often to monitor the progress of the shoes. Every day, he would ask the cobbler by when his shoes would be ready. You can imagine why Harivanshji is so grounded.

He was deeply influenced by JP. During that time, his love for books also grew up. I got to know of an incident related to that. When Harivanshji received the government scholarship for the first time, some members of his family had hoped that he would bring the entire scholarship money home. Instead of bringing the scholarship money home, Harivanshji spent the entire money on books. He brought home several books, including autobiographies and literature. Since then, Harivanshji’s love for books remains intact.

Mr. Chairman Sir, Harivanshji made an entry to Parliament in 2014 after nearly four decades of journalism of social issues. The way Harivanshji maintained the propriety as the deputy chairperson of the House, his tenure as a parliamentarian has been equally graceful. As a member, Harivanshji put forth his views, be it on economy or strategic security, in a very effective manner.

We all know that he has made a mark by putting his views gracefully. He has made every effort to serve the nation with his knowledge and experience as a member of the House. Harivanshji has also worked to enhance India’s dignity and stature at all international forums, whether it is the numerous sittings of Inter-Parliamentary Union, or his responsibility as a member of the Indian cultural delegations in other countries. Harivanshji has enhanced the dignity of India and the country’s parliament at all such places. 

Mr. Chairman Sir, besides being the deputy chairman of the House, Harivanshji has been chairman of several committees of Rajya Sabha. As chairman of several such committees, Harivanshji has improved the functioning of the committees and effectively highlighted their role.

I had also said last time that Harivanshi has always been on a mission as to what should be the conduct of a parliamentarian being a journalist. After becoming a parliamentarian, he made a lot of efforts to make all MPs more conscientious in their conduct.

Mr. Chairman Sir, Harivanshji is equally active as an intellectual and thinker along with his parliamentary business and responsibilities. He still visits places in the country. He creates awareness among common people regarding India’s economic, social, strategic and political challenges. The journalist and writer in him is still intact. His book closely highlights the life of our former Prime Minister Shri Chandrashekharji, and also demonstrates Harivanshji’s writing prowess. I and all the members of this House are fortunate that we will continue to be guided by Harivanshji as a deputy chairperson.

Respected Chairman, this Upper House of Parliament has embarked on a journey by holding more than 250 sessions. This journey is proof of our mature democracy. Once again, many many best wishes to Harivanshji for this important and huge responsibility. You remain healthy and discharge your duties according to the expectations of the Upper House by maintaining a healthy atmosphere. My best wishes to Manoj Jhaji also for giving a challenge to Harivanshji. The process of election is also important for the dignity of democracy. Our Bihar has been the land of democratic ethos. I am confident that Harivanshji will enhance the tradition of Vaishali, the glory of Bihar, and the ideals through this House.

I thank all the honourable members of the House for taking part in this election process. Once again, many congratulations to Harivanshji and all the members.

Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri R. K. Singh today informed about the details of the works done so far in the districts of Maharashtra under “Skill India“ scheme during the last three years.

Under Skill India Mission, the Ministry is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to impart Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) on pan-India basis including all districts of Maharashtra.

The scheme has two components:

1) Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM)

2) Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM)

Under CSCM there is no provision to allocate resources state-wise. However, under Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM) component Rs. 85.77 Crore has been released to Maharashtra during FY 2017-18. However, till date, no utilization certificate has been submitted by Government of Maharashtra to the Ministry.

Further, Union Minister said that, till 17th March 2020, 1.82 lakh and 1.26 lakh candidates have been trained and certified, respectively, under Short Term Training (STT) courses in Maharashtra. Out of these certified candidates, 0.52 lakh candidates have been provided with placement. Also, 7.7 lakh candidates have been oriented under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) component of the scheme in Maharashtra.

Besides this, the Ministry promotes establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting skill training throughout the country. As on date, 50 PMKKs have been allocated in 36 districts of Maharashtra covering all districts. Out of allocated PMKKs, 43 PMKKs have been established. Loan amount of Rs. 17.85 Cr. has been disbursed so far for establishment of PMKKs in Maharashtra.

This information was by the Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri R.K. Singh in awritten reply in the Loksabha today.

The Union Health Ministry held a virtual meeting today where Union Health Secretary, Secretary DPIIT Secretary Pharmaceuticalsand Secretary Textiles participated. State Health Secretaries and Industries Secretaries of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, NCT of Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

The aim of the meeting was to ensure adequate Oxygen availability in all healthcare facilities in these States& unrestricted intra as well as inter State movement of oxygen.

It was noted that 11 tankers in the State of Assam supply Oxygen to most of the North-Eastern States. States were asked to assess the need and then to press more tankers into action, repurpose similar vehicles for carrying oxygen, take steps to reduce their turnaround time so that patients do not face any lack of oxygen.

The States were specifically advised to:-

1. Ensure facility wise/hospital wise oxygen inventory management and advance planning for timely replenishment so that there are no stockout.
2. Ensure that no restriction is imposed on the movement of Medical Oxygen between States/UTs.
3. Provision of “Green Corridor” for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) Tankers within the cities.
4. Real Time monitoring of cryogenic tankers used to supply oxygen.

5. Repurposing of Argon and Nitrogen carrying tankers to increase number of oxygen carrier vehicles.
6. Hospitals and institutions have long term tender/ contract agreement for supply of Oxygen with oxygen manufacturers, which need to be honoured. Hence, States must not impose restrictions on free movement of Oxygen.
7. Ensure timely payment of the due bills to the manufacturers and supplier to maintain uninterrupted supply of oxygen.
8. Improve power supply infrastructure and ensure uninterrupted supply to Oxygen Manufacturing Units.
9. Improve hospital storage capacity and identify MSME units whose storage capacity can be used to store Oxygen.
10. Undertake Oxygen Consumption Audit, ensure only cases requiring medical oxygenation are administered with Oxygen and prevent leakages due to negligence of hospital staff
11. Ensure proper disinfection of Oxygen cylinders as per protocols while sending cylinders to fillers of Oxygen.
12. Effective coordination with steel plants for Oxygen procurement since steel plants provide approx. 550 MT/day oxygen in addition to oxygen manufacturers who provide 6400 MT/day.
13. Expedite process of grant of licenses to produce medical oxygen to those already producing industrial oxygen.

Cleaning and rejuvenation of rivers is a continuous process, and Central Government is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments and Union Territories in addressing the challenges of pollution abatement of rivers by providing financial and technical assistance through National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for identified polluted river stretches. Under NRCP, various pollution abatement works relating to interception & diversion of raw sewage, construction of sewerage systems, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation, river front/bathing ghat development, public participation & awareness programme, etc are taken.

State/ Union Territory-wise details of sewage treatment plants sanctioned, constructed and  capacity created in million liters per day (MLD) since 2018 till date under NRCP are as under

Floods are natural calamity that India faces almost every year, in varying degrees of magnitude, leading to a loss of lives and property. The occurrence floods can be attributed to various factors, including wide variations in rainfall both in time and space with frequent departures from the normal pattern, inadequate carrying capacities of rivers, river bank erosion and silting of river beds, landslides, poor natural drainage in flood prone areas, snowmelt and glacial lake out-bursts.

National Water Mission (NWM) of Ministry of Jal Shakti has initiated “Catch the Rain” campaign in order to promote creation of Rain Water Harvesting Structures (RWHS) suitable to the climatic conditions and sub-soil strata to store rain water. Drives to make water harvesting pits, rooftop RWHS and check dams; removal of encroachments and de-silting of tanks to increase their storage capacity; removal of obstructions in the channels which bring water to them from the catchment areas; repairs to traditional water harvesting structures like step-wells and using defunct bore-wells and old wells to put the water back to aquifers etc, are some of the activities suggested to be taken up with peoples’ active participation under this campaign.

Central Ground Water Board is implementing a nationwide programme of “National Aquifer Mapping and Management (NAQUIM)” for mapping of aquifers (Water bearing formations), their characterization and development of aquifer management plans to facilitate sustainable development of ground water resources. Aquifer maps and management plans have been shared with the respective State Government agencies. Public Interaction Programs are being organized at grass root level for disseminating the tenets of the Aquifer Management Plans for the benefit of the stakeholders.

To promote recharge of ground water, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has formulated guidelines for the States to adopt measures suitable to local conditions. Adequate focus has been given on requirement of rainwater harvesting and water conservation measures in Model Building Bye Laws (MBBL), 2016 and Urban and Regional Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines, 2014.

The Ministry of Jal Shakti has not carried out any specific study to ascertain the extent of decline in water harvesting due to illegal encroachment of water bodies.

The Central Government has constituted Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal on 12.03.2018 under Section 4 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (as amended) for adjudication of water dispute regarding the inter-state river Mahanadi.

At present the dispute is under adjudication in the Tribunal under Section 5 (2) of Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (as amended).

 As per Section 5(2) of Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (as amended) “The Tribunal shall investigate the matters referred to it and forward to the Central Government a report setting out the facts as found by it and giving its decision on the matters referred to it within a period of three years (emphasis added).

Provided that if the decision cannot be given for unavoidable reason, within a period of three years, the Central Government may extend the period for a further period not exceeding two years”.

Thereafter, under Section 5(3) of the said Act, the Central Government/State Government(s) may again refer the matter to the Tribunal for further consideration, which may then give its further report within one year, with the option to extend for such further period as Central Government considers necessary.

 This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

The Pradhan Mantri Jan VikasKaryakram(PMJVK) has been restructured in 2018 and is now being implemented in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs), with an objective of developing socio-economic infrastructure and basic amenities in the said areas. For larger coverage of the scheme, the areas under PMJVK have been increased from 90 Districts originally to 308 Districts of the country, which include 870 Blocks, 321 Towns and 109 District Headquarters.

The expenditure under PMJVK in 2018-19 and 2019-20, has been Rs. 1156.07 crore and Rs.1698.29 crore respectively.

Project proposals under PMJVK are received from the States/UTs as per their felt need and infrastructure requirement of the identified MCA. In the period 2018-19 to 2019-20, the Ministry has sanctioned 85 Residential Schools, 6 JawaharNavodayaVidyalayas (JNVs), 454 School Buildings, 22 Degree Colleges, 209 Hostels, 4181 Additional Class Rooms, 329 Additional Classroom Blocks, 7854 Smart Classrooms, 32 Industrial Training Institutes, 7 Polytechnics, 324 Health Projects, 927 Anganwadi Centres, 22 Working Women Hostels, 136 Common Service Centres, 8 Hunar Hubs, 37 Market Sheds, 953 Sanitation Projects, 1027 Drinking Water Projects, 9 Sport facilities, 89 SadbhavMandaps, 11 Skill Development Centres etc.

This information was given by Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of Minority Affairs, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

Scientists specialising in different aspects of the Himalayas discussed a range of areas like landslide disaster risk reduction, Himalayan seismicity, risk awareness, and mitigation, and journey of black carbon towards Himalayan cryosphere’ on the occasion of Himalaya Diwas. 

The discussions were part of an online celebration of ‘Himalaya Diwas’ by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, last week.

Dr. Vikram Gupta, scientist, WIHG, spoke about some fundamental concepts of ‘Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction (L-DRR) Strategy and emphasised the importance of risk reduction caused by the landslide. He explained how risk reduction measures are a good investment and said that for risk management, it is always better to have a good understanding of landslide processes.

While delivering a lecture on ‘Himalayan Seismicity, Risk Awareness, and Mitigation’, Dr. Ajay Paul, a scientist from the institute, explained how the Himalayan region is prone to earthquake activity. He described how an earthquake could be hazardous to the various lifeline of the people and explained what one should do before an earthquake, during an earthquake, and after an earthquake, which can mitigate the hazardous impacts of an earthquake.

Elucidating the ‘Journey of Black Carbon towards Himalayan Cryosphere,’ Dr. Chhavi P. Pandey, from the institute, said that black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in the Himalayan environment. She explained how transportation of Black carbon and other pollutant takes place towards the Himalaya cryosphere.

Dr. Sameer Tiwari, also from the institute, highlighted the ‘Use of Geothermal Resources for heat utilization. He described that geothermal energy is relatively clean and renewable and hence becoming a preferred choice for an alternative energy resource for the future. He said that WIHG has been monitoring around 40 active geothermal springs from the Garhwal and Kumaun Himalayan regions of Uttarakhand. Dr. Rajesh Sharma, senior scientist at WIHG, coordinated this event.

Ministry of Minority Affairs implements various welfare schemes for the socio- economic and educational empowerment of six centrally notified minority communities namely Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Parsis and Sikhs.

During the period from 2015-16 to 2019-20, total fund allocated for Ministry of Minority Affairs was Rs. 21160.84 crore and actual expenditure was Rs. 19,201.45 crore which is approx 90.75% of total fund allocated.

Since 2014-15 to till date, a total number of 4,00,06,080 scholarships have been distributed to the students belonging to economically weaker sections of minority communities, by incurring a total expenditure of Rs.11,690.81 crore. An amount of Rs.9223.68 crore has been spent for providing scholarships to 3,06,19,546 beneficiaries under various scholarship schemes of the Ministry during the period from 2015-16 to 2019-20, out of which about 54% scholarships have  been awarded to minority girlstudents.

This information was given by Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of Minority Affairs, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

Self-improvement is the improvement of one’s knowledge, status, or character by one’s own efforts. It’s the quest to make ourselves better in any and every facet of life.September is National Self Improvement Month, a time to reflect upon your life, set new goals and take strides to make personal changes in order to achieve the life you truly wish. Observed every ninth month of the year, it gives us the chance to not only support and encourage your personal growth, but also illuminate the self-improvement movement. Today, we’re going to look at the immense business that serves the public’s thirst for self-help.We start growing in any skill by taking in new information, or reorganizing information we already know into a more useful form. 
There is no denying that self improvement has become big business, with tens of millions of people around the world look to make positive changes in their lives ever year with the help of self help products, materials, and services.Live training seminars that look to motivate, empower, and teach people to reach their potential are now a $500 million industry.

The self development industry loves to tell you that if you can keep telling yourself over and over again that you are a wonderful, worthwhile happy Human Being, that eventually you will believe it and thus it will come to fruition.Unfortunately, if at a very deep level you don’t believe what you are saying such affirmations are not only worthless, but can be counter productive.If you have low self esteem and take this approach and see no positive results, then guess what happens?Yep, you think even less of yourself for not even being able to do something so easy.

In fact, many self-help gurus and popular systems know this, and release a series of books, seminars or products that touch on all of these themes.
Increased focus and concentration

Greater empathy and understanding of others,Lowers stress levels,Increases our ability to deal with adversity ,Reduces blood pressure in those people who have higher than ideal levels,School attendance levels rise when meditation is introducedIt can lower levels of depressionIt makes people happier and more content.Improves overall health levels.

self-love is so fundamental that I can’t skip any self-improvement question without including it. The moment you start loving yourself, you automatically get into a state where you no longer get satisfied with mediocrity because you feel that you deserve nothing but the best. A person who doesn’t appreciate who he is more likely to engage into self-sabotaging, hating themselves and criticising his decisions. He’s busy focusing on the negative things about him than focusing on the opportunities lying ahead of him. Once you accept yourself you let go of the negative feelings of you not being enough, which is the first step towards self-improvement.

About 98% of the population cannot multi-task and trying to do so inhibits performance because every time you move from one thing to another your brain takes between 1 and 3 seconds to catch up and refocus.

What do you want to improve? Would you like to participate in a race which doesn’t have a finishing line? A vision for your future is the finish line which makes you take part in the race and keeps you motivated enough to continue till the end. Have a radical vision for your future and improve yourself in order to reach there.

Avoid being dogmatic and insisting your memory remembers an event exactly as it was. If you’re in an argument where somebody insists otherwise, then they are as likely to be right as you are.
person who doesn’t value what he has today, will never value what he gains tomorrow. Be grateful for your current situation and don’t hesitate to thank people who are trying hard to make you feel content. A simple thank you can improve your relationship by ten folds.

you have to know what it is you want, and then pursue it relentlessly and intelligently. Setbacks and failures happen, so it’s important to forgive yourself, learn from them, and continue to improve in spite of them. Keeping that growth mentality front and center even in the face of adversity is key.

As we have heard many times that block chain technology will change the whole IoT industry but we do not know how it is going to happen. Today we are here to discuss the answer of three questions and how block chain is a platform for IoT solutions.

The questions are as follows:

1. What is a block chain?
2. Why we should use block chain in IoT?
3. How to use block chain with IoT?

What is a block chain?

A block chain is a distributed database that is accessible from anywhere and there is not a single issue of failure. Its cost is higher and availability of this system is lower. To know better we have to take a look on the characteristics of this technology.

A Public Ledger

It means that anyone can access and join this this. Any block chain that is not public thus is not a block chain

Immutable

This ledger records everything. There is a track of every evidence and it logs every action on the system. You can update a record by creating a new one with reference to the old record.

Distributed

Using block chain as database, the is ready before hand and is distributed already, so there is no chance of failure and it leads to 100% service availability with world- wide success.

Why should we use block chain in IoT?

There are some basic requirements for a usable block chain based platform. Let us read them.

1. Scalability: A successful IoT solution does a massive set of action and this put the platform in a real test. A block chain that does not have scale is not at all useful for IoT solution.
2. Worldwide access: The nature of IoT solution is to have a world wide access.
3. Low and non-volatile cost: Estimating the cost in any solution is a part of that process but first make sure that the solution you are using has a fair and affordable cost. Make sure that using this platform should not decrease the cost otherwise it will kill the project.
4. Stability: Stability is the most important thing that must be looked after. You have to install a device with stable and constant protocol otherwise it would be rather very painful it if gets changed every time.

How to use block chain with IoT?

A block chain is a single distributed database where the data entered cannot be altered or lost. The main query is how to update this database? How to do transaction on Bitcoin work?

Transactions are easiest way of informing the network that you want to update the database. This update can be done in form of requesting for actions or steps like moving coins and entering data.

Every and each transaction needs at least one input to get recognised as a sender until and unless it is a coin base transaction. It also needs an output to get noticed as recipient.

When you request for an update on the database, you need to provide the evidence for its request, that is the signature of Unspent Transaction Output. The person having access to those private keys can only provide those signatures. As long as the private keys are safe not compromised, no one can update the database on behalf of the sender.

But with the original version of Bitcoin , the transactions can also carry out the data. This data can be anything and with any instructions. Note that in Bitcoin you have 2^256 addresses and each address can represent a device without requiring a public IP.

Many of us know that block chain is a hype but trust us using this block chain technology actually improves security, availability and lowers the lower the cost of running projects.

The best choice of IoT solutions is the original version of Bitcoin as it has all the elements of an IoT solutions that would be requiring.

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We all get bored and surrounded by negative thoughts, when we perform the same types of work. There is no such excitement for doing the same work over and again. At that time , Do you know that our mind wants relaxation and wants to try something which you like?

Here are certain ways how you can find the power of your mind when you get surrounded with negative thoughts. Go ahead and read. Have a happy reading guys.

1. Your mind wants to you to find yourself : You all have heard a quote ‘I lost you but I found me, so I win’. This is exactly what your mind wants you to do when you are surrounded with all negativity and boredom when you do same monotonous jobs. You have sit alone and think what you exactly want to do. Your mind will provide you with the answer.
2. You have to take risk to find the power of mind: Yes, you have to take risk. If you are feeling monotonous regarding the same type of work, take a break and also a risk of finding a job that suits you the best. At this point of time, it is very essential to find your inner strength and skills and trust me, you will reach the peak of your success.
3. Seek opportunities: Give yourself a tension free relax and seek opportunities of different kinds of work that you want to try. This is the another thing that your mind wants you to do. Do not miss a single opportunity because opportunities always never come.
4. Varieties of jobs: Find various jobs that suits your personality the best. For this you have find your inner skills. You must do the job that do both satisfies you and makes your mind peaceful.
5. Find your capabilities not your disability: Finding your capabilities rather than seeing your disability, is the main way to find the power of your mind and willpower. You will get rid of negative thoughts and your mind will be filled with positive thoughts.

So, these are the ways you can find the power of your mind when you think that you are surrounded with boredom, fraustation, negative thoughts. It will help your conscious mind to get activated and help you with all positive thoughts.

You know guys, I follow a simple trick to find the power of mind during boredom and that is listening to the heart and meditation. It’s just awesome. ‘People call me disable but I call myself differently abled, they see my disabilities but I see my capabilities.’ This is the chant that I follow to win over negative thoughts. You all also try, you will succeed guys.

Today till this much, hope this topic was interesting and was able to take your breathe. Follow the above ways, we assure you that you will definitely win over all boredom, negative thoughts, monotonous jobs.

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