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Atma Nirbhar Bharat - Self-Reliant India: A Great Initiative

“Atma Nirbhar Bharat” is a Sanskrit phrase which translates to “Self-Reliant India” in English. It is a vision and strategy promoted by the Indian government to make India self-sufficient in various sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, and technology, and reduce its dependence on other countries. The aim is to build a strong and resilient Indian economy that can withstand global shocks and…

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What is Atmanirbhar Bharat?#atmanirbharbharat आत्मनिर्भर भारत | #selfreliantindia

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Video: Tata-Airbus C295 transport aircraft India

Video: Tata-Airbus C295 transport aircraft India

Tata-Airubs C295 Aircraft Plant Vadodara: A consortium led by Tata Group of India and Airbus Defence & Space of Spain would manufacture C-295 tactical military transport aircraft in Vadodara, Gujarat in India. As per the agreement, Airbus Defence & Space, Spain would supply 16 C-295MW aircraft to the Indian Air Force in flyaway condition while another 40 aircraft would be manufactured by a…

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Vocal For Local - New India 🇮🇳 Voice

Vocal For Local – New India 🇮🇳 Voice

Vocal For LocalVocal for Local is a campaign to promote local/Indian products/services in the market that are competitive with global standards and can capture the spirit of local brands in both domestic and international markets.Products should be “Made In India” & promoted to make them competitive. During the Independence Day speech in 2020, Prime Minister Modi said; “The mindset of free India…

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आत्मनिर्भर भारत बनाने के लिए हमें कृषि में आत्मनिर्भर बनना आवश्यक है : कृषि राज्य मंत्री कैलाश चौधरी

आत्मनिर्भर भारत बनाने के लिए हमें कृषि में आत्मनिर्भर बनना आवश्यक है : कृषि राज्य मंत्री कैलाश चौधरी

कटक के राष्ट्रीय चावल अनुसंधान संस्थान में भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद क्षेत्रीय समिति-द्वितीय की XXVI बैठक आयोजित की गई बैठक में ओडिशा, पश्चिम बंगाल, तेलंगाना, आंध्र प्रदेश और केंद्र शासित प्रदेश अंडमान-निकोबार द्वीप समूह ने भाग लिया कृषि और किसान कल्याण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार के अंतर्गत भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद (आईसीएआर) ने पश्चिम बंगाल, ओडिशा, तेलंगाना, आंध्र प्रदेश राज्यों और केंद्र शासित…

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'Self-reliant India' flight in Surat, blessing of yoga-spirituality to Varanasi!

PM Modi In Kashi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set out on two very special tours for the next two days from today. It has started from Surat in his home state Gujarat. Surat, famous for diamond business all over the world, is now a diamond business. Is going to be a global power center.

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The 14th Dalai Lama: A Spiritual Leader for All Ages

Today, July 6, 2023, marks the 88th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He is known for his advocacy of peace and nonviolence, as well as his message of compassion and kindness. The Dalai Lama was born in 1935 in a small village in Tibet. At the age of 2, he was recognized as the…

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These are testing times for Armenian-Israeli relations, but we should navigate these rough waters to harness our many shared assets.

Last week, Armenia became the 145th country to recognize the state of Palestine – even as Israel continues its difficult fight against Hamas in Gaza. Last year, Armenians suffered a terrible ethnic cleansing at the hands of Azerbaijan, which was armed to a significant degree by Israel. You’d think two nations are at odds – and indeed a Jerusalem Post editorial presented things that way. But look beneath the surface and a different story appears.

There is a deep sense of shared history, affinity, and like-mindedness between Armenia and Israel, which endures despite Israel’s military dealings with Azerbaijan and Turkey. There is no underlying antisemitism in Armenia, just as there is no inherent Armenophobia in Israel. Both nations have faced persecution and genocide, defining themselves not territorially but through a duality that exposes them to tough choices during international crises.

These are testing times for Armenian-Israeli relations, but we should navigate these rough waters to harness our many shared assets. Our global communities collaborate in combating extremism and in developing innovations, such as vaccines created at Moderna, a company with Armenian roots. The significant Israeli-Armenian community can serve as a bridge for mutual understanding and cooperation. There is also a growing Jewish community in Armenia, consisting of Russian and Ukrainian citizens who have fled hostility and military drafts. Many of them are contemplating settling down in welcoming Armenia and starting their new lives.

Strategically, Armenia is undergoing a dramatic geopolitical reorientation, moving closer to the United States and contemplating EU membership while joining regional integration and transport projects that will shape the future Eurasian trade. Israel should consider supporting US policies in this region to help Armenia strengthen its democratic institutions and contribute to reshaping its security strategies. This cooperation will enhance both countries' footprints in the region and beyond, including in India and the Gulf states.

So why did Armenia recognize Palestine?

This recognition came after decades of similar acknowledgments by former Soviet and Warsaw block countries, all of Armenia’s neighbors, and several EU member states. While this move may seem ill-timed, especially for those who have long advocated for closer ties with Israel, it is essential to understand the underlying principles guiding Armenia's decision.

Armenia emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Empire as an independent nation in a challenging and hostile neighborhood. Historically, Armenia has struggled to ensure its survival and preserve its distinct identity as a representative of Western civilization in the Middle East. Poor in resources and militarily outpowered by regional rivals, Armenia has heavily relied on international legitimacy - the right to self-determination, the prevention of genocide, and the non-use of force in disputes as cornerstones of its foreign policy.

Last September, Azerbaijan attacked and invaded the ethnic Armenian-populated enclave of Artsakh, ending the self-government which had been in place since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and indeed was in effect during the communist period and indeed was in effect during the communist period and before. Heavily reliant on Israeli weaponry, the Azerbaijani forces compelled the exodus of the entire population of over 120,000 people.

But the tragic even is not, despite what Israelis might suspect, the reason for the recognition of Palestine.

Rather, this had to do with the country’s self-declared obligations regarding internationally recognized self-determination cases, including Palestine, and potentially Kosovo, South Sudan, and others in the future.

The timing of Armenia's recognition of Palestine has stirred controversy both at home and in Israel. Many perceive that the act during the Gaza conflict sends wrong signals to the belligerents. If this is the case, it is a regrettable externality not anticipated by Armenian policymakers. Armenia's decision might have been influenced by powerful regional actors, highlighting her increased susceptibility to pressures from invigorated neighbors like Turkey after the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war.

The reaction in Israel has been particularly vehement, with media backlash and stern warnings from the Israeli MFA about potential deterioration in bilateral relations. This reaction contrasts sharply with the responses to similar recognitions by Spain, Slovenia, and Belgium. It raises the question of why Armenia's recognition is perceived as less forgivable than that of the 144 other countries.

Armenia’s recognition of Palestine aligns with its long-standing principles and should not be viewed as a detriment to future Armenian-Israeli relations. Instead, both nations to reaffirm their shared values and work towards a more stable and prosperous future together.

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Asia, Africa, India and Latin America

While we have been focusing on North America, the park model was actually exported throughout the world, forcing millions of tribal peoples out of their habitats/territories. The practice continues to this day in Asia, Africa and India, for example, where non-profit foundations and United Nations sponsored organizations are eagerly trying to protect what little land is left that hasn’t been destroyed by industrial modes of living.

Unfortunately, be it the Twa peoples expulsion from Congo’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park, the Maasai from the Amboseli National Park in Kenya or tribal people in southern India forced out of the Indira Gandhi National Park as part of an “eco-development” scheme funded by the Global Environment Facility, parks and conservation lands remain one more force which dispossesses tribal peoples. In Africa alone, one million square kilometers of land has been expropriated for conservation over the past one hundred years. Estimates in India range around three-quarters of a million people pushed off their traditional lands for conservation, in Africa the number is likely in the millions. Unfortunately, and ironically, land that has long been occupied and protected by indigenous peoples continues to be deemed “wild” and therefore suitable for “conservation” primarily by having them declared parks, thus making them out of bounds for the indigenous peoples who maintained them in the first place.

What happens to the people who once lived rich, meaningful lives within these habitats? They become like you and I. Dispossession leads to rootlessness, discouragement, depression, inability to be self-reliant, bad nutrition, broken communities, severed kinship ties, and anger, too often turned inward or directed to the nearest person.

I think we need to realize that dedication to creating parkland and conservation areas does not necessarily coincide with helping regenerate ways of living harmoniously with a habitat. More often than not it promotes a misanthropic outlook that posits intact, healthy land areas being by definition “human-free’’, rather than capitalism-free. We tend to ignore the fact that indigenous peoples seeking to maintain or renew their traditional life ways need to have access tothese areas, especially if the parkland in question was actually part of their traditional territory.

Even liberal organizations like UNESCO have begun to realize that there has been a negative social impact associated with many protected areas. In some places in Asia, Africa and Latin America, provisions have been made for local control so that traditional lifestyles might continue. But these tend to be limited “buffer zones”, where the original inhabitants can control “development projects”. These attempts have not succeeded.

Apparently coalitions of indigenous peoples have had some success in forcing international bodies to recognize their inherent right to manage their traditional territories. “In the 1990s, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), the World Conservation Congress and the World Commission on Protected Areas all adopted new policies and resolutions which strongly endorse indigenous peoples’ rights and promote the co-management of protected areas, based on negotiated agreements.[8]” However, these organizations aren’t arguing for free access to one’s habitat, but to “negotiated agreements” with outsiders and centralized authority, and land bases integrated into the scheme of state regulations and subject to the pressures of politics and the market.

Regardless of some recognition, many parks and conservation areas, especially in impoverished countries, remain part of the greater theft of traditional homelands by arrogant, powerful outsiders who impose their views of what constitutes healthy habitats. It isn’t parks and conservation areas that will help stem the tide of destruction and plunder, but recognition that new ways of living are required. And these new ways can be informed by the old ways ofland based people.

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The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a confidential plan within the Trump campaign to erode the independence of the Federal Reserve by involving a re-elected President Trump in interest rate decisions. The news follows reports on other Trump plans to centralize and personalize power. As I argue in a new report, further democratic erosion in the United States would have serious economic consequences. Autocrats and populist leaders measurably damage their country’s economies, and certain businesses and sectors are at particularly high risk of interference. The economic value of liberal democracy is indisputable. Economists have found that countries with populist leaders, whether on the right or left, see a 10% decline in GDP per capita over the first 15 years. Democratization increases GDP growth per capita by 20% to 25% over the following decades.

As democracy declines, nearly all businesses will therefore face substantial costs. But certain sectors and industries that face especially high risks in conditions of democratic erosion. In many of these arenas, instances of interference have already occurred in the United States.

Businesses with high exposure to government decisions: Businesses that rely on government contracting or licensure, or that are exposed to audits or regulatory control, are particularly easy targets for would-be autocrats. For example, Viktor Orban used a license renewal process to pressure Hungary’s leading telecommunications company to shut down one of the most prominent independent news sites in Hungary.

Businesses reliant on public investments or public services: Businesses that use government data may find data less reliable if accurate data is perceived as damaging to the party in power. In India, interference with the release of economic data led leaders of the National Statistical Commission to resign in protest. Businesses that use public services may confront discrimination in access to those goods or a decline in quality due to disinvestment.

Businesses investing on a longer time horizon: Because of the policy instability that often accompanies democratic erosion, businesses that need to make long-term investments—for example, businesses that make difficult-to-move capital investments—are at particular risk.

Businesses reliant on a highly educated labor force: Brain drain is already an issue in many states. Younger workers with high levels of human capital tend to gravitate to places with strong public goods provision and take political environment into account in their job searches.

Businesses in media, entertainment, and communications: Control of public discourse is a key strategy for political leaders seeking to increase their power, and so would-be autocrats typically seek to dominate businesses in the media, entertainment, and communications sectors, including both the producers of media content and the owners of media channels and systems. In Brazil in 2021, then-President Jair Bolsonaro sought to prevent social media companies from taking down content that violated their rules.

Businesses in science, medicine, and education: Facts can endanger an autocratic regime, either by revealing government failures or by undermining the regime’s self-justifying mythos. Businesses in the realm of science, medicine, and education are therefore likely to receive high levels of scrutiny and efforts at control. In the one-party “Jim Crow” South, for example, leaders refused to collect data on the incidence of pellagra, a disease of malnutrition, because that data would reveal the depth of Southern poverty.

In-person businesses and businesses in tourism. Businesses that rely on customers showing up in person may see profit declines if an area experiences political or ethnic violence. The chilling effect can apply to whole neighborhoods, cities, and even states, as potential customers opt to avoid places that have developed a reputation for civil rights abuses, political instability, or political violence.

Unfortunately, it is not guaranteed that business leaders will recognize their economic interest in preserving democratic functioning. Historically, business leaders have often tragically misjudged the risks of supporting authoritarians. Business can play a crucial role in protecting democratic functioning; recognizing the dangers of democratic decline is a critical first step.

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The Adani-Elbit facility in Hyderabad, India, was inaugurated in 2018 in the presence of the Home Minister of Telangana, Mohammad Mahmood Ali, as well as CEO of Adani Ports, Pranav Adani, and Bezhalel Machlis, the president and chief executive officer of Elbit Systems. The facility is touted as being India's first private UAV manufacturing complex and the only Hermes 900 production facility outside Israel. At the opening of the plant, Ashish Rajvanshi, head of defence and aerospace at Adani, said the company aimed "to make India self-reliant in defense and aerospace systems and not depend on the US, Europe, Russia or any other nation". Likewise, in 2020, Elad Aharonson, executive vice president and general manager of a division within Elbit Systems, said that the relationship with Adani has shaped a vision to make "India a global hub for manufacturing and exports of the unmanned platforms". Indian tycoon Gautam Adani is involved in several ventures with Israeli companies. In early 2023, Adani Ports purchased a majority stake in Haifa Port in Israel.

Azad Essa, ‘War on Gaza: Indian-made Israeli 'killer' drones set to make their way to Gaza’, Middle East Eye

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Airbus C-295 Aircraft: PM Modi to lay foundation of Tata-Airbus plant in Gujarat

Tata-Airbus C-295MW Aircraft for Indian Air Force: In a major boost to local defence and aerospace manufacturing, a consortium of Airbus and India’s Tata Group has finalized Vadodara city in western state of Gujarat to manufacture 40 of the total 56 transport aircraft that have been ordered by the government.  According to the ministry of defence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would lay the…

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Most pundits and exit polls predicted a big win for Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s massive six-week election that just came to a close.

They were wrong. Instead, many voters in key battleground states cast their ballots for opposition parties, cutting the BJP’s tally of seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower hour of parliament, from 303 to 240.

Together with their coalition partners, the BJP should retain power with a slim majority of 21 seats. Modi will serve a rare third term as India’s prime minister. But for the first time in a decade, both the prime minister and his party no longer look invincible.

So, what went wrong?

It will be a while before detailed post-election surveys are published, with robust data on why Indians voted as they did. But from what we already know, we can identify a few factors that might explain why support for the BJP has waned.

The BJP went into the election campaign claiming great successes in economic management. Under the stewardship of the Modi government, as the party’s manifesto declared, India has emerged as the fastest-growing major economy in the world. It is currently ranked number five and Modi had set the ambitious goal of rising to third by the end of the decade.

The BJP had made other big promises for a third Modi term: to make India more self-reliant and resilient to global shocks, as well as to improve its infrastructure, generate more power and attract more foreign investment in manufacturing.

Yet, what it lacked – and what may have swayed some voters – was a credible plan to boost employment and curb inflation. The BJP’s track record in both areas is not good.

India needs to create jobs for tens of millions of young and ambitious Indians entering the workforce ever year, but it has struggled to do that in recent years. This has led many to move abroad, even to countries in conflict zones.

Moreover, it needs to stabilise prices, which have increased at annual rate of 5–6% in recent years.

Fear and favour

Another issue that likely swayed some voters was the possible fate of positive discrimination schemes for education and public sector employment known as “caste reservations”.

Designed to improve social mobility for historically marginalised caste groups and communities, these schemes have become politically contentious in a society where good schools and good jobs are scarce.

The BJP has long been ideologically sceptical about reservations, arguing – among other things – they are socially divisive, pitting caste against caste and community against community.

Some Hindu nationalists also see these schemes as standing in the way of consolidating all Hindus into one unassailable social and political bloc.

During the election campaign, these arguments were highlighted by opposition parties, which claimed the BJP planned to abolish reservations or even amend India’s Constitution to ban them outright.

And it seems that fear this might have prompted many lower caste Indians to switch their votes to parties pledging to defend reservations, like the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.

Modi fatigue

A third factor shaping voter behaviour may well prove to be a loss of enthusiasm for Modi himself.

Modi’s personal popularity has remained very high by both Indian and global standards for more than a decade – and for good reason.

He is a charismatic and effective communicator, but his capacity for reinventing his image has arguably been his greatest asset. At different points in his career, he has been able to project himself as a firebrand, a technocratic moderniser, a humble servant of the people and an adroit diplomat.

Recently, however, Modi has cast himself as a distant, almost priestly and otherworldly figure. In the days before the election results were announced this week, the prime minister withdrew to a beach to meditate for 45 hours. In interviews, he has spoken of being chosen by god for his role.

These actions led at least one opposition leader to comment that Modi was saying “all kinds of things that made no sense”. Some voters may have shared that view.

Modi’s broader Hindu project in doubt

For ten years, the BJP has also worked hard to establish a dominant position in India’s political system. To win over voters, it has improved infrastructure in the cities and extended India’s rudimentary welfare state to improve the lives of women and the rural poor.

Ultimately, however, the BJP aims not just to develop India, but to ensure all aspects of Indian society reflect what it sees as the values of the Hindu majority.

To do that, the Modi government has tried to unite all Hindu voters – around 80% of the population – with high-profile religious and cultural appeals, like the construction of a much-vaunted new Ram temple at the holy city of Ayodhya.

The result of this election suggests this project has not – so far, at least – succeeded. In a striking development, the BJP failed to hold the parliamentary seat (Faizabad) where Ayodhya is located.

It is not yet clear what lessons Modi and the BJP will take from this election. Tethered to coalition partners with more leverage than before, the incoming government will be more constrained than its predecessors. As the dust settles, one thing is clear: this election has transformed India’s political landscape.

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आत्मनिर्भर भारत की ओर नया कदम

आत्मनिर्भर भारत की ओर नया कदम

पिस्टन इंजन वाले विमानों और मानवरहित एरियल वाहनों के लिए विशेष विमानन ईंधन-एवीगैस 100 एलएल को आज शुरू किया गया स्वदेशी एवीगैस 100 एलएल को शुरू किए जाने के साथ देश में कीमती विदेशी मुद्रा की बचत होगी इंडियन ऑयल देश में एवीगैस 100 एलएल का उत्पादन और विपणन करने वाली पहली तेल विपणन कंपनी है पेट्रोलियम और प्राकृतिक गैस व आवास और शहरी कार्य मंत्री श्री हरदीप सिंह पुरी ने एवीगैस 100 एलएल को शुरू किए…

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Friendship is really the finest balm

“Here,” Audrey said, holding out a cup of tea in one hand and an old-fashioned hot water bottle wrapped in a bit of worn toweling. Jess and Dash were dozing in front of the fire and Helen had set down the clumsy bit of knitting that was supposed to be a scarf for Tristan, though the last thing they’d heard was there was a chance he would be sent to India. Siegfried had just left after a second urgent call had come through an hour after James had headed out into the miserably wet night, a kiss dropped on the crown of her head along with a quick squeeze to her shoulder.

“What? I don’t, I’m fine—”

“We’ve no need to pretend. I saw you wincing all through dinner,” Audrey said. “I can fetch you some aspirin if you think that’ll help. It does, for some.”

“Not me, I’m afraid,” Helen said, tucking the hot water bottle in her lap before taking a swallow of the tea and then choking a bit. “You’ve put whisky in it.”

“The good stuff,” Audrey smiled. “Siegfried won’t miss it, not a tot into a teacup, and you would.”

“You’re very kind,” Helen said, sipping more slowly and letting it warm her. Her back still ached dreadfully but the heat of the drink and the hot water bottle had dulled some of the sharpest cramps and she closed her eyes for a moment of relative relief.

“You’ve always suffered with it?” Audrey asked.

“Some times it’s not so hard,” Helen said. “But mostly it is. The stock don’t care, though, do they, if you’re feeling poorly. They’ve still got to be milked, the stalls mucked. Just have to get on with it.”

“If your mother had lived, she’d have made sure you had something like this, maybe a biscuit as well,” Audrey said. “I’ve got fresh shortbread in the kitchen if that tempts you.”

“No, thank you. The tea is lovely, just what I wanted,” Helen said. “And the hot water bottle.”

“Does James know?” Audrey said.

“It’s not something I can keep a secret,” Helen said. “Not from James, anyway.” She’d blushed the first time she had to tell him but he hadn’t seen it her cheeks turn red, lying beside her in the blanching moonlight. He’d reached for her in the bed and she’d had to tell him no, had to tell him why so he wouldn’t feel she didn’t want him; he was still sensitive to any hint of rejection, though their honeymoon had done a fair bit to build his confidence. Perhaps a cuddle, he’d offered, pulling her close to him, resting his hands against her belly and she’d almost laughed at the sudden way it recalled how he’d touch an ailing beast, very gentle but sure, the comfort in the certainty as much as the gentleness. In the morning, she’d been brisk and practical, so that he’d known not to be too doting, and that was how she’d gone on with it, allowing him to be fond and solicitous only within the confines of the bedsit, accepting what he offered and not asking for anything, doing her best to be the Helen he’d fallen in love with, that spirited, self-reliant girl he marveled at. If the war hadn’t happened, maybe she would have chanced it, letting him see her distress, her suffering something for him to manage, but the times didn’t allow it.

“That’s good. He’s one I might think a bit shy when it comes to womanly complaints and there are days I think you might catch cold on the pedestal he’d put you on.”

“There’s no pedestal left. Not after a honeymoon and the bedsit and that fish pie I made for dinner at the farm,” Helen said. She’d wondered herself, before they wed, if he would be as earnest and diffident about her as he’d been when they courted, but after a few short weeks of close quarters, his undeniable appetite for her, and the ignominy of the terrible meal’s aftermath had put paid to any concerns of that nature.

“But I can tell there’s something else troubling you,” Audrey said. In her way, Helen found her to be the best diagnostician of them all.

“I’m all mixed up,” Helen said. “With what I want, what I’ve got. What I ought to wait for. What won’t wait.”

“You were hoping then?” Audrey asked. Helen took a fortifying slug of the whisky-tea. The more she drank, the more apparent it was that Audrey had misrepresented the proportions she’d used.

“I don’t know. A little, but also I don’t want that now, I don’t think truly, but the world is so uncertain, what if this is my only chance, what if James is called away like Tristan? What if he doesn’t—” she broke off, unwilling to say the words aloud, the ones that would be unbearable to have heard. She knew Audrey wouldn’t argue that James and Tristan would both be fine. “I don’t know what would be worse, being left all alone or being left alone with a baby who’d never know their father…”

“It’s as well it’s not up to you, I suppose,” Audrey said, before the pause could last too long. “It won’t be up to you to decide and you’d never be alone, you’d have us here and your father and Jenny, James’s parents in Glasgow. You’d have a layette all in tartan and thistles before you could say Jack.”

“You wouldn’t be bothered if there were a baby crying at all hours?” Helen said.

“They don’t all have colic like your Jenny did,” Audrey said. “And no, I wouldn’t be bothered. I’ve a secret to tell you, Helen. Mr. Farnon loves babies. I’ve never seen one that wouldn’t stop fussing once he picked it up and to hear the man, speaking the silliest nonsense to a little one as serious as the magistrate—you needn’t worry that a baby would lack for anything.”

“It mayn’t happen,” Helen said. How could a few simple words be both a reassurance and a threat? She shrugged. It was probably the liquor addling her sensible nature; she usually didn’t even finish an ale at Drover’s.

“You’re right, of course,” Audrey said and then grinned, her dark eyes sly, knowing. “It’s not for lack of trying, I’ll give you that. I did tell Mr. Farnon that brass bed was a mistake, I said you ought to have something sturdy, something that could manage a bit of bounce—”

“Audrey!” Helen felt her face turn scarlet and wished the teacup held another finger or two of whisky. She wished for the whisky bottle, for the telephone to ring, for James to come into the room and need to be asked about the horse he’d been called out for, offered something hot to drink.

“Ah, don’t fret. It’s good, it’s a glad thing to be around two people who are each other’s heart’s desire and you didn’t see James as I did when you were engaged to Hugh. He was breaking his heart over you and he’d have taken it to his grave. I’m happy the only thing broken is a second-hand bed,” Audrey said. Helen looked down at her lap, her hands folded together. The ache in her belly had lessened, dull now instead of clawing.

“That is all that’s broken, isn’t it?” Audrey asked.

Helen thought of a midnight a fortnight past, James murmuring at her ear a mix of Scots Gaelic and fragments of Robbie Burns, So fair art thou, my bonnie lass bonnie lass, the way she’d clung to him, shameless, knowing she was beloved, letting her dressing gown slip off her and his reaction, startled, ravening, the lamp that had tottered when they bumped against it, the crack in the base they’d turned to face the wall the next morning.

“Near enough,” Helen said.

“If anything happened to that hand-painted lamp, I wouldn’t speak of it,” Audrey warned, then winked. “It was a gift from a grateful patient, but it’s always been the ugliest thing in Skeldale and I was that glad to hide it away in the bedsit. Mr. Farnon hasn’t noticed its absence and I’d rather it stay that way.”

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International Conference on “ *Vocal for Local vs Global Aspirations of India*

KCC Institute of Legal and Higher Education (KCCILHE), Greater Noida in collaboration with the Nile University of Nigeria organized an International Conference on “ *Vocal for Local vs Global Aspirations of India* (Step towards Make in India) on 7th January, 2023 (Saturday) from 11:00 AM onwards in hybrid mode.

The event began with the traditional lighting of the lamp and detailing the context of the conference.  Prof. (Dr) Bhavna Agrawal Director, KCCILHE, welcoming the esteemed speakers and participants gave an insight about the objectives of the conference and stressed upon the need to understand what steps should be taken by different stakeholders to make our country self-reliant.

The chief guest of the event, Shri. Kamlesh Mishra, President & COO, Dixon Technologies India Limited highlighted the need for a mindset for 'vocal for local' and promulgation of local brands, manufacturing and supply chain. Thereafter, Shri. Amitabh Tiwari, CEO Ossify Industries Pvt Ltd., Prof. (Dr.) Dileep Kumar, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Nile University of Nigeria (Honoris United Universities Network), Prof. Anetta Caplanova, PhD Economics, University of Bratislava addressed the Participants and shared their valuable research work.

Three technical sessions were conducted simultaneously which were chaired by Prof. P K Agarwal, Ms. Uma Sudhindra and Dr.Sunita Singhal.

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