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[kazifatagar]

New: Manholes along 7km sewage lined opened in SAR for sinkhole victim

In Kuala Lumpur, Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) is mobilizing to locate Vijayakumar, 48, who fell into a sinkhole at Jalan Masjid India. Search for the victim intensifies. The company is systematically opening manholes along the 7km sewage line from Masjid India to Pantai Dalam, hoping to find her. Since the incident, IWK has inspected multiple manholes but to no avail. Read More LM News Masjid…

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India's LIC and public sector banks are reassessing their Adani stakes US-based Hindenburg Research’s allegations of fraud against India’s Adani group have sparked panic among investors since Jan. 25. Since the publication of the damning report, the conglomerate’s seven listed companies have lost $68.3 billion, nearly a third of their market value. Read more... https://qz.com/indias-lic-and-public-banks-reassess-adani-stakes-1850052061

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Read the blog, Vitamin D “The Sunshine Vitamin” And Vitamin D Deficiency Pandemic!

[ramayantika]

Mathura Nagarpati

Inspired from Rukmini Vijayakumar's dance video on the same song from Raincoat. I had once posted a script kinda thingy about this to make a dance piece. Here, I will write a fic on the same. Also I apologize beforehand if this makes you cry by the end. :)

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My dearest friend, Shyamala walks beside me to the Yamuna to fill our water pots for our household needs. We have been doing this from childhood, and even though I do have a daughter-in-law now, who is more fit to carry these pots from the river to back home, I always insist to do it everyday for old times sake. Also, she is already too busy to take care of my grand daughter and other household works.

For old times' sake....

SPLASH!

Shyamala and I raise our heads up to see who fell into the river, only to meet a fun sight of a couple of kids frolicking in the Yamuna. Two little girls were laughing, their hands clutching their tummies while three boys adorable pouted at them. The river had crowned a boy's head with a lotus leaf.

I look at Shyamala. Her now thin lips carry a small smile at the children. Her eyes instinctively turn towards mine, and she says, "Once, we were young like them too. Good times, wasn't it." She touched her lower back and continued, "Only if, I wouldn't suffer from this wretched back ache, I would definitely call the others and jump into the river just like we used to do it back then. I wish I could do it once again – for old times' sake."

Sitting down by the riverbank, wincing slightly at the pain in my knee joints, I reply, "You know, you can send Malati to bring water. This back pain takes a toll on you every time."

Chuckling, she moves a pot into the gracious river, saying "I am old. I need to exercise my body so that I still remain active and sane until my last breath. Also, I keep doing this just to revisit my memories."

Ah... looks like we all engaged ourselves in such activities to painfully remind ourselves of our bittersweet memories with him.

"It's all for old times' sake." I hear her mutter. Quietly, I decide to fill my pots when for a moment, I notice something unusual in my reflection.

Once I was young and pretty, and whenever he was around me, I always felt like the most beautiful girl in the world. And when he left, I no longer cared how beautiful I looked. Now that, my hair has gone grey, my pretty face, saggy and wrinkled, my limbs no longer agile, I don't find any reason to sit and admire my long lost beauty.

But, today, there was something different. It wasn't as if my face looking drastically young in the reflection, but a single lone peacock feathers on my head.

God, was he too undergoing the old times' sake feeling like all of us?

"Shyamala, is there something on my head?" I ask, pointing at my head.

"Except that yellow odhni on your head, and that pretty gorgeous white hair, you have nothing."

Amused, I retort, "My husband even doesn't compliment my hair, the way you do. 'Pretty gorgeous hair' They have lost their thickness!"

My friend ducks her pot in the water, which erupts with a pop sound and says, "You still have some volume left in them. Look at mine -- these are threads."

A high pitched scream from the opposite side of the river alerts us away from out hair thinning concerns.

"Munna, you evil brat. Wait, till I show you," shouted one of the girls who was pushed into the river.

Shyamala clears her throat and called the children. "Kids, you better not venture too far into the river. Stay near the banks and play. Also, stop pushing each other into the water. You never know, if a serpent monster is waiting down to snatch mischevious children away."

A little girl innocently asks Shyamala, "Like Kaliya naag?"

My hand stills. The memory's still fresh in my mind. The large black serpent had poisoned the waters, killed so many of our cattle, and was close to snatching him from us. For us, he was just a child of our age. We never thought he would so powerful to vanquish that demon, and when he danced on top of his head, it seemed as Lord Nataraja was dancing tandava on him.

That evening I had scolded him tremendously. And that charming yet mischevious boy had nothing but a bright smile on his face. Did he not what danger he had encountered?

"Where did you get lost now?" I feel Shyamala shake my arm. "Your pot had begun sailing on the river."

"Oh.." I shake my head and grab my pot when I see a peacock feather on my head again. I brush my fingers over my reflection, watching my image disperse in the gentle waves, the blue green feather still showing itself over my head.

The kids have begun playing with themselves in the water, forgetting their previous quarrel. I smile at them, as my mind drifts to my childhood memories with a young boy who always donned himself in yellow robes, and was dark as the night sky, but had a lustre rivalling the moon.

"Hai Mahadev, why don't you call me to your abode. I can't take this back ache any more." Shyama lifts her pots with a groan. Adjusting one of the pots on her hip, she looks at me, and says, "Listen, I have to head to the village market to buy some seeds for the garden. You go home alone today."

I nod at her, and turn back to the dark river when a gentle voice whispers in my ear, a voice I could recognize anywhere, even in deep sleep.

"Nayani"

I breathe slowly. My eyes close themselves shut, and I keep repeating to myself that all of this is in my head -- that he isn't Vrindavan's Kanha anymore but Mathura nagarpati and Dwarkadheesh.

"Nayani, it is me. Will you not welcome me? Open your eyes. I have come back." I hear him take a pause. "For now."

Ignoring the burning sensation in my throat and my laboured breathing, I turn around to face him. I gasp.

He had indeed come back! My Manohara, my Manmohan.

Tears flow freely out of my eyes. I hug him tightly. His arms still contain the same warmth like they did years ago, even on the day, he had parted ways to leave for Mathura.

I sob, not caring who was watching me. My friend, my first love was back after so many years. I wasn't going to hold back.

His fingers gently caress my back as I step out of his embrace. Even though, I am an old woman now, with him near me, I feel me teenage self come back.

Blushing hard, I look down at his beautiful feet. They are painted in red dye. His toe rings shine magnificently. Taking another step back, I look at him from head to toe.

There is a crown on his head with his signature feather on one side. His curly hair reaches his shoulders. Unlike me, they haven't lost their colour nor their thickness. And for heaven's sake, this man hasn't aged much. I felt bad for myself. He still looked ethereal while I an old maid.

"Tell me your beauty secret, Mohan." I look up at him and ask. My saggy cheeks feel warm. I pull my odhni closer to my face in case he sees my red face.

His eyes twinkle and a lovely smile curves on his lips. "And tell me since when did you start hiding yourself from me?"

I stare at him. "Why will I hide from you Kanha?"

He smiles some more and moves my odhni from my face, his fingers brush my cheek and I partly wince and partly melt. "There you go. This is the Nayani, I know."

His smile is infectious. Smiling ear to ear, I reply, "Well, this Nayani is not a young sixteen year old. She is married, a mother and now a grandmother. What will people say if they see me blushing in front of another man?"

He says nothing and walks to the river. I follow him. "Do you remember how I stole makhan from your pot here?"

Laughing at the memory, I look at him again and answer, "Of course, I do. I remember everything. I had chased you with a stick, remember?"

"I remember everything too, Nayani."

"Thank God, you do, Mathura nagarpati. A great man after all must remember his roots." I jokingly say. He chuckles and picks a leaf from the ground. He carefully twirls it with his fingers, his eyes examining the leaf in great detail.

"Where do you think will the leaf go if I blow it away?" He asks.

Taken aback by his question, I think for a while. Krishna has always been patient. He turns his body towards me, and I notice something different this time.

When he had arrived her, he looked youthful and radiant. He still looks godly handsome even now, but there is an unusual sadness gracing his features. I can sense something is heavy on his mind, which he is masking by a smile. His eyes look slightly tired. He needs rest, a long rest.

"The answer, Nayani?"

"Since it's the great mighty Krishna blowing the leaf, I am sure it will reach Vaikuntha dham."

He laughs again throwing his head back. His shoulders shake too. Surely, my humour wasn't great to receive such reaction from him.

He keeps on laughing until tears spring out of his eyes. There is a low snifle too. I touch his arm in concern. Was he okay?

Composing himself, he touches the peacock feathers on his crown and tugs at it. Holding my palm, he keeps the feather on it. "I will have to leave for my abode soon. There isn't much time left. So when I leave, blow this feather in air. Who knows this might reach Vaikuntha?"

My heartstrings tug again. He has to leave again? I wasn't going to keep him for long here. He has a lot of work in Dwaraka to do, but he could stay here for a day right?

"Why are you leaving so early? Stay tonight and leave tomorrow. You have to meet kaka kaki and other friends too."

He sighs deeply and closes those lotus petal like eyes. His hold on my palm tightens. "I wish I could do that sakhi. I wish, I could, but I can't. Time will make no exception for me. I will have to leave."

It feels like that unfateful day again. He had told me the same thing. 'I will have to leave. There is no choice. My duties call me.'

I purse my lips and look ahead. Silence settles deep between us. The only sound that I can hear is the gentle gurgling waves of the Yamuna.

Krishna speaks again. "Now now, there is no need to be angry. Let's make the best of our time now. You haven't told me about your family. How is your husband? Did you have a grandson or a grand daughter? Tell me what all did you do after I went away? Just keep talking until it's the time to go." I keep making a disappointed face, which causes the great lord of Dwarka to pout. "Please, just hear me out for one last time?"

And I fail to be mad over him. I narrate each and every incident that took place in his absence. I tell him all the village gossip. I tell him about my family. I tell him how I felt when he left the village, how I lived with this grief for a long time. And at last, when I felt satisfied, sharing every detail of my life with him, I sigh in tiredness and glance at him.

His eyes shine with tears, but there is still that damned smile on his lips. I feel he is hiding yet another news from me.

"You have aged quite well, do you know?"

"At last, I receive a well deserved compliment from the world's handsomest man. Indeed a pleasure, Kanha. Thank you."

There. He erupts into a cheerful laughter again. He stands up and dusts his uttariya. His eyes glance at the setting sun, now doused in shades of red and the sky, in orange and purple. Somewhere I spot some blues too.

He takes a step back, his hand outstretched. "It's time to go sakhi."

I stand up too, my fingers brush his fingertips. "Why so early? This is just like that day." My eyes burn with tears that I am sure will soon fall.

He moves back again, his hand still outstretched as if asking me to try and keep holding it as long as I am able to. "It is. I know. I am sorry. I have to. In a way I could fulfill my promise to you if not for the whole of Vrindavan."

"What do you mean?" I see his form lose its glimmer. His eyes look like fading stars on the onset of dawn.

"Send the feather high up in the air. It will reach me again. It carries all your love and affection for me."

"What's happening Mohan? I don't understand. You look like you are going to fade. Are you unwell?" I stifle a sob and blink those tears away. If this was the last of him, I had to see him until he goes away from my sight.

"Everything is going according to time. Do not worry, Nayani. Let me go. Until unless you leave my hand, I cannot go."

I feel my fingers lose their grip. "Don't go. Please..." I beg him, but I no it won't stop him. It didn't stop him then, it won't stop him now.

He smiles for the last time I think. I clutch the feather tightly. His looks at my fist and says, "Don't hold it so tightly in your fingers. It will crush."

"Krishna..." No other words come out. There is nothing much to say even.

"Nayani.." His voice is like a soft whisper now.

"Fine. Goodbye, Krishna.." I bid him farewell. Perhaps this is the last time I would see him here with me. I cannot tie him with me now, can I?

His smile has caused his face to look a little brighter now. He waves his fingers at me and repeats, "Goodbye, Nayani. Live well."

"You too."

"I have lived well and long. No more."

Huh?

"Sakhi, did you hear the terrible news from Dwaraka? Krishna is no more!"

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"No, you hallucinated maybe. He is no more. He got shot by a hunter in the forest. Dwarka is submerged -- it now lies deep under the sea." I hear Shyamala, but I no longer respond. Krishna was here. I know it well. I know his touch, the warmth and softness they carry. I felt it. I am still a sane old woman.

"But he talked to me right here. I hugged him too. How can you say that?"

Shyamala starts crying. Her head is over my shoulder, her tears drench my blouse. She rubs my back. "The news has taken a toll on your mind, I think. He never came here!" Her tear stricken face stares at mine. "What do you think sakhi? If he was here, wouldn't the entirety of Vrindavan, go and meet him?"

My heart feels empty. I don't know what to think or what to say. Shyamala keeps consoling me. I don't even have tears in my eyes anymore.

Glancing at the waters of Yamuna again, I catch the peacock feather on my head and I remember what he had asked me to do.

"Let's go home, Shyamala. There's nothing we can do. At least now we know he would never come back to us." I say and get up.

My friend nods and gets up with great difficulty. She doesn't even groan at her aching joints now. The grief had surpassed the bodily pain too.

I see her walk ahead. She doesn't turn back, keeps wiping her eyes with one end of her odhni. I look at the sun. It's so small now and it's only a matter of time when it will depart from the sky. The red and orange hues have made way for the blues to take reign.

What a dark evening would it be today!

My right toe brushes over a soft feathery object. I look down and to my utter surprise, it's a peacock feather.

Picking it up, I stare at the feather. The blue and green colour draws me in. I see Krishna in them. He is playing by the river, stealing our pots and dancing with us. I see him watch the river with me. He is smiling so much and even I am happy too when I hear a voice.

"Let the feather fly."

And I follow his words. I caress it for one last time and kiss it. Looking up at the sky, I blow the feather and it moves up. High up. It doesn't even drift down once like most objects do. My eyes keep following its movement.

It's only a speck now. I can't keep looking at it. My eyes are burning. I can only hope that it somehow reaches him.

'Farewell Mathura nagarpati.'

I hear a splash. Did someone fall into the river?

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Shaknsgsgshhsbavs I chose to attack today. . *hands over tissues in case you want to cry*

Tagging the sakhis: @swayamev @pothosinpots @ma-douce-souffrance @lil-stark @manwalaage @jessbeinme15 @arachneofthoughts @pokemon-master-elita @merapehlapyaarwaapasaagaya @just-another-godless-god @inexhaustible-sources-of-magic @reallythoughtfulwizard

[dear-indies]

Hello! May I ask what your favorite dark-skinned female faceclaims are? I know that is very vague, but I have a brand new OC I am in the process of making, and I have heard the criticism of the rpc's favoritism towards picking light-skinned faceclaims. I am doing research of my own, but I'd love to see some of your (and maybe your followers?) favorite underused faces, if you don't mind! :)

Dominique Jackson (1975) Afro Tobagonian - is trans.

Florence Kasumba (1975) Ugandan.

Alek Wek (1977) South Sudanese.

Adepero Oduye (1978) Nigerian.

Danai Gurira (1978) Shona Zimbabwean.

Rutina Wesley (1978) African-American, has openly dated a women and men in the past but hasn't publicity labelled her sexuality.

T'Nia Miller (1980) Afro-Jamaican - is a lesbian.

Yetide Badaki (1981) Nigerian - is bisexual.

Gabourey Sidibe (1983) Fula Senegalese and African American - has Type 2 Diabetes.

Lupita Nyong'o (1983) Leo Kenyan, considers herself Mexican-Kenyan.

Jade Eshete (1985) Guyanese and Ethiopian.

Jodie Turner-Smith (1986) Afro Jamaican.

Wunmi Mosaku (1986) Yoruba Nigerian.

Lashana Lynch (1987) Afro Jamaican.

Ashley Blaine Featherson (1987) African-American.

Michaela Coel (1987) Ghanaian - is aromantic.

Mame-Anna Diop (1988) Senegalese.

Danielle Brooks (1989) African-American, has openly dated a women and men in the past but hasn't publicity labelled her sexuality.

Philomena Kwao (1989) Ghanaian.

Ebonee Noel (1990) Afro Guyanese.

Camille Winbush (1990) African-American.

Nyma Tang (1991) South Sudanese.

Aamito Lagum (1992) Ugandan.

Nyakim Gatwech (1993) South Sudanese.

Duckie Thot (1995) South Sudanese.

Ryan Destiny (1995) African-American, 1/4 Irish.

Mouna Traoré (1995) Afro Haitian and Milian.

Joy Sunday (1996) Nigerian.

Anok Yai (1997) South Sudanese.

Imani Lewis (1999) African-American.

Celia Rose Gooding (2000) African-American - is bisexual and grey asexual, uses she/they.

Non-black suggestions:

Please not that people do not consider all of these suggestions to be dark-skinned but I have been told that they are considered to be darker in their respected industries!

Nandita Das (1969) Odia Indian.

Semmalar Annam (1990) Indian.

Naomi Wang (1992) Chinese.

Yalitza Aparicio (1993) Mixtec and Triqui Mexican.

Kim Adis (1993) Bisaya Filipino.

Louriza Tronco (1993) Ilonggo Filipino.

Nadine Lustre (1993) Filipino (Akeanon, Ilokano, Pangasinan, Tagalog).

Devon Seron (1993) Bisaya Filipino.

Simone Ashley (1995) Tamil Indian.

Charithra Chandran (1997) Tamil Indian.

Nimisha Sajayan (1997) Marathi Indian.

Maris Racal (1997) Bisaya Filipino.

Jike Junyi (1998) Chinese.

Gabbi Garcia (1998) Tagalog Filipino.

Vidya Vijayakumar (1999) Indian.

Tiffany Espensen (1999) Chinese.

Ylona Garcia (2002) Filipino (including Bikolano, Ilokano, Tagalog).

Amélie Barras (?) Indian.

Ketaki Narayan (?) Marathi Indian.

Ayn Bernos (?) Filipino.

Varshita Thatavarthi (?) Indian.

@ THE RPC PLEASE REPLY WITH YOUR FAVOURITE DARK-SKINNED FCS!

[ramayayi]

Date: 7/2/23

You will need to be mature and pragmatic. You must use your heart to decide the destination, but use your head to plot the journey.

Revised Alcohol, Phenols and Ethers. Did not do thr questions though

Revised EMW from Physics and read EMI from Ncert

Did my dance practice for the usual 30 mins

Had a chem class late at night from 10.30 because my sir will be going out of station from tomorrow for a couple of days

Also why on earth did I end up dreaming I was dancing with Rukmini Vijayakumar???!

[paneerlajwanti]

RUKMINI VIJAYAKUMAR FR IN THE MOVIE?!?

[anandselvi]

கிராமத்து வீடுவாசல் Village doorமதுரை நத்தம் சேர்வீடு குட்டுபட்டிMadurai Nattham Serveedu KuttupattiAll reactions:3Eric T'Kindt, Trumpet Vijayakumar and 1 other

[mirandamckenni1]

Mia Rodriguez - Emotion [Official Music Video] Stream it here: https://ift.tt/m630nwz Mia Rodriguez Emotion "Shut Up" out now! https://ift.tt/DfPj1Yc Subscribe: https://ift.tt/PnoXRdy https://ift.tt/rjbFdnA Follow Mia: https://ift.tt/gKQHR9k https://twitter.com/miarodriguezxxx​ https://ift.tt/yClFVJN https://ift.tt/FNPYuSy https://ift.tt/CL7faxW https://ift.tt/jztGEgc – Video Credits Produced and Directed by Josh Harris Production Manager: Leah Oborn DOP: David McKinnar Gaffer: James Thompson Stylist: Hayley Van Ree Hair and Makeup: Jessica Jenkins Production Design: Zachary McSweeney & Joseph Gaines Choreographer: Courtney Hale Steadicam: Glenn Clayton Best Boy: Akash Vijayakumar 3rd LX: Alec Wilson Unit Manager: Mandy Vicsai Stills Photographer: Kiralee Greenhalgh Edit & Colour Grade: Josh Harris This video was filmed on the set of A Midnight Visit. We acknowledge and thank Broad Encounters Productions for the set and prop design and for sharing it with us. Label: City Pop Records Management: Andrew Stone andrew@chuggmusic.com #MiaRodriguez #Emotion via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft-VLMh3Vz4

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Stock Market Rebound: Sensex Surges Over 1,000 Points; Nifty Climbs to 24,387

The Indian stock market made a strong comeback on Friday, with the 30-share BSE Sensex jumping 1,098.02 points to 79,984.24 in early trade. Similarly, the NSE Nifty surged 270.35 points to reach 24,387.35. This rebound comes after Thursday's decline and follows a significant rally in the US and Asian markets.

Market Movers The recovery was broad-based, with all 30 Sensex firms trading in the green. Notable gainers included Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Power Grid, NTPC, Tata Consultancy Services, and Reliance Industries.

Global Cues Asian markets, including Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, were also trading sharply higher. The positive momentum from the US markets, which ended significantly higher on Thursday, further boosted investor sentiment. According to V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, the sharp rebound in US markets suggests that recession fears may have been exaggerated, as lower-than-expected initial jobless claims indicate a stable labor market.

FII Activity Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers on Thursday, offloading equities worth ₹2,626.73 crore, according to exchange data.

Commodity Market On the commodities front, global oil benchmark Brent crude rose by 0.14% to USD 79.27 per barrel.

The stock market's sharp rise on Friday follows a volatile session on Thursday, where the BSE benchmark declined 581.79 points, or 0.73%, to settle at 78,886.22. The NSE Nifty also retreated by 180.50 points, or 0.74%, to close at 24,117.

As the markets continue to navigate global and domestic cues, investors remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for further gains.

[tallmantall]

James Donaldson on Mental Health - Teaching mental well-being will reduce suicides: experts

James Donaldson on Mental Health - Teaching mental well-being will reduce suicides: experts Policy changes have been shown to make a difference, but despite more than 1 lakh lives being lost annually to suicide in India, there is a lack of political will to address this crisis, experts say R. SUJATHA In India, more than 1 lakh lives are lost annually to suicide, and it is the top killer in the 15-29 age group. A recent article in the Lancet has once again turned the spotlight on suicide. Psychiatrists have been talking about ways to reduce suicides, but rue the fact that governments, state and central, have shown little interest. A blueprint to stem suicides, the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, was launched in November 2022. The aim was to establish effective surveillance mechanisms for suicide within three years and establish psychiatric outpatient departments to provide suicide prevention services through the District Mental Health Programmes in all districts within the next five years. It called for integrating a mental well-being curriculum into all educational institutions within eight years. It also sought to develop guidelines for responsible media reporting of suicides and restrict access to the means for suicide. The NSSP envisages a specific strategy for every state and district. “We have explained the strategy, who should implement it, and the cascading effect. The ministry of health, education, and agriculture in each state must have a task force. We have provided short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals. But two years later, nothing has happened,” said Lakshmi Vijayakumar, who has been running a suicide prevention programme, Sneha, for four decades. The health department should take the lead, but other departments like fertilisers, chemicals, information and broadcasting should also be adequately represented in the task force, she said. The education department should be part of the task force to promote emotional wellbeing. ‘Lack of political will’ Soumitra Pathare, Director for the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, one of the framers blames the lack of political will, both at the centre and the state. “There is a sense of fatality when we start talking about suicide prevention. ‘We cannot completely eliminate suicides’, is what we hear. Instead of saying prevention we must say reduction. Even a 20% drop in suicides would save 40,000 lives annually,” he remarked. He also blamed the lack of will in the media to make conscientious efforts to educate themselves on reporting suicides. By talking about suicides we would be acknowledging the problem and try to find solutions, he reasoned. Dr. Pathare and Dr. Lakshmi pointed out that it is likely the only health condition which claims 1.27 lakh lives but there is no government programme to prevent it. Dr. Pathare cited Tamil Nadu as an example where suicides had drastically reduced thanks to the introduction of supplementary examinations for school students. Yet the government has done nothing to implement the NSPS yet. “The present approach is piecemeal. We need a district wise programme that can bring about consistent results,” Dr. Pathare said. Dr. Lakshmi calls for several editions of competitive exams so that youngsters gain confidence that they can appear whenever they want. Policy changes work “The National Education Policy is good, but it has not been implemented. The vocational guidance programme and multiple exits, grade system, and the flexibility to make course changes are all good. But it has not been implemented,” she said. “I would like to emphasise that policy changes do make a difference and these policies are there and need to be implemented. Once implemented, we see results. And the example is Tamil Nadu. “Tie up NEP and NSPS, and by implementing the strategies deaths can be reduced,” she said. #James Donaldson notes:Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes.Getting men to speak up and reach out for help and assistance is one of my passions. Us men need to not suffer in silence or drown our sorrows in alcohol, hang out at bars and strip joints, or get involved with drug use.Having gone through a recent bout of #depression and #suicidalthoughts myself, I realize now, that I can make a huge difference in the lives of so many by sharing my story, and by sharing various resources I come across as I work in this space.  #http://bit.ly/JamesMentalHealthArticleFind out more about the work I do on my 501c3 non-profit foundationwebsite www.yourgiftoflife.org Order your copy of James Donaldson's latest book,#CelebratingYourGiftofLife: From The Verge of Suicide to a Life of Purpose and Joy Link for 40 Habits Signupbit.ly/40HabitsofMentalHealth If you'd like to follow and receive my daily blog in to your inbox, just click on it with Follow It. Here's the link https://follow.it/james-donaldson-s-standing-above-the-crowd-s-blog-a-view-from-above-on-things-that-make-the-world-go-round?action=followPub Dheeraj Singh, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, who currently mentors students from IITs said: “Suicides can be prevented with timely supportive action. Citizens must learn the skills of identifying someone with suicidal thoughts, ask them openly about their thoughts, talk to them without fear and refer them to a caregiver who can complete a safety plan and provide suicide prevention counselling. These simple steps, if taken with care for the affected person, can save many lives at risk especially those of young adults and senior citizens.” Dheeraj Singh, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur who currently mentors students from IITs, said: “Suicides can be prevented with timely supportive action. Citizens must learn the skills of identifying someone with suicidal thoughts, asking them openly about their thoughts, talking to them without fear, and referring them to a caregiver who can complete a safety plan and provide suicide prevention counselling. These simple steps, if taken with care for the affected person, can save many lives at risk, especially those of young adults and senior citizens.” On the mentoring of IIT students, among whom the suicide rates were high, he said the idea was to provide emotional support to students struggling with stress, anxiety, and hopelessness and those unable to access available support systems. “We have managed to save several precious lives through this intervention, and survivors are doing well now with the help of psychiatrists and psychologists,” he said. Read the full article

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Markets Rally for Second Consecutive Day: Sensex Surges Over 696 Points

The bullish trend in the market continues as the 30-share BSE Sensex surged by 696.46 points to 75,078.70 in early trade, marking a second consecutive day of gains.

The buoyant start on Thursday follows the unanimous election of Narendra Modi as the leader of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). This decision has instilled confidence in investors, leading to a continuation of the previous day's sharp rally.

The NSE Nifty also witnessed an upward trend, climbing by 179.15 points to reach 22,799.50.

Notable gainers among the 30 Sensex companies include NTPC, State Bank of India, Power Grid, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, and HCL Technologies. However, Hindustan Unilever, Nestle, Sun Pharma, and Asian Paints lagged behind.

Narendra Modi's unanimous election as the leader of the NDA signals his historic third consecutive term as prime minister, following the NDA's victory in 293 seats in the Lok Sabha polls.

In global markets, Tokyo and Hong Kong traded with gains, while Shanghai quoted lower. US markets closed in positive territory on Wednesday.

V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, highlighted the favourable global construct with the rising possibility of rate cuts by the Fed. However, despite the positive outlook, FIIs continue to sell on high valuations in India, especially compared to the relatively cheap valuations of Chinese stocks.

While there is political stability in the near term, ongoing political developments are expected to influence market sentiment.

In the commodity market, global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed to USD 78.71 a barrel. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 5,656.26 crore on Wednesday.

The market's resilience is evident as it bounces back from Tuesday's decline, with the BSE Sensex surging by 2,303.19 points or 3.20 per cent, and the Nifty climbing by 735.85 points or 3.36 per cent on Wednesday, marking a positive shift in investor sentiment.