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Mangaluru: KPCC general secretary Padmaraj R Poojary accused the BJP of trying to create needless confusion over BPL ration cards and waqf properties issue, only to gain people's support. Poojary told reporters here on Saturday, that even though the central govt admitted to cancellation of 5.8 crore BPL cards across the nation, the BJP leaders in Karnataka are silent on it. Stating that the state govt is committed to ensuring that no eligible family is deprived of BPL cards and its benefits, Padmaraj said that all eligible families will continue to have their BPL cards. "Even chief minister Siddaramaiah has asserted that if there was any mistake on the part of officials, then it will be rectified," he said. Accusing the BJP of trying to divide society in the name of religion, Padmaraj said that the saffron party has taken up the waqf properties issue for political mileage. He said that 226 notices in the name of waqf properties were served to farmers during the tenure of Basavaraj Bommai as the chief minister. "Further, notices were served during the tenure of DV Sadananda Gowda as the chief minister. People need not panic over the waqf properties issue as the Congress govt is committed to principles," he said. Referring to bad roads in Mangaluru city, Padmaraj blamed the BJP administration in the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). Further, he also came down heavily on the central govt for ignoring the development of the Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway development work. "Let the Dakshina Kannada MP give priority to the development of national highways. Travel on NH-75 from Mangaluru to Bengaluru has become an adventurous task and there are no proper service roads," he added. Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 L + W Majority: 145 BJP+ 229 MVA 47 OTH 12 Leads + Wins : 288 / 288 BJP+ WON Jharkhand Alliance View i Party View Seats: 81 Results Majority: 41 INDIA 56 NDA 24 OTH 1 Results : 81 / 81 INDIA WON Source: PValue ‘Lack of coordination among engineers' Congress leader and former mayor Shashidhar Hegde said roads in the city are in deplorable condition after various agencies dug them up for underground pipelines. "Lack of coordination among engineers from the MCC, various govt departments, and agencies involved in various works has been the reason for bad roads in the city," Hegde said, and urged the mayor to make all roads motorable by Dec 15. To a query, Hegde said that the state govt sanctioned Rs 160 crore to the MCC under the Mahatma Gandhi Vikas Yojana. "Action plans are being prepared to take up various development works under the scheme," he added.Where I Live: Soaking up the urban life in South Main Village
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New Delhi, December 24: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the three new criminal laws -? Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam -? are becoming protectors of civil rights and the basis of 'ease of justice'. Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation of the three criminal laws in Uttarakhand, Shah asked Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to put into effect the new laws 100 per cent as soon as possible. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, which came into effect on July 1, replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872 respectively. During the discussion in the meeting, Shah said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the three new criminal laws are becoming the protectors of civil rights and the basis of 'ease of justice', an official statement said. Create Data-rich Platform to Benefit Investigation Officers: Amit Shah to NCRB . Shah said the new laws are victim and citizen centric and they need to be implemented promptly with this spirit. He said the Uttarakhand government should make efforts to fill the gaps in technology and other areas for 100 per cent implementation of the new laws. The home minister said the Uttarakhand government should give priority to 100 per cent implementation of the new laws in all police stations and jails in areas where more FIRs are registered. The meeting reviewed the implementation and current status of various new provisions related to police, jails, courts, prosecution and forensics in Uttarakhand, the statement said. Emphasising on the use of technology, Shah said more than one forensic mobile van should be available in every district of the state. He said for forensic visits, teams should be divided into three categories - serious, normal and very normal, so that resources can be utilised better. Along with this, the home minister also emphasised that a protocol should be made to decide the designated place for video conferencing and the cameras installed at all places should be of excellent quality. He said there should be regular and continuous monitoring of how many of the accused named under the Zero FIRs registered have been brought to justice and how many FIRs have been transferred to the states. Amit Shah to Dedicate over 10k Multipurpose PACS, Distribute Micro-ATMs . Shah asked Dhami to review the progress of implementation of the three new laws every 15 days and the chief secretary and DGP once a week with the officials of all the departments concerned. He suggested to the DGP of Uttarakhand to ensure that all the Superintendents of Police investigate the cases within the prescribed timelines. Besides Shah and Dhami, top officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Uttarakhand government attended the meeting. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (NYSE:FBIN) Stock Position Raised by Natixis Advisors LLCPULASKI'S PAST: Panel Finds City Is Not Progressing Fast EnoughGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Forrest's 30 points led N.C. A&T over North Carolina Central 85-72 on Saturday. Forrest shot 12 of 18 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 7 from the line for the Aggies (4-10). Landon Glasper scored 25 points while going 7 of 17 from the floor, including 5 for 12 from 3-point range, and 6 for 6 from the line. Jahnathan Lamothe went 3 of 7 from the field (1 for 4 from 3-point range) to finish with nine points, while adding eight rebounds. The Aggies stopped an eight-game skid with the win. Po'Boigh King finished with 21 points for the Eagles (6-10). Keishon Porter added 11 points and seven rebounds for North Carolina Central. Dionte Johnson also recorded 11 points. N.C. A&T took the lead with 1:28 remaining in the first half and never looked back. The score was 46-39 at halftime, with Glasper racking up 18 points. Forrest scored 18 points in the second half to help lead the way as N.C. A&T went on to secure a victory, outscoring North Carolina Central by six points in the second half. NEXT UP Up next for N.C. A&T is a matchup Thursday with Elon at home. North Carolina Central hosts Saint Andrews (NC) on Tuesday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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Forrest's 30 lead N.C. A&T past North Carolina Central 85-72What just happened? Scientists have discovered that our brains process thoughts much more slowly than previously believed. This surprising finding has its roots in our evolutionary history and sheds more light on why our minds work the way they do. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have unveiled a startling revelation about the human mind: our thoughts move at a mere 10 bits per second, a rate that pales in comparison to the staggering billion bits per second at which our sensory systems gather environmental data. This discovery, published in the journal Neuron, is challenging long-held assumptions about human cognition. The research, conducted in the laboratory of Markus Meister, the Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences at Caltech, and spearheaded by graduate student Jieyu Zheng, applied information theory techniques on an extensive collection of scientific literature. By analyzing human behaviors such as reading, writing, video gaming, and Rubik's Cube solving, the team calculated the 10 bits per second figure – a rate that Meister describes as "extremely low." To put this in perspective, a typical Wi-Fi connection processes about 50 million bits per second, making our thought processes seem glacial by comparison. This stark contrast raises a paradox that Meister and his team are eager to explore further: "What is the brain doing to filter all of this information?" The human brain contains over 85 billion neurons, with one-third dedicated to high-level thinking in the cortex. Individual neurons are capable of transmitting more than 10 bits per second, yet our overall thought process operates at a much slower rate. This discrepancy presents another conundrum for neuroscientists to unravel. Furthermore, the study highlights a peculiar constraint of human cognition: our ability to process only one thought at a time, rather than multiple thoughts in parallel like our sensory systems. This sequential nature of thought is exemplified in activities such as chess, where players can only envision one possible sequence of moves at a time. Zheng and Meister propose that this limitation may be rooted in our evolutionary history. They suggest that the earliest creatures with nervous systems primarily used their brains for navigation – moving towards food and away from predators. If our complex brains evolved from these simple systems, it would explain our tendency to follow only one "path" of thought at a time. "Human thinking can be seen as a form of navigation through a space of abstract concepts," the researchers write. This new quantification of human thought speed has far-reaching implications, potentially debunking some futuristic scenarios proposed by tech visionaries. For instance, the idea of creating direct interfaces between human brains and computers to accelerate communication may be less promising than previously thought, as our brains would likely still communicate at the same 10 bits per second rate. The study also suggests that our cognitive speed is well-suited to our environment. "Our ancestors have chosen an ecological niche where the world is slow enough to make survival possible," Zheng and Meister note. "In fact, the 10 bits per second are needed only in worst-case situations, and most of the time our environment changes at a much more leisurely pace."
Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Following a fallout with his friend turned rival, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, President William Ruto has crafted a strategy to regain Mt Kenya region which has been drifting by the day after Gachagua’s impeachment. The strategy, which involves using celebrated secular and gospel artists, will see peace caravans being conducted in all 11 counties from the Mt Kenya region. The idea arose following the heckles and jeers from Embu County on November 16 when dissatisfied congregants booed the president when he attempted to elaborate his pet projects; affordable housing and the controversial Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). On October 11, mourners also heckled Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika as she tried to read Ruto’s message of condolence in a burial ceremony of Bahati MP Irene Njoki’s brother Henry Gachie where Kenya Kwanza leaders were forced to cut short their speeches amid jeers from locals. On Saturday last week, mourners who attended the burial ceremony of a nominated MCA Mark Gicheru, denied Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata a chance to read the president’s speech even as they shouted down Deputy President Kithure Kindiki’s speech that was being read by a government official. Sources who are privy to the peace caravan strategy said the administration seeks to use the celebrated artists in a bid to contain the situation and to 'sober up’ residents from the emotional upheaval that has followed Gachagua’s impeachment. “Pro-government leaders have been advised to keep off the music concerts, as they too have been made unpopular by Gachagua’s popularity as a result of the sympathy that he has acquired following his impeachment. The artists’ job description is simple, using the art to win them back to the President and also to the MPs who can’t attend a function or meet the people tour because of being shouted down,” a source who requested not to be named disclosed. Martin Wa Janet, a celebrated gospel musician from Mt Kenya region, who also hosts a popular show on one of the leading vernacular TV stations who organised a peace concert on Sunday at Ihura stadium in Murang’a admitted that the music concerts are aimed at explaining to the people why they need to support the government while at the same time denying that the music concert was a government project. On October 11, mourners heckled Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika as she tried to read Ruto’s message of condolence in a burial ceremony of Bahati MP Irene Njoki’s brother Henry Gachie where Kenya Kwanza leaders were forced to cut short their speeches amid jeers from locals. In a phone interview, Janet claimed that the Sunday event, which ended in disarray after Gachagua stormed, had been sponsored by the businessmen and people of good will who felt that Gachagua was leading Mt Kenya people to a stray. “We are also telling our people that we must support our government because it is the right thing to do. Even our churches pray for the government every Sunday because authority is God given,” he said. He added “Gachagua is a threat to the stability and peace of our region, we are trying to unite our people because he has incited the community with his pursuit of sympathy as a result of his woes.” According to the artist, “following Gachagua is akin to following a bull that is being escorted to a slaughter house” because he can’t seek an elective position after the courts upheld his impeachment. “He is inviting people to the Opposition due to his personal issues with the government, he can’t vie for any elective seat as he is barred by the government; he is just an ordinary Kenyan like any other and our people must be told the truth,” the artist added. While explaining on the events that saw his event ended in disarray, Janet said Gachagua was persona non grata to the event and when he arrived ‘with his goons’ he denied him a chance to address the crowd before electricity and the sound system was switched off ‘because his event was for peace and had not invited any politician.’ Stay informed. Subscribe to our newsletter “Gachagua owes me and other artists an apology for gatecrushing my function, my initiative seeks to arrange meetings in a different style as opposed to the many meetings being held to cause strife with the Kenya Kwanza administration,” Janet noted. He said his first meeting was held in Ruiru stadium on September 29, and regretted that during the said meeting, former Kiambu Governor stormed the meeting and used derogatory words against the President. Waititu was later charged with a charge of offensive conduct in which he uttered derogatory and demeaning words against the President. The Sunday music concert held in Muranga brought together celebrated artists such as Samuel Muchoki alias Samindo, Joyce Wa Mama, Tony Young, Jose Gatutura, Hezeh Ndungu, Regina Muthoga among others. Apart from demanding an apology from Gachagua, Janet urged the authorities to press charges against Gachagua for disrupting the peace, even as he hailed the government for withdrawing his security detail. Following the disruption of his concert, mixed reaction ensued in social media pages as Gachagua’s supporters accused the artist of disrespecting Gachagua , who had graced the peace event ‘peacefully”. “It was wrong and uncalled for, for an artist to embarrass the former Deputy President who had no malice when attending the function,” Benson Mugure wrote in his Facebook page. Political analysts have argued that the government’s strategy to use artists may not work at this time as the emotions of the Mt Kenya people were high. “The government is only aggravating the situation, it like rubbing a wound, Gachagua’s natives took the impeachment as their own predicament and that is why they grow wild at the mention of the President and any leader who supported Gachagua’s ouster, they need to go slow and let the emotions dry up as opposed to fueling them,” Charles Njoroge an analyst noted.