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Today’s managers require rigorous grounding in geopolitical supply-chain risk, climate risk, behavioural science, data & regulation and tech-aided project execution. AIMA should drive an industry-wide curriculum reform that aligns business education with actual contemporary challenges. We must produce leaders who can connect disciplines rather than operate within functional silos....

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Nirmala Sitharaman Office21 days ago

Our ambition should be to lead, not only to adopt. For decades we have learned from practices developed elsewhere, from Kaizen to lean manufacturing. The next step is to create management practices here that the world studies and to set standards that become global norms. It will take sustained effort, but as a nation we are more than capable, we should trust ourselves and go forward. - Smt @nsitharaman at the 53rd National Management Convention of @aimaindia in New Delhi (2/n)

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Kapil Mehra21 days ago

Shame shame koi tho best fm hoga india mai ya koi fm nahi hai 147 crore logo mai ek bhi fm nahi hai. Jisko knowledge ho finance ki.

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Name cannot be blank21 days ago

Can your office please take cognisance of the appeals made by the professionals please? It will be extremely kind of you

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dxb20 days ago

The destruction created by you will be remembered as dark chapter in capital markets for decades to come

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Macc20 days ago

Waste of taxpayers money....

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Xavier20 days ago

She has mental issue

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CA Munish Goel20 days ago

Mam please the ground reality. The Trade Associations are demanding something which does not have any revenue loss to the government. If all are demanding then there must be genuine reasons. #extendduedateimmedietly

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Amit Amit020 days ago

Madam strike ka kya update h

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Sharath Gowdru20 days ago

#shame #shame Tell that arrogant lady to reduce the taxes

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Peace Lover20 days ago

#5DaysWeekandFairPLI can u comment on this ? Or you wanna say I am not working in bank so that is not my worry ?

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vst20 days ago

Share Market blood bath @narendramodi

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ASINGH20 days ago

Significant words you added like behavioural sciences and data, it shows you are critical thinker

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Cheated_by _Samsung20 days ago

Need stringent standards for car not lip service which our Respectable @nsitharaman is good at

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Wonderpus Photogenicus20 days ago

What about the impact of incompetent policymakers who are so greedy for taxes they have sent the economy into a tailspin by killing taxation. What to do with such idiots?

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Abhishek Gupta20 days ago

If you tax people who work and pay people who dont work, do not be surprised a lot of people not working.

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deen20 days ago

Genuine question, why are you always grumpy mam?

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silent eyes..✨20 days ago

Vo 5 days banking me kya issue hai apko?

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Vijay Sankhla20 days ago

#5DaysBanking

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Musdilalabankwale20 days ago

#5DayBankingNow #UFBUStrike #BankStrike

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Nicole Barlow

65,527 views • 2 years ago

How have the fundamentals of building large, distributed software systems changed the last decade? A conversation with Martin Kleppmann (author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications) - given that the second, updated edition of the book was just released. Timestamps: 00:00 Early career 05:46 Building Rapportive 10:47 Working at LinkedIn 14:09 Writing Designing Data-Intensive Applications 23:00 Reliability, scalability, and repeatability 26:24 DDIA: the second edition 30:50 Tradeoffs of using cloud services 39:02 How the cloud changed scaling 42:53 The trouble with distributed systems 49:02 Ethics for software engineers 52:45 Formal verification 1:00:12 Academia vs. industry 1:03:50 Local-first software 1:09:50 Computer science education 1:18:32 Martin’s current research and advice Brought to you by: • Statsig – ⁠ The unified platform for flags, analytics, experiments, and more. • Sonar – The makers of SonarQube, the industry standard for code verification and automated code review. Check out Sonar's new architecture management capabilities that ensure both humans and AI agents respect your system’s blueprint. • WorkOS – Ship enterprise features – SSO, directory sync, RBAC, audit logs – in days, not months. Three things worth considering, as discussed with Martin, in this episode: 1. Multi-region and multi-cloud are risk/cost trade-offs, not best practices. Martin does not believe that there is a “best practice” in deciding whether to go multi-region or multi-cloud. This decision is a tradeoff between risk and costs. It’s a business decision to be made. Designing Data-Intensive Applications gives engineers the vocabulary to articulate the tradeoffs, not to dictate answers. 2. Replication for fault tolerance is more relevant for most engineers these days than sharding. Though the book has a full chapter on sharding, Martin said that the cloud has reduced the need for manual sharding for the majority of teams. This is also because machines are increasingly bigger, and more workloads fit on a single machine. Sharding across machines is increasingly a specialist concern; replication for fault tolerance, however, is still relevant at every scale. 3. Knowing system internals as a superpower for application developers. Martin maintains that Designing Data-Intensive Applications is not a book for people who build databases or even infrastructure, but it’s helpful for application developers to develop an intuition for making good design decisions and debugging performance issues we will eventually encounter.

Gergely Orosz

79,406 views • 5 months ago

BAN HQ Medical Committee presents Diabetic Awareness - World Diabetes Day 2024. World Diabetes Day is observed every year on November 14th, marking an important opportunity to raise awareness about diabetes and advocate for better prevention, diagnosis, and management of the disease. The day became an official United Nations (UN) day in 2006. This year’s theme, "Access to Diabetes Education," underscores the need for better information and resources to help prevent and manage diabetes effectively. The Medical Team of Brothers across Nigeria (BAN) worldwide is proud to recognize World Diabetes Day by supporting the established framework for diabetes education, which includes: 1. Learning and Knowledge Sharing. 2. Prevention. 3. Identification and Treatment. UNDERSTANDING DIABETES Diabetes is a disease that results from excess sugar in the blood, causing serious health problems over time. The Types of Diabetes: 1. Type 2 Diabetes: The most common form, accounting for about 90% of cases. It occurs when the body doesn’t use insulin effectively or doesn’t produce enough. 2. Type 1 Diabetes: An autoimmune condition, usually diagnosed in childhood, where the body cannot produce insulin. 3. Gestational Diabetes: Occurs during pregnancy and usually goes away after childbirth, but it increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. 4. Prediabetes: A condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes. 1 in 3 adults has prediabetes, highlighting the need for early intervention and lifestyle changes. SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES The symptoms of diabetes vary, and some people (especially those with prediabetes, gestational diabetes, or type 2 diabetes) may not experience symptoms at all. In type 1 diabetes, symptoms usually appear quickly and are more severe. Common symptoms include: I. Increased thirst or urination II.Fatigue III. Blurry vision IV. Slow-healing sores or infections RISK FACTORS A variety of factors contribute to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, including: Age and genetics, Lifestyle factors:, poor diet, lack of physical activity, and smoking increase the likelihood of developing diabetes. Social factors: Access to healthy food, healthcare, and safe spaces for exercise also play a significant role in managing and preventing diabetes. Race and Ethnicity: People from certain racial or ethnic backgrounds, including Black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian American populations, are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. Discrimination and stigma: These factors can exacerbate the challenges faced by marginalized communities in managing diabetes. COMPLICATIONS When diabetes is not properly controlled, it can cause serious and even life-threatening complications, including Heart disease and strokes, Nerve damage (neuropathy), Kidney damage, Eye problems, Foot issues, Skin and mouth infections, Hearing loss, Memory issues, Depression and Anxiety. PREVENTION Preventing or delaying type 2 diabetes is possible through early lifestyle changes. The following strategies can help reduce the risk of developing diabetes: 1. Eat a Healthy Diet 2. Get Active 3. Maintain a Healthy Weight 4. Quit Smoking 5. Limit Alcohol Intake 6. Get Regular Checkups 7. Manage Stress 8. Sleep Well CONCLUSION World Diabetes Day is an important reminder of the growing global impact of diabetes and the urgent need for education, awareness, and action. This year’s theme highlights the critical need for better information and resources to prevent and manage the disease. By focusing on education, early detection, and lifestyle changes, we can work together to reduce the burden of diabetes and create a healthier future for all. #BANWorldwide, #BrothersAcrossNigeria #WorldDiabetesDay, #WDD2024, #DiabetesAwareness, #KnowYourNumbers, #DiabetesPrevention, #14November, #AccesstoDiabetesCare

Brothers Across Nigeria International

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🚨 ECHR LEGALISM IS THWARTING LEASEHOLDER LIBERATION 🚨 A fascinating The Spectator Michael Gove Madeline Grant interview with Dominic Cummings explores how the Human Rights Act (the HRA) and judicial review can produce perverse outcomes that undermine the public interest and faith in our democracy. Lord Gove calls the HRA and the ECHR’s Article 1 of Protocol 1 (A1P1) an “effective blocker” to liberating leaseholders, laws that government lawyers invoked during his time as Housing Secretary to constrain policymaking, effectively prioritising the rights of the rich and corporations over those being looted in their own homes. The discussion is directly pertinent to the leaseholder liberation movement now. Everyone should watch it in full, but here’s a snippet if you’re short for time. If ministers and civil servants won’t admit that the HRA, ECHR, and judicial review regimes are blocking reforms that would help voters, leaseholders, and the economy, and are instead protecting leasehold extortionists by keeping policies that benefit the people off the table, we will. There has been an invisible policymaking process unfolding since the general election. It is an internal process that voters and leaseholders are not being allowed to see. This works in tandem with the secretive lobbying campaign by Big Freehold centred on Number 10 and the Treasury. We are talking about a framework shaping policymaking on leasehold and commonhold reform. This framework takes its cues from the Human Rights Act and the ECHR, specifically A1P1, as well as the Attorney General’s new legal risk guidance, which encourages ministers to avoid measures that carry a risk of judicial review. Rather than doing right by voters and the economy by ending leasehold, a The Labour Party manifesto commitment, this government is leaning into a legalistic approach, prioritising its weird HRA/ECHR politics and letting fear of judicial review by big-money lobbyists kill off policymaking in the public interest. In his recent review of the ECHR for the Conservative Party, top British barrister Lord Wolfson KC observed that the convention, particularly A1P1, which we know affects leasehold reform, is an invisible hand in government decision-making today and has the effect of “ossification of public policy”. Lord Wolfson added: “Article 1 of Protocol 1 (protection of property) will have had significant effects in terms of Government decision-making in all sorts of contexts that affect ‘prosperity’, but these will not necessarily be ‘visible’: some policies will be left on the cutting-room floor, or not even considered in the first place, in order to avoid potential challenges down the line.” What policies materialise over the coming weeks in the Draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will largely depend on whether ministers have successfully pushed back against Whitehall’s weird legalism and reasserted parliamentary sovereignty. We know that the freeholder lobby has, all this time, been using a dog whistle to engage Number 10, the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the Cabinet Office, talking almost obsessively about “legal risk” and “legal uncertainty”. Whether we get peppercorning of ground rents, a £250 per annum cap, or neither will depend on whether this government has ultimately chosen to put HRA, ECHR, and judicial review ahead of the interests of voters and leaseholders. Alongside these measures, other vital reforms to end leasehold as an exploitative money-making racket in people’s homes and to phase out third-party freeholders in a mass shift to commonhold are also at stake. We are exposing this and will continue to do so because it’s what democracy demands, and others are going to great lengths to control the debate, smear, and intimidate those who seek the truth. To watch the interview in full, see link in post below 👇

Free Leaseholders

11,647 views • 9 months ago