Mangaluru: Lotus and Globe travels donate smart classroom technology to Bengre Govt. School
Mangalore: Globe travels Mangalore which introduced Mangalore to the world of cruise world since 1980’s always helps the poor children to build their dreams. The Staff of Globe travels do chip in to educate the poor children every year. The Lotus DMC Cochin headed by Sanjeev Kumar had a dream to develop the Thota Bengre as a tourist destination. They contacted their counterpart Globe travels, Mangalore who willingly supported their dreams come true.
Result of this to bring the foreign nationals to the Thota Bengre to view the country ship yard, Beedie rolling and the visit to the Govt. Hry. Pry School. Lotus DMC and Globe travels, Mangalore chipped a huge amount of their little revenue to bring joy to the little children with putting up a smart class room costing Rs. Seven Lakhs with modern equipment which was inaugurated by the Capt. Sokratis Sklavos, of Costa Victoria cruise ship visited Mangalore. The cruise ship team along with the captain of the ship visited the school to inaugurate the smart class room and were thrilled at the good Samaritan deed of Lotus DMC and Globe travels who are their ground handling agents for years.
Inaugurating the smart class room Capt. Sklavos said that children should have good facilities to get educated and he stressed that the children are the future of any country. He congratulated Sanjeev Kumar of Lotus DMC and William D’ Souza of Globe travels saying, Bravo, Bravo expressing his happiness in Italian language. He asked the children to listen to their teachers and to respect them to build a beautiful future for them. In his inaugural address Capt. Sokratis Sklavos said, “Being myself a father of two beautiful young girls, I am truly blessed and overwhelmed to be among all these happy and beautiful children. While I was in the tourist bus on my way to this school, I asked the bus driver who are the good people in this scenic area, and he said, they are the villagers and children of Bengre. And I think he was right, by looking at all these people and children who have so much love and the spirit of hospitality and friendship in them. No doubt, the dream of having smart class room has come true for the teachers and students of this school. I am happy to be part of this inaugural ceremony, and will cherish this moment for the rest of my life”.
The Chief Guest Y.R. Belgal Traffic Manager of New Mangalore Port Trust thanked Sanjeev Kumar and specially William D’ Souza who was the reason to have cruise ships to Mangalore and wished the children best in their life. He said: Their example of donating their partial wealth to a needed cause should be followed by others. A person can earn lots of money and remain rich forever, but his life is useless if part of his wealth is not shared with others in need in the surrounding areas. Helping others should be our motto. And it was indeed nice of the Ship Captain in entertaining the children on a ship tour”.
The ship crew members entertained the school children with sing songs and a short play and taking the children to the ground and playing with them. The children of the school were thrilled at this and the teachers of the school were simply drum struck since this school had this type of interaction for the first time in the history of the school.
Delphine D’ Souza, Manager of Globe travels compared the programme and the school children sang the prayer song with their own sweet melodies voices. Rev. Sr. Agnes Frank proposed vote of thanks.
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
