Prof. Irfan Habib's lecture to inaugurate BGVS' year-long lecture series "Since Independence"
The inaugural lecture to be live telecasted on Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi's YouTube, Facebook pages
Bengaluru: Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi (BGVS) Karnataka, to mark the 75th year of Indian Independence is set to launch an online year-long lecture series named “Since Independence”. The series will be launched online on August 22, 2021 at 6 pm on YouTube channel and Facebook page of BGVS.
The inaugural lecture of the series will be delivered by Prof Irfan Habib, Professor Emeritus, Aligarh Muslim University on the topic "Secularism and Democracy in India".
The inaugural lecture will be moderated by Prof Purushottama Bilimale, Kannada Chair Professor (Retired), JNU.
In an official press statement the BGVS stated that the year-long lecture series curated by the organization to understand the nation's archives, memories, testimonies and material transformations across the diverse fields of science and technology, education, health, economy, culture, and polity.
“The 75th year of independence marks a point of reflection for India. To reflect on the processes of this period for a forward-thinking agenda for the future. "Since Independence" is an online year-long lecture series curated by BGVS-Karnataka to understand the nation's archives, memories, testimonies and material transformations across the diverse fields of science and technology, education, health, economy, culture, and polity.” The statement added.
The event will be live at 6:00 pm on August 22 on the following links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1HBCVy0ADs
https://www.facebook.com/events/312792460644179?ref=newsfeed
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Maharashtra: All files to be vetted by Shinde before being sent to CM Fadnavis
Mumbai (PTI): The Maharashtra government has ordered that all files will now go through Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde before being presented to CM Devendra Fadnavis for approval.
The moves seeks to revive an arrangement which existed in 2023 of files being vetted by the then two deputy CMs --Ajit Pawar and Fadnavis -- before being forwarded to then CM Shinde.
State Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik issued an order to this effect on March 18. "Since July 26, 2023, files were moved from Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the finance department, to (then) Deputy CM Fadnavis, who held the home, law and judiciary departments before being sent to (then) CM Shinde for approval," as per the order.
This arrangement was made after Pawar, who was then leader of opposition in the state assembly, joined the Shinde-led government along with a several NCP MLAs on July 2, 2023.
Now, with Fadnavis taking charge as chief minister, following the victory of the Mahayuti (comprising BJP, Shinde's Shiv Sena and Pawar-led NCP) in the state polls last year, the arrangement has been changed.
All files will be routed from Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who continues to hold the finance department, to Eknath Shinde, who is also the deputy CM and holds housing and urban development portfolios.
The files will be sent to Fadnavis after Shinde's approval, as per the latest order.
Since the Mahayuti 2.0 took over, there has been speculation of a "cold war" between Shinde and Fadnavis. Both the leaders have strongly denied the speculation.
There have been disagreements over the guardian minister posts of some districts. Fadnavis had to revoke his decision on the appointment of guardian ministers of Nashik and Raigad districts after objections from Shinde.
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