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Trump's tariff plans may 'derail' US inflation progress: YellenMinister Patel said that previous government created new districts for political gain. (File) A Cabinet meeting was held on Saturday at the Chief Minister's office under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, to make important decisions for employee welfare, the benefit of youth, ensuring good governance, and overall development of the state, an official release said. Cabinet Minister Jogaram Patel briefed the media about the decisions taken in the meeting. The Cabinet has decided to redefine the districts and divisions created by the previous government, after which Rajasthan will now have a total of 7 divisions and 41 districts, according to the release. Minister Patel stated that the previous government, in its last year, decided to create 17 new districts and 3 new divisions. In this context, the Revenue Department issued a notification on August 5, 2023, for the creation of these districts and divisions. Three new districts were announced just one day before the 2023 Assembly elections' model code of conduct was implemented, and their notification could not be issued. Minister Patel explained that the previous government had created new districts and divisions purely for political gain. The creation of new districts did not take into account important factors such as financial resources, administrative needs, law and order, or cultural harmony. The previous government did not create the necessary offices or buildings for the new districts, nor did it provide budgets and other necessary resources. He further mentioned that, to review the previous government's imprudent decision, the state government formed a Cabinet sub-committee and a high-level expert committee headed by retired IAS officer Dr Lalit K Panwar. The expert committee submitted its report and recommendations on the reorganization of newly created districts and divisions. After considering these recommendations, the Cabinet decided not to retain 9 new districts--Anupgarh, Dudu, Gangapur City, Jaipur Rural, Jodhpur Rural, Kekri, Neem Ka Thana, Sanchore, and Shahpura--along with the 3 newly created divisions--Banswara, Pali, and Sikar. Additionally, the three districts announced just before the election code of conduct--Malpura, Sujangarh, and Kuchaman City--will also be cancelled. Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot criticised the decision saying it showed confusion in the mind of the state leadership. "The state government took 1 year to take this decision. From this, it can be guessed how much confusion was in their minds regarding this work... Rajasthan is the largest state in the country... If three divisions were created, then they were created after some thought...In many ways, small districts are beneficial for the public. Gujarat is a state with less population than us (Rajasthan) but still, there are 33 districts there... We took this decision for good governance," he said. Rajasthan will have a total of 7 divisions and 41 districts. For the 8 newly retained districts--Phalodi, Balotara, Kotputli-Bahrood, Khairthal-Tijara, Beawar, Deeg, Didwana-Kuchaman, and Salumber--the state government will provide all necessary financial resources and other amenities to establish the administrative framework. According to the state government, this will ensure that the common people in these districts will truly benefit from the formation of these districts. He also mentioned that the Zila Parishads, Panchayat Samitis, and Gram Panchayats will also be reorganized. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sumit Godara, in the media briefing, announced the Cabinet's approval for various amendments, including the extension of the CET score validity to 3 years instead of 1 year, providing a third promotion opportunity for livestock assistants, and changing the designations within the technical cadre under the Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Subordinate Service Rules, 1977. Impact of Penalty under Minimum Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme Removed Minister Godara further stated that the Cabinet approved the removal of the penalty effect under the Minimum Assured Career Progression (MACP) scheme for employees who have been penalized under the Rajasthan Civil Services (CCS) Rules, 1958. Previously, employees who were penalized could only avail financial promotion after a year of regular service, but this will now be waived. Minister Godara also highlighted that the validity of the CET score under the Rajasthan Subordinate and Clerk Service (Common Eligibility Test) Rules, 2022, has been increased to 3 years instead of 1 year. As per the release, this will ease the financial and administrative burden on the boards and give candidates relief, as the number of applicants had been growing each year. Minister Godara confirmed that a third promotion opportunity would be provided to livestock assistants, and designations would be changed. The new designations include Livestock Inspector for the Livestock Assistant, Livestock Extension Officer for the Veterinary Assistant, and Senior Livestock Extension Officer for the Assistant Information Officer. This will improve the dignity and work efficiency of these employees. The state Cabinet also approved renaming the Government College in Churu, Siddhmukh, to "Shreemati Shakuntala Devi Government College, Siddhmukh" in honour of a donor and to encourage other philanthropists. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has announced the establishment of a special unit to investigate what it alleges are arbitrary transfers of public officials at the Government and provincial council levels. In a statement issued by the party, General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara called on the Government and provincial council authorities to immediately suspend all such transfers. He also invited the public to provide information regarding these transfers, either anonymously or voluntarily, to aid the investigation. The statement highlighted concerns over a systematic program of transferring public officials in key sectors without just cause. This, it claimed, has disrupted the work of Local Government Assistant Commissioners, Local Government Secretaries, and Cooperative Assistant Development Commissioners, among others. The SJB criticised the Government for what it described as a betrayal of its promise to uphold the independence of the public service. “The Government, which came to power pledging to ensure public service independence, is now engaging in unprecedented levels of politicisation,” the statement said. It further alleged that the transfers are part of a strategy to influence the upcoming local government elections and ongoing cooperative society elections, with a focus on gaining political advantage. “These politically motivated transfers not only disrupt services in various fields but also cause significant personal hardships to the affected officials,” the statement added. The SJB emphasised its commitment to addressing the issue and ensuring that the public service remains independent and functional, free from undue political influence.For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out words, but her dyslexia makes the process so draining that she often struggles with comprehension. “I just assumed I was stupid,” she recalled of her early grade school years. But assistive technology powered by artificial intelligence has helped her keep up with classmates. Last year, Makenzie was named to the National Junior Honor Society. She credits a customized AI-powered chatbot, a word prediction program and other tools that can read for her. “I would have just probably given up if I didn’t have them,” she said. Artificial intelligence holds the promise of helping countless other students with a range of visual, speech, language and hearing impairments to execute tasks that come easily to others. Schools everywhere have been wrestling with how and where to incorporate AI , but many are fast-tracking applications for students with disabilities. Getting the latest technology into the hands of students with disabilities is a priority for the U.S. Education Department, which has told schools they must consider whether students need tools like text-to-speech and alternative communication devices. New rules from the Department of Justice also will require schools and other government entities to make apps and online content accessible to those with disabilities. There is concern about how to ensure students using it — including those with disabilities — are still learning. Students can use artificial intelligence to summarize jumbled thoughts into an outline, summarize complicated passages, or even translate Shakespeare into common English. And computer-generated voices that can read passages for visually impaired and dyslexic students are becoming less robotic and more natural. “I’m seeing that a lot of students are kind of exploring on their own, almost feeling like they’ve found a cheat code in a video game,” said Alexis Reid, an educational therapist in the Boston area who works with students with learning disabilities. But in her view, it is far from cheating : “We’re meeting students where they are.” Ben Snyder, a 14-year-old freshman from Larchmont, New York, who was recently diagnosed with a learning disability, has been increasingly using AI to help with homework. “Sometimes in math, my teachers will explain a problem to me, but it just makes absolutely no sense,” he said. “So if I plug that problem into AI, it’ll give me multiple different ways of explaining how to do that.” He likes a program called Question AI. Earlier in the day, he asked the program to help him write an outline for a book report — a task he completed in 15 minutes that otherwise would have taken him an hour and a half because of his struggles with writing and organization. But he does think using AI to write the whole report crosses a line. “That’s just cheating,” Ben said. Schools have been trying to balance the technology’s benefits against the risk that it will do too much. If a special education plan sets reading growth as a goal, the student needs to improve that skill. AI can’t do it for them, said Mary Lawson, general counsel at the Council of the Great City Schools. But the technology can help level the playing field for students with disabilities, said Paul Sanft, director of a Minnesota-based center where families can try out different assistive technology tools and borrow devices. “There are definitely going to be people who use some of these tools in nefarious ways. That’s always going to happen,” Sanft said. “But I don’t think that’s the biggest concern with people with disabilities, who are just trying to do something that they couldn’t do before.” Another risk is that AI will track students into less rigorous courses of study. And, because it is so good at identifying patterns , AI might be able to figure out a student has a disability. Having that disclosed by AI and not the student or their family could create ethical dilemmas, said Luis Pérez, the disability and digital inclusion lead at CAST, formerly the Center for Applied Specialized Technology. Schools are using the technology to help students who struggle academically, even if they do not qualify for special education services. In Iowa, a new law requires students deemed not proficient — about a quarter of them — to get an individualized reading plan. As part of that effort, the state’s education department spent $3 million on an AI-driven personalized tutoring program. When students struggle, a digital avatar intervenes. More AI tools are coming soon. The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding AI research and development. One firm is developing tools to help children with speech and language difficulties. Called the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education, it is headquartered at the University of Buffalo, which did pioneering work on handwriting recognition that helped the U.S. Postal Service save hundreds of millions of dollars by automating processing. “We are able to solve the postal application with very high accuracy. When it comes to children’s handwriting, we fail very badly,” said Venu Govindaraju, the director of the institute. He sees it as an area that needs more work, along with speech-to-text technology, which isn’t as good at understanding children’s voices, particularly if there is a speech impediment. Sorting through the sheer number of programs developed by education technology companies can be a time-consuming challenge for schools. Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, said the nonprofit launched an effort this fall to make it easier for districts to vet what they are buying and ensure it is accessible. Makenzie wishes some of the tools were easier to use. Sometimes a feature will inexplicably be turned off, and she will be without it for a week while the tech team investigates. The challenges can be so cumbersome that some students resist the technology entirely. But Makenzie’s mother, Nadine Gilkison, who works as a technology integration supervisor at Franklin Township Community School Corporation in Indiana, said she sees more promise than downside. In September, her district rolled out chatbots to help special education students in high school. She said teachers, who sometimes struggled to provide students the help they needed, became emotional when they heard about the program. Until now, students were reliant on someone to help them, unable to move ahead on their own. “Now we don’t need to wait anymore,” she said. This story corrects that Pérez works for CAST, formerly the Center for Applied Specialized Technology, not the Center for Accessible Technology. 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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials won't order another recount in a close state Supreme Court race after a partial hand recount failed to suggest the trailing Republican candidate could overtake the Democratic incumbent. Following the completion of a machine recount of over 5.5 million ballots last week, Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs maintained a 734-vote lead over Republican Jefferson Griffin, who is currently a state Court of Appeals judge. Griffin then requested a partial hand recount in which randomly chosen ballots from 3% of the voting sites in all 100 counties were reexamined. The law says a statewide hand recount would have been required if the sample results differed enough so that the result would be reversed if the difference were extrapolated to all ballots. But the sample tabulations, which finished Tuesday, showed Riggs actually picking up more votes than Griffin. As a result, the State Board of Elections said a total recount won't be ordered. The election, however, has not been fully resolved. The five-member state board was scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on protests previously filed by Griffin and three GOP legislative candidates who also are in very close elections. Riggs, one of two Democrats on the seven-member court, declared victory again on Tuesday, and her campaign renewed calls for Griffin to concede. Griffin didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The protests going before the state board, which question if well over 60,000 ballots should have been counted, cover three categories of voting. They include votes cast by people with voter registration records that lack driver’s licenses or partial Social Security numbers; overseas voters who have never lived in North Carolina but whose parents were deemed state residents; and military or overseas voters who did not provide copies of photo identification with their ballots. Separately Tuesday, a Court of Appeals panel unanimously declined Griffin's request to order the state board to rule on the protests before Wednesday's meeting to accelerate the process. The board could dismiss the protests or — if problems are found — order corrected ballot tallies, more recounts or new elections. Decisions by the board — with a 3-2 Democratic majority — can be appealed to state courts. Other protests filed by Griffin and the legislative candidates are being first considered by county boards. The state Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit last week seeking to block the State Board of Elections from ruling in any way to throw out the disputed ballots. The Democrats' lawyers say federal law prohibits such systematic challenges to voter eligibility for an election that has already passed. Some of the protests focus on activities that Republicans already sued over before the November election. Democratic officials and their allies held a news conference early Tuesday outside the state Supreme Court building and strongly criticized Griffin and other Republicans for initiating claims they say would disenfranchise legal voters. North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton said she fears the state Supreme Court could ultimately side with Republicans and remove the challenged ballots. “We are trying to make sure that people are raising their voices, that we are filing lawsuits where we can,” Clayton said. “And we are also trusting the process of our board of elections officials to do their job and to count every single vote.” Griffin led Riggs by about 10,000 votes on election night, but that lead dwindled and flipped to Riggs as qualifying provisional and absentee ballots were added to the totals. Other types of protests filed by Griffin and the legislators are being considered by county boards. The Associated Press has not called the Supreme Court race and two of the three legislative races highlighted in the protests. In one of the two, Republican state Rep. Frank Sossamon trails Democratic challenger Bryan Cohn. A Cohn victory would mean Republicans fall one seat short of retaining their current veto-proof majority starting next month.
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Liverpool punish rivals’ errors with dominant win over Leicester to stretch leadThe Dallas Cowboys may need a short-term quarterback, which is why plenty were quick to suggest that they could be in the market for Daniel Jones. The team, however, is pushing back against that narrative. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said Friday that the team has no plans to pursue Jones, and that the Cowboys are in “good shape” at the position despite a potential season-ending injury to Dak Prescott . “No, I think we’re in good shape at our quarterback spot,” Jones said on 94.1 San Antonio’s Sports Star. “We think Cooper (Rush) gives us the best chance to win right now. And certainly we still want to see some. We’ll kind of see how the season goes here. We still really want to see (Trey) Lance and like what he brings to the table. And then, of course, long term, we all know we made our commitment to Dak for the long term.” Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones said on @SASportsStar that they have no interest in adding former Giants QB Daniel Jones. “No, I think we’re in good shape at our quarterback spot. We think Cooper (Rush) gives us the best chance to win right now. And certainly we still want to see... — Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 22, 2024 The Cowboys are winless since Prescott suffered his hamstring injury, and Rush has not looked great in his place. That was enough to spark the Jones chatter, and a bizarre situation on the team’s official website only exacerbated things. For now, however, it is not happening. Jones was released by the New York Giants on Friday and will have to clear waivers before he can sign with any team. This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.HELEN Flanagan has broken her silence on the reunion she had with her footballer ex Scott Sinclair. Just a few weeks ago, the former Coronation Street star admitted that he blocked her on social media . 9 Helen Flanagan has broken her silence on her reunion with ex-boyfriend Scott Sinclair Credit: Instagram/hjgflanagan 9 The former Coronation Street star took her daughter to the opening of London's Winter Wonderland Credit: Splash 9 The duo put on a united front at the star-studded launch event Credit: Instagram Helen, 34, and Scott , 35, previously announced their split in 2022 after 13 years together . Since then, the Celebs Go Dating star has found love with an older man - former footballer Robbie Talbot, 44. She recently reunited with Scott as they both took their daughter Matilda, nine, to the launch of Winter Wonderland . The duo put on a show of unity at the star-studded event at London's Hyde Park. READ MORE ON HELEN jungle buddy Helen Flanagan reveals who she's rooting for in I'm A Celeb & it's NOT Alan steamy I'm A Celeb's most sizzling shower scenes ever as ITV boss admits they're facing axe Now, Helen has exclusively opened up on her relationship with Scott to The Sun, saying they are both "respectful" of one another. This especially applies to the duo living their individual lives with new partners on social media. In an exclusive interview hosted by WhichBingo.co.uk , she told us: "I've always used my social media," "I've always been really open about parts of my life on social media. Most read in I’m A Celebrity 2024 letting loose Ruth Langsford flies to I'm A Celebrity in Australia as bosses sign her up MISSING? Moment Barry McGuigan 'goes missing' after TEN days in the I'm A Celebrity jungle clap back I'm A Celebrity star Dean McCullough's mum slams Ant for being 'too hard' on him jungle jinks I'm A Celeb star claims bosses edit show to make campmates look bad "But like, if I post, if I posted on anything, like, with my boyfriend, maybe say, with my children, I'm always very respectful to the father of my children. "It works both ways, you know, like each way and stuff." Helen Flanagan speaks out on Coronation Street return and admits ‘it’s all I know” The I'm A Celebrity legend admitted that she has learned to get on with her former partner. "Me and my ex now, you know we get on fine, like, for our children and stuff. So, so that's good. "And I think it's important for children as well to see their mum and dad be okay with each other. "I think it's good for, you know, their mental health and what have you." What do we know about Helen Flanagan’s new boyfriend Robbie Talbot? HELEN Flanagan has revealed that she is in a new relationship. While appearing on Celebs Go Dating, she confessed that she was already taken - here's everything we know about her boyfriend Robbie Talbot . Helen has opened up about her relationship with former footballer Robbie Talbot . He is a decade older than the actress. Robbie was born in Liverpool on October 31, 1979 which is how he earned his nickname Halloween Hitman in football. He has played for a series of non-league teams such as Burton Albion, Burscough and Morcambe. He then became a coach at Ashton in 2010. Robbie is retired from football. He left his role as Assistant Manager at Ashton due to family and work commitments in 2011. It's unknown what he has done for work since leaving football. Helen admitted that she was dating Robbie while appearing on Celebs Go Dating. In a first for the show, it has been revealed that her relationship had to be written into the series due to requirements that those taking part have to be single. The pair went public at her birthday party on August 10, 2024. She also admitted that their eldest daughter was most affected by the split as she remembers the pair when they were together. "When me and my ex split, Matilda was seven, Delilah was four and Charlie was one," she explained. "So, you know, Matilda really remembers me and her dad together, the other two didn't really know any different, but Matilda was more kind of affected by it. "So I think it was nice that we went to the Winter Wonderland event together. It’s good for them." I'm always very respectful to the father of my children. It works both ways. Helen Flanagan The Sun This was after Helen admitted that she was 'on block' on her ex-boyfriends phone. Speaking on The Mail's The Life of Bryony podcast, she previously said: "No disrespect to the father of my children, you know, I've had three children with him , and I always have a lot of love for him. "We're both good people, but together we were very toxic . Read more on the Scottish Sun LOOKING UP I'm a four-time world champ but my eyesight is going so I've made crucial change ISLE SAY Stunning home with panoramic views for sale for just £135k - but there's a catch "I think a toxic relationship can just damage your mental health a lot, especially when you struggle with your mental health anyway. "I mean, I'm on block at the moment on Scott's phone. I really am. I'm on block." 9 The I'm A Celebrity legend previously admitted that she was blocked on her ex-boyfriends phone Credit: instagram/hjgflanagan 9 Helen shares three children with the footballer Credit: Instagram/hjgflanagan 9 She explained that the pair get on well and make an effort for their children Credit: instagram 9 Although her younger two children were young when they split, Helen admitted her eldest daughter Matilda is still affected Credit: Instagram 9 Although she has moved on with, Robbie Talbot she says that she still tries to be respectful of the father of her children Credit: Instagram 9 She implied that her new man is very mindful when it comes to her kids Credit: InstagramTeen actor Hudson Meek, who appeared in ‘Baby Driver,’ dies after falling from moving vehicle
