Volume 14 | Issue 2 |

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The rising competitiveness of campus placements has heralded the need to develop systematic and structured preparation mechanisms. Digital platforms have become largely educational but students face difficulties because they are not applied in sequence, and any tracking is not measurable. The classic method is to follow random tutorials of various sources, and the resulting knowledge is incomplete and disjointed in the preparation. Coaching institutes are structured, but not personalized and also they are not financially viable. In addition, the current systems lack an automated analysis and competition in an integrated ecosystem. Towards that end, Skill Path aims to remove such constraints by providing a learning architecture built on centralization and roadmap. The system is combined with curated high quality learning content, automated assessment validation of quizzes, real time dashboards and leaderboard ranking systems. The design focuses on the validation of mastery, where students have to know enough before advancing to the next stage. This method is scalable and technology-oriented at closing the knowledge gap between the academic and industry preparation.

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Subject to a progressive learning procedure, Placement-focused preparation, As a learning strategy, quiz-based learning advances, Performance dashboard student, Features Ranking and leaderboard, Properly structured learning system.

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The Indian automotive sector, contributing 7.1% to national GDP, experienced prolonged stagnation between 2019 and 2024 due to prohibitive taxation. In September 2025, GST 2.0 restructured automotive taxes from 28% plus cess (up to 22%) to a simplified 18% for mass-market vehicles and 40% for premium segments. This descriptive analysis uses secondary data from SIAM, FADA, and corporate filings (September 2024-December 2025) to document post-reform market patterns without econometric testing. The four-month observation reveals substantial market reorientation coinciding with reform implementation. Passenger vehicle wholesales shifted from -8.8% year-on-year in August 2025 to +26.8% in December 2025. Geographic divergence emerged, with rural retail registrations growing 32.4% versus 22.9% urban growth, consistent with higher price elasticity in cost-sensitive segments. Mass-market categories benefiting from the 18% tax rate showed stronger expansion, while major OEMs maintained or expanded EBITDA margins above 13% despite price reductions, reflecting operating leverage from higher volumes. Dealer inventory normalized from stressed levels (53-55 days) to healthy ranges (37-39 days), validating demand authenticity. Three unintended consequences emerged: the EV tax advantage narrowed from 24 to 13 percentage points, coinciding with stagnating EV market share; stranded compensation cess credits created estimated INR2,500 crore in dealership working capital challenges; and the sharp 350cc threshold in two-wheelers created artificial market bifurcation affecting product design decisions.This analysis is bounded by a four-month window that captures immediate response but not long-term sustainability, concurrent favorable macroeconomic conditions (deflating inflation, rate cuts), and reliance on secondary sources without primary data collection. The study documents temporal associations without establishing causal relationships, providing baseline insights for future longitudinal research on GST 2.0's sustained impacts.

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GST 2.0, Automotive Industry, Tax Reform, India, Market Response, Descriptive Analysis

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Abstract Neonatal sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Despite advances in neonatal intensive care, early diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific clinical features and limitations of laboratory tests. Emerging diagnostic biomarkers, antimicrobial stewardship strategies, and infection-prevention practices have significantly influenced outcomes. This review discusses epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostic approaches, current management strategies, and preventive measures in neonatal sepsis.

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Neonatal sepsis, Neonatal infection, Neonatal morbidity and mortality

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Literature has meticulously recorded several geographical spaces, capturing their essence within its preponderance of narratives. It carries the prints of the most fickle elements like time and tide. Time and tide waits to be read and felt in the pleats of the paper. A deep dive into the creases of literature brings out the evolution of land-centred narratives to ocean-centred stories into the limelight. Understanding this transitionary evolution is as necessary as culture and history. Ancient literature is mostly terrestrial stories of heroic courage, where the sea functioned as a realtime challenge and unpredictable danger roaring at the margins of the narratives. From the eighteenth century onward, significant developments in maritime expansion and trade placed the sea at the centre of the narration. The sea has flooded the postcolonial narratives with its tides carrying the painful memories of slavery, migration and diaspora in its ebb and flow. Writers surfaced with impressive stories of maritime history and culture, beautified with the natural elements. All this gradual effort of centuries resulted in the emergence of Blue Humanities as an interdisciplinary framework connecting humanities with science. This paper reviews the literature to trace out the changes in the representation of seas across literary periods in order to reflect the evolving human relationship with sea, moving from territorial fixity to fluid relationality. Keywords: sea narratives, therapeutic sea, postcolonial literature, children literature, environmental degradation, sea as central setting, non- human relationship, anthropocene sea, ecological concern

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Keywords: sea narratives, therapeutic sea, postcolonial literature, children literature, environmental degradation, sea as central setting, non- human relationship, anthropocene sea, ecological concern

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Electronic voting has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional ballot systems; however, concerns related to voter identity verification, vote tampering, and result manipulation continue to hinder widespread adoption. This paper presents a Blockchain-Based Secure Voting System that integrates decentralized ledger technology with multi-factor authentication to enhance election transparency, integrity, and trust. The proposed system leverages Ethereum-compatible smart contracts to enforce immutability and prevent double voting, while Twilio's OTP verification bridges real-world identity with blockchain wallet authorization. A structured election state machine governs the lifecycle of voting, ensuring controlled participation and result publication. Security mechanisms such as access control modifiers, reentrancy protection, and gas-optimized data structures further strengthen the system. The architecture demonstrates how decentralized governance combined with off-chain identity verification can deliver a secure, transparent, and auditable digital voting framework suitable for institutional and organizational elections.

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Blockchain Voting, Smart Contracts, OTP Authentication, Election Security, Decentralized Identity, Ethereum, E-Governance, Multi-Factor Verification, Immutable Ledger, Digital Ballot

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The Hostel Management System is a software application developed to efficiently manage and automate hostel operations in educational institutions. It provides a centralised platform to handle essential tasks such as student registration, room allocation, attendance tracking, complaint management, and medical record maintenance. By automating these processes, the system reduces manual work and paperwork, ensures accurate and up-to-date records, and minimise errors. It also provides role-based access, allowing administrators and students to use the system securely according to their privileges. Administrators can monitor hostel activities, manage rooms, track attendance, and handle complaints efficiently, while students can register, view room availability, and submit requests or complaints easily. Overall, the Hostel Management System improves operational efficiency, saves time, and enhances communication between staff and students. It replaces traditional manual methods with a digital, organized, and reliable system, ensuring smooth hostel management and better overall administration.

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Hostel Management System, Student Registration, Room allocation, Attendance monitoring, compliant management and medical registration

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The four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) introduced under the National Education Policy 2020 represents a paradigm shift in teacher education by integrating disciplinary knowledge with pedagogy and practice to prepare professionally competent teachers for different school stages. Within this framework, the Content cum Pedagogy course on World Around Us (TWAU) at the preparatory stage is an important course that integrates environmental, social, cultural, and scientific understandings through experiential and multidisciplinary learning. The preparatory stage emphasises activity-based, discovery-oriented, and contextually grounded learning processes, requiring teachers to design developmentally appropriate and inquiry-driven classroom experiences. This paper systematically analyses the professional preparedness and needs of teacher educators for the effective teaching of the ITEP Content-Pedagogy course on TWAU at the preparatory stage. Drawing upon policy guidelines, curriculum frameworks, and research insights on teacher education, the paper identifies the required competencies, knowledge domains and pedagogical orientations among teacher educators for effective teacher preparation and proposes a conceptual framework highlighting three interrelated dimensions- deeper curricular understanding, pedagogical expertise, and professional preparation of teacher educators. The paper contributes by integrating research insights with curriculum expectations and strengthening teacher education discourse by providing a roadmap for preparing competent teachers and teacher educators.

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ITEP, Teacher Educator Preparation, World Around Us, Content-Pedagogy Integration, Preparatory Stage, Experiential Learning, Multidisciplinary Learning

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This paper investigates how hard power competition and soft power initiatives influence regional diplomacy in Asia, particularly involving India, China, and Japan. It starts by defining neighbourhood diplomacy as the strategic management of relationships with neighbouring states using security, political, and developmental tools. The paper then presents hard power and soft power as complementary strategies rather than oppositional ones. The next section focuses on nuclear strategy as a key element of hard power, which helps shape deterrence relationships, convey credibility, and affect regional perceptions of threats. This is followed by an examination of health diplomacy as a means of soft power, emphasizing its role in building trust, establishing legitimacy, and fostering cooperation through medical aid, vaccine collaborations, and humanitarian efforts. The final part assesses how the combination of deterrence and diplomatic engagement influences neighbourhood relations, arguing that both coercive power and normative actions are critical to shaping regional stability and influence. The study concludes that effective neighbourhood leadership increasingly relies on finding a balance between strategic restraint and the provision of regional public goods.

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Hard Power, Soft Power, Neighbourhood Diplomacy, Nuclear Policy, Health Diplomacy

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Haunted by Memory: Trauma in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Laura Purcell's The Silent Companions

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Haunted by Memory: Trauma in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Laura Purcell's The Silent Companions

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The integrity of democratic elections relies heavily on secure, transparent, and trustworthy voting mechanisms. Conventional voting systems, including paper-based and electronic voting machines, suffer from challenges such as centralized control, limited transparency, and vulnerability to manipulation. These limitations reduce public confidence in electoral outcomes and highlight the need for a secure digital alternative. This paper introduces a blockchain-enabled digital voting system that ensures transparency, security, and decentralization through the use of smart contracts. The proposed approach records votes on an immutable blockchain, preventing unauthorized modifications and enforcing election rules such as voter eligibility and single-vote constraints. Voter privacy is preserved by allowing public verification of transactions without revealing individual identities. The system adopts a hybrid architecture that combines on-chain vote validation with off-chain user interaction to improve scalability and performance. Experimental results indicate enhanced security, reliable vote counting, and improved trust compared to traditional voting systems. CRYPTOBALLOT demonstrates the effectiveness of blockchain technology in enabling secure and transparent digital elections.

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Blockchain-based digital voting; Smart contracts; Decentralized elections; Secure voting systems; Transparency and integrity; Electronic voting.

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