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  • KCR appoints BRS gen secy; other functionaries in UP, Maharashtra

    KCR appoints BRS gen secy; other functionaries in UP, Maharashtra

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    Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday appointed farmers’ leader Himanshu Tiwari as the general secretary of the party.

    The 31-year-old hails from Uttar Pradesh. As BRS national general secretary, he will actively participate in the organisational work of BRS.

    Tiwari was part of United Kisan Morcha in 2020-2021, and a member of National Executive of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) that vociferously opposed three controversial farm laws.

    Tiwari belongs to a freedom fighter’s family at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. He obtained Masters in Computers from Varanasi. Since 2015, he has been actively involved in farmers’ agitation at the national level. He was running a nation-wide agitation against the Land Acquisition Ordinance and played a role in national coordination of the farmers movements.

    Himanshu launched the 21 days Padaytra from Champaran in Bihar to Banaras, Uttar Pradesh and mobilised thousands of people in Jan Jagran Padayatra.

    Meanwhile, KCR has also appointed six divisional coordinators of BRS for Maharashtra. Dasrath Sawanth has been appointed as the coordinator of Nashik division. Balasaheb Jairam Deshmukh will be the coordinator for Pune division.

    For the Mumbai division, KCR appointed Vijay Tanaji Mohite as the coordinator. The other coordinators are Somnath Thorat (Aurangabad division), Dyanesh Wakudkar (Nagpur division) and Nikhil Deshmukh (Amaravathi division).

    KCR had addressed a public meeting at Nanded in Maharashtra on February 5. This was the first public meeting of BRS outside Telangana.

    Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) changed its name to BRS late last year to expand its activities across the country. BRS was formally launched by KCR in December with the slogan of aab ki baar kisan sarkar’.

    The inaugural public meeting of BRS was held on January 17 at Khammam, which was addressed by KCR, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Maan, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh andA Samajwadi Party’sA president Akhilesh Yadav and Communist Party of India (CPI) Secretary D. Raja.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • DeSantis appoints political backers to new Disney oversight board

    DeSantis appoints political backers to new Disney oversight board

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    Disney has already said publicly it is not planning a legal challenge to the DeSantis-championed legislation, which also stripped the company of its ability to operate its own airport or nuclear power plant — authority it has never used.

    It’s the end of a nearly yearlong political fight after DeSantis called a special session in April 2022 to do away with the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the name of the special district that gave Disney self-governing status, after the entertainment giant issued a statement opposing legislation that banned the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms up until third grade. The bill was prominently referred to as “Don’t Say Gay.”

    The most prominent name DeSantis appointed Monday to the board of the district, which the new law renames the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, is Bridget Ziegler, a conservative education activist who was a major backer of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. She is also a DeSantis-endorsed Sarasota County School Board member and co-founder of “Mom’s for Liberty,” a group that helps train and recruit conservatives to run for school boards.

    Her husband, Christian, was recently elected chair of the Republican Party of Florida.

    DeSantis picked Tampa attorney Martin Garcia to serve as the board’s new chairman. Garcia runs the investment firm Pinehill Capital Partners, which gave a DeSantis’ aligned political committee $50,000.

    DeSantis also appointed Brian Aungst Jr., a prominent Pinellas County Republican attorney who DeSantis previously appointed to the 6th circuit judicial nominating commission; Mike Sasso, a Winter Park attorney who DeSantis has appointed to a handful of boards over the years; and Ron Peri, an Orlando-area businessman who runs The Gathering, a ministry focused on “discipleship and outreach to men.”

    State Rep. Anna Eskamani, an Orlando Democrat who has been a leading critic of the changes, blasted the new board.

    “It’s absolutely wild to see a self-proclaimed capitalist like DeSantis celebrate the government takeover of a private board which is exactly what the governor did today,” she said.

    She specifically noted that Garcia’s company gave $50,000 to DeSantis and his name appeared on records tied to the administration’s search for local state attorneys who espouse progressive political beliefs. The search ultimately led to the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren.

    “It’s important to note that the bulk of today’s appointees are extreme and political donors,” Eskamani added.

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  • New Zealand appoints ministers in charge of cyclone response

    New Zealand appoints ministers in charge of cyclone response

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    Wellington: A Cabinet committee and regional ministerial leads were appointed on Tuesday to help coordinate New Zealand’s response and recovery from cyclone Gabrielle which lashed the North Island over the past week.

    The new Extreme Weather Recovery Committee will be chaired by Finance Minister Grant Robertson as Minister for Cyclone Recovery, with Barbara Edmonds as deputy, while Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty will also be members, reports Xinhua news agency.

    “The government is fully aware of the scale of the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle and that the rebuild will come with a multi-billion dollar price tag,” Hipkins said.

    The cyclone has left 11 people dead and more than 3,200 people uncontactable.

    The government has provided an initial support package of NZ$50 million for businesses, farmers and growers, as well as injecting an extra NZ$250 million to help local councils fix roads, get transport links back up and access into communities, Hipkins said.

    “But recovery is going to take a long time, so the Committee will help steer the work needed over the coming weeks and months to get affected regions back up and running again,” he said.

    Ministers, in place for each affected region, will work directly with local councils on the local response and ensure local voices are heard and acted on, he added.

    More fatalities still remain possible, said the prime minister, adding that the government discussed initial recovery plans on Monday, with the cost of the recovery estimated to be about NZ$13 billion.

    New Zealand’s resilience is being tested like never before, Hipkins said.

    “Lives have been turned upside down… Many people have seen their homes and all of their possessions completely destroyed. Countless others have been displaced,” he said.

    About 10,000 people have been displaced by the adverse event, the level of which New Zealand has not seen since the Christchurch earthquake in February 2011, the authorities said.

    New Zealand declared state of emergency on February 13, the third time in the country’s history, followed by widespread power outages, flight cancellations and school closures in the North Island.

    It is only two weeks after Auckland and the adjacent region Waikato were inundated by record downpours and floods.

    Four people were killed in the previous disaster three weeks ago, mainly in Auckland, the country’s largest city.

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  • Adani appoints Grant Thornton for audit to come clean on Hindenburg allegations

    Adani appoints Grant Thornton for audit to come clean on Hindenburg allegations

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    New Delhi: Embattled Adani group has appointed accountancy firm Grant Thornton for an independent audit of some of its companies in a bid to come clean of the damning allegations levelled by the US short-seller Hindenburg Research and to assure investors and regulators.

    Sources said that the audit is primarily to show regulators like the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that the group has nothing to hide and it is in compliance with relevant laws.

    The audit will specifically look into if there was any misappropriation or repatriation of funds and if loans were used for any purpose other than the one they were intended for.

    The audit, they said, would go a long way to show that the books are healthy and project executions are on track – something that the investors are keenly watching given the damage to market value that the Hindenburg report has caused.

    As the run on its shares continued, Adani Group had on Monday attempted to calm the market, saying its growth plans are intact, business plans are fully funded and it remains confident of delivering returns to shareholders.

    Market value of the group’s seven listed companies has halved since the January 24 report by the US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged that Adani pulled “the largest con in corporate history” using offshore tax havens and stock manipulation.

    The group has denied all allegations, calling them “malicious”, “baseless” and a “calculated attack on India”. It called Hindenburg the “Madoffs of Manhattan”, referring to the late financier and fraudster Bernie Madoff.

    “Balance sheet of each of our independent portfolio companies is very healthy,” the group spokesperson had said. “We have industry leading development capabilities, strong corporate governance, secure assets, strong cash flows, and our business plan is fully funded.”

    The group debunked reports of a cut in growth goal and capex. Projects may be delayed but none is shelved or deferred and plans for expansion of solar, green hydrogen and airports were on track.

    “Once the current market stabilizes, each entity will review its own capital market strategy, be rest assured, we are confident in the continued ability of our portfolio to deliver superior returns to shareholders,” the spokesperson added.

    The Adani crisis has sparked worries of financial contagion in India and ability to carry on infrastructure projects.

    Last week, French oil major TotalEnergies said it would wait for the result of an independent audit before proceeding with investing in Adani Group’s USD 50 billion plans to make green hydrogen.

    According to Bernstein Research, Adani Green is capable of paying off all its debt of Rs 22,000 crore due in the financial year ending in March 2025, if it divests some renewable energy assets, seeks fresh equity capital from existing investors, or cancels some planned projects and avoids bidding for new ones.

    The spokesperson, however, termed questions over the group’s ability to fund projects and refinance debt as ‘unfounded speculation’.

    Last week, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the ratings outlook for four Adani group companies to negative from stable, while index provider MSCI said it would cut the weightage of some of its stocks in its indices.

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the country’s regulators are very experienced and are seized of the matter relating to the Adani Group crisis.

    “India’s regulators are very, very experienced and they are experts in their domain. The regulators are seized of this matter and they are on their toes as always, not just now,” she had said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Ex-Army Brigadier BD Mishra Is New LG of Ladakh, Presidents Also Appoints 12 Other Governors

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    Srinagar, Feb 12 (GNS): The Government of India shifted Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Radha Krishna Mathur and announced his successor in Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra on Sunday.

    BD Mishra, a former brigadier of the Indian Army and ex-Commander of the Counter Hijack Force of the National Security Guard (NSG), popularly known as the Black Cat Commandos, has been the governor of Arunachal Pradesh. The Development comes after President Draupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Radha Krishnan Mathur as well as Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

    Additionally, several BJP leaders and former Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer, were among 12 new faces appointed as governors by the President. Justice Nazeer, who retired on January 4 and was part of the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi judgment, has been appointed Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

    According to an official statement, the President appointed Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim, C.P. Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand, Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam, Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer as Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh, Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur, La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland, Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar, Ramesh Bais, Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • BJP appoints Dharmendra Pradhan in-charge of elections in Karnataka

    BJP appoints Dharmendra Pradhan in-charge of elections in Karnataka

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    Bengaluru: BJP has appointed Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan as in-charge of forthcoming assembly elections in Karnataka.

    The party has also appointed Tamil Nadu State President K. Annamalai as the co-incharge. Pradhan had worked as the Karnataka in-charge during the tenure of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa in 2008.

    Annamalai, who was the Karnataka Cadre IPS officer, has fair knowledge of the state. He had rendered services across the state and earned a good name among the public. The people demanded his appointment and protested his transfers in the state.

    Pradhan had worked as in charge of elections in Uttar Pradesh and other states. Both the leaders are very much aware of ground realities of the state and have fair knowledge of the pulse of the party workers.

    Aiming to return to power in the state, the saffron party wants to fight on the Hindutva agenda. The leaders have announced that they will seek votes in Karnataka in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    As the elections will be held in less than two months, the political parties have already sounded poll bugle in the state. The campaigning has already been launched by major parties.

    Leaving no stone unturned, BJP is putting in all efforts as frequent visits by Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to the state have been lined up in the coming days.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Canada appoints its first government position to combat Islamophobia

    Canada appoints its first government position to combat Islamophobia

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    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday appointed activist Amira Elghawaby as the country’s first representative to combat Islamophobia.

    In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said that “in her capacity as Special Representative, Amira Elghawaby will fill the position to be an advisor, expert and representative to support and strengthen the government’s efforts to combat Islamophobia, systemic racism, racial discrimination and religious intolerance.”

    Specifically, she will advise the Trudeau government on what policies and legislation should be introduced to counter the threat of Islamophobia.

    Elghawaby is a former journalist and founding member of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, and was instrumental in the creation of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), the largest Muslim organization in the country.

    Elghawaby graduated from the School of Journalism at Carleton University in Canada, and worked briefly for CBC in Ottawa after her graduation, and currently contributes a freelance column to the “Toronto Star” newspaper.

    In a series of tweets on Thursday, Elghawaby wrote,

    “Thanks to @HonAhmedHussen, his team and the Government of Canada for making this position a reality to foster greater diversity and inclusion across the country.”
    “It is an honor for me to serve in this role. I want to thank PM @JustinTrudeau for his work in fighting Islamophobia and ensuring that Canadian institutions are inclusive for Canadian Muslims, and for all people.”

    “I look forward to meeting with elected officials, policy makers and community leaders across the country to amplify the voices of Canadian Muslims and work together to combat discrimination and hate in all its forms.”

    “I look forward to meeting with elected officials, policy makers and community leaders across the country to amplify the voices of Canadian Muslims and work together to combat discrimination and hate in all its forms.”

    “We must never forget: Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, Abdelkrim Hassane, Mohamed-Aslim Zafis and Azzedine Soufiane #RememberJan29.”

    “We must never forget: Salman Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Yumna Salman, Talat Afzaal #OurLondonFamily Always in our hearts.”

    In recent years, a series of bloody attacks have targeted Canadian Muslims, most recently in 2021, when four members of a Muslim family were killed when someone ran them over with his truck in Ontario.

    In 2017, six Muslims were killed and five injured in an attack on a mosque in Quebec City.

    The creation of the new position is part of the recommendations of a national summit on Islamophobia organized by the federal government, in June 2021, in response to the attacks.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • AAP appoints Chaitar Vasava as Gujarat legislature party leader

    AAP appoints Chaitar Vasava as Gujarat legislature party leader

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    Ahmedabad: The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday appointed tribal MLA Chaitar Vasava as its legislature party leader in Gujarat and Hemant Khava as the deputy leader, it said in a release.

    Vasava represents the reserved Dediapada assembly constituency in Narmada district, while Khavais is an MLA from Jamjodhpur in Jamnagar district.

    A legislature party comprises the members of a particular party in the House.

    The Arvind Kejriwal-led party had contested in 181 of Gujarat’s 182 constituencies in last year’s assembly elections but could win only five seats despite claiming to be the main contender to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

    The BJP, on the other hand, registered a historic victory by winning a record 156 seats.

    Despite the defeat of its top leadership, the AAP polled 12.6 per cent votes. Four of its candidates won seats in the Saurashtra region, and one in a tribal seat of south Gujarat.

    Other than Vasava and Khava, the other winners were Umesh Makwana from Botad, Sudhir Vaghani from Gariadhar, and Bhupat Bhayani from Visavadar.

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  • US Prez Joe Biden appoints Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff

    US Prez Joe Biden appoints Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff

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    Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday appointed his long-term aide Jeff Zients, a former Obama administration official who ran his massive Covid-19 response operation, as the new White House Chief of Staff.

    Zients will replace Ron Klain, who has served in the position for over two years now.

    Biden said that an official transition ceremony would be held at the White House next week.

    The transition is the first major personnel change for an administration that has had minimal turnover at its highest ranks and throughout the Cabinet.

    “I’m confident that Jeff will continue Ron’s example of smart, steady leadership, as we continue to work hard every day for the people we were sent here to serve,” he said.

    Zients, 56, will be tasked with shepherding White House operations at Biden’s pivotal two-year mark, when the Democratic administration shifts from ambitious legislation to implementing those policies and fending off Republican efforts to defang the achievements.

    Zients is also charged with steering the White House at a time when it is struggling to contain the fallout from discoveries of classified documents at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at his former institute in Washington, which has triggered a special counsel investigation, Associated Press reported.

    Biden said he has known Klain since he was a third-year law student.

    “He came to work for me on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and I knew the moment he started that he was a once-in-a-generation talent with a fierce and brilliant intellect. Just as important, he has a really big heart,” he said.

    During the last 36 years, the president said he and Klain have been through some real battles together.

    “And when you’re in the trenches with somebody for as long as I have been with Klain, you really get to know the person. You see what they’re made of,” he said.

    “When I was elected President, I knew that I wanted Klain to lead the White House staff. He was uniquely qualified given his prior public service. He knows how the government works, how politics works, how Congress and the White House works,” Biden said.

    The president described Klain as tough, smart, determined, and persistent as anyone he has ever met.

    He assembled the most diverse and the most talented White House team in history and leaned on them to solve impossible challenges, Biden said.

    “Working together, we have made incredible progress fighting COVID, reviving our economy, rebuilding our infrastructure, and winning the confirmation of almost 100 federal judges, including the first Black woman on the United States Supreme Court. We have taken big steps to tackle climate change, advance civil rights, and address student debt. We’ve been reasserting America’s place in the world, and maybe most important of all restoring faith in our democracy,” he said.

    “This progress will be the legacy of this White House team, working under Klain’s leadership,” Biden said, adding that the real mark of Klain’s success is that he is beloved by the team he leads here at the White House.

    Biden argued, it is important to fill Klain’s shoes with someone who understands what it means to lead a team, and who is as focused on getting things done.

    “I’ve seen Jeff Zients tackle some of the toughest issues in government. When I was the Vice President, I first got to know him at the beginning of the Obama-Biden Administration, working closely on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act implementation as Zients was a leader at the Office of Management and Budget,” he said.

    “He was later handed the daunting and complicated task of fixing healthcare.gov, which he did successfully, helping get millions of Americans quality, affordable health insurance,” Biden added.

    Biden talked about Zient’s contribution towards the American administration.

    “He led the National Economic Council, and shares my focus on strengthening our economy to work for everyone. He helped manage our Administration’s transition into office under incredibly trying circumstances. Thanks to Zients, we had a historically diverse team in place on Day 1 ready to go to work. And he led our COVID response, a massive logistical undertaking of historic proportions,” he said.

    “When I ran for office, I promised to make government work for the American people. That’s what Zients does. A big task ahead is now implementing the laws we’ve gotten passed efficiently and fairly,” said the US president.

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  • Saudi Arabia appoints 34 women to leadership positions

    Saudi Arabia appoints 34 women to leadership positions

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    Riyadh: In an effort to develop services for women, General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques in Saudi Arabia announced the appointment of 34 women to leadership positions.

    The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques in a statement, on Sunday evening, said that its general president, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, issued a decision to assign 34 leaders in the agencies and departments of the General Presidency for the affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, and the Women’s Agency for the Prophet’s Mosque Affairs.

    The General Presidency stated that this decision is among the qualitative shifts that the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque seeks to achieve for qualified Saudi women in the service of women who visit the Two Holy Mosques.

    It added, “The decision allows the presidency to invest in women’s it and harness their role as a complement to the successes achieved by women in the Two Holy Mosques.”

    Among the names assigned as agents for the General President of the Grand Mosque are Fatima Al-Thubaiti, Nada Al-Maliki, and Abeer Al-Juffair, as well as Amal Thunayan as agent for the General President of the Prophet’s Mosque.

    While the assignments of the new women leaders varied between an assistant deputy to the president and directors of various departments within the Two Holy Mosques.

    In August 2021, the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques announced for the first time the appointment of two women as assistants to the general president.

    In recent years, the Kingdom has witnessed extensive transformations, allowing women to drive by royal order in 2017, followed by decisions to enroll women in the main branches of the armed forces with different military ranks.

    It also allowed women to be equal with men in the right to obtain a passport and leave the country with the abolition of the requirement of the consent of their guardian, as well as equality in the retirement age equivalent to 58 years.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )