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  • Telangana: Foundation laid for expansion of Orient cement company in Mancherial

    Telangana: Foundation laid for expansion of Orient cement company in Mancherial

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    Telangana: Foundation laid for expansion of Orient Cement Company in Mancherial

    Hyderabad: Foundation stone for the expansion of Orient Cement Company at Devapur village in Kasipet mandal was laid by Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao on Monday.

    KTR reached the district via chopper and inaugurated the expansion of the cement plant at Devapur Village which would provide direct and indirect employment to 4000 local people.

    Home minister, Mahmood Ali, minister of BC welfare, Koppula Eshwar, forest minister, A Indrakaran Reddy, and government whip Balka Suman accompanied KTR during the ceremony.

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    Established in 1979, Orient Cement was formerly, a part of Orient Paper & Industries. It was demerged in the year 2012 and since then, it began cement production in the year 1982 at Devapur in Adilabad District, Telangana.

    Bellampalli MLA Durgam Chinnaiah, Telangana State Mineral Development Corporation chairman Krishank Manne and BRS leader Pushkar Rammohan Rao were present.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • LG laid wreath and paid tributes to the slain army personnel

    LG laid wreath and paid tributes to the slain army personnel

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    Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha laid wreath and paid tributes to the brave army personnel who made supreme sacrifice in the ongoing operations against terrorists in Kandi forest, Rajouri.

    “The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. Grateful nation will always be indebted to their unparalleled valour,” the Lt Governor said.

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Hyderabad: Foundation stone laid for 500 bedded boys hostel at OU

    Hyderabad: Foundation stone laid for 500 bedded boys hostel at OU

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    Hyderabad: Foundation for 500 bedded boys hostel laid at OU

    Hyderabad: Foundation stone for the new 500 bedded boys’ hostel at Osmania University was laid by Telangana education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy at the varsity campus on Tuesday.

    The three-floored hostel building will spread over 1.59 acres of Osmania University College of Engineering land, with 133 rooms to accommodate 500 engineering students.

    The building will also have a dining block which can accommodate 237 students for dining at a time.

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    After laying the foundation, Sabitha said that it was heartening to see new infrastructure developed in the university that has a legacy of over 100 years and whose alumni are spread across the globe.

    The Telangana government has also assured of a new hostel for tribal boys and girls works for which are yet to begin.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Time running out for laid off H-1B professionals: FIIDS

    Time running out for laid off H-1B professionals: FIIDS

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    Washington: Time is running out for laid-off H-1B professionals as under the existing laws they need to leave the country within 60 days of losing their employment status, giving sleepless nights to the thousands of Indian tech workers and their family members.

    “This has a humanitarian impact on them as their families, including their US-born children are uprooted abruptly, and those who were laid off in the earlier months are now running out of time,” the Foundation For India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS), which took up their cases with lawmakers and federal administration said in a statement on Friday.

    While the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is considering their request to extend the existing time window to 180 days, the process is likely to take up some time, leaving no other option for these professionals other than to leave the country.

    “FIIDS appeals to the USCIS, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider a request to expedite the extension of grace period. FIIDS also appeals to the elected officials, tech executives, and community leaders to emphasise the need and urgency to increase the grace period,” the foundation said in a media statement.

    Since last year, more than 2,50,000 such professionals have been laid off in the United States. This number continues to grow with companies like Meta announcing another set of tens of thousands of layoffs, FIIDS said.

    “A large number of these professionals are tax paying H-1B immigrants (estimated 1,00,000), particularly from India, who need to leave the US if they cannot find another employer filing for their H-1B in 60 days,” it said.

    Early this week, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, recommended the federal government to extend the grace period for H1-B workers, who have lost their jobs, from the existing 60 days to 180 days so that the workers have enough opportunities to find a new job or other alternatives.

    It is now up to the White House to accept the recommendations. However, it would be too late for the current H-1B visa holders who have lost their jobs since last October.

    FIIDS, in its statement, thanked Senate majority leader Senator Chuck Schumer that this issue can be fixed by an administrative process in his discussion with Indian American leaders on a recent call on March 13. It applauded the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) for the discussion and support for this extension in their meeting on March 14.

    “We also appealed to the House Subcommittee on Immigration headed by congresswoman Pramila Jayapal to make a similar recommendation to the USCIS,” it said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • The House Freedom Caucus laid down the first marker in debt-limit negotiations this morning. The group’s leader says the influential bloc is open to ideas, though.

    The House Freedom Caucus laid down the first marker in debt-limit negotiations this morning. The group’s leader says the influential bloc is open to ideas, though.

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    “Who said red lines? Did anybody say red lines?” Scott Perry said in an interview.

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    ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

  • Pervez Musharraf laid to rest; Rtd, serving military officers attend funeral prayers

    Pervez Musharraf laid to rest; Rtd, serving military officers attend funeral prayers

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    Karachi: Pakistan’s former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday laid to rest with military honours in an army graveyard here in the presence of his relatives and several retired and serving military officers.

    The former president’s namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayers) were held at the Gulmohar Polo Ground in Malir Cantonment in the afternoon in a low key ceremony which was neither attended by President Arif Alvi, nor Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

    However, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Sahir Shamshad Mirza and former army chiefs – Qamar Javed Bajwa, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Aslam Beg – attended the funeral.

    Former ISI chiefs – General (retd) Shuja Pasha and General (retd) Zaheerul Islam – and several serving and retired military officers also attended the funeral prayers.

    Politicians including Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) leaders Khalid Maqbool Siddiqi, Dr Farooq Sattar, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Amir Muqam, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader and former Sindh governor Imran Ismail, former federal information minister Javed Jabbar, were also in attendance.

    Musharraf’s coffin was draped in Pakistan’s green and white flag, though the ceremony was not a state funeral.

    After the funeral prayers, the former army chief’s body was laid to rest at the Army Graveyard.

    Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999 and Pakistan’s last military ruler, died on Sunday in Dubai after a prolonged illness. The 79-year-old former president was undergoing treatment for amyloidosis in Dubai. He was living in the UAE since 2016 in self-exile to avoid criminal charges back home.

    Musharraf’s mortal remains arrived here on Monday on a special flight from Dubai.

    His wife Saba, son Bilal, daughter and other close relatives arrived with the body on the special aircraft of Malta aviation arranged by the UAE authorities.

    The aircraft touched down at the old terminal area of the Jinnah International Airport amid heavy security with the former president’s family and the body was taken to the Malir Cantonment area, officials said.

    Musharraf’s mother was buried in Dubai while his father was laid to rest in Karachi.

    On Monday, sharp differences among political leaders came to the fore in Senate over the offering of prayers for the former military ruler. Pakistani Parliament follows a tradition of offering Fateha (prayers) for the departed soul when a leading politician or personality of the country dies.

    The members of the Senate, the upper House of Parliament, hurled allegations against one another for supporting dictatorial regimes and violators of the Constitution when the issue of prayers for Musharraf came up.

    The move of supplication was led by the leader of the opposition in the senate Senator Shehzad Wasim of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and supported by other members of his party.

    When Senator Mushtaq Ahmad of rightwing Jamaat-i-Islami, who was about to lead a joint invocation for those killed in the earthquake in Turkey, was asked to also pray for Musharraf’s soul, he refused by saying that he would only lead the invocation for the quake victims.

    The refusal led to vociferous exchanges among lawmakers with some members reminding Senator Mushtaq that his party had also once supported Musharraf.

    Later, the PTI lawmakers led by Senator Wasim, who was given a break in politics by Musharraf, offered a customary prayer while the treasury senators refused to join them.

    The split in the upper House over offering a prayer for a dead person was rare and an apt reflection of Musharraf’s chequered legacy.

    Musharraf, who seized power after a bloodless military coup in October 1999 and ousted the elected government of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, ruled Pakistan till 2008 as chief executive and President.

    The former president and army chief was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease caused by a build-up of an abnormal protein called amyloid in organs and tissues throughout the body, according to his family.

    Musharraf, who was born in New Delhi in 1943 and migrated to Pakistan after Partition in 1947, was the last military dictator to rule Pakistan.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Hyderabad: Foundation stone for 32 BC Atma Gourava Bhavans to be laid on Feb 5, 6

    Hyderabad: Foundation stone for 32 BC Atma Gourava Bhavans to be laid on Feb 5, 6

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    Hyderabad: The Foundation stone ceremony for the Atma Gourava Bhavans of 32 BC communities in about 87.3 acres will be held at Kokapet on February 5 and Uppal Bhagayat and Peerjadiguda on February 6.

    Telangana Backward Class Welfare minister Gangula Kamalakar said the construction of this building was set to be ready for the inauguration during the time of Dasara.

    The meeting held by Kamalakar with 32 Backward class communities on Wednesday said that chief minister K Chandra Shekhar Rao had allotted land worth crores of rupees for the construction of the buildings for 41 BC communities separately.

    Different organizations in effect from each community have submitted the application and have come together for the construction of their self-respect buildings in this regard.

    “The approval for the building construction has been already obtained and will have the slabs completed by March 31. if no other communities come forward for the responsibility of the construction, the state government has to take the initiative of the construction. The BC castes should unite together for the construction of their organization to facilitate the construction of these buildings. ” he remarked.

    “These buildings will comprise several facilities including function halls, conference halls, student hostels, and recreation among others”. He added further.

    The Minister instructed the officials to form an ad-hoc committee with officials from the BC Welfare, HMDA ( Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority), HMWSSB (Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board), Power, and Roads and Buildings departments for better coordination and taking up the infrastructure development works including roads, power transmission lines, drinking water and drainage pipelines in these layouts.

    In order to coordinate with the caste organization the government has also appointed liaison officers for each of these buildings.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Techies earning up to USD 1 mn a year laid off at Big Tech firms

    Techies earning up to USD 1 mn a year laid off at Big Tech firms

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    San Francisco: As Big Tech layoffs dominate headlines, more details have emerged on which verticals and senior executives earning up to $1 million annually bore the maximum brunt at Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.

    At Google, laid-off employees included those who had previously received high performance reviews or held managerial positions “with annual compensation packages of $500,000 to $1 million,a reports The Information.

    According to the report, 12,000 impacted employees belonged to every department, from Google Cloud and Chrome to Android and “search-related groups under senior executive Prabhakar Raghavan”.

    Google Cloud laid off people in strategy, recruiting, and go-to-market teams, the report mentioned.

    Google’s parent company Alphabet’s in-house research and development (R&D) division called Area 120 was also significantly hit.

    Majority of the Area 120 team has been “winded down”.

    At Microsoft, which laid off 10,000 employees, game development studios like Halo were the biggest hit. Other cuts impacted its mixed-reality (MR) headset teams.

    Microsoft has also shut down AltspaceVR virtual reality-based social platform it acquired in 2017.

    Amazon’s layoffs included jobs in the devices and services division.

    The job cut affected nearly 2,000 people in hardware chief Dave Limp’s division, which is home to products like Alexa and Echo smart home devices.

    CNBC reported the layoffs also included a “significant number” of employees working on the Prime Air drone delivery project.

    Amazon will also shut down its charity donation programme, “AmazonSmile”, as it failed to create the impact the company hoped for.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )