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  • Sack ministers, TSPSC board for question papers leak: Bhatti

    Sack ministers, TSPSC board for question papers leak: Bhatti

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    Hyderabad: Congress Legislature Party leader Bhatti Vikarmarka on Saturday called for the resignation of all concerned ministers and the entire board of Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) from their posts immediately following the leakage of questions papers of recruitment exams conducted by the TSPSC. He also demanded that the TSPSC refund the fees paid by students who took the exams and compensate them for the mental agony caused by the leak.

    Bhatti Vikramarka, who is conducting the People’s March in the Khanapur constituency of Adilabad district, as part of the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ Yatra, said that the ministers, TSPSC Chairman and all members must resign. Else, the President of India must intervene to ensure their removal. Further, he demanded that all officials and non-officials responsible for the leak of question papers must be punished severely.

    “We achieved statehood for Telangana to cater to the needs of the unemployed youth and to provide them with good jobs. Unfortunately, BRS Govt is not doing that. The job notifications were issued after a long wait. However, the leakage of question papers has shattered the students and their dreams. The recent paper leak has only added to the disappointment felt by many young people in the state who have been struggling to find employment,” he said.

    Bhatti said that the TSPSC has cancelled the exams whose papers were leaked and assured to re-conduct those exams. However, it also needs to take responsibility for the expenditure which students have incurred for writing those exams.

    “The TSPSC has to return the money which candidates have spent towards fees, transportation and other preparations. They are unemployed youth. Each applicant must have spent thousands of rupees. Therefore, a minimum amount must be calculated and paid to all the candidates. The State Government or the TSPC should also pay compensation for the mental agony they have caused to the candidates and their families,” he demanded.

    Bhatti also blamed the BRS govt for the suicide of a jobless youth Chitikena Naveen Kumar (32) of B Y Nagar in Sircilla town. He said that the State Government has failed to provide jobs to lakhs of youth which cause so much disappointment that they are resorting to extreme steps. He demanded that the government pay a compensation of Rs. 1 crore to the victim’s family. Further, he appealed to the youth not to get disheartened and take extreme steps. He said that the Congress party was returning to power soon and the next government would address the problem of unemployment.

    The third day of the “People’s March” by Bhatti Vikramarka continued from Kondapur of Sirikonda Mandal in Khanapur Constituency of Adilabad District to Dasnapur of Indravelli Mandal and Keslapur Muthunur Indravelli Mandal centre on Saturday. People from several villagers joined the padayatra and briefed the CLP leader about their problems.

    Bhatti Vikarmarka raised concerns about the lack of development in the tribal-dominated Khanapur constituency. He pointed out that several irrigation projects in the area, including the Chikuman and Triveni Sangam, had been left incomplete for nine years, wasting both time and money.

    He said the Chikuman project, with an ayacut of 12,000 acres, was almost completed by the previous Congress regime. Similarly, the Triveni Sangam’s reservoir and other work were completed. He said even after nine years, the present BRS Govt failed to dig canals for these two projects.

    The BRS Govt also failed to initiate Putti and Polimadugu projects in the Khanapur constituency. Consequently, all the Mandals in Khanapur have been facing a drought-like situation. He called on the BRS Govt to prioritize the completion of these projects without further. Stating that the Congress party was all set to return to power soon, he assured that the next Congress Govt would complete all four projects on a priority basis. He promised to bring back glory to the ITDA projects which are being crippled by the TRS government.

    Bhatti Vikramarka visited Nagoba Temple, the tribal deity of Keslapur village, Indravelli Mandal. After performing special poojas in the temple, He received blessings in the main mandapam. On this occasion, he inquired about the problems with the villagers. He said that he was doing the padayatra to understand the problems being faced by the people so that they could be resolved after the Congress party comes to power.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • 219 tech firms sack over 68K employees in January, deeper layoffs coming

    219 tech firms sack over 68K employees in January, deeper layoffs coming

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    New Delhi: The month of January started on a super bad note for employees in the tech world. With more Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Google joining the ongoing layoff season, more than 3,400 tech employees are being laid off per day on average in January globally.

    As per the data by layoffs tracking site Layoffs.fyi, 219 companies have laid off more than 68,000 employees in January so far.

    In 2022, over 1,000 companies laid off 154,336 workers, as per the data by layoffs tracking site Layoffs.fyi.

    The mass tech layoffs of 2022 are continuing into the new year. The sacking episodes have gained speed amid global economic meltdown and recession fears.

    Deeper layoffs are coming in 2023 as most business economists have predicted that their companies will cut payrolls in the coming months.

    According to a report in CNN citing a new survey, only 12 per cent of economists — surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) — anticipate employment will increase at their firms over the next three months, “down from 22 per cent this fall”.

    This is the first time since early days of the Covid pandemic that more business leaders anticipate jobs shrinking at their firms.

    The findings indicate “widespread concern about entering a recession this year”, according to Julia Coronado, president of NABE.

    With more Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Google joining the ongoing layoff season, about 3,000 tech employees are now being laid off per day on average in January globally, including in India.

    According to the survey, a little more than half of the business economists feel the risk of a recession over the next year at 50 per cent or higher, which means more layoffs in the offing in 2023.

    Amid the layoffs come another bad news for employees, especially from India in the US, as Google has paused its Program Electronic Review Management (PERM), a key step in acquiring an employer-sponsored green card.

    Google has sent an email to foreign employees, notifying them that the tech giant will pause any new filings of PERM, leaving foreign workers in a limbo.

    “Recognising how this news may impact some of you and your families, I wanted to update you as quickly as possible on the difficult decision we’ve had to make to pause new PERM applications. This does not impact other visa applications or programmes,” an email from a company executive read.

    A Google employee posted the email on Team Blind, an anonymous social networking site for certified IT workers.

    A PERM application is a critical first step in the green card (permanent residence) process.

    The process requires employers to demonstrate that there are no qualified US workers available for the particular role, which has been an increasingly difficult position for us to support given the labor market today.

    Meanwhile, LinkedIn is full of job hunts, offers of support for laid off friends and colleagues, and advice for coping with career hurdles as several companies trim their workforce to navigate through an uncertain macroeconomic environment.

    Some LinkedIn groups are providing assistance around signing exit paperwork and aiding with connections for new jobs.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Maha governor’s resignation proposal: Congress demands President sack Koshyari

    Maha governor’s resignation proposal: Congress demands President sack Koshyari

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    Mumbai: The Congress on Monday demanded Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who has expressed the desire to quit, be sacked by the President and not allowed to quit while the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction took a dig saying “better late than never”.

    The Congress and NCP, both members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) along with Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction, also said Koshyari should have written to the President to discharge him of all responsibilities if he believed the position of the governor is Constitutional and not political one.

    Koshyari, who has been in the line of Opposition fire over his remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji and shared a tumultuous relationship with the Opposition, on Monday said he has expressed a desire before Prime Minister Narendra Modi to quit the post.

    Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole alleged when MVA was in power (from November 2019 to June 2022), Koshyari’s conduct and mentality as the governor was to break the Constitutional order.

    “Instead of writing a letter to the President to whom the position of governor is connected, Koshyari wrote a letter to the Prime Minister. He should not be relieved of his responsibilities but sacked from the post,” Patole told reporters.

    He alleged Koshyari made objectionable statements against icons like Chhatrapati Shivaji, Savitribai Phule, Jyotiba Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar and has turned the Raj Bhavan into a Bharatiya Janata Party office.

    He said the Congress has been insisting on the removal of the governor over his controversial statements but the BJP was in agreement with the governor’s opinion.

    “We request the President that the governor should be expelled. Do not let him go voluntarily,” he added.

    Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and spokesperson Arvind Sawant said Koshyari cannot be absolved of his extra-Constitutional acts.

    Sawant questioned the basis on which the governor had administered the oath to an “extra-Constitutional” chief minister, a reference to CM Eknath Shinde, last June.

    “It is better late than never,” Sawant said.

    NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto tweeted, “Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra Mr. Bhagat Singh Koshyari ji surely knows that the position of a Governor is constitutional and not political. If he believed so, he would have written to the Hon’ble President of India to discharge him of all his constitutional responsibilities”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Matthew Modine: ‘It’s fascinating watching the sack of flesh I live in showing signs of wear’

    Matthew Modine: ‘It’s fascinating watching the sack of flesh I live in showing signs of wear’

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    Born in California, Matthew Modine, 63, made his film debut in the 80s, sharing the best actor award at the 1983 Venice film festival for Robert Altman’s Streamers. In 1984, he played the title role in Alan Parker’s Birdy, and in 1987 he starred in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. Modine is Dr Martin Brenner in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, and is currently playing Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird in the West End of London. He is married with two children and lives in New York.

    What is your greatest fear?
    Having a great fear.

    What is your earliest memory?
    We were having dinner and my cousin said we were eating my pet chicken, Susie. We adopted my mother’s sister’s children five days before I was born, after my aunt’s husband came home and shot her and then shot himself in front of the children. Gun violence in the US is not new.

    What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
    I would deplore feeling deplorable about myself.

    What is the trait you most deplore in others?
    The inability to negotiate peace and truly forgive.

    Describe yourself in three words
    Doing my best.

    What do you most dislike about your appearance?
    It’s fascinating watching the sack of flesh I live in showing signs of wear. But I am grateful, each morning, to wake up in it.

    What is your most unappealing habit?
    Procrastinating.

    What scares you about getting older?
    Nothing. Better than the alternative.

    Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
    Dante’s Inferno (in Italian).

    What is the worst thing anyone’s said to you?
    “You can’t.”

    What does love feel like?
    Like falling – endlessly – and then discovering you have wings.

    Have you ever said “I love you” without meaning it?
    Of course I have. But it wasn’t because I didn’t want to actually make that person feel loved and appreciated.

    Which living person do you most despise, and why?
    Trump/Putin. Same person. Egotistical, bombastic, selfish shites.

    Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
    Stay positive.

    What has been your biggest disappointment?
    My biggest disappointment would be living with disappointment. What a burden to be shackled to. I would be truly disappointed if I didn’t (as the song says) pick myself up, dust myself off, and start all over again.

    How often do you have sex?
    Who’s counting?

    What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
    Stretching.

    Would you rather have more sex, money or fame?
    Well, I guess I won the lottery. Lucky me.

    How would you like to be remembered?
    As a kind person who cared for others.

    What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
    That we are all no more and no less than a single thread in a gigantic web of life. What we do and how we behave has repercussions for the entire web.

    What happens when we die?
    Only dying will tell.

    Tell us a joke
    Two peanuts were walking down the road. One was assaulted.

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    ( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )