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Christie sees a lane in the GOP primary: Trump destroyer

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Christie’s former supporters in New Hampshire hope it’ll be him.
“We definitely need somebody strong and optimistic,” said Hillary Seeger, a conservative activist who backed Christie’s 2016 presidential bid. “We need to have somebody that can win the primary and the general election.”
Christie reunited a group of his New Hampshire backers on Monday night, when he returned to the state for a town hall at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics — a prerequisite for any presidential hopeful — followed by a private dinner with close friends, former supporters and some donors.
Christie was cagey about whether he is actually running for president again. But if he is — he’s said a decision could come in 45 to 60 days — he spelled out a clear lane for himself as Trump’s critic in chief.
Christie doesn’t see one in what is shaping up to be the 2024 Republican field.
“They’re going to wriggle right up next to him and say ‘I’m almost like him, but I’m not quite as bad,’” Christie said of his would-be rivals. “Let me tell you something, everybody. That’s going to lose as certain as he lost in ‘20, as we lost the House in ‘18, as we lost the Senate in ‘21, as we underperformed in ‘22.”
Christie later told reporters that “no one has to wonder” whether he’s got the chutzpah to take on Trump.
But just as Christie puffed up his own abilities, one audience member at Saint Anselm College openly questioned his credentials in that arena. Christie had plenty of opportunities to take down Trump in 2016, before he dropped out after a dismal sixth-place finish in New Hampshire’s primary, so why didn’t he do it then?

Christie chalked his performance in that primary up to “strategic error” — one that he doesn’t plan on making again.
“Trump said a few weeks ago: I am your retribution. Guess what everybody? No thanks,” Christie said. “The only person he cares about is him. And if we haven’t learned that since Election Day 2020 until today, we’re not paying attention.”
Christie also took direct shots at former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — hitting the former for not doing more to stand up to Trump and the latter over his mangled forays into foreign policy.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not a “territorial dispute,” as DeSantis said in now-walked-back remarks, but an act of “authoritarian aggression,” Christie said. And the U.S. doesn’t have to worry about being dragged into a “proxy war” with China over Ukraine — as DeSantis suggested — because “we’re in one.”
But even as he jabbed his would-be rivals, Christie also spoke repeatedly of injecting optimism and civility back into politics that these days is defined by “anger and retribution.”
And his old supporters who gathered in Manchester on Monday consider that to be a selling point for potential presidential candidates like Christie and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, another moderate-leaning Republican considering a run.
“You have Trump, and you have the alternative to Trump,” former New Hampshire GOP Chair Wayne MacDonald, who chaired Christie’s 2016 campaign in New Hampshire. “Once you start comparing his record in New Jersey with DeSantis’ record in Florida, you’re going to see a much more viable and effective leader than Governor DeSantis is. And I think that’s going to enable him to emerge as the alternative to President Trump.”
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

March 28, 2023
BJP sees the bulldozer as its ticket to a 2024 clean sweep in UP

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Lucknow: The bulldozer politics that originated in Uttar Pradesh in 2020 has now become the mainstay of the Yogi Adityanath government.
The bulldozer – usually seen as a tool of destruction and upheaval – has become a symbol of good governance not only in Uttar Pradesh but outside the state too.
Most governments in the country, mainly the BJP-led ones, are now betting on the bulldozer that is apparently bringing in more bouquets than brickbats.
The bulldozer first gained prominence in the Yogi Adityanath government in July 2020 when this mean machine was used to pull down the house of gangster Vikas Dubey in Bikru village in Kanpur.
Dubey was the main accused in the massacre of eight police personnel and bulldozing his palatial house seemed like speedy justice in the terror-stricken area.
Muslim voices protesting Nupur Sharma’s statement on the Prophet, then became the target of the bulldozer in Prayagraj and this gave Hindu approval to the action.
Thereafter, the bulldozer was used to demolish the ill-gotten properties of mafia dons like Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmad, both of whom were behind bars.
The state government happily released photographs and videos of the houses, shopping complexes, hotels and buildings of the mafia crumbling under the power of the bulldozer.

A social activist says, “All these recent bulldozer politics of the BJP government is nothing but to create a narrative that anything illegal is associated with Muslims and it is becoming an increasingly threatening gimmick. It is probably a warning message for those who rage against the government.”
The bulldozer gradually emerged as a symbol of justice against wrong-doers and Yogi supporters, mainly Hindus, cheered the initiative.
In the midst of the assembly election, a local daily named Yogi Adityanath as ‘Bulldozer Baba’ and this took the BJP campaign to the next level.
Leader after leader spoke about the might of the bulldozer in the elections and how Yogi Adityanath had brought criminals to their knees with his bulldozer.
The results of the UP assembly elections where the BJP staged a return to power, put the seal of approval on bulldozer politics and the opposition that had tried to project the bulldozer as a symbol of tyranny, was put on the backfoot.
The popularity of the bulldozer politics was evident from the fact that Holi sprinklers now come in the shape of a bulldozer and even the rakhi comes with a miniature bulldozer. A whole range of bulldozer toys are now being sold on e-commerce sites like Amazon and Flipkart.
Some young men in Agra have even tattooed the images of the bulldozer and Bulldozer Baba on their bodies after Yogi Adityanath’s victory.
While the results made other states like Madhya Pradesh and Delhi adopt the bulldozer formula with open arms, it also gave Yogi Adityanath the opportunity to pursue this brand of politics even more aggressively in his second term.
The UP police are now targeting those linked to mafia dons on an almost daily basis and people are lapping it up.
Bulldozer Baba’s politics is getting increasingly popular and so is his image as a stern administrator who will spare no wrong doer.
Though there are allegations of the bulldozer politics being ‘selective’ but the voices of approval are far louder.
Yogi Adityanath is being felicitated with miniature bulldozers at various functions and the chief minister is not complaining.
Legal experts, in hushed tones, question the legality of the bulldozer action but when the Supreme Court, last year, declined to stay the demolition of properties using bulldozers throughout the country, noting that an “omnibus” order by the top court could restrain municipal authorities from acting against all unauthorised constructions, the debate died a hurried death.
“There is a legal process that must be adopted before a house or property is demolished but the judiciary apparently does not have the courage to go against the people’s mood. You need to get the court’s nod before pulling down a building. But here, the building is razed and the papers are then prepared and approved in back date. No one can dare to question the process,” said a senior high court lawyer who did not wish to be named.
Every building that has been demolished in Yogi Raj is said to be illegally constructed on land that belongs to another.
The bulldozer now noisily dawdles across Uttar Pradesh and for the BJP, it is a case of the more the merrier.
BJP leaders claim that it is the bulldozer that will again yield rich dividends in the 2024 general elections.
And no one is questioning the claim.
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March 12, 2023
Iran-Saudi Agreement: Why Israel Opposition Sees It A ‘Dangerous Development’?

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SRINAGAR: As expected, the Tehran-Riyadh restoration of ties with Beijing’s help has led triggered a serious debate the world over. With most of the countries supportive of the agreement, a general perception is that the USA, the world’s most powerful nation, has been side-lined by an emerging China.
US President Joe Biden with MbS of Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022. They barely shook hands.
The most vociferous reaction has come from Israel where senior opposition leaders have termed the agreement Tel Aviv’s failure.
“The restoration of relations between the Saudis and Iran is a serious and dangerous development for Israel that represents an Iranian diplomatic victory. It represents a critical blow to efforts to build a regional coalition against Iran,” Naftali Bennett, Israel’s former Prime Minister was quoted as saying by Times of Israel. “This is a resounding failure of the Netanyahu government and is the result of a combination of diplomatic neglect, general weakness and internal conflict in the country.”
Bennett was not alone. Yair Lapid, also a former Prime Minister also termed the agreement as “a complete failure” for Israel, calling it “a collapse of our regional defensive walls that we had been building against Iran.”
Iran and Saudi Arabia, barely separated by a 150-mile distance were representing two extremes in the Middles East. They were literally rivals in most of the conflict areas in the region. Besides, they were using Shia-Sunni sectarianism as part of their foreign policy in other Muslim countries.
Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to resume diplomatic relations after four days of intensive previously undisclosed talks in Beijing.
Israel, it may be recalled here had normalised relations with Bahrain, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates in 2020. The agreement with Iran came as Tel Aviv was negotiating a relationship with Riyadh. While these efforts are likely to continue, the possibility of kicking Tehran out of the frame may not be possible. Israel sees Tehran as its enemy and dislikes its nuclear programme and Riyadh was almost thinking on the same terms. This had led to a sort of coalition with the Middle East excluding Iran. The agreement is expected to change that.
Israel apart, the response from almost every other power centre has been positive. Some Western countries including USA and France have responded to the development with a bit of caution.
“United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric expressed the gratitude of the United Nations Secretary-General to China for hosting the recent talks, and the United Nations Secretary-General welcomed the efforts of other countries in this regard, especially the Sultanate of Oman and Iraq,” Saudi Press Agency reported. “The UN spokesperson also stated that good neighbourly relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are necessary for the stability of the Gulf region.”

In Brussels, the European Union (EU) has also welcomed the agreement.
“Generally speaking, we welcome any efforts to help end the war in Yemen and de-escalate tensions in the Middle East region. De-escalation and diplomacy together with deterrence are key pillars of the policy President Biden outlined during his visit to the region last year,” US NSA spokesperson John Kirby was quoted as saying. “The Saudis did keep us informed about these talks that they were having, just as we keep them informed on our engagements, but we weren’t directly involved.”
President Xi Jinping with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (Mbs) in Riyadh on December 9, 2022
When asked by reporters, Biden said: “Better relations between Israel and their Arab neighbours are better for everybody.”
What is interesting, however, is that the agreement is being seen as a side-lining of the US in the region. A general impression is that the US was selling arms to fuel the conflicts in the region and, instead, China used trade to get the rivals closer.
Major Development: China Brokers Peace Between Iran and Saudi Arabia
The agreement is expected to have a cooling effect on at least three ragging conflicts in the region. In Yemen, Iran was supporting Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabi was funding the exiled government. In Lebanon, Iran was backing Hezbollah and Riyadh money was surviving the Sunni political class. The two countries were the proxy players in Suria where Iran supported President Bashar Assad and Riyadh was closer to the rebels.
Analysts believe t is too early to predict a major shift as the parties will have to work on the agreement. The divisive politics in the region has been played for such a long time that converting it into peace will take a long time. Those unhappy can contribute to making the agreement evaporate.

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March 12, 2023
Oil industry sees a vibe shift on climate tech

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“It’s blurred the lines” on what had in the past been rigid lanes that differentiate companies, Harbert said in an interview.
The signs that the traditional oil industry is changing were everywhere. The head of Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil company ADNOC bragged about his company’s solar power investments and admonished other companies to do more to cut their carbon emissions. The chief executive of Occidental Petroleum, one of the largest U.S. oil companies, announced its newest target was a $1 billion-plus project in West Texas to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air, and that it would look at potential nuclear power projects.
The five-day conference that is the premier energy event in the U.S. features more sessions on hydrogen than on oil, a word that was uttered by a only a few of the speakers on the main stage during the first two days.
Darren Woods, CEO and chairman of Exxon Mobil, spent most of his address talking up the company’s newest business line that strips carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sites. The company is also developing a large hydrogen plant to produce the fuel that many hope will help cut pollution from sectors that are hard to wring carbon dioxide from. And, almost in passing he mentioned that the world will need gasoline and diesel for the foreseeable future.
“Our business has been to transform molecules,” Woods said of Exxon’s carbon capture and hydrogen projects. “This is an extension of that core capability.”
This isn’t to say that the companies have forgotten their main business of pumping oil. Exxon, Chevron and other companies set new profit records last year as oil and fuel prices surged after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance and Hess Corp. CEO John Hess both highlighted that their companies were still making long-term investments in oil and natural gas production, though those remarks were notable for their rarity.
Overall spending on oil and gas exploration and production in North America is expected rise nearly 18 percent this year from last, largely because of spending by independent and private companies, according to forecasts by analysts at advisory and investment firm Evercore ISI. ’s faster than the nearly 13 percent rise in spending predicted for the whole world. And many of the private or independent oil and gas producer have little interest in diversifying their business into clean energy or carbon technologies.
The sharp ramp up in the technologies that will help fight climate change by many companies, however, does not represent a repudiation of oil and gas. The industry’s focus on clean energy technologies is a way to preserve that core business, Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub said.

“We believe that our direct capture technology is going to be the technology that helps to preserve our industry over time,” Hollub told the audience. “This gives our industry a license to continue to operate for the 60, 70, 80 years that I think it’s going to be very much needed.”
For many conference attendees, the new announcements show the oil industry being at an inflection point where companies see they need to adopt more clean energy businesses to survive.
“I think the direction of travel is definitely in the direction of broadening our energy offerings and reducing our emissions,” Eirik Wærness, senior vice president and chief economist at Norway-based energy company Equinor, said in an interview. “And when you’re at an energy conference like this in the United States five months after the IRA was passed, well, industry reacts to policy signals.”
Even some environmental advocates in the room said they noticed a vibe shift at the annual industry huddle.
“The business is changing really fast,” said Samantha Gross, director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Brookings Institute and former Obama administration official who spoke at a climate change panel at the conference. “Absolutely, 100 percent. They’re really serious about it. They’re looking at the future and trying to decide who they want to be in this new world.”
A key reason for this emerging diversification was the Inflation Reduction Act that President Joe Biden and Democrats passed last year that offers billions of dollars for the technologies that companies had so far only mulled as possible carbon cutters. But those tax credits and grants are available only for the next few years, so companies are scrambling to access the money while they can.
The raft of Biden administration officials who traveled to CERAWeek were pushing those two messages to executives — do more to cut the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, and that plenty of incentive money was available for them to do so.
”The IRA is a tremendous step forward,” John Kerry, White House special envoy on climate change, told the audience of hundreds of industry representatives. “It’s huge, with a major global impact that I am sensing and feeling, and I think you are, too.”
But Kerry was quick to single out one U.S. executive — Chevron CEO Mike Wirth — who used his address to highlight a plan to increase oil production.
“I heard how in Kazakhstan they may go up to a million barrels, and in the Permian they may go up to a billion barrels,” Kerry said. “Well, ok. Are we going to go down in emissions?”
A Chevron spokesperson did not provide comment on Kerry’s remark.
Over and over again, companies in Houston said they had got the message. Without the passage of the IRA, Occidental and Siemens Energy would have taken longer to unveil a large project that would suck 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the air every year, Siemens North American President Richard Voorberg said in an interview. The companies plan to continue to develop similar projects twice that size, Voorberg added.
“If the incentives aren’t there, you start small, then maybe go a little bit bigger, then a little bit bigger and then it kind of grows into something,” Voorberg said. “Oxy’s taking the position they’re going to go big. … Now that becomes their standard and now they multiply it and it starts changing the world.”
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

March 9, 2023
Karnataka: BJP sees red over viral video of Congressman showering money on dancing girl

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Bengaluru: A viral video of a Congressman showering a dancing woman with currency notes at a wedding function has put the party on the backfoot ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka.
The ruling BJP has targeted the Congress over the issue, terming the incident as a ‘Congress culture’.
The video shows Congress worker Shivshankar Hampanna from Hubli city dancing alongside the woman and tossing currency notes at her. The incident purportedly took place during a pre-wedding ceremony in Dharwad district.
The ruling BJP, which has been on the recieving end of Congress’ criticism over corruption and governance deficit issues, has pounced on the issue to attack the opposition party.
BJP spokesperson Ravi Naik said, “It seems like the Congress possesses only this culture. Only they can explain the culture of throwing money at girls a wedding venue.”
The BJP is demanding that Shivshankar should apologise to the woman seen in the video.
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March 8, 2023
Meta sees strong trend in women entrepreneurs using its apps in India

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New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) on Monday said that it has continued to see a strong trend towards women entrepreneurs using its apps in India over the last three years.
About 73 per cent of Instagram business accounts that self-identify as a women-owned business were set up in the last three years in India, the company revealed.
In addition, 53 per cent of all business pages on Facebook with female admins were also set up in the last three years in the country.
“It’s heartening to see more women kickstart their entrepreneurial journeys with the help of digital technologies, and we’re humbled that we play a part in this journey,” Archana Vohra, Director, Small and Medium Business for Meta in India, said in a statement.
“What is great to see is that the momentum gained during the pandemic continues even post-pandemic. Our commitment remains to unlock growth for India’s small businesses, and enabling women entrepreneurs is a big part of that commitment,” she added
Moreover, the tech giant said that women are also playing a critical role in supporting each other by forming communities.
On Meta, 40 per cent of Facebook groups related to entrepreneurship have been created by women in the last three years.
Women have also made strides in the tech and creative space, the company mentioned.

In India, 23 per cent of Spark AR creators publishing effects for Facebook and Instagram are women, showing a promising sign of progress.
Spark AR lets businesses create and share augmented reality experiences that reach billions of people using Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.
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March 6, 2023
Exit Polls: BJP to retain Tripura, Meghalaya sees four-cornered contest

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New Delhi: With voting for the assembly polls in Meghalaya and Nagaland ending on Monday amid tight security, all eyes are now on the results.
In Meghalaya, polling was held at 3,419 polling stations across 59 Assembly constituencies, while in Nagaland voting was held in 59 out of 60 Assembly constituencies.
The Matrize exit poll for Meghalaya predicted 21-26 seats for the NPP, 6-11 seats to the BJP, 8-13 to the TMC, 3-6 for the Congress and 10-19 for others.
In Meghalaya, it continued to be a four-cornered contest. In the last Assembly polls, although the Congress had emerged as the single largest party winning 21 seats, the Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party, which had won 20 seats, had managed to form the government following an alliance with the BJP.
However, this time, with no pre-poll alliance in place, the Congress, BJP, NPP and TMC are looking to win a majority on their own.
In Nagaland, in 2018 the NDPP-BJP alliance had formed the government. The Naga People’s Front (NPF), which had emerged as the single largest party in the last Assembly polls, faces a tough time as many of its leaders have since quit to join the NDPP.
The Matrize exit poll predicts the BJP+NDPP will win 35-43 seats, the Congress will get 1-3 seats, the NPF might get 2-5, the NPP 1 and 6-11 for the others in Nagaland.
Tripura voted on February 16, recording nearly 88 per cent polling.

The India Today exit poll has predicted that the BJP will win 36-45 seats in the Tripura Assembly. The BJP-led alliance is likely to retain power, shows the India Today-Axis My India poll.
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February 27, 2023
Jill Biden sees East Africa drought up close

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“They talked about how their livestock are dying. Obviously, you can see the drought here, how bad it is,” the first lady told reporters afterward. “The one source of water here feeds 12 villages and each village has approximately a thousand to 1,200 people.”
“So they are coming here, the people are coming to get water, they’re bringing their livestock to get water. But unfortunately, for many of them, the way they make their living is from their livestock and for most of them, the livestock are dying, so they’re having a hard time,” she said.
Biden noted that the United States has provided 70% of the money sent to the region to help alleviate the suffering, “but we cannot be the only ones.”
“We need to have other countries join us in this global effort to help these people of the region,” she said, adding that the drought was competing with humanitarian efforts tied to Russian’s war in Ukraine and an earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people in Turkey and Syria.
“I mean, there are a lot of competing interests but, obviously here, people are actually, livestock, people are starving,” she said.
Meg Whitman, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, who accompanied Biden, said people know intellectually what’s going on in the region but “it’s different when you just see it.”
Underscoring Biden, Whitman said that “everyone needs to help as best we can here because this is going to continue for the foreseeable future.”
Members of the Maasai community, who are predominantly herders, live in Kajiado county where Biden visited.

Nearly 23 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are thought to be highly food insecure, which means they do not know where they will find their next meal, according to a food security working group chaired by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development.
A Maasai elder, Mingati Samanya, 69, said he lost 10 cows during the recent prolonged dry season and struggled to find hay for the rest of his herd.
“The short rains last year were insufficient and right now we are back to struggling for pasture. We hope the long rains will be enough,” he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Biden sought to use her stature to help focus the world’s attention on the worsening humanitarian crisis in East Africa by touring the drought-stricken area near Kenya’s border with Tanzania.
On the nearly three-hour drive south of Nairobi, the capital, Biden’s lengthy motorcade passed over dry river and creek beds. Numerous cows were walking alongside the highway — many so thin that their ribs were showing.
Throngs of people lined both sides of the motorcade route at various points, waving or using their cellphones to record the event.
Some 4.4 million people in Kenya are facing high levels of food insecurity, with the number projected to rise to 5.4 million in March, according to an analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
Already, 11 million livestock that are essential to many families’ health and livelihood have died. Many of the people affected are farmers who have watched their crops wither and die, and their water sources run dry.
Northern Kenya, which is arid and semi-arid and is where pastoralist communities live, is most affected.
The country’s agriculture sector heavily relies on rainfall, and the meteorological department is predicting delayed rains in the upcoming short rainy season that should begin in March.
President William Ruto announced last October that his cabinet had lifted a decade-old ban on openly cultivating and importing genetically modified crops. The decision came amid pressure from the U.S. government, which had argued that the ban affected U.S. agricultural exports and food aid.
Last week, Ruto led the country in praying for rain.
The first lady has been highlighting the drought along with women and youth empowerment since arriving in Namibia last Wednesday.
Biden had visited Kenya in 2011, when her husband, Joe Biden, was serving as vice president, to help raise awareness about what then was considered a severe famine. U.S. officials and aid organizations say the current drought is far worse.
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February 27, 2023
Andhra Pradesh CM sees off outgoing Governor

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Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy gave a warm send-off to outgoing Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and his wife at the Gannavaram airport here on Wednesday.
The outgoing Governor and his wife later flew to Raipur.
On February 12, the Centre appointed Harichandan as the governor of Chhattisgarh.
Housing Minister Jogi Ramesh, AP Agri Mission Vice Chairman MVS Nagi Reddy, Chief Secretary Dr K.S. Jawahar Reddy, DGP KV Rajendranath Reddy, Legislative Council Chairman K. Moshen Raju, senior officials and people’s representatives accompanied the Chief Minister to the airport to see off the outgoing Governor and his wife.
Harichandan, a senior BJP leader from Odisha, had assumed office as governor in July 2019. He had succeeded E.S.L Narasimhan, who had been working as governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice S. Abdul Nazeer has been appointed as the new Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Justice Nazeer, who hails from Karnataka, was on the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court that delivered verdict in Ayodhya case.
He had served as Karnataka High Court judge and was elevated as Supreme Court judge in 2017.

Justice Nazeer was also on the full bench that delivered the verdict on the triple talaq controversy. He was one of the two judges who opposed the majority verdict banning triple talaq.
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February 22, 2023
Battle for control of Wisconsin Supreme Court sees liberal and conservative advance to final round

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“I can’t tell you how I’ll rule in any case, but throughout this race, I’ve been clear about what my values are,” Protasiewicz said during her victory speech, pointing to her support for abortion access, voting rights and public safety.
The eventual winner will help decide major cases that are likely to come before the court. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and state Attorney General Josh Kaul sued to overturn a more than century-old state law banning most abortions, which could make its way to the state Supreme Court later this year. The court may also be poised to have a say on election laws, as it has in the past.
The race — a down-ballot contest in an off-year — brought in millions of dollars. From the beginning of the year through the primary election, ad spending reached over $9 million on television, digital and radio, per AdImpact. The top spender was Fair Courts America, a super PAC linked to GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein, which has put in around $2.8 million in support of Kelly. Last year, the group said it intended to spend “millions of dollars” on Kelly’s candidacy.
Not far behind Fair Courts America was Protasiewicz, who aired a robust ad blitz backed by a $2.3 million spend. She raised more than $725,000 from the beginning of the year through Feb. 6 — more than all of her opponents’ combined fundraising in that period. Her campaign said it raised more than $2 million since she entered the race in May, a record-breaking sum for a spring primary candidate in Wisconsin.
A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund — the same group that spent close to $4 million on the governor’s race in support of Evers last election — spent $2.2 million on advertisements hitting Dorow. Dorow spent over $600,000, and outside groups made up the rest of the spending.
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February 22, 2023