POLITICS
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Apr- 2023 -15 April
Naidu urges Christians in Andhra Pradesh to partner with TD for abolishing poverty
The former chief minister alleged that many Christians are being compelled to surrender their properties and organisations while the ‘Christian Bhavan’ that he had built during his tenure was turned into a quarantine centre during the Covid pandemic. DC File Image Machilipatnam: Christians should team up with the TDP to make use of their churches as platforms to help eliminate poverty in Andhra Pradesh, party chiefN. Chandrababu Naidu has said. He made these remarks at a meeting on Friday night addressing pastors in Gudivada town of Krishna district, where he observed that the Christian community is no exception to alleged harassment by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. “Jagan has discontinued all the welfare schemes introduced by the TDP…
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15 April
OPINION
Farrukh Dhondy | Why Sunak allows racist rhetoric’ by Suella All political parties — though perhaps not those in Russia and China — have internal wars. The UK’s two ruling parties have recently experienced fresh internal battles. Scotland’s ruling Scottish National Party replaced its long-standing First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, with a “continuity candidate” Humza Yousaf, who narrowly defeated his two rivals. One promise of his campaign was his support for the bill on transgender rights that the Scottish Assembly had passed under Nicola Sturgeon. The bill gives any Scot the right to assert which gender he or she belongs to, regardless of the one they were born with. When that bill was passed, Hedgie Sunak said, as PM of the…
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15 April
OPINION
Sunil Gatade | May 13 in Karnataka: For whom will it be unlucky? Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai during an event for the release of the 13th instalment of funds under the PM-KISAN scheme and inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various projects, in Belagavi, May is lucky for Narendra Modi: twice he led the BJP to a majority in the Lok Sabha — in 2014 and in 2019 — a feat unparalleled in the annals of the saffron party. But one has to see if May 13 will be a lucky day for the PM as the Karnataka Assembly election results are announced. Interestingly, May 13 has been lucky for the Congress. It was…
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15 April
Rajasthan Congress row: Kamal Nath to broker peace
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot. NEW DELHI: Stalemate continued in the Rajasthan Congress, with the party’s high command roping in former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath to defuse the tussle between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot. The Congress high command has also sought the intervention of former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Rajasthan Congress incharge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who had previously threatened action against Pilot, backed off as the party big wigs were deployed to end the stand-off. Pilot met with Kamal Nath and AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal late on Thursday. Sources said the meeting was inconclusive. The senior leaders are expected to reach…
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15 April
Mehul Chowski wins in court; cannot be removed from Antigua and Barbuda without order
The claimant, Mehul Chowksi in his civil lawsuit has argued that there is an obligation on the part of the defendants, the Attorney General of Antigua and the Chief of Police to carry out a thorough inquiry and that he has an arguable claim that he was subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Dominica based Nature Isle News reported. Roseau [Dominica]: Mehul Chowksi, the diamantaire who is wanted in India in connection with Rs 13000 crore fraud cannot be removed from Antigua and Barbuda, the country’s High Court said Friday as it gave the ruling in his favour. The claimant, Mehul Chowksi in his civil lawsuit has argued that there is an obligation on the part of the…
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15 April
Owaisi raises questions over Atiq Ahmad son’s encounter
Asad and his aide Ghulam involved in the killing of Umesh Pal, a key witness to the murder of BSP leader Raju Pal, were gunned down by STF Asad and his aide Ghulam, who were involved in the killing of Umesh Pal, a key witness to the murder of BSP leader Raju Pal, were gunned down by the STF. Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday raised questions over the encounter of gangster Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad and his aide Ghulam in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi and said that the “so-called encounters should not take place”. “There would be an inquiry as per the Supreme Court guidelines, but that “so-called encounters should not take place”,” Owaisi said…
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15 April
Climate change “hitting us from various different angles”: Nirmala Sitharaman
The Union Finance Minister on being asked how India implements the LiFE agenda, said, through “repeated persuasion, repeated speaking about and speaking about issues which you think are commonplace, but repeated speaking by people who hold positions, by people who are responsible, by people who can really catch eyeballs.” Washington: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Saturday said climate change is now “hitting us in everyday life” from different angles.“Climate is now hitting us from various different angles, hitting us in everyday life,” Sitharaman said during a panel discussion at a World Bank-organised event on “Making it Personal: How Behavioral Change Can Tackle Climate Change”. The Union Finance Minister on being asked how India implements the LiFE agenda, said,…
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15 April
BJP wants ‘Opposition-free’ India: Sibal on CBI summoning Kejriwal
Reacting to the development, Sibal said on Twitter, CBI summons Kejriwal, BJP says: Law on course. My take: Persecution on course! New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday hit out at the BJP over the CBI summoning Delhi Chief Minister Arvind, alleging that the ruling party wants to establish an “Opposition-free India” and is seeking to “malign” the image of leaders who stand up against it. Sibal urged all Opposition parties to speak up in one voice against this “misuse” of probe agencies and asserted that it will be difficult to take on the BJP until all such parties stand together. “They (the BJP) want an Opposition-free India and are targeting all Opposition leaders. We’ve seen how they…
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15 April
Apple to use 100% recycled cobalt in batteries it designs by 2025
All Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100 per cent recycled tin soldering and 100 per cent recycled gold plating. New Delhi: Apple has announced to use 100 per cent recycled cobalt in all company-designed batteries by 2025. Additionally, magnets in Apple devices will use entirely recycled rare earth elements by 2025, and all Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100 per cent recycled tin soldering and 100 per cent recycled gold plating. In 2022, the company significantly expanded its use of key recycled metals, and now sources over two-thirds of all aluminium, nearly three-quarters of all rare earths, and more than 95 per cent of all tungsten in Apple products from 100 percent recycled material. “From the recycled materials in our products, to the clean…
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15 April
Centre to speed up petroleum projects in Andhra Pradesh
In order for all companies to start work on exploration and production, Union Petroleum and natural gas secretary Pankaj Jain requested that the chief secretary take action to restore the Petroleum Mining Leases (PML). Photo: Facebook/Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India Amaravati: Union Petroleum and natural gas secretary Pankaj Jain met the chief secretary, Dr. KS Jawahar Reddy, at the CS camp office on Friday to discuss key points on pending petroleum projects. In the meeting, chief secretary Jawahar Reddy said the Petroleum, Chemicals, and Petrochemicals Investment Region( PCPIR) is a crucial project for the state and is getting huge investments. He also added that the PCPIR project would improve the state’s revenues and requested Pankaj Jain for clearances…
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