Following the Supreme Court decision giving a green signal for conducting panchayat polls in Andhra Pradesh, the State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar has stepped up efforts to establish his total command over the government machinery by using all powers that he is entitled to during the elections under the Constitution.The SEC already transferred Guntur and Chittoor District Collectors Samuel Anand Kumar and Bharat Narayan Gupta respectively and IPS officer Tirupati Urban SP Ramesh Reddy citing the reasons of non-cooperation in the election process. The government has effected the transfers and posted the Joint Collectors as district returning officers.In a fresh move, the SEC censured two IAS officers -- Panchayat Raj Principal Secretary Gopalakrishna Dwivedi and Rural Development Commissioner Girija Shankar -- stating that they were derelict in their duties. The SEC also ordered that the censure be recorded in their service records to reflect it in their further career … [Read more...] about AP: SEC orders IAS officers’ censure to be noted in service records; govt announces cash incentives to GPs that avoid polling
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Uzbekistan increases exports of textile products in 2020
TASHKENT, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan has exported textile products worth 1.9 billion U.S. dollars to 70 countries in 2020, an increase of 295 million dollars compared with 2019, the Uzbek State Statistics Committee said Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Uzbekistan increases exports of textile products in 2020
Malaysia reports 3,680 new COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that six of the new cases are imported and 3,674 are local transmissions. … [Read more...] about Malaysia reports 3,680 new COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths
Philippines logs 2,245 new COVID-19 cases, India’s tally rises to 10,689,527
The daily caseload rose above 500 in 10 days owing to new cluster infections linked to a Christian missionary group in Daejeon, about 160 km south of Seoul, that has a nationwide network. … [Read more...] about Philippines logs 2,245 new COVID-19 cases, India’s tally rises to 10,689,527
‘Washington felt like a war zone’
Even as they kept up the show of strength, safety was kept in mind. Their guns were not loaded; the magazines were in their jackets and backpacks. They didn't want to scare people unless they posed a threat. … [Read more...] about ‘Washington felt like a war zone’
