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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

New Delhi: India on Wednesday inked a strategic partnership agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to strengthen cooperation in global energy security, stability and sustainability. This partnership will lead to an extensive exchange of knowledge and would be a stepping stone towards India becoming a full member of IEA, a power ministry statement said. "The Framework for Strategic Partnership between the IEA members and the Government of India was signed on 27th January, 2021 to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation & enhance global energy security, stability and sustainability," it said. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Power Secretary Sanjiv Nandan Sahai and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. "The contents of the strategic partnership will be jointly decided by IEA members and India, including a phased increase in benefits and responsibilities for India as an IEA strategic partner, and building on existing areas of work within Association and … [Read more...] about India inks MoU with IEA for global energy security, sustainability

The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act: This provides for setting up of a mechanism that allows the farmers to sell their farm produce outside the Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs). Under this any licence holder trader can buy the produce from the farmers at a price that is mutually agreed. This trade would be free of Mandi tax imposed by the State Governments. … [Read more...] about In depth: What are the new farm laws and why are only Punjab, Haryana farmers upset

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’

A graduate of Brown and Yale, Yellen has taught economics at some of the world's most prestigious universities. She is best known for her tenure as Chair of the Federal Reserve, overseeing a period of falling unemployment and steady economic recovery from the global financial crisis. … [Read more...] about Janet Yellen becomes US’ 1st woman treasury secretary