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[ad_1] Punjab Assembly Election 2022: The Congress party has released its list of star campaigners for the Punjab elections and has excluded Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari and former Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad from the list. The list draws sharp criticism from former President Pranab Mukherjee’s son and former Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee as well as from Manish Tewari. Abhijit, who is now with Trinamool Congress, said that such narrow-minded steps will never help Congress to win elections. “Sad state of affairs in Punjab Congress as they exclude a prominent senior congress leader, MP from Punjab & former minister Manish Tewari Ji from the list of star campaigners in poll-bound Punjab! Such narrow-minded steps will never help Congress to win elections!” said Abhijit. Reacting to his tweet, Manish Tewari said he would have been surprised to find it another way round. “I would have been surprised if it would have been the other way around. The reasons have been a Public Affair now for quite a while Abhijit Da,” said Tewari. I would have been surprised if it would have been the other way around . The reasons have been a Public Affair now for quite a while @ABHIJIT_LS Da. https://t.co/PVCXCweR83 — Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) February 5, 2022 Abhijit further said that ‘people with their votes are the only answer to such bipartisan mentality’. “Come what may, you shall always remain indomitable! You have always been one of the finest parliamentarians I have seen and that has been my late father’s opinion too,” said Abhijit. Azad and Tewari are among the prominent members of the G-23 who had written to party leaders seeking an overhaul and have been questioning the leadership. However, some other members of the G-23 such as Anand Sharma and Bhupinder Singh Hooda are among the star campaigners for Punjab. The Congress released its list of 30-star campaigners for Punjab, which includes Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Rahul Gandhi. Other leaders who found a place in the list of star campaigners for the Punjab Elections 2022 are former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, Congress MP from Punjab Ravneet Singh Bittu, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Harish Chaudhary, PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Ambika Soni, former Speaker Meira Kumar, Chief ministers Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel, former PCC chiefs Sunil Jakhar, Partap Singh Bajwa, Ajay Maken, Randeep Surjewala, Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja, Rajeev Shukla, Ranjeet Ranjan, Netta D’Souza, BV Srinivas, Imran Pratapgarhi, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Amrita Dhawan, Raminder Awla, and Tajender Singh Bittoo. Punjab will go to the polls on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Covid-19 India Live News, New Omicron Variant Cases in India, Coronavirus Vaccine Statistics and Registration Latest Update Live, February 5 Live News: India’s Omicron-led third wave is seeing a slight improvement in certain pockets, the Narendra Modi government recently said. In terms of daily Covid cases, yes, the situation may have marginally improved. Till 10 days back, states such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra were witnessing massive coronavirus surge. But that trend has improved drastically now, official data shows. However, Mizoram and Kerala are still in the red zone.But the biggest aspect of the Omicron third wave in India is the silence surge in daily Covid deaths in the country. On Friday, India marked a grim record of over 5 lakh coronavirus deaths in the world. The US and Brazil are only two other countries that have seen such a staggering numbers of fatalities.Experts say that the official death tool is just a tip of the iceberg and there are many million who died, who are not accounted for in the national records. Since January 20 last month, daily deaths have seen a marked uptick. It should also be added that the factor of backlog deaths also need to be taken into consideration. Kerala has added over 300 pervious deaths leading in the fatality inflation. But apart from that, the overall death count is definitely on the higher side with last 10 days seeing around 1000 deaths on daily basis. Follow FE Online’s Covid Live Blog to catch all the latest on the deadly virus, new variants of Omicron and more from India and around the world: [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Gary Scott, president at Allen Tate Realtors. With more than 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, Scott has held positions with multiple brokerage firms across the East Coast, which includes B. Gary Scott Realtors, Prudential Preferred Properties and most recently Long and Foster Real Estate, where he served as president of General Brokerage. In his current leadership position, he oversees all residential operations for the company and is responsible for 48 offices and 1,600 agents in six regions of North and South Carolina. Below, Scott answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: To start off, what is your current favorite HW+ article? Gary Scott: I don’t have a regular favorite. Each edition provides me with several articles that really resonate at that particular time. HousingWire: If you had chosen a different career path, what would it be? Gary Scott: I would be a football coach — no question. I had two passions growing up — real estate and athletics. To this day, I credit the lessons I learned playing sports as keys to my success. There is no doubt the importance of preparation, hard work, teamwork and leadership were molded on the athletic fields. HousingWire:  What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Gary Scott: We are the company we keep. My parents shared this advice with me at an early age, and we passed it along to our children. I’ve been very fortunate in my real estate career to find this advice is true. My mentors — the company I kept — are some of the most iconic names in our industry: B, Gary Scott (my father), Dick Christopher, Pat Riley, Allen Tate, Wes Foster, Jeff Detwiler, Gino Blefari, and now, the Hanna family. HousingWire:  When do you feel like a success at your job? Gary Scott: I feel successful when those I work with are successful. The primary role of a leader is to develop future leaders and provide the opportunity for those we lead to achieve success. A mentor early in my career shared one of the most impactful lessons in leadership. He said the title on our business cards should read “Farmer” — we grow people. HousingWire:  What do you think will be the big themes for the housing market in 2022? Gary Scott: Low inventory, rising interest rates and inflation will play a part in our business this coming year. We need to be aware of the changing competitive landscape and the fast-paced changing needs of today’s consumers. One of the great opportunities in front of us this year and in the future is the demographic makeup of our country. The largest generations of Boomers and millennials provide unique and different opportunities. It’s important that we understand and leverage the new home buying generation — Gen Z. HousingWire: What’s one thing that people aren’t paying attention to that you think they should be paying attention to? Gary Scott: We must stay laser-focused on the fundamentals. While the world and our industry are changing at a break-neck pace, it is critical that we remain steadfast in the importance of trust and relationships in our business. For 97% of the population, buying a home is their most significant financial and emotional decision. While we need to leverage technology and stay aware of the competitive landscape, I believe the agents and companies that “block and tackle” the best will remain very successful in the years ahead. To become an HW+ member, click here. For more information on HW+ benefits, click here. To view past issues of our HW+ exclusive HousingWire Magazine, go here. The post HW+ Member Spotlight: Gary Scott appeared first on HousingWire. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] By Sudhir Mehta This Budget comes with a lot of baggage and hence high expectations — the republic will be turning 75, the economy is recovering from Covid-19 shock and regaining the growth momentum, global winds of the taper tantrum, rising crude oil prices and turmoil in Eastern Europe as well as in West Asia have potential to derail all projections. The finance minister had a tough job to navigate through these and provide the appropriate framework to continue robust recovery. The blueprint presented by the FM is resource-wise optimal, implementation-wise feasible and paves the way ahead for short-term recovery and laying the long-term foundation for accelerated growth. A robust increase in expenditure will definitely push economic recovery on a fast track. The total Budget expenditure of `39.6 lakh crore is a 50% increase from the expenditure of FY 2020-21. Capital expenditure being increased by 35.4% is a huge plus for infrastructure. PM Gati-Shakti scheme with a focus on seven areas will bring a transformative approach to infrastructure development. The extension of ECLGS and steps to reduce delayed payments by introducing trust-based governance is a big step for MSMEs. Interlinking and expanding the scope of various portals, along with the programme to make MSMEs resilient and competitive through RAMP, is a much-needed initiative after the Covid-19 induced uncertainty in this sector. If implemented in the letter and spirit, these initiatives will unleash the growth potential of the MSME sector and propel manufacturing to the next level. Equally welcome is the move to ease the shutting down of businesses. A mature innovation-led economy must equally welcome successes and accept failures. Ease of doing business has been a consistent theme and special focus of this government for the last few years. As the FM mentioned, reduction of 25,000 compliances and repealing of 1,486 union laws have fast-tracked the business process significantly. Introduction of Centralised Processing Centre-Green (CPC-Green) for all green clearances is the next logical step in this regard to reduce the time required for large infrastructure projects. With the introduction of the digital rupee, this Budget has not shied away from addressing the elephant in the room; the FM has not just paved the way for legitimate and credible Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), but also made sure that unregulated crypto menace will be kept in check. A reform that will hopefully receive more attention in the coming Budgets is measures to reduce the very high level of food stocks that we are holding (4X buffer stock requirements). This approximately two lakh crore in dead capital along with accelerated PSU disinvestment can possibly cover a large portion of the projected spending on capex needs. Most importantly, the FM deserves applause for not venturing into populist measures and distributing freebies. Despite the fact that five major states, including Uttar Pradesh, have elections coming up, the government has strictly focused on economic recovery and growth. Budget and politics can be decoupled, which may be the most important signal for creating a mature and confident India. (The author is CMD, Pinnacle Industries; director, Force Motors; and president, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture. Views are personal.) [ad_2] Source link