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Mars Wrigley elevates Kalpesh Parmar as GM Asia; announces Tamer Kadry as India head

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

After leading the India business for three years with double-digit growth, Kaplesh Parmar will lead the company’s Asia business with immediate effect. In his new role, he will lead oversee operations of the chocolate, gum, and fruity confections segments across all Asia markets as well as the pet nutrition segment in South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Who’s Afraid of Rosa Parks?

CounterPunch 

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida continues his battle against what he identifies to be “woke indoctrination” and “the state-sanctioned racism” in schools, also known as Critical Race Theory. In the news release announcing the legislative proposal Stop W.O.K.E. Act, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran stated, “Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, Florida has very publicly adopted new state education standards for English Language Arts, Mathematics, Civics, Character Education and more, and... Читать дальше...

Malawi/Egypt: Flames Coach Names 2023 Afcon Qualifiers Squad Against Egypt

AllAfrica.com (sport) 

[Nyasa Times] After their Saudi Arabia training camp, Malawi national football team coach Mario Marinica has named his 27-member final squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Egypt in back-to-back fixtures -- starting with Match Day 3 away on Friday, March 24 at Stadium Air Defence in Cairo.

Who Gets to Speak Out About Nukes?

CounterPunch 

One New York radio shock jock tried to trip me up during a dawn interview in March 2011, as the Fukushima nuclear disaster unfolded, by demanding an explanation of the difference between becquerels, curies and rads. Being absolutely certain that no one in his listening audience of up-before-coffee, right wing conspiracy theorists had the slightest interest in the matter, I told him so. He then tried the “hysterical woman” tack, to which I responded that since he was the one who was shouting it seemed to me that he was the hysterical one. Читать дальше...



Deep-sea mining just lost its biggest corporate backer

Miningweekly.com 

A growing number of countries are calling to delay plans to strip-mine the seabed for metals to make electric car batteries as US defense giant Lockheed Martin, the biggest corporate player in deep sea mining, exits the nascent industry. Last week’s sale of Lockheed’s UK Seabed Resources subsidiary to Norwegian startup Loke Marine Minerals was announced just as the United Nations-affiliated organization tasked with regulating deep sea mining kicked off a conference in Jamaica.

Finland’s Fortum bands with Rolls-Royce to explore small nuclear reactors

EurActiv 

State-owned energy company Fortum and Rolls-Royce signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the opportunities for deploying small modular reactors (SMR) in Finland and Sweden. While Fortum’s new strategy aims ”to deliver reliable, clean energy and drive decarbonisation in industries...

The Great Telecom Rip-Off

CounterPunch 

In September 2020, the State of California won a $116 million suit against Verizon ($68 million) and AT&T ($48 million). The suit was brought by a “whistleblower,” OnTheGo Wireless, LLC, and thirty government entities claiming under the California False Claims Act that the telecoms overcharged the state and government customers for wireless services.[1]  Some 300 state and local entities More

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Housing project: Rivers to demolish AIT/Ray Power office, issues 48-hour notice

The Punch 

….NUJ seek restraints Barring any last-minute change, the Rivers State government will demolish the transmission station of the African Independent Television/Ray Power in Ozuoba, outskirts of Port Harcourt. This followed the State Government’s 48-hour notice to Daar Communications, owners of the African Independent Television and Ray Power to remove its property on the right of

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