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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, November 3, 2023

Voter registration and list maintenance was the most active subject category this week, with 12 bills seeing legislative action.

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Women’s panel for internal complaint redressal mechanism at workplaces

Kerala Women's Commission Chairperson P. Sathidevi opened public hearing on problems facing women contract workers. Issues in 11 sectors discussed. Commission taking measures to bring women into mainstream. Women contract workers facing exploitation, negligible wages, lack of benefits. Change in attitude of society needed to bring women into mainstream. Complaints…

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Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission approves green tariff of 77 paise per unit

Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved a green tariff of 77 paise/unit over normal tariff for 2023-24. Consumers can avail renewable energy power from distribution licensees at this rate, which includes 62 paise for purchasing power & 15 paise for banking charges. Licensees will collect & remit the tariff…

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Power tariffs revised in Kerala, Electricity Regulatory Commission gives nod for average hike of 20 paise per unit

Kerala: KSEB allowed avg. 20 paise/unit hike in power tariffs for 8-month period. Exempted categories include BPL, IT industries, orphanages, endosulfan victims, cancer patients, etc. Fixed charges for domestic category also revised. Commission to finalise tariffs from July 2024.

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Consumer forum awards compensation to Maradu apartment owner

Forum awards ₹23.12 lakh to owners of demolished apartment complex for deficiency in service, unfair trade practices, failure to deliver services, and causing mental distress.

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FCC Launches Major Revamp of Broadband Availability Benchmark

Looks to boost high-speed definition to 100 Mpbs upstream and 20 Mbps downstream

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Fox Calls Dominion Documents Irrelevant to License-Renewal Challenge

Says its time for FCC to re-up its Philadelphia station

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Fifa’s battle to regulate football agents gains momentum

The European Commission has backed the governing body’s decision to introduce stricter rules on agents

The Independent UK

Kamal Nath promises setting up of panel for development of backward classes

Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, State Congress chief Kamal Nath on October 31 said if his party is elected to power, it will get a caste census done to ensure justice to the backward classes and set up a Commission to provide them equal opportunities.

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Republicans seek roadblocks for FCC’s school bus Wi-Fi plan - Roll Call

The FCC will allow use of federal funds to put Wi-Fi on school buses, a plan opposed by Republicans worried about social media use.

Roll Call

ERC felicitates two Discom staffers for improving revenue collection

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Kerala Women’s Commission organises seminar on gender justice

Gender justice has evolved over time and its realisation depends on govt policies, said Kerala Women's Commission chair P. Satheedevi. Inaugurating a seminar, she said it refers to equality between men & women, now including sexual minorities. Govt policy formulations needed to ensure gender justice.

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Murray-Darling Basin plan: government should expand voluntary buybacks, Productivity Commission finds

New report says buybacks ‘by far’ most cost-effective method to recover water while confirming plan won’t be completed ‘on budget’

The Guardian - AU

Police bin unjust surveillance amid 'bombshell' report

Juveniles will no longer be the target of a crime-prevention program found to be at times unlawful and often discriminatory towards Indigenous children.

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Computer Proficiency Test for Revenue employees on November 14, 15

APPSC to conduct CPT for certain employees of Village/Ward Secretariat functionaries on Nov 14-15, 2023. Hall tickets available from Nov 7 on Commission's website. Exam for Panchayat Secretary Grade-V, VRO Grade-II & I, Senior Assistants, Compassionate VROs/in service VRAs appointed after May 12, 2014.

Fortune

Privacy-busting 'chat control' plans rejected by European Parliament

European Parliament's negotiators refuse to countenance anti-CSAM law that they say amounts to mass surveillance.

The Hindu

Explained | The T.N. experience on caste survey

Tamil Nadu's past shows that a caste census alone may not lead to increased OBC reservations. The First BC panel (1969-70) suggested raising BC reservations, but the idea of a creamy layer hasn't gained political backing. The Second BC panel (1982-85) recommended a reduction in reservation percentages. The State govt.…

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APPSC to implement 4% quota for persons with benchmark disabilities

APPSC to implement 4% horizontal reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities from 2023-24; 1% each for blindness/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing, locomotor disability, leprosy-cured dwarfism, acid attack victims, muscular dystrophy, autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, mental illness & multiple disabilities. Candidates should update their status on APPSC website before…

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OPINION - Impotent and utterly irrelevant, Europe has been shown up on Israel-Gaza

Diplomacy is full of quips so brutal they can haunt generations of diplomats. For the Foreign Office, the words that still sting are those of Dean Acheson, that harsh Cold War US Secretary of State, who unforgettably said — and this was in 1962 — “Great Britain has lost an…

The Guardian - UK

Robert Fico formally appointed as Slovakia’s prime minister – as it happened

Slovakia’s president, Zuzana Čaputová, officially announces the leader of the populist Smer party as PM

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TNPSC appointments row | T.N. Governor Ravi returns file recommending ex-DGP as chairperson, again

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi returns TNPSC file to TN govt, citing lack of transparency & violation of SC guidelines. He questions how applicants got to know of govt's intent & age of recommended chairman.

Texas Observer

Texas Still Issues Thousands of Permits for Natural Gas Flaring

Advocates say the Texas Railroad Commission process is more of a "rubber stamp" for oil and gas companies to keep polluting indefinitely.

The Hindu

APPSC invites applications for departmental tests

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has invited applications for departmental tests. The candidates can send their applications from October 27 to November 16. The last date for payment of fee is November 16, a statement issued by the Commission Secretary J. Pradeep Kumar says.

The Hindu

Commission seeks steps to address falling conviction rates in POCSO cases

Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has written to the High Court & Home Dept. to address the falling rate of conviction in child abuse cases. KSHRC's report, submitted by the ADGP, lists factors such as altered statements, settlements, delays, evidence lapses, etc. as reasons. Recommendations include recording statements under…

The Hindu

Government permits APPSC to fill around 945 Group-II vacant posts

Group-II services aspirants have a reason to cheer this festival season. The Government has given its nod to fill nearly 945 Group-II posts lying vacant in various government Departments.

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