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rules out OBC quota in Women's Bill:
Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily
on Wednesday ruled out providing reservation for Other Backward
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women's bill inspiring for Africa: Ghana minister
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Advani euphoric on Dec 6, says IPS officer:
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the problem if Husain is in Doha, asks SC:
The Supreme Court today refused to direct the government to take
steps to ensure return of self-exiled painter M F Husain, who has
been .....Read
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Madhya
Pradesh assembly passes strong anti-terror law:
The Madhya Pradesh
legislative assembly Thursday passed a stringent anti-terror law,
despite strong resistance from the opposition Congress, the state
government .....Read
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Additional Director General K P Raghuvanshi was today removed as the
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Basking on the glory of enjoying the second highest per capita
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notice issued to staff for not singing Gandhian prayer:
The local urban cooperative bank of Kendrapada has penalised its
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All major political
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Cabinet
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The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet today approved the proposal to handover
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Obama names Indian
American to key agricultural post
Sunday, March 28, 2010 09:47:32 AM ,
Arun Kumar, IANS |
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Washington:
After waiting for months for the Senate to act, President Barack
Obama has announced he would bypass a vacationing senate to make
recess appointments of 15 nominees, including an Indian American
agricultural scientist as chief agricultural negotiator in trade
talks.
Announcing his decision to nominate Indian American Islam A.
Siddiqui, a B.S. in plant protection from Uttar Pradesh Agricultural
University in Pantnagar, India, and 14 others, Obama accused
Republicans of holding up nominees for months solely to try to score
a political advantage on him.
“I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the
basic functioning of government,” he said in a written statement.
“The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or
disapprove of my nominees.”
“But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in
the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the
interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill
these positions on an interim basis.
“Most of the men and women whose appointments I am announcing today
were approved by Senate committees months ago, yet still await a
vote of the Senate.”
Siddiqui, named Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the
US Trade Representative, is currently vice president for Science and
Regulatory Affairs at CropLife America, where he is responsible for
regulatory and international trade issues related to crop protection
chemicals.
Previously, Siddiqui also served as CropLife America’s Vice
President for agricultural biotechnology and trade.
From 1997 to 2001, Siddiqui served in various capacities in the
Clinton Administration at US Department of Agriculture as Under
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programmes, Senior Trade
Advisor to Secretary Dan Glickman and Deputy Under Secretary for
Marketing and Regulatory Programmes.
As a result, he worked closely with the USTR and represented USDA in
bilateral, regional and multi-lateral agricultural trade
negotiations.
Since 2004, Siddiqui has also served on the US Department of
Commerce’s Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals,
Pharmaceuticals, and Health/Science Products & Services, which
advises the US Secretary of Commerce and USTR on international trade
issues related to these sectors.
Between 2001 and 2003, Siddiqui was appointed as Senior Associate at
the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he
focused on agricultural biotechnology and food security issues.
Before joining USDA, Siddiqui spent 28 years with the California
Department of Food and Agriculture. He has MS and PhD degrees in
plant pathology, both from the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana.
Arun Kumar can be
contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in
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