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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has reassured investors that their deposits in State’s cooperative societies are safe. Speaking at the inauguration of Kerala Bank’s year-long action plan in Kannur on Monday (November 25), he stressed that the State government guarantees the stability of the cooperative sector. Highlighting the State’s cooperative model, the Chief Minister pointed out safeguards like the Deposit Guarantee Board and the Cooperative Restoration Fund, designed to secure investments. “Cooperative societies ensure adequate liquidity and are the wealth of Kerala. Attempts to discredit them in favour of corporates and multi-State cooperative societies are unacceptable,” he said. Warning against the risks posed by multi-State cooperative societies, he revealed that of the estimated 1,500 such societies in India 44 such entities were shut in 2022 for corruption, collectively defrauding the public of over ₹10,000 crore. “Kerala’s cooperatives are built on trust and a dedication to societal welfare, from agriculture and industry to welfare pensions,” he added, urging vigilance and adherence to norms. The Chief Minister outlined five goals for Kerala Bank’s action plan: advancing technology, prioritising small and medium enterprises, enhancing profitability, guiding primary cooperatives, and improving project efficiency. Kerala Bank, he noted, has grown into Asia’s largest cooperative institution, with 823 branches and total business worth ₹1.16 lakh crore as of March 2024. The bank plays a vital role in agriculture and employment, with agricultural loans comprising 25% of its portfolio. “Cooperatives must take greater responsibility, such as managing paddy procurement in major production hubs like Palakkad,” he said, urging Kerala Bank to resolve existing challenges. Kerala Bank’s technology integration has also set benchmarks, unifying core banking systems and attracting 2.2 lakh mobile app users, who have transacted ₹7,600 crore to date. “Efforts must continue to expand these services, ensuring modern banking is accessible to all,” he said. Through its inclusive approach and robust growth, Kerala Bank exemplifies the cooperative sector’s potential, serving as a model for the rest of the country, he added Minister for Cooperation V.N. Vasavan, who presided over the event, credited Kerala Bank for stabilising struggling district banks. “Without its formation, some district banks in Kerala might not have survived,” he remarked, highlighting the bank’s transformative impact on the cooperative landscape. Published - November 25, 2024 11:28 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Kannur / KeralaAMD’s Latest Ryzen: A Game Changer or Future-Proof Fantasy?APPALACHIAN STATE 66, SAM HOUSTON 63
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University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST), through its Continuing and Professional Education Directorate (CPE), conducted a complimentary first-aid training course for employees and representatives of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This initiative is part of UDST’s ongoing commitment to community engagement, aimed at equipping individuals and organisations with essential life-saving skills, a statement said. The training brought together participants from Qatar News Agency (QNA), Ehsan, Qatar Cancer Society (QCS), and Al Noor—reflecting UDST's dedication to building partnerships and initiatives that promote community well-being and safety. The course covered fundamental first aid techniques, empowering NGO employees to respond effectively to emergencies and support their missions to serve society. Hamad al-Kuwari, director of the CPE Directorate, stated: “This first-aid training course exemplifies our efforts to enhance community safety. By equipping NGO employees with practical skills, we contribute to building a safer and more resilient society.” This initiative highlights CPE Directorate's role in empowering local organizations through practical, skill-based training and highlights UDST’s commitment to strengthening community engagement. By offering these trainings, UDST reaffirms its dedication to lifelong learning and its mission to support the broader community in achieving growth and development, the statement added.49ers QB Brock Purdy remains severely limited by injured throwing shoulder
A review of the large mysterious in recent weeks has shown many are actually manned aircraft being flown lawfully, a White House official said on Thursday. John Kirby, the White House national security spokesman, said there were no reported sightings in any restricted airspace. He added that the US Coast Guard had not uncovered any foreign involvement from coastal vessels. “We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat, or have a foreign nexus,” Kirby said, echoing statements from the Pentagon and New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy. Separately on Thursday, one US senator called for mysterious drones spotted flying over sensitive areas in New Jersey and other parts of the mid-Atlantic region to be “shot down, if necessary”, even as it remains unclear who owns them. “We should be doing some very urgent intelligence analysis and take them out of the skies, especially if they’re flying over airports or military bases,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat of Connecticut, on Thursday as concerns about the drones spread across Capitol Hill. The drones appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state lawmaker briefed on Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security. In a post on the social media platform X, the assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia described the drones as up to 6ft (1.8 meters) in diameter and sometimes traveling with their lights switched off. The Morris county Republican was among several state and local lawmakers who met with state police and homeland security officials to discuss the spate of sightings that range from the area through and westward into parts of , including over Philadelphia. The devices did not appear to be being flown by hobbyists, Fantasia wrote. Dozens of mysterious night-time flights started last month and have raised growing concern among residents and officials. Part of the worry stems from the flying objects initially being spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a US military research and manufacturing facility; and over Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster. Drones are legal in New Jersey for recreational and commercial use, but they are subject to local and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and flight restrictions. Operators must be certified by the FAA. Most, but not all, of the drones spotted in New Jersey were larger than those typically used by hobbyists. The number of sightings has increased in recent days, though officials say many of the objects seen may have been planes rather than drones. It is also possible that a single drone has been reported more than once. Murphy and law enforcement officials have stressed that the drones do not appear to threaten public safety. The FBI has been investigating and has asked residents to share any videos, photos or other information they may have. Two Republican Jersey Shore-area congressmen, Chris Smith and Jeff Van Drew, have called on the military to shoot down the drones. Smith said a coastguard commanding officer briefed him on an incident over the weekend in which a dozen drones followed a motorized coastguard lifeboat “in close pursuit” near Barnegat Light and Island Beach state park in Ocean county. Lt Luke Pinneo with the US Coast Guard told the Associated Press on Wednesday “that multiple low-altitude aircraft were observed in vicinity of one of our vessels near Island Beach state park”. The aircraft were not perceived as an immediate threat and did not disrupt operations, Pinneo said. The coastguard is assisting the FBI and state agencies in investigating. In a letter to the defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, Smith called for military help dealing with the drones, noting that Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst had the capability “to identify and take down unauthorized unmanned aerial systems”. However, a Pentagon spokesperson, Sabrina Singh, told reporters on Wednesday that “our initial assessment here is that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary”. On Tuesday, the senators of New York and New Jersey a letter to the homeland security department, the Federal Aviation Administration and the FBI, demanding a briefing on the drone sightings as soon as possible. In the joint letter, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker and Andy Kim urged the government agencies to “brief us as soon as possible on how your agencies are working with federal and local law enforcement to identify and address the source of these incursions”. “In addition to potential privacy concerns raised by these aerial systems, we are also especially concerned about how these drones may harm public safety,” they said. Meanwhile Illinois’s Democratic representative, Raja Krishnamoorthi, to NewsNation on Wednesday that he thought China might be conducting the drones in the US. “It’s a non-trivial chance ... It’s definitely a possibility, and the likelihood that they can then access data that is collected by these drones is very high,” he said. “You can easily imagine a situation where these drones are flying over sensitive sites in the DC airspace,” he added, referring to Chinese-made drones. Many municipal lawmakers have called for more restrictions on who is entitled to fly the unmanned devices. At least one state lawmaker proposed a temporary ban on drone flights in the state. “This is something we’re taking deadly seriously. I don’t blame people for being frustrated,” Murphy said earlier this week. A spokesperson for the Democratic governor said he did not attend Wednesday’s meeting. The Republican assemblyman Erik Peterson, whose district includes parts of the state where the drones have been reported, said he also attended Wednesday’s meeting at a state police facility in West Trenton. The session lasted for about 90 minutes. 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Sky News host Peta Credlin has launched a scathing attack on Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto following his defamation loss to independent MP Moira Deeming. Justice David O'Callaghan on Thursday found Mr Pesutto defamed Ms Deeming by painting her as a Nazi symathiser in comments following a 2023 women’s rally Ms Deeming attended which was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis. The judge awarded Ms Deeming $300,000 in damages as he delivered his decision in Melbourne's Federal Court. Mr Pesutto refused to resign from the Liberal Party in the aftermath of the case, vowing to “continue in this role, now more than ever”. Credlin has hailed the “massive win” for Ms Deeming, who had been expelled from the Victorian Liberal partyroom in the aftermath of the rally, but said she believes Mr Pesutto's position to be "untenable". Credlin argued the claims against Ms Deeming should “never have been made” and condemned Mr Pesutto for showing himself to be a "weak little man”. “The job of a party leader is not to be easily intimidated by an opponent that peddles lies; it's your job as leader to stand up to those lies, stand up for your team, particularly when your own side is unfairly under attack,” she said. Credlin said Victoria “desperately needs change” of leadership but this would require the Liberal Party to “offer a viable alternative”. She argued Mr Pesutto may have been capable of redemption if he was willing to accept his wrongdoing to Ms Deeming, reinstate her and apologise but said this was unlikely to happen. "It can't happen to a man that's been hit with a slam dunk as he has been by the judge and still thinks he's the bloody messiah,” she said. “If the Liberal Party in Victoria wants to be worthy of the very name, it has to find a new and better leader, if it wants to turn this around, it has to find a new and better leader, If it wants to restore faith, it has to find a new and better leader. “Today, Pesutto denied his position was untenable – but as things stand, it's the Liberal Party's position that's now untenable, with a Leader who makes things up, who damages people; and who won't apologise or make amends, even when he's found out in a court of law." Credlin said if she were on the Liberal frontbench, she would resign because, “my integrity would be worth more than any title that man could offer me”. “In all good conscience I could never serve under any leader who uses the slur of Nazism to try and destroy another Liberal and then is found by courts to have defamed someone using those words." In paragraph 696 of the judgment, Justice David O'Callaghan said Mr Pesutto’s “urgency” to publish claims against Ms Deeming was “driven more by a fear of the political damage that would be inflicted” on his leadership by then premier Daniel Andrews than by his “professed concern that the party and the parliament would be brought into disrepute”. “So, reckons the judge, the Victorian Liberal leader made untrue and highly damaging claims against a colleague in order to save himself from political attack,” Credlin said. “That, and these are my words, he was so spooked by Daniel Andrews – as every Liberal in this bloody state – that he threw Deeming under the bus in order to save his own skin – and in the process, has done vast damage to an innocent woman's reputation.”
NoneSANTA BARBARA, Calif. , Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Traccom Inc. (Pink Open Market Symbol: TRCC) is pleased to announce that on November 13, 2024 , it acquired all of the capital stock of Vulcain, Inc. ("Vulcain"). As a result of the acquisition, Vulcain has become a wholly owned and main operating subsidiary of Traccom effective immediately. Upon completion of the transaction on November 13, 2024 , Vulcain shareholders were issued 117,813,680 shares of common stock of Traccom in exchange for the acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of Vulcain. This represents 95% of the fully diluted shares of Traccom after the issuance thereof. With the transaction, Vulcain added three members to the Traccom board of directors, with Greg Duffell as CEO, President and CFO, Peter Stockmann as President of the Americas, and replaced Traccom's management. This marks a significant milestone for Vulcain. The company will broaden its market presence in the growing opportunity for Artificial Intelligence (AI) based data solutions. "Trading as a public entity on the Pink Open Market is an important step for Vulcain as we continue to evolve and expand our reach within the Causal AI and Knowledge Management sector," said Greg Duffell , CEO of Traccom. "This transaction will provide us with greater access to capital, enhance our visibility in the marketplace, and allow more investors to participate in our growth story." Becoming a publicly traded company will allow Vulcain to enhance their visibility. This reflects the company's commitment to increasing shareholder value and advancing its corporate growth strategy in Causal AI and Knowledge Management space. Former Traccom CEO and continuing Board member, Harry Steck stated, "For Traccom's shareholders, this transaction provides the opportunity to be invested in one of today's most exciting industries with an impressive technology and management team." Vulcain has commercialized casual AI solutions across various industries including leading US brands in the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) sector to generate annual recurring revenues (ARR) for the company. Vulcain is planning a next phase of expansion into Insurance, Healthcare, Financial Services and other industries. Vulcain uses causal machine learning algorithms and human domain experts to provide high quality causal features necessary for an accurate AI solution. Vulcain's Causal AI Platform includes causal reasoning models to provide predictive outcomes that identify and explain event risks and opportunities for businesses. Vulcain will continue to focus on bringing human domain knowledge into AI solutions and driving value for organizations seeking to unleash the knowledge from their vast amounts of data, content and domain expertise. Key Highlights: About Traccom, Inc. The company is at the intersection of human and artificial intelligence, leading the charge to AI 3.0 with high value feature solutions for business. Vulcain's Causal AI platform is used for harmonizing, testing, and validating data for extracting and commercializing knowledge. The Vulcain platform combines hundreds of millions of AI ready data sets and human domain knowledge to provide a ready to use solution that can be customized, scaled and adapted for customer use-cases and human intervention. With a commitment to human-AI, excellence, sustainability, and customer-centric solutions, the company believes that it is poised for long-term growth and success in the global AI marketplace. For more information about the company and its wholly owned subsidiary Vulcain, Inc., visit www.vulcain.ai . Forward-Looking Statements This press release may include ''forward-looking statements.'' All statements pertaining to our future financial and/or operating results, future events, or future developments may constitute forward-looking statements. The statements may be identified by words such as "expect," "look forward to," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," "will," "project," or words of similar meaning. Such statements are based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of our management, of which many are beyond our control. These are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and factors. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying expectations not occur or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results, performance, or our achievements may (negatively or positively) vary materially from those described explicitly or implicitly in the relevant forward-looking statement. We neither intend, nor assume any obligation, to update or revise these forward-looking statements in light of developments which differ from those anticipated. You are urged to carefully review and consider any cautionary statements and the Company's other disclosures filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are contained. Contact: shareholders@vulcain.ai View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/traccom-inc-pink-open-market-symbol-trcc-completes-acquisition-of-vulcain-inc-302315225.html SOURCE Traccom Inc
WASHINGTON , Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night, Future Caucus held its seventh annual awards at the Arlo Washington DC, in recognition of lawmakers and activists who embody the organization's mission to transcend toxic polarization. The award honors Gen Z and millennial leaders actively advancing bipartisan policies that address critical issues facing Americans. "The young leaders we honor tonight are not only persevering through systemic and personal obstacles, but excelling," said Future Caucus president and CEO Layla Zaidane . "They're showing us what's possible when the work of governing is rooted in empathy and collaboration rather than division, and how good, inclusive policy also turns out to be pretty good politics." The 2024 Rising Star Award was presented to two lawmakers: State Asm. Alex Bores (D-NY-73) and State Rep. Tory Blew (R-KS-112) , now Sen.-elect for the state's 33rd Senate District. Both serve as co-chairs of their respective State Future Caucus . "I'm honored to receive this award for work that prioritizes delivering results for New Yorkers," said Bores. "Creating a more effective, responsive state government requires everyone, and I'm proud of what we have achieved together to modernize New York's services and protect our democracy." "It's an honor to receive this recognition for bipartisan work that has been my focus from day one," said Blew. "At its core, this role is about listening and finding common ground that serves Kansans across the board, especially the young people who will define our future. I'm grateful to Future Caucus for championing this collaborative vision." Future Caucus presented the Cherisse Eatmon Collective Impact Award to Pennsylvania Future Caucus co-chairs State Rep. Justin Fleming (D-PA-105) and State Rep. Thomas Kutz (R-PA-87) . " Pennsylvania's young people and families are facing challenges that demand bipartisan solutions," said Fleming. "This award is a testament to the work we've done as a caucus and as colleagues, to bring together a diverse set of voices and put real, impactful legislation into action for our communities." "Pennsylvanians are facing challenges that require common sense solutions," said Kutz, who accepted the award in absentia. "Pragmatic legislators must come together to address rising inflation, the cost of housing and child care, and the rising costs of higher education. I'm honored to work alongside colleagues in Harrisburg who are equally committed to addressing these issues. This award is a testament to the bipartisan work we have taken on this session, and I'm eager to continue that work in the upcoming legislative session." The organization also presented its Generational Changemaker Award to activist and actor Sophia Bush , for her efforts to promote voter education and civic engagement, and to businesswoman and socialite Paris Hilton , for her commitment to criminal justice reform and accountability for youth residential facilities. "What makes this gathering so significant—and what makes the work of Future Caucus so vital—is the understanding that democracy is bigger than any one candidate, or the outcome of any single election," said Bush. "It's a commitment that, if honored and fought for, transcends wins and losses, uniting us around the shared responsibility to protect and strengthen our democratic institutions. And that is a commitment I believe in." "I'm accepting this award as a survivor and advocate, and more importantly, as a voice for every child suffering in silence. I've turned my pain into purpose by fighting for policy change, from passing 10 state laws to introducing the federal bipartisan Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act and testifying on behalf of foster youth in Congress," said Hilton, who accepted the award by video. "I'm so proud to stand with all the amazing lawmakers in this community who are dedicated to changing the world. I'm confident that together, we'll make groundbreaking progress in creating a world where everyone is supported, protected, and empowered." Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) gave the evening's keynote address . As a Delaware state senator, McBride was founding co-chair of the Delaware Future Caucus. "The promise of our Constitution is only possible when we respect our differences and solve our disagreements through conversation and collaboration," said McBride. "We know that the divisions and nastiness that we too often see nationally must not—and does not have to—be our new normal. A different kind of politics is possible: a politics of hope, not of hate; of grace, not of grievance; and of progress, not of pettiness. That is our charge as the next generation of Future Caucus leaders." Future Caucus is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that empowers young elected officials in Congress and state legislatures to bridge the partisan divide. By supporting innovative policymaking and fostering collaboration, we help Gen Z and millennial leaders drive positive change and promote a political culture rooted in empathy and solutions. To learn more, visit www.futurecaucus.org . View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/young-republican-and-democratic-lawmakers-and-activists-receive-political-bridge-building-award-302313634.html SOURCE Future Caucus