फेड रिजर्व को पहली बार मिलेगी महिला अध्यक्ष!

वाशिंगटन। अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति बराक ओबामा भावी फेडरल रिजर्व के रूप में जेनेट येलेन का नाम प्रस्तावित करेंगे। फिलहाल येलेन फेडरल रिजर्व की उपाध्यक्ष हैं। समाचार एजेंसी सिन्हुआ के मुताबिक अगर ओबामा के प्रस्ताव को सीनेट की मंजूरी मिल जाती है, तो येलेन अमेरिकी के केंद्रीय बैंक के 100 साल के इतिहास में फेडरल रिजर्व की पहली महिला अध्यक्ष होंगी। वर्तमान फेड अध्यक्ष बेन बर्नाके का कार्यकाल जनवरी 2014 में पूरा हो रहा है।

पूर्व कोष सचिव लॉरेंस समर्स के भावी फेड अध्यक्ष की उम्मीदवारी छोड़ने के बाद येलेन को इस पद के लिए मजबूत उम्मीदवार माना जा रहा है। ओबामा ने अगस्त में कहा था कि उन्होंने बर्नाके की जगह लेने के लिए उच्च योग्यता प्राप्त उम्मीदवारों की सूची तैयार की है, जिसमें समर्स, येलेन और पूर्व फेड उपाध्यक्ष डोनाल्ड कोह्न का नाम शामिल है।

फेड के भावी अध्यक्ष के रूप में अमेरिका के सबसे योग्य अर्थशास्त्री के चुनाव का निर्णय ओबामा के लिए उनके दूसरे कार्यकाल का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण फैसला होगा।

If you fear Narendra Modi, why use President's shoulder to fire? BJP to Nitish Kumar

Patna: The BJP has launched a tweet attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accusing him of trying to sabotage Narendra Modi's rally this month by inviting President Pranab Mukherjee at the same time.

"If you fear NaMo (Narendra Modi) so much, why use Hon President's shoulder to fire? Have courage to bring your partner Rahul Gandhi to Bihar," said BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain, taking a dig at Nitish Kumar's perceived bonhomie with the Congress ahead of polls due in May.

Mr Hussain said the Gujarat Chief Minister's rally on October 27 was announced way back in March. But Nitish Kumar, he alleged, was "trying to create an atmosphere of confrontation" by putting hurdles in his way.

This adds another chapter to the acrimonious break-up between the long-time allies, who ended their 17-year partnership amid sharp differences over Narendra Modi's elevation.

On Sunday, Nitish Kumar was targeted by BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi, who was his deputy until the June break-up.

"Nkumar is playing all tricks to put hurdles in success of NAMO's Hunkar Rally on 27th Oct. First permission for whole Maidan was denied. Now Nkumar has invited President of India to Patna on the same dates. He will be in Patna on 26th &27th (sic)," Sushil Kumar Modi tweeted on Sunday.

"The whole city will be barricaded for President's visit? Namo's plane will not be allowed to land till President's spl plane takes off?" he added.

Sources in the Bihar government denied the allegation, claiming that the President's schedule is decided by his office.

Yesterday, a leader from Nitish Kumar's party wrote to the Chief Minister, urging him to cancel Mr Modi's rally. "I also request you not to hesitate in arresting Modi if he dares to hold this rally in anyway," the JD(U) youth wing national general secretary Pradeep Yadav wrote.

Non-state actors don't come from Heaven, I told Pakistan: President Pranab Mukherjee

Brussels: India wants peace with Pakistan but there can be no compromise with its own territorial integrity, President Pranab Mukherjee has said while asserting that state-sponsored terrorism from across the border cannot be accepted.

He also dismissed Pakistan's contention that "non-state actors" were behind the terror acts in India, saying they are "not coming from heaven."

Mr Mukherjee, who is on a four-day state visit to Belgium, reiterated that the terror infrastructure in Pakistan needs to be brought down.

"Terrorist activities must be curbed. And state-sponsored terrorism can never be accepted. Therefore, repeatedly we are saying, please dismantle the terrorist outfits which are located in your area," he said in an interview.

The President said non-state actors who perpetrate terrorism was a word used by Pakistan.

"Non-state actors, that is the phrase they used, then I responded by saying that non-state actors are not coming from heaven. Non-state actors are coming from territory under your control. "And not now, in 2004 Pakistan agreed that their territories will not be allowed to be used by forces inimical to India," he said.

He said India does not have any territorial ambitions and wants peace with its neighbours while maintaining its own territorial integrity."