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Unorthodox cabinet nominees- Kash Patel at FBI, Tulsi Gabbard at Intelligence get nominated. Others where the nominee is supported broadly by moms and parents, and many senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson who are highly enthusiastic, are RFK Jr. for Health Secretary who still faced questioning from Republican Kennedy and other Republicans. All of them get nominated by Feb 15, 2025. Republicans in Congress stay together, Democrats do the same strangely opposing everything on the other side, including action on obesity and chemicals in food, drug industry practices they have been railing against for years that are RFK's agenda.  By tapping into different ideas just because they are good, make common sense, and not worrying too much about whether it is from the opposing Kennedy clan, and willing to take some risk with Patel and Gabbard, try youngsters such as Pam Bondi at Justice Department, Elise Stefanik at the UN and Kate Leavitt as Press Secretary, a woman Kristi Noem in the toughest job there is today at Homeland Security, DJT and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles have put forward a different set of people highly motivated, more than a bit rambunctious and boisterous, to get things done on immigration zero illegal migrants, zero fentanyl deaths, and zero deindustrializing technology transfers to the Nation's competitors, and zero play except on a level playing field in trade and business. ...

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South Korea's economy contracts 0.1 % in the first quarter of 2025 because of political unrest and Trump tariffs.

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Simple moong dal kitchdi a staple of Gujarati diet is what keeps Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya in fit shape. Moong dal kitchdi is made from moong dal and rice tempered with spices and ghee, and cooked just right. Spices are usually turmeric, pepper and cloves .

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Small business and farmers are driving a recovery in the Indian economy in the latter half of 2020 after the impact of the pandemic. Rural India with demand from farmers for cars and tractors is also helping build demand. Maruti Suzuki, India's largest auto manufacturer, had sales increase of 10% in rural India vs. 4% overall in the third quarter of 2020. Manufacturing and farm sector are leading the recovery. Transport and hotel, airlines are also seeing an increase in demand. From 2 million in June airline passengers have increased to 5 million in September compared to 12 million before the pandemic. The second generation reforms made by the Modi administration and the many initiatives are expected to boost the potential growth and scale of the Indian economy. Building a strong manufacturing sector and getting foreign investment in that sector is also a critical step to building the economy's growth potential. Working with Taiwanese investment and investment from the U.S. and the European Union is part of this effort. ...

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The Sanjhi panel is art from Uttar Pradesh showing Krishna on the banks of the Yamuna in Gokul. This panel was a gift from prime minister Modi to president Biden at the Quad meetings in Tokyo. Art from Gond in Madhya Pradesh and Kutch art were part of the gifts to Mr. Albanese the prime minister of Australia, and Mr. Kishida the prime minister of Japan.

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The best Swedish soccer coach ever who was England's first overseas manager.

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Priceline.com, the online airline and hotel reservation site, shows growth taking business away from Expedia and Orbitz. Priceline.com's revenues come mainly from hotel bookings. Second quarter 2013 earnings were up 24% to $437 million and revenue was up 27% to $1.68 billion. Its share price has flucuated wildly from $1000 in the dotcom bubble days down to single digits and now back up to $1000 in August 2013. The stock hit $990 in 1999, then fell to $10 after the burst of the dot com bubble. After heavy spending to expand its U.S. presence Priceline.com's share price increased by 50% in the first 8 months of 2013. It recently acquired travel site Kayak to expand its access to customers.

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Only a few thousand people turned up for president Obama at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 19, 2013, compared to the 200,000 people who turned up there for Obama in July 2008. This shows how much German opinion has changed in less than 5 years. The early enthusiasm about Obama has faded, says Greens Party leader Malte Spitz.

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Rupert Stadler, CEO of Audi brand of VW, is arrested on Dec. 19, 2018, in connection with the diesel emissions scandal. He is the only member of VW Executive Board to be arrested. Prosecutors raided Mr. Stadler's home and looked for evidence in the investigation. Mr. Stadler says he will cooperate by giving testimony.