The Biden administration recorded a major victory in the appointment of America’s first Black female Supreme Court justice - Ketanji Brown Jackson - with Vice President Kamala Harris, the USA’s first female, Black vice president, confirming the appointment by the Senate
Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman of 116 justices appointed over America’s 232 year history. Of those 108 have been white men and only six have been women. As far as race goes, only two Black men have been on the Supreme Court and only one Latinx woman has been appointed in that time.
The road to the Supreme Court has not been easy though, ever since President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his pick, there have been multiple hurdles, with Republican lawmakers - who voted overwhelmingly against her - calling her an activist judge.
Her appointment has been met with cheer by the Biden administration, with the President and Jackson embracing after the confirmation in a rare sign of jubilation. .Vice President Harris was also visibly overjoyed while confirming the news.
But, despite all the roadblocks, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment was one of the quickest in Supreme Court history, taking only 39 days from February 25 - the day President Biden announced her nomination - to April 7 - when the Senate confirmed her appointment 53-47.
The Centre on Thursday barred 13 states from buying or selling electricity on power exchanges until they clear their current bills from power plants, sending a clear signal that they will have to clear accumulated dues and pay regular bills on time.
Canadian pension fund Caisse dedépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is in talks with Vodafone Plc to buy the residual 21% stake the UK telecom major owns in Indus Towers, India’s largest mobile tower installation company,said multiple people aware of the negotiations.
Mahindra & Mahindra is exploring the possibility of acquiring US carmaker General Motors’ factory at Talegaon in Maharashtra, soon after another Indian automaker, Tata Motors, agreed to take over Ford’s plant in Gujarat.
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