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<keyword id="144015" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kalanithi-maran" source="Orion">Kalanithi Maran</keyword> and <keyword id="169847" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kal-airways" source="Orion">KAL Airways</keyword> informed the Supreme Court on Monday that <keyword id="6358032" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="spicejet" source="Orion">SpiceJet</keyword>'s offer of ₹600 crore towards full and final settlement of the share transfer dispute was not acceptable. Senior advocate Maninder Singh, representing KAL Airways, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana that it was not possible for his clients to consider the offer proposed by SpiceJet airlines. The bench, also comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli, inquired further whether none of the two offers proposed by SpiceJet was acceptable. Singh replied in the negative and added that as per the arbitral award SpiceJet has to pay them ₹920 crore. Singh also submitted that he could take the court through the calculations as per the arbitral award from the pleadings itself in support of the arguments. He also submitted that the matter may be listed for arguments on the next date of hearing. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing SpiceJet airlines, urged the bench to hear the matter within 2 weeks. Singh was assisted by advocates from Karanjawala &amp; Co. After hearing arguments, the top court has scheduled the matter for further hearing on March 2. On February 10, the Supreme Court asked Kalanithi <keyword id="44006" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="maran" source="Orion">Maran</keyword>, the former promoter of SpiceJet, to consider the full and final settlement offer made by SpiceJet to end the dispute in a share transfer matter. In a statement SpiceJet, after the hearing in the top court, said: "SpiceJet has offered to pay ₹600 crore in cash in the share transfer case with its former promoter Kalanithi Maran and his firm KAL Airways for a full and final settlement of all disputes. Out of the principal amount of ₹578 crore awarded in arbitration, SpiceJet has already paid ₹308 crore in cash and deposited a bank guarantee of ₹270 crore." SpiceJet's counsel had proposed to pay the bank guarantee equivalent amount of ₹270 crore in cash and top it up with additional ₹22 crore aggregating the total pay-out to ₹600 crore as full and final settlement of all disputes between the parties. Maran and his firm, KAL Airways, had urged the top court to lift the stay on a Delhi High Court order asking the low-cost airline to deposit ₹243 crore as interest on the amount of ₹579 crore in the dispute. In November 2020, the top court stayed the high court order. Maran sought the stay to be lifted to secure the decreed amount -- refund amount awarded and interest -- from SpiceJet. Singh had argued that the high court had asked them to pay the decretal amount and against which SpiceJet had deposited only ₹270 crore as bank guarantee and now there is a winding up order passed against SpiceJet by the Madras High Court in another case being Credit Suisse AG Vs SpiceJet. He added that in such a change in circumstance, SpiceJet should be directed to pay and deposit ₹242 crore otherwise his client will have to run from pillar to post. Karanjawala &amp; Co. in a statement said the top court proposed two offers to Maran and KAL Airways that SpiceJet will give ₹300 crore towards full and final settlement of the dispute and the matter finally gets settled and no further litigation. Second, out of the bank guarantee of ₹270 crore deposited with HC, SpiceJet will give ₹100 crore for now and the order will be passed by the top court to hear petitions, which are pending before the high court expeditiously. The top court asked Singh to discuss the settlement with his client. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/sbi-and-icici-bank-lost-over-10000-crore-to-abg-shipyard-bank-fraud/articleshow/89559899.cms">SBI and ICICI Bank investors pay the price for the nearly ₹10,000 crore lost to the biggest bank fraud ever in India</a>

Kalanithi Maran and KAL Airways reject SpiceJet's ₹600 crore settlement offer

Dravida Munnetra Kahzhagam (DMK)’s Dayanidhi Maran has won over his rival, Sam Paul of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) by a margin of 3 lakh votes, in the Chennai Central constituency. Maran, the former Union Minister in the UPA government had taken up campaigning in full steam. He is hoping to reclaim his Chennai Central seat which he lost to All India Dravida Munnetra Kahzhagam (AIADMK)’s S R Vijayakumar last year, thanks to anti-Congress wave and his own corruption allegations. Not only has he won the seat thrice, his father Murasoli Maran has been holding on to the seat since 1996. But this time around, Maran refused to take tough questions on corruption during the campaign and stuck to welfare issues like water for his constituents, and hoping to gain from the DMK wave as predicted by exit polls 2019. His challengers are Dr Karthikeyan from NTK (Naam Tamilar Katchi); M Parthasarathi from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP; and Sam Paul S R from Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK). In Chennai North, the contestants are Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj from DMDK, S. Robert Gnana Sekar from BSP; and Dr Kalanidhi Veeraswamy from DMK. This time around, BSP has fielded its candidates for all the three parliamentary constituencies in the metro. In Chennai South, its candidate is R Kumar. NTK however had only one candidate in Chennai Central. Kumar’s challengers are Sumathy alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian from DMK; and J Jayavardhan from AIADMK. Slow voting The elections in Chennai had missed the ‘Amma’ element with Jayalalitha’s death. Her replacement, actor Vijayakanth took up the mantle of campaigning on behalf of her party, but he too was marred by illness. This time, voter turnout had been dismal in the city as well as the state. In fact, the city’s voter turnout was the lowest in the state, at 59%. Within the constituencies, Chennai North had a better turnout at 61%, as compared to Chennai Central at 58% and Chennai South came in last with 57% turnout only. The city’s voter turnout has been declining each time in the last three elections.

Dayanidhi Maran wins by a stellar margin in Chennai Central

A special court here on Thursday discharged all accused in the <keyword id="671656" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aircel-Maxis">Aircel-Maxis</keyword> case, including former Communications Minister <keyword id="44007" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dayanidhi-Maran">Dayanidhi Maran</keyword>. 
 
The Central Bureau of Investigation had alleged Dayanidhi Maran, as Minister in the UPA-I government used his influence to help Malaysian businessman T.A. Ananda Krishnan buy Aircel by coercing its owner Sivasankaran to part with his stake. 
 Along with Maran, his brother and businessman Kalanithi Maran, Chennai-based firm Sun Direct TV, Krishnan, his aide Augustus Ralph Marshall, and the two accused firms -- <keyword id="658107" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maxis-Communications-Berhad">Maxis Communications Berhad</keyword> and Astro All Asia Networks, both of Malaysia, were charged in the case.

Maran, all accused discharged in Aircel-Maxis case

India’s low cost airline <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=spicejet">SpiceJet</a>, which was on the verge of a shutdown off late, is into news again as the chief operating officer (COO) of the company has decided to move on. Friday will be the last working day as the <keyword id="3118450" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="SpiceJet-COO">SpiceJet COO</keyword> for Kapoor. 
 
The 48-year-old Kapoor joined the firm on 1st of November 2013 and had also signed a contract with <keyword id="6358032" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="SpiceJet">SpiceJet</keyword>, which runs until November 2016. 
 Looking at his successful career, we see that Sanjiv had worked with Bangladesh’s <keyword id="1922726" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="GMG-Airlines">GMG Airlines</keyword> as CEO and the leader of airline practice at global consultancy Bain. He had also worked with <keyword id="144015" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kalanithi-Maran">Kalanithi Maran</keyword> of Sun Group – once the owner of the company. However, the ownership then was transferred to <keyword id="6357826" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ajay-Singh">Ajay Singh</keyword> – a co-founder of the group – due to a severe cash crunch in December 2014. 
 
Ever since Singh came into power, Kapoor’s role started vanishing. And gradually, Singh took over all the significant roles from Kapoor, which even included the official spokesperson of the company. And if officials are to be believed, it has been said that they didn't start on the best of terms. 
 
The moves, definitely, played dramatic role in Kapoor’s exit, believe the officials. Both Singh and Kapoor, however, didn’t make any comments on the report. 
 
Kapoor’s tenure will be remembered for his contribution in bringing the ticket sales of SpiceJet to a notable position.

SpiceJet’s second most important official just quit

Budget carrier <keyword id="6358032" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="SpiceJet">SpiceJet</keyword>, which is going through a rough phase, will take ‘tough decisions,’ if required, to rationalise its employee strength in accordance with its reduced fleet. SpiceJet Chief Operating Officer (COO) <keyword id="7500" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sanjiv-Kapoor">Sanjiv Kapoor</keyword> has said that some ‘key decisions’ will be taken in the coming weeks. 
 
The carrier’s workforce stood at about 5,700 last year, and it has now declined to about 4,500. But the airline is still overstaffed. According to a report published in The Economic Times, it is planning to reduce its workforce to 4,000 employees. 
 
Kapoor also added that the airline will soon take a decision on whether to continue with the Bombardier Q400s in its fleet or not. He was interacting with reporters on the sidelines of India Aviation Summit. 
 SpiceJet had recently announced a change of guard in which its co-founder <keyword id="6357826" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ajay-Singh">Ajay Singh</keyword> joined its board media baron <keyword id="144015" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kalanithi-Maran">Kalanithi Maran</keyword> stepped down. The beleaguered airline has been badly hit by increasing losses, flight cancellations, downsizing of fleet, and delay in payments of taxes and salaries. It has cancelled more than 2,000 flights since December last year. 
 
Ajay has now said that he himself, along with some other investors, would invest Rs 1,500 crore to revive the airline.

SpiceJet employees have swords hanging over their jobs

<keyword id="6357826" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ajay-Singh">Ajay Singh</keyword>, a co-founder of budget airline <keyword id="6358032" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="SpiceJet">SpiceJet</keyword>, has come up with a rescue proposal in order to revive the cash-strapped carrier. “They want to restore normalcy of operations and restore the airline’s former scale of operations in the ‘near future’. This will include getting back aircraft from lessors. To discuss the matter with all departments concerned, a meeting will be held in the next couple of days,” said an official. 
 According to media reports, SpiceJet is discussing with two US-based private equity (PE) companies for investment. Reports suggest that the deal may be clinched in the next few weeks. An official in the <keyword id="149609" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Civil-Aviation">Ministry of Civil Aviation</keyword> said, “The process of due-diligence is underway. Because of Christmas holidays, it is taking some time. A deal is likely to be finalised in the next six weeks.” 
 PE companies like <keyword id="6361649" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Goldman-Sachs">Goldman Sachs</keyword> and Indigo Partners had shown interest in India’s aviation market. <keyword id="144015" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kalanithi-Maran">Kalanithi Maran</keyword>'s Sun Group, SpiceJet's majority owner, has expressed its inability to afford a bailout package for the airline. The group has lost $400 million since it bought the country’s second largest budget carrier in 2010.

SpiceJet Co-founder Comes Up With A Rescue Proposal

The reports of <keyword id="6358032" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="SpiceJet">Spicejet</keyword>’s anticipated demise are swarming around. Many believe that this low-cost carrier too will be a case of ‘history repeats itself’. While general public, who have bought the airline’s tickets during the periodic flash sales are worried about the future of their flights, many others are busy spotting similarities between Vijay Mallaya’s defunct Kingfisher Airline and <keyword id="144015" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kalanithi-Maran">Kalanithi Maran</keyword>’s beleaguered carrier Spicejet over cups of coffee. 
	 
	However, the greater concern here is what would be the repercussions on the entire aviation industry in India if the carrier shuts its shops. “The investors’ confidence is already shaky as far as the aviation industry is concerned,” said aviation expert and editor of aviation journal Bangalore Aviation, Devesh Agarwal. 
	 
	Another airline going kaput only spells bad news for the industry. After all, there are several stakeholders involved in this sector. Not just the lenders and the creditors but also trade partners such as the aircraft manufacturer, airport operators, caterers, cabin crew companies among others. 
	 
	“Lenders are the worst hit since they may have to take a significant write-down of the loans that have gone bad. Creditors like oil companies, airport companies, service providers and employees may also have to forego their dues,” said an industry expert on the condition of anonymity. 
	 
	Besides, the airline has over 5,000 employees on its payroll. Imagine what their plight would be if the airline shuts down. The economy definitely cannot afford to see another bunch of unemployed workforce. According to a news report, the 5,300 employees of the airline are now panicking ever since they have heard of the financial crisis that their company is going through. 
	 
	"Over 130 pilots have put in their papers. The airline had 33 Boeing 737s some months back and now it has only 20 of those planes flying. Of these also, at least five may be taken back. The airline's daily flights are down from 332 in summer to less than 230 (on paper, at least) now. So, even if it does survive by a miracle, it will not need as many people," said the report quoted a distressed employee. 
	 
	Apart from pilots and engineers, the junior rung of employees will get badly hit. “Pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers can still land a job in other airlines but it is the junior staff like the ground staff that will be hit hard,” explained Agarwal. 
	 
	Nevertheless, while these may be some of the implications of an anticipated scenario, however, the ultimate and the biggest victim of another collapse, if there would be one, would be the end customers or the passengers. 
	 
	The prices will rise exponentially and the industry that is still pegged to be one of the fastest growing markets across the globe, will soon lose out a large chunk of its potential revenues—thus, causing a ripple effect on the entire industry. 
	 
	Image: Indiatimes.com

Why Spicejet
Crisis Is A Bad News For The Industry?

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 1 (ANI): At the Indian Premier League (IPL) owners meet, which was organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), <keyword id="19907060" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Capitals" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Delhi Capitals" meta.hostid="83" meta.entityid="Delhi Capitals">Delhi Capitals</keyword> (DC) was against the <keyword id="21099854" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Impact-Player-rule" source="keywords">impact player rule</keyword> while <keyword id="1494441" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sunrisers-Hyderabad" source="Orion">Sunrisers Hyderabad</keyword> was (SRH) in favour of seven retentions, according to ESPNcricinfo. BCCI organised the meeting with the owners of the ten franchises to discuss various points concerning retentions for the upcoming <keyword id="19701758" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IPL-2025" source="Orion">IPL 2025</keyword> season. According to the report, the frequency of the mega auctions and the auction purse were among the other points discussed. After the meeting, the Delhi-based franchise co-owner Parth Jindal said that some teams want the impact player rule because it gives a chance to the young players to play in the T20 tournament. "Some people want it because it gives a chance to young players to play in the IPL. Some people don't want it because it is detrimental to Indian cricket in terms of the development of allrounders. So it's a mixed bag. I'm on the second camp. I don't want it. I prefer the game as it is 11 versus 11, and I think allrounders are very important. And you have different players who don't bowl in the IPL or don't bat in the IPL because of this rule, which is not good for Indian cricket," Jindal was quoted by ESPNcricinfo as saying. The report stated that Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kavya Maran suggested that "players could be secured via a plain retention process or a combination of retention and RTM at the auction or all exclusively via the right-to-match (RTM) card." As per the reports, the IPL 2024 winner Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) asked BCCI that eight players should be bought back exclusively via the RTM method. The co-owner of Delhi Capitals added that he was 'surprised' to see that few franchises were against the <keyword id="21154992" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mega-auction" source="keywords">mega auction</keyword>. "I was surprised. There was a debate. Some people said that there should not be a mega auction at all. There should be only smaller auctions. I'm not in that camp. I feel that I feel that it evens the playing field and it's very good for everyone. It makes the IPL what it is. It makes it competitive. It makes it an even playing field," Jindal added. BCCI secretary Jay Shah, co-owner of Punjab Kings Ness Wadia, and Kolkata Knight Riders owner <keyword id="19895142" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shah-Rukh-Khan" source="keywords">Shah Rukh Khan</keyword> were spotted after the meeting. After the conclusion of the meeting, Wadia didn't spill the beans on the discussion that took place during the meeting but stated that the overall discussion was good and that whatever outcome comes will be in the best interest of everyone. "It was a good meeting. Happy to be having a discussion with the BCCI, and I think whatever will be done will be in the best interest of everyone, the fans, cricketers and stakeholders. Maybe the outcome will come in the next two weeks, maybe less or maybe more," Wadia told reporters.

IPL owners meet: Delhi Capitals against impact player rule; Sunrisers Hyderabad want 7 retentions

New Delhi, India's low-cost carrier <keyword id="6358032" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="SpiceJet" source="Orion">SpiceJet</keyword> has reportedly not deposited money into the pension funds of its employees for at least 6 to 8 months, a source said. However, a SpiceJet spokesperson told IANS said that the process has already been initiated by the company. "There was a certain deferral in PF but we will be depositing a substantial amount soon and salary disbursement is on time. We are also doing all settlements on time. Everything will be cleared soon. We are hopeful," said the spokesperson. "We are submitting PF together in three to four months and soon it will be cleared," he added. This week on Monday, SpiceJet announced a notable turnaround in its financials for the first quarter, driven by reduced costs which outweighed a decline in revenue. The airline revealed a consolidated net profit of Rs 197.64 crore for the quarter ending June 30. This marked a significant shift from the net loss of Rs 783.72 crore recorded during the corresponding period in the previous year. The impressive upswing in profitability was primarily attributed to a substantial 36 per cent reduction in total expenses for the mentioned quarter, amounting to Rs 2,069.24 crore. However, on Thursday, the Delhi High Court asked low-cost airline SpiceJet and its Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) to pay Rs 100 crore to Kal Airways and its promoter Kalanithi Maran by September 10, failing which the court may consider the attachement of their properties. Appearing for Maran and Kal Airways, senior advocate Maninder Singh submitted that the judgement debtor -- SpiceJet and CMD -- had to file the affidavit of assets and weekly collection within one week which they have failed to file on time and the same has not been filed in a format mandated by this court. On August 9, the court had issued notice on Kal Airways and Maran's application seeking 50 per cent of the daily revenue collection of SpiceJet to be paid to them on a weekly basis. During the hearing on Thursday, Singh further submitted that the order dated February 13 and July 7, passed by the Supreme Court is pre-emptive, conditional and self-operative which has not been complied with till date. Additionally, he submitted that the affidavit filed by the CMD has been filed under sealed cover which has not been served to the decree holders -- Kal Airways and Maran. On the other hand, senior advocate Amit Sibal submitted that the amount calculated by them stood upto Rs 279 crore and not Rs 397 crore, as argued by advocate Singh. He further made an offer to deposit Rs 75 crore within 10 days to which advocate Singh objected and said that they had to pay this amount in April but has not paid till date.

'SpiceJet didn't deposit money into pension funds for months'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jamaal Bowman just became the first Squad member to lose reelection.</li><li>Progressives largely saw the primary as a battle against AIPAC, a deep-pocketed pro-Israel group.</li></ul>Rep. Jamaal Bowman was roundly defeated Tuesday in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District, making him the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-squad-primary-challengers-dates-races-israel-progressives-2024-2">first member of the Squad</a> to lose reelection.His <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jamaal-bowman-george-latimer-israel-primary-2024-5">moderate opponent</a>, George Latimer, the Westchester County executive, will almost certainly be elected to Congress this fall after defeating Bowman by over 16 points.In the closing days of the race, progressives focused their ire on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a group whose super PAC spent millions to sway the race toward Latimer."We should be outraged when a super PAC of dark money can spend $20 million to brainwash people into believing something that isn't true," Bowman said at his election-night party Tuesday.But while AIPAC did play a big role in this race — as it has in several high-profile Democratic primaries in recent years — it would be a mistake to simply blame the pro-Israel group for Bowman's loss.The congressman was uniquely vulnerable to a primary challenge, and the group is continuing to lose influence within the Democratic Party.<h2 id="c5a24ef7-f38e-4308-8538-1b0cd85fd41d">AIPAC can make a big difference — but it can't straight up buy elections</h2>Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, AIPAC — a lobbying group that advocates for essentially unconditional support for Israel — established a super PAC called United Democracy Project to increase its direct influence on elections.As progressives like to point out, much of the super PAC's funding has come from Republican billionaires, and it has primarily poured money into Democratic primaries to block progressives from gaining ground.Bowman emerged as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jamaal-bowman-george-latimer-israel-primary-2024-5">one of AIPAC's top targets</a> this year as a result of calling for a cease-fire in the days after Hamas' attacks on October 7 and describing Israel's actions in Gaza as a "genocide."AIPAC spent <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aipacticker.com/">over $17 million</a> on Bowman's primary, the most it's ever spent on one race and the most a single group has spent on a congressional race this cycle. That avalanche of money made this House primary the most expensive in American history.On the ground, AIPAC's offensive translated into TV ads attacking Bowman and praising Latimer, as well as a deluge of mailers to residents' doors. Those ads mostly focused on Bowman's vote against President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021 rather than the congressman's criticism of Israel.Having the backing of AIPAC — or any super PAC, for that matter — can be a huge leg up to candidates.Last month, AIPAC played a major role in Oregon's 3rd Congressional District, where Maxine Dexter defeated Susheela Jayapal in the Democratic primary with the help of $2.3 million in AIPAC spending, apparently routed through 314 Action Fund and a PAC called Voters for a Responsive Government.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/harry-dunn-congress-campaign-interview-fundraising-trump-biden-january-6-2024-3">Harry Dunn</a>, a former Capitol Police officer from Maryland, may have been headed to Congress if AIPAC hadn't spent $4.2 million to boost state Sen. Sarah Elfreth, who raised just $1.4 million on her own before defeating Dunn in the Democratic primary in May. And that doesn't even consider the successes the group had in Democratic primaries in 2022.But sometimes AIPAC flops, too. The group spent $4.6 million to defeat state Sen. Dave Min in a California House primary in March after he expressed <a target="_blank" href="https://www.semafor.com/article/03/01/2024/a-california-house-race-is-aipacs-first-big-target-nobody-is-quite-sure-why">fairly moderate criticisms</a> of Israel. He ended up winning by over six points.More broadly, there's a reason just a few Squad members ended up being vulnerable to a primary challenge this year, despite widespread progressive fears in late 2023: It would be way too difficult to take them all out, especially given how the politics around Israel have shifted among Democrats over the course of recent months.For example, AIPAC <a target="_blank" href="https://theintercept.com/2023/09/21/aipac-cbc-progressive-black-democrats/">tried to recruit a primary challenger</a> to Rep. Summer Lee in Pennsylvania, only for the effort to apparently fizzle. Lee <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/summer-lee-wins-primary-pennsylvania-bhavini-patel-israel-money-2024-4">easily won her primary</a> in April after the group declined to spend any money on the race.<h2 id="5e61c4cf-6911-41e5-8720-cdca41b9701f">Bowman was a weak incumbent, had significant personal scandals, and said incendiary things about October 7</h2>In 2022, Bowman faced two primary challengers, each of whom raised a fairly paltry sum. AIPAC did not spend any money against him.He got just 54% of the vote, losing big in the more upscale portions of Westchester County.It's impossible to really say what effect Bowman's infamous September fire-alarm incident had on his race, but there's little doubt it was a high-salience event.He was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/which-democrats-voted-censure-resolution-jamaal-bowman-fire-alarm-2023-12">censured by the House</a> over it, including by three of his Democratic colleagues. The most charitable explanation — the one that Bowman has put forward — is that he was genuinely confused when he did it, which doesn't paint a flattering picture of the congressman's temperament.The more sinister view — the one that Latimer capitalized on — is that as a former middle-school principal, Bowman knew exactly what he was doing and was seeking to disrupt a vote on a government-funding bill.The congressman's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/26/congress/bowman-house-israel-october-7-sexual-assault-hamas-00148426">characterization of reports of rape</a> on October 7 as "propaganda" was probably the single worst thing he said. (He has since apologized.)That, combined with his embrace of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and some of his incendiary rhetoric about the Jewish state, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jamaal-bowman-not-just-aipac-money_n_6677291fe4b0fdfa60647614">alienated many of Bowman's Jewish constituents</a>, who appeared to have turned out in record numbers.Additionally, the revelation that Bowman <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ny-rep-jamaal-bowman-promoted-911-conspiracy-theories-on-blog">once embraced 9/11 conspiracy theories</a> created the impression that the congressman held radical views outside the mainstream of American politics.Months before AIPAC began dropping millions of dollars on the race, polling already showed <a target="_blank" href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/house/2024/new-york/16/">Bowman struggling against Latimer.</a><h2 id="2984b17b-d485-485e-8056-fd7c0f29cd92">Despite his own flaws, Latimer was a well-positioned challenger</h2>In the closing weeks of the campaign, Latimer consistently made statements that — at best — were racially insensitive.He told Bowman <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/metzgov/status/1800336747404157042">during a virtual debate</a> that the congressman's "constituency is Dearborn, Michigan," even though Bowman had received fewer than $2,000 in itemized contributions from the majority-Arab city. Latimer later said that he wasn't referring to the "Islamic presence" in the city but to the fact that Bowman has a joint fundraising committee with Rep. Rashida Tlaib, whose Detroit-area district includes Dearborn. Yet <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jamaal-bowman-george-latimer-dearborn-debate-2024-6">all of the money that flowed through the committee</a> came from New York donors.He also accused Bowman of trying to "play the ethnic game" by highlighting those kinds of statements. And Jacobin reported that Latimer had <a target="_blank" href="https://jacobin.com/2024/06/george-latimer-bowman-segregation-westchester">slow-walked desegregation efforts</a> in Westchester County.Despite all that, Latimer was well positioned to take on Bowman. He's well known in the county, has strong relationships in parts of the district where Bowman has consistently underperformed, and is by all accounts a skilled retail politician.<div type="image" title="George Latimer at his victory party on Tuesday." height="1500" width="2000" msid="111292438" hostid="261"></div>Looking at each candidate's fundraising is also an instructive indicator of local support.As of June 5, 61% of Latimer's itemized contributions had come from New York, and over one third had come from within the district. By contrast, only about 30% of Bowman's itemized contributions came from in state, and less than 10% came from the district.<h2 id="ca443005-7327-4c8f-947e-b5d3dac075a7">There's a glimmer of hope for progressives</h2>Bowman's defeat is indeed a victory for AIPAC. And it may get another one later this summer when Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri — who faces a Department of Justice probe over whether she misused campaign funds — faces an AIPAC-backed opponent in her Missouri primary in August.Progressives fear, and pro-Israel forces may hope, that Bowman's loss will send a broader message that lawmakers will be punished for being outspoken in their criticism of Israel.But look closely, and you can see that while AIPAC notched a win here, there are plenty of signs that its rigid pro-Israel stance is losing sway within the Democratic Party.This year, Democrats on Capitol Hill held up stand-alone aid to Israel for six months in defiance of AIPAC's lobbying.Mainstream members of the party have grown far more comfortable levying criticism against Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank, defying a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-palestine-chilling-effect-pramila-jayapal-progressives-2023-7">chilling effect</a> that AIPAC had long helped enforce.Lawmakers have openly discussed the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conditions-us-aid-israel-blank-check-bernie-sanders-2023-11">prospect of conditioning military aid to Israel</a>, a position that was once viewed as fringe.In the end, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/which-house-democrats-republicans-vote-against-israel-gaza-aid-2024-4">37 House Democrats</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/which-senators-voted-against-ukraine-israel-aid-tiktok-2024-4">three Senate Democrats</a> voted against sending military aid to Israel.AIPAC may be able to defeat two of them this year, at most.Correction: June 26, 2024 — A previous version of this article misstated Harry Dunn's profession. He's a former Capitol Police officer, not a current one.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US <keyword id="14468018" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="presbyterian" source="Orion">Presbyterian</keyword> Church voted to declare <keyword id="6355882" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="israel" source="Orion">Israel</keyword>'s actions against Palestinians <keyword id="13738885" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="apartheid" source="Orion">apartheid</keyword>.</li><li><keyword id="12029863" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jewish" source="Orion">Jewish</keyword> organizations <a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546537139424346112?lang=ar">argued</a> the move is antisemitic, calling the allegation "offensive and false."</li></ul>In a move Jewish organizations are condemning as antisemitic, the Presbyterian Church USA <a href="https://www.pcusa.org/news/2022/7/11/stated-clerk-shares-letter-church-ga-decision-rega/">voted to declare</a> that the actions of the Israeli government against the people of <keyword id="11918690" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="palestine" source="Orion">Palestine</keyword> meets the legal definition of apartheid. Commissioners of 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted 266 to 116 in their annual meeting to make public the church's stance that both affirms the right of Israel to provide security to its borders and criticizes human rights offenses perpetrated against Palestinians. "In 2018, Israel passed a nation-state law, which declares the distinction between Jews and non-Jews fundamental and legitimate, and permits institutional discrimination in land management and development, housing, citizenship, language and culture. This decision among many other practices have confirmed that the policies and practices of Israel constitute apartheid," read a <a href="https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/jhn_letter_070922_apartheid.pdf">letter</a> by Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, stated clerk of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church.The clerk's letter added the Presbyterian Church, which consists of over 1.7 million members, recognizes the legitimacy of the Israeli state but it opposes continuing occupation of Palestine, which it declared to be "illegitimate, illegal under <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">international</keyword> law, and an enduring threat to peace in the region." Nelson has previously described Israeli policies toward Palestinians as <a href="https://religionnews.com/2022/01/20/top-presbyterian-executive-calls-us-jews-to-end-enslavement-of-palestinians/">"enslavement,</a>" angering some Jewish organizations. The latest letter has garnered similar reactions, with some accusing the clerk and the Presbyterian Church itself of being antisemitic."Jewish Federations are not surprised by the latest antisemitic action taken by Presbyterian Church USA PC (USA) in its vote to adopt a resolution calling Israel an apartheid state. There was a time when their words mattered. That time is long gone." The Jewish Federations of North America<a href="https://twitter.com/jfederations"></a> said <a href="https://twitter.com/jfederations/status/1546537133233643520">in a statement</a>. "This resolution does nothing to further peace or foster a better future for Christians, Jews, and Muslims; Palestinians or Israelis. Its only intention is to demonize the Jews and Israel with the offensive and false allegation of apartheid."<a href="https://twitter.com/jfederations/status/1546537133233643520/photo/1"></a>Rabbi Noam E. Marans, director for interreligious and intergroup relations for the American Jewish Committee told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/07/15/presbyterian-church-vote-declaring-israel-an-apartheid-state-upsets-jewish-groups/">The Washington Post</a> the Presbyterian Church's stance is a "tragedy." "Presbyterians and Jews in the pews need and want each other in order to address the issues that are most challenging in America today," Marans told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/07/15/presbyterian-church-vote-declaring-israel-an-apartheid-state-upsets-jewish-groups/">The Post</a>. "This prevents that from happening."The letter written on behalf of Presbyterian leadership stated that the church remains "committed" to combating antisemitism, as well as all forms of violence and discrimination."At the same time, we are convinced that there is a fundamental difference between antisemitism and the right to critique the policies of Israel deemed illegal under international law," Nelson's <a href="https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/jhn_letter_070922_apartheid.pdf">letter read</a>.

The Presbyterian Church voted to declare Israel an apartheid state. Jewish organizations are calling the move antisemitic.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12016075" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="billie-eilish" source="Orion">Billie Eilish</keyword> shared her post-concert makeup routine in a new video from <keyword id="12062129" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vogue" source="Orion">Vogue</keyword>. </li><li>Eilish, 20, started caring for her skin after she was advised by her brother, <keyword id="12087733" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="finneas-oconnell" source="Orion">Finneas O'Connell</keyword>, 24.</li></ul>Billie Eilish revealed it was her brother, Finneas O'Connell, who suggested she take better care of her skin. The "Happier Than Ever" singer is in the midst of her world tour, but showed off her post-concert <keyword id="11896778" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="skincare-routine" source="Orion">skincare routine</keyword> in a new video from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yis52iAkYlQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vogue. </a>Eilish, 20, explains in the video that she didn't care about her skin until she was a pre-teen. "I have had a skincare routine since I was, like, 12-ish. Before that, I never thought about it," Eilish said. "It was actually my brother that told me to care about it."Eilish said that O'Connell struggled with his skin as a teenager and warned that she needed to take care of herself."He went through some really, really bad skin years," Eilish said of O'Connell, 24. "He was four years older than me, so he was like, 'Dude, you better take care of your fucking skin, man.'"Eilish continued that she took his advice and initially went to him for product recommendations."He basically showed me all the stuff that I started using then, which was random drugstore stuff we didn't really know anything about," she said. <div type="image" title="Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell" height="3712" width="4949" msid="92940810" hostid="261" sizebytes="1230648"></div>Her current skincare routine includes Josie Maran face wipes and products from <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="celebrity" source="Orion">celebrity</keyword> esthetician Biba de Sousa. Eilish and O'Connell have publicly spoken about their sibling and working relationship over the years. O'Connell is Eilish's main collaborator. <a href="https://www.insider.com/pixar-sent-billie-eilish-finneas-scrapbook-turning-red-pixar-2022-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The pair wrote music for Pixar's "Turning Red"</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/finneas-billie-eilish-privilege-nepotism-tweets-response-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked together on both of Eilish's studio albums. </a>In March 2020, O'Connell told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/11/magazine/billie-eilish-profile.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times Magazine</a> that he<a href="https://www.insider.com/billie-eilish-finneas-oconnell-everything-i-wanted-suicidal-thoughts-2020-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> initially refused to help Eilish write "Everything I Wanted"</a> because it was inspired by suicidal thoughts."It was a period where I was really worried about my sister, and I felt like an enabler in helping her write a song as bleak as that song was," O'Connell said. "Like the musical equivalent of giving an alcoholic another beer: 'I'm not going to support this.'"

Billie Eilish says her brother Finneas O'Connell inspired her to start a skincare routine after he had 'really bad' skin as a teenager

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Cheniere and Shell/BG vessels change routes to avoid congestion at the <keyword id="168216" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Suez-canal">Suez Canal</keyword> in Egypt. </li><li>The logjam has disrupted one of the busiest trade routes in the world. </li><li>At least ten tankers and container ships are altering course. </li></ul>At least ten tankers and container ships, including two that are carrying natural gas for <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/LNG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cheniere</a> and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/RDSA-GB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shell/BG Group,</a> are averting their routes to avoid the congestion in the Suez Canal, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/27/suez-canal-cheniere-and-shell-fuel-tankers-change-course-to-avoid-logjam-as-oil-tankers-divert-routes.html">CNBC reports</a>.The outlet quoted MarineTraffic spokesman Georgios Hatzimanolis as saying: "We expect that number to go up as this closure progresses. From Asia to Europe we are seeing ships divert in the Indian Ocean, just below the southern tip of Sri Lanka."MarineTraffic released data showing the diversions. According to the service, there are 97 <keyword id="6361763" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="shipping">shipping</keyword> vessels stuck in the upper end of the canal, 23 vessels waiting in the centre, and 108 vessels in the lower end, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/27/suez-canal-cheniere-and-shell-fuel-tankers-change-course-to-avoid-logjam-as-oil-tankers-divert-routes.html">as reported by CNBC. </a>Data showed that one tanker, named Maran Gas Andros, left Texas on March 19. It was apparently carrying 170,000 cubic meters of liquified crude oil. According to the CNBC report, the tanker changed course, along with several others, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, before diverting to go around the Cape of Good Hope.The <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Exj_ZT7XAAA6pnQ.jpg">most recent update</a> on the Suez Canal crisis came from a statement by Evergreen, the corporation that owns the stricken <keyword id="10986979" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ever-Given">Ever Given</keyword> vessel. It said more than 20,000 tons of sand and mud have been removed in a dredging operation. The rudder and propeller are fully functional and expected to provide additional support to tugboats, according to the statement. Egyptian president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has made plans to ease the pressure on the stranded ship, according to <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56547383">the BBC</a>. That would involve moving some containers to another vessel or land near the canal.The rescue team is carrying on with the dredging efforts and will resume endeavours to refloat the shipping vessel at 14:00 local time on Sunday.

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