Year: 2024

Despite the reduction in stubble burning over the years, farmers say the lack of incentive, plus the high cost of machines, pushes them to set fields on fire after harvesting paddy at the start of every winter.  The Hindu reports on the practice in Punjab and Haryana that causes smoke to drift across north India’s Gangetic…

A series of tests carried out by the T.N. Water Supply and Sewerage Board, on the request of the ASI, has found that high levels of ammonium, nitrate and phosphate led to the colour change; The report has been sent to the ASI’s Chennai Circle, which might seek the govt.’s intervention into the issueA series…

Two village defence guards have been kidnapped and killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. The attack comes days after at least 12 people were injured in a grenade attack at a Sunday market in Srinagar. Officials said Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar were kidnapped from the Munzla Dhar forest in Adhwari on…

Following his massive election victory, President-elect Donald Trump is still scheduled for sentencing in his Manhattan criminal case later this month, with presiding Judge Juan Merchan first ruling whether to dismiss the charges altogether after the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling earlier this year.  Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records…

The president-elect said during the campaign that he would grant clemency to some of those who took part in the assault by his supporters on the Capitol nearly four years ago.The president-elect said during the campaign that he would grant clemency to some of those who took part in the assault by his supporters on…

Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry is projected to win his re-election effort against Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson in the state’s 10th Congressional District. Perry has served as a Pennsylvania congressman since 2013, and currently represents the state’s 10th District, which includes the state’s capital, Harrisburg, as well as Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties. …

Even without congressional action, a second Trump administration will likely support major changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, affecting millions of Americans.Even without congressional action, a second Trump administration will likely support major changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, affecting millions of Americans. NYT > U.S. > PoliticsRead More