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5 days, 7 hours ago

'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator

A public health expert scorned Sen. Tommy Tuberville's analysis of vaccine mandates as illogical and unscientific. The Alabama Republican met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary, and came away saying that they agreed that children are required to get too many vaccines instead of just three, as both septuagenarians had gotten as children …

Rfk Vaccine Gop Senator Tommy Tuberville

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Covid-19 Origins: Latest US Report Points To 'Wuhan Lab-Leak', Slams Mitigation Measures As Unscientific

ABP News

A US congressional subcommittee probing the origins of Covid-19 and the handling of the pandemic concluded its two-year investigation on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. Wenstrup listed seven specific findings in his letter, including that the National Institutes of Health funded the controversial gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and that Operation Warp Speed was “tremendous success”, but …

Research Pandemic Report Virus Lab Wuhan Origins

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Pollution board releases poster on e-waste management

Hindustan Times

The Punjab Pollution Control Board chairman, Adarsh Pal Vig, on Wednesday, unveiled a new poster titled “Erase e-waste, before it erases you” to promote the effective management of electronic waste. PPCB chairman Adarsh Pal Vig during the release of the e-waste poster. The poster provides detailed information on e-waste, including its definition, the central government’s notifications regarding its management, and …

Waste Poster

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH

NPR

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health researcher, to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health. "I don't think that Jay Bhattacharya belongs anywhere near the NIH, much less in the director's office," says Angela Rasmussen, …

Research Public Health Trump Medical Research Republican Bhattacharya Collins

1 month ago

Over 7 lakh got jobs, 2 crore connected to employment in 7.5 years: Yogi

Hindustan Times

The government is ensuring transparent recruitment and bringing an end to nepotism, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday at a function organised to distribute appointment letter to 701 selected forest inspectors, including 140 women candidates. Over seven lakh youth secured jobs, two crore connected to employment in seven-and-a-half years. He stated that over 200 crore trees have been planted …

Climate Change Global Warming Uttar Pradesh Forest Yogi

1 month ago

Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs

NPR

Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs toggle caption Rebecca Noble/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump won farm country by wide margins in this month's election, with rural voters helping fuel his return to the White House. Sponsor Message In a column published on Friday, soybean farmer Amanda Zaluckyj called the choice …

Food Policy Agriculture Industry Farmers Trump Kennedy

1 month, 2 weeks ago

A completely subjective ranking of Los Angeles neighborhoods by walkability

LA Times

Admit it, you’re here because you want to see how walkable your favorite L.A. neighborhood is. Elysian Park Notably home to two things: Dodger Stadium — itself so inaccessible on foot that there has been a years-long effort to build a gondola to ferry people there from Union Station — as well as the neighborhood’s namesake 600-acre park, which may …

Walking Hollywood Venice Pedestrian Los Angeles Los Angeles

2 months ago

Is It Better To Make A Big Purchase On Your Computer Or Phone? Here's Your Answer.

Huff Post

Getty Images Experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages of buying big-ticket items on a computer versus a phone. “There are inherent security features and inherent security risks both ways, and it’s a little like the ‘is a hot dog a sandwich?’ debate, in that you can make an argument either way.” Chris Hauk, a spokesperson for Pixel Privacy, a consumer …

Security Gen Z Mobile Devices Phone Phones Big Your Phone

2 months, 2 weeks ago

IAEA team samples seawater near Fukushima plant to ensure safe release of wastewater

Associated Press

TOKYO — A team of scientists from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Fukushima on Monday as part of an annual monitoring and sampling mission to ensure safety of the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, officials said. Japan began discharging the wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in August 2023. China protested and blocked …

China Japan Japanese Fukushima Iaea

2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Spiritual’ event row in T.N. school: Bail granted to Mahavishnu

The Hindu

The Principal Sessions Court in Chennai on Thursday granted bail to Mahavishnu, a guest speaker who was arrested following a complaint that he allegedly humiliated a teacher with visual impairment at a government school in the city. A controversial video of Mahavishnu, the founder of Paramporul Foundation, purportedly insulting the teacher went viral on social media last month, wherein the …

Mahavishnu

3 months ago

Experts fume over 'outrageous' demands made by pollution task force as entire states are warned

Daily Mail

Sweeping calls for Americans in swathes of the country to alter their behavior to reduce air pollution were today slammed as 'outrageous.' Indiana's environment department urged residents to turn off their lights to reduce unhealthy levels of ozone, while officials in Southern California are advising people drive slow this weekend to limit the amount of dust released into the air. …

Quality Pollution States Air California Indiana Dust

3 months ago

Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan and China announced Friday that they have reached a deal resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean and Beijing’s subsequent ban on Japanese seafood. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the two sides have reached “a certain level of mutual understanding” …

China Japan Seafood Monitoring Hong Kong Japanese Chinese

3 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu School Controversy: Government Forms Committee to Vet Speakers After ‘Irrational’ Speech Sparks Outrage

The Hindu

Published : Sep 13, 2024 14:14 IST - 7 MINS READ A recent controversy over an inappropriate speech given by a “motivational speaker” to students at two government schools in Tamil Nadu has prompted the State government to announce a committee to decide what kind of programmes can be organised in state-run educational institutions and to specify what kind of …

India Children Tamil Nadu Students School Teachers Schools

3 months, 3 weeks ago

With many translation bloopers in question paper, pressure mounts on KPSC to conduct re-exam for gazetted probationary officer posts

The Hindu

There has been an outrage against the Karnataka Public Service Commission for poor and erroneous translation of questions from English to Kannada, leading to confusion among Kannada-medium students, in the question papers of preliminary examination conducted on August 27 for filling 350 gazetted probationary officer posts in the State. While many have expressed suspicion that the use of artificial intelligence …

Karnataka English Exam Kannada Question Paper Kpsc

4 months, 2 weeks ago

JK Rowling — Why Do You Think Serena Williams is a Woman but Imane Khelif a Man?

The Quint

The lesson from sports isn’t that Santhi, Dutee, Caster Semenya or Imane were persecuted in spite of not being transgender. The point is that the insistence that “sex is real,” ie those binary definitions of sex/gender are ‘real’, is both unscientific and misogynistic. “Biological sex” is a complex combination of genetics, body, brain, and hormones – and there is no …

Sex

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala HC directs PWD to explain reasons for poor condition of Kundannoor-Thevara bridge

The Hindu

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on August 5 directed the Public Works department to file a statement explaining the reasons for the poor condition of the Kundannoor-Thevara bridge. The Bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice A. Muhamed Mustaq and Justice S. Manu, issued the directive during the hearing of a public interest petition filed by Boban Nedumparambil, former …

Pwd Bridge Poor Condition

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka: Illegal resorts, homestays to be removed from encroached forest land in 10 districts

New Indian Express

CHIKKAMAGALURU: In the wake of the loss of lives and property in landslides at Shiruru in Uttara Kannada and Wayanad in neighbouring Kerala, the Karnataka forest department has ordered the removal of homestays and resorts that have come up on encroached forest land in 10 districts falling under the Western Ghat range. Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre had recently directed the …

Land Forest Malnad

4 months, 3 weeks ago

NGT Seeks Report From Odisha Govt On Illegal Mining At Dankari Hills

Deccan Chronicle

The NGT has asked the Odisha government to furnish a report on the matter within four weeks. The social organization moved NGT over alleged rampant stone quarrying in Dankari hills and unscientific stone quarries in the entire Jajpur district. In its petition, the organization alleged that an accident occurred when a stone quarry collapsed due to which five people got …

Illegal Mining Ngt Stone Quarry Dankari Dankari Hills

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Raipur Diary | Raipur’s skywalk project to be completed

New Indian Express

The project on skywalk, mired in controversy and lying incomplete for years in the heart of Raipur, finally gets the green nod from the Vishnu Deo Sai government and will be completed in accordance to the pre-approved drawing and design. New roster system in High Court In a major initiative by the Chhattisgarh high court for the first time in …

Bench Chhattisgarh Raipur Swadesh Darshan

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wayanad tragedy: National Green Tribunal to take up suo moto case

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday had expressed concern over unprecedented landslides that rocked Wayanad in Kerala claiming several lives and decided to take-up suo moto hearing. The bench comprising judicial member justice Pushpa Sathyanarayanan and expert member K Satyagopal have asked the registry to list the case and directed the Kerala standing counsel to …

Wayanad

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Concern over ‘unscientific projection’ of GDP rate as nation’s prime growth indicator

The Hindu

A talk on ‘Tall claims and bleak realities - features of the contemporary Indian economy’ by Kerala State Planning Board member R. Ramkumar on July 26 expressed concern over the unscientific projection of gross domestic product rates as the nation’s prime growth indicator when the per capita Income was continuing at a very low rate. Presenting his view points at …

Ramkumar

5 months ago

Sri Lanka apologises for forced cremations policy during pandemic

The Hindu

Sri Lanka on Tuesday apologised for enforcing a “cremations only” policy during the Covid-19 pandemic, going against the religious sentiments of Muslims, as well as expert views that burials were safe. Issuing a statement on Tuesday, the government said the Cabinet approved a joint proposal from a group of ministers “to plead an apology on behalf of the government”, from …

Policy Sri Lanka Muslim

5 months ago

Sanitary pad supply to schools to be completed by Sept. under Suchi scheme

The Hindu

The distribution of sanitary pads under Suchi scheme for schoolchildren will be completed by September, while the government will look into the feasibility of distribution of menstrual cups across the State, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has said. “We have already started distribution of sanitary pads and it will be completed by September.” On the distribution of …

State Minister Sanitary Pads Naik Anganwadis

5 months ago

Mangaluru-Bengaluru road connectivity disrupted following landslides on Bengaluru and Mysuru highways

The Hindu

Road connectivity between Mangaluru and Bengaluru was almost disrupted on Thursday, July 18, following the closure of National Highway 75 due to incident of landslips in Sakleshpur taluk and NH 275 at night. Following this, the Dakshina Kannada district police began diverting Hassan and Bengaluru-bound traffic either via Charmadi Ghat towards Mudigere or Sampaje Ghat towards Madikeri and Mysuru from …

Bengaluru Vehicles Highway Hassan Mangaluru Madikeri Sakleshpur

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'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator

Covid-19 Origins: Latest US Report Points To 'Wuhan Lab-Leak', Slams Mitigation Measures As Unscientific

Pollution board releases poster on e-waste management

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH

Over 7 lakh got jobs, 2 crore connected to employment in 7.5 years: Yogi

Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs

A completely subjective ranking of Los Angeles neighborhoods by walkability

Is It Better To Make A Big Purchase On Your Computer Or Phone? Here's Your Answer.

IAEA team samples seawater near Fukushima plant to ensure safe release of wastewater

‘Spiritual’ event row in T.N. school: Bail granted to Mahavishnu

Experts fume over 'outrageous' demands made by pollution task force as entire states are warned

Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban

Tamil Nadu School Controversy: Government Forms Committee to Vet Speakers After ‘Irrational’ Speech Sparks Outrage

With many translation bloopers in question paper, pressure mounts on KPSC to conduct re-exam for gazetted probationary officer posts

JK Rowling — Why Do You Think Serena Williams is a Woman but Imane Khelif a Man?

Kerala HC directs PWD to explain reasons for poor condition of Kundannoor-Thevara bridge

Karnataka: Illegal resorts, homestays to be removed from encroached forest land in 10 districts

NGT Seeks Report From Odisha Govt On Illegal Mining At Dankari Hills

Raipur Diary | Raipur’s skywalk project to be completed

Wayanad tragedy: National Green Tribunal to take up suo moto case

Concern over ‘unscientific projection’ of GDP rate as nation’s prime growth indicator

Sri Lanka apologises for forced cremations policy during pandemic

Sanitary pad supply to schools to be completed by Sept. under Suchi scheme

Mangaluru-Bengaluru road connectivity disrupted following landslides on Bengaluru and Mysuru highways