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1 month, 1 week ago

Visualising the war in Sudan: Conflict, control and displacement

The world’s worst internal displacement crisis, with at least 14 million people uprooted from their homes, is in Sudan. Other groups, including Darfur Communal Militia, Darfur Arab Militia, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Twic Clan Militia and others have been behind the remaining 1,068 of attacks. 14 million people displaced The UN has warned that Sudan is facing the world’s worst …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

NHL trade deadline: Grading every deal completed this trade season

New York Times

It’s NHL trade deadline day, but the action picked up this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Predators grade: B Coyotes grade: C- GO DEEPER NHL trade grades: Predators land Jason Zucker from Coyotes at a bargain price Kyle Okposo adds depth to Panthers’ bottom six Panthers get: Right wing Kyle Okposo. Lightning grade: B- Sharks grade: B- GO DEEPER NHL …

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2 years, 3 months ago

American Muslims are successful, optimistic and patriotic: But Islamophobia is worse than ever

Salon

On Aug. 17, 2021, two days after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, videos circulated of terrified Afghans clinging to airplanes as they were taking off, jam-packed with refugees in their cargo bays. The group also note an alarming spike in Islamophobia within the white Muslim community, "who are also the most likely to report experiencing 'regular' religious discrimination." …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Dutch Covid hospital total back below 600; New infections hit 80-day low

NL Times

Hospital in the Netherlands were treating fewer than 600 patients with Covid-19 for the first time since June 24. Meanwhile, fewer than 9,000 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus this past week, the lowest weekly total since the beginning of June. There were nearly 700 patients in hospital care a week ago, meaning the patient total has dropped off …

Care Hospital Virus Total Rivm 17 Percent 600 Patients

3 years, 3 months ago

7th Pay Commission: Gujarat Raises DA Of State Govt Employees By 11%

ABP News

New Delhi: In what is good news for government employees and pensioners, the Gujarat government has announced an 11 percent hike in Dearness Allowance with retrospective effect from July 1. Since the state government usually follows Central DA rates and does revisions accordingly, we too decided to hike the DA from 17 percent to 28 percent, to be effective from …

Gujarat Employees Pensioners Hike Central Government Employees 17 Percent 28 Percent

3 years, 4 months ago

The Collapse of Malaysia’s Middle Class

The Diplomat

On July 12, 2021, Malaysia’s New Economic Policy, an emblem of developmentalist growth credited with creating a national middle class, marked its 50th anniversary. As if to confirm the grim diagnosis, the prime minister’s Economic Action Council announced a short time later that more than 600,000 Malaysian households had “slipped” from the nation’s “middle 40 percent” into a lower income …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Ranchi University Hikes DA for All Employees to 28%

News 18

Ranchi University has increased the dearness allowance of its teaching and non-teaching staff from 17 percent to 28 percent after the Jharkhand government announced the same for all its employees. The university’s spokesperson Dr Pritam Kumar said that the dearness allowance has now increased from 17 percent to 28 percent for the teachers, office bearers and employees who are getting …

University Employees Jharkhand Ranchi Increase Its Employees 17 Percent

4 years, 5 months ago

No further decrease in alcohol, drug use among school kids; Laughing gas use on the rise

NL Times

After years of decline, the use of “traditional” substances like tobacco, alcohol and cannabis among school children stabilized last year, while the use of “new temptations” like laughing gas and non-alcoholic drinks are on the rise, the Trimbos Institute reported on Tuesday. The percentage of school kids who have ever smoked a cigarette dropped from 54 percent in 1999 to …

School Alcohol Institute School Kids 17 Percent Trimbos

4 years, 6 months ago

Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen