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The Effort to Disqualify Trump From the Ballot Was an Unmitigated Disaster
54 years, 11 months ago

The Effort to Disqualify Trump From the Ballot Was an Unmitigated Disaster

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s decision reversing Colorado’s choice to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, the judgment of which was joined by all nine justices, was obviously correct. That move would try to bar Trump on Jan. 6, 2025: Congress’ job, this argument goes, is to “count” electoral votes to determine a winner. And although there is just one historical example …

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Disappointment in Indonesia after football disaster appeal ruling
1 year, 3 months ago

Disappointment in Indonesia after football disaster appeal ruling

Al Jazeera  

Indonesia’s top court overturned two police officers’ acquittal over Kanjuruhan stadium crush, but jailed them for only two and 2.5 years. The families of some of the 135 people who died in Indonesia’s Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster say they are still looking for justice after an appeals court overturned a ruling that freed two police officers charged over the tragedy and …

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Burkina Faso court finds mine execs guilty over flood disaster
2 years, 3 months ago

Burkina Faso court finds mine execs guilty over flood disaster

Al Jazeera  

Court finds two executives of Canadian mining firm Trevali guilty of involuntary manslaughter after deadly flooding at the The Perkoa zinc mine. A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives of Canadian mining firm Trevali guilty of involuntary manslaughter following a mine flood disaster in April that killed eight miners. Ditil Moussa Palenfo, country director of Nantou Mining, the …

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Japan court holds utility execs liable for Fukushima crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Japan court holds utility execs liable for Fukushima crisis

Associated Press  

TOKYO — A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of the utility operating the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to pay 13 trillion yen to the company, holding them liable for the 2011 disaster. In the closely watched ruling, the Tokyo District Court said the former chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Tsunehisa Katsumata, and three other …

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Disaster Management Act Statutorily Recognizes Apat Dharma, Overrides Other Laws During Disasters: Kerala High Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Disaster Management Act Statutorily Recognizes Apat Dharma, Overrides Other Laws During Disasters: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has ruled that the Disaster Management Act, 2005 provides statutory recognition to the principle of Apat Dharma and that in times of disasters, the Act will override other laws in times of disasters since it is intended to protect lives. "Section 72 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, in effect, gives the general law of "Apat …

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Coronavirus | Jabs for children without clinical trials will be a disaster: Delhi High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus | Jabs for children without clinical trials will be a disaster: Delhi High Court

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it would be a “disaster” if COVID-19 vaccines are administered without clinical trials to children, while asking the Centre to take steps to inoculate kids of below 18 years of age once the trials are over. During the hearing, the Centre said clinical trials for the vaccines for children under 18 years of …

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Dams and damages
3 years, 10 months ago

Dams and damages

The Hindu  

February 10, 2021 12:15 am | Updated 01:14 am IST In 2018, while travelling through the villages near the India-China border in Niti Valley in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, I stopped at Reni village, the birthplace of the iconic Chipko movement. Flouting all norms On February 7, two such hydropower projects located close to Reni suffered damages from flash floods that …

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