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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump Wages Trade War As Government Shutdown Looms: Live Updates

The Trump administration announced Friday its plan to cut $400 million in federal grants and contracts to New York City’s Columbia University, alleging the school has failed to protect Jewish students on campus. Columbia made international news when peaceful student protesters took over common areas to protest Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip that began in October 2023 and only …

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1 month ago

The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE

New York Times

Amanda Scales Chief of staff, Office of Personnel Management Ms. Scales, who worked at Mr. Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has a senior role at the Office of Personnel Management, a powerful agency that manages government hiring. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management, Department of Justice Company involvement: X, SpaceX Ethan Shaotran Software engineer Mr. Shaotran is part of the cadre …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration

Associated Press

One of the next moves in President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s sweeping effort to fire government employees and curtail operations is using the agency that manages thousands of federal employee worksites around the country to cut down on office space. Last week, regional managers for the General Services Administration, or GSA, received a message from the agency’s Washington headquarters …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Medical insurance to cover assisted fertility services

China Daily

China will expand medical insurance coverage and encourage reimbursement for assisted fertility services as part of the nation's efforts to increase birthrates, the National Healthcare Insurance Administration said on Tuesday. Zhang Ke, head of the administration, said that about 249 million women enrolled in maternity insurance programs last year, with nearly 118 billion yuan spent in total. One significant measure, …

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8 months, 1 week ago

China establishes national working group to standardize healthcare security

China Daily

BEIJING -- China on Thursday established a national working group to coordinate the formulation of healthcare security standards to increase convenience for people seeking medical treatment. The group will create a working mechanism that will be led by the National Healthcare Security Administration and coordinated by local authorities, forming a standards system compatible with healthcare security reform. Qu Hao, an …

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1 year, 4 months ago

'Penalty proceedings' against 55 officers for delay in delivery of services in J&K: Official

The Hindu

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has initiated "penalty proceedings" against 55 officers for alleged delay on their part in delivery of various services in the revenue department, a senior official said. This step has been taken by the administration to ensure time-bound delivery of online services, e-services being covered under the Public Services Guarantee Act with linkage to Auto-Appeal System …

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3 years, 9 months ago

US closes Trump-era office for victims of immigrant crime

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration said Friday it has dismantled a Trump-era government office to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants, a move that symbolizes President Joe Biden’s rejection of former President Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to link immigrants to crime. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was replacing VOICE with a “more comprehensive and inclusive victim …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Pandemic demand for mental health care is overwhelming providers

CNN

CNN — Michael Siracusa was struggling. “It felt like no matter what I was doing, I couldn’t get the help that I was looking for, or that it was out of reach.” At a time when the ongoing pandemic is straining mental health, many people are going without care altogether. “That has never happened prior to the pandemic.” Like Boateng, …

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4 years, 9 months ago

University Cannot 'Shrug Responsibility' At This Stage: NLUD Workers-Students Solidarity Group On Alleged Illegal Termination Of Sanitation Workers [Read Statement]

Live Law

The NLUD Workers-Students Solidarity group has issued a statement asserting that the University cannot "shrug responsibility" on the issue of alleged illegal termination of its sanitation staff, at this stage. Therefore, despite the 'magnanimous' move by the University administration in persuading RMG to retain the workers, these serious apprehensions of the Karamcharis about working with a new and unknown contractor, …

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5 years ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: JNU asks students to vacate hostels, suspends mess services

India Today

The Jawaharlal Nehru University has asked its students to vacate hostels amid the coronavirus pandemic and said mess facilities would only be available for the next 48 hours. The directive came after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Thursday said Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal had asked all government departments, autonomous bodies and public sector units to segregate activities and …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court directs Jammu & Kashmir to produce orders on restrictions

India TV News

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to place before it those orders under which communications were restricted in the Valley after abrogation of Article 370 which granted special status to J&K. The top court also questioned why the J&K administration has not placed the orders and notifications imposing communication restrictions in the state. Appearing for …

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6 years, 10 months ago

Tripura: Flash flood caused by incessant rains renders thousands homeless, disaster relief services deployed