The When I Grow Up Circus school has set up shop in Haysville, Kansas and specializes in teaching different aerial circus acts, along with other sideshow acts like fire swallowing, bed of nails and fire spitting. … Click to Continue »
The main lesson lawmakers can learn from sporting games is the spirit of sportsmanship which can hold them in good stead in their political career, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said Thursday. She said this after inaugurating the third MPs Badminton Tournament at the Constitution Club of India here. "Badminton or be it any sports, teaches so much, and one of the main lessons is the spirit of sportsmanship. For MLAs, MPs or anyone, the lessons hold good and it helps them in their career," she said. Читать дальше...
North Korea’s top diplomat in Italy has gone into hiding along with his wife, according to a South Korean lawmaker, raising the possibility of a defection of a senior North Korean official.
The Telangana government has allotted Rs 500 crore for modernisation of powerlooms in the textile town of Sircilla to give a fillip to the textile industry and the powerloom weavers in the region. Speaking after inaugurating a four-day buyer-seller meetorganised by the Textile Ministry here Thursday, Handlooms and Textiles Joint Director Purnachandra Rao said the meeting would provide an opportunity to power loom manufacturers to expand their markets, an official release said. "All the government... Читать дальше...
Ireland's no-frills carrier Ryanair said on Thursday that its UK subsidiary has received a licence allowing it to operate in Britain in case of a no-deal Brexit. The airline, which also reported flying nearly 140 million passengers last year, said the permit means it can "operate UK domestic and UK to non-EU routes in a post-Brexit environment, if necessary". British Prime Minister Theresa May and the 27 EU leaders reached a draft withdrawal agreement in November that is meant to pave the way for Britain's smooth exit from the bloc on March 29.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no call to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s challenge to have a debate on the Rafale deal, by the same token he does have the responsibility to the people of India to speak out
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Thursday said the state government will brook no delay in setting up growth centres and asked officials to fully implement the scheme in a time bound manner. Reviewing progress of the scheme at a meeting here, Rawat said enough funds have been sanctioned for the purpose through NABARD. The World Bank has also agreed to fund the development of growth centres, according to an official release. Briefing the chief minister about the progress of the project... Читать дальше...
We got sleet changing to heavy wet snow up here in Boston/Metro North. Because of the chance for sleet I whipped out the ski-goggles for their first ever run. They were dark because of their tint. Bottom line, though,* no fog,* and it saved my eyes 10 miles of sleet/snow
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Baripada visit on January 5, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday said Odisha was among the top states in the country in terms of creation of irrigation potential. Patnaik was referring to media reports on Modi's speech at Khurda public meeting on December 24 where the prime minister criticised the state government for not being able to create irrigation potential in 10 lakh hectare additional land as promised by the ruling BJD during the 2014 elections. Читать дальше...
A Class 6 student of a Government-run primary school in Arvalli district of Gujarat had to spend an entire night in the classroom after he was locked inside accidentally. The incident took place at Chhikari village in Meghraj tehsil, around 150 km from here. District primary education officer A K Patel said he has ordered an inquiry. "The class teacher had left the school at 4.30 pm yesterday for some official work. He had asked the class monitor to lock the classroom after the school hours. Читать дальше...
Uruguay recorded a record number of murders in 2018, with a 35 per cent increase to 382, according to a study published on Thursday. That amounts to 11.2 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the report by the Fundapro foundation, which has close ties to the opposition Partido Colorado, published in Thursday's edition of the El Pais newspaper. In 2017, there were 283 murders, already an increase of 5.6 per cent on the previous year. The government blames a significant proportion of the increased... Читать дальше...
Current and former Afghan officials and observers of events in the war-torn country are criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that the Soviet Union was “right” to invade in 1979.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Southern California man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his in-laws who were visiting from China.
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Scientists identified a new competing state of matter, locating a novel, long-lasting matter state while investigating the behavior of an iron pnictide superconductor.
Foster was due in court Thursday for an arraignment, however it was canceled because the charge was dropped.
MCPHERSON, Kan. – McPherson College Athletics Director, Andrew Ehling, is pleased to announce the hiring of Kendrick Clay, to be the next head coach of the Bulldog Cross Country programs. Clay will replace Cameron Magnall, who resigned at the end of November.
Croatia urged Israel on Thursday to overcome a rare disagreement with the United States and to confirm it can carry through on a deal to sell 12 used American-made fighter jets.
Border agents repelled a New Year’s migrant attack on the border in the San Diego sector, the Department of Homeland Security has reported.
4.17 lakh toilets including 1.91 lakh girls' toilets were constructed/made functional in 2.61 lakh government schools in one year period up to August 15, 2015
EUROPEAN Union bosses risk infuriating Ireland by pushing ahead with plans to prevent national vetoes in a number tax policy decisions, despite huge opposition from Dublin.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern States Athletic Conference announced Thursday that Mark Herrington will serve as the league's assignor of men's and women's soccer officials for the 2019 season.