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Texas Boy Sells Hot Chocolate to Raise Money for Trump’s Border Wall

News.com.au 

A boy in Austin, Texas, set up a hot chocolate stand on Saturday, February 16, to raise money for President Donald Trump’s wall along the US-Mexico border. Shane Stevens shared a video on Facebook of his son, Benton, outside a shopping center selling hot chocolate for $2 a cup. For an additional 50 cents, customers could buy a large “Nancy Pelosi” marshmallow or, for no extra charge, customers could have smaller “Beto O’Rourke” marshmallows. In a follow-up post on Monday, Stevens said Benton had raised over $2,200 through a Venmo account. Читать дальше...

CCEA approves 2nd phase of rooftop solar programme

Business Standard 

The government Tuesday approved the second phase of grid-connected rooftop solar programme for achieving cumulative capacity of 40,000 MW from such projects by 2022. The programme will be implemented with total central financial support of Rs 11,814 crore, an official release said. The Phase-II Programme Central Financial Assistance for the residential sector has been restructured with availability of 40 per cent support for rooftop solar (RTS) systems up to 3 kW capacity and 20 per cent for RTS system capacity beyond 3 kW and up to 10 kW. Читать дальше...

Lok Sabha polls: TDP forms 15-member manifesto committee

Business Standard 

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has formed a 15-member committee to prepare the party's manifesto ahead of the Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections.The committee will be for five years from 2019 to 2024. Senior TDP leader and state Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu will act as the Convenor of the committee. Kaluva Srinivasulu will be the co-Convenor.Other members of the committee are K. Atchemnaidu, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Nakka Anand Babu, NMD Farooq, Kidari Sravan, Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar, C. Kutumba Rao and P. Читать дальше...

Hong Kong-based Epic group interest in setting up of textile

Business Standard 

The Hong Kong-based Epic Group, is interested in setting up of a textile factory in Jharkhand, a top company official said Tuesday. "The company is interested in starting manufacturing units in India. Jharkhand Textile Policy is the best. If Jharkhand government assists the company then it will start its factory in Jharkhand," Epic Groups Chairman Ranjan Mahtani told Chief Minister Raghubar Das here. The Epic Group is an apparel supplier and has manufacturing units in Bangladesh, Jordan and Ethiopia. Читать дальше...



Howard Schultz slams 'far-left activists' for 'forcing' Amazon to abandon its New York HQ2 plans

AOL.com 

Filed under: Finance, Business, People

  • Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz slammed politicians on the left for "forcing" Amazon to ditch its New York HQ2 plans in an open letter. 
  • "[F]ar-left activists succeeded in forcing Amazon to abandon plans to create a second headquarters in the New York City area, which would have brought 25,000 jobs and injected billions of dollars into the local economy," Schultz wrote. 
  • Many New York politicians and local activists pushed back... Читать дальше...

Pawar slams Modi for skipping all-party meet on Pulwama

Business Standard 

NCP president Sharad Pawar Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for skipping the all-party meeting called by the NDAgovernment in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack. Instead of attending the meeting over such a serious issue, Modi chose to address rallies elsewhere, the former Union minister said. "An all-party meeting was called on Saturday...In fact we were told that PM Modi would chair the meeting. Presuming that Modi would attend the meeting, we all went to Delhi as it (the... Читать дальше...

‘No white flag’ – underdogs Schalke ready for Man City

World Soccer Talk: World Cup 2014 

Gelsenkirchen (Germany) (AFP) – Schalke are embracing the role of underdogs for Wednesday’s Champions League clash against Manchester City with the Bundesliga strugglers promising not to raise a white flag against the reigning Premier League...

Don't 'trivialise' sacrifice of jawans by resorting to 'hate' campaign: JKNPP

Business Standard 

The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party Tuesday cautioned people against "traps" of "opportunist politicians" and said "we cannot trivialise" the sacrifice of security personnel by resorting to "hate campaigns". The party also appealed the civil society and youth to expose and oppose the "nefarious designs" of divisive forces that are trying to create communal divide for political motives. "We cannot trivialise the supreme sacrifice of our valiant jawans by resorting to hate campaigns and communal... Читать дальше...

War against terrorism will be fought unitedly: Jitendra Singh

Business Standard 

Union minister Jitendra Singh said Tuesday that the war against terrorism has to be fought unitedly. Singh said even in the most developed democracies like the United States, all the political parties and groups affiliated to different ideologies come together when faced with a terror threat. He said there should be no hesitation on part of anybody to express gratitude to the supreme sacrifice of the jawans and to call a terrorist a terrorist without being apologetic. "The war against terrorism has... Читать дальше...

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Do not precipitate, till further orders, trial in illegal telephone exchange case: HC to CBI

Business Standard 

The Madras High Court Tuesday orally directed the CBI not to "precipitate" till further orders, the trial in a special court here in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case in which former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran are the prime accused. The oral instruction was given by Justice N Anand Venkatesh during the hearing of the petition by the Maran brothers, challenging the charges framed against them by the XIV additional judge for CBI cases, R Vasanthi on January 30. Читать дальше...

Fargo police arrest school bus driver for drunken driving

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police say a school bus driver has been arrested for drunken driving after the bus with children on board was seen serving down the street. Police were dispatched about 3:30 p.m. Monday after getting a report of the bus operating recklessly with children running up and down the aisle. An officer caught up with the bus at Shanley High School and arrested the 71-year-old male driver for driving under the influence with minors in the vehicle. Police say he had a blood alcohol... Читать дальше...

Kourtney Kardashian Runs Into Ex Boyfriend Younes Bendjima & There Are Photos

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See the photos of Kourtney Kardashian and Younes Bendjima back together after running into each other at a coffee shop – TMZ Huge news for Ariana Grande – Just Jared Jr This is an unlikely rom-com duo – Lainey Gossip How is Noah Cyrus doing after Lil Xan‘s baby news? – TooFab Ben Affleck is [...]


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