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Kew’s tree library leads hi-tech war on illegal logging The Guardian
New techniques will help customs officers identify and seize wood that came from endangered species.
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Can’t commit crime of loan waiver as it only benefits few: PM Modi at launch of Kisan Dhan scheme
At least 35 more workers have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, police said Sunday, taking the death toll from the latest mass alcohol poisoning beyond 130. The deaths in Assam state came less than two weeks after tainted liquor killed about 100 people in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In addition to the latest toll, at least 200 more people were still hospitalised across Assam. "The death toll has reached 133 in Golaghat and Jorhat districts from the hooch tragedy," Mukesh Agarwala... Читать дальше...
War Is Boring
Security,
This 19th-century gun started it all.
In 2017, the French military should begin taking delivery of a new individual weapon to replace the aging FAMAS rifle. The Direction Générale de l’Armement — the French defense procurement agency — announced in September 2016 that it would adopt the German Heckler & Koch HK416.
(This first appeared in 2016.)
When France introduced the FAMAS in 1979, it became only the second country to possess a bullpup rifle. Читать дальше...
Sri Lankan politicians, cricket legends and newspaper were gushing praise Sunday after the national team's "unthinkable" series triumph.
An invasive beetle that threatens to kill some of the city’s trees and change the landscape of the winelands has officials baffled. And they have now enlisted the help of scientists and horticulturists to contain its spread.
An enterprising businessman who is bad at having a boss started his own company to become a leader in the financial services industry.