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Sri Lanka extends emergency by month

Business Standard 

Sri Lanka on Monday extended the state of emergency by a month in the interest of maintaining "public security" after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 260 people. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena issued a special gazette notification extending the state of emergency by a month, despite his statement in June that it will not be further extended. Sri Lanka initially imposed the emergency on April 23 to crack down on the nine suicide bombers who attacked three churches and as many luxury hotels April 21... Читать дальше...

Will pay creditors entire outstanding amount; complete pending projs in 3 yrs: Jaypee Infra

Business Standard 

Promoters of debt-ridden Jaypee Infratech on Monday proposed before the NCLAT that they will pay creditors entire outstanding amount without any hair cut and complete pending projects within three years. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) reserved its order over exclusion of litigation period from the ongoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of Jaypee Infratech. A two-member bench headed by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya asked the Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL)... Читать дальше...

Naveen congratulates ISRO scientists for Chandrayaan 2 launch

Business Standard 

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday congratulated the scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of Chandrayaan 2, hailing it as a giant leap in space exploration. "Congratulations to the scientists of @isro for successful launch of India's first exploratory mission, #Chandrayaan2 to our celestial neighbour," Patnaik said in a twitter post. "The historic journey will carry billions of dreams to #Moon, making a giant leap in space exploration," the chief minister tweeted. Читать дальше...

Blood boils at corruption in J-K but should have refrained from Sunday's comment: Gov Malik

Business Standard 

A day after his remark that militants should stop killing innocent people and target the corrupt, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said he should have refrained from making the comment but it was triggered purely by anger. Malik asserted that many politicians and bureaucrats are neck deep in corruption and he had ordered an investigation in which two or three former ministers are being probed. His "blood boils" at the levels of corruption in the state, Malik told PTI over phone from Nubra in Ladakh region. Читать дальше...

Rajasthan BJP continues protest over ruling on supplementary questions

Business Standard 

The Opposition BJP continued its protest against Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi's ruling over supplementary questions in the state assembly on Monday. The BJP legislators sported black ribbons on arms and refrained from participation in the question hour. They are protesting against a ruling by the speaker, which allowed only two supplementary queries by the member raising an issue and none by others. The BJP MLAs had partially boycotted the question hour last Friday. Only those legislators were present in the House whose question was listed. Читать дальше...



"If Not Now, When Will We Stand?" Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea

Democracy Now! 

A historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope. Scientists say the Thirty Meter Telescope will help them peer into the deepest corners of space, but indigenous resisters say the construction was approved without their consent and will desecrate their sacred lands. Last week, police arrested 33 people—most of them Hawaiian elders—as they blocked... Читать дальше...

Portugal firefighters control wildfires, but warn of strong winds

Business Standard 

Portuguese firefighters were cautiously optimistic Monday that they have largely controlled a massive wildfire in a central region where dozens of people were killed in huge blazes in 2017, but warned that strong winds could cause the remaining flames to spread. Some 1,200 firefighters backed by five water-dropping planes were deployed to fight the blazes in the heavily forested Castelo Branco region, 200 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of the capital Lisbon, the civil protection force said. The... Читать дальше...

Accept Centre's conditions on regularisation of unauthorised colonies: CM to ministers

Business Standard 

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed his ministers to immediately accept all conditions in the Centre's communication to the Delhi government for regularisation of unauthorised colonies, sources said on Monday. The direction was given at a meeting of all ministers on Saturday, where the chief minister reviewed for over four hours every point regarding regularisation of unauthorised colonies. The AAP government had last week released Rs 500 crore for development works in these colonies. Kejriwal... Читать дальше...

Woman, 25, ‘beheaded her mum, 57, after posting chilling Facebook pics of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jeepers Creepers horror films’

TheSun.co.uk 

CHILLING Facebook posts show how an Australian accused of decapitating her mum was obsessed with horror films, including the blood-filled Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Jessica Camilleri, 25, said that violent flicks such as Jeepers Creepers were her “favourite movies in the world.” Jessica has been accused of attacking her mother in the kitchen of their Sydney […]


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