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Where was Eden? Perhaps in a sun-baked salt plain in Botswana

The Economist 

NORTHERN BOTSWANA is a land of strange contrast. Drive west from Francistown, the country’s second city, and you skirt Makgadikgadi, a white, salt-encrusted plain that is bone dry for most of the year, but which blossoms into sudden, abundant life during the wet season. Follow the road farther and you arrive at Maun, on the edge of the lush inland delta of the Okavango river, the fourth-longest in southern Africa. Two hundred thousand years ago, though, Makgadikgadi was also lush. Both it and the delta were part of a lake... Читать дальше...



Applications invited for award

The Hindu 

Applications are invited from girls up to age of 18 years for a State award for those who have worked for the upliftment of girls. A statement issued

AT&T loses another 1.3 million TV customers as DirecTV freefall continues - Ars Technica

Google.com 

  1. AT&T loses another 1.3 million TV customers as DirecTV freefall continues  Ars Technica
  2. AT&T agrees to a deal with activist shareholder  CNN
  3. AT&T Reaches Truce With Activist as TV Defections Worsen  The Wall Street Journal
  4. After criticism by activist investor, AT&T announces 3-year plan, says it won't make major acquisitions  The Dallas Morning News
  5. AT&T Stock Rises as Earnings Beat, Elliott Deal Trump Sales Miss  Barron's
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US police sergeant told to 'tone down the gayness' wins $20m in damages

Yahoo Autos 

Keith Wildhaber, who was allegedly passed over for promotion 23 times, wins discrimination lawsuit against St Louis county policeSergeant Keith Wildhaber. Jurors in St Louis county court also heard that a police captain had called Wildhaber ‘fruity’. Photograph: Cristina M Fletes/APA gay Missouri police sergeant has been awarded nearly $20m in damages after he was told if he wanted to be promoted he should “tone down the gayness”.Keith Wildhaber, a sergeant with St Louis county police, filed a lawsuit against the department in 2017... Читать дальше...

Trump brazenly attacks Chicago chief who skipped police convention: ‘Afghanistan is a safe place by comparison’

Raw Story 

President Donald Trump lashed out at Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson while attending a police conference on Monday. During a speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Trump decided to attack one of their own although Johnson was not personally in attendance. “Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the United States,” Trump […]

Lady RTC bus conductor commits suicide in Telangana

Business Standard 

: A woman bus conductor working for Telangana State Road Transport Corporation, whose employees are on strike since October 5 over various demands, allegedly committed suicide by hanging at her home here, a senior police officer said on Monday. This is the second suicide by an agitating employee in the town and third in the state after the RTC staff commenced their stir, Neeraja, a conductor working in the Sathupally depot took the extreme step on Sunday night, police Commissioner Tafseer Iqubal said. Читать дальше...

Improve coordination with security forces, Punjab CM asks officials

Business Standard 

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday exhorted officials to maintain constant vigil and improve coordination with the security forces. He said this in view of fresh attempts from across the border to revive terror in the country in the wake of the developments with regard to Jammu and Kashmir. At a dinner hosted by him for the Punjab IAS Officers' Association at his official residence here, the chief minister pointed out that Punjab, being a border state, was particularly vulnerable. This... Читать дальше...

Truck driver shot dead by militants in south Kashmir

Business Standard 

A truck driver was killed by suspected militants on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said, a day before a delegation of European Union MPs visits the Valley. Narayan Dutt, a resident of Katra in Udhampur district, was fired upon by the militants in the evening in the Kanilwan area of Bijbehara in the south Kashmir district, a police official said. Dutt died on the spot, he added. A senior police official, who was nearby, rushed to the scene of the incident and managed to save... Читать дальше...


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