Новости за 19.02.2020

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a family residing at Ojhaganj village of Uttar Pradesh's Basti district has lost four of its members during the last six years due to malnutrition.Issuing the notice, the Commission has further observed, "The media report indicates that there could be more such hapless families, shattered due to the lack of infrastructure and negligence by the authorities concerned".A press release from the NHRC said... Читать дальше...

Kishori Ballal, who had acted in over 75 movies and who played Shah Rukh Khan’s mother Kaveri Amma in 2004 film Swades, died on Tuesday at the age of 82.

The third and final suspect in the Tessa Majors murder investigation was arrested Wednesday, a police source said.

President Trump slammed a recent meeting between Sen. Chris Murphy and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, and claimed the Connecticut Democrat violated federal law.

Cellphone video captures part of a Long Beach police incident which appears to show officers using a baton multiple times on a suspect who was already on the ground. But Long Beach police say the video shows only a small part of the overall incident. They say the suspect was a parolee who tried to carjack several vehicles in the area, including a parking enforcement vehicle, and then struggled as officers tried to place him under arrest. The video was filmed on Feb. 15 in the area of 4th Street... Читать дальше...

The Union Cabinet has has approved the revamping of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) to address the existing challenges in the implementation of Crop Insurance Schemes.A decision to this effect was taken at the meeting of Union Cabinet here on Wednesday, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.As per the decision, certain parameters or provisions of the ongoing schemes of PMFBY and RWBCIS will be modified, while the allocation... Читать дальше...

First moonshot project to be axed since Google cofounders stepped back from management.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a campaign against political Islam and what he calls Islamist ''separatism'' in some French cities, seeking to restore order in sometimes violent and impoverished suburbs and to elicit support from rightwing voters ahead of local elections in March.

The Pentagon's top policy official is reportedly on his way out.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon John Rood will reportedly step down from his post — which Bloomberg notes is one of the most important in the Defense Department — two sources familiar with the matter said. Rood apparently lost support among senior national security leadership, and White House officials reportedly considered him an impediment to the Trump administration's defense policies. He has served in the role since 2018. Читать дальше...

Maharashtra: Fadnavis govt's mega plantation drive Thackeray sarkar's scanner

The Armenian Presidents Office has received a proposal from the Prime Ministers Office to relieve Artur Baghdasaryan Chief of the Military Police and Aleksan Aleksanyan Head of the Department of Moral and Psychological Provision of the Armed Forces The presidential office informed this to Armenian NewsNEWSam

Analysts see development as favourable as valuations seem reasonable, JSW Energy's robust debt-equity ratio remains intact and gains are expected to accrue from day one

Nine cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the UAE.

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De La Hoya says a chance to fight Canelo is once in a lifetime opportunity and Plant has missed the boat.

It will be completed only in August, instead of earlier schedule of April-May

Peter Thiel-backed Layer1 is the latest company to bet big on 'mining' the digital currency.

The relatives of Vidith, the two-and-a-half-year-old schoolboy who died on Tuesday in a road accident in front of his school, on Wednesday protested outside the school here and blocked the road demanding the arrest of school officials and driver.This accident occurred outside Ludhiana's Saraswati Modern High School when a speeding car rammed him as the boy came out after the school got over.Ravi Srivastava, the father of the child, told ANI: "The school administration is responsible for this incident. Читать дальше...

Cyber security firms have sparked a revolution similar to the spread of private police forces.

MANILA, Philippines – The government through the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) lost its appeal as the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan upheld its August 2019 decision  junking a P102-billion civil suit against a Marcos crony.

Dockless electric scooters won't return to Montreal following a pilot project in the city last summer.

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NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service New York NY

1012 AM EST Wed Feb 19 2020

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS

EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and

seas 3 to 5 ft.

* WHERE...Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 nm and

Fire Island Inlet NY to Moriches Inlet NY out 20 nm. Читать дальше...

Trump is making ludicrous claims to stoke panic about the Green New Deal, which would support local-scale agriculture.