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India has taken an historic step towards ending the state monopoly on the mining and selling of coal by auctioning 41 mines in the country, a move that allows private companies to enter the sector. The announcement, which puts an end to more than four decades of state control over the coal industry, aims to solve a fuel shortage that threatens to choke the nation’s industrial activity. The measure also seeks to boost India’s economy to help the country recover from the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Читать дальше...

Where people received cash payments from the government, there was 30% less deforestation.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Dr. David Howard comes on the show to discuss his experiences in America, and more broadly racism in America.

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Mikkel LesPierre’s manager tested negative upon arrival, then positive on a retest.

Shannon Doyle has been with the NWHL since its inception back in 2015. This upcoming season will be the sixth and final season for no. 6 with the Connecticut Whale and the league, and what better way to skate off into the sunset than taking the Isobel Cup from commissioner Dani Rylan lifting it over […]

Mount Nittany Health will eliminate about 250 jobs — approximately 10 percent of its staff — as it faces mounting revenue shortfalls during the COVID-19 pandemic, the State College-based health system announced on Thursday.

Back in the autumn of 1999, Kevin Bacon starred in an eccentric Hollywood ghost story called Stir Of Echoes. The movie had the distinct disadvantage of opening in the immediate wake of The Sixth Sense, a bona fide cultural sensation to which it bared a superficial resemblance. Unfair though the comparisons were (a kid…

In 2018, after a long and hard day of writing blogs about white privilege and gluten-free pancakes, I drove to the Wendy’s a few blocks from my house to get a Baconater, a frosty, and some fries. When I pulled up to the drive-thru window, the cashier said it might be a while because they ran out of bacon and needed to…

Sleep hygiene is so bad at treating insomnia that it's used as the placebo in clinical sleep trials. Before you buy darker blackout curtains, try these expert tips

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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's volleyball signed Landon Ewers on Wednesday afternoon in a brief ceremony at Mount Vernon High School. 

Watford manager Nigel Pearson has galvanised the club since he took charge in December and has transformed the Premier League side into an efficient counter-attacking team, Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers said on Thursday.

When there were market shocks that led to economic devastations like the current Covid-19 pandemic, black originated companies tended to suffer.

The cult classic game Destroy All Humans is getting a full remake courtesy of Black Forest Studios. A new demo released this week on Steam has me optimistic for the full release in July. It captures the spirit of the original game while looking and playing in a sharper, more modern way.

I don’t know why I put on Underworld, the 2003 Danny McBride action flick about an ancient war between immortal werewolf and vampire clans. Well, at least that’s what I think it’s about. Truthfully, I hadn’t seen it since I was probably 10 when it would air as re-runs on cable. Besides, I was only really paying…

(Telecompaper) Telus announced that, for the first time, the communities of Kegaska and La Romaine (Unamen Shipu) have access to mobile phone service and broadband...

The giant dinosaur's footprints measure about 2.6 feet long.

There is no sense what changes might mean for the UK’s development finance agency CDC, which is part of DfID and one of the biggest investors in Africa

26-year-old Shaquille Daniels has turned himself in and has been booked in the Iberia Parish Jail on a probation & parole warrant for Robbery and a warrant for domestic abuse battery from the New Iberia Police Department. Continue reading…

The facility will provide employment opportunities in the private sector

The Players Association has made a counter proposal to the owners and it includes 70 games at full prorated salaries. What this offer tells me right off the bat is that the players are calling out the owners big time.

The commerce and industry ministry has recommended imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the product from these countries and rejected the demand to exclude products based on their quality, citing circumvention of the duty. “The interested parties have argued that non-prime materials should be excluded from the PUC (product under consideration),”DGTR.

House Democrats unveiled a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan Thursday that calls for a huge increase in funding to repair roads and bridges while expanding broadband access in rural areas.Democrats described the bill as the biggest legislative...