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Last updated: August 15, 2024 at 6:10 pm ISTGuwahati [Gauhati]IndiaOn Thursday, August 15, 2024, Assam Police personnel conducted search operations after ULFA (I) claimed that bombs were planted at 19 different locations in Nagaon district. A senior police officer said bomb disposal squads rushed to all the locations mentioned by ULFA(I) but no reports of bombs or explosives were received.The ULFA(I), which was banned on Thursday, claimed to have planted bombs at 24 locations in Assam, prompting security forces to send teams to search for the explosives.A senior police officer said bomb disposal squads rushed to all the locations mentioned…

Last updated: August 15, 2024 6:26 pm IST ED Takes allots seized properties worth Rs 2,215 crore (Representative Picture) The move is part of a broader effort to return property and funds seized from financial fraud to their rightful owners. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which investigates financial crimes, is taking an unprecedented step to repair homes and release funds to buyers who were defrauded. This turn of events is part of a broader effort to return property and money seized in financial fraud to their rightful owners. The latest development in this remarkable turnaround comes in Gurgaon, where the district's…

What do Kamala Harris and Tim Walz mean for climate and energy? Both Democratic candidates have long records that dispel any doubt they would bring disruptive radicalism to U.S. energy policy. [emphasis, links added] However, with the help of the media, both Harris and Walz are quickly changing their positions and trying to cover up the facts. As is often the case, there's no better place to get the straight facts and ask the hard questions than the CFACT Climate Library. Marc Morano posted Kamala Harris's 2019 CNN “Climate Town Hall” front and center at the Depot. Harris revealed she…

Last updated: August 15, 2024 7:16 pm ISTFORDA resumed the strike two days after deciding to call it off. (Photo: @feedmileapp/X)FORDA announces decision to resume strike and says it is 'shocked and distressed' by violence at RG Kar Medical College and HospitalThe Federation of Resident Doctors' Associations (FORDA) on Thursday decided to resume the strike, hours after unidentified miscreants vandalized Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week.Two days ago, the doctors' association decided to call off the strike after meeting Union Health Minister JP Nadda.Announcing its decision to resume…

One of the more common concerns associated with global warming is that intense heat will dry out (brown) land landscapes, limit vegetation growth, and cause water shortages and even widespread droughts. However, a new study shows that rising carbon dioxide concentrations on Earth are having the exact opposite effect in the real world. In extensive trend analysis over the past few decades, scientists determined Rising carbon dioxide levels are the most 'dominant driver' (Relevance accounts for 45%) In assessing the association between reduced vegetation water demand and improved water use efficiency. “…increased carbon dioxide concentrations not only promote vegetation growth…

Last updated: August 15, 2024 6:12 pm IST22-year-old woman dies in Manali, Himachal Pradesh (Representative/File)The death of a 22-year-old woman in Khakhnal village has put Kullu police under scrutiny for what the victim's family said was negligence and lack of timely actionThe death of a 22-year-old woman from Khakhnal village in Manali, Himachal Pradesh has raised serious concerns. The woman left home on August 7 to visit friends at a local hotel and was reported missing on August 10, when her phone was found to be switched off and she did not return home. Despite urgent pleas from the family,…

Opposition to offshore wind development on the East Coast is growing following a blade failure at the Vineyard Wind development, one of the first offshore wind farms to come online in the United States. [emphasis, links added] New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew and Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry held a hearing in Brigantine, N.J., a small town on the Jersey Shore will review the impact of offshore wind on the East Coast. The Atlantic Coast wind project prompted the hearing, which the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved in July. It will include 195 turbines and stand 850 feet above…

from CFACT David Wojik We now know offshore wind sonar surveys may have contributed to the whale's death. For details, please see my previous article. In short, a large proportion of authorized harassment may result in whales being killed. The question is how should the federal approval process for offshore wind surveys be restructured to incorporate new knowledge of whale deaths? One obvious possibility is to simply ban the practice. This works for me, but is probably too extreme to implement. If a certain number of whale deaths are deemed permissible, here is an overview of the death allocation process.…

Last updated: August 15, 2024 6:26 pm ISTThe Rajabai Clock Tower in Mumbai is a British-era building built in 1878 in memory of Premchand Roychand Jain's mother (file photo)The Rajabai Clock Tower in Mumbai was built in memory of Rajabai, the mother of wealthy broker Premchand Roychand Jain. It was once the tallest building in Mumbai.A striking landmark reminiscent of London's Big Ben, the Rajabhai Clock Tower in Mumbai has a fascinating backstory rooted in philanthropy and family devotion. This architectural marvel of the British era was completed in 1878 at a cost of Rs 5.50 lakh, which was a…

Last updated: August 15, 2024 5:48 pm (IST)A CBI team recorded the statements of the victim's family members on Thursday. (Photo/ANI)Police said at least 40 people pretended to be protesters and entered the hospital, throwing rocks and damaging property.A total of 10 people were arrested and three were detained after unidentified miscreants forced their way into the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital shortly after midnight on Thursday. Police said a group of at least 40 people pretended to be protesters and entered the hospital, throwing rocks at police and damaging property. The incident occurred during the “Take Back the…