Tag: Whole World
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You are indigenous people and the land’s original owners for Congress: Gandhi Rahul in Wayanad
Rahul Gandhi, the head of the Congress, declared in a speech to a crowd on Sunday in his Wayanad district that the Congress party holds the Adivasis to be the nation’s original proprietors. Additionally, he said that naming the Adivasi group “Vanvasi” instead of “Adivasi” was a ploy to confine them to the jungles by…
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Government: Developed nations are using up the carbon budget much more quickly than developing ones like India
According to the government, developed nations have used up more than 80% of the world’s carbon budget, leaving countries like India with very little remaining for the future. Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said in the Rajya Sabha that India is doing much more than its fair part to address climate change…
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Amazon is planning a historic launch in September to introduce prototype internet satellites
As Amazon prepares to launch its ground-breaking broadband satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, into orbit, a watershed event in satellite technology is about to occur. These satellites will be launched in a historic mission by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in September 2023.
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India’s once-fragile economy is currently among those with the strongest growth rates: Indra Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance, said on Thursday that after being labeled a “fragile economy” in 2013, India is now one of the nations with the highest economic growth rates, with real GDP predicted to rise by 7.2% in 2022–2023 and 6.5% in the current fiscal year. The finance minister said that India’s growth…
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Regarding Uganda’s anti-gay law, the World Bank halts new loans
Due to Uganda’s enactment earlier this year of a widely panned measure criminalizing same-sex activity, the World Bank has suspended permission for new public financing projects in the African nation. The World Bank Group stated in a statement on Tuesday that “Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values,” and that “no new…
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Using a former Olympian, a mother-daughter team from Virgin Galactic is going into space for the first time
Keisha Schahaff and her 18-year-old daughter Anastatia Mayers will be the first mother-daughter team to go into space together, marking a historic milestone for space tourism. Former British Olympian Jon Goodwin is traveling with them on this historic expedition. The group will board the VSS Unity voyage, which will fly under the Virgin Galactic banner…
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The impact of “Scenes from a Marriage” on Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac’s friendship
Since they played the main characters in “Scenes from a Marriage,” an American television miniseries based from Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 Swedish masterpiece, actress Jessica Chastain and actor Oscar Isaac’s relationship has evolved. A Most Violent Year, Ex Machina, and Inside Llewyn Davis were just a few of the films the two actors collaborated on after…
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After “Scenes from a Marriage,” Jessica Chastain says her relationship with Oscar Isaac “has never been quite the same”
In a recent interview, Jessica Chastain discussed what it was like to work on the HBO limited series Scenes from a Marriage in 2021, in which she co-starred with Oscar Isaac. The project, which was based on Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 Swedish TV series, explored the relationship’s emotional journey between Jonathan Levy and Mira Phillips. In…
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Singapore Executes Fifth Drug Trafficker This Year Amid Protests from Right Groups
The 39-year-old victim of a heroin trafficking conviction was hanged in Singapore on Thursday, the city-state’s sixth hanging of the year and third in less than a week, according to officials. In 2019, Mohamed Shalleh Adul Latiff was found guilty of carrying around 55 grams of heroin “for the purpose of trafficking” and was given…
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As hearings on J&K’s Special Status begin, Kapil Sibal tells the Supreme Court that there is “no reason why Article 370 was taken away”
The Supreme Court has started hearing petitions against the repeal of Article 370, which gave the former state of Jammu and Kashmir unique status. The appeals will be heard every day, save Mondays and Fridays, by a five-judge Constitution Bench that includes Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv…