ANI New Delhi, December 20Highlighting the increasing incidents of sacrilege in Punjab, AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Tuesday moved a Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha.In a bilingual letter to the Chairman, Chadha said Punjabis all over the world are agitated due to the increasing incidents of sacrilege. Insults to the holy books could not be tolerated, he added.He recalled the old incidents saying several incidents of disrespect to the holy books were coming forward.He said there is a need to bring a law that gives the strictest punishment to the offenders. Source…
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COP15 is expected to lead to the adoption of a new Global Biodiversity Framework, guiding actions worldwide through 2030, to preserve and protect our natural resources. About 190 countries at the United Nations Biodiversity conference, COP15, reached an agreement to protect 30 per cent of the world’s lands and oceans amidst ongoing efforts to protect and reverse declining biodiversity. The Chinese Minister of Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu, who is leading the COP15 meeting disclosed this on Monday. His announcement came shortly after a representative of the delegation from the Democratic Republic of Congo objected to the text, causing some…
A pair of siblings start bickering on a road trip in Oliver Jeffers’ extraordinary new picture book, Meanwhile Back on Earth (HarperCollins, £16.99, all ages). Their clever father tries to distract them by drawing them out of their own conflict. Suddenly their car is a time machine launched off into space.In the “year-view mirror” they see the world as it was 78/150/500 years ago, with people fighting over small pieces of land and access to power. Concluding their journey to the edge of the galaxy at Pluto, the family find themselves seeing the world 11,000 years ago, where “there are…
A driver pays a fee at a toll station on the Nairobi Expressway financed and built by China Road and Bridge Corp in Nairobi, Kenya, in May. LONG LEI/XINHUA From 2000 to 2020, China helped continent build some 13,000 km railways, 100,000 km highways, 1,000 bridges, 100 ports and more NAIROBI — Having seen African people benefit from decades of cooperation with China, which has ushered in new infrastructure, more job opportunities and greater momentum for the continent”s sustainable development, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop told Xinhua News Agency he deems the partnership “a friendly cooperation between brothers”. Indeed, a number…
The men’s FIFA World Cup came to a dramatic conclusion Sunday with Argentina securing a thrilling win over France in penalty kicks, and luckily there’s no reason to bottle up even a drop of that enthusiasm. The U.S. Women’s National Team takes center stage in just seven short months, as the four-time champions look to defend their 2019 title in Australia and New Zealand at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.For the first time, the Women’s World Cup will feature 32 teams – eight more than in 2019. Several nations are set to make their debut, including Vietnam, which will…
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WALA) -The Jags are already fired up before gameday, but for a much different reason. Before they hit the field, some of the players spent some time at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.“We’re giving back to the people,” said offensive lineman Adrein Strickland. “We’re here for the bowl game most importantly but we’re also here to support the great city of New Orleans and to be able to help the kids in the area is really important to us.”The Jags spent about an hour with some of the patients playing games and letting them try out some of…
The titles launched at the first Kelabit-English bilingual children’s books book launch. MIRI (Dec 20): Children books deemed to be the first of Kelabit bilingual publications were launched yesterday. The book launch held at Pullman Miri Waterfront featured three first-of-its-kind bilingual Kelabit-English children book titles – Anun Inih Lem Bubuh Tepu’? (What Is Inside Grandpa’s Fish Trap?) by David Lian Labang, ‘Doo’ Ribed Kijan!’ (Kijan Is Beautiful!) by Lillian Lipang Bulan and David Lian Labang, and ‘Inih Lun Ruyung Kudih!’ (This Is My Family!) by Sarah Lois Dorai and Lillian Lipang Bulan. Aimed at preserving the native tongue for future…
Africa Intelligence website revealed that Washington is pressing to impose diplomat Kenneth Gluck as deputy head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), to replace Rezidon Zeninga, who will leave next January. Kenneth Gluck had held the second position in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central Africa Republic from 2017 to 2019, according to the French website. Gluck also worked in the United Nations Support Mission in Yemen, and worked with Doctors Without Borders for a long time in Somalia and Sudan, said Africa Intelligence. The position of deputy head of UNSMIL has become, in…
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In late November, the leaders of the Accra Initiative, a collaborative security mechanism designed to target the region’s common security challenges, launched a multilateral task force to counter terrorism, violent extremism and transnational crime. But the new force and others like it largely mistake symptoms for causes. Source link