The US love affair with guns is a strange thing for the rest of the world. Remington, a gun maker facing bankruptcy and the country’s oldest is offering $3mn to each of the nine families who lost a member in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.
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July 11 – Afghan Troubles, UP Bubbles
Taliban has extended its reach in Afghanistan and olive branch to China. The Uttar Pradesh local body polls have seen much violence – a primer to next year’s Assembly elections? Staying in the state, the govt has proposed a law that will essentially see it attempt to regulate population to save on resources rather than the other way around.
June 8 – Petrol’s 100, Haiti President Assassinated
The Covid death toll in the world has topped 4 million, while the Delta Variant is now set to dominate the highly vaccinated US population. The UP govt is very confident that it has tamed the virus. Hopefully, they have! There is shocking news from Haiti where their President has been assassinated. And Trump continues to make the news.
June 1 – Bird ‘Quits’ Humans, Warning Signs on Covid
Climate studies generally paint a grim picture and the latest follows this trend saying that millions of people have died due to heat over the last 20 years, the Supreme Court finally says that there is a need to look into the sedition laws and India’s GDP is in the doldrums. There is also the story of a rare bird that may have decided “I had enough of humans, I am going to the mountains”.
May 26- Cyclone Yaas landfall, new social media rules kick in
WhatsApp has moved the Delhi HC over the new social media rules that come into effect today. Cyclone Yaas makes landfall today and we wish safety for our readers in Bengal, Odisha and to some extent Andhra too. In our Science section today we introduce you to two significant items that show just how far tech can influence us and it is scary.
May 21 – Black fungus plague India; Adani is rich. Very rich.
Israel, Hamas agree for a ceasefire but for how long? 55 mn people were living in displacement by the end of last year and climate change had a lot to do with it
May 15 – Day WhatsApp Stood Still?
Will FB-ownedWhatsApp stay true to its threat of disabling features if users don’t accept privacy updates? We are hearing conflicting reports so can’t say for sure. In this edition, we find out why FB is doing this; the Middle East crisis is expanding and little turtles are wreaking havoc for other turtles in Northeast India.
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