Day: November 21, 2020

Idaho Supreme Court: State must reveal execution drug source

7:10 pm November 21, 2020

Boise: Idaho prison officials must turn over information about where they got lethal injection drugs used in recent executions, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, the latest turn in a long-running challenge over transparency in executions that’s playing out nationwide. The high court’s ruling was a win for University of Idaho professor Aliza Cover, who studies […]

Top Tibetan political leader visits White House for first time in 6 decades

7:06 pm November 21, 2020

Washington: The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades and met the newly appointed senior US official on Tibetan issues, the Central Tibetan Administration said on Saturday, a development that could enrage Beijing, which has accused the US of trying to interfere in China’s internal affairs. Dr Lobsang Sangay entered the […]

Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands

7:02 pm November 21, 2020

Jakarta: With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of the world’s best-known cosmetic brands. He then put […]

Five cattle smugglers arrested in J-K's Reasi

UP govt has effectively checked cow slaughter and cattle smuggling: CM

6:57 pm November 21, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said his government has been able in checking both the cow slaughtering and their smuggling to other states. “The cows were even being sent to other countries before I took over as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister. It was a challenge before me to protect the holy animal […]

Ladakh to make debut in Republic Day Parade on Rajpath

Ladakh hikes education budget to Rs 871 cr

6:55 pm November 21, 2020

Leh: The Ladakh administration has increased multi-fold its education budget to Rs 871 crore, an official said on Saturday. This was revealed during the integrated multidisciplinary professional advancement for teacher (IMPACT) training programme for teachers of Ladakh chaired by Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur. “A Rs 871 crore budget has been allocated to the education sector of Ladakh during the current […]