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Sir John Major joins court case to stop Parliament suspension
The Court of Session in Edinburgh refused to take immediate legal action to prevent Johnson from suspending Parliament for several weeks during part of the period before the Brexit deadline of October 31. A European Commission spokesperson said its "doors remain open" and insisted it had "demonstrated our willingness to work 24/7 throughout this long process". [Full Article...]
Month Window To Prove Citizenship For People Excluded From Final NRC List
The force also issued a five-point advisory stating that persons whose names are not in the NRC will not be declared as foreigners and can appeal to the Foreigners Tribunals. When the draft NRC was published on 30 July, 2018, there was a huge controversy over the exclusion of 40.7 lakh people from it. The final NRC list is scheduled to be taken out on Saturday and security has been tightened in ... [Full Article...]
Woman sues after giving birth alone in Denver jail cell
It thus appears that the Denver Sheriff's Department is trying to punt off responsibility to Denver Health Medical, its health care contractor. KDVR aired the video with Sanchez's consent. "That pain was just - it's indescribable, and what hurts me more, though, is the fact that nobody cared". "Despite multiple requests, no clamps were found". [Full Article...]
China denies credentials to Wall Street Journal reporter
Chinese authorities told the Journal on Friday it would not renew press credentials for Chun Han Wong , a Singapore national who has covered Chinese politics out of the paper's Beijing bureau since 2014. "Expulsions of journalists from China amount to an extreme attempt by Chinese authorities to punish news organisations that conduct factual work that does not cast the country or its leadership... [Full Article...]
ASSOCHAM welcomes RBI's move to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore to government
We have to always keep in mind that India remains an Emerging Market country with its own macro frailties and a government which runs a fiscal deficit on whom the RBI can not depend on capital infusion if things go bad. Factoring in the huge transfer of funds from the RBI, economists at ICICI Securities have slightly scaled down their estimate for its open market operations in 2019-20 to 1.2 trl... [Full Article...]
Japan orders 670000 to flee heavy rains
Flood warnings were downgraded this Wednesday, but meteorologists said the danger was not over, and that torrential rain may hit the same affected prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki later in the day. "It is a situation where you should do your best to protect your lives", said the weather agency. He also urged those now facing evacuation advisories to act before the warning was upgraded... [Full Article...]
Perdue says Trump to act on ethanol waivers
Ethanol advocates contend that oil refinery waivers have reduced ethanol production by 2.6 billion gallons (9.8 billion liters) since Trump took office. King says he's also not optimistic on getting any trade deal done with China. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration was planning a "giant package" related to ethanol that would please USA farmers angry over his administratio... [Full Article...]
Russian firm sues Boeing over Max jet, saying defects were hidden
The company, a subsidiary of Russian state conglomerate Rostec , claims the two deadly crashes of 737 MAX that resulted in the deaths of 346 people earlier this year were the result of "negligent actions and decisions of Boeing" in both designing a plane that was "defective" and "withholding critical information" from the USA aviation safety regulator during certification. [Full Article...]