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With courts evoking the ‘collective conscience’ in awarding the death penalty, it is urgent and vital to examine our own Kashmir

With courts evoking the ‘collective conscience’ in awarding the death penalty, it is urgent and vital to examine our own

If we won’t learn from fact and figures, perhaps we should start with a lesson from fiction. In Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution by Edward Irving Wortis, we see the 1776 war for American independence through the eyes of a teenage girl. The book opens on a chilling…
bubmag
March 20, 2020
Global Seed Bank Plastic Pollution

Global Seed Bank

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has received a major a new deposit of seeds from several hundred plant species. In a formal ceremony on February 25, 2020, hosted by the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and attended by international dignitaries, the seeds from 35 gene banks spread over all seven…
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March 20, 2020
SC-ST reservation in promotion: Supreme Court dismisses pleas against Karnataka govt steps Meritocracy

SC-ST reservation in promotion: Supreme Court dismisses pleas against Karnataka govt steps

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed as "not maintainable" several applications seeking directions to the Karnataka government to apply post-based reservation and creamy layer principle at entry level with regard to promotions to SC and ST employees. A bench of Justices U U Lalit and D Y Chandrachud…
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March 20, 2020
NASA shuts down 2 rocket facilities after engineer tests positive for Covid-19, in ‘major setback’ to 2024 moon flight hopes Moon Mission

NASA shuts down 2 rocket facilities after engineer tests positive for Covid-19, in ‘major setback’ to 2024 moon flight hopes

NASA has announced the closure of two rocket production and testing centers after an engineer at one facility contracted the coronavirus, potentially shattering the ambitious dream of a manned Moon mission in 2024. Both the Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi and the Michoud Assembly Facility about 40 miles away…
bubmag
March 20, 2020