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Kashmir

Life, interrupted: Of normalcy, cricket matches and going to school in Kashmir

Written by Yashee | Srinagar | Updated: February 25, 2020 10:12:29 pm On Monday (February 24), schools opened fully for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)You think you are familiar with a place because you read about it. You…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

AR-15

Parkland Father Says Grandfather of 11-Year-Old Girl Who Carried a Loaded AR-15 to Gun Hearing ‘Should Be in Jail’

An 11-year-old girl carried a loaded assault weapon into a hearing held by lawmakers in Idaho who were debating a new gun law for the state.The Associated Press reported how those in the committee hearing in Boise did not react when they saw Bailey Nielsen stand in silence with an…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Blockchain

Blockchain security startup CoolBitX raises $16.75 million Series B round

CoolBitX, a blockchain security startup based in Taiwan, announced today it has raised a $16.75 million Series B led by returning investor SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial group. Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bitsonic, Monex Group, another Japanese financial group and Taiwan’s National Development Fund also participated. Founded in 2014, CoolBitX makes…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Brexit

UK would be ‘insane’ to let in chlorinated chicken, farmers say

Image copyright Getty Images Farming leaders have said it would be "insane" to sign a trade deal that allows the import of food that would be illegal to produce in the UK, such as chlorinated chicken.The National Farmers Union (NFU) president, Minette Batters, said allowing these imports would be "morally…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Julian Assange

Julian Assange Lawyers to Argue Trump’s New Intel Chief Sought Shady Extradition Deal

Assange in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, 2017.Photo: Jack Taylor (AP)Defense lawyers for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder facing possible extradition to the U.S. from the UK on 18 charges related to his leaks of U.S. military and security secrets, plan to argue they have evidence new acting Director of…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

WEF

Suspicious transactions in GST going up: West Bengal FM Amit Mitra

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra He was speaking at a CII event in Kolkata. West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Tuesday said suspicious transactions relating to GST is going up, while ₹46,000 crore is yet to be recovered from penal interest charges arising out of delayed GSTR…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Doping Test

Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban

FILE - In this Friday, July 26, 2019 file photo, China's Sun Yang waves following the men's 4x200m freestyle relay heats at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Ahead of a verdict pending within days in the doping case of three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang, a Swiss supreme…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Doping Test

Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban

GENEVA (AP) — International swimming authorities worked to protect three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang from being banned from the sport in a doping case, according to a Swiss supreme court document. A verdict in the case against the Chinese swimmer is expected within days from the Court of Arbitration for…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Doping Test

Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban

Feb. 25, 2020 at 6:33 am Updated Feb. 25, 2020 at 7:08 am GENEVA (AP) — International swimming authorities worked to protect three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang from being banned from the sport in a doping case, according to a Swiss supreme court document. A verdict in the case against…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Seed Vault

‘Doomsday Vault’ Surpasses One Million Seed Samples After Huge Deposit As Facility Grapples With Climate Change

A large deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has taken the number of seed samples stored at the facility to more than a million.The so-called "doomsday vault"—located on a remote Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean around 620 miles from the North Pole—is the largest backup of seeds on…

bubmagFebruary 25, 2020

Life, interrupted: Of normalcy, cricket matches and going to school in Kashmir

Parkland Father Says Grandfather of 11-Year-Old Girl Who Carried a Loaded AR-15 to Gun Hearing ‘Should Be in Jail’

Blockchain security startup CoolBitX raises $16.75 million Series B round

UK would be ‘insane’ to let in chlorinated chicken, farmers say

Julian Assange Lawyers to Argue Trump’s New Intel Chief Sought Shady Extradition Deal

Suspicious transactions in GST going up: West Bengal FM Amit Mitra

Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban

Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban

Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban

‘Doomsday Vault’ Surpasses One Million Seed Samples After Huge Deposit As Facility Grapples With Climate Change

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