Riots

Riot Blockchain is worried COVID-19 may “seriously disrupt” its bitcoin (BTC) mining operations. The Nasdaq-listed rig builder revealed its concerns in its annual 10-K report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed Wednesday. Such reports always include a “general risks” section detailing worst-case business scenarios. This year, Riot added two pandemic-specific…

If food requirements of migrant workers are not met, then 'food riot' may be a real possibility.PTI|Last Updated: Mar 28, 2020, 07.44 PM ISTPTI A volunteer serves food to migrants waiting for buses to their native village, during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Anand…

Written by Anand Mohan J , Jignasa Sinha | New Delhi | Updated: March 25, 2020 12:16:55 am Authorities cleared out the camp, which was home for more than 600 riot victims on Tuesday. (Photo: Praveen Khanna)Shabana Ansari has five daughters to look after and no home to return to.…

Written by Anand Mohan J , Pritam Pal Singh | New Delhi | Updated: March 24, 2020 3:58:20 am With the number of coronavirus cases touching 30 in the capital, the Delhi High Court on Monday suspended its functioning as well as of seven district courts till April 4. (File…

Coordinated riots across Colombia's prison system over the weekend left 23 inmates dead at one Bogota jail and two in a maximum security facility 100 miles northeast of the capital. Inmates started fires and protested violently against overcrowded and unsanitary conditions that leave them vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. No…

A demonstrator wears a Brazilian flag themed protective face mask during a gathering on Sunday, ... March 15, 2020. Thousands of people gathered for anti-Congress protests on Sunday, even after President Bolsonaro suggested cancelling amid the growing coronavirus outbreak in the country. Photographer: Andre Coelho/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP…

In January, I covered the new season of NASA Explorers. This season (their fourth) focuses on space science and microgravity. In concert with the latest episode (inlined below), the NASA Explorers team posted, exclusively to their Facebook page, a behind-the-scenes interview with astronaut and space scientist, Don Pettit. Standing in…

By Robin EmmottBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a "significant disinformation campaign" against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters.The Kremlin denied the allegations on Wednesday, saying they were unfounded and lacked common…

Written by Sourav Roy Barman | New Delhi | Updated: March 18, 2020 5:22:30 am Mohsin Ali has been missing since last monthThe “alleged human body”, says the post-mortem report, was found near Karawal Nagar’s Yamuna Pushta road on February 26, right next to an overturned car, burnt, mangled and…

By: Express News Service | Surat | Published: March 17, 2020 10:32:21 pm Shakeel accompanied the police to the JMFC court on Sunday from where he was sent to judicial custody, after his bail application was rejected.The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Surat on Tuesday sent a third…