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District Mineral Foundation funds crucial resource for ensuring income security in mining areas post COVID-19

By webfeeds.brookings.edu
Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 10:36:03 +0000

The Prime Minister of India held a meeting on April 30, 2020 to consider reforms in the mines and coal sector to jump-start the Indian economy in the backdrop of COVID-19. The mining sector, which is a primary supplier of raw materials to the manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, is being considered to play a crucial…

       


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Israel’s Arab parties may help determine who runs the next government.

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Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 14:07:38 +0000

       


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Inflation dynamics: Dead, dormant, or determined abroad?

By webfeeds.brookings.edu
Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 04:00:53 +0000

Summary Kristin Forbes explores whether growing globalization has played a role in inflation over the last decade, finding that its role in determining CPI inflation dynamics has increased since the financial crisis. Forbes argues that a better treatment of globalization in inflation models will help improve forecasts and could help explain the growing wedge between…

       


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Indonesia’s imminent presidential election

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On April 17, Indonesians will go to the polls to vote in the country’s fifth general election since 1998 when their country’s transition to democratic rule began. Once again, the upcoming election will be a match-up between the two men who ran against each other five years ago: incumbent President Joko Widodo (commonly called Jokowi)…

       


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Restraint or Preeminence in U.S. Grand Strategy?

By webfeeds.brookings.edu
Published On :: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:00:00 -0400


On October 17, the Brookings Institution’s Project on International Order and Strategy hosted two of the most prominent thinkers on American grand strategy to discuss whether Washington should remain forward-leaning in its posture, or if it should adopt a more restrained approach to global engagement.

The event was moderated by Brookings Foreign Policy Fellow Jeremy Shapiro, and featured a debate between Brookings Foreign Policy Senior Fellow Robert Kagan and Barry Posen, Ford International Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kagan argued that the United States has an enduring responsibility and capacity to shape the world order and must remain actively engaged abroad to prevent the international order from collapse. Posen, on the other hand, warned against American overreach in foreign policy and urged Washington to embrace restraint, focusing on its own national security interests and limiting engagement – particularly military - abroad.

In their discussion of the Middle East, both scholars sought to define American regional interests with greater precision. Posen argued that “affective” relationships, such as those with Israel, do not explain the U.S. defense budget dedicated to the region or contingency plans for the region. Posen also disputed the view that oil is the primary driver of U.S. regional policy, suggesting that threats to major suppliers could be managed with a less robust regional security commitment than Washington has traditionally maintained.

Kagan argued that President Obama is more intellectually inclined toward Posen’s strategy of restraint than most of his predecessors, and yet he too has been drawn into the Middle East. “It can’t just be pure stupidity that has had the United States involved in the Middle East as consistently as it has been for almost 70 years now, taking the place of the previous powers that had been involved in the Middle East,” he said.

Posen discussed U.S. efforts against the Islamic State group (also called ISIS or ISIL). He noted that President Obama’s rhetoric on ISIS has gone beyond what is prudent, describing the strategy as one of “containment that’s augmented by the promise of future counter-offensives and destruction.” Washington’s current strategy, Posen argued, has demobilized allies by enabling them to skirt responsibility for the crisis.

Posen and Kagan differed in their interpretations of the track record of American interventions in the region. Posen criticized American understanding of the causes and effects of intervention, saying that it is easier to oust a government than to generate internal consensus or transform a country into a stable democracy. By contrast, Kagan argued that the U.S. has never invaded a Middle Eastern country with the purpose of rearranging domestic politics.

There was little discussion of terrorism and nuclear proliferation, though Posen identifies these two threats as major items on which the U.S. should remain engaged. More information about Posen’s arguments can be found in his new book, Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy (Cornell University Press, 2014). Kagan’s argument for continued pre-eminence and engagement in grand strategy can be found in his influential May 2014 New Republic essay “Superpowers Don’t Get to Retire.”

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District Mineral Foundation funds crucial resource for ensuring income security in mining areas post COVID-19

By webfeeds.brookings.edu
Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 10:36:03 +0000

The Prime Minister of India held a meeting on April 30, 2020 to consider reforms in the mines and coal sector to jump-start the Indian economy in the backdrop of COVID-19. The mining sector, which is a primary supplier of raw materials to the manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, is being considered to play a crucial…

       


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Selenium Contamination Linked to Two-Headed Trout Near Idaho Phosphate Mine

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:31 -0500

A government report has found that selenium contamination is connected to fish deformities, including two-headed trout.


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See Ecocide Writ Large: NASA Photo Shows Humungous Philippine Coal Mine From Space

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:30:00 -0400

photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is talking about: The wholesale destruction of Semirara


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Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:44:00 -0400

Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island


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TreeHugger Interviews the Philippine Mine-Stopping, Goldman Prize-Winning "Father Edu"

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:15:00 -0400

"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."


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More Protests in Peru Against U.S.-Owned Gold Mine

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:22:00 -0500

The Conga mine, which is majority owned by Newmont Mining Corp, would produce gold as well as copper and silver. Protesters are concerned the mine will contaminate their water and affect a major aquifer.


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Even Former Coal Miners Want to End Mountaintop Removal Mining

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Fri, 10 May 2013 14:38:07 -0400

It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.


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Copper Mine Threatens Ancient Afghan Monastery

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400

A decade ago, the Taliban's destruction of two 1,500-year-old Buddha statues in the Bamiyan Valley drew worldwide attention to Afghanistan's rich archaeological


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Indonesia's Tin Mines are a Health Nightmare

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:30:00 -0500

This article from The Guardian explores the tin mines of Bangka and the death tolls that come with them.


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Learn Where The Rare Earth Minerals In Your iPhone Come From

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:06:00 -0500

The rare earth metals mining industry is one rife with issues. But is there a way to green up the business?


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Tesla owners are mining bitcoins with free power from charging stations, but most are mined with coal

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:29:27 -0500

Bitcoin mining uses so much power that it may well turn into an environmental disaster.


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Spain closes coal mines. Mining unions celebrate.

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:44:06 -0400

It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.


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Purple Buddha: Cambodia's hidden mines upcycled into jewelry (Video)

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:20:00 -0500

Metals from Cambodia's mines, left buried since its civil war, are recycled into elegant jewelry, made by locally trained and fairly paid artisans.


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Mesmerizing Chandelier Mimicks Deep Sea Bioluminescence (Photos)

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0500

Using mouth-blown glass and energy-efficient LEDs, this stunning chandelier looks like a creature from the ocean's depths.


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The Week in Pictures: Rot-Proof Apple, Surprises at GreenBuild, Bacteria Lights Up Landmines, and More

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:01:24 -0500

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and


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Passivhaus Trust announces nominees for ‘the Oscars for building performance'

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:26:25 -0400

Let's hope that unlike the Oscars, they make the right choices and open the right envelopes.


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Shop class deserves a more prominent role in schools

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:00:00 -0500

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands


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Intel Submerges Servers in Mineral Oil to Keep Them Cool

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:38:46 -0400

At the tech company's New Mexico data center, it found that oil-submerged servers require far less energy for cooling and actually perform better.


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Alcoa, Major World Polluter, Brings Sustainable Transport to Bauxite Mine & Feeds Energy into Grid

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:41:02 -0400

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco


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For first time, Australian court rejects coal mine because of CO2

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:45:59 -0500

Think global, act local.


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Meet the Earthship film examines off-grid living in a unique Taos community

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:58:59 -0500

The Earthship movement is more than just a bunch of dirty hippies living in a Mad Max-esque compound in the high desert of the American Southwest, as this short film illustrates.


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Don Blankenship charged with conspiracy over mine explosion that killed 29

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:15:54 -0500

A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.


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Don Blankenship gets a year in jail for conspiracy over mine explosion that killed 29

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:49:29 -0400

But this is probably not the last we will hear from him.


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What is the Greenest Insulation? The Case for Mineral Wool

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:44:27 -0500

Greg Lavardera throws another spanner in the works with a rant about the batts


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How we get around determines what we build, and also determines much of our carbon footprint

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 07:20:23 -0500

Transportation has a much bigger impact on urban design than we think.


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Coal mines have canaries, frackers have mussels

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0400

Freshwater shellfish serve as recording devices for fracking wastewater contamination.


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German President gets coal for Christmas as last black coal mine closes

By www.treehugger.com
Published On :: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Coal for Christmas, but not for being naughty. Germany commemorates the end of an era as the last black coal mine closes.


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Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to meet next week on embattled Trump nominee Pack

By www.cnbc.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:01:14 GMT

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is planning on holding a meeting next week on President Donald Trump's controversial nomination to lead a federal media organization.


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World risks famines of 'biblical proportions' from pandemic, says UN

By www.cnbc.com
Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 05:20:33 GMT

As many as 260 million people risk being on the brink of starvation as economies deteriorate and supply chains break down worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, says David Beasley, the United Nations World Food Programme's executive director.


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Upcoming event could turn the market into a 'minefield,' says Peter Boockvar

By www.cnbc.com
Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:07:10 GMT

Bleakley Advisory Group CIO Peter Boockvar on navigating this earnings season. With CNBC's Seema Mody and the Futures Now traders, Jim Iuorio at the CME and Anthony Grisanti at the NYMEX.


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This upcoming event could turn the market into a 'minefield,' says Peter Boockvar

By www.cnbc.com
Published On :: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 21:01:06 GMT

Earnings season could negatively impact the U.S. stock market as companies begin to feel the pain of the global economic slowdown, warns Peter Boockvar.


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World Food Programme head warns Covid-19 pandemic could provoke 'famines of biblical proportions'

By www.france24.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:50:22 GMT

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) is warning of potential famines of "biblical proportions" as the Covid-19 pandemic affects countries in an already dire situation. In an interview with FRANCE 24, the United Nation's WFP Executive Director David Beasley said he was especially worried about a breakdown in the supply chain that allows his agency to provide food to dozens of millions of people around the globe.


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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2019: Clash of styles with keepers prominent

By www.fifa.com
Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:59:00 GMT

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2019: clash of styles with keepers playing prominent role


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Avengers Endgame Movie Review: An imminently worthy finale

By www.mid-day.com
Published On :: 26 Apr 2019 01:50:00 GMT

Avengers: Endgame
U/A:  Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson
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Avengers: Endgame, undoubtedly the most anticipated film of recent year's, lives up to most expectations. This film is a befitting finale for the decades-old, 21 films, Marvel Cinematic Universe that heralded the likes of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Together they formed the original Avengers team while the newer allies and villains added more power to subsequent outings. This may not be a non-stop action spectacle. Instead, what we get is a well- proportioned, engagingly structured narrative that spreads out its content and thrills in momentous expansiveness, End game basically posits a finale worthy of the superhero characters it promotes. Marvel's time-travelling sci-fi adventure saga throws up a few surprises too along the way.

The story is rather basic - After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which ended with Thanos getting all of the six Infinity Stones and then using them to wipe out half of existence, including beloved heroes like Black Panther, Star-Lord, and Spider-Man. The surviving heroes go through a period of self-recrimination, hopelessness, heartache and self-doubt before they take the necessary steps to reverse Thanos' actions, they're fatalism keeps us grounded.  

Also Read: Box Office report: Avengers: Endgame sells 1 million advance tickets in India

The script by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely among others, is surprisingly inventive, fraught with emotion and funny. The performances live up to the iconoclastic expectations of the fans while the CGI and effects lend whole new meaning and dimension to quantum physics and chaos theory. The film is a sort of nirvana for the thousands of people who sweated night and day to make such a unique and unprecedented experience come good. Endgame has a much slower, deliberate pace allowing for deeper character development and strong motivations while developing intensity and attachment all the way through. A major portion of the action happens only towards the last half hour of a nearly 3-hour runtime – yet, doesn't feel bloated or unnecessarily expanded.

Also read: Avengers: Endgame Box Office Prediction: Will the film open at Rs 50 crore in India?

This film incorporates beloved elements from earlier outings and recalls character beats, origins, and sub-plots while adding texture and complexity to the inter-galactic drama envisioned as homage to the never-say-die superhero spirit. Alan Silvestri's amazing background score elevates the intensity and involvement. The helming by the Russo brothers is also quite remarkable – creating a well-sprung of entreaty that is truly an event!

Also Read: Avengers Endgame release: A look at how Avengers films fared at the Indian box office

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Also Read: Critics review Avengers: Endgame, say it's 'everything you want it to be and more'

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Rishi Kapoor passes away: Prominent political leaders pay tribute on Twitter

By www.mid-day.com
Published On :: 30 Apr 2020 05:31:03 GMT

Legendary Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor passed away due to complications arised from cancer on Thursday morning, leaving behind a legacy of almost 50 years in the film industry. Ever since the news of his passing broke, tributes have been pouring in for the actor from the film industry and the political world, where he was remembered as a jovial person.

Prominent politicians have taken to Twitter to express their grief and offer their condolences to the Kapoor family. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Jawadekar, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among the politicians who offered their condolences on Kapoor’s passing on the micro-blogging site.

Rishi Kapoor was admitted to the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday. His notable films as a romantic hero are "Laila Majnu", "Rafoo Chakkar", "Karz", "Chandni", "Heena" and "Saagar". He was, however, more proud of his second innings as an actor, which he found more satisfying. His notable films as a character artiste are "Do Dooni Chaar" with wife Neetu, "Agnipath", "Kapoor & Sons" and "Mulk".

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Eminent Kannada poet Nissar Ahmed passes away at 84

By www.mid-day.com
Published On :: 3 May 2020 11:22:37 GMT

Eminent Kannada poet and writer K.S. Nissar Ahmed passed away here after prolonged illness, an official said on Sunday. He was 84. "Ahmed died at his residence in the city's south-west suburb after prolonged illness due to age-related complications," a state information department official told IANS here.

Born on February 5, 1936 at Devanahalli on the city's northern outskirts, Ahmed was a prolific writer in Kannada and penned poems, plays, short stories and novels.

A post-graduate in geology, Ahmed worked in the mines and geology department of the state government at Gulbarga in the state's northern region in the 1950s-60s before moving to Bengaluru to teach the subject (geology) at the state-run central college in the city centre and later at Chitradurga and Shimoga in the state's Malnad region during the 1970s.

"Ahmed is a recipient of several awards and honours, including Padma Sri and Sahitya Academy award in 2008 and state awards like Pampa in 2017, Nadoja in 2003 and Rajyotsava in 1981," the official recalled. Kuvempu University at Shimoga awarded honorary doctorate to Ahmed in 2010.

Ahmed is well known for his poems "Nityotsava" and other popular works such as "Manasu Gandhi Bazaru", "Sanje Aidara Male" and "Manadondige Mathukathe".

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Tax-News.com: Minerals Council: Australia's Tax System Is Uncompetitive

By www.tax-news.com
Published On :: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

The Minerals Council of Australia has published a report it says confirms that the country's high company tax rate is damaging mining firms' ability to compete internationally for capital investment.


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Tax-News.com: China Sets Out How To Determine Beneficial Owner For Treaties

By www.tax-news.com
Published On :: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

On February 3, 2018, China's State Administration of Taxation set out new rules on the disallowance of tax treaty benefits where an entity fails to demonstrate it is the beneficial owner of Chinese assets from which passive income is derived.


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