epa Ethanol Groups Say EPA's Proposal Crushing Growth of Industry By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2015-06-12T16:44:00Z An Obama administration proposal last month to cut quotas for renewable fuels led to a rout in ethanol credits and handcuffed the industry’s growth, biofuel groups said Thursday. Full Article
epa Spotlight on Alumni: Nepal Chapter Raises Funds for Tsunami Survivors, Street Children, and Fosters International Ties with Alumni By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:35:34 +0000 Spotlight on Alumni: Nepal Chapter Raises Funds for Tsunami Survivors, Street Children, and Fosters International Ties with Alumni Between raising funds for victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami, helping support educational programs for street children, and forging a sister-chapter relationship with alumni in Australia, the EWCA Nepal Alumni Chapter in Kathmandu has been busy carrying out the Center’s mission in South Asia. Full Article
epa ASEAN Environmental Youth Leaders Collaborate on State Department Project Proposals with Chance to Win $25,000 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:56:44 +0000 HONOLULU (April 24, 2013) -- Last month in Singapore, the East-West Center realized a four-year goal to gather ASEAN-wide young environmental leaders to create collaborative project proposals in what was deemed ““an incredible, innovative, and enriching workshop” by Eric Watnik, the Public Affairs Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore. Fifty-seven alumni from the Study of the US Institutes (SUSI) at East-West Center and University of Montana Mansfield Center (UMT) spent three intensive days crafting proposals for the chance to win $25,000 from the U.S. State Department’s Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund. Full Article
epa Student Journalists from Pakistan and India Meet in Nepal for Cross-Border Media Dialogue By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:33:04 +0000 Photos courtesy Kunda Dixit.HONOLULU (Aug. 28, 2019) -- Journalism students from Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi and the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi met recently in Nepal for a two-day dialogue about cross-border media collaboration. The six Indian and Pakistani students were joined by three Nepali journalism students for the dialogue in Kathmandu, which was moderated by EWC media alumnus Kunda Dixit, Editor and Publisher of the Nepali Times. Full Article
epa Repairing covenants - does aesthetic appearance matter? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-10 Blue Manchester LTD v North West Ground Rents LTD [2019] EWHC 142 (TCC) The High Court confirmed earlier this year that landlords must consider aesthetic appearance when assessing repairs as they may be obliged to reinstate original design features.... Full Article
epa Lawbite: Business Rates - Two Cases Bring Positive News For Ratepayers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-05-16 Ryan Fisher Vinyl & Carpet Showroom RA/94/2017 Thorntons plc and Clarions Solicitors Limited RA/80/2017 and RA/93/2017 The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has handed down two decisions recently which have highlighted the Tribunal’s pragmati... Full Article
epa Housing for Older and Disabled People Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-28 The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published new guidance on 26 June 2019 in relation to housing for older and disabled people. The guidance forms part of National Planning Practice Guidance and will be a material consid... Full Article
epa East-West Center Receives $750,000 NASA Grant to Study Changes in Mountain Forests of Nepal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:27:31 +0000 HONOLULU (Jan. 15, 2015) -- The East-West Center has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study changes in the mountain forests of Nepal over the past 25 years. Led by EWC Senior Fellow Jefferson Fox, the project will chart the previously unmapped mountain forests of Nepal’s Middle Hill region using data drawn from Landsat satellite imagery between 2000 and the present. Investigators seek to document a suspected “forest transition” in Nepal, a country whose mountain forests have sustained the lives of much of its population for centuries. The forest transition refers to the recovery of trees and other plant growth in a previously deforested area. Full Article
epa East-West Center Community Responds to Nepal Quake By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2015 02:03:43 +0000 Photo by EWC Changing Faces Women's LeadershipSeminar alumna Luna K. C. Ghimire. Full Article
epa Coronavirus Does the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate and the Department of Employment and Labour have the power to issue Compliance Instructions, Force Majeure, and Covid-19 as an Occupational Disease? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-03-25 On 17 March 2020, we sent out an e-Brief: Occupational Health and Safety: COVID-19 (click here to access this e-brief) where we discussed the responsibilities which are placed on employers in terms... Full Article
epa Eversheds Sutherland EHS and Employment clinic webinar - Recover, Reset, Re-engage - Preparing to Return to Work - 11 May 2020 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-11 With the Prime Minister due to address the nation on the governments strategy to ease the lockdown on Sunday 10 May 2020, our Health, Safety and Employment clinic returns the following day to focus on the practical application of transitioning a wo... Full Article
epa Preparing for the first 48 hours of a fatal accident By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-04-24 ... Full Article
epa Department of Environmental Affairs | Requirement to submit a report generated by the national web based environmental screening tool By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-08-30 Introduction On 5 July 2019, the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Dallas Creecy, published a notice requiring that when submitting an application for environmental authorisation in terms of regulation 19 and regulation 21 of ... Full Article
epa Government departments not ready to receive staff - PSA By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:24:00 GMT Union representing more than 240 000 public sector employees also cited concerns regarding flouting of Covid-19 regulations Full Article
epa Coronavirus: Warning from education department over rash reopening of schools By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:59:00 GMT 'Premature reopening of schools is not permitted as department is still finalising Covid-19 compliance protocols Full Article
epa Ética cristiana, 3ª Parte: Perseverancia, separación y sacrificio By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
epa Ética cristiana, 3ª Parte: Perseverancia, separación y sacrificio B By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
epa After stressful US repatriation and now quarantine, SA student will finally be with family By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:22:00 GMT After weeks of trying to flee the current coronavirus epicentre of the world, Ziyanda Stuurman is finally home. Full Article
epa The American Catastrophe: Coronavirus Strikes a Nation Unprepared By www.spiegel.de Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:18:54 +0200 The first coronavirus infection in the United States was confirmed in Seattle 100 days ago. A team of DER SPIEGEL reporters has documented what has happened since, following a dozen people as they struggle to come to terms with the health catastrophe. Full Article
epa Health Catalyst Prepares For Pandemic Sales Slowdown By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:30:08 -0400 Full Article CERN IBM INOV MCK MDRX ORCL HCAT Donovan Jones
epa UPC Preparatory Committee launches fees consultation By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-05-14 The Preparatory Committee for the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) has published a consultation document providing the proposed fee structure of the UPC, a table of court fees, and details of the ceilings for recoverable costs. The consultat... Full Article
epa Coronavirus Department of Transport Regulations South Africa By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-01 A notice was published in the government gazette on 30 March 2020, in terms of which the minister of transport (the “Minister”) has, in terms of section 18(7) of the National Road Traffic Act (No. 93 of 1996), extended the licensing and ... Full Article
epa HKMA publishes DLT Whitepaper 2.0 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-11-30 On 25 October 2017, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) published the Whitepaper 2.0 (“Whitepaper 2.0”) on Distributed Ledger Technology (“DLT”). This Whitepaper 2.0 provides practical advice on over 20 gove... Full Article
epa UAE-India repatriation Day 3 Blog: Flight to Lucknow ready to take off from Sharjah By article.wn.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:47 GMT (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) As part of the Vande Bharat Mission, an Air India flight with around 200 Indians from Sharjah will take off for Lucknow today... ...... Full Article
epa US Justice Department dropping Flynn’s Trump-Russia case By www.hurriyetdailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:15:00 Z In an abrupt about-face, the Justice Department on May 7 said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for the president and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. Full Article World
epa EU ETS Participants Are you prepared for a no deal Brexit? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-01-31 As participants in the EU ETS will be aware, back in 2017, as part of its planning for Brexit, the UK Government amended the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 to require UK operators to surrender allowances in respect of their... Full Article
epa Coronavirus A selection of issues borrowers and treasury departments should consider Sweden By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-03-25 The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is causing disruption to businesses and markets across sectors and jurisdictions. In this briefing we offer some practical tips for borrowers, treasury departments and customers in relation to loans and oth... Full Article
epa Justice Department drops case against Michael Flynn in boost for Trump By www.japantimes.co.jp Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:04:44 +0900 In an abrupt about-face, the Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael ... Full Article News U.S. FBI Robert Mueller Donald Trump Michael Flynn russia probe william barr
epa The tools that prepare Israel for the future war By www.jpost.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:14:36 GMT How multidimensional joint operations, lessons from past wars and new technologies have transformed Israel’s army, navy and air force. Full Article Gaza Hamas Hezbollah IAF IDF israeli navy
epa No Separation By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PST Election is the highest expression of God’s love to sinful humanity. Some people hate this doctrine. They fight against it, try to explain it away, or claim it’s not fair. Some even claim it is a form of tyranny, or that it is fatalistic, or that it violates the human will. But in reality the doctrine of election is all about the eternal, inviolable love of God.READ MORE Full Article
epa Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Donald Trump aide Michael Flynn By www.scmp.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:14:13 +0800 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein on politico.com on May 7, 2020.The US Justice Department has abandoned its prosecution of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, throwing in the towel on one of the most prominent cases brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his dealings with the Russian ambassador to the US.But… Full Article
epa Coronavirus: Asian vets head to Australia to prepare for next pandemic By www.scmp.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 11:25:41 +0800 As the coronavirus death toll surpasses 250,000 and the world scrambles to find a vaccine, a new scientific task force is headed to the wilderness to try and stop the next pandemic.After decades of patchy global investment into researching the linkages between animal and human health, more than 40 scientists will embark on an Australian government-funded programme that will teach veterinary surgeons in Southeast Asia and the Pacific how to detect infectious diseases – before they make the leap… Full Article
epa India’s massive repatriation effort from 12 countries begins with scramble to get on flights By www.scmp.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:00:10 +0800 Since Mumbai native Alex Johnson’s work contract in Saudi Arabia ended more than a month ago, the former cashier in a restaurant has been surviving on one meal a day to make his funds last while waiting to return to India.The 35-year-old, who did not want to use his real name out of concerns there might be repercussions from his former employer, is desperate to see his two-year-old son.In Singapore, Ramya Rekha Chola who is 29 weeks pregnant needs to return to Kurnool in southern India at least… Full Article
epa Boris Johnson starts to take back control as Britain prepares to ease lockdown By www.smh.com.au Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:15:11 GMT As part of a major set of changes, the British government government will closely examine the economic and health impacts of the lockdown, as it prepares to decide when and how some measures can be eased. Full Article
epa Coronavirus: Summer schools plan for the best, prepare for the worst By cyprus-mail.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:45:18 +0000 Parents and children hoping against hope that the ease in coronavirus restrictions means that summer schools in July will go ahead as normal, may need to hold their breath a little longer. The Education Minister Prodromos Prodomou confirmed to the Sunday Mail on Friday that under present conditions, summer schools... The post Coronavirus: Summer schools plan for the best, prepare for the worst appeared first on Cyprus Mail. Full Article Cyprus Education featured coronavirus summer schools
epa Coronavirus: Repatriated graduate documents quarantine on Youtube (Videos) By cyprus-mail.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:59:17 +0000 A Cypriot national who recently returned from London on one of the dozens of repatriation flights has documented her journey and experience in quarantine on her Youtube channel. Alina Nazrulloeva, who posted the videos on her channel FOMOthevlog, arrived on the island a week ago after getting a call informing... The post Coronavirus: Repatriated graduate documents quarantine on Youtube (Videos) appeared first on Cyprus Mail. Full Article Cyprus coronavirus picks4 quarantine Repatriations
epa Kareena Kapoor says Sara Ali Khan's London departure left her sad By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:01:25 +0500 Kareena Kapoor was left visibly upset when Sara Ali Khan was leaving for London after her vacation in Mumbai Full Article
epa Coronavirus: Irish donate to hard-hit Native Americans to repay Potato Famine help By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:53:23 +0200 1 Full Article
epa Pakistan announces first flight to repatriate stranded students from Wuhan By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500 ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari announced Friday that Pakistan would sent its first flight on May 18, 2020 to repatriate students from Wuhan,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Full Article
epa Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie plan 'separate parties' for daughter Shiloh's 14th birthday By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:36:00 +0500 Shiloh will have a separate celebration at her mom Angelina Jolie's home, but Brad Pitt would be delighted to have all his kids over for the party Full Article
epa Nepal detains 45 stranded Chinese after demo turns violent By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:00:00 +0500 KATHMANDU: Nepal police on Friday arrested 45 Chinese nationals stranded in the country because of coronavirus restrictions after a protest turned violent, authorities said.Holding placards such as "I want to go home!" they attempted to push towards a prohibited zone near the prime minister's... Full Article
epa Can big data help us make better development decisions? -- by Werner E. Liepach, Guntur Sugiyarto By blogs.adb.org Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:39:19 +0800 Data-driven decision making can be a powerful tool in the world of international development but it requires careful planning and management. Full Article
epa It’s time for Central Asia to do whatever it takes to minimize the pandemic’s economic impact -- by Lilia Aleksanyan, Werner E. Liepach By blogs.adb.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:45:26 +0800 Bold action is required by policymakers and central bankers to keep the region’s economies afloat and contain the pandemic. Full Article
epa Центральной Азии нужно сделать все возможное, чтобы минимизировать экономические последствия пандемии -- by Lilia Aleksanyan, Werner E. Liepach By blogs.adb.org Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:48:57 +0800 Директивным органам и центральным банкам необходимо предпринять смелые действия для поддержания экономики региона на плаву и сдерживания пандемии. Full Article
epa Mass animal sacrifice in the name of God stubbornly continues in Nepal By globalvoices.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:17:15 +0000 Despite the global outcry against animal sacrifice in Nepal, the tradition persists. Full Article Citizen Media Digital Activism English Ethnicity & Race History Human Rights Nepal Nepali Religion South Asia Video Weblog
epa Over 50 flights to arrive in phase 3 of repatriations By www.dailystar.com.lb Published On :: 2020-05-08T17:56:00.0000000 Over 50 flights are scheduled to return stranded Lebanese citizens in the third phase of citizen repatriation set to begin May 14, Middle East Airlines said in a statement Friday. Full Article Lebanon News
epa Justice Department dropping Flynn’s Trump-Russia case By www.denverpost.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:03:10 +0000 The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for the president and his supporters in attacking the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation. Full Article Latest News National Politics Politics Donald Trump FBI government James Comey Robert Mueller Roger Stone Trump-Russia investigation
epa ADB President, Nepal Finance Minister Discuss Support for COVID-19 Response By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-29 00:00:00 ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa and Nepal Finance Minister and ADB Governor Yuba Raj Khatiwada today discussed ADB’s support to Nepal in its fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Full Article
epa ADB's $8.32 Million Financing to Help Prepare Water Resources Management Projects in Punjab By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-15 00:00:00 ADB signed an agreement today to provide $8.32 million in financing to the Government of Pakistan to enable vital preparatory work ahead of a series of major projects to enhance water availability and increase agricultural... Full Article News Release
epa COVID-19: Responding to the Present Crisis, Preparing for Future Challenges By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-08 00:00:00 ADB is formulating an aggressive set of actions to protect the poor, the vulnerable, and wider populations across Asia and the Pacific. And to ensure economies will rebound as swiftly as possible. Full Article