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Farmers return to protest sites in thousands April 22, 2021 Some farmers had gone back to their villages for the harvest   -  SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA× Defiant farmers to kickstart ‘Operation Shakti’ amid fears of eviction due to the Covid-19 surge Contrary to expectations that farmers who had gone back to their villages for the harvest are unlikely to return to protest sites due to Covid-19 surge, are actually coming back in droves according to the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) and S...

Harvesting Almost Over, Farmers Begin March Towards Delhi Farmers march towards Delhi to join protestors sitting at borders. April 24 will mark 150 days of the sit-in demonstration which began late November. Outlook Web Bureau Apr 21, 2021 Amid a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases and curbs imposed by state governments, thousands of farmers are expected to reach protest sites at the national capital borders beginning Wednesday, April 21 evening. Most of them are from Punjab, on way to...

Norm Mack, roads and drainage manager, said: “Residents are spending time enjoying the outdoors, and this initiative is a great way to get our community in tip-top shape for everyone to enjoy the beauty of our city. “Commercial properties will not be included in the operation, but we do encourage all properties to participate. In the past, some businesses and organizations even went out and cleaned ditches and their properties. Everyone can make a difference.” On the first two days of ...

EBR: Operation Clean Up happening this weekend Litter (Source: Austin Kemker/WAFB-TV) By Cali Hubbard | April 8, 2021 at 3:51 AM CDT - Updated April 8 at 5:55 AM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Major clean-up efforts are coming to East Baton Rouge this weekend. Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said it’s called Operation Clean Up. It’s a volunteer-based clean-up event that will be hosted in partnership with each of the twelve metro council districts this Saturday and Saturday, Apr...

Clean audit for City of Ekurhuleni 1 Apr 2021 Back Row: left to right MMC for Finance: Nkosindiphile Xhakaza; GCFO: Kagiso Lerutla Front Row: left to right - Executive Mayor: Cllr Mzwandile Masina; City Manager: Dr Imogen Mashazi This story is sponsored • The City of Ekurhuleni receives a CLEAN AUDIT opinion from the Auditor General for the 2019/2020 financial year • It has achieved ZERO irregular, unauthorised, fruitless and wasteful expenditure for the past three consecutive years Today,...

City works to keep its neighborhoods litter free     ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Dennis Goodman lost the use of his legs in a car accident 34 years ago. But people living along 12th Avenue in Albany will have a tough time finding a neighbor who does a better job of keeping his lawn and property in apple-pie order. So when Goodman, who happened to be looking out his window at an opportune moment, saw a passenger drop a bag of trash into the ditch in front of the home he inherited fr...

Zikalala commits to lifestyle audits for government officials KZN government supply chain management officials will undergo lifestyle audits and the province will employ a “professional, meritocratic and ethical civil service” to safeguard citizens’ interests. KwaZulu-Natal will be one of the first provinces to subject officials to lifestyle audits as the government seeks to root out corruption and ensure that corrupt government employees are punished. This was the commitment by KZN Premi...

Rashed Khan Menon is an important figure in Bangladeshs political history. He was at the frontlines during the mass upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971. Currently, he is the president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh. He is also a lawmaker from Dhaka-8 and has previously served as a minister in the Awami League-led government. Menon recently talked with The Daily Star about the current political situation in the country. The following are excerpts from the interview. The Daily Star...

Rashed Khan Menon is an important figure in Bangladeshs political history. He was at the frontlines during the mass upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971. Currently, he is the president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh. He is also a lawmaker from Dhaka-8 and has previously served as a minister in the Awami League-led government. Menon recently talked with The Daily Star about the current political situation in the country. Rashed Khan Menon. File photo The following are excerpts from...

Embed MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Billions of tiny plastic pellets have been spilling into oceans and rivers the world over, where birds and fish eat them. They are the building blocks of all plastic. Melt 350 of them, you get a yogurt cup. A thousand gets you a water bottle. But an NPR and PBS "Frontline" investigation found the oil and plastic industry has long known theyre an environmental problem. NPRs Laura Sullivan brings us this story about how the oil and plastic industry evaded regulati...