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WASHINGTON, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ For years Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to allow the House of Representatives to vote up or down on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 619). Family Research Council is urging Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to sign onto a discharge petition filed today by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) to force the Speaker to allow a vote. In the 116
th Congress, the discharge petition received 205 signatures of the required 218, 191 of those signatures coming on the first day.
Currently 36 states have at least some born alive protections. However, only 18 states have the three elements of strong born-alive protections reflected in the federal Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. That means that federal law and 32 states do not adequately protect the lives of infants who survive abortion. Since 2019 Kentucky, South Dakota, and West Virginia have passed improved born-alive la
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April 9, 2021
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Fire engines in Kathmandu
On March 2, 2021, a fire gutted 58 houses in Meringden rural municipality in the Taplejung district of northeastern Nepal. The fire that started due to a short circuit at the house of Bhola Poudel at 9 am spread all over the neighbourhood. Even though the district’s only fire engine was sent to the scene from its headquarters Phungling, by the time it arrived, the fire had done significant damage.
“It took the fire engine an hour to arrive. By then, the damage had been done,” says Ganesh Limbu, the chair of the rural municipality. “What could one fire engine do anyway?”
India extends NRs 42.95 million grant assistance to Nepal for new school building
Sun Online Desk
Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for grant assistance, India has extended Nepali rupees 42.95 million (26.98 million INR) to Nepal for a new building of a secondary school in Udayapur district.
The MoU was signed between the Indian embassy, Nepali Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) and Triyuga Municipality for the construction of a new building for Shree Bal Mandir Secondary School, Triyuga Municipality on April 5, 2021.
“The project will be taken up as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDPs) at an estimated cost of NRs 42.95 million under the Nepal-Bharat Maitri Development Partnership programme,” the Indian embassy said in a statement on Monday.