Western NSW residents still cleaning up dust one year from apocalyptic storm
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The dust storm blocked out the sun, plunging multiple towns into complete darkness.
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After the best harvest in a decade, images of an apocalyptic orange cloud which blanketed towns in western New South Wales a year ago seem like a distant memory.
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Australian National University honorary Associate Professor John Leys says dust storms have reduced 10-fold since the drought broke
Satellite data from CSIRO has found ground cover is back to about 40 per cent in New South Wales
Residents fume as Koramangala slowly turns into a dust bowl
Residents fume as Koramangala slowly turns into a dust bowl
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 06:00 IST
Vendors say that they have not noticed any cleaning of the road for one year
Alane each on both sides of the ring road, between
Indiranagar and
Koramangala, is filled with a thick layer of
dust, indicating that stretch was never cleaned for a long time. Road-side vendors and vehicle users, particularly the two-wheeler riders, are worst affected during the day as buses and other four-wheelers ply at high speed on the dusty road.
Nearly 71% tea sold at coonoor auctions
January 18, 2021
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A new price record was set up by the bought leaf Factory, Homedale Tea Factory, at Sale No: 2 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association.
“Our Red Dust grade, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers (GTB), topped the entire auctions when Badhusha Tea Co., bought it for ₹ 383 a kg”, Raman A Menon, Homedale’s Managing Partner told
BusinessLine.
“Consequently, we have broken our last week’s price record of ₹ 381. This is a new record as it is the highest price fetched by any of our teas since manufacturing started in our factory 72 years ago”, he said.
UC Berkeley reverses course and will not close institute helping students of color
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Troy Duster is founder of UC Berkeley’s Institute for the Study of Societal Issues.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Troy Duster stands under the doorway of the conference room named after him at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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