DECEMBER 28, 2020
The beginning of the Carmichael River, which will be cut by the void of the Carmichael Coal mine. - Tom Jefferson/Greenpeace
Deep in northeast Australia's outback, underneath grassy eucalypt woodlands and vast grazing lands scattered with cattle stations, lies one of the world's largest known untapped coal reserves.
Queensland's Galilee Basin, an area roughly the size of Britain,...
DECEMBER 27, 2020
President Trump on Sunday signed the government funding and coronavirus relief package, the White House said, averting a government shutdown and delivering economic aid as the pandemic worsens.
Trump signed off on the $2.3 trillion package from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., days after he expressed displeasure with the spending outlined in the omnibus and complained that the coronavirus relief...
DECEMBER 27, 2020
December is the deadliest month for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. has recorded more than 63,000 deaths so far this month. April was previously the deadliest month of the pandemic, with more than 55,000 deaths. According to the COVID Tracking Project, deaths surpassed that number just three...
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Former Trump aide Omarosa on Donald Trump's election loss Carlo. - Allegri/Reuters
In an interview with MSNBC's Alex Witt on Saturday, former Trump aid Omarosa Manigault Newman said that she thinks he's "going through a psychotic episode" over his election loss.
"I think that he has come to terms with his loss, but his arrogance, his...
DECEMBER 27, 2020
NEW DELHI, INDIA: In a strong retaliatory push, India has asked all airlines informally not to fly Chinese nationals into the country. This comes after China’s not-so-subtle move to stop Indians from flying into their country, something that has only tightened since November.
While flights between India and China are currently suspended, Chinese nationals eligible to travel as...
DECEMBER 27, 2020
When the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid bill on Monday, Meghan Meyer, a single mom from Lincoln, Nebraska, thought she would get some respite from the daily struggle to feed and house her two kids during an unprecedented health and economic crisis.
But the next day President Donald Trump declared the long-awaited relief package “a disgrace” and...
DECEMBER 27, 2020
The Income Tax Department has confirmed that as many as 3.97 crore taxpayers have already filed their income tax returns for assessment year (AY) 2020-21 (fiscal year 2019-20) till December 24. This includes 2.27 crore taxpayers filing ITR-1, 85.20 lakh filing ITR-4, 46.78 lakh ITR-3 and 28.74 lakh filing ITR-2.
"Over 3.97 crore Income Tax Returns have already...
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Both running and swimming are good forms of cardiovascular exercise that can burn calories while strengthening and toning muscles.
Swimming and running offer a wide range of physical, mental, and social benefits, with the main difference being that swimming is less stressful on joints.
If you have arthritis or suffer from back or joint pain due...
DECEMBER 26, 2020
Australia's talisman Steve Smith fell for his first Test duck in over four years
Australia's Steve Smith was dismissed for a duck for the first time in four years as India bounced back strongly from their disastrous first Test effort, holding Australia to just 195 on the first day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket...
DECEMBER 26, 2020
Kathmandu, NEPAL: China is sending a four-member team led by a vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party to Kathmandu in what is believed to be its effort to assess the ground situation and prevent a split in the ruling the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), a media report said on Saturday. Nepal plunged into a political crisis...
