Don’t Mess With Modi in Texas / New York Times
Financial Trouble at an Iconic American Hydropower Giant
Can Hydropower compete financially with Solar energy. This podcast says it all
Watch “Bury Kitchen Scraps Directly in Garden and This Happens” on YouTube
How to create live compost in your Kitchen Garden. Please watch this video and take note of the Dos and Don’ts to get perfect nutrients for your soil.
A wing and a prayer for ‘Howdy Modi!’ – The Hindu
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The die has been cast for a massive rally by Indian Americans in Houston on Sunday, September 22, 2019 to honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rallies for Indian Americans have become larger each time Mr. Modi visits the U.S. ever since his appearance in the Madison Square Garden. No other Prime Minister of India has drawn as many people to such rallies as he has done in the United States.
An added attraction of the event is that President Donald Trump will become the first President of the United States to participate in a rally to honour a visiting foreign leader. He is likely to be accompanied by several Senators, Congressmen and others from both the parties. Several announcements, including some understanding on trade and other matters are expected. By all accounts, it is going to be game changing event in India-U.S. relations.
Use of groundwater for construction banned in city | Deccan Herald
Even though digging new borewells was disallowed in many cities, builders were allowed to use borewells for construction. This led to misuse of ground water after cogroundwatermpletion of the structure.
To improve the groundwater levels in the city, the Karnataka Groundwater Authority (KGA)-appointed committee has decided to refuse permission to use borewell water for building construction.
“Builders were giving ‘construction as the reason while seeking permission to dig borewells. In some places, the groundwater is as good as drinking water. We can’t let freshwater be wasted on construction. So, from now on, builders should only use treated water,” a senior BWSSB official told DH.
RIP Articles 370 & 35 a / Krishan Tyagi
Krishan Tyagi a former BBC correspondent elaborates on the issue
Some aspects of Article 370 got diluted over the decades in the fields of judicial system and public administration.
Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions.
Article 35A
As mentioned, Article 35A did not have any parliamentary sanction and was supposed to be temporary too.
The Government of India revoked Article 35A through a Presidential Order and abrogated Article 370 by passing an Act through the Indian Parliament in August 2019.
Written by Krishan Tyagi, Editor, Mirror to Mirror (mirrortomirror.org)
These reef-building corals may be at risk of extinction • Earth.com
Reef-building corals in the Red Sea may be at risk of extinction due to the way that spawning events have changed over time, according to a new study.
Broadcast spawning involves the release of both eggs and sperm into open water. But in recent years, spawning events of reef-building corals in the Red Sea are out of sync due to climate change and human activities, which has reduced fertilization success.
Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet, say astronomers – The Hindu
K2-18b is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System known to have both water and temperatures that could be potentially habitable
Astronomers have for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it.
K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System, or ‘exoplanet’, known to have both water and temperatures that could be potentially habitable, according to the study published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
The planet orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18, which is about 110 light years from Earth in the Leo constellation, researchers said.
No respect for beggars – Pak Paper reminds it’s Countrymen
Courtesy: Pakistan Today
Dawn newspaper publishes an article as a rare example of responsible and realistic journalism
“There is no respect for beggars in the international community, especially when our image is portrayed as a state marred by terrorism and economic failure” admits the columnist
“In these circumstances, none of the countries will dare stand with us in these testing times” he adds, “Therefore, the only way to come out of this Kashmir imbroglio is to improve our economic conditions.”
“The current government came to power a year ago with a lot of promises of economic prosperity and investment but it seems none of the targets is being achieved.”
“We tried options like resorting to direct military interventions and using proxies to liberate Kashmir, but all in vain. We did not manage to liberate Kashmir. Similarly, we outsourced jihad to various ‘jaishs’ and ‘lashkars’ but these outfits further defamed us.”
Janmashtami Special : ITV Launches Water Conservation Program ‘Aakhari Boond’, the Last Drop
Based on the famous story from the Indian epic, Mahabharata, wherein Arjuna, with his arrow, draws a water fountain from the ground to quench the thirst of his Guru, Bhisham Pitamah, ITV launches its Water Conservation campaign, with a creative cartoon