On June 4, 2015 Rep. Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for 5 minutes to discuss unequal health care treatment of poor Americans: “Mr. Speaker, today, I am introducing a comprehensive bill to improve the treatment of Puerto Rico and the other territories under […]
Trust deficit between Govt & people increased due to maladministration: Mufti
Srinagar, September 17 (Scoop News)- Regretting that the congenial atmosphere for a resolution of J&K problem created painstakingly by the previous coalition had been undone, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said striving for power is only one aspect of politics in the state. Addressing a workers convention of the party in […]
India’s population has increased to 1.2 billion as revealed by Census
(Scooped news) India’s population has increased to 1.2 billion people this year, though growth actually has been slowed for the first time in 90 years, census officials have said. The South Asian nation, second only to China in terms of its total population, added 181 million people in the past decade, said C Chandramouli, the census commissioner. That […]
Gender Equality: Indian Army Will Recruit Women Officers
In a gender equality thrust for the first time, a policy decision has been taken in concurrence with the political establishment, by the Chiefs of Staff Committee, comprising the Army, Navy and Air Forces Chiefs, to recruit women officers on permanent commission for 20years, extendible thereafter as in the case of male officers, according to rank […]
NSCB Survey: Poverty Increased
The National Statistics Coordination Board or NSCB which is a government agency tasked to monitor social issues and community related services released their latest survey about poverty in the Philippines. In a press statement, the NSCB officials admitted that poverty incidence in the country were up 16%. In an apparent move to hide the […]
Hydrogen Cars: Efficiency Equals Economy
Hydrogen can appear to be the answer to our fuel problem, unless you’ve looked at the big picture. I saw a comment to an article I was reading about BMW and a hydrogen car they were supposedly going to market next year. The person asked why we didn’t have a full-on hydrogen car in the […]
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