Author: Mike Harrison

If SNP wins May polls, Sturgeon says she will seek another vote despite Johnson’s opposition Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Sunday said she planned to hold a legal referendum on independence from Britain despite Westminster’s opposition, as an opinion poll showed a majority would vote yes.If her Scottish National Party (SNP) wins a strong showing in regional elections in May, Ms. Sturgeon said she would seek a fresh referendum even though Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said such a vote should only be held once in a generation.“I want to have a legal referendum, that is what I am…

Mohammed Moquim says the statement of BJP spokesperson was absolutely false and not based on facts A Congress MLA has filed a defamation suit against BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra seeking criminal prosecution.“In November 2020, Mr. Patra had given a statement in New Delhi that nine MLAs of the Congress had taken money from the Biju Janata Dal to maintain silence on the murder of a girl child in Nayagarh, which was an utter lie,” said Mohammed Moquim.Mr. Moquim, Congress MLA from Barabati-Cuttack, moved the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Cuttack, after his legal notice seeking unconditional apology from the…

While some species are found only in the unique ecosystem, one in three species have been recorded in the region Indian Sunderbans, which is part of the largest mangrove forest in the world, is home to 428 species of birds, a recent publication of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) States.The publication, “Birds of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve”, released earlier this month by the ZSI, not only documents the avifauna of the Sunderbans, but also serves as comprehensive photographic field guide, with detailed distribution and locality data for all the species from the region.Authors of the publication said the book…

The party councils of the the opposition, center-right Reform Party and the ruling left-leaning Center Party were expected on Sunday to vote in favor of joining a Cabinet headed by Reform’s prime minister-designate and chairwoman Kaja Kallas Estonia’s two biggest political parties say they have clinched a deal to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month.The party councils of the the opposition, center-right Reform Party and the ruling left-leaning Center Party were expected…

The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House, says President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain There was no distribution plan for the coronavirus vaccine set up by the Trump administration as the virus raged in its last months in office, new President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, said on Sunday.”The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist…

Nomads were asked to vacate traditional grazing areas, says head of a border village. As India and China resumed the Corps Commander talks on January 24 to address the nine month-long standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, a village head from one of the border villages claimed that Chinese vehicles were using Indian roads to enter Indian territory. Urgain Tsewang, nambardaar (village head) of Koyul (Kakjung), one of the last settlements in Demchok sector, shared a video with The Hindu dated December 16, 2020 where two Chinese vehicles are turned away by a group of locals…

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism admitted “mistake” for distribution of promotional materials Source: The Korea Herald

Unable to find other options to earn money, they hope to pay off pending dues first For the past 20 days, Rosy Behera has been working to build a road near her village in Odisha’s Puri district where, instead of putting her civil engineering skills to work, she carries mounds of earth on her head as a daily wager under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).Alongside Ms. Rosy Behera (20), two of her sisters, who are B.Tech. and Class XII students below 19 years of age, have been working to earn ₹207 each per day. The three…

Kang Soo-jin, artistic director of the National Ballet (Yonhap News)Members travel abroad, special lectures at academy, etc.’moral hazard’The national ballet is being hit by public opinion as the members’ inappropriate behavior continues. Recently, to prevent the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), all members of their members went into self-quarantine, as some members deviated.According to the National Ballet on the 5th, all the members of the ballet team, including artistic director Kang Soo-jin, went into self-isolation for a week from the 24th of last month. ‘Swan Lake’ performance was held at the Daegu Opera House on the 14th and 15th of…

Relations between Moscow and Washington have been at their lowest since the end of the Cold War, with the two sides at oddsover Russia’s role in Ukraine Russia is ready to set up adialogue with the new Biden administration in which differences are expected to be aired, a Kremlin spokesman said on Sunday, adding that President Vladimir Putin would respond in kind to U.S. willingness to talk.Relations between Moscow and Washington have been at their lowest since the end of the Cold War, with the two sides at oddsover Russia’s role in Ukraine and allegations of its meddling inU.S. elections,…