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<div class=”gmail-css-175oi2r”> <div class=”gmail-css-175oi2r gmail-r-1s2bzr4″> <div class=”gmail-css-146c3p1 gmail-r-bcqeeo gmail-r-1ttztb7 gmail-r-qvutc0 gmail-r-37j5jr gmail-r-1inkyih gmail-r-16dba41 gmail-r-bnwqim gmail-r-135wba7″ dir=”auto” lang=”en”><span class=”gmail-css-1jxf684 gmail-r-bcqeeo gmail-r-1ttztb7 gmail-r-qvutc0 gmail-r-poiln3″>The Supreme Court on Monday warned Jaypee Infratech and other companies including NHAI that have earlier sought court permission for tree felling for constructing infrastructure projects, that it will order demolition of structures if compensatory afforestation is not done.</span></div> <div id=”gmail-id__0s93msrq9au” class=”gmail-css-146c3p1 gmail-r-bcqeeo gmail-r-1ttztb7 gmail-r-qvutc0 gmail-r-37j5jr gmail-r-1inkyih gmail-r-16dba41 gmail-r-bnwqim gmail-r-135wba7″ dir=”auto” lang=”en”>&nbsp;</div> <div class=”gmail-css-146c3p1 gmail-r-bcqeeo gmail-r-1ttztb7 gmail-r-qvutc0 gmail-r-37j5jr gmail-r-1inkyih gmail-r-16dba41 gmail-r-bnwqim gmail-r-135wba7″ dir=”auto” lang=”en”><span class=”gmail-css-1jxf684 gmail-r-bcqeeo gmail-r-1ttztb7 gmail-r-qvutc0 gmail-r-poiln3″>A bench of Justice Abhay Oka asked the counsel appearing for Jaypee Infra if the company has complied with the condition imposed by court for carrying… Read More »‘Will Order Demolition If Compensatory Afforestation Not Done’: Supreme Court Warns Jaypee Infratech, NHAI

The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), the key doctors’ body, today paused its nationwide shutdown of elective services in hospitals in solidarity with medics’ ongoing protest in West Bengal after the state government called a meeting to discuss their demands. “We will closely assess this meeting’s outcome to ensure it meets the demands of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF). If the meeting fails to produce satisfactory results, we will proceed with a complete boycott from October 15 onward,” the FAIMA said, which yesterday had called for a nationwide strike on Monday. “Emergency services will remain unaffected to uphold our commitment to urgent patient care,” it added. West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj… Read More »Key Doctors’ Body Pauses Strike As Bengal Calls Meet To Discuss Demands

North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarised border with South Korea, Seoul said on Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital Pyongyang. North Korean troops were working under camouflage on the roads on its side of the border near the west and east coasts that are likely preparations to blow up the roads, possibly as early as on Monday, South Korea’s military spokesman said. Last week, North Korea’s Army said it would completely cut roads and railways connected to South Korea and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported. Separately,… Read More »North Korea Set To Blow Up Cross-Border Roads With South: Seoul

The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), the key doctors’ body, today paused its nationwide shutdown of elective services in hospitals in solidarity with medics’ ongoing protest in West Bengal after the state government called a meeting to discuss their demands. “We will closely assess this meeting’s outcome to ensure it meets the demands of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF). If the meeting fails to produce satisfactory results, we will proceed with a complete boycott from October 15 onward,” the FAIMA said, which yesterday had called for a nationwide strike on Monday. “Emergency services will remain unaffected to uphold our commitment to urgent patient care,” it added. West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj… Read More »Key Doctors’ Body Pauses Strike As Bengal Calls Meet To Discuss Demands

Famed explorer Christopher Columbus was not Italian, as traditionally believed, but possibly a Sephardic Jew from Spain who concealed his true heritage to avoid persecution, a new genetic study suggests. The research, led by Spanish scientists, aims to resolve long-standing uncertainty surrounding Columbus’ background. For years, historians have debated the birthplace of the 15th-century navigator, said to have hailed from Genoa, a republic on Italy’s northwest coast. However, DNA analysis of Columbus’ remains, housed in Seville Cathedral, has produced compelling evidence challenging this narrative, according to a report in the BBC. “We have DNA from Christopher Columbus, very partial but sufficient. We have DNA from Hernando Colón, his son. And both in the Y [male]… Read More »DNA Study Shows Christopher Columbus Was A Jew From Spain. Why It Matters?