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Austin mask mandate can stay as Ken Paxton challenge continues | The Texas Tribune
US grants Myanmar nationals deportation protections | News | DW | 13.03.2021
The United States has granted temporary deportation protections to Myanmar nationals following a military coup last month. The Biden administration offered similar protections to Venezuelans earlier this week.
Source: US grants Myanmar nationals deportation protections | News | DW | 13.03.2021
Doctor Train
Remember riding the commuter train in Chennai… lol
Srikant anxiously glanced at the time displayed on the HMT Sona strapped on top of a sweaty handkerchief wrapped around his left wrist. People all around him squeezed and pushed each other in a pile of obnoxious human fumes, sweat, and breadth. Beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead and nostrils falling on the shoulder of an old man stuck in front of him like a siamese twin. Travelling on a local train of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system at peak office hours was a daunting task and Srikant was one of the 3.5 million passengers who did it every day.
Well, not every day, Srikant took the Lakshmikantapur Sealdah local at around 7:30 AM from the Baharu station five days a week and after around two hours of jostling with fellow passengers in the locomotive, which travelled fastest at a snail-speed of around thirty-six kilometres an hour, he would…
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Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon
- Palm oil, a crop synonymous with deforestation and community conflicts in Southeast Asia, is making inroads in the Brazilian Amazon, where the same issues are playing out.
- Indigenous and traditional communities say the plantations in their midst are polluting their water, poisoning their soil, and driving away fish and game.
- Scientists have found high levels of agrochemical residues in these communities — though still within Brazil’s legal limits — while prosecutors are pursuing legal cases against the companies for allegedly violating Indigenous and traditional communities’ rights and damaging the environment.
- Studies based on satellite imagery also disprove the companies’ claims that they only plant on already deforested land.
Source: Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon
The Language Of Silence — yaskhan
Silence is a language that needs no words.
The Language Of Silence — yaskhan
The Color Of My Day
American Rescue Plan and the Marketplace | CMS
- The new law will lower premiums for most people who currently have a Marketplace health plan and expand access to financial assistance for more consumers.
- Under the new law, many people who buy their own health insurance directly through the Marketplace will become eligible to receive increased tax credits to reduce their premiums. Starting April 1, 2021, consumers enrolling in Marketplace coverage through HealthCare.gov will be able to take advantage of these increased savings and lower costs.
- Premiums after these new savings will decrease, on average, by $50 per person per month or by $85 per policy per month. Four out of five enrollees will be able find a plan for $10 or less/month after premium tax credits, and over 50% will be able to find a Silver plan for $10 or less.
Thursday Tunes – I’ll Stand By You
Myanmar: U.S. trying to contact Aung San Suu Kyi after civilians die in military custody
- The U.S. is still trying to contact Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted from power as Myanmar’s de facto head of government in a Feb. 1 coup.
- Two members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy have died after Myanmar security forces detained them.
- “We’re working through appropriate channels to make contact with those detained,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
- The U.S. and China have a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18 to discuss a wide range of topics. Myanmar may be on the docket.
Source: Myanmar: U.S. trying to contact Aung San Suu Kyi after civilians die in military custody


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