NEW YORK (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio announced April 22, Earth Day, that the City of New York will resume its world-leading Curbside Composting Program, which had been put on hold due to the budgetary […]
City will phase in 75 electric school buses over the next two years; To support citywide electric vehicle adoption, the administration will expand legislation that requires all new parking lots include EV charging infrastructure NEW […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): “I don’t believe for a second that you will actually do this,” she lectured the lawmakers of the House Oversight Committee’s environmental subcommittee. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg warned U.S. lawmakers Thursday, April […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Prominent Indian-American civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta has been confirmed by the US Senate as associate attorney general, making her the first person of color to occupy the third highest position at the […]
NEW YORK /AMRITSAR (TIP): The 400th Parkash Purb centenary celebrations were scheduled to be celebrated at Bhai Gurdas Ji Nagar, New Amritsar. But due to rise in Covid cases, these ceremonies will now be held […]
NEW YORK (TIP): U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% by 2030 relative to 2005 levels, in a clean break with the Trump administration policies on […]
The country reported 3,15,660 infections and 2,091 deaths. NEW DELHI /NEW YORK (TIP): India set a world record of sorts on April 21 when it registered, for the first time, more than 3 lakh COVID-19 […]
MINNEAPOLIS (TIP): Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday, April 20, of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case […]
“There is no doubt that India would have managed the Covid crisis better if the Government based its policies on the advice of health experts rather than relying on ancient traditions and beliefs. Banging of […]
WASHINGTON(TIP): The Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced, April 22, they are disbursing nearly 2 million payments in the sixth batch of Economic Impact […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service, on April 22, issued Revenue Procedure 2021-20 for certain businesses that received first-round Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans but did not deduct any of the […]
“If you must travel to India, get fully vaccinated before travel”: CDC WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to 80 per cent of the world. It has also warned them […]
By a vote of 216-208, the Democratic-controlled House approved the initiative with no Republican support. WASHINGTON (TIP): The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, April 22, narrowly voted, for the second time in less than […]
About 17.4 million people were continuing to collect unemployment benefits in the week that ended April 3 WASHINGTON (TIP): The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 5,47,000, a new low […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April, will again see more than 1 billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and […]
Mindsets must change to rein in police brutality, racism Nine minutes and 29 seconds — that’s how long Derek Chauvin, a White police officer, kept African-American George Floyd pinned under his knee on a pavement […]
By announcing that all U.S. troops would be pulled out of Afghanistan by September 11, President Joe Biden has effectively upheld the spirit of the Trump-Taliban deal, rather than defying it. In the agreement between […]
By Mabel Pais HONOREES: JOHN C. DEBNEY, ROBERT MORRISON & ARTS ED NJ ANNUAL GALA APRIL 22, 2021 @ 7 PM EDT, FREE REPLAY AVAILABLE ON WHARTONARTS.TV The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts (WIPA) […]
By Mabel Pais Celebrating Stories of People with Disabilities Highlighting Themes of Inclusion, Accessibility, Authentic Casting and Responsible Representation at JCC Manhattan Virtual Cinema April 29 – May 5 The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s (MMJCCM) […]
30-40 percent already got afflicted in India: Nephrology Expert Can Covid-19be kind enough to my Kidneys!! Any patient having diabetes or Kidney illness can be apprehensiveof virus attack specially during ongoing second wave of pandemic […]
Tucked away in the thickets of green on the southern tip of Northeast India, Mizoram, the “Land of Blue Mountains”, is a nature lover’s paradise. Sandwiched between Bangladesh and Myanmar, this fifth smallest state in […]
Ram Navami is one the most celebrated Hindu festival that is observed on the ninth day of the Shukla Paksha in the month of Chaitra (Hindu calendar). As per the Gregorian calendar, the day usually […]
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday after US inflation ticked up and Japanese machinery orders fell. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney rose. Tokyo was off less than 0.5%. Wall Street’s benchmark […]
Bitcoin advanced Wednesday, breaching the $64,000 level for the first time after eclipsing its most recent record in March a day earlier as the mood in cryptocurrencies turned bullish ahead of Coinbase Global Inc.’s listing […]
With all major tax heads yielding revenues significantly higher than the respective revised estimates (RE) shown in the Budget, the Centre has appropriated an additional Rs 78,000 crore as net (post-devolution) tax revenue in FY21. […]
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