In the unrelenting heat of Morocco’s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping on rooftops. Hanna Ouhbour needed refuge too, but she was outside a hospital waiting for her diabetic cousin who was in a room without air conditioning. On Wednesday, there were 21 heat-related deaths at Beni Mellal’s main hospital as temperatures spiked to 48.3 degrees (118.9 degrees Fahrenheit) in the region of 5,75,000 people, most lacking air conditioning. “We don’t have money and we don’t have a choice,” said Ouhbour, a 31-year-old unemployed woman from Kasba Tadla, an even warmer…
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BJD hopes to turn up the heat on BJP in Rajya Sabha, starting with Budget session | India News
The Biju Janata Dal Friday elected Naveen Patnaik as Chairman of its Parliamentary Party – a decision taken at a party meeting to discuss its strategy ahead of the Budget session, starting July 22. Patnaik, the BJD chief, chaired the meeting, which was attended by its nine Rajya Sabha members. “As part of our resolve to aggressively raise the voice of Odisha in the Parliament, all the MPs that requested our president be the chairman of the Parliamentary Party,” BJD Rajya Sabha member Sulata Deo told The Indian Express. Patnaik,…
Decode Politics: What is the ‘MUDA scam’ over which Siddaramaiah is facing BJP heat? | Political Pulse News
For the second time in a month, the Congress government in Karnataka has been rocked by allegations of a scam, triggering a political firestorm in the state. The first was the alleged misappropriation of funds at the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd (KMVSTDC) that led to the resignation of Minister B Nagendra. The latest one is the alleged irregularities in the 50:50 incentive scheme of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). Under the scheme, people who lose land for the development of layouts receive either 50% of…
India facing heat in WTO over wheat export ban
[ad_1] of India wheat export ban And the use of the peace clause to protect its food programs against action from trade disputes has come under fire. world trade organization ,world trade organization, The US, Japan, Canada and Thailand have questioned both of these measures and requested consultations with India on the use of a peace clause to exceed the 10% limit on support given to its rice farmers, along with Uruguay . “They are trying to test the limits of the peace clause as the recent ministerial result did…
In the grip of intense heat in the central United States
[ad_1] Another gruelingly hot day came Wednesday for the middle third of the United States with dangerously high temperatures well above normal, while officials warned people to stay indoors and stay hydrated. millions of Americans who live in major cities like ChicagoDetroit and Atlanta were subject to heat advisories as the heat index, a measure of what the temperature feels like to the human body, was climbed past 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 C.) from the National Weather Service.NWS) Told. “excessive heat and damp The likelihood of heat-related illnesses will increase…
China: Oil consumers face heat of pain as China begins to back into market
[ad_1] oil bull starting to imagine a world in which ChinaThe engine of demand growth, comes back to the market. And if his analysis is correct, summer is about to be painful for oil consumers everywhere, who are already facing rising prices – whether it’s Americans paying $5 a gallon of gasoline, or Brits paying £100 ( $125). normal car. In China, the renewed restrictions in Shanghai point to a rough road ahead, but the world’s biggest crude importer is temporarily emerging from its latest battle with Covid-19. It is…
Agriculture is shining despite the scorching heat due to the halt in manufacturing
[ad_1] Agriculture and allied sector registered a decent 4.1% expansion in the March quarter and continued to be a bright spot in the GDP figures in the latest estimate released earlier this month, while intense heat reduced wheat yields and agriculture The ministry lowered the cotton crop forecast. , However, contraction in the manufacturing sector in the fourth quarter of FY22, though modest and on a favorable basis, does not bode well for the promise of a quick and sharp turnaround in private capital expenditure. Growth in the manufacturing sector,…