Both houses of Maharashtra legislature adjourned amid din after oppn boycotts all-party meet on Maratha quota | Mumbai News

Both houses of Maharashtra legislature witnessed uproar on Wednesday over the opposition boycotting the all-party meeting convened earlier by the chief minister on the Maratha reservation issue, leading to adjournment of the legislative assembly and council for the day. The all-party meeting convened on Tuesday evening was boycotted by Maha Vikas Aghadi members accusing the government of not taking them into confidence. In the Lower House, presiding officer Sanjay Shirsat hurriedly conducted the day’s business, including passing supplementary and budgetary demands, an appropriation bill, and a tax-related amendment bill, before…

Bill to limit cryptocurrency mining passes New York Legislature

[ad_1] New York lawmakers have passed a landmark environmental measure designed to put the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations that burn fossil fuels. Both supporters and opponents say the bill, approved by the state Senate early Friday, is the first of its kind in the US. If it becomes law, it would establish a two-year moratorium on new and renewed air permits for fossil fuel power plants used for energy-intensive “proof-of-work” cryptocurrency mining. A term for one that records and secures transactions in bitcoin and similar digital…