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Courts will lean toward animals who are silent victims of commercial ventures: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has observed that courts will always lean in favour of animals, who suffer silently when their migration paths are blocked by humans and commercial ventures. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi deferred the hearing on a batch of petitions filed by the owners of hotels and…
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How FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Can Put Patients’ Lives at Risk — ProPublica
Wrapped in a flashy fur coat she’d found at a thrift store for the occasion, Hannah Goetz blew out the candles on her favorite red velvet cheesecake. It was her 21st birthday. The celebration with her family that evening in February 2023 was a milestone not just for her age, but because she was alive. Three and a half years…
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner Nenko Gantchev dies in ICE custody; family and congresswoman call for ‘immediate investigation’
CHICAGO (WLS) — A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during the recent fall immigration enforcement ‘blitz’ has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Michigan private prison. Nenko Gantchev, 56, died Monday at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, MI, which is contracted by ICE to hold undocumented migrants. After multiple inquiries…
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Bitcoin Slips $85k, DATs Threatened By ‘mNAV Rollercoaster’
Cryptocurrency markets experienced another week of downside as investor activity gradually wound down ahead of the holiday period. Bitcoin (BTC) fell over 5% during the past week, dipping to a weekly low of $84,398 on Thursday, before recovering to trade above $87,769 on Friday, TradingView data shows. crypto market volatility continues to threaten the sustainability of digital asset treasury (DAT)…
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State mental health cuts trigger emergency response in East Idaho | Freeaccess
POCATELLO — Local officials are mobilizing emergency response plans as Idaho’s elimination of specialized mental health programs takes effect, with law enforcement and service providers predicting immediate impacts on public safety and hospitals across East Idaho. The cuts, which took effect Dec. 1, eliminated or significantly reduced six evidence-based programs serving approximately 1,000 of Idaho’s most severely mentally ill residents…
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‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising | Chile
A wild valley in Chilean Patagonia has been preserved for future generations and protected from logging, damming and unbridled development after a remarkable fundraising effort by local groups, the Guardian can reveal. The 133,000 hectares (328,000 acres) of pristine wilderness in the Cochamó Valley was bought for $63m (£47m) after a grassroots campaign led by the NGO Puelo Patagonia, and…
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10 Bad Horror Movies With Good Acting
Although it’s a genre that is too often disrespected, horror films are steadily beginning to be treated with more prestige thanks to some extraordinary examples in recent years that show how flexible they can be. Not only did horror films like Black Swan, Get Out, and The Substance get Academy Award recognition, but they managed to get their stars nominated…
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8 elephants killed after being hit by Rajdhani Express
Eight elephants were killed and one injured after a herd was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam’s Hojai district in the wee hours of Saturday, a forest official said. Five coaches and the train’s engine were derailed in the incident, though no injuries to passengers were reported, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said. The spokesperson said…
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Inside the FDA’s vaccine uproar
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Six days after a senior FDA official sent a sweeping internal email claiming that covid vaccines had caused the deaths of “at least 10 children,” 12 former FDA commissioners released an extraordinary warning in the Dec.…
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Palestinians tell BBC they were sexually abused in Israeli prisons
BBC Sami al-Saei alleges that he was sexually abused by prison guards while being detained without charge This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse and violence which some readers may find distressing. Two Palestinian men have told the BBC they personally experienced the kind of beatings and sexual abuse highlighted in recent reports into the treatment of prisoners in Israeli…
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