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Trump blames environmental laws for California fires

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 | ,

New Delhi– United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed “bad environmental laws” for California wildfires and said the state is burning because the laws aren’t allowing available water to be properly utilised. “California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amounts of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Must also tree clear to stop fire from spreading,” President Trump tweeted. The US President further wrote that California Governor Jerry Brown must allow the ‘free flow’ of water from the North which he said was ‘foolishly being diverted’ into the Pacific Ocean. “Governor Jerry Brown must allow the Free Flow of the vast amounts of water coming from the North and foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Can be used for fires, farming and everything else. Think of California with plenty of Water – Nice! Fast Federal govt. approvals,” read the tweet. Catastrophic wildfires continue to wreck California, as one fire exploded in size over the weekend, making it the second largest in the state’s history. No one has been reported injured in the Mendocino Complex Fire, which consists of two fires – the Ranch Fire and the River Fire – burning around Clear Lake, in Northern California, reported CNN. Firefighters are trying to douse the 17 major...

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Minor killed, parents injured in landslide

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 |

Banepa– A child was killed while his parents were injured when a landslide hit their house at Narikharka of Mandandeupur of Kavrepalanchok district early this morning. According to district police office chief Rabiraj Khadka, the deceased minor has been identified as 18 months old Deepak Tamang. Similarly, deceased child’s father Hem Bahadur Tamang and mother Sita Maya Tamang were injured in the incident. The incident had occurred at around 2:00 AM today, police added....

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Flood poses threat to17 families

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 | ,

Myagdi– As many as 17 families are facing serious threat due to continuous landslips from the cliff above human settlement at Beni municipality-4, Surkemela village. The disaster has prompted the vulnerable families to seek safe shelter at the homes of relatives and neighbours. The mudslide from the hill of Beni municipality-3 to human settlement located in the bottom has posed a menace to the families. Besides, the landslide-triggered flood has initiated eroding the residential area, increasing further risks to the local dwellers. As many as 17 households are on verge of displacement due to landslide, said Tika Bahadur Rana, a local. It may be noted that the landslide occurring from Rakhu cliff had buried the human settlement at Surkemela leaving 12 people dead around 44 years ago....

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Noted artist Mishra passes away

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 | ,

Kathmandu– Noted artist and literary figure Manuj Babu Mishra passed away due to cardiac arrest this morning. He was 83. Mishra breathed his last at 2.00 am while he was asleep at his residence, said the family sources. Suffering from high blood pressure, Mishra has not come outside his residence (cave) for the past two decades. His autobiographical piece ‘Adhai Dashak Gufama (Two-and-a-half Decades in Cave)’ was published two years ago. The Late Mishra is the father of Coordinator of the Bibeksheel Sajha Party, Rabindra Mishra, and Principal of College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Dr Manju Mishra. Mishra’s last rites will be performed after the arrival of his youngest son from abroad. He is survived by wife, two sons and two daughters....

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Unilateral road construction drive on disputed border area breaches understanding

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 | ,

Bhimduttanagar– In a brazen breach of a common understanding reached earlier in the Nepal-India joint border survey team, the southern neighbour has hastened to unilaterally construct a road on a border nearby Bhimdutta municipality-9, Brahmadev. Presently, the Indian side is expanding road connectivity nearby main pillar number three along the Nepal-India border area claiming its territory. It may be noted that the joint survey team had agreed to recognize the Tanakpur dam step – which was constructed at power house towards 1000 metres north from Tanakpur) – as Nepal-India border following the survey. Indian’s long drive to construct around 1300 metres road from Tanakpur barrage to the fence of Brahmadev Bazaar in the north has irked Nepali denizens on the border. Ward-9 Chairperson of Bhimdutta municipality, Ram Nath informed that India has initiated expanding its road encroaching around 200 metres Nepali land without once coordinating with another side. There has been a persisting dispute after the disappearance of border pillar number 3. The survey team had presumably concluded that the disappeared border pillar (number 3) lies in the same border area where the road is being built now. Locals people resorted to protest the hegemonic drive of Indian side in expanding road in the same border area, said Gagan Singh Karki, a local. He further shared, “The number 3rd border pillar was located in the mid of the Mahakali...

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