As Lok Sabha polls 2024 start, will extreme heat be a threat to voters? Here’s what IMD has to say
While hot weather is part of everyday life in much of India, the intensity and frequency of heat waves are rising due to climate change, increasing the risk of working or other outdoor activities.
Fetterman scolds Dem colleagues for failing to condemn Iran’s attack on Israel
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., on Thursday slammed his Democratic colleagues for their refusal to condemn Iran for its attack on Israel in retaliation for the deadly bombing of its Syrian consulate earlier this month. “I sincerely thought I’d never witness members of my party refuse to condemn Iran – one of the world’s leading terrorism Read More
How to vote in Lok Sabha Elections 2024? Here’s a step-by-step guide
Voters include 8.4 crore men, 8.23 crore women and 11,371 third gender. There are as many as 35.67 lakh first-time voters, besides 3.51 crore young voters in the age group of 20-29 years.
Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase-1 voting: Check what’s open and closed today
On April 19, certain cities like Aizawl, Itanagar, Jaipur, Kohima, Chennai, Agartala, Dehradun, Shillong, and Nagpur will observe bank closures.
Lok Sabha Election 2024: 16.63 cr voters, 102 seats, over 1600 candidates in fray as polling begins for phase 1 today
As many as 102 parliamentary constituencies across 21 states and Union territories will go to polls in the first phase which is also the largest of the seven phases of the elections.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Key battles to watch out in Phase 1 of polling
The Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu will witness a high-stakes battle, with State BJP president K Annamalai facing DMK leader Ganapathy P Rajkumar and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (AIADMK) Singai Ramachandran.
Rashida Tlaib says colleges punishing anti-Israel students protesting ‘genocide’: ‘It’s appalling’
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, criticized American universities on Thursday for responding to anti-Israel protests on campuses across the country where protesters have engaged in antisemitic behavior. “From UM to Vanderbilt to USC to Columbia, students across our country are being retaliated against for using their constitutional rights to protest genocide. It’s appalling,” Tlaib wrote Read More
US military ‘out of time’ in push against adversaries’ modernization, Air Force secretary says
Senior Air Force officials told U.S. lawmakers that they are “out of time” in modernizing their forces to meet the threats of China and other adversaries. Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and top-ranking military leaders from the Air Force and Space Force shared their chilling warning to a House committee on Wednesday. Read More
Missouri AG slams Kansas City mayor for welcoming Mayorkas’ illegal immigrant parole program
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is calling out Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas after he announced that illegal immigrants would be welcome to come to the city and work under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ illegal immigrant parole program. Bailey highlighted how the open border policies have real-world consequences in a letter to Mayor Lucas Read More
Missouri lawmakers vote to expand tax credit-backed private school scholarships
Missouri lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to expand private school scholarships statewide, an effort made possible by extensive compromises including a commitment to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on public schools. The GOP-led House voted with a bare-minimum margin of 82-69 to send the measure to Republican Gov. Mike Parson. If signed, Read More