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24 million people could lose health insurance under Republican health plan

Twenty-four million people will lose health insurance by 2026 if the healthcare plan put forward by House Republicans is enacted, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a report released Monday.

Mar 14, 2017

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Unsolved killing of Latin American activists has left many frustrated

Mexico has emerged as one of the most perilous countries in the region. Organised crime, state-sanctioned intimidation and near-total impunity have proved to be a hazardous and often deadly combination for the many activists trying to protect the country’s natural resources. In January, Mexico’s Center for Environmental Rights (CEMDA) released a report that documented 63 attacks against environmental activists in 2015 and 2016. However, this only included cases reported on by the media or other NGOs, so the number could be much higher.The high rate of human rights abuses in Mexico has drawn increasing international attention: Baldenegro was killed while UN Special Rapporteur Michel Frost was in Mexico investigating attacks against activists. Still, the renewed global focus on the activists’ plight doesn’t mean the violence has waned. Baldenegro had been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for his campaign to protect Mexico’s ancient forests from illegal logging—the same work that led to his father’s murder 30 years ago. His death came less than a year after the shooting death of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, who received the Goldman prize in 2015. “It used to be that when you got to that level of awareness about your work, it gave you some measure of protection,” says Article 19’s David Banisar. “Now even that seems to be undermined. It’s a good indication that things are getting worse.”

Mar 14, 2017

BJP's N Biren Singh to take oath as CM of Manipur on March 15

BJP MLAs had met Manipur Governor on Monday evening and staked claim to form government by submitting a list of 33 MLAs.

Mar 14, 2017

Aruvikkara: KS Sabarinadhan responds to viral videos of party worker attacking old woman over placing MLA's flex board

"The incident is unjustifiable," Aruvikkara MLA KS Sabarinadhan told International Business Times, India.

Mar 14, 2017

Battleground Karnataka: Is the Congress' Southern redoubt in danger of being overrun?

Congress leaders in Karnataka have said that the politics of the state differ from that of UP and hence there is nothing much to worry about in the elections next year. Bluster?

Mar 14, 2017

Manohar Parrikar Swearing-In: Former Defence Minister sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa along with 9 MLAs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Manohar Parrikar after he was sworn in as the chief minister of Goa.

Mar 14, 2017

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Top five facts about the GOP health care bill

The GOPs American Health Care Act would roll back the individual mandate for people to buy insurance, reverse most Obamacare taxes, introduce a new, smaller system of tax credits based on age rather than income, and overhaul Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor.

Mar 10, 2017

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Parliament rejects bid to give parliament and EU nationals more rights in Brexit process

British politicians vote against attempts to give parliament more power to reject final terms of Britains exit from European Union, and to guarantee on the rights of EU nationals in Britain, clearing the way for the government to give formal notice of its intention to leave the EU.

Mar 14, 2017

Gayatri Prajapati gang rape case: UP police arrests absconding minister's 2 sons, 3 others

The UP police have so far arrested six people in connection with the case but Prajapati is still on the run.

Mar 14, 2017

MCD elections: Delhi CM Kejriwal writes to EC saying EVMs should not be used for civic body polls; Congress behind move?

The MCD elections are to be held in April, and while the BJP looks to return to power, the AAP looks to defeat them in all three corporations.

Mar 14, 2017

Trouble within Congress over Govt formation as Goa MLAs blame senior leaders for 'total mismanagement'

The Congress, which won 17 seats in the 40-seat Assembly, needed the support of regional parties to add only four seats so that they could stake claim to form the government in Goa.

Mar 14, 2017

Enjoy the beaches of Goa, but don't step on the last nails in the Congress party's coffin!

The Congress might have been arithmetically ahead in Goa, but its failure to build on the chemistry with local kingmakers like the MGP and GFP helped the BJP inch closer to power, despite the odds.

Mar 14, 2017

Shashi Tharoor for PM in 2019? Only if he can take time out from fighting the British!

After the debacle in four of five states that recently went to polls, an online petition has been launched to make Shashi Tharoor as the Congress' PM candidate for 2019 LS polls. Is Tharoor, who carries an elitist image, really a sensible choice?

Mar 14, 2017

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Goa government formation by BJP: Supreme Court orders floor test on March 16 over Congress petition

The apex court also took the Congress to task for not presenting its numbers or affidavits, and not opposing the Goa governor's invitation to the BJP to form government.

Mar 14, 2017

10 years after Nandigram firing: Mamata's political journey that began on March 14, 2007, has hit a hurdle a decade later

The killing of 14 people in police firing in Nandigram, West Bengal, on March 14, 2007, had kickstarted Mamata Banerjee's political career. Ten years later, she has found a wall called Narendra Modi in front of her.

Mar 14, 2017

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