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What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to help

An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble. Law enforcement and aid workers — both Moroccan and international — have arrived in the region south of the city of Marrakech that was hardest hit by the magnitude-6.8 tremor on Friday night and several aftershocks. Residents await food, water and electricity, and giant boulders now block steep mountain roads. WHAT ARE THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED? The epicenter was high in the Atlas Mountains about 70

India’s capital renews firecracker ban to combat pollution

Delhi Pollution

NEW DELHI, Sept 11 (Reuters) – India’s New Delhi has reimposed a ban on firecrackers ahead of the Diwali festival to curb air pollution in the winter, when air quality reaches hazardous levels, the capital city’s environment minister said on Monday. Diwali Firecracker Ban Amid Pollution Concern “Manufacturing, storage, sale, online delivery and bursting of any type of firecrackers is completely prohibited in Delhi,” Minister Gopal Rai said at a press conference, adding that police have been instructed to stop issuing licenses for fireworks. Firecrackers are a part of celebrations for the Hindu festival of Diwali, which falls in mid-November

2014 verdict will have retrospective effect, senior officers to lose immunity in corruption cases: SC

Supreme Court (SC)

New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Central government officers of the level of joint secretary and above can be probed and prosecuted without prior nod of the authorities in corruption cases with retrospective effect from September 11, 2003, the Supreme Court held on Monday. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, in an unanimous verdict, ruled that its 2014 verdict, which had struck down a provision of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946 providing immunity to such officers in graft cases, will have retrospective effect. The top court said the 2014 judgement will come into effect

TDP calls for state-wide Bandh tomorrow in protest against Chandrababu Naidu’s arrest

Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 10 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has called for a state-wide Bandh tomorrow in protest against the arrest of party chief, N Chandrababu Naidu. Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu was on Sunday sent to 14 days judicial custody in connection with an alleged Skill Development Corporation scam. On Saturday, Chandrababu Naidu was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with an alleged corruption case. According to officials, the case pertains to the establishment of clusters of Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in the state of Andhra Pradesh,

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