Author: Amna Lakdawala

Women who travelled for abortion would be arrested by states, a prediction made by Biden

President Joe Biden anticipated on Friday that some states will try to arrest women who cross state lines to obtain abortion, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to the procedure nationwideAfter the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision last week, thirteen Republican-led states prohibited or strictly controlled the procedure under so-called “trigger laws.” Women seeking abortions in those states may have to travel to states where abortion is still legal. On Friday, during a virtual meeting with Democratic state governors on abortion rights, Biden stated that “people are going to be shocked…

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A new lawsuit hit Tesla, alleging black workers facing racial abuse.

Former employees claim they were subjected to racial slurs and offensive behavior while working at the automaker’s facilities. Fifteen Black former or current Tesla employees on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the electric car company on the grounds of racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers mentioned on how they were exposed to offensive racist comments and behavior regularly by managers, colleagues and human resources employees, as per the lawsuit filed in a California state court. The harassment case included using slurs like “nigger,” “slavery,” or “plantation” or making sexual comments like “likes booty,” as per the lawsuit,…

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53 migrants were killed in Texas as two more men got charged with a truck smuggling incident.

The suspected driver of a truck discovered overlooked in Texas with dozens of bodies in there has been charged with death by migrant smuggling. Homero Zamorano was apprehended by police in San Antonio while portrayed as a migrant in a bush near the lorry. The tragedy claimed the lives of 53 people, many of whom died from heatstroke and dehydration after being trapped inside the truck in sweltering heat with no access to water. It is the deadliest case of human trafficking in US history. According to a top Mexican immigration official, Mr Zamorano, who is from Texas, “tried passing…

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Less than 10% scored by 180 districts, portraying the poor digital learning in schools

According to the 2019-20 Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D), schools across India performed poorly in the category of digital learning. This received the lowest scores when compared to the other parameters considered when creating the index. According to the index, 180 districts scored less than 10% on digital learning, 146 districts scored 11 to 20%, and 125 districts scored between 21 and 30%. A Ministry of Education report released on Monday showed that as India entered the pandemic year, students in approximately 61% of the country’s districts had very little visibility to digital learning due to the limited amount…

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141 trains cancelled by Indian Railways, 52 to be rescheduled on Tuesday

The agitators have attacked train stations in several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Telangana. According to an Indian Railways press release, 141 trains scheduled for Tuesday have been cancelled entirely or partially. SGLA-ANDI KISAN SPL (00101), Sangola-Adarsh Nagar Delhi, RV-BZM KISAN (00105), Raver to Bhimsen, DVL-MFP KISAN (00107), Davlali to Muzaffarpur Junction are among the trains that have been cancelled. According to the Railways, the GNO-SNDT PASSENGER SPL, which was scheduled to depart from NSC Bose J GMO to Sindri town at 4:35 pm, has been partially cancelled from NSC Bose J GMO to Dhanbad Jn and will…

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A shooting took place in a Oslo gay bar, 2 dead and several wounded.

Pride parade organisers cancel the event amid fears that an attack might just have targeted the LGBT+ community. According to police, two people were killed as well as more than a dozen individuals were wounded in a mass shooting next to a LGBT gay bar in Oslo. The shooting occurred early Saturday in Oslo’s downtown area, according to police, and is now being investigated as a plausible terrorist act. The shooter allegedly opened fire right outside The London Pub, a popular gay bar, and it dispersed to a nearby club and surrounding streets. “Two people have been confirmed dead,” the…

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Abortion rights overturned as the US Supreme Court ends the ruling of Roe v Wade

After the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision, millions of women in the United States will lose their constitutional right to abortion. . The decision opens the door for individual states to prohibit the procedure. . Half of them are expected to impose new restrictions or bans. Thirteen states have already approved so-called trigger laws that make abortion illegal by default. . President Joe Biden called it a “tragic error” and encouraged states to pass legislation allowing the procedure. . According to research from Planned Parenthood, a healthcare organisation that provides abortions, abortion access is expected to…

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Two by-elections lost by UK Conservatives

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is under tension after losing two parliamentary seats. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Conservative Party lost two parliamentary seats on Friday, spurring the party’s chairman to resign and renewing hesitations about Britain’s embattled leader’s future. The losses are one of the Conservatives’ traditional southern heartlands and one in a seat won from Labour in the previous election. This suggests that the electoral coalition Johnson assembled for the 2019 national election is fraying. After months of controversy over COVID-19 lockdown parties and a growing cost-of-living crisis, Johnson’s transformation from vote winner to electoral…

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Congress to suspend the gasoline tax

To combat record gasoline prices, US President Joe Biden considered a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax on Wednesday. President Joe Biden asked Congress on Wednesday to suspend the federal gas tax temporarily to slow the rapid rise in gas prices. While a suspension may provide some immediate relief, experts warn that it may also keep demand elevated, exacerbating the tight supply. Consumers are being impacted by increased prices everywhere, causing the administration headaches ahead of the November midterm elections. However, the most visible strain on consumer wallets is the rise in fuel prices — signs at corner gas…

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