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Month: November 2021

Indian comedian Vir Das sparks explosive online debate with controversial tale of ‘two Indias’

CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN A comedian’s powerful monologue addressing some of India’s most sensitive issues including rape and farmers’ protests has split opinion in the country, with right-wing activists calling for his arrest while supporters rally to his defense. Comedian Vir Das performed “I come from two Indias” — a speech chronicling what he

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EPA overturns approval of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overturned the approval of a massive flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta that officials said was erroneously greenlit in the final days of the Trump administration. EPA officials said the past administration’s November 2020 decision to approve

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Vials labeled ‘Smallpox’ found in Pennsylvania lab freezer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal health authorities have confirmed the discovery of some frozen vials labeled “Smallpox” in a freezer at a Pennsylvania facility that conducts vaccine research. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday the vials “were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker” who was cleaning out the freezer. An official said the

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