New Delhi: Would the Centre create a dedicated all India environment management services (AIEMS) as per recommendations of a high level committee led by ex-cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian, the Supreme Court asked on Friday, despite harbouring lurking doubts about its jurisdiction to enter into a highly opinionated thicket. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: The Texas synagogue attack has again exposed Pakistan’s links with international terrorism, the government said Friday while calling for an unambiguous, undivided, effective and collective response to the global threat from international terrorism network. Without naming Pakistan, foreign secretary Harsh Shringla, while underlining the threat from terrorism, said the recent incident in Texas…Continue Reading
AGARTALA/SHILLONG/NEW DELHI: Congratulating the three Northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya on their 50th statehood day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said improvements in connectivity and infrastructure had pivoted the states into connectivity hubs, well placed for fast-paced development. In separate video messages to the three states, Modi described them as lands of…Continue Reading
International Overdose Awareness Day will be observed on Aug. 31, with the availability of those wanting to place a ribbon on the memorial tree at the gazebo in downtown Fayetteville able to do so between Aug. 29-31. Drug Free Fayette member Doreen Barr said Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. “This day is a…Continue Reading
Fayette County currently has highest Census 2020 response rate of any county in Georgia, with local census officials asking that everyone who has not participated do so. According to the Census 2020 website for census response rates, as of Aug. 21, Fayette County has the highest return rate of any county in the state of…Continue Reading
Here’s the Covid-19 pandemic report from the Georgia Department of Public Health as of 2:50 p.m., Aug. 26. SUMMARY: After a brief dip, Covid-19 cases numbers and percentage of confirmed illnesses are on the rise in Fayette. Fayette reported 19 new cases today, while the rates of positive confirmed tests have risen from 5.2% two days…Continue Reading
The Fayette County Public School System’s state-funded Bright from the Start Pre-K program currently has openings for the 2020-2021 school at seven of its elementary schools. The following schools have openings: Cleveland Elementary: 770-716-3905 Fayetteville Elementary: 770-460-3560 Inman Elementary: 770-460-3565 North Fayette Elementary: 770-460-3570 Peachtree City Elementary: 770-631-3250 Sara Harp Elementary: 770-716-3910 Spring Hill Elementary: 770-460-3432 Families interested in registering their child…Continue Reading
Fairfax County school buses sit in a in Lorton, Va., July 22, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools has instructed principals in the district to suspend students who refuse to wear a mask in school, defying an order by Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin that grants parents the authority to select whether…Continue Reading
Pro-life demonstrators take part in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C, January 21, 2022. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Thousands of pro-life demonstrators converged on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. Friday for the 49th annual March for Life with a collective conviction and commitment to defeating abortion in their lifetime. Thousand of pro-life demonstrators make the…Continue Reading
A Police vehicle sits outside of the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, January 16, 2022. (Andy Jacobsohn/AFP via Getty Images) FBI officials said Friday that a British national taking a rabbi and three other people at a Texas synagogue last weekend was an “act of terrorism” and a “federal hate crime.” “This is…Continue Reading