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First Black Woman Adorns US Coin

ASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) has begun shipping the first coins in the American Women Quarters (AWQ) Program. These circulating quarters honoring Maya Angelou are manufactured at the Mint facilities in Philadelphia and Denver.... Subscribe

Disquiet on Indo-China Border again

Chinese incursions into Indian territories, provocation after provocation – building a village in Arunachal Pradesh, entering and straying into parts of eastern Ladakh, now building a bridge over the Pangong lake on its side, and its propaganda war over... Subscribe

Liberal Democracy is on Decline

From the early modern period cries of ‘Vigilance is the eternal price of Liberty-’ when new democracies were just born to postmodern times marked by skepticism and cynicism, the gulf is further widening; for today’s predominant... Subscribe

Covid-19: 'Omicorn' is New Varient of Concern, Cautions WHO

The latest variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus that has caused the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, named ‘Omicron’ and first detected recently in South Africa, is a new ‘Variant of Concern (VOC)’, the World Health Organization has declared.... Subscribe

NATIONS AGREE TO SPEED UP ACTION TO REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING

Following is the text of the Official Press Release on the Crux of the Climate Pact arrived at the Glasgow Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or COP26 held in the UK and which concluded on November 13, 2021:... Subscribe