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लद्दाख के ठंडे रेगिस्तान की जलवायु कम बारिश, बहुत कम हवा, तेज सौर विकिरण और गलाने वाली सर्दियों के लिए जानी जाती है। इस बंजर भूमि के बीच मोम या रोएंदार पत्तियों जैसी विशेषताओं के साथ जंगली खाद्य पौधे पानी के नुकसान को कम करते हैं और कठोर बनाते हैं। इससे समुद्र तल से 2,800-5,500 […] The post जानिए कैसे ठंडे रेगिस्तान की जड़ी-बूटियां बदल रही हैं पहाड़ी अर्थव्यवस्था appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

तीन साल पहले दक्षिणी झारखंड के सरायकेला खरसावां जिले के बड़ासेगोई गांव में किसी ने सोचा भी नहीं था कि इस गाँव में धान के आलावा और भी कुछ उगाया जा सकता है। सालाना करीब 1100 से 1300 मिमी बारिश होने के बावजूद भी इस गाँव के लोगों को पानी की कमी का सामना करना […] The post बादल बरसे, फिर भी पानी की कमी… झारखंड के इस गांव ने यह पहेली कैसे सुलझाई? appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

The TVA confirmation vote of former Nashville auto magnate Lee Beaman hit a wall this week amid questions about two Washington, D.C. rowhouses he owns and ties to embattled U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles. The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works was set to forward Beaman’s nomination to the full Senate until it ran […]

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Since being collared in Zambia two years ago, a young bull elephant known to researchers as Z16 has walked nearly 12,000 kilometers, or 7,500 miles — three times the distance between New York and Los Angeles. In that time, Z16 has traversed four countries and visited six national parks. In Southern Africa overall, populations of […]

When Wisconsin Planned Parenthood clinics temporarily paused abortion services in October because of a new law halting federal Medicaid reimbursements, patients turned to the state’s two independent clinics for care.  Demand at Affiliated Medical Services in Milwaukee quadrupled, according to clinic director Dabbie Phonekeo.  “It happened all of a sudden. We were all scrambling to […]

A long-stalled oil refinery proposed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park recently appeared on a short list of projects being considered for North Dakota Legacy Fund investment. Meridian Energy Group first proposed the Davis Refinery for a site near Belfield in 2016. The company, by 2022, had weathered the pandemic, won a pair of lawsuits seeking […]

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The first investment of North Dakota Legacy Fund dollars into an in-state infrastructure project could be made in early 2026 and help bolster a proposed pipeline to export natural gas out of the Bakken oil field.  The state has allocated $150 million from the Legacy Fund for investment in “asset-based projects,” such as infrastructure, real […]

The 11th Commandment, according to President Ronald Reagan, ​​was “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”  Reagan used the phrase during his 1966 campaign to become California governor, and according to a 2017 Politico story, the phrase spoke to a larger issue: Moderate and conservative wings of the Republican Party were at odds […]

Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger moved Thursday to elevate one of the General Assembly’s most seasoned environmental lawmakers, selecting Del. David Bulova, D-Fairfax, to lead Virginia’s natural and historic resources portfolio when she takes office next month. Spanberger said Bulova’s decades in environmental planning and his legislative work on water quality, Chesapeake Bay cleanup and conservation policy […]

Republicans in Congress want to give states more authority to remove ineligible voters — including noncitizens and people who have moved or died — from voter rolls, seeking to reinforce the Trump administration’s own push to scrub the lists.  At a U.S. House hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers weighed changing a landmark federal voter registration law, […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson committed Wednesday to hold a vote next week on a package of bills that he said would lower health insurance premiums for hundreds of millions of Americans, not just those enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans.  But the Louisiana Republican’s promise didn’t come with any details about which […]

Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot, that the hospital called an elder abuse hotline and then the police, her son alleged in a lawsuit. Hunt died five days later. Her death certificate said the foot injury […]

Starr Lodge Four of us sleep in borrowed beds at Starr Lodge; the fifth, our host — the one who left our  Pennsylvania town decades ago for northern Maine — sleeps in his own with his wife.   Before the alarm rings, the truck is already loaded: two canoes strapped down, chairs wedged in,  decoys packed, […] The post The Rush at Rush Pond   appeared first on The Daily Yonder.

When Cara Romero’s daughter was 11, she became interested in dolls. Romero, who is an enrolled member of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe in Southern California, began to think about doll culture more deeply and what it can convey to the next generation.  Romero’s husband grew up collecting G.I. Joes, and her mother-in-law had her own […]

After a slew of early season injuries, Coach Keegan Cook put the pieces together in time for the NCAA tournament.  The post Gophers volleyball freshman class gets taste of success in regional semifinals  appeared first on MinnPost.

Time is the biggest challenge facing nontraditional students who want to earn a degree. There are ways to make the system work for them. The post A Twin Cities blueprint for nontraditional student success appeared first on MinnPost.

Plus: How Minnesota became a hub for Somalis; tips to cut heating costs; and St. Paul City Council wants to investigate officers' use of force. The post DOJ sues Minneapolis Public Schools appeared first on MinnPost.

Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne called it “the hardest budget season that I think I’ve been in." The post After weeks of debate, Minneapolis City Council approves $2B budget appeared first on MinnPost.