Himachal Govt sacks 11 cops for involvement in drug trade

Himachal Govt sacks 11 cops for involvement in drug trade

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presiding over a high-level meeting in Shimla on Monday. In a move reflecting its zero-tolerance stance on narcotics, the Himachal government on Monday dismissed as many as 11 police personnel from service for alleged involvement in the illicit trade of ‘chitta’ (heroin). Those dismissed include constables and inspector … Read more

Wheat Falling Post-USDA Data Release

Wheat Falling Post-USDA Data Release

The wheat complex is trading with losses across all three markets, giving back early session gains. Chicago SRW futures are down 5 to 6 cents at midday. KC HRW futures are posting 3 to 6 cent losses. MPLS spring wheat is fractionally lower at midday, Export Inspections data showed wheat shipments at 317,465 MT (11.66 … Read more

Crude Oil Prices Boosted by Dollar Weakness and Iranian Protests

Crude Oil Prices Boosted by Dollar Weakness and Iranian Protests

February WTI crude oil (CLG26) today is up +0.21 (+0.36%), and February RBOB gasoline (RBG26) is up +0.0147 (+0.83%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are moving higher today, with crude posting a 5-week high.  Today’s dollar weakness is bullish for energy prices.  Also, rising tensions in Iran, the fourth-largest producer in OPEC, are supporting crude … Read more

Corn Starting Monday with Slight Gains

Corn Starting Monday with Slight Gains

Corn is showing Monday AM gains of 1 to 2 cents. Futures spent the Friday session squaring up ahead of Monday’s USDA report, with contracts fractionally lower. March managed to close the week with an 8 ¼ cent gain. Open interest was down 2,028 contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down ¼ cent … Read more

White Dwarf Star (Artist’s Concept) – NASA

White Dwarf Star (Artist’s Concept) – NASA

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization. Image Credit: MIT/Jose-Luis Olivares Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0-2/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare Source link