Permission denied for fireworks at Anthimahakalankavu 

Permission denied for fireworks at Anthimahakalankavu 

Permission was denied for fireworks at the Anthimahakalankavu festival at Chelakkara in Thrissur district. The fireworks display was scheduled in the early hours of Sunday. The permission was denied after PESO (Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation) officials allegedly found that banned fireworks like ‘gundu’ and ‘Kuzhiminnal’ had been prepared for the fireworks. Earlier the police … Read more

Justice has been denied, say activists fighting for Joshimath

Justice has been denied, say activists fighting for Joshimath

A man shifts his belonging from an unsafe building in land subsidence affected area in Joshimath on Monday | Photo Credit: PTI Responding to the Supreme Court’s decision of refusing to entertain a petition seeking to declare the Joshimath crisis as ‘national disaster’, and asking the petitioners to approach the Uttarakhand High Court, Atul Sati, … Read more

Denied Assistant, U.S. Paralympian Drops Out of Games

Denied Assistant, U.S. Paralympian Drops Out of Games

July 22, 2021 — U.S. Paralympian Becca Meyers, a three-time gold medal swimmer who is deaf and blind, announced this week that she’s dropping out of the Tokyo Games. Meyers said she made the decision because the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee denied her request to bring her personal care assistant to Japan. A … Read more