hello from union station in downtown los angeles. i m tom brook and welcome to our oscars preview edition of talking movies. in today s programme, we are going to tell you everything you need to know to make sense of this year s oscar ceremony which is taking place partly here, inside the biggest railway station in the western united states. it is the most diverse field of oscar contenders ever a woman could win for best director and, for the first time, a muslim is up for best actor. it is a win for us as a culture when it feels like we are all moving forwards together. we will be hearing from several top contenders. we will also be looking at movies around the world vying for oscars consideration. but first, something a bit different my take on the academy awards and the ceremony s move
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A high-level probe has been launched in India into the smuggling of areca nuts from the neighboring countries. Also known as betel nuts, they are widely chewed across South Asia, despite the harmful health effects. The illegal areca nut trade is alleged to be thriving thanks to the patronage of politicians and government officials across many states in the country.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has swung into action following an order from the Bombay High Court, which heard a Public Interest Litigation alleging that substandard and unsafe areca nuts were being smuggled by traders in connivance with custom officials.
Campco procurement go unhindered
The chocolate cooperative has been purchasing 1.5 tonnes of arecanut a day.
April and May are crucial months for the grower-members of the cooperative. The arecanut-growing regions of Karnataka and Kerala are facing stricter implementation of various measures to control the spread of Covid.
Farmers set to get compost at no cost
Farmers set to get compost at no cost
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 06:00 IST
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) has decided to clear
tonnes of second-grade compost piled up at Doddabidarakallu Solid Waste Processing Plant, by doling it out to farmers.
“All these years, farmers used to bear the
transportation cost of the compost to their farming lands. Now, we have decided to bear the cost and supply the compost for free within a 30-km radius of the solid waste processing plant,’’ said Narasimhamurthy, BBMP Dasarahalli Zone Joint Commissioner (
in the picturesque islands of bocas del toro, panama, a crisis was crewing. cher hughes was missing for two months. now her family and friends wondered if her disappearance had anything to do with another american who left the island abruptly, four months before cher. a man named bo icelar. bo was quiet. introvert. he was a really great guy. bo kept a low profile since moving to bocas from santa fe, new mexico in 2004. the former antique dealer was so