KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has urged the people not to visit their relatives on Eidul Fitr because the detection rate of Covid-19 cases had risen to 30 per cent after the last.
Can Indonesia avoid repeat of 2015 haze crisis? SHARE
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As another outbreak of forest fires in Indonesia sends harmful smoke drifting across parts of Southeast Asia, researchers and environmental activists have urged Jakarta to step up efforts to prevent a repeat of the last major haze crisis in 2015.
Emergencies were declared in six Indonesian provinces on Sumatra island and in Kalimantan last week as fires raged, while neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia issued health warnings about the air pollution that is heading their way. Arie Rompas, a Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner who is from Kalimantan on Borneo island, said that with no rain since July, peatland fires were intensifying in areas burned in the 2015 disaster.
Spring cocktails bring the freshness of the season
Jessica Kelly
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At The Maker hotel in Hudson, a traditional martini, left, and a more exotic cocktail called The Secret Garden. The latter is made with bright blue Empress 1908 Gin, grapefruit, lemon and Italicus Rosalio, an Italian liqueur infused with rose petals. (Jessica Kelly/For the Times Union) Jessica Kelly/For the Times Union
The changing of the seasons gives bartenders the opportunity to renew their spirit of innovation. Bright, beautiful colors and garden-grown natural notes bring the welcome flavor of spring in a glass to these local establishments.
The Maker Cafe