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USPS Alcohol Shipping Bill and Drought Monitor Forecast Grim Tuesday May 25th, 2021 Shipping alcoholic beverages by mail. That’s the intent behind a bill introduced last week by U.S. Representative’s Dan Newhouse, of Washington state, and Jackie Speier, of California. The House co-sponsors introduced the USPS Shipping Equity Act, a bipartisan bill that would end the Prohibition-era ban preventing the Postal Service from shipping adult beverages. Newhouse says the Act would give rural producers another option for shipping alcoholic beverages, increasing market access and business investment in our communities. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor isn’t offering any good news for the West. ....
‘Kamyab Jawan’ Programme ensuring financial inclusion of the poor’ National May 25, 2021 Islamabad: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar on Monday said the federal government s Kamyab Jawan’ Programme was ensuring financial inclusion of the poor and marginalised segments of society. Addressing a certificate awarding and cheque distribution ceremony under the ‘Kamyab Jawan’ Programme here, the premier s aide said the inclusion of youth in decision making was the main priority of the government. He urged the youth to be the part of the programme and assist the government in creating job opportunities. Around 100,000 youth have so far been given technical training in 18 different sectors and Rs1 billion has been spent for the purpose, he said. ....
Safety net May 25, 2021 Tamil Nadu has sanctioned Rs 4,000 for every family with ration card as Covid relief - The Hindu Tamil Nadu has sanctioned Rs 4,000 for every family with ration card as Covid relief - The Hindu× As lockdowns begin to bite, governments need to roll out schemes for the poor and migrants Given the surge in cases and deaths in Tamil Nadu, it does not really come as a surprise that the newly elected DMK government was forced to go for a stringent lockdown from May 24 that shut even grocery and vegetable shops. The two days preceding the lockdown saw surging crowds out shopping for essentials across the State leading to fears of a ‘super-spreader’ event; it has raised questions as to whether it was really a good idea to go for a total shutdown. Be that as it may, the more important point, though, is that if stringent lockdowns are to be enforced as the only way to curb the spread of Covid till vaccinations pick up, the poor and ....
Social, living standards acrossmost provinces abysmally poor National Mehtab Haider Most districts of Balochistan, Sindh, KP, southern Punjab show poor standards; surveyfinds 16pc households facing food insecurity; literacy rate for 10-year olds, above stagnantat 60pc since 2014-15 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Social andLiving Standard Measurement(PSLM) survey for 2019-20 showsthat the literacy rate for 10 yearsand above remained stagnant at 60percent compared to the findingsof the same survey done in 2014-15.The results also demonstrate that14 percent of household experiencedmoderate food insecuritywhile 2 percent witnessed severefood insecurity in the country.This official survey known asPSLM was conducted countrywidewith a sample of 6,500 blocksand 19,500 households. The PSLM2019-20 survey provides assessmentof the condition of the districtswith respect to the humandevelopment dimensions like educationand health and living standards.The situation of seven districtso ....