US already dispatched 600 plus firefighters to Canada to fight wildfires. President Biden, who linked phenomenon to climate change, said US officials were monitoring air quality & aviation delays.
Canada is enduring its most destructive start to wildfire season, with about 448,000 square kilometers – an area larger than Netherlands in western Europe – already burnt.
The forest fires started in British Columbia & Alberta. While most fires in the western provinces are under control, they have now opened new fronts spreading to eastern provinces.
The skies above New York and many other North American cities grew progressively hazier through Wednesday, with an eerie yellowish tinge filtering through the smoky canopy.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.
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