"As the county on Friday experienced searing temperatures, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) #Punjab issued an alert for #heatwave, #rains, and #storms expected this month."
Yup, thats THREE 'natural disasters' expected in the province this month.
Let that not distract you from the main headline - #schools will be closed because of them.
Congress and AAP Seal Seat-Sharing Deal for Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa, but to Go Solo in Punjab
AAP MP Sandeep Pathak said that the two parties have set aside their political interests as the 'intention of this alliance is that it is the country which is important, the party is always secondary.'
In Photos: Delhi's Singhu Border Is a Maze of Barricades as Govt Works to Keep Farmers Away
Over a hundred barricades and concrete boulders, fortified with barbed wire, have been erected along the roads, creating a formidable obstacle for the protesters.
The problem is that not many people remember, and even fewer are aware of the short shrift the Canadian government has given to this issue. Here is a decent video done by a Canadian, for a Canadian audience, from a Canadian perspective ➡️ https://sfba.social/@TruthSandwich/111690554781660316
Governors sitting on Bills is a dangerous scribbling of the ‘grammar of anarchy’
It does not bode well for federalism and democracy in India that the Supreme Court has to intervene in the routine procedure of governors clearing the Bills passed by state assemblies, writes S.N. Sahu.
Smog Isn’t Just About Farmers – We Breathe the Soot of Our Own Ecological Sins
It’s not only our lungs but perhaps our brains that have become fogged. We have failed to see that historically, stubble burning contributes only 6% to the pollution, yet the public is quick to make the farmers the scapegoats, and not the policymakers.
Supreme Court directs Punjab governor to decide on pending bills
In a separate plea by Tamil Nadu, the court highlighted that Article 200 of the Constitution mandates the governor to return the bills ‘as soon as possible’.
O Mother, do not talk to me about the Kheras.
I belong to Ranjha, and he belongs to me.
And the Kheras dream aimlessly.
People say Heer is crazy, and her companion is a cowherd!
~ Shah Hussain
Stylistically and intellectually, Punjabi poets drew heavy influences from spiritual traditions in Hinduism and Islam and Bulleh Shah, too, wrote most of his works in the kafi style of poetry, alongside composing verses in other styles such as Doha, 👇🏻
Images of the two Punjabs, partitioned yet forever alike
A photographer’s journey through the Punjab in India and Pakistan shows a land and a people still tied together, despite Partition and the militarised border in between.
" #ClimateChange has made the South Asian monsoon evermore unpredictable. Heavy rains in the catchment areas of the Beas, Ravi & #Sutlej rivers deep inside #India have flooded #Pakistan ’s #Punjab province."
Great read on how India & Pak carved up the #Indus Rivers under the world's most successful water treaty, & how climate crisis is ruining it