The Daily Populous

Saturday June 3rd, 2017 evening edition

image for Meet Ummul Kher who battled bone disorder, unsupportive parents, lived in a slum and cracked UPSC exam

As someone living with fragile bone disorder since she was a kid, odds were always against Ummul Kher.

This week she cracked the civil services exam in her first attempt.

Kher, who has received 16 fractures and eight surgeries due to her disease, came to Delhi from Rajasthan when she was around five years old.

Her father then worked as street vendor selling clothes near Hazrat Nizamuddin while the family lived in a nearby slum.

Kher took admission in Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for The Physically Handicapped, where she studies till Class 5.

Life was difficult, but what came after that was “both difficult and painful” as Kher puts it.

Sehnag Begum, who lives in Trilokpuri where Kher lived for around three years said, “She is a brave child. »

Earth to Trump: You Are On Your Own

Authored by commondreams.org

The overwhelming global response to President Donald Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement was essentially, "Go jump in a lake"—or as one Germany tabloid succinctly phrased it in a widely circulated headline:.

Later, Macron took to Twitter to highlight Trump's divisive "America first" rhetoric, which the U.S president employed to falsely justify the withdrawal.

While this is a shameful day for President Trump and his people, it will not deter the rest of us. »

California Lawmakers Move One Step Closer Toward Ending Daylight Saving Time

Authored by ktla.com

× California Lawmakers Move One Step Closer Toward Ending Daylight Saving Time.

Lawmakers in the state Assembly approved an effort on Thursday that could end with California voters scrapping the biannual tradition of moving their clocks ahead or behind by an hour.

Assembly Bill 807 is the second effort in as many years by the Legislature to revisit California’s use of Daylight Saving Time. »

Saving Lives and Money: The Potential of Solar to Replace Coal

Authored by mtu.edu

By swapping solar photovoltaics for coal, the US could prevent 51,999 premature deaths a year, potentially making as much as $2.5 million for each life saved.

Tens of thousands of Americans die prematurely each year from air pollution-related diseases associated with burning coal.

By transitioning to solar photovoltaics (PV) in the US, up to 51,999 American lives would be saved at $1.1 million invested per life. »