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Saturday August 14th, 2021 evening edition

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Manufacture, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items like plates, cups, straws, trays, polystyrene banned from Jul 1, 2022.

The government has notified Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting identified single-use plastic items by 2022.

This will also allow the plastic carry bags to be reused, it stated.

Non-woven plastic carry bags should not be less than 60 gram per square metre (GSM) with effect from September 30, 2021, the notification said.

ALSO READ | PM Modi urges citizens to shun single-use plastic.

In June 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that India will eliminate all single-use plastics in the country by 2022.

ALSO READ | Bengaluru to implement strict ban on single-use plastic. »

'We lost': Some U.S. veterans say blood spilled in Afghanistan was wasted

Authored by reuters.com
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Jason Lilley was a special operations forces Marine Raider who fought in multiple battles in Iraq and Afghanistan during America's longest war.

He said he deployed believing troops were there to defeat the enemy, stimulate the economy and uplift Afghanistan as a whole.

Lilley and other Marines who served in Afghanistan and who spoke to Reuters compared it with the conflict in Vietnam. »

Remedy: Control Has Passed 10M Players, “Bigger-Budget’ Control Game in Conception Phase

Authored by mp1st.com

In the same report, Remedy mentioned how a “bigger-budget” Control game was als in early conception phase.

The growing audience and brand awareness are valuable as we continue to support Control and develop Condor, and we are in the early conception phase for a future, bigger-budget Control game.

In addition to Condor, and the bigger-budget Control game, Remedy Entertainment is also working with Epic Games on a AAA title that’s already in full production. »

McDonald’s Workers Given Dog Diaper Masks Settle Covid-19 Lawsuit

Authored by forbes.com

When workers complained, the suit alleges, they were given disposable masks “to wash and reuse,” for multiple days, “until they fell apart.”

McDonald’s Workers Settle ‘Dog Diaper’ Covid Safety Lawsuit (Bloomberg Law).

McDonald’s Franchise Settles Suit Involving ‘Dog Diaper’ Masks (New York Times). »

Rand Paul Voted Against COVID Emergency Bill Eight Days After Wife Bought Gilead Stock

Authored by newsweek.com
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Eight days after this stock purchase, on March 5, 2020, Paul was the lone senator to vote against a pandemic emergency response bill.

"Just 8 days after Rand Paul bought stock in Gilead, he was the only Senator to vote against an emergency bill to curb the COVID-19 outbreak," Booker wrote.

Just 8 days after Rand Paul bought stock in Gilead, he was the only Senator to vote against an emergency bill to curb the COVID-19 outbreak. »