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If Colorado’s economy were viewed as a drought map, the Front Range from the Wyoming border to Colorado Springs has abundant water and ranks high for prosperity, with Douglas County the equivalent of Blue Mesa Reservoir. Economic strength stretches up the Interstate 70 corridor across the mountains west through Garfield County to the Utah border, with roaring tributaries of prosperity pouring down from Steamboat Springs and Aspen and Telluride. Other pockets of prosperity include Lake, Custard, Park, Chaffee and Ouray…

The total solar eclipse is coming, that much is a certainty, as is its well-defined path of totality across North America. What’s considerably less clear, however, is how clear the skies will be on the big day, as varying weather forecasts suggest the possibility of cloud cover that would hinder visibility in different regions.Lower Drought Conditions In California | Extreme EarthWith the Great North American Total Solar Eclipse happening April 8, regions stretching from Mexico and Texas all the way to Maine in the U.S.…

This will be the first investment in a semiconductor packaging plant worth nearly INR 21,000 crore by the Assam government. It will be built jointly by the state government and Tata Group.The Cabinet on Thursday approved Tata's semiconductor chip fabrication unit in Gujarat with an outlay of nearly INR 50,000 crore, said Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran had last year said that the conglomerate will announce its semiconductor chip fab…

The extreme anticyclonic anomaly over Northeast Asia triggered multiple climate disasters over distinct regions in July 2021. Credit: IAP A study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has revealed the unprecedented nature of an anticyclonic anomaly that occurred over Northeast Asia in July 2021. It not only played a pivotal role in the catastrophic extreme precipitation experienced in Henan Province in central China,…

It could theoretically be an enticing proposition: a moody crime thriller set in the north-east, with proven TV talent Jamie Childs making his feature directing debut. But this lands with a sickening thud: what we get is a charmless anti-Get-Carter of dullness, with all the strident geezer movie cliches that somehow stay stubbornly alive in British cinema. The action sequences are lifeless and often simply tedious, the characters are inert and unconvincing and there is some catatonically wooden acting.Oliver Jackson-Cohen…

Rest of World: As Chinese tech manufacturers flock to Vietnam to set up new factories, Bac Ninh, an industrial hub northeast of Hanoi, has become a center for Chinese culture — As Chinese manufacturers open shop in Vietnam, Bac Ninh has become a cultural hub with Chinese restaurants, bubble tea shops, and language centers. Rest of World: As Chinese tech manufacturers flock to Vietnam to set up new factories, Bac Ninh, an industrial hub northeast of Hanoi, has become a center for Chinese…

Mount Qomolangma over the Tibetan Plateau. Credit: Xi Zhenhua In a recent study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered the impact of the spring atmospheric heat source (AHS) over the Tibetan Plateau on summer precipitation in Northeast China, highlighting the crucial role played by soil moisture in this process.…

Till the turn of the last century, most scholars of Indian politics did not seriously entertain the idea of Right-wing politics and ideology becoming dominant in India. Yet, that is what happened and the Right-wing takeover of Indian politics looks almost complete. Now, scholars of all shades have taken to analysing the hows and whys of this. Arkotong Longkumer’s The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast can be seen as a part of this scholarly effort to understand the phenomenon. Catholic…

Published By: Samreen PallLast Updated: November 23, 2023, 12:00 ISTNortheast India: Domestic Airfares Surpass Thailand Flights, Industry Calls for Government Action.Travel industry stakeholders in India's northeast lament higher domestic airfares compared to Thailand flights, urging government intervention.Expressing regret that the cost of domestic airfares to pristine destinations in the northeast is costlier than airfares to Thailand, travel agencies and hotel operators urged the government to intervene in the…

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will soon consider a $15 billion plan by the state’s largest electric utility that could have long-lasting impacts on efforts to cut the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions, increase the amount of renewable energy on the grid and keep electricity affordable. The commission is expected to make a decision by year’s end on the second phase of Xcel Energy-Colorado’s clean energy plan, which maps out the utility’s strategies for meeting a state mandate of reducing its emissions by at least…