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WASHINGTON, DC, USA, May 30, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) of the Union Government of India has achieved a remarkable feat of making India’s roadways the second-largest road network in the world spanning over 5.89 million kilometers. India is at the cusp of becoming a global superpower with transport and logistics infrastructure built under
Muralist Effe creating for The Outlaw Ocean Mural Project
Effe’s mural can be found in Lisbon, Portugal and is called “Unseen Ocean.”
Logo of The Outlaw Ocean Mural Project launched in April 2022
WASHINGTON DC, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, May 30, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a candid essay about his art, muralist Effe explains why he joined forces with investigative reporter Ian Urbina to draw attention to human rights and environmental abuses at sea within The Outlaw Ocean Mural Project.
A global effort to disseminate
Felipe Risada’s mural for The Outlaw Ocean Mural Project can be found in São Paulo, Brazil and is called “Absence of Silence.”
Logo of The Outlaw Ocean Mural Project launched in April 2022
WASHINGTON DC, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, May 30, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a thoughtful testimonial about his art, muralist Felipe Risada explains why he joined forces with investigative reporter Ian Urbina to draw attention to human rights and environmental abuses at sea within The Outlaw Ocean Mural Project.
A global effort to disseminate investigative journalism about human exploitation and labor crimes at sea, the project brings together painters from around the
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Pemit expediting services are extremely necessary to avoid surprises and maintain a project on schedule.
WASHINGTON DC, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA, May 30, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Obtaining a building permit is often a complicated and time-consuming process for the new building, remodeling or existing construction. Structure permits are required when major structural, electrical, and plumbing alterations are made to any building, whether commercial or residential.
However, you'd be shocked at how
Washington, DC - Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced the latest round of awardees of the $2.5 million Great Streets Retail Small Business grant program, the $317,000 Locally Made grant program, and the $4 million Neighborhood Prosperity Fund. These grants build on the more than $350 million in recovery support that the District has invested in DC businesses since 2020 and continues Mayor Bowser’s effort to increase employment for
Moonshot4Kids Congressional / OSTP Briefing 2022
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A forum of research experts, families, industry leaders and philanthropists make the case for Congressional acknowledgement of DIPG and childhood brain cancer.
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 26, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Moonshot4Kids Congressional/OSTP Briefing on Tuesday, May 17 at 9 am in the Rayburn House Office Building was hosted by DIPG Advocacy Group, The Cure Starts Now, and the Carson Leslie Foundation, with respective leadership giving testimony to the urgent, unmet needs of children with brain cancer, a largely unknown, unseen population in
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WASHINGTON DC, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, May 25, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- GoodFirms, the internationally recognized research, ratings, and reviews platform, disclosed the Top Blockchain Technology Companies in the United States through its 2022 list.
Today, blockchain is revolutionizing all major sectors, particularly those where data security is of utmost importance, such as banking & financial institutions. Travel, infrastructure, healthcare, government, retail, information technology, agriculture, entertainment, etc. industries are also adopting blockchain technology to take advantage of its numerous offerings.
“Leveraging blockchain technology offers businesses a higher edge over
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This is ATP's 3rd virtual EdTech and Computational Psychometrics Summit (ECPS), and will be preceded by a virtual Pre-Summit Workshop on June 6th
WASHINGTON, D.C., US, May 24, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The EdTech & Computational Psychometrics Summit (ECPS), hosted by the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), is a virtual Summit that shines a light on the science of testing and its broad impact on the design and delivery of life-long learning solutions.
"ECPS is a deep dive into how computational psychometrics interfaces with
Miami Takeover
Miami locals and visitors from far and wide will enjoy sun, sand, music, and DMV vibes at the 14th Annual Miami Takeover set to kick off on July 15th.
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA, May 25, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The 14th annual Miami Takeover in South Beach, Miami is an exclusive 3-day excursion set against the backdrop of palm trees, sun, and beaches that will kick off on July 15th. Travelers have the opportunity to explore the heritage neighborhoods in Miami, MTO-sponsored local
An important measure of justice to those who lost life, limb and family as a direct result of the Iranian sponsored bombing
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, May 25, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The US District Court for the District of Columbia has entered Judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”). The designated State Sponsor of Terrorism was ordered by the Court to pay in excess of $325 million in compensatory and punitive damages to more than a dozen servicemen and their families as a result of the October 23, 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The victims are represented by
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 24, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- DirectTrust today announced that the Event Notifications via the Direct Standard™, developed to improve communication and coordination between hospitals and care teams, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a national standard. DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information (PHI) between provider organizations, and between providers and patients, for the purpose of
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is the nation's leading nonprofit dedicated to ending colorectal cancer.
Leaders in Research, Oncology, and Advocacy to Advise on Patient-Centered, Systems-Level Solutions for Increasing Trial Participation
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, May 24, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The national nonprofit Colorectal Cancer Alliance (Alliance) today announced its Clinical Trial Think Tank initiative and the esteemed members of its Advisory Committee.
The Alliance’s Clinical Trial Think Tank seeks to develop patient-centered,
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A lenticular wall display highlighting the U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo and the U.S. Paralympic team in Beijing.
Team USA worked with BlueFire and CSM Production to host a celebration of Olympic and Paralympic sports at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 24, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), also known as Team USA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights, safety, and wellness of athletes in Olympic and Paralympic sports. The USOPC oversees the bids for U.S. cities to host the Olympic/Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, and Pan/Parapan American Games.
In the months prior to the event, Team USA worked with CSM Production, an event planning company based in Harrisburg, NC, to host a celebration of Olympic and Paralympic sports at the Washington Hilton. The New York City branch of CSM reached
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COA Strongly Supports the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 to Address Destructive Impact of PBMs
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 24, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) is extremely pleased to see that Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, have introduced the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022.
The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 is an important piece
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WASHINGTON DC, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, May 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- GoodFirms, an internationally recognized B2B research, ratings, and reviews platform, announced the 2022 list of top 20 Cloud Computing Companies worldwide who are the latest qualifiers of its leaders' matrix analysis.
Cloud computing not just improves infrastructure but also drives transformation. The computing power that the
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Italian conductor to rebuild harmony with his first-ever Washington, D.C. Concert at the Lincoln Memorial
WASHINGTON, D.C., DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, May 24, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ --
ITALIAN CONDUCTOR TO REBUILD HARMONY WITH HIS FIRST-EVER WASHINGTON, D.C. CONCERT AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Concert by ‘Opera Italiana is in the Air’ is part of the group’s mission to find new, innovative ways to expose younger, more diverse audiences to opera.
Italian conductor Alvise Casellati is bringing his unique and popular ‘Opera Italiana is in the Air’ to Washington, D.C. for the first time, with a free concert titled Rebuild Harmony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, June 4th, 2022 from 6:30 - 8 PM.
Opera Italiana is in the Air is
American Airlines #1 in Workplace Religious Inclusion
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American Airlines is the most faith-friendly workplace among the Fortune 500, according to 2022 Corporate Religious Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) Index
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S.T.A.R.F.U.R.A. has been granted 501(c)3 status.
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, May 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- After six years of building, waiting, and multiple sacrifices…after many words of “…This is not possible!” Or “…Your organization will never work!” Veteran and Minority owned space organization S.T.A.R.F.U.R.A. has officially received Internal Revenue Service 501(c)3 status as of April 18th, 2022.
This monumental identifier from the I.R.S. is the ‘Stamp of Approval’ in which Mayor Bennard Cann, C.E.O of the organization and Starfury, Founder of the organization have been waiting for.
“…We are here! We are S.T.A.R.F.U.R.A.! And now it is our moment to work in the role which we were created to do!”
…Mayor Bennard Cann
S.T.A.R.F.U.R.A. will be
iCERT members gathered in person for first time in over two years
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT) hosted its Spring member meeting May 16-18 at the headquarters offices of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Seattle, WA. This was the first in-person member meeting iCERT has hosted since the fall of 2019, due to the impacts of the COVID pandemic.
The iCERT Spring Member Meeting featured remarks by video from FCC
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, May 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) strongly condemns the violent suppression of the protest from peaceful Iranians across the country. In this past week, we have witnessed yet another wave of Iranians from all
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In a small but rigorous pilot study, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that a novel, minimally invasive biomarker-based strategy they developed was 90% successful in detecting esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), the predominant subtype of esophageal cancer worldwide.
Although less common than some other tumor types in the United States, esophageal cancer remains the sixth-most common cause of cancer death worldwide, claiming the lives of more than half
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The U.S. Department of State works to protect sea turtles around the world through its certification program, which allows for the importation of wild-caught shrimp into the United States, pursuant to Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 (“Section 609”). Each year, the Secretary of State (or his delegate) certifies to Congress those governments and authorities of shrimp-harvesting nations and economies that have programs to reduce the incidental taking of sea turtles in shrimp trawl fisheries that are comparable to the United States, or that their particular fishing environments do not pose a threat of the incidental taking of sea turtles.
This year, the Department certified 37 nations and one economy, and granted
Ned Price, Department Spokesperson
The U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint advisory to alert the international community, the private sector, and the public to attempts by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and remote DPRK information technology (IT) workers to obtain employment while posing as non-DPRK nationals.
The advisory is intended to provide freelance recruitment and digital payment platforms, along with private sector companies that may intentionally or inadvertently recruit, hire, or
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The text of the following statement was released by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States following the 21st session of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, which was held from April 25th to May 6th, 2022.
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We recognize that Indigenous women, young women, and girls in all their diversity, and two-spirit and gender-diverse individuals face disproportionately high rates of gender-based violence. This violence is a multidimensional phenomenon that is predicated on histories of abuse and perpetuated by ongoing discrimination and racism, including multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. The violence includes, but is not limited to,
Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
The United States welcomes today’s flight between Sana’a, Yemen, and Amman, Jordan, the first commercial flight from Sana’a since 2016. We hope it will enable Yemenis to travel to see loved ones, seek medical care, and find respite from the conflict.
The United States appreciates the Republic of Yemen Government and the UN Special Envoy’s efforts to enable this flight and thanks the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for their support. We look forward to regular flights to and from Sana’a as called for in the UN-led truce. We urge all parties to adhere to the terms of the truce and make progress on other steps to bring relief to Yemenis – including urgently opening roads to Taiz, the third largest city with hundreds of thousands of Yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance, and other contested areas, where Yemenis have suffered for far too long.
The United States encourages the parties to seize this opportunity to advance broader peace efforts for the sake of the Yemeni people. The United States is committed to supporting Yemeni efforts to shape a brighter future for the country.
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A U.S. delegation will participate in the 31st UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) May 16-20 in Vienna, Austria to advance international cooperation on important anti-crime and criminal justice issues. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Jim Walsh will lead the U.S. delegation, which includes representatives from the Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security.
The 31st CCPCJ’s theme is centered on “strengthening the use of digital evidence in criminal justice and countering cybercrime, including the abuse and exploitation of minors in illegal activities with use of the Internet.” The United States will speak on the CCPCJ’s thematic panel and host a side event on a multinational cybercrime operation.
For further information, contact INL-PAPD@state.gov and follow INL on Twitter at @StateINL.
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the application process is now open for communities of all sizes to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 funding to help them ensure safe streets and roads for all and address the national roadway safety crisis. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program provides dedicated funding to support regional, local, and Tribal plans, projects and strategies that will prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
The SS4A program supports the Department’s comprehensive approach, laid out in
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The United States welcomes the appointment of Laura Lane, Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at the United Parcel Service (UPS), to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
Ms. Lane and her ABAC counterparts from the other APEC economies will
Leah Pruett & Matt Hagan Top Fuel | Funny Car Virginia NHRA Nationals May 13-15 | North Dinwiddie, Virginia
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Event Recap |
Leah Pruett, driver of the Mobil 1 Top Fuel Dragster: ● Earned No. 6 provisional qualifying position in Q1 on Friday (3.754 ET at 318.92 mph). ● Earned No. 9 qualifying position based off Friday’s Q1 run. In Q2 on Saturday, Pruett ran an 11.192 ET at 67.70 mph. ● Secured No. 10 qualifying position based off Friday’s Q1 run. In Q3 on Saturday, Pruett ran an 8.187 ET at 82.96 mph. ● Ran a 7.253 ET at 129.35 mph in Round 1 of eliminations on Sunday, lost to Doug Kalitta (5.995 ET at 234.33 mph). ● Currently 13th in the Top Fuel championship standings, 363 points behind points leader Brittany Force.
Matt Hagan, driver of the Smithfield Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat |
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNCF leadership is pleased to announce that Marc A. Barnes, Ph.D., CFRE will join UNCF’s Office of the President as Senior Vice President, Principal Gifts, working directly with UNCF President & CEO Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., to strengthen financial support for strategic impact initiatives.
Barnes comes to UNCF from Dillard University, one of UNCF’s 37 historically
Raytheon Missiles & Defense Offers $25,000 Donation
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES, May 10, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies, is providing a $25,000 donation as part of the NMCRS matching gift campaign during the Modern Day Marine Expo, May 10-12, 2022. Donations will support the Society's many programs and services to assist active duty and retired Sailors, Marines, and their families.
"Our NMCRS Caseworkers are seeing an increase in financial assistance requests for basic living expenses, like food,
