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Should we not consider internet access as a basic human right from here on?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 2 Aug 24

Without doubt , internet access provide individual with opportunities for learning , career , ecommerce etc. In fact , these days many critical services such as healthcare and banking mostly depend on online access. No one is...

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Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 28 Jan 22

Another mishap as a result of the government. A one TRILLION dollar bill was passed for infrastructure last year. Suppose to repair and maintain the nation’s roads, bridges and railways. So far there are still hundreds of...

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Pelosi, what are you doing?

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 13 Aug 21

Is she some kind of moron? I will admit up front I am not an expert at this and honestly don’t fully understand it, but I will still have an opinion on it. Pelosi is trying to hold up the vote on the infrastructure bill that is...

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The Reality of Biden's "Tax the Wealthy" Plan

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 28 Apr 21

The Biden administration maintains that under the new plan, no one making $400,000 a year or less will see their taxes go up. I am starting there because the statement is completely false. This is in reference to...

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Inside reality.....

Saurav Tiwari @sauravshiva (130) 7 Apr 21

Development(of countries) looks very nice from upside but i don not think the reality stays same from the inside view. developed countries are contributing a lot in the climate change and developed countries create income...

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What happened to that bridge?

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 2 Oct 19

It really baffles how such bridge can actually fall off and gave in like that. It didn't seem like old to me. But look at it closer I noticed the cable gave in before it collapse. I wonder why they didn't put a support under it....

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Improvement Of Our Infrastructure

Albena Ivanova @WriterAI (5373) • Bulgaria 14 Mar 17

Yesterday improvement of our residence quarter began. It is a too optimistic week for us, the relevant block residents in Sofia, Bulgaria.The pavement in front of our block was absolutely destroyed for more than a decade. Now we...

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Our Crumbling Infrastructure

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 4 Aug 16

Are you living in a state or country where the infrastructure is pretty solid? Here in Michigan, we have too many poor roads in need of repair and bridges that need work on. We don't spend enough on our roads, and we have the...

infrastructure

roads

bridges

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Flooding In The UK

Gudheart @gudheart (12659) 15 Dec 15

I have heard that there are quite a few places in the UK affected by the flooding and heavy rain. I think it is subsiding now, but still those affected by the floods have pretty much lost everything. It is so sad, and I am glad I...

floods

weather

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Is real estate a lucrative investment option?

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 6 Oct 11

Some financial experts are now of the view that one can easily make real estate a lucrative investment option provided certain intelligent precautions can be taken primarily. It is no doubt a good suggestion. But I think what must...

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Infrastructure is the Problem not exactly the people....

LetranKnight25 @LetranKnight25 (33117) • Philippines 28 Jul 11

Hello Lotters, I was merely reacting to the survey that TV Patrol posted recently. The survey Poll was about "Filipinos learned from the recent Typhoon's with regards for it's preparedness. Survey...

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How did press and media evolve?

themaximilian @themaximilian (92) • Germany 29 May 11

How did the entire press and media department evolve? What are the most important steps like when was the largest news agency founded (Reuters)? All that kind of stuff.

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In what way is press and media an infrastructure?

themaximilian @themaximilian (92) • Germany 29 May 11

In what way is press and media an infrastructure? There is no question that it is (economics class teacher taught me) but I can't really figure out why it is and how to describe it. Further what are its advantages and...

Why Civil Engineering lacks glamour ?

ashwinsasi @ashwinsasi (286) • India 23 Mar 10

India is a Country in the fast track.To become World's leading economy it has to improve it's infrastructure to world standard. In India Engineering colleges produce around 12000 Civil Engineers a year and the requirement of...

Does University or College InfraStructure Defines Quality Education?

priyavivek @priyavivek (681) • India 27 Nov 09

Hi Friends, Almost all colleges that claim to impart quality education are prioritising on physical infrastructure in their well invested advertisements. Is it infrastructure that imparts quality education? How important is...

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Who deserves the high pay - White Collar Job or Blue Collar Job?

airasheila @airasheila (5454) • Philippines 31 Oct 09

During my childhood days, I always admire those people who were tasks to do some infrastructure on the road. Especially those who assigned to built bridges and roads because without these maybe we find it difficult to go from one...

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Are you ok with cutting down trees, in the name of developmental works?

suprad1 @suprad1 (251) • India 10 Aug 09

There has been indiscriminate felling of trees in my City to make way for some Infrastructure development. I wanted to know if it is the same in other Cities of the world as well. What is the general opinion? I personally am...

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reliance infrastructure fund nfo

goodfundadvisor @goodfundadvisor (671) • India 26 Jun 09

Reliance Mutual fund, India's largest Asset management Company has come out with a new Fund Offering, named Reliance Infrastructure Fund. The recent bullishness in the markets, has spurred the AMCs back into action and Reliance...

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Is Mumbai hitting the saturation point? - suhas katti

suhaskatti @suhaskatti (10) • Chennai, India 3 Mar 09

Traffic jams, noise, air & water pollution, overcrowded trains, long commuting hours, concrete jungle,dirth & grime all around, hawkers on the footpath... I am sure that this is a common scenario in any of India's metros.. but it...

Bad educational system...

takezoanzhari @takezoanzhari (123) • Indonesia 28 Feb 09

Hey everybody, Im from Indonesia, and you know the educational system here is not effective. Only some famous and expensive school have really good education, while the other normal school have really bad eduaction. And also the...

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