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Enforcement Directorate seizes ₹5,551 crore deposits of smartphone giant Xiaomi Technology India under FEMA

Amount was sent to three foreign–based entities in the guise of royalties, says agency

The Hindu

Once dead, twice billed: GAO questions COVID funeral awards

The Federal Emergency Management Agency may have been double-billed for the funerals of hundreds of people who died of COVID-19, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report Wednesday

The Independent UK

‘You have to call and ask me nicely’: Trump refused to release disaster aid unless governors grovelled for it, new book reveals

In This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future , authors Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns report Mr Trump demanded sycophancy from governors who needed aid for their states beyond what has previously been revealed

The Independent UK

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Hurricane Harvey still causing suffering

Texas turned disaster aid for Harvey into a competition. Guess who’s losing out?

Salon

Report: FEMA reimbursed ineligible COVID-19 funeral expenses

A multibillion-dollar funeral assistance program for COVID-19 victims reimbursed families for some ineligible expenses that included flowers, catering and transportation, according to a report released by federal investigators Monday.

Tribune News Service

Report: FEMA reimbursed ineligible COVID-19 funeral expenses - Roll Call

A funeral assistance program for COVID-19 victims reimbursed families for some ineligible expenses like flowers, catering and transportation.

Roll Call

Xiaomi global VP Manu Jain appears before ED in FEMA case

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Manu Kumar Jain, the global vice-president of Chinese mobile manufacturing company Xiaomi, on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law, officials said.

The Times of India

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ED summons former India head of Xiaomi Manu Kumar Jain in FEMA case

The inquiry under the Foreign Exchange Management Act pertains to foreign remittances of about ₹1,000 crore.

The Hindu

El apagón masivo en Puerto Rico mantiene a los boricuas en la isla a oscuras desesperados por ayuda

Un apagón que ocurrió alrededor de las 8:45 p.m. del miércoles ha mantenido a Puerto Rico en la oscuridad reviviendo escenarios del huracán María donde el sonido de los generadores, el calor abrasador de la isla y la preocupación por la falta de servicios esenciales para las personas enfermas y…

Orlando Sentinel

Massive power outage hits Puerto Rico as schools cancelled

Head of newly privatised utility company says ‘we have to be realistic’

The Independent UK

‘It’s happening now’: how rising sea levels are causing a US migration crisis

The coming mass migration of flood-prone areas will have huge social and economic costs – but the government doesn’t have an adequate plan

The Guardian - US

ED seizes Rs 194 crore assets from Chennai firm under FEMA

CHENNAI: The enforcement directorate has seized assets worth Rs194 crore from a Chennai-based private company under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999.

The Times of India

ED seizes Mangaluru businessman's property

MANGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized immovable property in the form of a residential house located in Attavar in the city valued at Rs 8.3 crore held by a Mangaluru businessman under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999.

The Times of India

Thousands of Illinois homeowners stand to benefit from flood insurance reform

Nearly 1.2 million National Flood Insurance Program policyholders nationwide are eligible for an immediate decrease in flood insurance premiums.

Chicago Sun-Times

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As spring storms threaten, here’s how to protect your property from ‘flying debris’

Damaging storms already sweeping across the country in the first weeks of spring have been a reminder of the dangerous and even deadly weather the season can bring.

The Independent UK

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama warned as storm approaches

A storm system that left widespread damage and some injuries in its wake in Texas is drifting into Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

The Independent UK

Thunderstorms, high winds pound North Texas; at least 4 hurt

Severe thunderstorms with reports of possible tornadoes have spread damage across parts of North Texas and injured at least four people

Chicago Sun-Times

How families of COVID-19 victims can get federal funeral assistance from FEMA

The federal government has provided over $2 billion to help cover funeral costs for more than 300,000 families of people and is trying to reach more who are eligible for the aid.

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The Independent UK

US funeral assistance for COVID tops $2B, more eligible

The federal government has provided more than $2 billion to help cover funeral costs for more than 300,000 families of people who died from COVID-19

Los Angeles Times

These wildfire survivors say FEMA did little to help those who lost homes

LOS ANGELES — It took 120 years for Candance Tyler's family to build a life in Grizzly Flats.

The Independent UK

Biden outlines COVID plans, says it's time to return to work

President Joe Biden says “it’s time for Americans to get back to work” and he's announcing new efforts to allow people to return to normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions

The Independent UK

Biden to continue FEMA virus aid for states through July 1

President Joe Biden is extending the federal government’s 100% reimbursement of COVID-19 emergency response costs to states, tribes and territories through July 1

Reason

FEMA Encourages Survivors of a Nuclear Holocaust To Mask, Socially Distance

The COVID-conscious advice from the federal government's primary disaster response agency is silly. It's also outdated.

The Independent UK

FEMA denies countering Russian nuclear threat with Covid social-distancing and mask measures after Don Jr spreads false rumor

While the Covid advice was not added in response to Vladimir Putin’s nuclear escalation, it is indeed official doctrine added under the Biden administration in 2020.

Benzinga

AECOM JV Secures Contract From FEMA To Improve Community Resilience

AECOM (NYSE:ACM) stated that company-led Compass Production and Technical Services Joint Venture (Compass PTS JV) had secured a contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide production and technical architecture and engineering services for the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) Program. The IDIQ contract…

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