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This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior journalist and CGNet Swara’s co-founder Shubhranshu Choudhary.We start with a discussion on the killing of 27 suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh this week and analyse if the Maoist movement in…

Amtrak's 160mph Acela trains, due to debut in the next few weeks, will serve the Northeast Corridor, from Washington DC to Boston via New York

Indian PM Narendra Modi will hold his first meeting with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus in Thailand today. The talks come amid tensions over minority rights and Yunus's recent comments on India's Northeast. Read more at Dynamite News

Northeastern states import massive amounts of electricity from Canada while strangling domestic energy production with regulations.

Mountain areas could see up to six inches of snow before Friday night

The impact of human-caused climate change has resulted in weather conditions ripe for wildfires across the U.S.

Much of the Eastern U.S. is bracing for a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather, while snow storms were predicted in the Northeast

The storm has made roads treacherous and icy and forced school closures and delays

A single wind turbine spinning off the U.S. Northeast coast today can power thousands of homes – without the pollution that comes from fossil fuel power plants. A dozen of those turbines together can produce enough electricity for an entire community.