Cart is empty U.S. society appears to be experiencing the psychological impacts of a collective trauma in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new survey by the American Psychological Association. Psychologists warn that a superficial characterization of life being “back to normal” is obscuring the post-traumatic effects on mental and physical health.
VEDANTA to set up power plant at KCM – BANDA
…as he discloses that the investor will also spend about US$20m in communities through corporate social responsibility every year
By NATION REPORTER
VEDANTA Resources will set up a power plant at the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) which will be the main source of power supply, Advocates for National Development and Democracy (ANDD) Executive Director Samuel Banda has disclosed.
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