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Predict extreme weather, long-term climate-related disasters
Geneva: A UN-appointed panel of experts said Monday that the Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past the most ambitious threshold set in the Paris accord. That increases the risk of extreme weather and long-term climate-related disasters. The Paris agreement called for limiting temperature increases to well […]
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New Delhi: The impacts of the climate crisis can be seen around the world and not acting now will destroy lives, livelihoods and natural habitats, environmental experts cautioned on Monday, while reiterating that climate change is happening now and “no one is safe”. The reactions came after the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
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New Delhi: Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region will keep shrinking and the snow cover will retreat to higher altitudes, the latest IPCC report said on Monday. The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), approved by 195 member countries, warned that extreme precipitation is projected to increase […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 108 fresh covid-19 cases even as one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said 43 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 65 from Kashmir Valley, taking the infection tally to 322658 in Jammu and Kashmir. Providing the district-wise […]
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Calls for cooperation to threats posed by non-state actors
United Nations: Stressing on enhancing maritime security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for peaceful settlement of disputes as per international law and for jointly combating maritime threats posed by non-state actors as he chaired a high-level UN Security Council open debate. Addressing the debate on “Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for International […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan is likely to host a regional conference on Afghanistan as part of a diplomatic push to prevent a civil war in the war-torn neighbouring country, according to a media report on Monday. “We are planning to host foreign ministers of the key regional countries on the Afghan situation,” The Express Tribune quoted a […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to apprise it by August 11 when it will conduct counselling for the NEET-MDS admissions for which exams were held on December 16, 2020. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said that now that the Centre has approved OBC reservation […]
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Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted raids against banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) members in the Kashmir valley for the second day in connection with a terror funding case, officials said. NIA sleuths, along with police and the CRPF, carried out searches at five places in Bandipora district of north Kashmir, a day after […]
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Jammu: Amid heightened security measures ahead of Independence Day celebrations, security forces on Monday launched a cordon-and-search operation covering several villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district following information about suspicious movement of two people, officials said. A search operation is also going on in the forest belts of Thanamandi and Sunderbani in the border […]
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New Delhi: Citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can now get their vaccination certificate through WhatsApp within seconds, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s office said on Sunday. Presently, people have to download their vaccination certificates by logging into the CoWin portal. “Revolutionising common man’s life using technology! Now get COVID-19 vaccination certificate through MyGov […]
