Permanent UNSC membership: France voices support for India, Germany, Brazil and Japan
United Nations: France has reaffirmed its support for India, Germany, Brazil and Japan as permanent members in an expanded UN Security Council, underlining the need to take into account the emergence of new powers willing and able to assume the responsibility of a permanent presence in the powerful world body. “France’s position is constant and […]
UK in recession, says British finance minister
Unleashes tax rises impacting millions
London: Britain is now in recession and headed towards further shrinkage, the country’s finance minister revealed on Thursday as he tabled his much-anticipated emergency budget with tax rises impacting millions. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt tabled the Autumn Statement in the House of Commons, cheered on by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, to lay out the government’s […]
Plea against delimitation commission: SC to hear on Nov 29 appeal on redrawing constituencies in JK
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will hear on November 29 a plea challenging the government’s decision to constitute a delimitation commission for redrawing the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on the ground that it violated constitutional provisions. A bench of Justices S […]
Govt issues draft notification to further streamline, strengthen tourist permit regime
New Delhi: With an aim to further streamline and strengthen the tourist permit regime, the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) has issued a draft notification to supersede the All India Tourist Vehicle (Authorisation or Permit) Rules, 2021. According to an official statement, the rules notified in 2021 provided a significant boost to the […]
COP27: India resists calls for raising ambitions, says rich nations must take lead
New Delhi: India on Monday firmly resisted calls for developing countries to raise ambitions at the ongoing UN climate summit in Egypt, saying “goalposts are being shifted constantly” while rich nations have “enormously” failed in delivering the technology and financial resources needed for low-carbon development. Making an intervention at the “Ministerial High-Level Roundtable on Pre-2030 […]
Country watching people’s anger against family politics in Telangana: PM Modi
Says abuses against me are "my nutrition"
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country is watching people’s anger against family politics and alleged corruption in Telangana and assured them that those who “loot” the poor will not be spared. Modi also made light of criticism by leaders of the ruling TRS and other parties against him, saying the “2-3 […]
India closely monitoring security situation in Afghanistan: Diplomat tells UN
United Nations: India has told the United Nations that it is closely monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan as it has direct stakes in ensuring the return of peace and stability in the war-torn country. Addressing the UNGA Plenary Meeting on Afghanistan on Thursday, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador R. Ravindra said that in the […]
COP27: India calls for new global climate finance target by 2024
New Delhi: Developing countries require substantive enhancement in climate finance from the floor of USD 100 billion per year to meet their ambitious goals and rich countries need to lead the mobilisation of resources, India has stressed at the ongoing UN climate summit COP27. At COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, developed countries had committed to […]
Rising air pollution can affect unborn babies: Experts
New Delhi: As the air quality deteriorates in Delhi-NCR, health experts are of the view that air pollution can negatively affect pregnancy, possibly leading to preterm birth, a low birth weight, stillbirth, or congenital abnormalities. The AQI is constantly dipping into a very poor and severe category in the capital region, with doctors advising expecting […]
COP27: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs
Sharm el-Sheikh: It was a total loss the type that is usually glossed over in big impersonal statistics like 40 billion in damage from this summer’s Pakistan floods that put one-third of the nation underwater. “We lost everything, our home and our possessions,” said Taj Mai, a mother of seven who is four months pregnant […]