Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping
Paris: Participants at a Paris summit stopped short on Friday of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping, leaving climate NGOs and activists lamenting the lack of ambitious responses to fight climate change and the world’s inequalities brought forward at the meeting. The two-day gathering of world leaders […]
Studying in tin shed, students in JK NEET topper’s village await school building
Srinagar: Children dressed in blue checkered uniforms play outside a tin shed that stands on the roadside in Chewa Kalan village in Pulwama in south Kashmir. These are the students of the primary and upper primary schools of the village, the native place of Jammu and Kashmir’s NEET topper Abdul Basit, and the tin shed […]
India slams China at UN for blocking move to designate 26/11 accused as ‘global terrorist’
United Nations: India has hit out at China for blocking a move to designate Pakistan-based LeT leader Sajid Mir as a “global terrorist” by the UN, saying it shows a lack of genuine political will to fight the scourge of terrorism. China on Tuesday blocked a proposal moved by the US and co-designated by India […]
23 year old makes father proud
Daughter of a BSF head constable all set to don IAF uniform
Udhampur: Inspired by her father, a head constable in the Border Security Force, 23-year-old Akriti Sharma from this hilly district of Jammu and Kashmir is all set to join Indian Air Force as a flying officer next month. Sharma hails from the nondescript village of Magani and the road that leads to it goes through […]
Climate change- Need for systematic, long-term approaches to food crisis: Report
Kathmandu: There is a need to develop systematic and long-term approaches to food crisis response as climate change threatens to make 72 million more people undernourished by 2050, said a global report launched here on Monday. The “Global Food Policy Report (GFPR)” released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) called for a proactive […]
Development happening at fast pace in JK: Union Minister Puri
Udhampur/Jammu: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing development in all sectors. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Udhampur in the Union Territory, he also hit out at Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on her remark […]
Groundwater pumping tilting Earth’s spin, may impact climate: Study
New Delhi: Groundwater pumping has shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimetres east between 1993 and 2010 alone, which could impact our planet’s climate, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that during the study period, the most water was redistributed […]
Govt initiates process for appointment of chairperson, members of child rights panel
Srinagar: The administration has set the ball rolling for appointment of chairperson and members of State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. To begin with, the J&K’s Social Welfare Department has constituted a five-member committee to shortlist candidates for key statutory positions of chairperson and members of the body entrusted with the protection of child […]
Equitable access to vaccines could have prevented more than half of global Covid deaths: Study
New Delhi: A more equitable access to Covid vaccines could have prevented more than 50 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in 20 lower income countries, according to a new study. Scientists from the Northeastern University, US, have estimated 518,000 deaths could have been averted if the 20 countries in the study had received the vaccines […]
One-shot chikungunya vaccine found safe, effective in first phase 3 trial: Lancet Study
New Delhi: A single-dose vaccine for chikungunya was found safe and produced a strong immune response against the viral disease, according to the results of the first phase 3 trial of the preventive published in The Lancet journal. However, the researchers were unable to investigate whether the VLA1553 vaccine, developed by French biotech company Valneva, […]