BERLIN: The United Nations says current pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on course to blow past the limit for global warming countries agreed to in the 2015 Paris climate accord. The U.N. climate office said Wednesday that its latest estimate based on 193 national emissions targets would see temperatures rise to […]
TOKYO: The United States will make full use of its military capabilities, “including nuclear, conventional and missile defense,” to defend its allies Japan and South Korea, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Tuesday as she warned North Korea against escalating its provocations. Sherman said North Korea’s repeated firings of ballistic missiles and artillery […]
London: Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations — the elderly and children less than a year old — were exposed to 3.7 billion more heatwave days in 2021 than annually in 1986-2005, according to a global report. The report, brought out by Lancet Countdown, focuses on the […]
New Delhi: A policeman from the northeast district was injured while attempting to nab a 22-year-old suspected drug peddler who tried to evade arrest by driving away in his car, officials said on Wednesday. Constable Harender suffered a fractured hip during the chase and is admitted to Max Hospital in Patparganj, the police said. On […]
Kannauj (UP): Four people were arrested following violence in Kanshiram Colony here, police said on Wednesday. Considering that those involved in the violence belonged to different communities, additional police force has been deployed in the area. Superintendent of Police Kunwar Anupam Singh said the incident took place when one Chitrnashu and Nikhil Mihra had gone […]
New Delhi: Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge will formally take over as Congress president on Wednesday after he is handed over the certificate of election at a function here. Hectic preparations were underway at the Congress headquarters on Tuesday for the ceremony where outgoing president Sonia Gandhi will hand over the reins to Kharge, the first […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre and others on a plea challenging certain provisions of the Registration of Electors Rules 1960 by which the Election Commission is bound to supply two copies of the electoral roll to every contesting candidate. The PIL filed by two advocates has sought an alternative […]
Jammu: Nearly 16,500 cattle were transported on trucks from Banihal in Ramban district to Jammu in order to avoid traffic disruption on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway caused by foot movement of nomadic families and their livestock, officials said. The Ramban authority has banned the movement of nomadic families with their livestock to prevent traffic disruption […]
New Delhi: Astronomy enthusiasts turned their gaze towards the sun as the moon started to cover the solar disc as a partial solar eclipse began on Tuesday. The partial solar eclipse is being observed in several parts of the country with Srinagar witnessing the maximum obscuration of the solar disc at 55 per cent. The […]
London: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday took charge as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister with a promise to fix recent “mistakes” after an audience with King Charles III, a day after he was elected the new leader of the Conservative Party in a historic leadership run. The 42-year-old investment banker-turned politician is the youngest British prime […]