New Delhi: The G7 climate change, energy, and environment ministers of rich nations wrapped up their two-day meeting in Sapporo with an agreement to drastically expand offshore wind power by 2030, but stopped short of endorsing a 2030 deadline for phasing out coal and leave the door open for continued investment in fossil gas. At […]
Khartoum: The death toll from fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has risen to 97, according to The Washington Post citing the Sudanese Doctors Union. As of early Monday, 97 civilians had been killed and nearly 600 had been injured in the violence. The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors […]
Dhaka: The heatwave has gripped many parts of Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, as the country enters the height of summer, the Meteorological Department said. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the highest temperature of the day, recorded in the country’s Chuadanga district, nearly 215 km west of Dhaka, was 41.8 degrees Celsius, Xinhua news […]
Taipei: The US Navy has sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait in its first known transit since China carried out a large encirclement exercise around self-ruled Taiwan. The US 7th Fleet said the transit through the strait by the USS Milius on Sunday was routine. The cruisers “transited through a corridor in the Strait […]
Yangon: Myanmar’s military has announced plans to release 3,113 prisoners, including 98 foreigners, to mark the country’s traditional New Year. The statement by the military on Monday did not specify whether those imprisoned for opposing its power grab in February 2021 would be freed. The military has jailed thousands of opponents and pro-democracy activists since […]
Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday shared inspiring stories of the change-makers and highlighted the efforts of his administration to realize the “true growth potential” of Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at his monthly “Awaam Ki Awaaz” radio programme, he said the Jammu and Kashmir administration with citizens’ participation is steering the change in the […]
MeT Predicts More Till April 20, Main Activity Today, Tomorrow Srinagar: Rains lashed plains while some upper reaches received light snowfall, officials said. Also the weather department has forecast more precipitation till April 20 with “main activity” on Monday and Tuesday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar received 3.0mm of rain from 0830 […]
Srinagar: At least six people had a miraculous escape after five vehicles came under a massive avalanche near Zojila in Kargil district of Ladakh on Sunday. Official sources said that the avalanche hit the area late in the afternoon, trapping five vehicles with two persons boarding one of them and one person each in others. […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Sunday issued an avalanche alert over higher reaches in four districts for next 24 hours. The JKDMA said that a ‘low’ danger level avalanche is likely to occur above 3200 to 3500 metres above sea level over Doda, Kishtwar, Bandipora and Kupwara districts. People living in […]
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged Atiq Ahmad and his brother’s killing in Uttar Pradesh was a “clever diversionary tactic” to shift attention from the “revelations” made by former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik about the Pulwama attack. Malik, in an interview to a news portal, had claimed that there were lapses […]