Ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China representing the BASIC Group met today at the 27th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Ministers pledged their full support to the Egyptian COP27 Presidency for a successful conference, which …
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“YUDH ABHYAS 2022”
The 18th edition of Indo – US joint training exercise “YUDH ABHYAS 22” is scheduled to be conducted in Uttarakhand this month. Exercise YudhAbhyas is conducted annually between India and USA with the aim of exchanging best practices, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures between the Armies of the two nations. The previous …
Read More »AFFECT ON GLOBAL HEALTH BY CLIMATE CHANGE
Even as countries are meeting at the ongoing Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, a recent report by Lancet, has traced in detail the intimate link between changing weather events and their impact on the health of people. The 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Health at the Mercy of Fossil …
Read More »ISRAEL’S FOREIGN POLICY
A continuing nuclear programme, support for militant groups in the region such as Hezbollah and direct military assistance for Russia in the Ukraine war — as Iran continues to flex its muscles, both in West Asia and beyond, Israel sees a “survival challenge”, say diplomatic and military officials. “Besides the …
Read More »NO MONEY FOR TERROR
The use of crowdfunding platforms to finance terrorist activities and weak control mechanisms of social media platforms is one of the four main topics to be discussed at the third No Money For Terror (NMFT) conference to be hosted by India this week. The conference, to be held in New …
Read More »RESTRAINED IN SPEECH FOR PUBLIC FUNCTIONARIES
There is an unwritten rule of self-restraint for public functionaries not to “blabber” things which are “very disparaging or insulting” to fellow citizens, Justice B.V. Nagarathna, sitting in a Constitution Bench, said on Tuesday. The five-judge Supreme Court Bench, led by Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, is examining whether guidelines should …
Read More »THE FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION
October’s inflation data point to a welcome softening in price gains that should offer some succour to monetary policy authorities, who have been battling to rein in runaway inflation since the beginning of this year. Retail inflation, or price gains based on the Consumer Price Index, slowed to 6.77% last …
Read More »A CALL TO ACTION TO AVOID CLIMATE CATASTROPHE
Climate change is a global problem that requires cooperation between all nations. That is why today, more than 30 newspapers and media organisations in more than 20 countries have taken a common view about what needs to be done. Time is running out. Rather than getting out of fossil fuels …
Read More »G-20 LEADERS SUMMIT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with U.S. President Joseph Biden and exchanged words with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Mr. Modi is expected to hold more structured, bilateral meetings with at least eight of the 16 leaders …
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