National capital should be shifted out of Delhi: Farooq Abdullah

IANS | November 17, 2024 12:57 PM

Jammu, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and president of the ruling National Conference (NC), Dr Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday that as long as the national capital is not shifted from New Delhi to somewhere else, the choking pollution in the city is not going to go away.

Nainital hills to come alive with sound of literature - and music

IANS | November 15, 2024 6:27 PM

Nainital, Nov 15 (IANS) Returning to a physical form after a three-year-long hiatus, the Himalayan Echoes Literature Festival, in its two-day ninth edition beginning in Nainital on Saturday, will go beyond words to encompass music, environment, conservation, sustainability, and arts from the greater Himalayan region extending all the way to Bhutan.

Delhi-NCR's air quality remains hazardous for residents

IANS | November 15, 2024 10:17 AM

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Delhi-NCR's air quality remained severely poor for the third consecutive day, with the national Capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching a severe level of 409 early on Friday morning and the readings being above the 300 mark in neighbouring cities in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Global alliance of banks supports fossil fuel treaty at COP29

IANS | November 14, 2024 12:59 PM

Baku, Nov 14 (IANS) As the UN climate conference (COP29) is underway in Baku in Azerbaijan, the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) on Thursday announced that 25 of its member banks have endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty initiative, marking the first collective endorsement of the initiative by financial institutions.