Rajamouli wishes preterm babies to grow 'big in life'
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November 19, 2023 2:58 PM
Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Well-known filmmaker S. S . Rajamouli extended his wishes for preterm babies to grow in life.
A tale of displaced families, Murugan's 'Fire Bird' bags JCB Literature Prize
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November 19, 2023 2:05 PM
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Fiction, while mirroring the society and times we live in, serves as a compass pointing to directions we might wish to go. The JCB Prize for Literature, which went to Perumal Murugan’s ‘Fire Bird’, rewards this phenomenon of impactful storytelling.
Unplanned Patna's ambient air is now hazardous to human health
Ajay Kumar
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November 19, 2023 12:00 PM
Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) If you are a resident of Patna and are planning to go for a morning walk, it would not be a good idea given the hazardous air quality of the city. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Patna is the worst, not only in the country but in the world, this winter season.
Behind cries of India being 3rd biggest polluter lurks West’s evasion
Arul Louis
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November 19, 2023 10:06 AM
New York, Nov 19 (IANS) “The world’s third worst polluter”. “The third biggest emitter of greenhouse gas”. These are the common refrains about India from the media, politicians and activists in the industrialised countries – and sometimes echoed in India.
How and why India got inducted into elite anti-China critical minerals club
Yashwant Raj
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November 19, 2023 10:04 AM
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) India joined a select group of countries in June that is building a supply chain for critical minerals that, among other things, are key to transitioning to clean energy with some prodding from the US in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit.
Powered by govt, corporate sector, India's green energy drive in top gear
S.P.S. Pannu
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November 19, 2023 10:03 AM
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R.K. Singh said this week that India needs to develop but will do so “responsibly”, which is reflected in the country being nine years ahead in achieving the nationally determined contributions (NDC) target set under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change of having 40 per cent of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.
A minor polluter, Pak paid a hefty price for climate change with 2022 floods
Hamza Ameer
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November 19, 2023 10:03 AM
Islamabad, Nov 19 (IANS) A country that contributes less than one percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, has paid a heavy price for the effects of climate change, making it the eighth most vulnerable nation in the world to suffer catastrophic devastation caused by climate change.
World's 'disaster central' UN shaken by climate impact but faces challenges
Arul Louis
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November 19, 2023 10:03 AM
United Nations, Nov 19 (IANS) The United Nations, a world organisation with its network around the globe and countries from across continents represented at its headquarters, is like the disaster central, bringing home the impact of weather-related catastrophes.
Historic opportunity for course correction under Paris Climate Agreement
Vishal Gulati
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November 19, 2023 10:00 AM
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Is the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- probably as important as the one in 2015 when the universal and legally-binding Paris Agreement was adopted by nearly every nation -- to speed up bolder and more ambitious climate action, amidst the ongoing geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East still crucial?
Delhi schools to reopen after winter break on Monday
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November 19, 2023 12:02 AM
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Directorate of Education on Saturday said that all government, government-aided, and private recognised schools in Delhi will resume regular classes for all grades (from Pre-School to Class 8) physically from November 20.
