Tibetan climate crisis gains global attention at COP30 in Brazil

IANS | November 14, 2025 7:47 PM

Brasilia, Nov 14 (IANS) The Sweden based-Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) participated in the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 30) in Brazil’s Belem city, followed by high-level dialogues in Rio de Janeiro, to highlight one of the world’s most neglected ecological flashpoints and the rapidly worsening climate crisis across Tibet and the Himalayan region.

India emerges as the world’s 6th largest patent filer with over 64,000 patents: Jitendra Singh

IANS | November 14, 2025 7:13 PM

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) India has now emerged as the world’s 6th largest patent filer with over 64,000 patents, out of which more than 55 per cent are by resident Indian innovators, a sharp departure from the earlier trend of innovators depending on foreign institutions for research, mentorship, and project completion, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday.