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The global pact to conserve biodiversity on the high seas is seen as a crucial tool to meet a target agreed last year to protect 30% of the earth’s land and sea by 2030. | Photo Credit: AP A new U.N. treaty to protect the world’s oceans was signed by 67 countries on Wednesday, another…
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. | Photo Credit: AP The Canadian government has said the circulation of an online video in which Hindu Canadians are told to leave the country is offensive and hateful, asserting that acts of aggression, hate, intimidation or incitement of fear have no place in Canada. The video was circulated amid…
“Announcement of a new India’s new democratic commitment,” the PM said. New Delhi: Pitching for a “strong government with majority”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that’s what made the approval for the long-pending women’s reservation bill possible. It proves that a majority government was required to take the country forward, he said. Addressing an…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced the squad for the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023. While most of the top names are there, there were a couple of surprises. Fast bowler Naseem Shah who suffered an injury during the recently concluded Asia Cup is not part of Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup squad. But…
India will have a maximum weight of 10 per cent on the index. Global investment bank JPMorgan Chase and Co. on Thursday announced that it would be adding India to its emerging market debt index with effect from June 28, 2024. While the much-anticipated decision is widely seen as a big positive for the Indian…
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The logo of the Securities and Exchange Board of India is pictured on the premises of its headquarters in Mumbai, India. | Photo Credit: Reuters Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has levied penalties totalling ₹55 lakh on 11 entities for indulging in non-genuine trades in illiquid stock options segment on the Bombay Stock…
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Asia’s hydropower output fell 17.9% during the seven months through July (Representational) Singapore: Hydropower generation in Asia has plunged at the fastest rate in decades amid sharp declines in China and India, data shows, forcing power regulators battling volatile electricity demand and erratic weather to rely more on fossil fuels. The two countries, which account…
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Mirwaiz was put under house arrest on August 5, 2019 (File) Srinagar: Kashmiri separatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will lead the Friday prayers at Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid after his release from four-year house arrest today. Mirwaiz, chief priest of Jamia Masjid, is the chairman of Hurriyat Conference, a grouping of Kashmiri separatist factions. Police officials…
In September, amid PCOS awareness month, a concerning reality emerges: academic pressure may unknowingly contribute to a silent health crisis among young girls. It starts in classrooms but often leads to gynaecologists’ offices, where ultrasound scans reveal ovarian cysts, resulting in a diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). (For top health news of the day, subscribe to…
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Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country, Azerbaijan’s top diplomat told the UN Security Council on September 21. Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s determination to guarantee…
