Carbon capture and storage: Where should the world store CO2? It’s a moral dilemma
• 3 years agoFunding for carbon capture and storage is insufficient. At the current rate of deployment, 700 million tonnes of CO₂ storage capacity will be added by 2050 – 10% of what is required.
Pakistan to allow India to send 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan, says Imran Khan
• 3 years agoEarlier, there had been reports that Pakistan had blocked India's efforts to provide wheat to the Afghan people, amid the chill in relations between New Delhi and Islamabad over the Kashmir issue
INX Media Case: Delhi HC dismisses CBI’s plea challenging order allowing Chidambaram to inspect documents
• 3 years agoThe CBI had opposed the inspection of documents on the grounds that the probe in the INX media case, in which the Chidambarams are accused, is still ongoing, and that it may result in evidence tampering
Africa’s glaciers soon to disappear; total deglaciation likely by 2040s, says report
• 4 years agoThe report states that by 2030, up to 118 million extremely poor people will be exposed to drought, floods and extreme heat in Africa if adequate measures are not taken
NCB released 3 people, including BJP leader’s brother-in-law, after calls from Delhi, Maharashtra leaders: Nawab Malik
• 4 years agoAddressing a press conference in Mumbai, Malik, who is NCP's spokesperson and a Maharashtra minister, alleged that Bharatiya's brother-in-law Rishabh Sachdeva was among those three persons
'World must wake up’: Tasks daunt world leaders as they return to United Nations
• 4 years agoSecretary-General Antonio Guterres rang the alarm in his annual state-of-the-world speech at the opening of the UNGA’s high-level meeting for leaders of its 193 member nations
Afghanistan’s Taliban want to address General Assembly, says United Nations
• 4 years agoThe Taliban said it was nominating a new UN permanent representative, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, a UN spokesman said
Antony Blinken's defense of Afghan policy clouded by Al-Qaeda warning
• 4 years agoBlinken had mixed results in attempting to face down the second day of tough congressional questioning, this time from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Muslims have nothing to fear in India, share same ancestry as Hindus, says Mohan Bhagwat
• 4 years agoIndian culture accommodates diverse opinions and respects other faiths, Bhagwat said while speaking at an event in Mumbai
Ex-TMC minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, who joined BJP ahead of Assembly polls, arrested on graft charge
• 4 years agoThe former TMC MLA from Bishnupur was apprehended following an investigation into allegations of misappropriation of money related to e-tendering and other charges when he was chairman of the local civic body in 2020, an official said