Road map for climate funds to developing nations unveiled
Business seeks details in face of mixed COP29 climate messagesMany developing countries said the pledge would not be enough to help them deliver robust national climate plans.
G20 Summit in Brazil falls short on climate finance resolution; fails to lift spirits at COP29The G20 summit concluded without concrete progress on climate finance, disappointing COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev who had hoped for a st...
UN climate process needs urgent overhaul: ExpertsA group of prominent figures, including Ban Ki-moon and Christiana Figueres, are urging a major overhaul of the UN climate process. They ar...
Global climate leaders call for urgent overhaul of UN climate talks process, saying it needs shift from negotiation to implementation
Himalayas need help, COP28 talks must respond: UN chief GuterresUN chief Antonio Guterres has warned of a potential catastrophe in the Himalayas due to the melting glaciers. Almost 240 million people dep...
Image of 'Singham' cop delivering instant justice sends out dangerous message: Bombay High Court judgeJustice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court highlighted the harmful message sent by blockbuster films such as "Singham", where the image ...
BRICS FMs call for inclusion of India-Brazil-South Africa in UNSCThe Foreign Ministers of the Brics nations have called for comprehensive reforms of the United Nations (UN) and the inclusion of India, Sou...
Explainer-COP27: Conversations to watch at the climate summit
Government list 13 key challenges for cop reformsThe panel also noted issues being faced by law enforcement agencies in "getting real-time information for forensic analysis from overseas i...
President Biden virtually hosts UNSC envoys, Indian Ambassador Tirumurti underlines commitmentThe White House said in a statement that Biden "reaffirmed the US commitment to values-based global leadership and re-engagement with inter...
Swaraj urges SCO members to back UN Security Council reformsIndia has been calling for the reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) along with Brazil, Germany and Japan for long.
Supreme Court reaffirms ruling on top cops from UPSC panel onlyThe court made it clear that for the time being the court’s ruling intended to insulate them from the pulls and pressures of the political ...
UP police in grips of severe manpower crisis, 55% vacancies in the state police forceThe latest report by the Union home ministry has estimated that there are 55% vacancies in the state police force against a sanctioned stre...
Petty interference and abuse from politicians strengthen case for police reformsThe Padmanabhaiah committee noted as far back as 2000 that arbitrary transfers were used by politicians to control and abuse the police for...
- States have reduced cops to `football': Chidambaram
Chidambaram picked up one of the most common refrain among cops and said that many officials have been reduced to "a football, to be kicked...
- States don’t want cop reform, federal agency: Jaiswal
Union minister of state for home Sriprakash Jaiswal on Friday claimed that state governments were not offering ‘required co-operation’ for ...