What makes the Rs 90,000-crore Great Nicobar Island project critical for India both militarily and economicallyIndia is undertaking a massive Rs 90,000 crore project in Great Nicobar. This initiative will develop a major transshipment port and intern...
15 May, 2026, 12.24 PM IST
Village braces for closure of Spain's largest nuclear plantAs Spain eyes a greener future, the Almaraz nuclear plant stands at a crossroads. Set for closure by 2028, the facility's fate is now up in...
04 May, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
Ex-military officers defend Great Nicobar push, reject Rahul Gandhi’s concernsRetired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...
02 May, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
What is the Scarborough Shoal and what is China planning there?Philippines objects to China's plan for a nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal. This shoal is a contested area in the South China Sea. It is...
11 Sep, 2025, 02.36 PM IST
India seeks transparency from China over construction of mega dam on River BrahmaputraIndia is concerned about China building a big dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. This river becomes the Brahmaputra in India. The p...
10 Aug, 2025, 09.22 PM IST
China says its world's biggest dam over Brahmaputra will not impact water flows to IndiaChina reiterated plans for a $137 billion dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, assuring no negative impacts on India and Bangladesh, whil...
06 Jan, 2025, 05.22 PM IST
China defends plan to build world's largest dam over Brahmaputra River in Tibet; says will not affect lower reachesChina is planning to build the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet. The project, estimated to cost USD 137 billion, has r...
04 Jan, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
China looking to create 'hydro-hegemony' through dam projects in Tibet: ReportSince Tibet's occupation, China has disrupted the natural flow of rivers by pursuing a series of ill-conceived environmental and developmen...
14 Apr, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
China's Xi Jinping says country's low carbon push must guarantee energy, food securityChina, the world's biggest source of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions, has been under pressure to "enhance ambition" and take more ...
26 Jan, 2022, 10.34 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for stable global supply chain and cyber security standardsAt the closed door meet of EAS leaders, PM also stressed the importance of free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific and reiterated India's com...
28 Oct, 2021, 08.07 AM IST
China launches four satellites into planned orbitsThe satellites were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province at 11:03 am loc...
11 Jun, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Climate crisis could displace 1.2 billion people by 2050: ReportThe global climate crisis could see more than a billion people displaced from their homes in the next 30 years, as ecological disasters dri...
10 Sep, 2020, 09.31 PM IST
South China Sea: US says China taking 'self-isolating' stepsThe US today said China is taking some steps that are "self-isolating" with regard to the South China Sea and the US will "fly, sail and op...
23 Jan, 2016, 02.12 AM IST
Tibetan government in exile demands climate action in TibetTibetan students, activists and the government in exile demanded “climate action” for Tibet on Sunday by holding a rally in the Capital. To...
29 Nov, 2015, 07.45 PM IST
Narendra Modi government may set up a separate ministry dedicated to managing the Himalayan regionThe Modi govt is toying with the idea of setting up a nodal agency — that could be launched as a separate ministry which will work as a ful...
31 May, 2014, 11.51 AM IST
Bill Clinton voices support for China's new economic reformsBill Clinton today met Chinese President Xi Jinping here and voiced support for new economic reforms announced by the ruling Communist Part...
18 Nov, 2013, 07.06 PM IST
- China establishes climate change monitor network
The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) has completed a national climate observation network to help mitigate global warming.
12 Sep, 2007, 11.10 AM IST