Four candidates for UN secretary-general audition this week. That's far fewer than in 2016Four candidates are vying to become the next United Nations Secretary-General. This selection process unfolds in a world marked by deep div...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.23 AM IST
PM Modi to chair first-ever CAPFs leadership conference in Delhi in MayPrime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a significant leadership conference for Central Armed Police Forces officers in May. This inaugural ...
17 Apr, 2026, 05.05 PM IST
India withdraws bid to host UN climate talks in 2028India has withdrawn its offer to host the United Nations annual climate Conference Of the Parties COP33 in 2028. The foreign ministry confi...
17 Apr, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
India withdraws bid to host UN Climate Summit COP33 in 2028India has withdrawn its offer to host the United Nations climate summit COP33 in 2028. The decision was conveyed to the Asia-Pacific region...
09 Apr, 2026, 07.50 AM IST
England locks in Thomas Tuchel till 2028 as FA backs German to chase gloryThomas Tuchel's contract as England men's head coach is extended through UEFA EURO 2028. This move by the Football Association aims to brin...
12 Feb, 2026, 03.55 PM IST
Will EU's carbon border tax crash COP30 party?Europe's new carbon tax on imports is causing global friction. This policy aims to level the playing field for EU industries. However, othe...
10 Nov, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal as COP30 summit loomsEuropean Union climate ministers have agreed on a 2040 emissions reduction target. The goal is to cut emissions by 90 percent from 1990 lev...
05 Nov, 2025, 02.51 PM IST
Elon Musk wants AI satellite constellation to prevent sunlight from warming Earth; netizens wonder what could go wrongElon Musk proposed a solar-powered AI satellite constellation to regulate Earth's solar energy intake and combat global warming. However, t...
03 Nov, 2025, 03.59 PM IST
COP29: US climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump's returnAt the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, US climate envoy John Podesta reassured nations that the US remains committed to combating clima...
11 Nov, 2024, 10.01 PM IST
India's emission intensity reduced by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019: Govt reportThe report also said India's GDP grew at a cumulative annual growth rate of 7 per cent but its emissions rose by only 4 per cent per year d...
04 Dec, 2023, 01.13 AM IST
Global deal to phase down use of climate-damaging refrigerants HFCs reached in KigaliIn a major development to curb use of climate-damaging refrigerants, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), 197 countries on Saturday agreed in Kigali,...
15 Oct, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
India, US agree to amend Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCsSingh said in the original proposal put forward by India there was no freeze year, but "in the morning we had given a position that we can ...
14 Oct, 2016, 10.10 PM IST
Flexibility shown by India at Montreal Protocol to help nation for climate benefitsChandra Bhushan, deputy director general of the CSE, said the analysis reveals that when India had taken 2028-2030 as it's baseline.
12 Oct, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
India alters stand, will ratify climate change pact on October 2India is negotiating hard to gain benefits so that a phase down cycle of 2024-26 comes as close as possible to the 2028-30/31 in terms of f...
26 Sep, 2016, 04.33 AM IST
US wants India to advance phasing out of HFCsIndia is so far insistent that its baseline year for phasing down HFCs will be no earlier than 2028 with a complete freeze on HFC use by 20...
10 Sep, 2016, 03.13 AM IST
'India lacks reform flowing from political conviction'India is very much a "work in progress" as it looks to rise to a position of global reckoning, according to senior journalist T N Ninan.
17 Nov, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
- Finance ministers meet on sidelines of global climate talks
Finance ministers or their stand-ins from 37 countries met here on Monday for informal talks on how to beef up the financial response to gl...
10 Dec, 2007, 07.30 AM IST