As mediators struggle to find common ground, experts say UN Climate Summit needs reformAn open letter signed by prominent figures, including former UN officials and climate scientists, criticizes the UN climate process as inef...
16 Nov, 2024, 12.36 AM IST
New research reveals how Canada’s aircraft interceptor dream came crashing downAt the peak of the Cold war, Canada had abruptly stopped its Avro Arrow program. The Royal Canadian Air Force decided not to induct the air...
10 Jul, 2024, 02.03 AM IST
Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there's more current painDubai hosts United Nations talks for a global stock take on the progress of the Paris climate agreement. The latest assessments show that t...
29 Nov, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
Lioness on loose in Berlin? Authorities tell residents to stay indoors. See what happenedBerlin authorities are hunting for a lioness, who is on the loose in south-western outskirts, as per media reports. Residents have been adv...
21 Jul, 2023, 01.17 AM IST
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapterThe Anthropocene Working Group will announce the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of human...
10 Jul, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
COP26 Summit: What's behind climate talks' key elusive goal, the magic 1.5Scientists calculate carbon pollution the burning of fossil fuels can produce before 1.5 degrees is baked in. A report a few days ago from ...
07 Nov, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
A new world order for the coronavirus era is emergingAs a fast rising power, China is growing more assertive and jostling with many countries.
10 Jul, 2020, 02.45 PM IST
Kim Jong Un, Harry Truman: World leaders who don't cross the borderThe North Korean leader’s recent hush-hush trip to Beijing piqued much international interest.
10 Apr, 2018, 01.32 PM IST
How the world averted catastrophic climate changeWhile there is no pledge on finance, for the first time, there is official recognition that destruction caused by extreme weather needs foc...
19 Dec, 2015, 06.14 AM IST
How Winston Churchill, the war time hero failed in peaceIndian independence rode on a huge win for the British Labour Party in 1945, where Winston Churchill failed as a peace time politician.
03 May, 2015, 04.49 AM IST
IEA suggests measure to control global temperature riseGiven the co-relation between GDP and emission rates, the IEA recognises that India’s emissions are related to the stage in economic develo...
20 Jun, 2013, 11.54 AM IST
UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012: Drought looms as India faces rain deficitThe monsoon has regularly stumped forecasters in the first decade of the 21st century, during which the country faced the driest June in 10...
05 Dec, 2012, 10.15 AM IST
- UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012: India faces risk of devastating droughts
India faces the risk of devastating droughts as monsoon rainfall can fall up to 70% short in the years ahead, ravaging crops and unsettling...
04 Dec, 2012, 10.36 PM IST
World travel in pursuit of influence: Barack Obama 50 not out, Manmohan Singh 47 not outObama will reach a half century this week in terms of countries he has visited as head of government following his landmark trips to India'...
18 Nov, 2012, 10.24 PM IST
- Potsdam, Germany: City of confluences
Strolling through the magnificent palaces and parks of Potsdam, Prakash Dubey came to understand why this city has been a fountainhead of E...
20 Jan, 2011, 08.43 AM IST
- G-4 talks fail as India refuses to yield
“Talks have failed as India refused to dilute its stand on agricultural market access,” said Kamal Nath
22 Jun, 2007, 04.10 AM IST
- WTO back on burner in Germany
US, EU, Brazil and India met on Tuesday for talks to break deadlock over a global trade deal.
19 Jun, 2007, 05.00 PM IST