NEW DELHI: India committed to prioritise effective restoration of at least 30% of its degraded terrestrial, inland water, & coastal and marine areas by 2030 in sync with the country’s 23 national biodiversity targets as well as global 30×30 biodiversity goals, reports Vishwa Mohan. India said it would need an annual average amount of Rs…
NEW DELHI: This October was the warmest on record in the country, breaking the previous high of 1951, the Met office said Friday. Central India (Madhya Pradesh, parts of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh) led the mean temperature chart for October, becoming the warmest on record, too, whereas northwest India, which includes Delhi-NCR, became the second warmest…
NEW DELHI: More than 12 years after Supreme Court mandated separate toilets for girl students in schools across India, only Goa, Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry are in full compliance of the order while the north-eastern states and Jammu & Kashmir lag the national average of 98% in schools implementing the order.SC for the first time…
Accusing Congress of seeking to convert the lands of farmers and temples into Waqf properties due to its vote-bank politics, BJP on Friday asserted that it would oppose such attempts “tooth and nail.” Senior BJP leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cited notices served on farmers in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district for allegedly encroaching…
BENGALURU: All items made by govt and private firms in Congress-governed Karnataka will mandatorily have to carry names and product info in Kannada on labels, CM Siddaramaiah said Friday.Speaking after felicitating Rajyotsava (state foundation day) awardees in Vidhana Soudha, the CM pointed out that most products made in the state now carry key information only…
KOLKATA: A murder convict who spent seven years in jail was acquitted last month by Calcutta HC, which, after going through evidence, found serious lacunae in establishing beyond doubt that he had committed the crime.The incident dates to April 23, 2015, when Kolkata resident Ranadip Banerjee, alias Rinku, was accused of murdering his elder brother,…
NEW DELHI: Vishva Hindu Parishad on Friday welcomed former US president and Republican candidate Donald Trump‘s condemnation of violence against Hindus, Christians and other minorities in Bangladesh, stating that his response contrasted with the silence of the United Nations and rights activists on the atrocities in the neighbouring country.“It is a welcome step to see…
Arvind Sawant and Shaina NC (R) MUMBAI: Shiv Sena candidate from Mumbadevi, Shaina NC, on Friday lodged an FIR against Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant at Nagpada police station, alleging the former minister made objectionable remarks against her.A case under sections 79 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman)…
MADURAI: Expressing anguish over school students getting addicted to a banned tobacco product called ‘Cool Lip,’ Madras high court directed Tamil Nadu govt to establish Child Tobacco Cessation Centres in all districts with experts to counsel and treat addicted children, reports K Kaushik. HC also directed the Centre to issue orders to ban them.“An extreme…
NEW DELHI: NSA Ajit Doval on Wednesday held talks with his US counterpart Jake Sullivan on bilateral ties, including defence and security cooperation, and regional and global issues amid tensions in ties over murder-for-hire plot.The two leaders discussed the need for further efforts to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region and globally, the White House…
