COP28 is expected to provide an opportunity to review progress made under the Paris Agreement, and chart a path for future course on climate action. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the COP28 meeting in Dubai today (December 1). He arrived in Dubai (UAE) on November 30, to attend the World Climate Action Summit, starting […]
The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday cleared the proposal for acquiring 97 Light Combat Aircraft Mark 1A fighter jets for the Indian Air Force at a cost of around Rs 65,000 crore. A proposal for buying 156 LCH Prachand choppers has also been approved by the DAC. The upgrade plan of 84 […]
Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh, complimented the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare for successful conclusion of the Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 2.0 from November 1-30, 2023. Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the DLC Campaign 2.0 was conducted to implement the vision of Prime Minister Modi […]
The Codex Alimentarious Commission (CAC), an international food safety and quality standard-setting body created by WHO and FAO of the United Nations with 188 member countries, has praised India’s Standards on Millets and accepted its proposal for the development of global standards for millets during its 46th session held in Rome, Italy. India has framed […]
India’s focus on infrastructure is empowering the economy and giving it a fillip, said Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles while addressing the Inaugural session of ‘3rd India Debt Capital Market Summit 2023 – Onwards & Upwards’. The Union Minister said that massive investments […]
Based on an intelligence, the officers of Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate Delhi, searched and recovered 5,48,800 lakh cigarette sticks of foreign origin worth around Rs. 55.23 lakh, yesterday. The cigarettes of different brands including, Platinum Seven, Davidoff, Dunhill and Mond have been recovered. The recovered foreign origin cigarettes do not have mandatory pictorial health warning on […]
The U.S. economy grew faster than initially thought in the third quarter as businesses built more warehouses and accumulated machinery equipment, but momentum appears to have since waned as higher borrowing costs curb hiring and spending. The growth pace, which was the quickest in nearly two years, however, likely exaggerated the health of the economy […]
China’s leadership is too “overwhelmed” with its internal problems to consider an invasion of Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen said in an interview with the New York Times. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military pressure against the island over the past four years, leading to concerns of a […]
Nepal becomes first South Asian nation to register same-sex marriageA local body in Nepal has officially registered the nation’s first same-sex marriage, making the country the second in Asia to give recognition to same-sex couples. Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, five months after the Supreme Court issued an interim […]
A Pakistan court overturned the conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case on Wednesday, his lawyer said, removing one of the many obstacles for him to qualify to stand in elections in February. The veteran politician. who arrived back home from four years of self-imposed exile in London last month, is […]
