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BRICS Climate Agenda: Focus on Global South as India pushes for sustainable future
While energy transition focuses on reducing future emissions,...
PM Modi calls India’s 7.8% GDP growth ‘herculean feat’ amid global uncertainties
"India's exemplary GDP growth of 7.8 per cent during Q1 of FY...
Govt issues advisory for Indian seafarers amid rising Black Sea security concerns
The security situation in and around the Black Sea and adjoining maritime areas remains highly volatile due to the ongoing conflict. Commercial vessels operating in or transiting these waters are facing significant security risks, including missile and drone attacks....
Govt advances small reactor plans, targets five nuclear units by 2033
India, which is keen to expand its use of clean energy, last year opened its nuclear generation sector to domestic and foreign firms in the private sector. It aims to expand nuclear capacity to 100 GW by 2047 from about 8.8 GW at present. NEW DELHI: India said on...
NGT issues slew of directives to Himachal Pradesh on gaps in waste management
The bench said the “state’s compliance obligations are to be understood not merely as administrative targets, but as constitutional imperatives of the highest order". New Delhi/Shimla:The National Green Tribunal has expressed dissatisfaction over the gaps in solid and...
Protecting environment a constitutional obligation, shared moral responsibility: CJI
Surya Kant,Chief Justice of India Referring to Articles 21, 48A and 51A(g) of the Constitution, the Chief Justice said safeguarding the environment is a shared responsibility and essential for ensuring a cleaner, greener and more sustainable future for coming...
China:Pushing For Real-World Training for Next-Generation Humanoid Robots
A divergence has emerged between Chinese and American firms developing embodied intelligence. In China, models are increasingly trained using data generated by humanoids in the environments in which they will be operated.In contrast, US firms are buying data and...
UK unveils rules to establish Captive Insurance regime
The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority laid out plans for a captive insurance regime, according to a statement Tuesday. Captive insurers are entities set up by companies or public institutions that provide their own cover. The UK has proposed rules to...
EPFO invites applications from provident fund trusts for amnesty scheme
Employers, stakeholders and the general public are advised to take note of the scheme, which will remain open for six months, a labour ministry statement said. New Delhi:Retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has invited applications for an...
HP to develop Rs 3,500 cr disaster resilience infrastructure: CM
The Western Himalaya was an ecologically fragile region where disasters have significantly increased in recent years.There is a need to move beyond conventional development models by integrating disaster resilience into infrastructure planning, strengthening early...
E20 may cut mileage by up to 5 pc but offers cleaner combustion, energy security benefits: Oil Min
In a detailed question-and-answer document issued to counter criticism of the Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said E20 was a "cleaner, higher-quality and more efficient fuel" than E10 or pure petrol and had been rolled out...
Aviva buys out Dabur’s 26%, takes full control of its Indian life JV
The acquisition follows recent regulatory foreign direct investment ("FDI") changes in India, which now allow foreign insurers to increase their shareholdings in local insurance companies to 100% This is the second deal in the Indian insurance sector in a week when a...