World leaders urged to prioritize action on water and climate
Countries must step up urgent action to address the water-related consequences of climate change, the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and nine other...
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Security Council adopts ‘first of its kind’ resolution on protecting classrooms from conflict
Acting unanimously on Friday, the Security Council adopted a unique resolution strongly condemning attacks against schools, children and teachers and urging conflict parties to immediately...
First Person: Telling the tragic story of mercury poisoning in Japan
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury.The Convention includes a...
Editorial with Sujit Nair: 1.53 Lakh Indians Commit Suicide| NCRB
India recorded 1,53,052 suicides—an average 418 daily—in 2020, with 10,677 of them by persons engaged in farming sector, according to the latest central government data....
‘Serious risk’ COP26 may not deliver, warns Guterres, urging more climate action
There is a “serious risk” that the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, “will not deliver”, the UN chief told journalists on Friday in...
Supreme Court refuses to close a bar 120 m away from temple
New Delhi : Mere proximity of a watering hole to a place of worship, if the statutorily prescribed distance of 100 metres is maintained between...
Photos: PM Modi meets Pope Francis
Vatican: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met the Pope Francis in the Vatican city. This is the second official day of his visit to Italian capital...
Mehbooba Mufti writes to PM regarding Kashmiri student arrset
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the arrests of three Kashmiri students in...
20 booked for attacking Dalit Family on temple visit
Gandhidham : On Friday, 20 men who attacked six members of a Dalit Family for visiting Temple in their village near Gandhidham town of Gujarat’s...
No one held responsible for 81% journalist murder: CPJ report
New Delhi: According to a report by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), no one has been held accountable for the murders of 81% of journalists...