- One BSF jawan killed, 3 others injured as Pakistan violates ceasefire in Rajouri
- Kanpur train derailment toll rises to 130
- In a first-of-its kind move, Indian Army to use solar energy to dispose of old ammunition
- Demonetisation is a big gamble; here's why
- China’s reported gene-editing success could spark off a race with the US
Amitabh Sinha
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‘Godzilla’ El Nino, primary reason for poor rainfall, has finally ended after 2 years
After two years of depleted rainfall, this monsoon season is predicted to bring good rainfall. The Indian Met department has forecast above average rainfall in the four-month season of June to September. It has said India as a whole was likely to receive 106 per cent of normal rainfall during this season.
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Monsoon onset may be late, here’s why it may not matter
There’s no correlation between when it hits Kerala and how much it rains, where.
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At gaushala meet, why ministers were a bit cowed down
Discussions soon got overshadowed by sloganeering against cow slaughter and chants of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Gaumata ki Jai’.
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Interview with Prakash Javedkar: ‘No wholesale changes to green laws, focus on strict compliance’
He said the government will make amendments to laws “as and when necessary” but stressed that there was no plan to make any substantial changes to these laws “at present”.
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Depleting water in Maharashtra’s reservoirs; falling steadily since January
Cumulative storage in India’s 91 biggest reservoirs is currently about half of their January levels. Maharashtra has drawn the most water the fastest, going from 30% of full capacity to 14% today.
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COP21: History made in Paris, world reaches deal to save Earth
After two weeks of intense negotiations and years of acrimonious debate, more than 190 countries Saturday adopted a new agreement on climate change that could force lasting changes on economic activities across the world and on the way people lead their lives.
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World gets together one last time in Paris to save the earth
France’s Fabius presents ‘ambitious, balanced’ climate deal for approval
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Climate talks enter extra time as negotiators go back to drawing board
Meanwhile, on India’s initiative, a reference to ‘sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption’ entered into the draft text for the first time, in the preamble.
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Climate talks: Differentiation issue remains unresolved
Even as countries reported progress on some key issues after two days of ministerial meetings, the issue of differentiation between developed and developing nations…
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Climate talks enter final lap, issues yet to be resolved
As the climate negotiators got down to work in a final dash towards finding an agreement, the big question being discussed was whether the conference…
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Amid hurly-burly of negotiations at Paris climate meet, a solution that’s escaping attention
While the world is trying to find the elusive climate agreement that would reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide, a new scientific report has suggested that some other easier and faster ways of slowing down global warming are not being paid enough attention.
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Negotiators make little progress as first week of climate talks draws to a close
The first week of negotiations at the climate change conference here in Paris was drawing to a close without any noticeable progress on the contentious subjects like finance or review mechanism…
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Climate talks: India wants focus on money raised
After two days of talks in small sub-groups, the negotiators produced the first draft agreement
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On Day 3 of climate talks, pace frustrates many
It was just the third day of the climate change conference in Paris and already, there was growing frustration that the negotiations were not moving as fast as they should to ensure a strong agreement after the end of two weeks of talks.
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Negotiators start climate deal talks
With leaders having exited the stage, negotiators at the climate change conference in Paris got down to work on Tuesday, and not surprisingly…
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PM Narendra Modi pushes for action on climate change, with riders
For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after a handshake and a brief discussion with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, it was time to join over 150 heads of states and governments in putting up an unprecedented show of solidarity for a global agreement on climate change.
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Idea Exchange: Delhi air quality got worse over the last 10 years. But media never questioned it, says Prakash Javadekar
In this Idea Exchange moderated by Amitabh Sinha of The Indian Express, Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar sees an ‘agenda’ in calling Indian cities among worst polluted, defends Modi government’s stand on NGOs, questions Rahul Gandhi’s aggression, and asserts RSS does not interfere in government.
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One of the changes we hope for is more proactive communication from the leader: Jairam Ramesh
In this Idea Exchange moderated by Amitabh Sinha of The Indian Express, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asserts that UPA’s land Bill wasn’t given a ‘fair trial’, says that everybody in Congress knows the buck stops with Sonia Gandhi, and argues that Narendra Modi is ‘Narendra Lee Kuan’
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Foreign funding of 4 NGOs who opposed coal projects blocked
Home invokes FCRA, directs RBI; one of 4 gets questionnaire on India account
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Lima climate deal results in precious little; India satisfied
The Lima climate talks finally produced an agreement, but only just.
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Climate talks extended as negotiators fail to break logjam
The climate talks at Lima were on the brink of collapse on Saturday after two attempts…
