United Nations, Jan 17 (UNI) The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the convening of a high-level meeting on addressing the existential threats posed by sea-level rise. The resolution decides that the meeting is to be held on Sept. 25, 2024, on the sidelines of the General Debate of the General Assembly….
Melbourne, Jan 16 (UNI) Carlos Alcaraz made a punching return at the hard-court major at Rod Laver Arena after beating Richard Gasquet here on Tuesday. The second-seeded Spaniard won the match 7-6(5), 6-1, 6-2 against Gasquet after a gap of two years at the Australian Open. Alcaraz lapped up the match in a two-hour and…
Chandigarh, Jan 16 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday said promotion of sports culture can be the most effective tool in the state government’s crusade against drugs. Addressing a function where Rs 33.83 crore was distributed among168 medal winners in Asian and National Games, Mann the unbounded energy of the youth is…
Madurai, Jan 16 (UNI) A spectator was gored to death and 114 others injured in Jallikattu (bull taming) and Manjuvirattu (bull race) events held in Madurai and Tiruchirapalli districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. Police said a youth, identified as Ramesh was gored on his chest by a ferocious bull, when it was unleashed during…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the criminal defamation proceedings going on in the trial court in Gujarat against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and MP Sanjay Singh over their statements against the Gujarat University for not disclosing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s academic degree. A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai…
Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 16 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the GST and simplified income tax introduced by the Central government have resulted in record tax collection. Modi said this after inaugurating the new campus of National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN) at Palasamudram village in Sri Sathya Sai…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) Highlighting green hydrogen as an equitable solution, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has called for leapfrogging to renewables and green hydrogen. “For India, the equitable solution is not to replace one fossil fuel with another but to leapfrog to renewables and green hydrogen. The decrease in solar costs can be…
Kohima Jan 16 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday terming the January 22 Ram Temple consecration ceremony as a ‘political event’, said that the BJP and RSS have made it a ‘Narendra Modi function’. Addressing a press conference on the third day of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra here, he said, “The BJP and…
Tura (Meghalaya), Jan 16 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that the idea of women-led-development can be implemented only when the women get the freedom to make their choices. Interacting with the members of Self Help Groups at Baljek airport in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district, Murmu said that the empowerment of women in…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the plea by Hindu women plaintiffs to clean the water tank (wuzukhana) of the Gyanvapi mosque at Varanasi, where a shivling was claimed to be found during a commission survey in May 2022. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud,…
