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India overtakes China as world’s largest plastic polluter: Study

Representative Image NEW DELHI: A study by the University of Leeds, published in the Nature journal, reveals that India has…

3 months ago

Hurun India Rich List: Mumbai overtakes Beijing as ‘billionaire capital of Asia’

Representative Image MUMBAI, Maharashtra: In a recently released Hururn India Rich List 2024, Mumbai has overtaken Beijing as the “billionaire…

3 months ago

South Asia’s air quality sees surprising improvement in 2022:  AQLI report

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The report from the annual Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) has revealed a surprising improvement in…

3 months ago

UN adopts first Global Artificial Intelligence resolution

Representative Image UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly adopted the first global resolution on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to encourage…

8 months ago

Study warns 90% of Himalayan Region at risk of year-long drought from climate change

Representative Image NEW DELHI: A study published in Climatic Change revealed that if global warming rises by three degrees Celsius,…

9 months ago

India set to overtake Japan as world’s third-largest economy

Representative Image NEW DELHI: T V Somanathan, Finance Secretary, Government of India stated that India is well on its track…

1 year ago

WEF report: India ranks 127 in Global gender index

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The World Economic Forum’s annual Gender Gap Report, 2023 has ranked India at 127 out of…

1 year ago

Finland becomes World’s happiest country; India stands at 126

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network published the annual World Happiness Report on March 20,…

2 years ago

9 Indian states among 50 most climate vulnerable regions

Representative Image NEW DELHI: A report released by the Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI) titled ‘Gross Domestic Climate Risk’ mentioned the…

2 years ago

Climate challenge: Floods in Pakistan and drought in China

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The neighbouring countries of India, Pakistan and China are facing the climate challenges posed by extreme…

2 years ago