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Climate experts push for increased wetlands finance before COP30

Dhaka, Sept. 15 -- Ahead of the 30th UN Climate Summit (COP30), experts at a Pre-COP30 dialogue in Dhaka have called for an urgent scale-up of climate finance to support wetlands restoration. COP30, ... Read More


India needs to fix $1.5-tn green finance gap. Here's how it plans to do it

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The government is holding consultations on ways to mobilize about $1 trillion in green finance to boost investments into clean energy as the 2030 deadline for 500 gigawatts of r... Read More


Digitalisation in spotlight at Mekong-RoK forum

HCM City, Sept. 15 -- The 13th Mekong-Republic of Korea (RoK) Business Forum opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15, centring discussions on digitalisation and innovation as drivers of transformat... Read More


Assam's heroic nurses shield newborns from earthquake, video goes viral

Hyderabad, Sept. 15 -- Amid the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck parts of the Northeast and West Bengal on Sunday, two nurses from a private hospital in Assam were captured shielding three newborn... Read More


Who are Adeeb and Adil Nasir? Two Utah men arrested for threat of terrorism days after Charlie Kirk shooting

India, Sept. 15 -- Two men were arrested after an explosive device was found under a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City Friday, NBC-affiliate KSL TV reported. They have been identified as Adeeb Nasi... Read More


High court chides SRA over unilateral notification of private land as slum

India, Sept. 15 -- The Bombay High Court last week directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to file an affidavit explaining how privately-owned land could ... Read More


High court chides SRA over unilateral notification of private land as slum

India, Sept. 15 -- The Bombay High Court last week directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to file an affidavit explaining how privately-owned land could ... Read More


Rahul Gandhi visits flood-affected areas in Punjab, seeks relief for affected people

Chandigarh, Sept. 15 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited flood-affected areas in Punjab on Monday and urged the state and central governments to ensure that relief reaches the victims without dela... Read More


Rahul Gandhi extends greetings on All-India Mahila Congress' foundation day

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Monday, extended greetings on the foundation day of All-India Mahila Congress. The All-India Mahila Congress was established 41 years ago on Se... Read More


Indian Army's Spear Corps advances in Mount Gorichen Expedition

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The Indian Army's elite Spear Corps is in the final phase of a high-altitude mountaineering expedition to Mount Gorichen, the highest peak in Arunachal Pradesh. Standing at 6,48... Read More