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COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops
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4 months ago

COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops

Hindustan Times  

Baku: The COP29 climate summit was extended by a day after developing nations reacted with fury to developed countries’ proposal of $250 billion annual climate finance by 2035, calling it “a slap in the face” and far below their demand of $1.3 trillion, raising fears of a Copenhagen-like deadlock. “The quantum is an eyewash,” said a developing country negotiator, noting …

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COP28 World Climate Action Summit: PM Modi hails 'historic' operationalisation of 'Loss and Damage' fund
1 year, 3 months ago

COP28 World Climate Action Summit: PM Modi hails 'historic' operationalisation of 'Loss and Damage' fund

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the 'historic' decision of the UAE presidency to operationalise the $475 million 'Loss and Damage' fund, just moments after the opening of the two-week COP28 climate conference on Thursday. Speaking at a session on Transforming Climate Finance during the COP28 World Climate Action Summit, PM Modi asserted that India has given the utmost …

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India raising issue of climate justice with developed countries, says PM Modi on World Environment Day
1 year, 9 months ago

India raising issue of climate justice with developed countries, says PM Modi on World Environment Day

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the poor and developing countries are paying the price for the “wrong policies” of some developed nations and stressed that India has been strongly raising the issue of climate justice with all such advanced and big countries. In his video message at a World Environment Day event, the Prime Minister said that for …

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Developed world will slow down, emerging markets will grow: Indian G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant
1 year, 11 months ago

Developed world will slow down, emerging markets will grow: Indian G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

Firstpost  

The G20 members represent around 85 per cent of global GDP, over 75 per cent of global trade, and about two-thirds of the world’s population Kumarakom: India will play a lead role during its G20 presidency in redefining and reshaping the world which is facing multiple challenges, Indian Sherpa Amitabh Kant said here on Sunday. Talking about the trend in …

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Explained | Bhutan’s graduation from the UN list of Least Developed Countries
2 years ago

Explained | Bhutan’s graduation from the UN list of Least Developed Countries

The Hindu  

The story so far: “We are taking it with a lot of honour and pride, we are not nervous,” said Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering at the United Nations Least Developed Countries Summit that concluded on March 9 in Doha, Qatar. Inclusion in and graduation from the LDC category is based on three criteria: Gross National Income per capita, Human …

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Developed world hasn't acted on $100bn/year climate finance pledge; multilateral financial bodies need to be transformed: Amitabh Kant
2 years, 1 month ago

Developed world hasn't acted on $100bn/year climate finance pledge; multilateral financial bodies need to be transformed: Amitabh Kant

The Hindu  

India's G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant on January 30 said the developed world has not helped the developing countries with $100 billion of climate finance per year, despite committing to it way back in 2009. Explained | All about the G20: History of the forum and India’s presidency "If India has to go for climate change, the developed world has to …

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Nick Bollettieri, who developed 10 World No 1s including Andre Agassi, Williams sisters, dies aged 91
2 years, 3 months ago

Nick Bollettieri, who developed 10 World No 1s including Andre Agassi, Williams sisters, dies aged 91

Firstpost  

While his methods were sometimes controversial, Nick Bollettieri’s academy in Florida churned out top players and he was to coach 10 players who would go on to become number one in the world. Paris: Legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, who helped develop superstars such as Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova, has died aged 91, the IMG Academy announced in a …

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Ranil Wickremesinghe proposes setting up International Climate Change University
2 years, 4 months ago

Ranil Wickremesinghe proposes setting up International Climate Change University

The Hindu  

Pointing to the “lack of” capacity as the “biggest obstacle” to the implementation of climate action plans, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday proposed setting up an International Climate Change University in Sri Lanka, with an ancillary institution in the Maldives. “This seat of learning can be a trans-disciplinary global centre for green and blue studies – for scientists, …

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At COP27, developed nations must deliver
2 years, 4 months ago

At COP27, developed nations must deliver

Hindustan Times  

With barely a few days to go before the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, two things have happened. If the Security Council indeed takes over the responsibility on this issue, a few States will then have a free-hand in deciding on all climate-related issues.” But the …

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Innovation to be key in making India developed nation by 2047, says Sitharaman
2 years, 5 months ago

Innovation to be key in making India developed nation by 2047, says Sitharaman

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said innovation is going to be key factor in making India a developed nation by 2047, as she highlighted the immense potential of digitalisation in achieving this. It is because of the innovation, the solutions which we have for very many of the festering problems of this economy, we can achieve that …

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Come, make vaccines in India: PM Modi to global manufacturers in UNGA address
3 years, 6 months ago

Come, make vaccines in India: PM Modi to global manufacturers in UNGA address

Firstpost  

Making a strong pitch for indigenious COVID-19 vaccines, Modi also informed at UNGA that India has developed the first DNA vaccine, which can be given to those above 12 years Making a strong pitch for indigenious COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address at UNGA invited the global manufacturers to make them in India. “Despite limited resources, India …

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Sushma Swaraj at UNGA: Developed world must help less fortunate ones on climate change
7 years, 6 months ago

Sushma Swaraj at UNGA: Developed world must help less fortunate ones on climate change

India TV News  

Sushma Swaraj at UNGA: Developed world must help less fortunate ones on climate change Addressing the UN General Assembly, Swaraj said that it was not just mere coincidence that the world has witnessed hurricanes, earthquakes, rains that inundate storms which terrify. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said the challenge posed by climate change requires more "serious action than talk" …

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CJI Blames Developed Nations For Environmental Pollution
8 years ago

CJI Blames Developed Nations For Environmental Pollution

Live Law  

Chief Justice J S Khehar today slammed the developed nations for their unwillingness to offer financial and technological help to tackle environmental pollution despite their role in the present existential crisis posed to human race by the menace.News Agency Press Trust Of India quoted him as saying that: Significantly, not only the emission history of developed world forgotten in terms. …

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CJI Blames Developed Nations For Environmental Pollution
8 years ago

CJI Blames Developed Nations For Environmental Pollution

Live Law  

Chief Justice J S Khehar today slammed the developed nations for their unwillingness to offer financial and technological help to tackle environmental pollution despite their role in the present existential crisis posed to human race by the menace.News Agency Press Trust Of India quoted him as saying that: Significantly, not only the emission history of developed world forgotten in terms. …

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These are the 18 most corrupt countries in the developed world
8 years, 9 months ago

These are the 18 most corrupt countries in the developed world

The Independent  

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Abortion rates hit historic low in developed world, report says
8 years, 10 months ago

Abortion rates hit historic low in developed world, report says

CNN  

Story highlights Abortion rates are at a historic low in the developed world but not elsewhere, the study finds 88% of abortions happen in the developing world Where abortion is illegal, millions of women still have them CNN — Married women are much more likely to have them. 46 to 27: The decline in the abortion rate per 1,000 women …

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Vacate carbon space to accomodate us, environment minister Javadekar asks developed world
9 years, 6 months ago

Vacate carbon space to accomodate us, environment minister Javadekar asks developed world

Firstpost  

New Delhi: India will confirm plans next week for a five-fold increase in renewable energy by 2020, the environment minister said. “Poverty is, in a way, a real polluting factor,” Javadekar said, adding that India’s top priority is elevating hundreds of millions of Indians still living on less than $2 a day. If he takes an ambitious climate target, that …

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Developed nations need to reduce emission vigorously: Prakash Javadekar - India TV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Developed nations need to reduce emission vigorously: Prakash Javadekar - India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Stressing that India was "aggressively" walking the energy efficiency path and will reduce its emission intensity, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday asked developed countries to reduce their emissions "vigorously" ahead of the climate conference in Paris in December. "We are walking energy efficiency path aggressively and we will reduce our emission intensity. Countries across the world have …

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India playing pro-active role in dealing with climate change: Javadekar
9 years, 9 months ago

India playing pro-active role in dealing with climate change: Javadekar

Firstpost  

India is playing a pro-active role in coordinating the developing world ahead of UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, and has set an example for the developed world by taking pre-2020 emission reduction actions, the government said on Monday. New Delhi: India is playing a pro-active role in coordinating the developing world ahead of UN Climate Change Conference …

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Developed world would now have to provide green climate fund to the developing world- India TV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Developed world would now have to provide green climate fund to the developing world- India TV News

India TV News  

Washington: The developed world would have to "walk the talk" on climate change and provide a green climate fund to the developing world, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said, ahead of a crucial UN meet on the issue in Paris later this year. "Developed world would now have to walk the talk and will have to provide green climate fund …

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Developed world must ‘walk the talk’ on climate change: India
10 years, 6 months ago

Developed world must ‘walk the talk’ on climate change: India

The Hindu  

India has told a high-powered summit on climate change convened by UN chief Ban ki-Moon that if the developed world “walks the talk”, the international community can certainly achieve the targets it has set to tackle climate change. “If the developed world walks the talk, then we can certainly achieve the targets that we have set ourselves collectively,” Mr. Javadekar …

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A history of plagues, pandemics and Ebola
10 years, 6 months ago

A history of plagues, pandemics and Ebola

ABC  

A girl walks past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Stop Ebola' in Monrovia on August 31, 2014. and people from neighbouring countries—same families, same people—came to the funeral and they carried the disease with them to the other countries.’ ‘If the outbreak had been in some rural community far removed from the urban centres, ordinarily it would be …

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New 'Dilli Haat' opens at Janakpuri
10 years, 8 months ago

New 'Dilli Haat' opens at Janakpuri

India TV News  

New Delhi: Delhi got its third 'Dilli Haat' today at Janakpuri which is said to be more spacious than the other two at INA and Pitampura. The new Dilli Haat, spread across 9.8 acres, was inaugurated by BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh, a release from Delhi Tourism said.The Dilli Haat at Janakpuri has been developed by Delhi Tourism at a …

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British education in crisis? Literacy and numeracy skills of young people in UK among lowest in developed world
11 years, 5 months ago

British education in crisis? Literacy and numeracy skills of young people in UK among lowest in developed world

The Independent  

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