New Delhi: It is not too distant in the past that the world witnessed a great transformation resulting from a combination of epoch-making developments – all occurring around the same time at the beginning of the 1990s. These literally created … read more
United Nations (IANS) While attention has been focused on greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and power generation, agriculture is only now getting due attention as a factor in climate change even as hunger stalks hundreds of millions and the global … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The government’s strategy of stepping up investments in big ticket infrastructure projects in the road, rail and ports sectors has driven up the country’s GDP growth rate and played a key role in enabling India to emerge … read more
Tel Aviv (IANS) For the first time since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7, a senior leader of the militant group said they could recognise the Jewish nation as part of the Palestinian unity talks. Mousa … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Global tech leaders hailed India’s efforts toward making artificial intelligence (AI) ethical, safe, trusted and responsible, as Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said the country is confident about negotiating a global declaration document on AI. … read more
New Delhi: As the debate on whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more of a threat than a technological advancement came to a head, US President Joe Biden issued a wide-ranging Executive Order on October 30 clearly warning against the dangers … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Climate change will increase the risks of new health outbreaks and financial companies should make sure that their investments help to mitigate and adapt to those risks, a new study has said. Many emerging and re-emerging infectious … read more
Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) A study paper on India’s economic growth underscores that the slow recovery from the pandemic, dominance of non-productive sectors in driving growth, and imbalanced investment patterns should make one pause and reconsider the growth strategy before celebrating. The … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday remembered Henry Kissinger, who passed away at the age of 100 on November 29, saying that he was immensely consequential and hugely controversial, and in 1971 he and US President Nixon … read more
New Delhi (IANS) India has witnessed an extreme weather disaster almost every day of the first nine months of this year — from heat and cold waves, cyclones and lightning to heavy rain, floods and landslides, the Centre for Science … read more