- Sunday, March 09, 2025
India and France on Tuesday (18) adopted an ambitious roadmap for the development of green hydrogen as part of the efforts to promote clean energy transitions and meet carbon neutrality targets. The French embassy said the roadmap aims at bringing the French and Indian hydrogen ecosystems together in order to…
Several parties and organisations on Tuesday (18) held protests here against the killing of two non-local labourers by terrorists in the latest targeted attack in south Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said. Kashmiri Pandit migrants and Jammu-based reserved category employees, who have been protesting to press for relocation after a string…
Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, has said that there is a need to have a collaborative effort between the government, industry as well as people to ensure consistent growth. As a precursor to 'Make in Odisha Conclave 2022' to be held between November…
An India-Russia joint venture that manufactures nuclear capable supersonic cruise missiles is optimistic about bagging orders worth $5 billion (£4.4 billion) by 2025, its chairman said on Tuesday (18), having signed its first export deal of $375 million (£332.3 million) this year with the Philippines. BrahMos Aerospace is in talks…
The human population on Planet Earth is nearing the eight billion mark and while this gives a boost to concerns over challenges to life, a senior official of the United Nations has cautioned the world against "population alarmism", The Guardian reported. The global population is projected to touch the milestone…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (18) said there can be no safe havens for the corrupt, terrorists, drug cartels, poaching gangs and organised crime, and called for a global response to tackle these dangers. He said a safe and secure world is "our shared responsibility" and when the…
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday (18) said the national capital would get 100 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the next two months. He inaugurated the same day 11 charging stations and said the facilities would also include battery swapping points. "Earlier, battery swapping points and charging stations…
A court document has revealed that the Indian government led by prime minister Narendra Modi had approved the premature release of 11 men who were convicted of gangraping a pregnant Muslim woman and murdering 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter, during the 2002 riots in the western…
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has said he "very strongly" hopes that India's G20 presidency will allow for the creation of effective systems of debt restructuring, warning that the developing countries are facing a "perfect storm" amid the impact of the pandemic and increased food and fuel prices due to…
A man in Madhya Pradesh held an eight-year-old boy in a well by his one hand and threatened to drop him down on the suspicion that he stole a mobile phone, police said on Tuesday (18). A video of the incident, which took place in Atkoha village of Chhatarpur district…
