- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aims to increase its plastic waste management to almost three times to reach 100 cities in India by 2024, an executive of the body said, according to Reuters. The UNDP is a UN body which helps nations eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth.…
THE Supreme Court of India on Friday (3) came down heavily on the government of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after the latter blamed Pakistan for causing air pollution in Delhi and the surrounding areas. Chief Justice NV Ramana asked the state government whether it wanted a “ban…
INDIAN-AMERICAN Gita Gopinath, the first woman chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is set to be promoted as the financial institution’s first deputy managing director (FDMD), the IMF announced on Thursday (2). Gopinath, who was born in Kolkata, the capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal…
THE first day of the second Test match between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai turned out to be an engaging one as both sides locked horns over a see-saw battle. The visitors pegged the hosts back after Virat Kohli’s side got a good start after…
DELHI has become the world’s No.1 city in terms of CCTV coverage per square kilometre, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of the state, said on Friday (3). Speaking to media persons in New Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said, “As many as 2,75,000 CCTV cameras were installed across…
INDIA expects the Omicron variant of Covid-19 to cause less severe impact, the country’s health ministry on Friday (3) said, thanks to vaccinations and high exposure to the Delta variant that infected nearly 70 per cent of the country’s mammoth population by July, Reuters reported. Several junior doctors in India…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (3) said India has proved to the world that it is second to none in adopting technology or innovating around it. His remarks came while inaugurating InFinity Forum via video conferencing. The prime minister said that transformational initiatives under Digital India have opened…
MAMATA Banerjee, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, remarked on Wednesday (1) that “there is no UPA” and it has not gone down well with the leaders of the Indian National Congress, India’s main opposition party which leads the United Progressive Alliance and of which…
INDIA on Thursday (2) said it continues to engage with members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for support for an early decision on New Delhi’s bid for a membership of the elite bloc. V Muraleedharan, India’s minister of state for external affairs, said in the Rajya Sabha, the upper…
THE Indian Coast Guard (ICG) personnel on Thursday (2) helped in averting a major disaster after a fire in the engine room of MV Kavaratti cruise ship with 624 passengers and 85 crew onboard was tamed by the maritime law enforcement and search-and-rescue agency. India’s defence ministry later issued a…
