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India, EU adopt declaration on moving towards more circular economic model

11:33 pm July 15, 2020

New Delhi: India and the European Union on Wednesday adopted a joint declaration on moving towards a more circular economic model that provides for reduction in primary resource consumption and enhances the use of secondary raw materials. The declaration was adopted at a virtual summit of the leaders of the two sides that resolved to significantly expand […]

German police launch raids over suspected terror offences

1:24 pm July 15, 2020

Berlin: German police have raided 20 homes and businesses in Berlin in connection with suspected Islamist terror-related offenses. Some 450 officers were involved in the early morning raids, according to German news agency dpa. The Berlin prosecutor’s office said in a tweet that 20 search warrants were issued against 12 suspects “belonging to the Islamist […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

France’s Macron defends security chief accused of rape

8:33 pm July 14, 2020

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron is defending his decision to put a man accused of rape in charge of all the nation’s police forces, citing the presumption of innocence. After multiple protests by women’s rights groups against the recent appointment of Gerald Darmanin as interior minister, Macron insisted “I share the feminist cause,” and pledged to continue pushing for […]

Indian newspapers from 1966 recovered from melting French glacier

11:55 pm July 13, 2020

London: Indian newspaper copies with headlines such as “India’s First Woman Prime Minister”, referring to Indira Gandhi’s election win in 1966, have been recovered from the melting French glacier of Bossons on the Mont Blanc mountain range in western Europe, 54 years after an Air India plane crashed there. The newspapers belong to the residue of an Air India plane that crashed into Europe’s […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN: Pandemic could push tens of millions into chronic hunger

11:17 pm July 13, 2020

Rome: The United Nations says the ranks of the world’s hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 130 million more people into chronic hunger this year. The grim assessment was contained in the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, […]