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UN: World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024

8:39 pm July 9, 2020

Geneva: The world could see annual global temperatures pass a key threshold for the first time in the coming five years, the U.N. weather agency said Thursday. The World Meteorological Organization said forecasts suggest there’s a 20% chance that global temperatures will be 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) higher than the pre-industrial average in at […]

Some flights from India likely ‘very soon’ for Indians with valid permits: UAE Ambassador

11:14 pm July 8, 2020

New Delhi: Some flights are likely to be operated from India to the UAE “very soon” for Indians having valid residency or work permit for the UAE, its Ambassador here Ahmed Al Banna said on Wednesday. India suspended all scheduled international passenger flights on March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many passengers have used social media to demand resumption […]

Indian teenager in UAE makes 101 one-leg hops over ruler; finds place in Guinness book

7:42 pm July 8, 2020

Dubai: A total of 101 hops over a stationery ruler has brought Dubai-based Indian teenager Soham Mukherjee a Guinness World Records title. Hailing from New Delhi, Mukherkee managed to break the previous title of 96 hops in 30 seconds. “In a video taken in his bedroom Mukherjee completed 110 hops in total but 9 were […]

Israel announces successful launch of new spy satellite

7:55 pm July 6, 2020

Jerusalem: Israel announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite Monday that will help it monitor Iran’s nuclear activities as the Israeli foreign minister hinted that his country may have been behind a fire that damaged an Iranian nuclear site last week. The “Ofek 16” satellite gives Israel what officials described as an additional tool in […]

India to save 20 pc logistic cost in supplies to CIS countries via Chabahar: Mandaviya

3:13 pm July 5, 2020

New Delhi: By developing strategic Chabahar Port in Iran, Indian will reduce logistics cost by 20 per cent in container transport to CIS countries, bypassing China or Europe, Union Minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya has said. So far, CIS countries could be reached only via China or Europe, he said. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province at energy-rich Iran’s southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed from India’s western coast, […]