Manila: Tens of thousands of pieces of plastic littering the planet come from just a handful of multinational corporations, an environmental pressure group said Wednesday. Coca-Cola, Nestle and PepsiCo were named by Break Free from Plastics, a global coalition of individuals and environmental organisations, who warned the companies largely avoid cleanup responsibility. The coalition’s volunteers […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), on Wednesday said it has made two new oil and gas discoveries in Colombia and Brazil, strengthening its reserves in Latin America. OVL made an oil find in Colombia’s onshore exploration block CPO-5 in the Llanos basin and major […]
Read MoreHONG KONG: A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to “kill or to harm” riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub. The “loud thud” Sunday night close to riot officers who had […]
Read MoreBeijing: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV says nine people have been killed in a restaurant gas explosion in eastern China. The explosion Sunday morning gutted the restaurant and damaged neighboring shops in coastal Jiangsu province’s Wuxi city. CCTV reported that 10 others who were injured are in stable condition. Over 200 rescue workers have been dispatched […]
Read MoreMamallapuram: India and China on Saturday decided to set up a ministerial-level mechanism to resolve issues relating to trade, investment and services as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to further broadbase bilateral ties during their two-day informal summit. In the talks, the Chinese president also agreed to take sincere steps […]
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