New Zealand

China says it has met its carbon reduction goal early

New Zealand makes ‘zero carbon’ target law

6:01 pm November 7, 2019

Wellington: New Zealand’s plan to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 became law on Thursday, when it cleared its final hurdle in Parliament. The legislation, which was supported on both sides of the political divide, mandates that the country should produce no greenhouse gases — except methane — by the middle of the […]

ONGC to look at HPCL, MRPL merger post-June 2021

ONGC Videsh makes two new oil discoveries in Colombia, Brazil

1:51 pm October 16, 2019

New 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 […]

Kerala Tourism receives three PATA Gold Awards

7:53 pm September 20, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Tourism has won three prestigious Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold awards, including one for an ethnic food restaurant run by women at Kumarakom under its Responsible Tourism Mission. The awards, presented at a glittering function at Nur-Sultan (Astana) in Kazakhstan on Thursday, were received by state Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran and Tourism […]

‘One of world’s oldest bird species discovered’

1:16 pm September 18, 2019

Melbourne: Scientists have discovered fossils of one of the world’s oldest bird species in New Zealand that lived about 62 million years ago, soon after the dinosaurs died. Bony-toothed birds (Pelagornithids), an ancient family of huge seafaring birds, were thought to have evolved in the Northern Hemisphere — but that theory has been upended by […]

New Zealand PM wants employers to consider four-day work week to promote tourism

New Zealand tightens gun laws again after mosque massacre

6:32 pm September 13, 2019

Wellington: New Zealand unveiled new legislation Friday aimed at ensuring only “fit and proper” people can own guns in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 51 Muslim worshippers. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had immediately banned military style semi-automatic rifles after the shootings in March but said further restrictions were needed to target […]