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India working towards restoring 2.6 crore hectares of degraded land by 2030: PM

11:35 pm June 14, 2021

New Delhi: India is working towards restoring 2.6 crore hectares of degraded land by 2030 and is assisting fellow developing countries to develop land-restoration strategies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a high-level UN dialogue on Monday. Asserting that land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today, Modi said if left unchecked, it will erode the very foundations […]

Tanker’s impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy

11:13 pm May 28, 2021

Caribbean island: The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Berlina was drifting near the Caribbean island of Dominica earlier this year when the safety signals it is required to transmit showed it stopping in its tracks and in two minutes turning around 180 degrees. It was an amazingly quick pivot since the 274-metre (nearly 900-foot) ship needs roughly 10 times that amount of time […]

US President Joe Biden hails ceasefire; says both Palestinians and Israelis deserve to live safely, with security

10:49 am May 21, 2021

Washington: Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely, security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy, US President Joe Biden has said as Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire following a 11 day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip. “I believe the Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely and security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Government attack on hospital in northwestern Syria kills 6

11:44 pm March 21, 2021

Beirut : Artillery shells fired from government areas hit a major hospital in a rebel-controlled town in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing at least six patients, including a child, wounding medical staff and forcing the facility to shut its doors, rescuers, an aid group and activists reported. The shells landed at the entrance and in the courtyard […]

UN chief urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza

UN chief blasts vaccine nationalism, hoarding, side deals

11:24 am March 12, 2021

United Nations: The United Nations chief criticised the ”many examples of vaccine nationalism and vaccine hoarding” as well as side deals with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers that undermine access to all people in the world. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement marking one year since the UN World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic that ”the global vaccination campaign represents the […]

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