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Jaishankar meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, discusses COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, wherein they discussed the COVID-19 challenge and underlined the importance of finding urgent and effective global vaccine solutions.
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New NASA Earth System Observatory to help address, mitigate climate change
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): NASA will design a new set of Earth-focused missions to provide key information to guide efforts related to climate change, disaster mitigation, fighting forest fires, and improving real-time agricultural processes, the US space agency on said Monday.
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UAE announces offer to host COP 28
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): The United Arab Emirates today announced an offer to host the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Abu Dhabi in 2023, with a focus on the economic case for inc
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China's electricity grid remains major hurdle in its climate change ambiti
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Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): After Beijing's surprise announcement that it would become carbon neutral by 2060, one of the most pressing challenges for China to meet its pledge to pivot towards renewables is overhauling its electricity grid that is the world's largest, say analysts and off
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Global food, hunger challenges projected to increase mortality, disability
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Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): A new study shows that climate change will increase the challenge of meeting the nutrition and food needs of a growing population, especially in Africa south of the Sahara, but policy actions initiated now could help avert this additional burden.
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Researchers find new approach to understanding our wellbeing
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London [UK], May 12 (ANI): The new research led by Swansea University highlights the importance of taking a wider approach to wellbeing and how it can be influenced by issues such as inequality and anthropogenic climate change. It shows taking time to appreciate nature can have a positive im
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India-EU summit: Key focus on global cooperation, free trade, climate chan
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New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): As the India-EU Leaders' Meeting held virtually on Saturday, leaders of both sides discussed and agreed on several issues, such as an inclusive rules-based multilateralism for tackling global challenges, the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, cli
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Biden sets up Climate Change Support Office in State Department
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Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) issued an executive order to set up the Climate Change Support Office (CCSO) within the Department of State.
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South Korea earmarks USD 700 million for climate and ICT projects with ADB
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Manila [The Philippines], May 6 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding earmarking 700 million dollars in co-financing from South Korea for ADB sovereign development projects over the next three years.
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Vaccination only lasting solution to COVID-19 challenge, says Jaishankar
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London [UK], May 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called vaccination the only lasting solution to the Covid challenge, adding that global answer will require diversified production, uninterrupted supply chains and generous resourcing.
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India, UK deepen work to combat climate change by 2030
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New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson signed off on a new shared roadmap during their virtual meeting that included measures to help limit global temperature rises and support the communities most vulnerable to the impact of climate
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Eight Asiatic lions housed in Hyderabad zoo infected with COVID-19
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 4 (ANI): Eight Asiatic lions housed in the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) Hyderabad have tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus.
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