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New York: PM Modi attends Leaders' Dialogue on Strategic Responses to Terr
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the Leaders' Dialogue on Strategic Responses to Terrorist and Violent Extremist Narratives at the UN headquarters here on Monday.
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How dare you? : Greta Thunberg to world leaders at UN Climate Summit
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," were the emotional words of Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist, who stormed at the world leaders gathered at the UN Climate Change summit in New York, adding, "We are
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Aim to double world climate protection funding to 4 bn euros: Merkel
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 24 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said her country will aim to double the funding of the global climate protection from 2 billion euros to 4 billion euros.
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'A step forward', says UN chief on Trump's impromptu appearance at climate
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 24 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that US President Donald Trump's unexpected appearance at the Climate Action Summit is "a step forward".
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Trump attends UN Climate Action Summit, sits through Modi's speech
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 23 (ANI): US President Donald Trump made an unexpected appearance at the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday, sitting through Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's address at the event.
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Modi calls for action at climate summit, says India's renewable energy cap
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 23 (ANI): Calling for action on climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the time for talking is over as he announced plans to increase India's renewable energy capacity to 450 GW from 175 GW and invited countries to join the Coalition for Disa
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Time for talking is over, world needs to act now: PM Modi on climate chang
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 23 (ANI): The time for talking over the need to protect the climate is over, and the world needs to begin acting now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, while asserting that India has come to the United Nations to present a practical approach and roadmap on t
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UN: Modi invites member-states to join Coalition for Disaster Resilient In
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday at the UN Climate Action Summit here asked member-states to join the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure which is being launched by India.
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All countries should aim for carbon-neutral world by 2050: UN Secretary-Ge
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York (USA), Sept 23 (ANI): Secretary-General of United Nations Antonio Guterres on Monday urged all countries to aim for a carbon-neutral world by 2050 and thanked the young generation for changing the way the question of climate change is being handled.
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Sony says PlayStation 5 will consume less power
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Sept 23 (ANI): At the UN Climate Summit 2019, Sony announced that it has taken measures to reduce the power consumption of its gaming products.
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Modi addresses UN Climate Action Summit, says right practice more importan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 23 (ANI): India believes that 'right practice is more than a tonne of preaching,' said Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UN Climate Action Summit here on Monday.
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Funeral held for 'dead' glacier in Switzerland
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], Sept 23 (ANI): At least 250 people hiked up to the Pizol Glacier in the Glarus Alps to hold a funeral for the ice sheet which is disappearing due to global warming.
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