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Suu Kyi returns home after five-day China trip
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, Aug. 22 (ANI): Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi is home after concluding her five-day trip to China where she held bilateral discussions for close coordination to promote rule-of-law in the border areas, climate change and natural disasters.
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Meet of BRICS Ministers for Disaster Management to begin today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Udaipur, Aug 22 (ANI): A two-day meeting of the Ministers for Disaster Management from BRICS countries will begin in Rajasthan's Udaipur from Monday, the focus of which will be on two themes - 'Flood Risk Management' and 'Forecasting of Extreme Weather Events in the conte
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State-sponsored martyrdom culture ruining Pakistan, laments Faraz Talat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 14 (ANI): Accusing the Pakistani establishment of "embracing" extremism and terrorism as an inevitability, and training their citizens to adapt to a new hostile climate as any brave jawan would, an article written by Faraz Talat in the Dawn says the recent attack on
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NTPC lists world's first green Masala bond by an Indian issuer on Lon
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, Aug.5 (ANI): The London Stock Exchange is proud to welcome another global first, with NTPC the first ever Indian quasi-sovereign to issue a Masala bond, choosing London, the global home for Masala bonds, for its listing. NTPC's, India's leading energy conglomerate, green Ma
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Modern day Indian Ocean Monsoon system's abrupt onset
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has pinpointed the abrupt onset of modern day Indian Ocean Monsoon system, offering some clues to future climate changes and sea-level rise.
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Turns out, carbon-financed cookstoves not that eco-friendly
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 28 (ANI): The newer, more efficient, cleaner cookstoves, designed to reduce household air pollution that worsens climate change, have failed to deliver hoped-for benefits in the field, suggests a recent study.
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UN criticises Britain, Germany for undermining Paris climate deal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, June 19 (ANI) United Nations Climate Change envoy Mary Robinson has strongly voiced her concern over the United Kingdom and Germany not abiding by the Paris Climate deal.
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Gadkari warns Pakistan against export of terror to India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, July 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has accused Pakistan of exporting terror to India with the sinister design of vitiating the favourable climate which Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government has successfully created for global inv
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Experts mull over disaster risk reduction in northeast
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland), July 15 (ANI): A workshop-cum-seminar on disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change was recently held in Kohima, where experts discussed measures to deal with natural disaster.
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India, ADB ink USD 100 million loan pact on Vennar sub-basin
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday signed a USD 100 million loan for 'Climate Adaptation in Vennar Subbasin of Cauvery Delta project' in Tamil Nadu
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India, Tanzania to deepen defence, security ties: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), July 10 (ANI): Asserting that India and Tanzania have agreed to work closely to combat the twin threats of terrorism and climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said both nations will deepen overall defence and security partnership.
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World of work undergoing a major process of change: DG ILO
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Describing technology, differentiated demographic dividend, climate change and globalization as the mega drivers of change on the work front, Director General International Labour Organisation, Guy Ryder emphasized the need for collective responses and solutions by a
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