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US announces USD 850 million to reduce methane pollution from oil, gas sec
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that applications are open for $850 million in federal funding for projects that will help monitor, measure, quantify, and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors as part of P
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Global Environment Facility approves USD 70 million to support FAO project
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has helped 28 countries unlock USD 70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, groundwater management, biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.
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US: Indian embassy organises yoga session in Washington DC ahead of Intern
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Indian Embassy in the US organised a Yoga session in Washington, DC ahead of the 10th edition of the International Day of Yoga, witnessing a large number of people participating in the yoga session on Thursday.
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"Story of India is under-told": US Senator emphasises India's innovation,
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The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) hosted its VII Annual Leadership Summit in Washington, DC.
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US: Republicans block Democrats bill to ban bump stocks after Supreme Cour
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A Republican senator blocked a Democratic-led attempt to pass legislation Tuesday that would have restored a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a device attached to a semi-automatic firearm enabling it to fire bullets more rapidly, after last week's Supreme Court decision striking down the ban
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US-India Strategic Partnership Forum hosts VII annual leadership summit wi
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The USISPF's Annual Leadership Summit is the most prestigious US-India gathering in Washington, D.C., bringing together a distinguished cohort of eminent individuals, from policymakers to prominent business leaders, high-ranking political figures, senior officials, and key stakeholders fr
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Sindhi Foundation organise protests in London, demands safe return of abdu
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A Washington-based human rights body, the Sindhi Foundation and the local Sindhi community organised a long march on Friday from 10 Downing Street (the official residence of the British Prime Minister) to Pakistan's High Commission in Lowndes Square to demand the return and recovery of Priya
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European Union to hit Chinese electric vehicles with higher tariffs
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The move, which Beijing officials have slammed as "protectionist," comes less than a month after Washington quadrupled US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to 100 per cent.
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US military unveils strategy of turning Taiwan Strait into "Hellscape" if
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"I want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hellscape using a number of classified capabilities," Adm. Samuel Paparo, the commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, told The Washington Post at the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Shangri-La Dialogue Summit.
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Sindhi Foundation to commemorate abduction of minor Hindu girl on June 14
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The Sindhi Foundation, a Washington-based human rights body focusing on the human rights of Sindhis in Pakistan and elsewhere, on Tuesday announced to organise a long march on the streets of London to commemorate the abduction of Priya Kumari, a young Hindu girl, on June 14.
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Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders dies in plane crash
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The 90-year-old space pioneer met his untimely demise in an aircraft incident in the San Juan Islands.
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Uyghur activists convicted, sent to prison for their association with Wash
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Kashgar, a reporter working for VOA, claimed that he learned in May that his former colleagues Mirkamil Ahmed, Semet Ababekri, Abdukadir Rozi, Mehmut Abdukeyum and Akber Osman were convicted. Each of his accomplices was sentenced to at least seven years in prison.
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