INDIA
90% Indians want greater women role at climate talks: Survey
As many as 67 per cent of women in the Global South, or nearly two-thirds, think that women and girls are more likely to be adversely affected by the climate crisis, while 73 per cent, or nearly three-quarters, say that addressing gender inequality is a vital part of solving climate change, according to the survey.
Ticket distribution, price rise key reasons for BJP defeats in Himachal & Rajasthan: Central leaders
A senior functionary said that denying tickets to the son of Gautam Lal Meena from Dhariyawad in Rajasthan and Chetan Bragta son of former minister of Himachal Pradesh Narendra Bragta is one of the reasons for losing one assembly seat each in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
Feel proud to be 3rd generation of 'Mandir movement': Yogi
Adityanath, who is here to attend the Deepotsava programme, said: "We have made the impossible possible with the beginning of construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The world said it was impossible. But we made it possible." He termed it as the victory of the belief of the Indian population and power of democracy.
Border dispute at LAC, MEA seeks experts on China
The experts would be working at the ministry's Centre of Contemporary China Studies (CCCS) division. They want one expert for special projects and another for research. For special projects, they want a military officer of retired major general rank. And for carrying out research, they want either a retired Joint Secretary level officer or a Major General rank officer.
Why BJP couldn't win at CM Bommai's home turf in Karnataka?
The leadership is analyzing the reasons for the party's defeat despite channelising its full might. Hangal, a Lingayath dominated constituency is in the Haveri district, from where Bommai hails from. His Shiggaov constituency borders with Hangal. There was a sympathy factor also, as the election was necessitated after the death of BJP candidate C.M. Udasi.
Air quality in Delhi worsens even before Diwali day, AQI crosses 300 in NCR
The AQI touched 190 at the US Embassy at 6 p.m. after an AQI of 213 at 11 a.m. and an AQI of 210 at 12 noon on Wednesday. The US government website also gave a warning: "Everyone may begin to experience health effects when AQI values are between 151 and 200. Members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects." The meteorological agencies have predicted an AQI of 500 plus for Thursday and Friday when Delhiites burst crackers on Diwali day.
Over 9L diyas lit along Saryu in Ayodhya, a world record
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who reached Ayodhya for the fifth 'Deepotsav' (festival of lights) event, while inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of various projects worth Rs 661 crore, credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the construction of a grand Ram temple and also launched an attack on the opposition parties.
Centre seeks annual report cards from all ministries
Annual reports of ministries will be circulated to the Members of Parliament (MPs) in next year's Budget Session. An office memorandum of ministry of Parliamentary Affairs said that the annual report should reflect actual data from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 and provide projections or estimates for the period January-March, 2022. "On no account, supply of annual reports to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, Press Information Bureau etc as indicated, should be delayed under the impression that these reports should contain the actual data as on March 31, 2022," it said.
92% Indians say Global South needs richest nation's support: Survey
The term -- Global South -- broadly refers to Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania includes regions outside Europe and North America, mostly low-income and often politically or culturally marginalized. Around 93 per cent of survey respondents from India said that world leaders should intervene for solving the climate crisis in these regions, reveals the new research from ActionAid. Six in 10 people in India, around 63 per cent think that the Global South is being excluded from the COP26 climate talks, despite the fact that three-quarters, 78 per cent think that people from these regions will be most impacted by the decisions made at the summit.
Nawab Malik, who dares to snoop on NCB super-sleuth!
Compared with cocky original 007, the bespectacled, bearded Malik presents a rather homely, fatherly figure, mostly in comfy kurtas who has taken upon himself to right the alleged wrongs of the Super Sleuth Wankhede. As the stunned NCB and the national polity gaped, the Malik-Wankhede war - which started after the agency's swoop on a luxury cruise ship in which one of those caught was Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan – became the top TRP catcher.
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