UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council held an open debate to discuss the impact of climate change on peace and security, while calling for action to diminish the effects of global warmin ...

Slow-moving, hulking ships crisscross miles of ocean in a lawn mower pattern, wielding an array of 12 to 48 air guns blasting pressurised air repeatedly into the depths of the ocean. The sound waves h ...

NEW DELHI: A monitoring committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal has directed that a Delhi government official visit Surat and learn how to effectively manage idol immersions by ensuring no ...

Indra Nooyi, the former chief executive officer of PepsiCo, is being considered for the position of World Bank President by the Trump administration. The Indian-origin Nooyi, who stepped down from her ...

NEW DELHI: Hindi may still have some way to go before it becomes one of the official UN languages but it is starting to make waves internationally for sure. The UN, on the occasion of World Hindi Day ...

NEW DELHI: Ladakh, known for its pristine natural beauty and colourful mountains towering over vast swathes of desolate land, is set to add another feature to its fame - the world's largest single-loc ...

One more feather in the cap of #IndiaWaterFoundation by being accredited with the #observerstatus with #UNFCCC at the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fourth session #COP24 at Katowice, Poland. ...

UN has year-end deadline to agree to ‘rule book’ | G20 members, except US, sign declaration of support Katowice, December 2 Delegates from nearly 200 nations on Sunday began two weeks of talks to tack ...

LUCKNOW: In an alarming reflection of poor air quality in Uttar Pradesh, 10 out of 12 most polluted cities of the country on Monday were from UP. In all these cities, the air quality was monitored to ...