Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said achieving the net zero emissions target by 2070 is a “little too long-term”, indicating that the country may achieve the milestone ahead of the deadline.Under the net zero target, India will completely switch to renewables by 2070. Addressing the 26th Energy Technology Meet, Mr Puri said: “Our...
Amid the debate over BJP’s chief ministerial face for the upcoming assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has said the ‘lotus’ is his party’s face in every election. Political circles in Madhya Pradesh are abuzz with speculation about plans of the ruling BJP’s central leadership after it fielded...
Delhi s air quality showed a slight improvement and was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category on Sunday, two days after it had plunged into the ‘poor’ zone. The maximum temperature was recorded at 36.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather department said, adding that the minimum settled at 23.1 degrees Celsius,...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held a meeting with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. He thanked her for appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative for the inclusion of African Union as a permanent member in the G20. In a post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, Jaishankar stated, “Honoured to call on...
In a reaction to a Delhi court directing suspended AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha to vacate his bungalow, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari said that the objective of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is to loot the country’s treasures. “Their objective is to loot the country’s treasure and practice corruption after coming...
India has rapidly ascended among the world’s top healthcare technology manufacturers, offering high-tech medical devices at a fraction of the cost of other countries, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. Speaking at the 8th CAHOTECH, the Annual International Healthcare Technology Conference organized by Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO) in New Delhi, Dr...
A Delhi court has said that AAP’s Raghav Chadha cannot claim that he has an absolute right to continue to occupy the government bungalow during his entire tenure as a Member of the Rajya Sabha even after the cancellation of allotment. Additional District Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik made the observation while vacating an interim order passed...
The Delhi Police has alleged that a large sum of funds came from China to disrupt India’s sovereignty and cause disaffection against the country as part of a “larger criminal conspiracy”, according to an FIR filed under anti-terror law UAPA following allegations against the NewsClick portal. It said the foreign fund was fraudulently infused by...
Delhi, which is among the world’s most polluted cities, kickstarted its action plan to combat air pollution today just hours after the air quality in the national capital plunged to the ‘poor’ category. Some parts of Delhi also recorded an AQI of above 300, which is categorised as ‘severe’. The first stage of the Centre’s...
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva in a press conference, raised a case of Hauz Khas village and said that this may be one case but many such cases can be seen all around Delhi today in which extensive illegal construction is taking place under the patronage of Aam Aadmi Party leaders, MLAs and councilors. If...