A narrow airstrip that doesn’t even have an air traffic controller to guide incoming airplanes and whose only infrastructure is a portable toilet and a make-shift office in a container in the midst of miles of barren land bordering Pakistan is an unlikely gateway to the world’s largest renewable energy park. The airstrip was even smaller in December 2022, when...
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Vietnam Billionaire Sentenced To Death Over Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud
A top Vietnamese property tycoon was sentenced to death on Thursday in one of the biggest corruption cases in history, with an estimated $27 billion in damages. A panel of three hand-picked jurors and two judges rejected all defence arguments by Truong My Lan, chair of major developer Van Thinh Phat, who was found guilty of swindling cash from Saigon...
Middle East on brink, Israel prepares for ‘other fronts’ amid Iran threat
The threat of war looms large in the Middle East as Israel said it was preparing for “scenarios in other areas” amid its ongoing military operation in Gaza. This comes amid concerns that Iran was preparing to strike the country in retaliation for airstrikes on its consulate in Syria on April 1. The strike, which killed a top Iranian general...
U.N. climate chief says two years to save the planet
Governments, business leaders and development banks have two years to take action to avert far worse climate change, the U.N.’s climate chief said on April 10, in a speech that warned global warming is slipping down politicians’ agendas. Scientists say halving climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is crucial to stop a rise in temperatures of more than 1.5 Celsius...
Elon Musk Confirms India Visit, Says Looking Forward To Meeting PM Modi
Tesla founder Elon Musk on Wednesday confirmed that he would be visiting India later this month and meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to sources, he is likely to announce the company’s investment plans in the country. Taking to X, the billionaire executive said he was looking forward to meeting PM Modi. Reuters has previously reported that Tesla officials are...
‘If you want to see the future, come to India’: US envoy Eric Garcetti
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said if anyone wants to see the future they should come to India. Speaking at an event, Garcetti lauded India’s developmental strides and acknowledged that it was a “great privilege” to be the leader of the US mission in the country. “If you want to see the future, come to India. If you want...
Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94
Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called ”God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday “peacefully at home following a short illness.” Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle, which came...
Biden says Trump will ban abortion: ‘No one trusts Donald Trump’
President Joe Biden lashed out at Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that abortion should be left up to the states and warned of consequences should Trump win in November. “No one trusts Donald Trump,” Biden said, pointing to how the former president made a “political deal” with the anti-abortion right. The president went on to say that his predecessor’s lack of...
India allows exports of 10,000 tonnes onion to UAE
With Eid around the corner, India has allowed another 10,000 tonnes of onions to be shipped to the UAE through the National Cooperative Exports Ltd (NCEL), the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said on Tuesday night. India has approved as much as 79,150 tonnes of onions for export overriding a ban on shipments imposed last December, including 14,400 tonnes to...
Total Solar Eclipse today: ISRO’s Aditya-L1 to track Sun during ‘darkness’
ISRO’s Aditya-L1 will track the Sun on Monday as it gets completely cloaked by the Moon during the Total Solar Eclipse. India’s solar probe Aditya L1 will track the behaviour and rays of the Sun on Monday, April 8, during the total solar eclipse. During this time, the Sun will briefly get completely cloaked by the Moon, creating a moment...
Iran Tells US To “Step Aside” As It Prepares To Attack Israel
Iran said it asked the US to “step aside” as the country prepares a response to a suspected Israeli attack on its consulate in Syria while Hezbollah, its main proxy in the Middle East, warned the Jewish state it’s prepared for war. In a written message to Washington, Iran “warned the US not to get dragged into Netanyahu’s trap,” Mohammad Jamshidi, the...
Trump Leads Biden In 6 Of 7 Battleground States, Shows Latest Opinion Poll
Ahead of the upcoming US election scheduled for November, President Joe Biden is trailing behind his main opponent Donald Trump in six of the seven battleground states, according to a latest opinion poll. Voters are broadly dissatisfied with the national economy and there are deep doubts about Biden’s capabilities and job performance, the survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal...