Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the upcoming annual UN climate summit (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, representing 134 companies from 27 countries, including India, has urged world leaders to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon resilient economy. The CEO-led alliance, one of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) flagship…
US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for averting a potential war between India and Pakistan, saying he used the threat of steep trade tariffs to stop the two nuclear-armed neighbours from “going at it.“Speaking to Fox News on Sunday (local time), Trump said his administration leveraged economic pressure to defuse tensions following…
BENGALURU: India and China together can address challenges the West cannot, China’s consul general to India in Mumbai, Qin Jie, said Sunday, calling for deeper cooperation between the two neighbours amid signs of a cautious thaw in the bilateral relations. “The future between China and India is very promising. We have a huge population, a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended Diwali greetings to all the citizens early Monday.“Greetings on the occasion of Diwali. May this festival of lights illuminate our lives with harmony, happiness and prosperity,” he said in a post on X. Ayodhya Shines Bright as Millions of Diyas Light Up Deepotsav 2025 “May the spirit of…
BENGALURU: The feud between Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar and two of Bengaluru’s most prominent corporate captains — Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and former Infosys director TV Mohandas Pai — escalated Sunday over the city’s crumbling infrastructure.Mazumdar-Shaw hit back at Shivakumar’s remarks that those criticising govt’s handling of Bengaluru’s civic issues had a “personal agenda”…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has praised the restitution of flats to at least 213 homebuyers who had waited for more than 12 years to get possession of properties they had paid for.The restituted properties are part of 354 flats, 17 commercial units and two plots in Royal Rajvilas project in Udaipur — together worth over…
NEW DELHI: In view of heavy rainfall and displaced people losing their livelihoods, the Centre on Sunday released Rs 1,951 crore for the state disaster relief funds of Maharashtra and Karnataka.Home minister Amit Shah said govt was fully committed to providing all possible assistance to states affected by flood, landslides and cloudburst. He has approved…
MUMBAI: Closing ranks ahead of the civic elections, the opposition bloc of Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) will hold a joint rally with Raj Thackeray-led MNS on Nov 1 against “arbitrary and corrupt administration of Election Commission”.The announcement was made Sunday, just after Raj accused EC of inserting 96 lakh fake voters in the…
JABALPUR: Time and tide wait for none. Sometimes, not even a smartwatch. This is the lesson a passenger at Jabalpur station learned the hard way last week when his online samosa payment stalled and his train began chugging out.The passenger handed over his watch when a vendor allegedly grabbed his collar, threatening him and demanding…
SRINAGAR: A minor girl trolled for hugging her teacher during the inauguration of a coaching centre in Kashmir’s Anantnag on Oct 12 has said that teachers are “spiritual fathers” and urged authorities to take strict action against the online abusers who pushed her to the verge of depression and self-harm.“I am an online student and…
