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New Delhi: China has constructed new villages in Bhutan territory near Doklam in the last one year, new satellite images have revealed. The images show that four villages were built by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) in about 100 sq.km. area between May 2020 and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, a former judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court, to monitor the Lakhimpur Kheri violence probe and to ensure fairness and independence in the investigation. A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana said:...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday noted that people were 'suffering from hunger and dying of hunger', and directed the Centre to develop a scheme, after consulting with various state governments. The top court was hearing a plea seeking the setting up of community kitchens...

Beijing: China asked Monday developed countries to stop using coal first. It also asked them to provide financial aid to developing countries to adopt green technologies as it defended its move to join hands with India in calling for ‘phase down’ instead of ‘phase out’...

Dubai: A brilliant knock by Mitchell Marsh (77 n o, 50b, 60b, 6x4, 4x6) and an equally superb innings by David Warner (53, 38b, 4x4, 3x6) enabled Australia win their maiden T20 world title with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over New Zealand at the DSC...

Glasgow: Almost 200 nations accepted a contentious climate compromise Saturday aimed at keeping a key global warming target alive, but it contained a last-minute change that watered-down crucial language about coal. Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by the change...

Nagpur: In a major development, at least 26 Maoists were killed during a fierce encounter with Maharashtra Police in the deep forests near Dhanora in Gadchiroli district, Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal said. "Around 26 Naxals have been eliminated in the encounter at multiple...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called an emergency meeting Saturday evening over the deteriorating state of the national capital's air quality which is reeling under the 'severe' category. Delhi's overall air quality Saturday morning stood at 499 i.e. under 'severe' category, as...

Glasgow: While the word ‘urges’ may sound more pressing on its face than ‘requests’, it’s the other way around in the diplomatic language used at the UN Climate conference COP26 here. That’s why environmental activists applauded when the latest draft of a potential summit agreement...