G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but leave room to extend that deadline

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Milan: Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations committed Tuesday to phase out coal power by 2035, marking the first time the G7 has explicitly referenced a phase-out, but left flexibility for countries heavily reliant on coal. The final communique of the meeting in the Italian city of Turin included language that could extend the 2035 deadline to a “timeframe consistent with limiting the rise in...

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No reservations based on religion to Muslims as long as I am alive, says PM Modi in Telangana

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Hyderabad: Amid Congress attack that the BJP would change the Constitution and scrap reservations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that he would not let the quotas of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs be given to Muslims on the basis of religion. Training his guns on the Congress, he accused the grand old party of making undivided Andhra Pradesh a "laboratory of appeasement" when it was in power in 2004 and...

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Amit Shah’s doctored video: Delhi Police summons 12 more people; 2 arrested in Gujarat

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New Delhi: Police in BJP-ruled Gujarat arrested a Congress leader and an AAP functionary, and Delhi Police issued notices to 12 more people from different opposition parties as the probe into the doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech widened Tuesday. The BJP stepped up its attack on opposition INDIA bloc parties, including the Congress, saying that their senior leaders were now posting fake videos as their frustration and...

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AstraZeneca admits ‘very rare’ side effect of COVID vaccine in UK court

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London: UK-headquartered pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ) has admitted that in ‘very rare cases’ its COVID vaccine can cause a blood clot-related side effect but the causal link is unknown, according to court papers being quoted in the UK media. ‘The Daily Telegraph' reports that in a legal document submitted to the High Court in London in February for a group action being brought by 51 claimants, AZ admitted that the vaccine...

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Severe heatwave sizzles Odisha, Bhubaneswar boils at 45.4 degC

Bhubaneswar: Severe heatwave conditions sizzled Odisha Tuesday with the mercury rising to 45.4 degrees Celsius in the capital Bhubaneswar, officials said. Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district was the hottest place in the state, recording a temperature of 46.4 degrees Celsius, which was an all-time high for it as well, they said. Balasore recorded 46 degrees Celsius. Bhubaneswar's...

All women entitled to safe and legal abortion: Supreme Court

SC questions ED on timing of Kejriwal’s arrest ahead of LS polls, seeks its reply

New Delhi: Terming life and liberty as "exceedingly important", the Supreme Court Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate on the timing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest ahead of the general elections in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which continued hearing on the Kejriwal's plea challenging his...

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MI post 144/7 against LSG

Lucknow: Mumbai Indians posted 144 for 7 in their Indian Premier League match against Lucknow Super Giants skipper here Tuesday. Nehal Wadhera top-scored for MI with 46 while Tim David and Ishan Kishan made 35 not out and 32 respectively. For LSG, Mohsin Khan took two wickets while Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Yadav, Naveen-ul-Haq and Ravi Bishnoi got...

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LSG elect to bowl, include Mayank Yadav in clash against MI

Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians here Tuesday. LSG's tearaway pacer Mayank Yadav makes his return to the side after missing quite a few matches due to a lower abdominal strain. Arshin Kulkarni and Ashton Turner too are in the...

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Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet against NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha under UAPA

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday took cognisance of a chargesheet filed against NewsClick founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha under anti-terror law UAPA in a case based on allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur said there was sufficient evidence against the accused in the case and directed...

 

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