Kannur, 1/12: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday decided to appoint Prof S Bijoy Nandan as the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University, following the Supreme Court’s annulment of the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran to the key position. Nandan currently serves as a professor in the Department of Marine Biology at Cochin University of Science…
Dubai,1/12: The United Arab Emirates is preparing to announce a new $30 billion climate-focused investment fund during COP28 with backing from some of the world’s biggest investors including BlackRock, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The sources said the UAE would provide the bulk of the money and private equity firm TPG…
New Delhi, 1/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for supporting developing countries with adequate climate financing and technology transfer to enable them to deal with climate change as he arrived here to attend the World Climate Action Summit in the Gulf Emirates. Before leaving Delhi, Modi said he was happy to see that…
New Delhi, 30/11: Most exit polls on Thursday predicted an edge to the Congress in Chhattisgarh and Telangana while forecasting that it was advantage BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Pollsters also indicated that in Mizoram, Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) was locked in a close race with the Mizo National Front (MNF) with the Congress…
Varanasi, 30/11: The Varanasi district court on Thursday gave 10 more days to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to complete and submit a scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi complex. Taking up the plea of the ASI seeking three additional weeks to submit the report, District Judge A K Vishvesh said he hoped that…
Mizoram, 30/11: Bringing laurels to Odisha, Indian Air Force officer Manisha Padhi has became the country’s first woman Aide-De-Camp. Mizoram Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati has appointed Sqn Leader Manisha Padhi, a 2015 batch Indian Air Force Officer as India’s first Woman Aide-De-Camp(ADC) from the Indian Armed Forces. Appointing her to the key post, the…
Bhubaneswar, 30/11: Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) and Nabin Odisha, VK Pandian today spoke to the five Odia workers who were rescued from the Uttarkashi tunnel. The 5T Chairman had an interaction with the workers through video call. All the five workers are currently under medical supervision at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh….
Muzaffarnagar, 30/11: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a Muslim body, has raised objections to a recent fashion show held in a local college where participants walked down the ramp wearing burqas. The convener of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind in Muzaffarnagar, Maulana Mukarram Qasmi, in a statement alleged that the organisers of the show targeted a religion and demanded an apology…
New Delhi, 30/11: India is unlikely to stand with rich nations on the reduction of fossil fuel use for its energy security and won’t make any commitment to cutting down on methane production to protect the farmers and livestock, sources said here on the eve of the UN Climate Summit in Dubai that will be…
New Delhi, 29/11: The Narendra Modi government is planning to bring seven new Bills, including setting up a Central Tribal University in Telangana and providing women’s quota in Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry Assemblies, during the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament. This is besides ten other pending Bills, including the proposed legislations to redraft…
