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NEW DELHI: Setting the tone for the upcoming climate conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, where the issue of climate finance will dominate the discourse, India on Thursday said financial support of $300 billion annually to the global south by 2035 is “insufficient” and stressed that developed countries have the “moral responsibility” to support developing countries…

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday accused the government and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of politicising security concerns surrounding leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, after the force wrote to him and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge highlighting repeated violations of security protocols during his foreign trips.On CRPF writing to Rahul Gandhi for allegedly violating…

Vidyant Hindu PG College, Lucknow, marked the anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s historic address at the World Parliament of Religions and Mahatma Gandhi’s launch of the Satyagraha Movement in Africa with a special lecture series titled “Development of Human Civilization in the 21st Century.” The event was organised by the Department of Hindi at the Vivekananda…

NEW DELHI: Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), questioned the violent protests in neighbouring Nepal, noting their uncanny resemblance to regime changes in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other countries in recent years.Sanyal raised suspicion over these regime changes that occurred on the back of violent protest, saying:…

Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed concern over the victory of the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing in the Dhaka University (DU) student union polls, questioning whether India may soon have to deal with a Jamaat-led government in Bangladesh. “This may have registered as barely a blip on most Indian…

In a lawsuit alleging complicity in the kidnapping case of a boy, the Supreme Court on Thursday extended the temporary protection from arrest to “Poovai” Jegan Moorthy, Tamil Nadu MLA from K V Kuppam. A bench consisting of Justices Manoj Mishra and NK Singh declared, “An interim order granted earlier to continue.”The top court shielded…

PM Modi and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to assess the flood situation in Uttarakhand.Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd.) and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami were also present in the meeting.Additionally, PM Modi interacted with flood-affected people and personnel of the National…

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal took a jibe at the Centre after former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah was not allowed to meet MP Sanjay Singh, who went to Srinagar to protest AAP MLA Mehraj Malik’s arrest.Sharing an X post, Kejriwal called the Jammu and Kashmir police’s action “hooliganism…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Dehradun to review the devastation caused by floods, cloudbursts, and landslides across Uttarakhand. Chairing a high-level meeting, he announced financial assistance of Rs 1,200 crore for relief and rehabilitation in the state.The Prime Minister also declared an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the families of…

Nepal protests snowballed into political upheaval as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepped down on September 9 after Gen Z protests . The spotlight has now shifted to 54-year-old Kulman Ghising, the former chief of the Nepal Electricity Authority, who is seen as the frontrunner for interim prime minister. In the United States, conservative activist…