Nuclear plants are cheap to operate, last decades longer than other power sources, and generate unrivaled volumes of zero-carbon electricity rain or shine on relatively tiny slivers of land. Yet …
Preeti Sudan has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). In her new capacity, the 64 year old will spearhead several tasks of the …
Head of the UN office for disaster risk reduction Mami Mizutori tells Pradeep Thakur Covax is making progress towards having 2 billion doses available by the end of 2021, which …
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leadership led by Raila Odinga, has left the country for what he described as a ‘brief mission’ abroad. Raila was accompanied by his deputy …
NEW DELHI: The annual World Bank and IMF meetings have wrapped up without a concrete plan to mobilise the trillions of dollars needed to fight climate change, in a year …
NEW DELHI: India did not accede to the pressure from developed countries on the issue of fossil fuels at recently concluded UN climate conference (COP28) in Dubai and the country …
NEW DELHI: In response to India’s escalating air pollution crisis, affecting the entire population of 1.4 billion, the World Bank has launched a multifaceted program aimed at curbing the devastating …
A pedestrians at a bus station in Vientiane, Laos, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Valeria Mongelli | Bloomberg | Getty Images An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos in …
Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United …
More children have been killed in just over three weeks in Gaza than in all of the world’s conflicts combined in each of the past three years, according to the …