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Listed as one of the speakers at the recently held Delhi Dialogues on 5 July, Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun has claimed that he wasn't allowed to participate in the inaugural ministerial session on 4 July which was inaugurated by External Affairs ...

US President Donald Trumps statement that India was extracting billions of dollars as aid under Paris climate accord is "factually incorrect", Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said. He said Indias actions to tackle climate change were funded from ...

India on Saturday joined 18 other G20 members to strongly support the fight against global warming by terming the Paris climate deal as "irreversible", leaving the United States, which walked out of the pact, isolated. The two-day G20 Summit saw the Indian side making "significant contributions" on resolve to counter terrorism and boost global trade and investment. The Summit, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with top world leaders including host Angela Merkel and US President ...

Researchers have developed a new method that modifies the surface of nanorods, making them more efficient in transporting cancer-killing genes into cells.The method involves coating gold nanorods, which produce heat when exposed to a near-infrared laser, with ...

Berlin : Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the German public directly ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg, writing an exclusive op-ed for the German newspaper Handelsblatt. Putin stressed his belief in common ground shared by Moscow and Berlin in ...

Nintendo Co. is discovering that nothing sells like nostalgia. The Japanese gaming company is bringing back the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the hit console that debuted in 1990, as a smaller device with 21 pre-installed classic games and two ...

Selfless heroism is not the best strategy during life-and-death situations such as accidents of natural disasters, as trying to save others first may lead to more deaths, a study warns. Researchers from University of Waterloo in Canada found that overall ...

In a letter to parliament Economic Affairs Minister Henk Kamp said recent commitments by heavy industry, on top a late government push to increase renewable energy investment had made it likely the target, agreed under the Kyoto Protocol, would be met.

Kochi: Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh has described as "unfortunate" the withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate deal, but advised the Indian government not to take "panga" or confront the Americans over the issue. He, however, urged Prime ...