Paris: French company TotalEnergies has said that it has put on hold its participation in the Adani Group’s $50 billion (over Rs 4.12 lakh crore) hydrogen project after allegations of financial irregularities were raised against the conglomerate by United States-based firm Hindenburg Research, Reuters reported. The
New Delhi: Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday shouted slogans of “Modi-Adani bhai bhai” as the prime minister replied to the motion of thanks on the president’s address. The Congress and other Opposition parties have been holding protests in both Houses of Parliament, asking
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Rajya Sabha Thursday that former Congress Prime Minister Indira Gandhi undermined the power of regional leaders of Opposition parties and had dismissed state governments by “misusing” Article 356 of the Constitution. The constitutional provision allows the Union government
Paris: One in three children worldwide does not have access to clean drinking water while at school, impacting their health and ability to learn, the United Nations said Wednesday. "Globally, almost one in three schools has no drinking water from an improved source," the UN cultural
Diamniadio Senegal: When Mohamed was hired at the construction site for the United Nations’ new West Africa headquarters in Senegal, he was proud to say he would be working "not only for Africa, but for the world." The 25-year-old Sierra Leonean was a plumber on the
Kampala: Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United Nations’ human rights office in the East African country, citing the development of its own sufficient capacity to monitor rights compliance. In a letter by Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry sent to Office of
Paris: Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a new UN report said. Superbugs — strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics — are estimated to have killed 1.27 million
Dubai: Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually lead to the collapse of the republic. Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa
Turkiye: Heartrending scenes of a newborn plucked alive from the rubble and a broken father clutching his dead daughter’s hand have laid bare the human cost of violent earthquakes in Syria and Turkiye that had claimed 8,300 lives. For two days and nights since the 7.8
Ladakh: The people of Ladakh district participated in the protest and demanded statehood and constitutional guarantees under the sixth schedule for the Union Territory. The protest was organized under the banner of the Leh-based apex body of People’s Movement for 6th Schedule and the Kargil-based Kargil