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Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential elections

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has secured a win in the presidential elections in Iran, defeating hard-liner Saeed Jalili. IMAGE: Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian waves at......

ISRO to put first astronaut on Moon by 2040

After the historic success of its Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going full throttle with its plans to send Indian astronauts for the first time to the......

Hasina wins 5th term as PM in poll marred by Oppn boycott, low turnout

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence......

India Rekindles Love Affair With Russia

EAM Jaishankar's mission is aimed at strengthening India's strategic autonomy in a complex international environment, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: External Affairs Minister Dr......

At COP28, Modi proposes to host 2028 climate talks in India

Highlighting that India is among the only few countries in the world on track to fulfil its climate pledges, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday proposed to host the United Nations climate......

UN environment chief defends IPCC, slams sceptics

The UN environment chief has come out in strong support of the embattled climate change panel led by R K Pachauri, hitting out at sceptics whose criticism of the body and its Indian chair, he said,......

Indian green economist wins 'environment Nobel'

Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the ‘Nobel Prize for the......

Crisis: UN suggests robust investment in 5 sectors

Robust investment of $3 trillion into five key sectors, including renewable energy and sustainable transport, could help revive the global economy and boost employment while accelerating the fight......

Mumbai, Kolkata most vulnerable to climate change: Govt

India's populous coastal cities Mumbai and Kolkata are most vulnerable to loss of life and properties due to coastal flooding in the second half of the century, the government has said quoting a UN......

India slips 2 spot to 132 in UN Human Development Index

India ranked 132 out of 191 countries in the 2021 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Kindly note that this image has been......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

'I am still a work in progress'

'Every opportunity, every disappointment, every rejection, every accolade...' 'Everything has contributed in shaping my character and my choices and who I have become.' IMAGE: Dia Mirza with her......

'The problem is that people in our country get used to bad news'

Kadvi Hawa has some very bad news for us all. A timid, old man walks barefoot on a parched piece of land. Dressed in a white dhoti, he has no use for a shirt that gets drenched in his sweat. The......

Vikram is the youth envoy of UN Habitat

Catch the action in the Tamil film industry right here! Tamil actor Vikram has been selected as the Youth Envoy for the UN Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme). Out of the four......

How a desi is making waves at MoMA

'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'Indira Kannan reports. IMAGE: Members of the 69th Berlin film festival's international jury arrive for the awards......

Is Beijing's air safe for athletes?

Beijing has vowed the Olympic Games will take place under blue skies, not the murky "sauna" haze that has shrouded the city recently, but even on apparently clear days pollution levels may not be......

What's hot at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Anti-NKorea protesters burn flags before opening ceremony IMAGE: Police try to extinguish burnt portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea protest before the opening......

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