COP 21: What can be expected?
The world is watching, with anticipation and apprehension the proceedings of the 21st Conference of the Parties – COP 21 – to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …
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Ufa-Paris-Bangkok-Islamabad: Is frost melting in India-Pakistan ties?
It’s been a long-winding and tortuous journey for India-Pakistan relations this year, with the first signs of thaw appearing in the Paris winter amid the heated debate on global warming, and more frost melting in the sultry weather of Bangkok.
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India-Pakistan thaw: NSAs meet in Bangkok, discuss terrorism, Kashmir
Signalling a thaw in India-Pakistan relations, the National Security Advisors (NSA) of India and Pakistan Ajit Doval and General Naseer Janjua met in Bangkok on December 6 to discuss all …
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Chasing blue economy dream, India, Mauritius to deepen ties
The Blue Economy dream is set to bring India and Mauritius in a tighter strategic embrace. Building on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to the archipelago nation in March this year, the December 6-10 visit by Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim, the first female president of Mauritius, is set to bolster multi-layered ties between the two countries.
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COP21 make-or-break weekend: Pressure mounts to produce working text
The delegates from 195 countries at climate change talks in Paris are under pressure to produce a working text of a deal by the weekend. This is set to bring out sharply sticking points and fault lines nearly halfway through the UN negotiations.
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India ready to cut coal usage for climate finance
Amid growing green pressure from developed countries, India has expressed willingness to cut down on the usage of coal in return for climate finance. India is expected to become the …
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Chennai floods: Climate change damage?
Heavy torrential rains in the past few days in southern India’s largest metropolitan city Chennai have brought the vibrant city to a standstill. The rains are said to be the heaviest in the last century. The Indian Army has been deployed for round-the-clock rescue and relief operations. As the Indian Meteorological Department forecast more rains over the next three days, leading Indian environment experts attending the Paris climate change summit have speculated that the crisis is the ‘full-blown impact’ of global warming.
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Obama sings for Modi’s vision of India, may invite him to US in 2016
WASHINGTON: Under siege from his critics for perceived rise in intolerance in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi can always bank on his friend ‘Barack’. In lush praise which is …
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A Tale of Two Players in Africa: Indian & Chinese responses
A subtle but sure competition is emerging between New Delhi and Beijing in courting Africa with each of these two rising countries in Asia offering wider choices for the African nations. “Beijing Consensus” of multilateralism, “non-intervention”, “no regime change”, “win-win” was counter posed in the last decade against the dominant Washington Consensus.
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COP21: BASIC countries push for roadmap on climate finance
The members of the leading emerging countries bloc BASIC, including India, have stressed on the need for the developed world to define a clear roadmap for providing USD 100 billion …
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