September 2021

Lucknow, Sep 29 (UNI) The recent surge in research-based evidence released by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the latest revision of air quality guidelines by WHO, has reemphasized the need of clean air for better…

Washington, Sep 29 (UNI/SPUTNIK) YouTube confirmed to Sputnik on Wednesday that it will be removing prominent channels from its platform known for contradicting officially approved information of COVID-19 and vaccines against it. The…

Washington, Sep 30 (UNI/Sputnik) US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met virtually with the G7 finance ministers and reached an understanding on several important global tax issues, the Treasury Department said in a statement. "Earlier…

Moscow, Sep 30 (UNI/Sputnik) The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group  shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 28 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of…

Moscow, Sep 30 (UNI/Sputnik) One of the two planned Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches this year from the Kourou space center in French Guiana has been postponed until 2022, two sources in the rocket and space industry told Sputnik. Earlier,…

Washington, Sep 30 (UNI/Sputnik) US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley told lawmakers in a classified briefing that the Biden administration is in talks about using Russian bases in Central Asia to…

United Nations, Sep 30 (UNI/Sputnik) The UN Security Council (UNSC) will discuss the situation with North Korea's recent missile launches on Thursday, a UNSC source told Sputnik. Earlier, North Korea confirmed that it conducted a test…

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Tuesday called upon academicians, agricultural scientists and institutions to start a campaign to impart information to farmers on climate change, which is a huge challenge for agriculture. Launching 35…

RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat is on a two-day tour to Surat from Tuesday. Sources in the Surat unit of RSS, however, said it was a non-political tour. Bhagwat met different people including industrialists, social workers, businessmen…

Greta Thunberg and fellow youth campaigners struck a sceptical tone for this week’s climate talks in Italy, saying much has been promised but little done to tackle global warming in almost three decades since the landmark Earth Summit.…

Conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet won some time in a fight for his political future on Tuesday as lawmakers in his CDU/CSU alliance met to decide what to do after suffering their first national election defeat since 2002.…

Former US President Barack Obama presided on Tuesday over a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, saying he hopes the facility will be a hub of global civic activism. Construction of the $700…

For the umpteenth time in their history, Mumbai Indians grabbed a match from the jaws of defeat, just as Punjab Kings snatched defeat from the brink of victory. In the end, Mumbai was more desperate for the win — one that kept them in the…

Every time sprinter Taranjeet Kaur steps out of the gates of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, dread fills her heart. It was in 2018 that she was hit by a car about 50 metres from the main gate, leaving her motionless by a…

Indian women’s boxing’s high-performance director Raffaele Bergamasco has decided to return to Italy, a day after receiving a two-month extension. Bergamasco believes the short contract extension — which comes after 45 days of no…

India women began their campaign for Asian Table Tennis Championships with identical 3-0 wins over Jordan and Nepal and topped the Group 1 at Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Doha in Qatar on Tuesday. Indian men’s team will directly play…

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said there should be no compromise on data privacy and safeguard of client data with an increasing number of Indians now using digital mode of payment. Addressing the fintech…

NEW DELHI: Gold prices declined by Rs 54 to Rs 45,080 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday in line with weak global cues, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,134 per 10…

NEW DELHI: Solar open access installations in India increased nearly seven-fold to 209 MW in the second quarter of 2021 from 27 MW a year ago. Solar open access installations in India totalled 209 MW in the second quarter of 2021,…