Special Desk Reports said at least 50 people have died, and the officials warned death toll could rise further, after havoc from flash flooding and landslides that hit Indonesia and Timor Leste. Torrential rain sparked widespread destruction, with flood water from overflowing dams submerging thousands of homes on the islands. …

Special Desk It was a narrow escape for Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the no confidence motion over his conduct. Parliament has given me a serious message. I will try my best to win back confidence, Rutte expressed after the narrow escape. But he remains under pressure after …

Jubilee News Desk The Lucknow police has suddenly withdrawn the security given to ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur. In the aftermath of Mulayam Singh threat in July 2015, Amitabh had approached the Government of India. Ministry of Home Affairs had directed the UP Government on 09 December 2016 that Amitabh and …

Special Desk Dozens of passengers are feared dead after a train carrying about 350 passengers derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan. Unconfirmed reports suggest four passengers have died in the accident. The rescue operations have begun but it is tough inside a tunnel on Taiwan’s eastern railway line near coastal …

Special Desk With just one Covid-19 case reported Australian city of Brisbane exited its snap three-day lockdown. Australia has till now administered about 7 lakh vaccines for a population of 25 million. The outbreak in Queensland’s capital – home to two million residents – has grown to 16 infections in …

Dr. Seema Javed  Politicians wanting to block climate action often argue it will cost too much. Sometimes they refer to the economic models that have been developed since the 1990s to determine the “cost vs benefit” of different levels of climate action versus different levels of warming. Thousands of economists …

Special Desk A ‘limited lockdown’ will be imposed across the nation and all schools will remain closed as part of this phase of restrictions, French President has announced and ordered travel restrictions across France be imposed while non-essential shops around the country be closed for the next four weeks. Critics …

Special Desk India on Thursday opened covid vaccination for all aged above 45-years and this is expected to give a push to vaccination drive in the country that has vaccinated over 6 crore of its people. According to the health department, advance appointments for vaccination can be booked through cowinportal, …

Special Desk Amid reshuffling of the cabinet heads of Brazil’s army, navy and air force have resigned from their respective posts. This is said to be for the first time in the history of Brazil history that the chiefs of the army, navy and air force have stood down together …

Dr. Seema Javed  Research published today by energy think tank Ember reveals that China was the only G20 country that saw a large increase in coal generation in the pandemic year. Globally there was a record fall in coal generation in 2020, which was mirrored in India and other top coal power countries. China is now responsible for …