Special Desk Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and bodyguards fled the country on an Air Force plane to Male, the capital of the Maldives. The president informed Sri Lanka’s Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that he will resign in a few hours, something that becomes irrelevant after the …

Dr. Seema Javed Ever since Monsoon has picked up pace, hilly states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been recording incidences of cloudbursts, flash flooding and landslides. The most recent one is the cloudburst near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, which has left several people dead …

Special Desk Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, an official from his political party said. Japan’s former PM and an internationally known face Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot at on Friday while he was campaigning in …

Special Desk Japan’s former PM and an internationally known face Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot at on Friday while he was campaigning in Nara city. He has been taken to hospital. It is said he might have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun. Chief Cabinet Secretary …

Special Desk Boris Johnson, 58, has announced he would step down following a slew of resignations from his top team that was in protest against him. Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer had welcomed his impending departure. This has paved way for the selection of a new Prime Minister. “It is …

Dr. Seema Javed While it is commonly assumed that air pollution is a winter problem, government data shows otherwise. A deep dive into air pollution data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  across 10 cities showed that monthly PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels during the summer months breached the …

Jubilee News desk # Next fuel consignment by July 22 An unprecedented fuel crisis, has left Sri Lanks with just one-day fuel according to its ministers and to manage situation the Sri Lankan Education Ministry has declared extended holiday at schools. Schools have been asked to conduct online classes similar …

Dr.Seema Javed The offshore wind industry enjoyed its best-ever year in 2021, with 21.1 GW of new capacity connected to the grid, according to the latest Global Offshore Wind Report launched by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) to coincide with the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon. The report …

The G7 has come to a close in Germany with a new offer for close collaboration with developing countries to boost clean energy and resilience through two new initiatives. G7 leaders have committed to achieving a fully or predominantly decarbonized electricity sector by 2035, recognizing that emissions from coal power …

Special Desk What NATO chief had said earlier about Russia-Ukraine war, found mention in the G7 summit Monday when Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky told global leaders about ending the war by the year end. Zelensky addressed G7 summit via video-link, calling for more weapons for Ukraine. He told global leaders …