Dr. Seema Javed As intensifying climate impacts across the globe hammer home the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall rapidly, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place. …
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Have India learnt from last year’s T20I World Cup debacle?
Dr. Subhasis Ray & Dr. Bhaskar Basu Another T20 World Cup tournament is knocking at our door. But have we learnt from our debacle in the last World Cup (i.e. T20I WC held in 2021 in UAE)? Our hearts think so, but heads don’t. India’s fate was decided quite early …
Read More »Mulayam Singh Yadav founder of Samajwadi Party dies at 82
Jubilee News Desk Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and founder of Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh passed away on Monday at the age of 82. He was to turn 83 in six weeks. Samajwadi Party quoted Mulayam Singh’s son Akhilesh Yadav as saying, “My respected father and everyone’s Neta-ji has …
Read More »Cancer Run, reckon across 130 countries in six continents !
Hyderabad. The Fifth edition of the World’s largest cancer awareness and Guinness Record holding run, the Dandamudi Global Grace Cancer Run – 2022, was flagged off formally by Shri Stephen Raveendra, Police commissioner of Cyberabad Metropolitan Police; today at Gachibowli stadium. Dr Avanindra Dandamudi, Managing Director, Dandamudi Biotech; Dr Sridhar …
Read More »Tax frequent fliers to decarbonize aviation fairly : A study urges
Dr. Seema Javed A new paper analyzes how progressive taxation such as a Frequent Flying Levy (FFL) can generate revenue to decarbonize aviation in an equitable way. FFL is a per-flight tax that increases as a person takes more flights in a year, in contrast to a flat ticket tax …
Read More »Akhilesh Yadav elected Samajwadi Party chief again
Jubilee News Desk # This is third time that Akhilesh became party chief # Since January 2017 Akhilesh is heading the party Akhilesh Yadav was re-elected president of Samajwadi Party (SP) Thursday, for a third consecutive time. Akhilesh had become party president first on January 1, 2017 and again in …
Read More »Only SP can defeat BJP: Akhilesh
Jubilee News Desk Samajwadi Party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday said only SP could defeat the BJP. He was addressing the party convention in Lucknow. Akhilesh Yadav said that despite the results from the SP and BSP alliance were not as per expectations yet it has been proved that …
Read More »SP leaders’ walk towards state assembly, stopped by cops
Jubilee News Desk Protest march by Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday, to highlight the issues just before the monsoon session of the state legislature could start, was stopped by cops. Police said the party was given a route to take out their march but they did not opt for that …
Read More »Rains killed nine, bring life to halt in state capital
Jubilee News Desk Nine people were reportedly killed and at least two injured after a boundary wall collapsed following incessant rains in Lucknow while life came to a grinding halt with waterlogging in several parts of the state capital on Friday morning. District administration decided to call it a …
Read More »Lessons from the urban flooding in 2022
Dr. Seema Javed Unprecedented floods in Bangladesh, followed by Assam floods, extremely heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh adjoining parts of Rajasthan, Pakistan floods and the recent Bengaluru floods, have shown how the quantum of extreme events have increased exponentially in South Asia due to climate change.The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
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