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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has undermined global climate action by promoting fossil fuel expansion through its policy advice, locking developing countries into a reliance on dirty coal and gas that is harming their economies and the planet.  A new research by ActionAid USA and the Bretton Woods Project reveals how policy advice …

Special Desk Six-time champion Serena Williams has pulled out of next week’s US Open. She shared with her fans that she took the decision to allow her body to heal. With this Serena became the latest high-profile player to leave the game. In her social media account, the 39-year-old American …

Special Desk A baby girl was born on an evacuation flight as the mother from Afghanistan was evacuated amid the continuing chaos in Afghanistan. Afghan woman went into labour en route to Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The Air Mobility Command tweeted from its handle (@AirMobilityCmd), “Medical support personnel from …

Central banks can play a key role in mobilizing capital away from fossil fuels. Many of the world’s central banks have signed up to the Network for Greening the Financial System, which recognises the threat that climate change poses to financial stability, and recommends taking action to reduce support for …

Climate change has made extreme rainfall events like those that led to last month’s devastating floods in Germany, Belgium and neighbouring countries between 1.2 and 9 times more likely to happen, according to a rapid attribution study by an international team of climate scientists, which also found that such downpours …

Special Desk A teenage Afgan girl has written letter to Angelina Jolie, which the celebrity shared on social media platform to draw attention towards situation in Afghanistan and suppression of women rights and freedom in the country that is facing Taliban attacker at present. Jolie joined the social media platform …

Special Desk Amitabh Thakur has presented a complaint before the National Human Rights Commission alleging stopping him and wife Dr Nutan Thakur from a political program to Gorakhpur and Ayodhya on the basis of some alleged intelligence report and then putting the entire family in house arrest. In his complaint, …

Special Desk Couples living in China can now have more than two kids. China has announced amendment of its laws to allow couples to have up to three children. This however is being done to boost birth rate. The regulation was one of several passed at a meeting of the …

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.  This protocol has a potential to avoid 0.5 degrees of warming of the atmosphere by the end of the century. This is crucial and a right step especially when the immediate actions are required to bring …

Special Desk Concerned about its people in Afganistan the US says its troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned August 31 withdrawal deadline to help evacuate Americans there. President Joe Biden defended his handling of Afghanistan, where the Taliban have capitalised on the US pulling out to sweep to …