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COP26 chief Alok Sharma, economist Partha Sarthi Dasgupta among Indian-ori
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Alok Sharma receives a Knighthood for his contribution to combating climate change through his leadership at COP26 and driving the UK to agree a historic agreement from individual countries that will have a major impact in addressing climate change in the future," UK Foreign, Commonwealth a
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Administration obstructing fair elections: Cong leader
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
All India National Congress spokesperson Alok Sharma on Sunday said that the administration is hampering the functioning of the Election Commission to conduct fair elections.
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New UK PM Rishi Sunak reshuffles Cabinet, retains Hunt, Wallace, Raab; Bra
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Rishi Sunak is reshuffling his cabinet after many of Liz Truss' ministers resigned or were sacked.
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NITI Aayog launches initiatives to boost electric mobility
Updated : 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): NITI Aayog today launched two significant initiatives -- E-AMRIT (Accelerated e-Mobility Revolution for India's Transportation) mobile application to raise awareness on electric mobility and, the Report on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and Recycling
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Assam human trafficking: SSB rescues 8 people including minor girls from G
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Guwahati (Assam), February 22: SSB personnel rescued eight persons including minor girls and minor boys from Gujarat and handed them over to Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Kamakhya railway station in Guwahati on Tuesday.
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Glasgow to Sharm el-Sheikh: Bridging the Gap between Mitigation and Adapta
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Assuring that no country will be left behind, Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt and COP 27 President Designate, said the outcomes at Sharm el-Sheikh, the venue for COP 27, will be a turning point in terms of `global climate action. "With
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Phasing coal 'out' to 'down': India received criticism because it read out
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], November 17 (ANI): Noting that "phase down" of unabated coal was not India's language at COP26 held in Glasgow earlier this month, sources said on Wednesday that present in the conference said the term already existed in the draft of the agreement.
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New COP26 draft agreement urges countries to scale up use of clean power g
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 13 (ANI): In its new draft agreement published on Saturday, the COP26 climate summit held in Glasgow urged countries to rapidly scale up the use of clean power generation and energy efficiency measures.
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UN climate conference to continue into Saturday afternoon: COP26 president
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], November 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Alok Sharma, president of the ongoing United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, said Friday that he expected the negotiations for a deal will continue into Saturday afternoon.
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New COP26 draft declaration waters down calls to end fossil fuel use
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik) - A new draft of the final declaration being negotiated at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow published on Friday appears to back away from a previous call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuels.
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COP26 President urges to step up climate talks in Glasgow
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): COP26 President Alok Sharma on Friday urged delegates attending the UN Conference on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland, to step up talks in the next 24 hours in order to guarantee a successful outcome in the second and final week of the event.
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20 countries agree to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 5 (ANI): In a historic breakthrough, 20 countries on Thursday (local time) agreed to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad at the COP26 climate summit.
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