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In his address at the Climate Change Ambition Summit here, he said that “climate action is dwarfed by the scale of the challenge” and “if nothing changes we are heading towards a 2.8 degree (Celsius) temperature rise – towards a dangerous and unstable world”. “But the future is not fixed,” he said. “We can still limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5 (Celsius) degrees. We can still build a world of clear air, green jobs, and affordable clean power for all.” “The proposed Climate Solidarity Pact calls on major emitters – who have benefitted most from fossil fuels –…

The comment was made by Adrienne Watson, spokesperson of the US National Security Council, in response to media reports that suggested that the US had rejected Canada’s call for a joint statement from the G7 countries because of President Joe Biden’s efforts to keep India on the US side in readiness for any conflict or confrontation with China.And it came a day after NSC spokesperson for strategic communication offered a similar express of support for the Canadian in an interview with CNN.”Reports that we rebuffed Canada in any way on this are flatly false,” Watson said in a post on…

“Little was accomplished by the Canada-India ‘cooperation framework’ on intelligence and security signed during Trudeau’s disastrous costume-pageantry tour of India in 2018,” he said.In the foreground is the June 18 gangland-style killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside the a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, where Nijjar served as president. But in the background is what became largely a covert operation, a back channel reconciliation effort between Modi’s BJP and veteran Canadian Khalistanis, who were growing weary of agitating for a separate Sikh state in India that India’s Sikhs want nothing to do with, Glavin said.That initiative was facilitated mostly by…

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Indian tech major Infosys and graphics chip giant Nvidia on Wednesday announced to expand their strategic collaboration with the aim to help enterprises worldwide drive productivity gains with generative AI applications and solutions.The alliance will bring the Nvidia AI Enterprise ecosystem of models, tools, runtimes and GPU systems to Infosys Topaz — an AI-first set of services, solutions and platforms that use generative AI technologies.Through the integration, Infosys will create offerings customers can adopt to easily integrate generative AI into their businesses.Infosys also plans to set up an Nvidia Center of Excellence, where it will…

The regulators are expected to consider clinical trials of the system which mimics the womb, and could reduce deaths and disability for babies born extremely premature, Nature reported.According to the World Health Organisation, preterm birth is the largest cause of death and disability in children under five.In 2020, there were about 13.4 million such births worldwide.In 2017, scientists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Pennsylvania kept a developing lamb alive for 28 days in a sterilised bag filled with fluid, where it received amniotic fluid, medicine and oxygen through tubes connected to umbilical cord tissue.The experiment showed that…

As per the FIR document accessed by IANS, Mukesh Kumar, employed as an assistant sanitary inspector in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD’s) Ward Number-28, Narela Zone, filed a formal complaint.In his statement, Kumar detailed his responsibilities, which involve supervising sanitation workers within the ward.The FIR further read that at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, Kumar and sanitary inspector Nanhe Ram were overseeing cleaning operations conducted by the staff in the Shahbad Dairy area, precisely in front of the JE Store.During this time, Upkar arrived at the scene, accompanied by his workers.In a state of anger, he confronted the complainant, accusing…

The owner of the private firm was sentenced to the same jail term. Awarding jail terms then General Manager, Telecom, Patna, B.B. Rai and then TDE Rampati Chikhaiyar, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 6 lakh on each. Perwez Ahmad, Proprietor of Nalanda Telecom Service, Patna, was also sentenced and fined Rs 16 lakh. The CBI registered the case in 1996 against Rai and others.It was alleged that Rai, while working as Director (Officiating), Telecom South, Gaya had awarded a contract for repair of faulty EPBT cards to Nalanda Telecom Service, without going through the laid down formalities.…

Participating in the discussion on the much awaited women’s reservation bill or the 128th Constitutional Amendment, Shah said in Lok Sabha: “For some parties, women empowerment can be a political agenda and a political tool to win elections, but for BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi it is not a political issue.”He also questioned the opposition over the delay in passing of the bill.Notably, the bill has been in limbo since the then UPA regime had brought it in 2008 and was later passed by Rajya Sabha in 2010.However, as it could not be passed in Lok Sabha at that…

In the earlier system, funds for the salaries were transferred to the designated accounts of the state universities, which then disbursed the salaries to the teaching and non- teaching staff. In simple words, the payment system for state university staff will be the same as direct state government employees from now on.The decision was taken at a meeting with the finance officials of 11 state universities.In the changed system, the drawing and disbursing officers (DDOs) for the state universities will be bureaucratic representatives from the state higher education department, which will virtually bring an end to the financial autonomy for…

Bhardwaj said that these doctors and staff members were found to have tampered with the biometric system by marking their attendance either significantly late or in a fraudulent manner.Bhardwaj received complaints and conducted an investigation into the attendance of doctors and staff in seven Mohalla Clinics.He said that the delayed arrival of doctors and staff for duty had caused significant annoyance to the people.”Based on the irregularities found in the biometric system during the investigation, action has been taken against these doctors and staff members. Any negligence in healthcare facilities provided to the people of Delhi will not be tolerated,”…