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The UK is expected to trigger the article just after COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow right now. Some reports also suggest that the UK might act before COP26.

The Prime Minister enhanced India’s existing climate targets and announced a new one during his speech in Glasgow. None of these are beyond the country’s reach.

President Joe Biden described the rules issued Thursday as urgently needed to get more Americans inoculated.

With the international presence in the region waning, unresolved rivalries and opposing interests among the three ethnic groups have resurfaced.

The study suggests that a third vaccine dose is effective in reducing severe Covid-19-related outcomes compared to individuals who have received two vaccine doses at least 5 months ago, the Clalit Research Institute said in

The idea of centralised recruitment of judges has been debated in legal circles for decades, and remains contentious.

Karnataka bypolls: Although the BJP's campaign in Hanagal was unprecedented, BJP candidate Shivaraj Sajjanar could not win the seat on account of localised disconnect between the BJP, its candidate and the electorate.

Essentially, the study shows that the HPV vaccination in combination with cervical cancer screening reduces the cancer to a point where almost no one develops it.

An additional public prosecutor practising at the Gujarat High Court says that the state government often takes a compassionate view on applications for parole during festivals of Diwali, Rakshabandhan, etc. and the latest announcement is

An investigational drug against Covid-19; researchers have now developed a method to manufacture it faster

The leopard population of North India is at highest risk among four animal populations identified as being the most vulnerable to extinction in the next 50 years if observed roadkill levels persist.

The United States Department of Commerce has added Israeli spyware company NSO Group, the maker of Pegasus, to its Entity List. What does mean, and does it have implications for India?

WHO emergency use licence is an acknowledgement of Bharat Biotech's research credentials, and paves the way for Covaxin's deployment elsewhere. With demand set to grow, production too will need to rise.

The big problem with facial recognition is that as the technology gets faster and more accurate there are worries that it will be used for mass surveillance.

Since the Taliban seized control of the country, the national currency, the Afghani, has depreciated heavily. This comes at a time when the withdrawal of international financial support has severely strained the economy.

The club went on to declare that the context of the comments was simply “banter between friends” and Azeem Rafiq should “take such comments in the spirit in which they were intended.”

The word 'akhara' literally means a wrestling arena, and the akhara system is believed to have been started by Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century AD to prepare a warrior class that could fight for

The department wants to block the $2.2 billion deal since it sees the deal as giving more control to Penguin Random House over the US publishing market.

While the TMC won all four seats, its vote share when compared with the BJP, and the performance of the Left and the Congress, tell an interesting story.

India had first proposed connecting solar energy supply across borders at the International Solar Alliance in 2018.

With COP26 underway, the climate crisis is in the spotlight. Here are the most important facts relating to how our planet has been changing.

Chief Minister M K Stalin has said the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will not be implemented in Tamil Nadu. Why is the DMK government opposed to NEP, and is it possible for the state

The facial recognition software introduced on social media site Facebook in 2010 will be shut down. What did it do, and why is it being shut down?

The Karnataka government has launched two new schemes, one to bring government services to citizens' doorsteps, and the other to redress public grievances.

Pekapeka-tou-roa or the long-tailed bat, one of New Zealand's two land mammals, was added in the Bird of the Year list by Forest and Bird.