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Wildfire rages on Greek island of Evia for second day

By Giorgos Moutafis EVIA, Greece (Reuters) - More than 200 firefighters backed up by helicopters and water-carrying planes battled a wildfire on Greece's second-biggest island of Evia for a second day

Rio Tinto iced out by investor advocate ACCR over climate stance

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian shareholder advocacy group said it would no longer engage with Rio Tinto after the miner lobbied the Australian government to remove a reference to climate change

Air New Zealand drops 2030 carbon target, cites plane delivery delays

(Reuters) -Air New Zealand abandoned on Tuesday a 2030 emissions reduction target, citing delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and high green fuel prices, in a move signalling the difficulty

Number of forest fires drop from 3.45 lakh in 2020 to 2.03 lakh in 2024, loss of wildlife not known

In response to a question in Parliament, govt says India saw lowest number of forest fires between November 2023 & June 2024 in 4 yrs. At 21,033, Uttarakhand recorded the highest number.

Fire at BASF chemicals plant in Germany extinguished; 14 hurt

BERLIN (Reuters) - A fire that broke out at German chemicals giant BASF's plant in Ludwigshafen has been extinguished, a company spokesperson and police said on Monday. Fourteen workers sustained

Air New Zealand drops 2030 carbon goal, cites plane delivery delays

(Reuters) -Air New Zealand abandoned on Tuesday a 2030 emissions reduction target, citing delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and high green fuel prices, in a move signalling the difficulty

Air NZ dumps 2030 carbon intensity reduction target

(Reuters) -Air New Zealand said on Tuesday it would drop its 2030 carbon intensity reduction target, marking a big shift as global airlines struggle to cope with aircraft shortages and tight supply of

Air New Zealand dumps 2030 carbon intensity targets in climate policy shift

(Reuters) -Air New Zealand said on Tuesday it would drop its 2030 carbon intensity reduction target, marking a big shift as global airlines struggle to cope with aircraft shortages and tight supply of

Jasper town fires extinguished, Canadian officials defend forest management practices

By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Parks Canada, the federal agency managing the country's national parks, on Monday rejected criticism that it left the town of Jasper vulnerable to wildfires by not removing

South Africa steps up fight to contain oil spill from grounded ship

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -More equipment is being readied to contain an oil spill from a ship which ran aground and started to break apart in stormy weather on South Africa's west coast, although there are

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.