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Climate experts support India’s stand on ‘phase down’ over ‘phase out’ of coal at COP26

Experts referred to the distinction as an important indication of energy transformation underway, and criticised developed nations for failing to deliver promised climate finance.

Why climate finance is a big deal, and where negotiations have reached at Glasgow COP26

COP26 is looking to settle a new climate finance goal under Paris deal. But how much funding developing nations will get to tackle climate change is stuck in negotiations.

Avoid going outdoors as air quality close to emergency, pollution board advises Delhi residents

The Central Pollution Control Board said the 24-hour average concentration of lung-damaging fine particles known as PM2.5 in Delhi-NCR crossed the 300 mark around Thursday midnight.

Air quality slips into ‘severe’ category in Delhi as season’s first smog episode kicks in

According to the Centre for Science and Environment, the ongoing smog episode is a public health emergency. The 24-hour average AQI was 372 in the national capital Wednesday.

COP26 draft text unbalanced, should acknowledge role of historical emissions, India says

Developing countries, including India, are unhappy with the 'prioritisation' of climate mitigation measures over adaptation in the draft text.

Court order, 3-year plan, Rs 5.43 cr fund — nothing is able to end Delhi’s monkey menace

Over 1,000 cases of monkey bites are reported in cities across India daily. Delhi reported over 950 cases of monkey attacks in 2018, and an estimated 20 daily in 2019.

Why new pledges at COP26 are key to avoiding climate catastrophe

If the 197 governments meeting in Glasgow deliver on everything they’ve announced, the planet will warm by 1.8°C, a large improvement over the 2.1°C forecast prior to the ongoing talks.

2030 targets announced at COP26 differ from real actions, researchers predict 2.4-degree-C rise

Report by independent research body Climate Action Tracker says countries need to do twice as much to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Developing nations propose ‘at least’ $1.3 trillion/year in climate finance, face resistance

Developed nations had made a commitment to deliver $100 bn in climate finance to developing nations every year, up to 2020, but never raised this amount.

SC pushes for nuanced approach on Char Dham project to balance defence, environmental concerns

Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud observes orally that SC cannot override defence concerns in context of ‘contemporary events’, an indirect reference to India-China skirmishes.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.