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Centre to notify 56,800 sq km of Western Ghats, including Wayanad, as eco-sensitive area

The new draft notification issued on 31 July comes a month after the earlier notification expired. This is the sixth such notification for the landslide-prone region

China plans new carbon emission controls as it aims for 2030 peak

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will accelerate the development of a carbon emissions control system to help it achieve its goal of reaching a peak in the emissions of the climate-warming gases by 2030, the

China’s State Council issues plan to create carbon control system

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's cabinet on Friday issued a work plan to accelerate the development of a carbon emissions control system to help China meet its target of hitting peak carbon emissions by

Chile’s capital sees first rainless July on record

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Not a single drop of rain fell in Santiago or Chile's metropolitan region this July for the first time since records have been kept. Alicia Moya, a meteorologist for Chile's

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes southern Italy, GFZ says

ROME (Reuters) - An earthquake of around magnitude 5.0 struck southern Italy on Thursday, monitoring agencies reported, and was felt in a wider area. The quake was close to the town of Cosenza and

Andean glacier retreat unprecedented in human civilization, study finds

By Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published in the Science journal on

Primordial spiny slug from China was forerunner of world’s mollusks

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Earth's roughly 76,000 species of mollusks come in an impressive variety of forms including clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, snails, slugs and even some

Bolivia battles record wildfires, with worst likely ahead

By Lucinda Elliott and Jake Spring (Reuters) - Bolivia is grappling with a record number of fires in the first seven months of the year, satellite data showed on Thursday, as the flames send villagers

China Vice Premier calls for action to secure autumn grain harvest

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Vice Premier Liu Guozhong has urged local authorities to seek to minimise agricultural losses and ensure a robust autumn grain harvest, after torrential rain and floods

Drop in S.Africa’s rhino poaching linked to dehorning programmes

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa recorded 229 rhinos poached in the first half of 2024, a slight decline from the same period last year, and the government said global cooperation is essential to

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Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?