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India advancing towards non-fossil capacity goal: IEA

There is a real chance that countries that signed off on tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030 at the COP28 climate conference last month will actually do so, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, specifically pointing out that India, for its part, is expected to meet its goal of installing 500 GW of nonfossil based capacity by 2030 through a set of actions that will bolster renewable energy generation further, India is forecast to add 205 GW over 2023-2028, doubling 2022's cumulative installed capacity, making it the world's third-largest market for renewables, IEA said in its report \"Renewables 2023.\"

Haley, DeSantis exchange insults in last GOP debate

Florida governor Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley repeatedly accused each other of lying in an acrimonious debate that mixed policy with insults as the two candidates battled to emerge as the top alternative to Donald Trump days before the campaign's first votes are cast.

Navigating the fault line of Ram Mandir politics

The self-appointed guardians of secularism and those who claim to be protectors of Hindutva nationalism have fed off each other for decades

Aim to build diverse fintech lab: FM in GIFT city

The GIFT City should aim to build diverse fintech laboratory to achieve the target of India's economy becoming $30 trillion by 2047, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, adding the institution conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2007 is poised to be the gateway for financial and investment hub.

Frame policy to phase out heavy diesel vehicles, says SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to frame a national policy to phase out heavy-duty diesel vehicles like trucks and trailers, and replace them with BS-VI vehicles that use cleaner fuel, underlining people living in all parts of the country and not only those living in the Delhi-NCR are entitled to breathe clean air and a pollution-free environment.

Police find note that may hold key to motive in Goa murder

A five-sentence handwritten note in English, ostensibly scribbled by 39-year-old startup founder Suchana Seth, who allegedly smothered her four-year-old son in a Goa hotel room, was found by the police and might hold the key to unlocking the motive behind the grisly crime that has shocked the country, investigators said on Thursday.

'AMU of national importance...brand key, not minority status'

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has remained an institution of national importance even without a minority tag, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday, adding the brand name is what really matters for the people.

India may raise 5 issues as US trade rep arrives today

India is expected to raise five key issues - marine exports, business visas, social security, access of Indian pharmaceutical products, and exports of table grapes and mangoes during US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai's visit to the country on Friday, two officials aware of the matter said.

'Sena ruling absolutely well-reasoned, justified'

A day after his verdict opened a new chapter in the Sena vs Sena tussle, Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, in an interview with Surendra P Gangan and Shailesh Gaikwad, explains the rationale behind his decision in a batch of petitions filed by the two camps of Shiv Sena, seeking disqualification of rival camp's legislators. Edited excerpts:

No tension between temple trust, seers: VIP

There is no discord between the Ram Temple trust and Hindu seers, particularly the four Shankaracharyas, over the consecration ceremony at the Ayodhya temple on January 22, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said on Thursday, even as it rejected allegations of bias in sending out invitations of the mega event to political leaders.

Can't allow zoo in national park: SC on Corbett tiger safari plan

The Supreme Court on Thursday told the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) that its plan to have a tiger safari at the Jim Corbett national park, sort of like a zoo within a national park, cannot be permitted as the approach has to be \"animal-centric\" not \"tourism-centric\".

In UK, Rajnath pushes to bolster rules-based order

The UK and other like-minded countries should work with India to strengthen a stable global rules-based order, including through partnering in its \"inexorable rise\", defence minister Rajnath Singh told British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Tribals to be exempted from UCC in Assam, says Himanta

Assam will be the third state in India to implement the uniform civil code (UCC) after Uttarakhand and Gujarat, but it will do so with modifications and exempt the tribal community, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday, adding to the swirling speculation about the possibility of common customary laws across the country.

US envoy set to wrap up stint at month-end

India's ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, will wrap up his term in office in Washington DC at the end of January and retire from government service after a 35-year long career that was marked by four postings in America, people familiar with the development said.

More stubble trouble in Punjab: Fires fewer but area affected more

Punjab has touted the fact that the number of farm fires came down from 49,922 in 2022 to 36,623 last year, a fall of 26% in a pollution source blamed for the national capital's poor air in October and November, but it now emerges that stubble on 19 lakh hectares was burnt in 2023, an increase of 26% over the stubble on 15 lakh hectares burnt in 2022.

Pregnant 19-year-old stabbed, face mauled; left on roadside

A 19-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times, including on her face, and was left lying on the side of the road near Mayur Vihar in east Delhi for more than 12 hours between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, police officers familiar with the matter said.

Sunehri Bagh case: HC to hear arguments on Jan 19

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it will hear arguments on January 19 on the plea filed by the Imam of Sunehri Bagh Masjid, Abdul Aziz, challenging the New Delhi Municipal Council's (NDMC) notice seeking public opinion for the demolition of the 150-year-old mosque due to ostensible traffic congestion in the area.

Weeks after woman dies, snatching culprit caught

More than three weeks after a 66-year-old woman was killed while resisting a snatcher at Civil Lines in north Delhi, a 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case.

Love cannot be controlled through rigours of law: HC

THE HC QUASHED A CASE AGAINST A MAN ACCUSED OF ELOPING WITH A MINOR GIRL AND MARRYING HER

Delhi shivering at night, but yet to register a 'cold wave'

The Capital has not recorded a \"cold wave\" this winter a condition when the minimum temperature falls to 4.5 degrees Celsius (°C) or more below normal the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday, attributing this to the dense layer of upper-level fog prevailing over the northern plains over two weeks.

What worked, and what didn't, for the Capital in cleanliness rankings

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) was judged to be seventh cleanest region nationally among local bodies with more than 100,000 population, and the cleanest city within Union territories, according to the Swachh Survekshan report released by the Union ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Thursday.

Pahuja murder: Suspect held at Kolkata airport

More than a week after Divya Pahuja, 27, was shot dead in a Gurugram hotel room, one of the men who allegedly disposed of her body was detained at the Kolkata airport, police officers said on Thursday, adding that a Gurugram Police team is en route to the West Bengal capital to formally arrest him.

Deepfake-related rules in 7-10 days: Govt to tech firms

The government will lay down rules on deepfakes by notifying amendments to the IT Rules in the next seven to 10 days, minister of state for electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar told social media companies on Thursday, citing their purported lack of action on such content, a person aware of the matter said.

Mumbai's bridge across forever

From the skies, the 21.8-kilometer-long sea-link appears like an umbilical cord that binds the island city of Mumbai to the hinterland which is apt, for if all goes to plan, the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) or the Atal Setu, to be declared open by Prime Minister Modi on Friday, will help birth a Third Mumbai.

How sea surface temp broke records in 2023

Data from Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has confirmed that 2023 was the warmest ever year on record, and by a big margin.

3 bodies found as tensions roil Manipur's buffer zone

Security forces found the bodies of three men in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Thursday morning with Manipur police confirming that they were among the four people reported missing after a gunfight at a nearby buffer zone a day earlier.

Indore again tops Swachh rankings, Surat joint first

Indore and Surat were jointly declared the cleanest cities in India in the Swachh Survekshan Awards-2023, presented by President Droupadi Murmu at the Bharat Mandapam on Thursday. This was the seventh time in a row that Indore won the accolade and the first that Surat got the pole position, although shared.

India reduces Russian oil import over pricing

DEVELOPMENT COINCIDES WITH REPORTS OF RUSSIAN TANKERS BEING DIVERTED AWAY FROM INDIA

All stakeholders agreed on Agnipath: Army chief

The Agnipath scheme for short-term induction of soldiers was finalised after extensive consultations, army chief General Manoj Pande said on Thursday, in comments that come weeks after his predecessor General Manoj Mukund Naravane created a stir by revealing that the Agnipath scheme caught the army by surprise and was a bolt out of the blue for the air force and the navy.

OneRepublic: We are obsessed with India

Hello India,\" says OneRepublic lead vocalist Ryan Tedder ahead of their third visit to the country this month.