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  Donald Trump will bring US back into climate deal, says Emmanuel Macron

  World | December 12, 2017 18:38 IST

  The French President, on the eve of a climate summit he arranged in Paris, condemned the manner in which the US had signed an international deal, then withdrawn from it.

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  Climate change: Nearly 20 nations join hands to phase out coal

  World | November 16, 2017 20:33 IST

  A climate expert said that this a first-of-its-kind attempt to phase out the traditional coal power on such a massive scale after the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.

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  Climate change: UK, Canada launch alliance to phase out coal

  World | November 16, 2017 16:36 IST

  Even Germany and Poland, hosts of climate talks this year and next, are holding onto coal for the foreseeable future.

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  Syria joins Paris climate agreement, US stands alone

  World | November 08, 2017 22:23 IST

  Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the accord at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, CNN reported.

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  Earth will turn into sizzling fireball in less than 600 years: Stephen Hawking

  Science | November 08, 2017 20:35 IST

  Stephen Hawking said that to ensure the survival of our species for another million years, humans must boldly go where no one has gone before.

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  14th India-EU Summit: FTA talks to be resumed; Modi-Tusk vow to step up anti-terrorism cooperation, combat climate change

  India | October 06, 2017 19:01 IST

  Stating that the EU continues to be India's largest trading partner, the Prime Minister said that the 28-nation bloc was also one of the largest investors in India.

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  Decoded! Climate change responsible for Pluto’s ‘bladed terrain’, composed largely of methane ice

  Science | September 28, 2017 16:17 IST

  The bowl-shaped ridges in Pluto’s ‘bladed’ or ‘snakeskin’ terrain composed largely of methane ice and are primarily a result of dramatic climate change.

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  Europe’s fiery ‘Lucifer’ heatwave a result of global warming, claims study

  Science | September 27, 2017 19:10 IST

  Scientists have claimed that the scorching temperatures across Southern Europe – nicknamed ‘Lucifer’ – were made at least ten times more likely by climate change.

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  From poverty to terrorism and climate change to UNSC reforms: Full text of Swaraj's UNGA speech

  World | September 23, 2017 23:23 IST

  Sushma Swaraj delivered her speech in Hindi. She addressed the UN General Assembly for the second consecutive time.

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  Sushma Swaraj at UNGA: Developed world must help less fortunate ones on climate change

  World | September 23, 2017 22:49 IST

  Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Swaraj said that it was not just mere coincidence that the world has witnessed hurricanes, earthquakes, rains that inundate storms which terrify.

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  BRICS must end terrorism's 'support systems in South Asia', says Sushma Swaraj

  World | September 21, 2017 23:22 IST

  Turning to climate change, Sushma Swaraj suggested an alliance between International Solar Alliance and the BRICS Development Bank.

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  Sushma Swaraj in New York to attend UNGA session, India-Japan-US trilateral meet today

  World | September 18, 2017 12:14 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in New York on Monday to represent India at the 72nd annual UNGA session with a packed schedule of super diplomacy among an array of world leaders

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  Air pollution may cause 60,000 deaths in 2030: Study

  Lifestyle | August 01, 2017 18:03 IST

  A latest research has claimed that constantly increasing air pollution might turn riskier not only for health, but for life as well.

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  Climate change behind 59,000 farmer suicides in India: study

  India | August 01, 2017 15:36 IST

  The findings by researchers at University of California, Berkeley in the US suggest failing harvests that push farmers into poverty are likely the key culprits

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  Committed to climate change as per own requirements: India

  World | July 08, 2017 21:59 IST

  The Agreement was adopted on December 12, 2015, by 195 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), replacing its predecessor Kyoto Protocol. It was finally ratified on November 4, 2016.

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  US isolated as India, other G20 members back Paris climate pact

  World | July 08, 2017 23:52 IST

  Trump in June announced that the US will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, saying the deal agreed by more than 190 nations unfairly benefited countries like India and China.

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  G20 Summit: India among majority on climate change, terrorism

  World | July 07, 2017 21:42 IST

  While fight against terrorism was discussed in detail during the leaders' retreat, several world leaders also deliberated upon the matter in their respective bilateral meetings.

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  G20 Summit in Germany to discuss terror, trade, climate

  World | July 07, 2017 14:58 IST

  The host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, says she hopes to find “compromises and answers” on a range of issues at the two-day meeting of leading industrial and developing nations.

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  PM Modi meets French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris

  World | June 03, 2017 17:54 IST

  The two leaders met at the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the President of France.

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  After Trump pulls US out of Paris accord, PM Modi affirms India's commitment to protecting climate

  World | June 02, 2017 19:48 IST

  In a speech to global businesses gathered for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), he quoted the Vedas to say "exploiting of the nature is a crime but milking of the nature by humans is a right."