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Mayawati accuses Congress and BJP of engaging in partisan politics in the '50% commission' dispute.
Mayawati, the supreme leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), criticized both the Congress and the BJP on Monday over the raging "50% commission" controversy in Madhya Pradesh (MP), stating that the actual issues of governance have taken a back seat to the fight between the two parties...
A bill has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha to supplant the CJI with a cabinet minister in the selection of the CEC and election commissioners.
The central government introduced a bill on Thursday that would replace the chief justice of India (CJI) with a cabinet minister on the committee for the appointment of chief election commissioners (CECs) and commissioners (ECs). To oppose the contentious bill, the opposition raised a ruckus.
...India's historic moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, got off to a great start today.
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which included an orbiter, lander, and rover, took off from the Sriharikota space center at 14:35 on Friday (9:05 GMT), carrying all of its components.
The lander is scheduled to touch down on the moon sometime between August 23 and 24.
If all goe...
Hoping for better times, Germany shuts down its nuclear power plants.
A law passed in 2002 mandated the eventual elimination of the emission-free power source, and the Fukushima accident in 2011 sealed the deal. Starting at 10 p.m. on Saturday, the Isar-2 nuclear facility near Munich will begin gradually reducing its power output by 10 MW/min. After 45 minute...
Reduced emissions are associated with fewer deaths from heat in the Middle East and North Africa, according to a new research.
Scientists said on Tuesday that avoiding hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa could be achieved by meeting global goals to limit climate change and encouraging better adaptation in the region. Reducing carbon emissions to keep global warming below two d...
According to the CFTC, Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao broke compliance regulations in order to gain users in the United States.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint against Binance, its co-founder Changpeng Zhao, and its former chief compliance officer Samuel Lim in federal court in Illinois on Monday, alleging that Binance actively solicited U.S. users and subverted the exchange's own &qu...
Under the microscope because of global warming, France's meat production is being called "a wake-up call for the industry."
Dietary shifts are necessary to become more environmentally responsible, as meat intake is still the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions from the food industry. This means that producers who raise livestock will have to become more creative in their methods of output. It was announced on F...
Important lessons from loosening regulations for foreign investment
To attract international investment, banking regulators in South Korea have unveiled a new set of rules, one of which is the elimination of the country's decades-old investor registration system. As of the end of June 2022, foreign investors own around 30.7% of the local stock market, as repo...
COVID-19 infections in China have risen to 37 million in a single day.
According to one report, the coronavirus infected up to 248 million people in China during the first 20 days of December.
According to government estimates, hundreds of millions of Chinese people were likely infected with COVID-19 in the first nearly three weeks of this month.
Japanese businessman Maezawa has chosen K-pop sensation TOP and DJ Steve Aoki to accompany SpaceX's lunar mission
Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, disclosed on Friday that K-pop sensation TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he hopes to take on a journey around the moon as early as next year, aboard one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets.
Maezawa purchased every ticket o...
From the archives of India Today (2014) | 26/11 attacks: The anxious night at the Taj Palace Hotel
Deven Bharti, Joint Commissioner of Police, received a call from the police control room about 11.45 p.m. regarding a woman stranded in the Taj. Bharti worked as the NSG's liaison at the Taj... The call to Bharti had travelled a circuitous path. Priya Florence Martis, who had been hiding at t...
Regarding affirmative action, the Supreme Court has sent mixed signals about its view on using race as a factor in university admissions.
On Monday, in one of the most contentious arguments to come before the court this year, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court sent a strong signal of skepticism regarding the practice of race-conscious admissions at American universities.
The admissions departments at both Harv...
Germany's power bill subsidies will total €13 billion
The monies, according to Economy Minister Robert Habeck, will assist in covering costs for firms and consumers. The billions won't stop energy transmission corporations from hiking costs, though.
On Wednesday, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck announced that Berlin would pay the...
EU Probes Greek Leader's Wiretapping
The European Commission has demanded that the troubled Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is attempting to distance himself from the news that a rival politician and journalist were being surveilled, increase the pace of an investigation into how things transpired. Mitsotakis is trying...
Changes to the Protection Act Have an Impact on the Healthcare Sector
Before the modifications, there was no requirement under the PDPA for organisations to notify the PDPC and/or impacted persons when a data breach occurred, although the Personal Data Protection Commission encouraged organisations to do so voluntarily.
If the compromised personal data in...
Australia, U.S Support - Zero-Emission Tech
On July 11, the United States Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, and Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, signed an agreement to establish the Australia–United States Net-Zero Technology Acceleration Partnership. This partnership will help accelerate the...
State Aid Approved for IPCEI’s hy2tech Hydrogen Project by the European Commission
The hy2Tech ‘Hydrogen’ project was approved by the European Commission, as an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on the 15th of July under state aid rules. This approval plays a key role in supporting the growth of a sustainable and innovative European hydrogen indu...
By 2030, a plan by the European Commission aims to cut EU pesticide use in half
To reduce pesticide use, the European Commission has put out aggressive goals. It aims to cut the number of synthetic pesticides used in the EU by half by 2030 and gives member states control over setting strategies and reduction goals.
In sensitive locations including parks, playground...
Report says Australia can reduce industrial emissions and generate jobs
A recent analysis describes ways for Australian companies to reduce their present level of greenhouse gas emissions while also adding hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
A significant new analysis outlines how Australia's industrial sector could reduce carbon emissions by 88% and gen...
New additive manufacturing technology in the UAE is expected to reduce aircraft emissions by 50%
Additive manufacturing, for example, can be a useful technique for combating the climate change challenge. According to a leading expert in Abu Dhabi, developing technology can ensure aeroplanes are energy efficient and reduce CO2 emissions by 50%.
Additive manufacturing, according to D...