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July 4, 2024 4:56 PM

China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies

China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the weather bureau warned on Thursday, as the world's second-biggest economy braces for another scorching summer. In its annual...

July 4, 2024 4:38 PM

Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged members of a regional security club on Thursday to resist external meddling, while President Vladimir Putin was due to speak about creating a new Eurasian security system at the group's annual meeting. Putin and Xi...

July 4, 2024 11:55 AM

Rishi Sunak faces bleak future as Britain heads to polls

Britain looks set to elect Labour Party leader Keir Starmer as its next prime minister when voters go to the polls on Thursday, sweeping Rishi Sunak's Conservatives out of office after 14 often turbulent years. Opinion polls put Starmer's centre-le...

July 3, 2024 10:34 PM

Champai Soren resigns as Jharkhand CM, Hemant Soren stakes claim to form govt

Chief Minister Champai Soren submitted his resignation to Governor CP Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi on Wednesday. This move paves the way for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren to reclaim his position as the sta...

July 3, 2024 10:22 PM

In Nepal, CPN (UML) Ministers resign en masse

All the eight ministers representing the CPN-UML in the current coalition led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda have resigned en masse. The ministers handed over their resignations to Prime Minister Prachanda earlier today. Pr...

July 3, 2024 10:01 PM

Excise Case: Arvind Kejriwal moves Delhi HC seeking bail in CBI case, hearing on July 5

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the CBI case related to the controversial excise policy. The court has scheduled a hearing for July 5, 2024. Kejriwal is challenging both his arrest and the remand g...

July 3, 2024 9:46 PM

Scientists propose a new measure of flexibility for crystals

A study led by Professor Umesh V. Waghmare from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru has introduced a novel approach to quantify the mechanical flexibility of crystals. This research could transform the w...

July 3, 2024 7:04 PM

New study links CO2 increase to rainfall changes, impacts on biodiversity hotspots

A new study has revealed that rising greenhouse gas levels could significantly alter rainfall patterns in equatorial regions, potentially transforming India's biodiversity hotspots. The research, conducted by scientists from the Birbal Sahni Institu...

July 3, 2024 6:56 PM

Flood fears in China’s east as rain swells Yangtze River levels

Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding. Water levels in the Jiangsu section of China's longest river continued to rise on Wednesday...

July 3, 2024 5:00 PM

N.Ireland’s Donaldson to go to trial over rape, other sexual offence charges

Charges of historical sex offences against the former leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Jeffrey Donaldson, can proceed to trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday after prosecutors presented further charges. Donaldson, 61, stepp...