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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince William presented the inaugural Earthshot prizes at a ceremony in London on Sunday, with projects from Costa Rica, Italy, the Bahamas and India picking up prizes. The new annual awards were created by Prince William to reward efforts to save the planet in the face of climate change and global warming. Five winners were announced, each receiving a million pounds ($1.4 million). The build-up to […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundations Tuesday for what he said would be the world’s largest renewable energy park, set to produce a massive 30 gigawatts of electricity. The vast project in the Kutch region of western Gujarat state spread over an area of 72,600 hectares (180,000 acres) — the size of Singapore — will contain solar panels, solar energy storage units and windmills. “The hybrid renewable energy park […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed a variety of issues pertaining to trade and investment, and defense and security, an official said on Thursday. In a tweet, India Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the two leaders also discussed education and people-to-people cooperation in their bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House. In a tweet on Thursday, Modi said he was “delighted” to meet the Philippine President. “The vigor […]
KERALA, India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 10) promised all necessary help to the southern state of Kerala as it copes with the aftermath of a catastrophic temple fire. A fire and explosions during a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year killed 100 people and injured more than 380. Speaking at a hospital in the state capital of Thiruvananthapuram, the prime minister said his […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Indian police said Wednesday they had arrested two students wanted in a sedition case that has sparked major protests after the pair gave themselves up following nearly two weeks on the run. Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrendered to police at midnight on Tuesday after a court refused to grant them protection from arrest over a rally at their university where a group allegedly shouted anti-India slogans. Student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar was […]
ROHTAK and HANIPAT, HARYANA, India (Reuters) — A week-long protest by India’s Jat community, a rural caste, has left a trail of destruction in Rohtak city, in the country’s northern Haryana state. The protesters gutted several showrooms of automobile companies. They also attacked shopping malls and looted and destroyed shops. A school building was torched and several buses parked in the premises were destroyed. Rohtak was one of the worst affected districts in the state, after demonstrations […]
