A day in the life of a New Delhi roadside barber | Arts and Culture
Rajesh Kumar moved to Delhi from Bihar in 1999 at the age of 18 to help his father run a barber’s stall on the roadside…
Ten newborns killed in north India hospital fire | News
The babies died from burns and suffocation after a blaze swept through a neonatal intensive care unit in Jhansi.A fire ripped through the neonatal unit…
Top polluting cities revealed as activists fume at COP29 fossil fuel lobby | Climate Crisis News
Oil giants commit $500m for sustainable energy, but campaigners say lobbyists have seized control of climate talks.Cities in Asia and the United States emit the…
‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides | Elections News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Abdul Rahuman Seyyadu Sulaiman, 56, wanted to be heard. As Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake left the polling station at the…
Indian students give Canada cold shoulder as Ottawa, New Delhi butt heads | Migration News
Kolkata, India – For the past several years, Manpreet Singh has been dreaming of going abroad for higher studies. The 22-year-old Sikh, a resident of…
Sri Lanka’s leftist ruling coalition headed for landslide election win | Politics News
Sri Lankan president’s National People’s Power wins 62 percent of the vote, early results show.Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition is on track…
Indian students protest civil service exam test changes | Newsfeed
Indian students clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh over changes to the way the Provincial Civil Service exam is administered. After days of protest, officials…
India’s capital New Delhi shuts all primary schools as air quality worsens | Climate News
The pollution in New Delhi is likely to stay ‘severe’ on Friday, after which it will improve to ‘very poor’.India’s capital New Delhi has ordered…
COP 29: Developed economies must learn to prioritise lives over profits | Climate
The flash floods that overwhelmed Spain’s eastern Valencia region two weeks ago were the deadliest natural disaster in the country’s living memory. The Spanish government…
Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change | Climate Crisis News
Report urges $6.5 trillion annual investment in climate action by 2030 to meet targets and avoid future costs.Countries need to invest more than $6 trillion…
Asia Fund Managers Gloomy on India Stocks, Head For China, Japan
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessBefore the trading day starts we bring you a digest of the key news and events that are likely to move markets.…
Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake? | Elections News
Sri Lankans will cast ballots in a snap parliamentary election on Thursday, months after electing a Marxist-leaning president in the Indian island nation’s first election…
New Delhi chokes as winter haze thickens
New Delhi’s air quality is getting worse as a thick winter haze blankets the city. Source link
Azerbaijan leader accuses France of colonial ‘crimes’ in COP29 speech | News
French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher says she will not take part in the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan after its leader’s ‘unacceptable’ attacks on France.French…
At least 14 dead after bus plunges into Indus river in northern Pakistan | News
The driver lost control at high speed, veering off a bridge into the icy Indus river in northern Pakistan, according to local reports.At least 14…
COP29 host Azerbaijan brands oil and gas ‘gift from God’ | Climate News
President Aliyev accuses West of hypocrisy for criticising country’s fossil-fuel dependence while buying its oil & gas.Azerbaijan’s president has branded oil and gas a “gift…
Refugees on front lines of global climate crisis, warns UN | Climate Crisis News
Climate hazards helping to double the number of displaced people to 120 million, UNHCR reports.Climate change is helping to drive a rising refugee crisis, adding…
Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29 | Climate Crisis News
US climate envoy John Podesta has called on governments to believe in the United States’ clean energy economy, saying President-elect Donald Trump can slow but…
Hundreds hospitalised in Pakistan as smog reaches record levels | Environment
NewsFeedHundreds of people have been hospitalised following days of record-breaking smog in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The government has ordered the closure of all…
Will COP29 yield a viable agreement on climate change? | Climate Crisis
Delegates gather in Azerbaijan for UN climate conference.Leaders from around the world are meeting to address the climate crisis. Azerbaijan is hosting this year’s United…