24 Nov, 2024 10:20 AM
Baku, Nov 24 (IANS) The presidency of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) announced that it has concluded negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, enabling cross-border carbon trading to support global climate goals.
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24 Nov, 2024 10:17 AM
Seoul, Nov 24 (IANS) The Japanese government on Sunday expressed regret over South Korea's decision not to attend a memorial ceremony in Japan honouring forced labour victims, including Koreans, at an old Japanese mine complex.
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24 Nov, 2024 6:27 AM
Baku, Nov 24 (IANS) Despite objections by developing nations, including India, expressing dissatisfaction with the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) owing to its "paltry size", the COP29 Presidency of Azerbaijan on Sunday announced the agreement of the Baku Finance Goal, a new commitment to channel $1.3 trillion of climate finance to the developing world by 2035 in significant uplift.
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23 Nov, 2024 4:32 PM
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) Security burden sharing between the US and South Korea is not just about Seoul's defence spending, a Pentagon official said amid concerns that US President-elect Donald Trump could seek renegotiation of a recent defence cost-sharing deal between the two allies.
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23 Nov, 2024 4:21 PM
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) India’s bilateral trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) saw 5.2 per cent growth to reach $73 billion during the April-October period this fiscal, the government informed on Saturday.
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23 Nov, 2024 1:50 PM
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) As Donald Trump returns as the next US President, India could actually bolster its position in global supply chains, particularly in technology sectors like AI and semiconductors, due to previous investments and policy shifts such as the "China+1" strategy, according to a report on Saturday.
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23 Nov, 2024 6:55 AM
Ottawa, Nov 23 (IANS) Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said that Canada's donation of a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) has arrived in Ukraine.
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23 Nov, 2024 6:47 AM
Brest (Belarus), Nov 23 (IANS) Russia and Belarus will use international law to uphold justice and combat various forms of illegal Western sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference in the Belarusian city of Brest.
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23 Nov, 2024 3:29 AM
Stuttgart (Germany), Nov 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the transformative impact of India's "Reform, perform, transform" mantra over the last decade was due to the country's emergence as a key global player.
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22 Nov, 2024 6:04 PM
Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange reserves stood at $657.89 billion while the gold component of the kitty was valued at $65.75 billion, as of November 15, according to official figures released by the RBI on Friday.
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