A US government report indicates about a third of the world’s polar bears could be in imminent danger from greenhouse gas emissions as soon as 2025.
The US Geological Survey says updated scientific models don’t bode well for polar bear populations across the world, especially in Alaska, the only US state with the white bears.
The report released this week is part of the government’s recovery plan for the polar bear.
A man was beaten up allegedly by four youths when he objected to their eve-teasing of his daughter in Narayan village under Shahpur police station here, police said today.
The girl’s father complained to police that four youths were yesterday teasing his daughter and when he objected, they beat him up, police said.
The accused – Ashu, Sunny, Rupesh and Amresh, all aged between 20 to 22 years – have been arrested and a case has been registered against them, police said.
Imagine a Masjid where the Imam pauses during Salah and the entire congregation waits so a toddler can finish his game. Imagine a Masjid where an Imam leads Salah while he holds a child in his arms. Imagine a Masjid where the cry of a baby changes the Imam’s intention and shortens the prayer for the entire congregation.
This was the Masjid of the Prophet Muhammad, SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam. These examples are mentioned in the following Hadith:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the five ‘stans’ of Central Asia — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — next week will see energy security high on the agenda plus talks on the North-South connectivity corridor that will give India access to the resource-rich region and beyond.
A fresh controversy involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in connection with her links to Lalit Modi erupted on Wednesday after it emerged that the former IPL chief offered her husband a position on the board of one of his family-run firms even as Lalit Modi dragged Varun Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi into the controversy.
Rebel fire on a residential district of Yemen’s second city Aden killed more than 30 civilians today, as the UN declared its highest level humanitarian emergency in the war-torn country.
In the central city of Taez, meanwhile, pro-government forces launched a manhunt for 1,200 escaped prisoners.
Both Aden and Taez have seen heavy fighting as loyalists of exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi battle to repel Shiite Huthi rebels with the support of a Saudi-led air war launched in March.
Serena Williams hardly broke sweat in the Wimbledon heat as the world number one cruised into the third round with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Hungary’s Timea Babos today.
With sweltering temperatures reaching a Wimbledon record 35.7C, five-time champion Williams kept her cool to dispatch world number 93 Babos with 12 aces and 23 winners in just 59 minutes on Centre Court.
The 33-year-old, bidding for a third Grand Slam title of the year, will play Britain’s Heather Watson for a place in the last 16.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul and Priyanka are back to the national capital after their “short international visit”.
While Rahul Gandhi arrived today, Sonia and Priyanka, who had left before Rahul, returned on Tuesday.
On June 20, when Rahul had left for visit abroad, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had said, “Sonia Gandhi is currently travelling on a short international visit for personal reasons”.
The party has declined to divulge the reasons for their foreign visit.
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The top US military officer says no shortcuts will be made in screening Syrian rebel volunteers for a US training program, which is off to an extremely slow start.
Over 6,000 Syrians have volunteered to battle Islamic State militants, but fewer than 100 passed muster.
Gen Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon news conference today that while the US needs to develop a credible, moderate fighting partner on the ground in Syria, the vetting must be done carefully to weed out extremists.
US customs officials have recovered a bronze religious statue from the 11th or 12th century that they say was looted from a temple in India.
The New York office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said today that an anonymous collector voluntarily surrendered the idol.
It says the 2 1/2-foot idol was looted from a temple in Tamil Nadu at the southern tip of India. It will be returned to India.
Customs agents say the collector bought the object in 2006 and was given false provenance papers.
China recognises India’s special role in stabilising the strategic Indian Ocean region but the perception that it is India’s “backyard” may result in clashes, Chinese military officials and experts have cautioned.
“The word backyard is not very appropriate to use for an open sea and international areas of sea,” Senior Captain Zhao Yi, Associate Professor of the Institute of Strategy in China’s National Defence University, said during a rare candid interaction with the resident Indian journalists in Beijing and a visiting Indian media delegation.
North Korea has opened its new airport terminal in the capital, hailing it as a showcase of leader Kim Jong-Un’s “unremitting efforts” to put the country’s air transport on a world level.
Terminal 2 of Pyongyang International Airport, which is reserved for international civilian flights, opened for service yesterday, state media said.
“The terminal was built in a modern way from the gatepost to the airport to departure lounge, entry formalities hall, service halls, etc”, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
As the UN prepares for a global cyber policy by the end of the year, India has said that the ambitious ‘Digital India’ programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to address the digital divide and focus on affordability for inclusive development.
The stark gap in the digital divide between the developed and developing world needs to receive global attention, said Santosh Jha, Director General, Ministry of External Affairs.