‘Not charity’: Nepal seeks compensation from major industrial emitters for deadly flood

The death toll has crossed 1,100 as per police Nepal has launched a diplomatic push to seek climate-related compensation from major greenhouse gas emitters, as the country grapples with the devastating aftermath of deadly flash floods.Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal said the Himalayan nation contributes “virtually negligible” greenhouse gas emissions but is bearing a disproportionate…

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‘Not charity’: Nepal seeks compensation from India, US, China for deadly flood

The death toll has crossed 1,100 as per police Nepal has launched a diplomatic push to seek climate-related compensation from major greenhouse gas emitters, including India, the US and China, as the country grapples with the devastating aftermath of deadly flash floods.Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal said the Himalayan nation contributes “virtually negligible” greenhouse gas…

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‘No jurisdiction’: India rejects ‘illegal’ Court of Arbitration’s Indus Waters Treaty award | India News

MEA said that the Indus Water Treaty will remain in abeyance NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Monday categorically rejected a ruling by World Bank-constituted Court of Arbitration on Indus Water Treaty, terming it an “illegally constituted” organisation.In a statement, MEA said that New Delhi’s decision to put the water treaty with Pakistan in…

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16-year-old UP girl gang-raped inside moving bus during 47-km ride to Delhi’s Kashmere Gate | Delhi News

A 16-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus. NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old Class 11 student from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus after she boarded the vehicle seeking help while stranded in heavy rain, police said.The incident took place on the night of August 4 after the teenager,…

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Punjabi influencer Manjeet Kaur, who died after being ‘tied to a tree, burnt alive’, was 7 weeks pregnant: Autopsy | Chandigarh News

Manjeet Kaur (Image Credit: Instagram) CHANDIGARH: Social media influencer Manjeet Kaur, 28, was nearly seven weeks pregnant when she died in hospital after allegedly being abducted from Chandigarh and set on fire in Morinda, according to her autopsy report.Kaur died during treatment at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh on…

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‘Do you feel you are a lord?’ Bombay HC slams FDA, clears reopening of 5 eateries | India News

The bench also questioned why the FDA acted with “undue haste” without fully analysing the legal position. NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on slammed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA), warning of contempt action against officials after the department refused to lift the suspension of food licences of five restaurants at the Mumbai…

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