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Beyond cover and counts: India's forests need better metrics

India, April 20 -- While the recent move to open up forest plantations to private participation has triggered debate, it also offers a timely opportunity to revisit a more fundamental concern: how Ind... Read More


Surprise stop by PM Modi on poll trail

India, April 20 -- Making an unscheduled stop during his campaign tour in West Bengal on Sunday, PM Narendra Modi savoured a puffed rice snack at Jhargram. Bystanders and the vendor were surprised wh... Read More


Iran pulls out of talks as Trump threatens strikes

India, April 20 -- In a sharp escalation of rhetoric ahead of a looming ceasefire deadline, Iran has refused to join the second round of negotiations, accusing Washington of making "excessive demands"... Read More


Dinesh Trivedi to head India's Dhaka mission

India, April 20 -- The Union Government has reportedly chosen senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi as India's next High Commissioner to Bangladesh. Although the Ministry of Exter... Read More


Capital increases green levy on commercial vehicles

India, April 20 -- In a move aimed at curbing pollution caused by transit vehicles passing through the Capital, commercial vehicles entering Delhi will have to cough up more money as the Municipal Cor... Read More


Explosion at firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu kills 18, several critical

India, April 20 -- At least 18 people were charred to death, and six others sustained grievous injuries following a massive explosion at a private firecracker manufacturing unit near here, police said... Read More


UPDF sergeant, suspected cattle raider killed during crossfire in Yumbe

Uganda, April 20 -- A Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) sergeant and a suspected South Sudanese cattle raider were on Sunday during a crossfire at Kerwa Sub-county, Yumbe District. One of the dec... Read More


Padre Guilherme hosts rave in Argentina's capital honoring late Pope Francis

New Delhi, April 20 -- Pope Francis reappeared in Argentina's capital a year after his death, but it wasn't a miracle: It was through the hands of a DJ-priest. Guilherme Peixoto is a Portuguese Catho... Read More


Udhampur Bus Tragedy: 15 Dead, 20 Injured After Vehicle Plunges Into Gorge

India, April 20 -- In a tragic road accident, at least 15 people lost their lives and 20 others sustained injuries after a passenger bus rolled down a steep hillside in Udhampur district of Jammu and ... Read More


Six anti-EACOP protestors arrested in Kampala

Uganda, April 20 -- Police on Monday arrested six environmental activists who stormed TotalEnergies' offices in Kampala, allegedly to submit a petition against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EAC... Read More