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Bangladesh calls for new, accessible climate finance to address damages

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Bangladesh has stressed the need for new, additional and accessible climate finance to address losses and damages faced by climate-vulnerable countries. At the annual meeting of the ... Read More


DHSUD, QC start in-city rental housing for informal settler families

Manila, Feb. 4 -- The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Quezon City government have signed two memorandums of agreement (MOAs) that will pave the way for rental hou... Read More


Mizoram drops 80 unfinished SAGY projects to pave way for scheme's closure

Aizawl, Feb. 4 -- The Mizoram government has decided to drop 80 incomplete projects under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) in a move aimed at formally closing the flagship village development sch... Read More


Bihar presents biggest-ever budget of Rs3.47 lakh crore, growth estimated at 14.9pc

Patna, Feb. 4 -- Bihar Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav presented the budget for the financial year 2026-27 in the Bihar Assembly on Tuesday. This year, state budget exceeds Rs3.47 lakh crore, w... Read More


Mamata Banerjee likely to be present at Supreme Court hearing on SIR case on Wednesday

Kolkata, Feb. 4 -- In a significant development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to be present in the Supreme Court on Wednesday for the hearing of the SIR-related cases. Sources... Read More


Opposition slams Bihar Budget as anti-people and directionless

Patna, Feb. 4 -- Opposition parties in Bihar have termed the state government's Budget 2026-27 as anti-people, directionless, and entirely based on manipulation of figures. The Opposition leaders sai... Read More


Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Kapil Mishra provide job to wife of late BJP worker in Yamuna Tragedy

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday provided employment to Deepa Nainwal, wife of late BJP worker Kuldeep Nainwal, who lost his life in a tragic incident in the Yamuna Riv... Read More


SC pulls up high courts over delays in delivering and uploading reserved judgments

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- In a strong message to High Courts across the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday deprecated the practice of reserving judgments and then failing to deliver or upload them for m... Read More


Whale skeleton, marine mammal songs steal the show at CMFRI's open house exhibition

Kochi, Feb. 4 -- The towering skeleton of a 14-metre-long Bryde's whale and the songs of marine mammals recorded underwater left visitors awestruck at the open house exhibition organised by the ICAR-C... Read More


2 more bodies recovered, Basilan ferry sinking deaths rise to 45

Manila, Feb. 4 -- The continued search and rescue operations of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and its partners for those missing after the sinking of M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 resulted in the recovery o... Read More