Dhaka, Dec 23 (IANS) Back from the Copenhagen climate summit, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has mooted a new law that would deny bail to people responsible for rampant tree felling.
The prime minister instructed authorities concerned to include a non-bailable section in the law that must also provide for prior permission before taking action against [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh borrowed a leaf from Hindu mythology while defending the government’s stand at the Copenhagen climate summit, saying like ‘(some) gods have three feet’, India was with the G-77, the BASIC group and the industrialised nations.
‘We’re in the G77 and in the BASIC group and in talks [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (ANI): Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh called on President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
The meeting lasted for about 40 minutes.
Dr Singh briefed President Patil about his discussions at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.
The two leaders also discussed about the just concluded Session of the Lok Sabha and [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) India stands by the Copenhagen Accord which contains provisions to ensure that the country’s national interests are protected, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
He rebutted arguments that the Copenhagen Accord has sounded the death knell of the Kyoto Protocol.
The minister made the assertion while replying to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) India has not only protected but enhanced its interests at the Copenhagen climate summit, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Tuesday, adding that the close coordination between India, China, Brazil and South Africa at the negotiations was another big plus to emerge out of the conference.
Making a statement in parliament [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The government was in a ‘Sharm-el-Sheikh syndrome’ as far as the climate change accord in Copenhagen was concerned, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arun Jaitley said Tuesday while labelling the document a ‘betrayal of poor nations’.
The accord says one thing and the government’s understanding is another, Jaitley said in [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) India has not only protected but enhanced its interests at the Copenhagen climate summit, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Tuesday.
Making a statement in parliament on the outcome of the Dec 7-19 summit, Ramesh said that India had repeatedly ensured that there was no possibility of any infringement of national [...]
London, Dec 21 (IANS) Britain’s minister for climate change Monday claimed China ‘hijacked’ the UN climate summit and blamed it for a poor outcome.
‘We did not get an agreement on 50 percent reductions in global emissions by 2050 and 80 percent by developed countries. Both were vetoed by China, despite the support of a coalition [...]
Kathmandu, Dec 21 (IANS) Against a backdrop of deepening political crisis in Nepal, New Delhi is sending its External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to Kathmandu next month for consultations with the country’s major political players.
The Indian minister will be arriving probably Jan 15 for a three-day visit. During the trip he will meet embattled Nepal [...]
Kathmandu, Dec 21 (IANS) An alarmed UN called for restraint as the general strike enforced by Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas entered the second day Monday amidst reports of widespread violence.
Police said 72 protesters were arrested and almost an equal number of people, including security forces, injured while more than a dozen vehicles were vandalised and [...]
London, Dec. 21 (ANI): China and Indonesia have hailed the outcome of the Copenhagen UN climate summit, with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi describing it as a new beginning, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saying he was pleased with the result.
The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Even as India presented a tough stand at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, majority of Indians feel the country is not doing enough to safeguard the environment, a survey said Sunday.
According to an online survey by organisation CMS Vatavaran conducted during the Copenhagen Summit which concluded Saturday, two-thirds of the respondents [...]
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) For a person who has not taken a personal holiday in eons, Manmohan Singh will certainly go down in the annals of history as one of India’s most travelled prime ministers. A workaholic, he has set himself a scorching pace, jet setting around the world in his two tenures.
In [...]
Copenhagen, Dec.19 (ANI): United States reached a non-legal binding climate deal with the group of Brazil, South Africa, India, and China (BASIC) here on Saturday.
The accord includes a recognition to limit temperature rises to less than 2C and promises [...]
Copenhagen, Dec.19 (ANI): Just as a climate deal was reached between the United States and BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) group, it is being described as a “meaningful agreement” at the Copenhagen climate summit.
According to US President [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The UN climate summit finally passed the Copenhagen Accord Saturday after two days of intense negotiations and backroom manoeuvres. The Accord, proposed by India and four other countries, is now ‘operational’, a relieved UN chief said.
The Accord that is meant to be a first step towards fighting the climate change that [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) Surprising delegates and observers, the climate summit passed the Copenhagen accord within 30 seconds of reconvening its final plenary session Saturday.
The only concession given to countries that had objected to the accord was that names of countries that had agreed with the accord would be listed.
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The Copenhagen climate summit was on the razor’s edge early Saturday between collapse and the adoption of an accord proposed by India and four other countries.
As a host of countries attacked the accord that India had prepared with the US, China, Brazil and South Africa, the final plenary session of the [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The Copenhagen climate summit was adjourned on its scheduled final night as a host of countries attacked the accord that India had prepared with four other nations.
In the early hours of Saturday, Tuvalu, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba and Nicaragua led the attack on the accord, calling it undemocratic because it had been [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The Copenhagen climate summit was stuck on its scheduled final night as a host of countries attacked the accord that India had prepared with four other nations.
In the early hours of Saturday, Tuvalu, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba and Nicaragua led the attack on the accord, calling it undemocratic because it had been [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) Leaders of major economies finalised a Copenhagen accord to tackle climate change late Friday night.
The accord, which is not legally binding, was to be submitted to representatives of all 192 countries gathered here for the UN climate summit after the draft was finalised by major countries including India, the US and [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extended his stay here another night Friday as consensus on a Copenhagen accord continued to elude representatives of 192 countries gathered here for the climate summit.
An Indian official told IANS that the prime minister had taken part in the talks between heads of state over dinner in [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was called back to the climate summit venue after he had reached the airport to board his flight back home, Indian officials said here Friday.
As the drafting of the Copenhagen Accord stalled yet again due to differences between rich and poor countries, Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Lokke [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) While representatives of 192 countries bickered over virtually every word of the Copenhagen Accord and many ideas on how to fight climate change went into the dustbin, Indian officials were happy that the country had salvaged one of its big proposals – to be paid for enhancing forest cover.
At least in [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) While representatives of 192 countries bickered over virtually every word of the Copenhagen Accord and many ideas on how to fight climate change went into the dustbin, Indian officials were happy that the country had salvaged one of its big proposals – to be paid for enhancing forest cover.
At least in [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol reflected a broad consensus among all parties and, therefore, it must be further strengthened.
Speaking at the opening session of the final segment of the Copenhagen climate summit here, Wen said the campaign [...]
Chandigarh, Dec 18 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal Friday sought the resignation of the union government for its failure to control price rise.
‘This government has no right to continue in power,’ Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said pointing out that the central government had failed to curb rising prices [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) With last-minute negotiations on to rescue the Copenhagen climate summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday pushed for ‘a balanced and equitable outcome’ and asked the world not to abandon the Kyoto Protocol.
‘We will all play a positive and constructive role so that we can bridge the differences to achieve a balanced [...]
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) With last-minute negotiations on to rescue the Copenhagen climate summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday pushed for ‘a balanced and equitable outcome’ and asked the world not to abandon the Kyoto protocol.
‘We will all play a positive and constructive role so that we can bridge the differences to achieve a balanced [...]
Copenhagen, Dec.18 (ANI): The ongoing United Nations’ climate summit here suffered a setback when India and China, the two prominent developing nations, decided to stage a walk out of the ongoing Heads of State meet here on Friday raising objection over “in Umbrella paragraph” of the [...]
