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India is home to 18 of the 20 cities with the most severe increase in fine particle pollutants (PM2.5) from 2010 to 2019, according to a comprehensive and detailed analysis of air pollution and global health effects for over 7,000 cities…

CHENNAI: The draft for the global pandemic treaty aimed at equitable distribution of vaccines and drugs, data sharing, genome sequencing and related research will be available in the next 18 months as most countries have agreed on it,…

NEW DELHI: Development assistance continues to play an important role in India’s engagement with not just the neighbourhood but also Africa. While a total of 37 lines of credit (LoCs) worth $14.27 billion covering 162 projects have been…

India was among the top three host countries of international migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the South-East Asia region in 2020, a global report by the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday. The first WHO World report on…

Commerce secretary BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday said that the time has come for India and Africa to start talking to engage in a Comprehensive Economic Partnership or a free trade agreement (FTA). He also said that India will sign a…

India has cautioned that if the Ukraine conflict does not immediately give way to a "meaningful path of dialogue and diplomacy", there will be "severe repercussions" in the global economy which will derail efforts to secure food security…

The challenges of high fuel prices, energy crisis, food insecurity and inflation are troubling almost the entire world today, said commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday. Goyal was speaking at a special ministerial…

Emphasising that India looks at African countries as partners in progress, Union Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal underlined that the India-Africa partnership will play an important role over the next 25 years to fulfill the…

Indian hospital chains are trying to flip the medical tourism model, by speeding up direct entry into geographies such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa and the rest of South Asia that are the sources of patients to India for…

BMW Motorrad on Friday launched G 310 RR bike in India with price starting at Rs 2.85 lakh (ex-showroom). The two-wheeler arm of German luxury carmaker BMW introduced the model in two trims -- G 310 RR and G 310 RR Style Sport priced at…