The UN group will draw up standards for measuring the credibility of claims by non-state groups—including cities and companies—that they are cutting the carbon emissions driving devastating climate change
Hundreds of protesters tried to storm the president's home in a night of violence and anger at a dire economic crisis, as the South Asian nation reels from severe shortages of essentials, sharp price rises and crippling power cuts in its most painful downturn since independence in 1948
Russia meanwhile threatened to turn off its gas taps to Europe if payments are not made in rubles, as US President Joe Biden ordered a record release of strategic oil reserves to ease soaring US prices
The news that film star Bruce Willis has retired from acting due to aphasia has shone a spotlight on the poorly understood communication disorder
The percentage of teenage girls getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been close to zero since the country's 2013 decision not to promote the jab as panic erupted over alleged side effects amid misinformation and weak policy
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused "the greatest supply shock" in 50 years, the European development bank said Thursday while predicting how the war will hammer both economies
Deal will help Axis close the gap with peers HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, but the bank will face a steep challenge of retaining talent and clients in a tough business environment
A critical lack of foreign currency has left the island nation unable to pay for vital imports, leading to dire shortages in everything from life-saving medicines to cement
The room was made in 1686 for Louis XIV to play Jeu de Paume—also known as "real tennis", an early version of the modern game. But more than a century later, it became the unlikely venue for a key moment of the French Revolution
The institution has so far resolved debt of around Rs 55,000 crore; another Rs 6,000 crore likely to be completed in FY23
Ukraine, the world's top producer of sunflower oil and a major exporter of wheat is a breadbasket of the world under threat from the Russian invasion