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Climate change is upon us and humanity is far from ready, the  United Nations  climate science panel warned in a major report on Monday. A polar bear pictured on an ice floe in Essen Bay off the coast of Prince George Land, part of Russia's Franz Josef Land archipelago. © Ekaterina Anisimova Noting that nearly half the world’s population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for drastic action on a huge scale: A third to a half of the planet needs to be conserved to ensure future food and freshwater supplies. Coastal cities need plans to keep people safe from storms and rising seas. And more. “Adaptation saves lives,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said with the report’s release. “As climate impacts worsen – and they will – scaling up investments will be essential for survival… Delay means death.” The 3,675-page report is the latest in a series by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) detailing t

Burkina Faso’s junta chief  on Tuesday signed a charter setting a three-year transition period before the country holds elections, an AFP journalist said, just over a month after he led a coup to overthrow the country’s elected leader. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, leader of the military junta, sits before being sworn in as head of state in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso February 16, 2022 “The duration of the transition is set at 36 months from the date of the inauguration of the president,” according to the transition charter signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who replaced former president Roch Marc Christian Kabore in late January. The transition period is longer than the 30 months proposed by a technical commission set up by the junta at the beginning of last month and by a draft charter discussed for several hours at meetings between the regime and civil groups on Monday and Tuesday. Those meetings also involved political parties, unions, youth and women,

Encountering deepening global isolation, Russia faced urgent calls Monday to end its "unprovoked" and "unjustified" assault on Ukraine as the UN General Assembly's 193 members held an extraordinary debate on the invasion of the ex-Soviet state. Ukraine's UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya holds a copy of a screen shot he read from during his address to the emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 During the rare emergency special session, just the 11th the Assembly has held in its history, Russia defended its decision to invade its neighbour as nation after nation urged peace from the podium. On the sidelines, the United States said it was expelling from the country 12 "intelligence operatives" at Russia's United Nations mission for "engaging in espionage activities that are adverse to our national security." Inside the General Assembly hall, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, plea

The Communist nominee in France’s April presidential election has suggested storming Russian oligarchs’ winter palaces on the French Riviera and handing them over to Ukrainian refugees as candidates scramble to adjust their pitches in a campaign hijacked by the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian flag and anti-Putin messages painted on the gate of a villa belonging to the Russian president’s former wife in Anglet, near Biarritz, on February 27, 2022 With the first round of France’s presidential election less than six weeks away, a lacklustre campaign already overshadowed by the lingering Covid-19 pandemic has been thrown further off course by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Foreign policy is typically a sideshow in French presidential campaigns, but Europe’s biggest military invasion since World War II has left France’s presidential hopefuls with no option but to venture into geopolitics and test their credentials as future commanders-in-chief. With a few notable exceptions, ca

  Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, with Moscow facing increasing international isolation as talks to resolve the conflict failed to make a breakthrough. Ukrainian officials said the Kharkiv attacks had killed civilians, including children. Follow our liveblog for updates. Reports of a Russian air strike on Kyiv. Cars are seen through the damaged window of a vehicle hit by bullets, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022 Satellite images show a huge convoy of Russian armour is advancing on Kyiv. Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, killing possibly dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s ambassador to the US said Russia had used a vacuum bomb on Monday in its invasion of Kyiv says 352 civilians have been killed, including 14 children, since the invasion began last Thursday. The first talks aimed at stopp

BSE Chairman Sethurathnam Ravi, the former chairman of BSE strongly believes that all potential investors should be vigilant in the face of any impending crisis.   Care must be taken when making an informed decision. In addition, the BSE Chairman emphasized on the issue that he has a firm vision to get BSE a 22-hour trading format.   Historically, it has been observed that some investors somehow overreact to positive developments. Sethurathnam Ravi, Former BSE Chairman Sethurathnam Ravi also said that there should be no transparency in the functional responsibilities of directors and independent directors.   In addition, he focused on the importance of the quality of the board.   In addition, the former BSE Chairman also believed in the fact that there should be an established forum for smooth interaction between investors and auditors. Sethurathnam Ravi believed that the capital would somehow be limited in the current geopolitical situation and that organizations should look for

  Ukraine crisis: Eleven nations favoured the resolution while China and the UAE, apart from India, skipped voting. India skipped voting  against Russia as a resolution to halt troops in Ukraine was taken up at an emegency meeting at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). While Moscow vetoed the resolution, the US and many other nations used the platform to corner the Kremlin as it continues attack on the Ukrainian capital that has been on edge amid fresh explosions since Saturday morning. TS Tirumurti, the permanent representative to the UN, said India chose to abstain on the UNSC resolution on Ukraine because the path of diplomacy was given up. Eleven nations favoured the resolution to stop the war in Ukraine while China and the UAE, apart from India, skipped voting. India’s Permanent Representative to UN, TS Tirumurti, gave a point-by-point breakdown on the reason of abstention. Speaking on an urgent need of dialogue and sovereignity of states, Tirumurti said: “It is a matter o

  India and China both have supported Ukraine on sovereignty and territorial integrity, but Beijing has also virtually defended the Russian action by asking for Moscow’s security concerns to be addressed. India’s decision to abstain from the  UNSC resolution on Ukraine  strikes a balance between national interest and its core belief. The tough resolution was expectedly vetoed by Russia, 11 countries supported it with India, UAE and China choosing to abstain from the vote. Heavy fighting is going on in Kyviv with Russian troops pushing to take control of Ukraine’s nerve center Although China has also abstained from the vote, there is a sharp contrast between the explanation of the vote by India and Beijing. Both have supported Ukraine for sovereignty and territorial integrity, but China has virtually defended the Russian action. The Chinese explanation given by Ambassador Zhang Jun stated: “ We believe that one country’s security cannot be at the expense of the security of others, and t

 NCP leader Nawab Malik, who was arrested by the ED on Wednesday, has been admitted to JJ Hospital in Mumbai. NCP leader and Maharashtra's minority affairs minister Nawab Malik, who is currently under arrest and in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has been hospitalised as he complained of stomach pain. NCP leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik being taken for a medical test after his arrest by the Enforcement Director in connection with a money laundering case involving Dawood Ibrahim, in Mumbai. Sources from the party said that Malik had been taken to JJ hospital by ED officials on Friday morning for a routine medical check-up when he complained of stomach pain. Sources confirmed that as per the doctor's advice, Malik was then hospitalised at the JJ hospital. A tweet from Nawab Malik's office handle said that he had been hospitalised for medical reasons. Malik was, on Wednesday, arrested by the ED officials on charges of money launder

  Anand Subramanian, the former Chief Operating Officer of the NSE, was the “yogi” who communicated with Chitra Ramkrishna through email, CBI sources said today. New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested former NSE operating officer Anand Subramanian from Chennai in the National Stock Exchange scam The  mysterious “Himalayan yogi”  who allegedly influenced the decisions of former National Stock Exchange (NSE) chief Chitra Ramkrishna has been outed as Anand Subramanian, the former officer arrested in a stock market manipulation case. Anand Subramanian, the former Chief Operating Officer of the NSE, was the “yogi” who communicated with Chitra Ramkrishna through email, CBI sources said today. His controversial appointment was one of the decisions that Chitra Ramkrishna took under the so-called yogi’s influence, market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) had said in a report. Anand Subramanian was revealed to be the yogi through an email id, the CBI sa

Ukrainian communities in the US and Canada are organising demonstrations, fundraisers after Russian invasion of Ukraine. ​ Los Angeles, California – In response to Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States and Canada is demonstrating, fundraising, organising social media campaigns, and calling on their elected leaders to act. Demonstrations and flash mobs began in the United States in the first hours after the Russian invasion and more are planned in the coming days On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, bombing cities across the country, including the capital, Kyiv, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least 137 Ukrainians had been killed on the first day of the attack. Watching the news from New York City, Ukrainian-born Dmytro Shein felt the urge to help. His grandmother had moved from Ukraine to the US in the 1990s, and he and his mother followed in the early 2000s. His father, uncles and aunts still live i

Soldiers who reportedly stood their ground in the face of Russian naval attack to be honoured, Ukraine president says. Ukraine says it will posthumously honour a group of Ukrainian border guards who were killed defending a tiny island in the Black Sea during a multi-pronged Russian invasion. A Ukrainian official says 13 border guards were killed after a defiant verbal exchange between Ukraine and Russian forces Ukraine lost contact with its forces on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island , a speck of land south of the port of Odesa, on Thursday after Russia conducted strikes from air and sea. A Ukrainian official said 13 soldiers were killed and he circulated an audio clip that he and media outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda said was a verbal exchange between Ukrainian and Russian forces. “This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down your weapons and surrender to avoid bloodshed and unnecessary victims. Otherwise you will be bombed,” audio of the alleged Russian warning said. “Russia

Ukraine’s president finds himself the number one target of the Russian army as Moscow reportedly seeks regime change. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to power in 2019, taking charge of the war-torn, corruption-plagued country of about 45 million without any prior political experience. Zelenskyy came to power in 2019 as a political novice The political novice and former sitcom actor and comedian, who was dismissed by critics as a puppet of Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, won his presidency by securing more than 73 percent of ballots, promising to balance the defence of Ukraine from Russian aggression with protecting the Russian speakers of his country. Born in the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, the father of two was seen as best placed to succeed in his mission and shortly after becoming president, used diplomacy to get Moscow to exchange several groups of Ukrainian prisoners of war. But the goodwill of Rus