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Edward Hobart, ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to the UAE, affirmed his country's support for the UAE hosting of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) and UK's active participation and engagement in the UN climate conference. «In COP28, we think that the UAE is a great country to be hosting it, understands energy, has a long history in energy, and has a long history in renewable and clean energy including nuclear. So, it has an example it has set and we need to bring more countries with us.

BENGALURU : The outcome of the US government’s trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives in a bribery case in India could be a pivotal moment for Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Ltd’s chief executive officer (CEO) S.N. Subrahmanyan, who, in an undertaking to officials of the US department of justice (DoJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), denied any involvement of India’s largest construction company in the illicit payments.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday told Deputy Chief Minister and president of his own faction of the Nationalist Congress Party, Ajit Pawar, that he was in the right place but added that he took 'too long' to join the government with the BJP. «Today is the first time that Ajit Pawar and myself are sharing a dais. I would like to tell Ajit Pawar that after a long time you are sitting in the right place.

Edelweiss Group on Sunday said mounting recovery efforts from defaulters are not just a right, but also an obligation of creditors. Acknowledging that its chairman and managing director Rashesh Shah has been named along with four others in the first information report (FIR) in connection with art director Nitin Desai suicide case, Edelweiss Financial Services maintained that it did not put any «undue pressure» on Desai.

Chad in support of anti-«terrorism» efforts and border protection, the oil-rich Gulf state said on Sunday. Chad is a neighbour of Niger, where a coup late last month toppled one of the last pro-Western leaders in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region. The UAE's official news agency WAM included a photo of several desert-coloured armoured vehicles, with the Emirati and Chadian flags draped over two of them.

Union home minister Amit Shah Sunday shared the dais with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for the first time at an event in Pune. The home minister said the NCP leader is now at the "right place after a long time," the PTI reported. "Ajit Dada (Pawar) has come for the first time after becoming the Deputy CM and I am sharing the stage with him, I want to tell him that after a long time, you are sitting at the right place," the ANI reported quoting the union home minister as saying.

NCP leader Jayant Patil, a Sharad Pawar loyalist, on Sunday dismissed reports that he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Pune «secretly» and also scotched speculation that he was set to join the Ajit Pawar-led group in the Shiv Sena-BJP government. Patil said he was with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday evening and later met senior colleagues Anil Deshmukh, Rajesh Tope and Sunil Bhusara at his home. «They were at my house till 1.30 am.

Rajouri and Poonch districts, a senior police officer said on Sunday, asserting that security forces are determined to wipe out terrorism from the region. Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh also said security agencies are making twice the effort to thwart the attempts to push terrorists from across the border. «Two or three groups of terrorists are believed to be present in the (Pir Panjal) region.

Amit Shah on Sunday said there should not be a single sugar mill in Maharashtra that is not producing ethanol. He was speaking at an event after launching the digital portal of the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS) office in Pune. «Huge funding is available under various schemes for cooperative societies which can be utilised for setting up distilleries.

Lok Sabha elections which is less than a year away, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar will hold marathon meetings with ministers and ruling Congress legislators for the next three days, party insiders said. These meetings with the district in-charge ministers, other ministers from districts concerned and MLAs and MLCs will take place at the chief minister's office residence 'Krishna' from 11 am to 7 pm with a break of two hours from 2 pm to 4 pm, the party office bearers said.

Amit Shah on Sunday shared the dais with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at an event in Maharashtra's Pune and said the latter is at the «right place». «Ajit Dada (Pawar) has come for the first time after becoming the Deputy CM and I am sharing the stage with him, I want to tell him that after a long time, you are sitting at the right place,» Shah said.

Archeological Survey of India (ASI) at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. He stated that they have discovered remains of fragmented idols amidst the debris and expressed hope that more idols will be recovered during the course of the survey, PTI reported. He mentioned that the survey primarily targeted the wuzu khana (ablution area) and the prayer space for Muslims.

Ukraine crisis has begun in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. A source from the Ukrainian delegation told Al Arabiya News that during the meeting on Saturday, the 10-point peace plan proposed by Ukraine was backed by several countries, Xinhua news agency reported.

Varanasi district court on Saturday granted four weeks to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to complete the scientific investigation of the Gyanvapi mosque and submit its report by September 2. In its earlier order on July 21, the district judge had asked the agency to conclude the survey by August 4. However, the survey was halted owing to appeals against the decision. People privy to the matter told ET that based on the body's first day of survey on Friday, it was felt by the archaeologists that the process would take a month or more. Accordingly, the ASI had sought four weeks' time from the court. The survey of the mosque is also being viewed by the ASI as a project which can bear research insights in the field of archaeology on a global scale, the people said. The body may rope in some foreign experts to carry out certain parts of the investigation, the expertise for which is lacking in India, they said. Meanwhile, a lawyer representing the Hindu litigants in the Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath dispute, who accompanied the ASI survey team on Saturday, claimed that remains of fragmented idols were found in the debris inside the mosque during the survey.

NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) should continue to hold global significance for being the most populated marketplace, driven by the knowledge, creativity and innovation economy. Addressing the 11th BRICS STI ministerial meeting at Goeberha in South Africa through a virtual medium on “STI Priorities and Policies Updates", the minister said, the grouping could collaborate to identify and explore regional scientific research challenges through joint S&T solutions suited to local economies.

NDTV reported on Saturday. The Chinese naval base in Cambodia is close to the Strain of Malacca, a crucial point that links the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea.

Senthil Balaji and others in connection with a money laundering probe, the Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday. The searches were undertaken on August 3 in Coimbatore and Karur districts of the state, covering nine locations linked to Balaji, who is currently lodged at Puzhal central jail in Chennai under judicial custody. Balaji (47) continues to be a minister without portfolio in M K Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government.

premier forum for international economic cooperation. With more than 12,300 delegates from over 110 nations, the in-person participation in India's G20 Presidency is the largest ever hosted by any G20 country so far.

Nitin Desai, known to have created epic sets for acclaimed Bollywood films and TV shows such as 'Lagaan', 'Devdas', 'Jodhaa Akbar' and 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', was cremated with police honours on Friday evening at ND Film Studio in Karjat. ETimes reported that the cremation arrangements included a police gun salute in the presence of Raigad Superintendent of Police, Somnath Gharge. The last rites were attended by prominent politicians like Vinod Tawde and Kirit Somaiya, along with several film personalities like Aamir Khan, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and more.

₹761 crore for four-laning the 51km national highway connecting Kamakshyanagar and Duburi. "This road will link the mineral rich Angul and Dhenkanal districts with the NH and will act as an economy booster for the region," he said. Describing the national highways as the "fate-line" of the nation, Shah said PM Modi has always stressed on infrastructure development projects as they change the fate of a region.

NEW DELHI: The Union home minister and minister of cooperation Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate the digital portal of the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS) office in Pune on August 6. This move by the Ministry of Cooperation aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Sahkar se Samridhi," which aims to bolster the cooperative movement in the nation.