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The European Union's climate chief has expressed concern over the expansion of China's coal industry, with the building of new coal-fired plants

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is meeting with Japanese government leaders on his visit before treated radioactive wastewater is released into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant

Swiss commodities giant Glencore has moved to take full ownership of PolyMet Mining

State investigators were on site at a North Carolina amusement park after a crack was discovered on a support beam on one of their popular roller coasters

Gurugram, leading to waterlogging in many parts of the city. Private weather forecaster said that many parts of NCR, including Gurugram, could also see heavy rainfall tomorrow as well. «Intensity may increase by tomorrow and entire Delhi may get good rain,» Mahesh Palawat, vice president Meteorology and climate change said in a tweet.

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be pumped out into Pacific ocean, a process that will take decades to complete. A tsunami, caused by the largest earthquake ever to strike Japan, which killed more than 16,000 people, destroyed or damaged roughly 125,000 buildings and left the country facing what its prime minister described as its biggest crisis since World War II.  The radioactive water has been building up at the plant since the March 2011 tsunami destroyed its electricity and cooling systems and triggered the world’s worst nuclear disaster since the Chornobyl explosion. The water was distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections to the 288-member cabinet are due to be held in 2024. Hints of unease within the NCP ranks rose when Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule joined politics in the 2009 parliamentary elections. Another irritant for the Ajit camp was the entry into politics of Pawar’s grandnephew Rohit Pawar.

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United Kingdom endured its hottest June ever, on record. So much so, it surpassed even the temperature data which dates back to 1884, according to the Met Office. The Met Office, responsible for monitoring meteorological conditions, warned that the rise in human-induced global warming would escalate the occurrence of such unprecedented heatwaves in the coming decades.

Dividend stocks: Shares of six listed companies — Punjab & Sind Bank, Alkyl Amines, Motilal Oswal, Tide Water Oil, Nath Bio-Genes and Agro Tech Foods are going to trade ex-dividend today. The board of directors of these companies have approve final dividend for the financial year 2022-23.

Brazilian football star Neymar has been fined 16 million reais, or $3.3 million, for breaking environmental regulations while building his coastal mansion on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian authorities accused Neymar of violating the use and movement of fresh water sources, rock and sand during the construction of the luxury property. The Paris Saint-Germain star has 20 days to appeal against the fine imposed by the Brazilian authorities.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer, a process that will take decades to complete.

Groww, which has been looking to expand its financial services offerings, has started offering a payments feature to users on its broking app. The platform is using the unified payments interface (UPI) infrastructure and allows users to make peer-to-peer payments as well as payments to merchants through scanning their QR codes. ET has reviewed the feature that has been rolled out to users over the past few days.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputies spent much of Monday assuaging ruffled feathers and easing the unrest within their party ranks. While Ajit Pawar met with his BJP counterpart to discuss portfolio allocations, the CM held a closed-door meeting with MLAs and party workers to discuss the new developments and offer solutions. As Maharashtra gears up for a Cabinet expansion, Shiv Sena leaders have already conveyed their unrest over the recent developments.

battery swapping policy — that sought to make charging electric vehicles (EV) as quick as refuelling conventional vehicles — have stalled following opposition from the industry over interoperability standards mooted in the draft scheme, said people in the know. Now, a highly 'watered down' version of the scheme is at a final consideration stage with the Prime Minister's Office, said a source aware of the government's plans. This, after multiple delays in finalising the policy due to lobbying from the EV industry to remove certain clauses around interoperability in the scheme. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had first mentioned a battery swapping scheme in her budget speech in February 2022 and a draft policy was soon released by the Niti Aayog in April that year.

By Valerie Volcovici

Six months after Singapore-listed Keppel Infrastructure Trust ditched the $2 billion sale of its Australia and New Zealand chemicals business Ixom, it’s back on the dealmaking circuit – this time with a trip to debt capital markets.

Mint interviewed a few people about their experiences with buying agricultural land. Industry experts also weighed in on the factors to consider before such an investment. What to look out for? Shital Jain, a resident of Itarsi in Madhya Pradesh, is optimistic about investments in agricultural land, citing its higher potential for appreciation in value.

Some office workers in Tokyo and Hong Kong have a hidden weapon against blistering summer temperatures. Slipped discreetly into a pocket in the collar of special business shirts, Sony’s Reon Pocket 4 device rests a cool metal pad against the back of the neck.

Funeralcare has come out with a plan to offer its customers water cremation or resomation. It is quite popular in the U.S., Canada, and South Africa. South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate for Peace, Desmond Tutu was resomated. Now a U.K. provider has floated this idea in Britain.

Torrent Power on Monday said it has started work on a Green Hydrogen pilot project for blending with natural gas in the city gas distribution (CGD) network. The pilot project, based on Alkaline Electrolyzer and expected to complete in 8 months, will blend ~2.5% GH2 into CGD network, marking an important milestone in the company's foray into GH2 business in India.