Новости за 29.03.2017

China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, today reaffirmed that it remains "100 per cent" committed to the landmark Paris climate deal, looking to seize the leadership of global environment policy after US President Donald Trump began dismantling Obama-era policies.

The government on Wednesday said that India is engaged with individual members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for obtaining its membership.

An Indian man was on Wednesday handed over to the BSF on "humanitarian grounds" by Pakistani security forces, days after he inadvertently crossed the border.

The European Parliament insisted Wednesday there can be no discussion of future ties with Britain until the divorce conditions are finalised, rejecting a key demand of British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone as it battles to regain the market leadership it lost to Apple Inc after the embarrassing withdrawal of the fire-prone Note 7s.

The top US general for the Middle East says the military has launched a formal investigation to determine what role the US played in the deaths of dozens of civilians in Mosul, Iraq.

A storm system that's blamed for the death of a truck driver in Oklahoma barreled eastward on Wednesday, putting 21 million people in the central United States at risk for bad weather, forecasters said.

Yesterday, a fuming Sakshi Singh Rawat asked Ravi Shankar Prasad to act after her husband' Aadhaar information was leaked on social media site Twitter.

A senior U.S. general said on Wednesday it will be difficult to maintain "extraordinarily high standards" to avoid civilian casualties in Mosul, even as the U.S. military begins a formal investigation into an explosion in the Iraqi city that is believed to have killed scores of civilians.

Striding out confidently from the Parliament after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill was finally passed, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the passage of the bill in the House was history is in the making, adding that the country will witness transforming into a new system of indirect taxation.

Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed all four GST Bills to make India's new tax regime effective from July 1.

A top diplomat of Pakistan urged New Delhi not to fall into the trap of terrorist groups by withholding dialogue with Islamabad.

Demanding arrest of ministers, elected representatives and leaders of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress seen accepting money in the Narada sting footage, opposition Left Front brought out a huge rally in the heart of Kolkata on Wednesday.

Life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on Wednesday by the separatist-called protest shutdown.

Iraqi special forces and police fought Islamic State militants to edge closer to the al-Nuri mosque in western Mosul on Wednesday, tightening their control around the landmark site in the battle to recapture Iraq`s second city.

A mob on Wednesday attacked a team of Uttar Pradesh police and some other officials carrying out the drive against illegal slaughterhouses leaving five of them injured.

China on Wednesday urged United States President Donald Trump to honour the Paris Agreement on climate change ratified by his predecessor, Efe reported.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that despite freedom of speech and expression being a constitutional right, people in power should refrain from passing comments on crimes under investigation.

A top diplomat of Pakistan urged New Delhi not to fall into the trap of terrorist groups by withholding dialogue with Islamabad.

Ten alleged criminals, including two narcotics smugglers, were arrested from different parts of the city today, police said.

Malaysia`s Prime Minister Najib Razak said Wednesday his government was engaged in "very sensitive" talks with North Korea over nine Malaysians being prevented from leaving Pyongyang after the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam.

Almost ten days after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday moved into 5-Kalidas Marg, his official residence here.

To prevent any threat from the skies, the police today banned the use of drones and paragliders in the metropolis for a month.

Sameer, who had clinched his maiden Grand Prix Gold title at Syed Modi International, shocked fourth seeded Korean Son Wan Ho 21-17 21-10 in a 45-minute contest to set up a clash with Hong Kong's Hu Yun in the next round.

Amid the chaos caused by political issues between India and Pakistan, the two cricketing nations are set to go head to head in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh ahead of the much-awaited clash in Champions Trophy in England.