India is committed to follow the green path but needs technology and finance as it continues to work to meet objectives of the international environmental conventions, an Indian official said here on Thursday.


India bats for technology, finance to achieve climate goals


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The US efforts to ban Iran's oil exports will be futile as it is not an easy task to block the country's crude from the global market, an Iranian oil official said on Wednesday.


Iran dismisses US efforts to ban Iranian oil as 'futile'


A majority of the countries taking part in a special conference on Wednesday voted in favour of letting the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) name those responsible for carrying out such attacks.


Majority favour letting OPCW name chemical attack perpetrators


The first India-US strategic 2+2 Dialogue involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and their US counterparts that was scheduled to have been held in Washington on July 6 has been postponed, the External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday.


Amid Haley's visit, US-India 2+2 Dialogue postponed



US-India 2+2 Dialogue postponed for 'unavoidable reasons'


US Defence Secretary James Mattis met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday here amid growing fears of a trade war between the two countries and an increase in military tension.


Mattis meets Xi in Beijing amid tensions


US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a plan to restrict Chinese investment in US technology companies as part of an effort to fight the theft of intellectual property.


Trump releases plan to restrict Chinese investment in US


The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a pact with Indonesia for sharing of information in railway sector including modernisation of trains and maintenance of tracks and tunnels.


Cabinet nod to railways modernisation pact with Indonesia


The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Wednesday apprised of agreements signed between India and Denmark for cooperation in the fields of animal husbandry and dairying, and on cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation, an official statement said.


Cabinet apprised of agreements with Denmark over agriculture, science


The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its ex post-facto approval to the agreement between India and Singapore on cooperation in the field of urban planning and development.


Cabinet approves agreement with Singapore on urban planning


The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a joint declaration between India and Germany for cooperation in civil aviation, said an official statement.


Cabinet nod for Indo-German tie-up in civil aviation


The commander of US Forces Korea (USFK) on Wednesday ruled out that all joint military exercises between South Korea and the US would be suspended to support an ongoing spirit of rapprochement with North Korea.


Pentagon rules out halting all joint drills with Seoul


Financing entities the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have agreed to take joint steps to improve climate finance flows to best meet the needs of developing countries in tackling the global climate challenge, it was announced on Wednesday.


Green bodies pledge to improve climate funding for developing world


North Korea has continued to make rapid improvements to its major nuclear facility in Yongbyon, although the action may have nothing to do with its recent pledge to denuclearize, a US website has said.


N. Korea makes 'rapid improvements' to nuclear facility


More than 60 American companies representing dairy farmers and cheesemakers in a letter have asked US President Donald Trump to suspend high steel and aluminium tariffs on Mexico until renegotiations over a regional free trade treaty are completed.


Trump urged to drop tariffs on Mexican products


The US State Department has been pushing countries to stop importing oil from Iran by November, an official said.


US wants others to terminate Iran oil imports


Addressing representatives of about 25 Australian Superfunds, who have huge investible assets, Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday invited them to invest in India.


Prabhu invites Australian Superfunds to invest in India


Dubai, June 26 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flagship carrier Emirates Airline has launched a joint project with US Crop One Holdings to build the world's largest vertical farming facility near Dubai's Al Maktoum International Airport, it was announced on Tuesday.


UAE's Emirates to build world's largest vertical farm in Dubai


Senior army officers of India and Pakistan on Tuesday spoke on the hotline, said Indian Army sources terming it "directorate level routine talks".


India, Pakistan military officials talk, no mention of ceasefire


The chairman of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday arrived in Myanmar's restive western state of Rakhine as part of a humanitarian trip.


Red Cross chief visits Myanmar


Moving out of Asia first time, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxembourg in July 2019, an official said here on Tuesday.

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