New Delhi: Anna Hazare on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to implement the UN Convention Against Corruption and recommendations of AN Vohra Committee to tackle organised graft. In a letter to Singh, the activist said both the UN Convention, to which India is a signatory, and the Vohra Committee had raised concerns and fears about corruption but no action has been taken. "I request your good self and your...
05:31 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: If someone says the passion of following comics is a pass, he is not just joking but probably is daydreaming too. The scene at the annual comic conventions second edition in the capital saw a sea of comic-lovers thronging the venue where an array of popular characters like 'Chota Bheem', 'Shambhu' and 'Supandi' was on display for public. People from all the age-groups came out to revel in...
07:21 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Organiser Jatin Verma while speaking to IBNLive said that the comic scene in India is still alive but the market needs more investors. ...
03:02 PM, Feb 19, 2012
New Delhi: The seemingly fading world of comics is set to come alive again as Indian comic book aficionados relive their favourite comic moments at the second edition of the Annual Indian Comic Convention. The Comic Con starts on February 17 at Dilli Haat, New Delhi. What's being called the biggest celebration of comics in India, the event is spread over three days. It will feature a bunch of exciting...
03:36 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: Amit Saigal, founder and editor of music magazine the Rock Street Journal, drowned while swimming off a Goa beach on Thursday, officials said. Saigal was swimming with his friends near their anchored sail boat off Bogmalo beach, 35 km from Panaji in Goa. "Saigal's friends who were present there said that he was asthmatic and could have had an asthma attack when he was swimming, while the entourage...
03:24 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Toronto: Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. Environment Minister Peter Kent said that Canada is invoking its legal right to withdraw and said Kyoto doesn't represent the way forward for Canada or the world. Canada, joined...
07:51 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Political analyst and activist Praful Bidwai talks about how the rich nations like US haven't met their pledges. ...
12:08 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Durban: Amid pressure on India to agree to a legally binding commitment to cut green house gas emission, New Delhi on Wednesday defended its policy, saying it had "a very small carbon footprint" and was implementing ambitious energy efficiency programmes. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who is leading the Indian delegation at the 12-day talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, on Wednesday attempted to convince gathered...
11:22 PM, Dec 07, 2011
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It's that time of the year again. Yes, the end of the year, but the start of a another summit on climate change. This is ...
04:30 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Even as European Union has singled out India for being a deal-breaker, Kirit Parikh, a former negotiator and the current Chairman of the expert group of India's Low carbon strategy says that India is being painted as the devil due to lack of a good media outreach. ...
06:25 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Durban: The UN climate summit in Durban seems to have reached a deadlock. Sources told CNN-IBN that EU has blamed India for not being a deal maker as India continues to support the old treaty i.e. Kyoto Protocol that excludes developing countries like India and China from take up any binding commitments. 'If you want mangoes, you need to like a mango tree,' that's the message Africa gave to the...
11:14 PM, Dec 05, 2011
At the start of the next round of talks here at Durban, even as the head of the Indian delegation Jayanthi Natarajan has arrived, the European Union has floated the draft of a new climate treaty called the Durban Draft. The EU has blamed India for not being 'flexible' and being stuck to the old treaty i.e. the Kyoto Protocol. ...
12:52 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Durban: More than 6000 people gathered in Durban to ask for climate justice ahead of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. Meanwhile, India has insisted on continuing with the Kyoto Protocol instead of creating a new climate treaty. The appeal of the protestors are aimed at diplomats huddled in negotiations at the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change, who are looking at a new treaty to curb greenhouse gas...
08:44 AM, Dec 05, 2011
Durban: Hundreds of protestors gathered, pushing for a strong treaty outside the Convention Hall, urging world leaders to push for a strong treaty at the UN Convention on climate change in Durban. Their appeal aimed at diplomats huddled in negotiations at the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change, who were looking at a new treaty to curb greenhouse gas emissions before the lapse of the Kyoto protocol. The crowd, estimated...
09:30 PM, Dec 04, 2011
Just inside the office of Pashmina Realty in Worli, there's an entire wall covered by a poster of LIFE, an NGO (non-governmental organisation) whose Mumbai chapter focusses mainly on health, education and low-cost housing under the Asit Kotecha Foundation. The poster is full of slogans written by Pashmina employees who participate actively in the NGO. Behind the poster wall is the office of Asit Kotecha, who owns Pashmina Realty and...
12:25 PM, Nov 23, 2011
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