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Lobbying by the fossil fuel industry has become the most spotlighted aspect of Dubai COP28, which otherwise is having a highly successful run that is typical of the high-profile city. Dubai makes a celebration of even the most mundane event and the remarkable success with one of the most important events in the climate control calendar is on predicted lines.

A recent clash between pro-Palestinian Muslims and pro-Israeli Christians in the North Sulawesi coastal town of Bitung raised the spectre of Indonesia’s worst nightmare, inter-communal violence. In a country that prides itself on a culture of inter-communal harmony, the death of a protester set off alarm bells.

Musk’s ‘X’, which used to be Dorsey’s ‘Twitter’, is aiding the sharpening of the south-north divide in Hindustan, which is now ‘Bharat’ north of the Vindhyas, and ‘INDIA’ south of the Vindhyas. And plenty of barbs keep the pot boiling. One user tweeted, “Hence proved – South is aware and North is still lagging far behind.” Another posted “They vote for BJP in the Hindi Belt and then go down to the South for Work.” Wow. Rahul Gandhi should undertake another Bharat Jodo Yatra – this time from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.

In an ironic reversal of their assigned roles, regional Congress leaders are currently handling a scathing political attack on their party by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with greater confidence than their supposedly exalted High command Delhi-based leadership, post recent Assembly elections.

In 1997, Lalduhoma quit the Mizo National Front after he lost to Zoramthanga in the race for party President. On Monday, the 74-year-old Lalduhoma was set to replace Zoramthanga as chief minister of Mizoram.

Kolkata: Top gofers of the country will be seen in action in the second edition of the Rs One crore prize money SSP Chawrasia Invitational presented by TAKE Sports at the c Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC), from December 7 – 10.

Kuala Lumpur: Riding on forward Araijeet Singh Hundal's hat-trick, two-time champion India overpowered spirited Korea 4-2 to open their campaign in Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Malaysia on a victorious note at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

New Delhi: India had a golden ending as Payal, Nisha and Akansha put up dominating performances to emerge champions as the country concluded its campaign with 17 medals at the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.

Kolkata: 10K world record-holder Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw in the women’s category and two-time world championship silver medallist Kenyan Daniel Simiyu Ebenyo in the men’s category will make headline debuts in One of India’s biggest running festivals and the World Athletics Elite Label Road Race, the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K, on 17th December.

The outcome of the five Assembly elections held in November has proved almost all opinion polls and ground reports wrong. Even the few exit polls that predicted a thumping BJP victory in Madhya Pradesh gave the Congress a comfortable majority in neighbouring Chhattisgarh. The clean BJP sweep of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh has therefore come as a major surprise after the BJP's recent losses in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka and given the signs of a popular yearning for change in Madhya Pradesh after eighteen years of BJP rule and no such visible anti-incumbency against the Congress governments of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.