Pakistan has a lot to learn from Bangladesh, India’s defence minister says
India is happy that Bangladesh is making all-round progress and moving fast on the path of development – adopting modernisation, secularism and empowerment of women, the country's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. He also asked Pakistan to take a cue from Bangladesh. He made the remarks yesterday (July 15, 2022) while launching a new warship in Kolkata, our New Delhi correspondent reports. Rajnath was effusive about Bangladesh's socio-economic development model and said it is an example for many countries in the world. "The way Bangladesh is making progress in all fields, it will certainly rise to new heights of advancement in the future," he added. Without naming Pakistan, he said, "One of our neighbouring countries, which is totally affected by religious fanaticism and is itself affected by it, besides poverty, unemployment and terror, needs to learn a lot from Bangladesh and introspect instead of troubling India." "India has always stood by Bangladesh in health, education, economy, connectivity and security fields and will continue to be so with full readiness in future too," Rajnath said. He said India is enhancing its power not only for its national security interests but also for its "friends".
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India’s economy will become carbon neutral by the year 2070, the country’s prime minster has announced at the COP26 climate crisis summit in Glasgow. The target date is two decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avert catastrophic climate impacts. India is the last of the world’s major carbon polluters to announce a net-zero target, with China saying it would reach that goal in 2060, and the United States and the European Union aiming for 2050.
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China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
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China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
Deliver on promises, developing world tells rich at climate talks
A crucial U.N. conference heard calls on its first day for the world's major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the global warming which threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday. The task facing negotiators was made even more daunting by the failure of the Group of 20 major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments at the weekend.