New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met Cristiano R Amon, President, and CEO of Qualcomm in Washington DC, the United States.The meeting with Qualcomm CEO is said to be important as it could spearhead the launch of 5G in India with Reliance.
Sep. 24 – Top American CEOs and business leaders during their meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here were appreciative of the recent reform measures in India and felt that there were significant investment opportunities in the country, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said.
Modi, who arrived here on Wednesday on an official visit to the US during which he will hold the first face-to-face meeting with President Joe Biden on Friday, held separate meetings with top American CEO … more
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Le Drian remained in office when the Second Philippe government was inaugurated; on 8 March 2018, he officially resigned from the Socialist Party.
In August 2019, Le Drian called on Hong Kong authorities to renew talks with Hong Kong protesters to find a peaceful solution to the then ongoing crisis.[8] On 9 October 2019, Le Drian condemned the unilateral Turkish operation in Northeastern Syria and declared that Turkey’s military incursion “is jeopardising the anti-Islamic State coalition’s security and humanitarian efforts and is a risk for the security of Europeans".[9]
In 2020, he created the new movement Territories of Progress with fellow minister Olivier Dussopt.[10]
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Greenhouse gas emissions
Infrared camera footage showing a plume of methane gas flowing from a vent stack. The gas is 80 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
US and EU pledge 30% cut in methane emissions to limit global heating
Major commitment with deadline of 2030 is big advance towards reaching 1.5C goal set out in Paris agreement
Sep. 17 – The US and the EU made a joint pledge on Friday to cut global methane emissions by almost a third in the next decade, in what climate experts hailed as one of the most significant steps yet towards fulfilling the Paris climate agreement.
The pledge came as the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, warned of a “high risk of failure” at the vital UN climate talks, Cop26, set for Glasgow this November.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, about 80 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, and emissions have been rising in recent years. Natural gas production and fracking, meat production and other forms of agriculture are among the chief sources.
The pact between the US and the EU sets a target of cutting at least 30% from global methane emissions, based on 2020 levels, by 2030. If adopted around the world, this would reduce global heating by 0.2C by the 2040s, compared with likely temperature rises by then. The world is now about 1.2C hotter now than in pre-industrial times…. more
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House Republican leaderKevin McCarthy stated on September 1 that “if these companies comply with the Democrat order to turn over private information, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States." CNN reported the next day that McCarthy had been included on the list sent to the telecommunications companies.[34][35][36] In response to McCarthy’s comment, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint on September 3 with the chief counsel of the Office of Congressional Ethics. CREW noted that the subpoena was legally valid and claimed that McCarthy was illegally obstructing the investigation insofar as he was “threatening retaliation" against the telecommunications companies.[37] Eleven House Republicans who were associated with the January 6 “Stop the Steal" rally sent a September 3 letter to thirteen telecommunications companies stating they “do not consent to the release of confidential call records or data" and threatening legal action against what they asserted were unconstitutional subpoenas.[38][39][40][41]
The Guardian reported that the Committee, through the records request from August, was examining whether there was
White House involvement in planning the Capitol attack and whether Trump had advance knowledge of the riot.[42]
During a September 2 television interview, McCarthy was asked about “how deeply [Trump] was involved," to which he replied that the FBI and Senate committees had found “no involvement."[43] He and other Republicans had cited an exclusive Reuters report that unnamed current and former law enforcement officials said the FBI had found “scant evidence" of an organized plot to overturn the election. In a September 4 statement, Thompson and Cheney said the committee had queried executive branch agencies and congressional committees investigating the matter and “it’s been made clear to us that reports of such a conclusion are baseless."[44][45]quoted from Wikipedia
The Panjshir Valley (also spelled Panjsheer or Panjsher; Pashto/Dari: درهٔ پنجشير – Dare-ye Panjšēr; literally Valley of the Five Lions) is a valley in north-central Afghanistan, 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Kabul, near the Hindu Kush mountain range.[1] It is divided by the Panjshir River. The valley is home to more than 100,000 people, including Afghanistan’s largest concentration of ethnic Tajiks.[2] In April 2004, it became the heart of the new Panjshir Province, having previously been part of Parwan Province.[3]
The Caldor Fire is an active wildfire burning in El Dorado County, California, about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Placerville. By September 1, 2021, it had burned 204,390 acres with 20% containment
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