Decision on climate treaty soon, says Trump
The U.S. will take a decision on its continuation in the Paris climate treaty within the next two weeks, President Donald Trump said on Saturday, naming China, Russia and India for allegedly contributing nothing under the treaty. During the campaign, Mr. Trump had promised to withdraw from the treaty, but senior officials of his administration are divided over the issue. A decision is expected before the G-7 summit on May 26-27.
Venkaiah scoffs at rumours on mid-term polls
Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday rubbished the rumours of mid-term elections as “baseless” and said the government will complete its full-term before going to polls in 2019.
AIADMK reunion talks: Palaniswami faction sees contradictions in Panneerselvam camp
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister D. Jayakumar, however, said there were “contradictions” in the rival camp, with each leader making different statements. Mr. Jayakumar pointed out that Mr. Panneerselvam had said “conducive atmosphere” prevailed for the merger talks, but others, including former Ministers S. Semmalai and ‘Ma Foi’ K. Pandiarajan, were making different statements.
Nirmala Sitharaman rejects DMK’s Hindi imposition charge
Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday assured that there would be no imposition of Hindi and lashed out at the DMK for accusing the Centre of “wanton thrusting” of the language. “There is no thrusting of Hindi” as alleged by DMK working president M.K. Stalin, she said.
No deals to be signed during Modi’s visit to Lanka: Sirisena
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would only attend the UN ‘Vesak Day’ celebrations and no bilateral agreements will be signed during his visit to Sri Lanka next week, Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said.
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ is the internet's newest dance anthem
Something about the marimba beats in the song seems to have caught people’s attention though, because Shape of You has now spawned a whole set of dance covers, including a classical Odissi adaptation, that have quickly gone viral on social media.
Ajith's birthday: The different avatars of Ajith
His credentials as a star need no proof, but there are lesser-known facets of Ajith, who celebrates his birthday on May 1.
In Japan, the reign of the toilet god
The usual concerns around a huge international sporting spectacle, like health, safety and infrastructure, are unlikely to pose problems for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games organisers. What might be a challenge for them are the toilets.
An entire Karnataka village turns to cooking to eke out a living, tastes success
In Karnataka, Kondrahalli village goes by the moniker ‘Banasigara grama’ (cooks’ village). A majority of the people here are landless and many worked on fields owned by farmers in surrounding villages. But with every passing generation, finding agricultural work and sustaining a livelihood from it was becoming increasingly difficult.
When little girls pick up stones
An arresting photograph, earlier this week, on the front page of this newspaper, caught my attention. Some 30 young women, in college uniform, faces partly covered, are gathered beside standee panels that say ‘Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan’. At least 10 of the girls hurl stones— dhan dhana dhan —in the direction of photographer Nissar Ahmad where he is, most probably, standing alongside the J&K Police or the Indian paramilitary.
