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Since the 1990s, our planet has lost nearly three million square kilometers of wilderness areas – parts of the world where human impact has been absent or minimal, according to a study which found that conserving such regions can cut the Earth’s extinction risk by half. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that more than 10 percent of the planet’s wilderness has been destroyed since the 1990s – an area about the size of India. The authors of the study, including those from, the University of Queensland in Australia, cautioned that only less than 20 percent of the…

In another setback in its attempts to raise the Kashmir issue at the global level, Pakistan could not file any resolution on the issue at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council meeting here. Thursday afternoon (1 p.m. local time) was the deadline for filing resolutions at the UNHRC’s 42nd meeting, which began on September 9 and goes on till September 27 and no Pakistani resolution was filed so far. India and Pakistan had faced off earlier this month at the meeting. On the second day of the meeting, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was leading his country’s…

Sindh Province Police claimed to have arrested at least two suspects in connection with the death of a Hindu medical girl student Nimrita Kumari, who was found dead in a hostel room under mysterious circumstances at the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) in Larkana a few days ago. According to reports in the Pakistani media, both suspects are Kumari’s classmates. They have been identified as Mehran and Alishan. They were arrested on the basis of Kumari’s phone call records. They were questioned separately but gave different versions of the story. The police said it has seized the victims’…

 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he was not embarrassed after being filmed lying to the father of a sick child angrily confronting him during a hospital visit on Wednesday. Johnson was stopped by the dad, whose daughter was being treated at the London facility, to hear complaints about cuts to health funding and criticism that he was using the visit as a “press opportunity”. The British leader could then be heard telling the father that “there’s no press here” despite media standing nearby filming the incident. “What do you mean there’s no press here who are these people?” the…

The opposition in Goa on Thursday demanded a structural audit of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in South Goa ahead of the upcoming ISL tournament, alleging that a Rs 61 crore stadium repair scam had left the facility, especially its roof, in a precarious condition.”We demand that the government should immediately conduct a structural audit of the entire stadium and place the report before the public before the commencement of Indian Super League football matches,” state Congress chief Girish Chodankar said. In August this year, dozens of tin sheets covering the roof of spectator stands had blown off in strong gusty…

Batting legend and former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said time is up for MS Dhoni in international cricket and that the senior national team should look beyond the World Cup winner in limited-overs cricket. Sunil Gavaskar’s comments come at a time when MS Dhoni’s international future has become a major talking point in Indian cricket. MS Dhoni has not played for India since the Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final defeat to New Zealand. Dhoni made himself unavailable for selection for India’s tour of West Indies in August as he took a sabbatical to train with the Para Regiment of…

A Japanese court on Thursday cleared three energy firm bosses of professional negligence in the only criminal trial stemming from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The three men were senior officials at the TEPCO firm operating the Fukushima Daiichi plant and had faced up to five years in prison if convicted. “All defendants are not guilty,” the presiding judge said, ruling that the executives could not have predicted the scale of the tsunami that overwhelmed the plant and triggered the accident. The decision is likely to be appealed, extending the legal wrangling over responsibility for the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl,…

Ku Hye Sun made a surprising revelation to her fans. The star has been hospitalized. Amid fiery divorce drama, Ku Hye Sun still found time to post on social media. Reportedly, Ku Hye Sun took to Instagram to post her first update in over two weeks. The actress wrote, “I was admitted to the hospital in the summer, and I still haven’t been able to leave.” She also shared two photos of her newly published book “I Am Your Pet” and added, “Because my book arrived, I’m reading it now. Please be healthy.” Ku Hye Sun had recently announced on…

In a diplomatic victory for India, Pakistan on Thursday failed to garner the required support at the 42nd UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session here to place a resolution on Kashmir within the stipulated deadline of 1 pm (local time). Reliable sources told that most member states refused to support Pakistan for placing a resolution on Kashmir. Though Pakistan had made desperate attempts to garner the required support, the neighbor also failed to get the support of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries consisting of 57 member states. India`s diplomatic efforts appeared to have clearly paid off by persuading…

The cash-rich IPL has seen its growth slow down to 13.5 percent in the overall value in 2019. The cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen its growth slow down to 13.5 percent in the overall value this year, according to the Duff & Phelps IPL Brand Valuation report 2019. The league saw 18.87 percent growth in brand valuation in 2018 and in 2017 was valued at Rs 33,912.34 crore approximately. However, there was an increase in the overall value to Rs 47,500 crore this year from Rs 41,800 crore in 2018. Duff & Phelps the global advisor that protects,…