VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html IND W vs SA W: Wolvaardt’s 92* crushes India as South Africa seal series 4-1 South Korea crosses $4 trillion market cap as Kospi storms past record 6,600 Euphoria 3’ episode 3 sequence: Every song that plays at Cassie and Nate’s wedding Who is Tiffany Suarez? Megan Thee Stallion hints at split with Klay Thompson as past relationships resurface amid speculation Board game harassment: Japanese firefighter suspended for forcing coworkers to play homemade board games for six months | World News Study of fossil sites in TN may fill under-explored gap in India’s prehistoric record NEW DELHI: A chance discovery of fossil sites exposed by torrential rains in 2023 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu has unveiled India’s past fossil record dating back to the Holocene period (8,000–12,000 years). The findings have potential to fill a relatively under-explored gap in the country’s prehistoric record.“This discovery is important because it helps us better understand India’s ancient wildlife, environment, and climate,” Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav posted on X on Monday while announcing the result of the findings of a field survey.Yadav said the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) conducted the field survey at the request of the Thoothukudi administration and the assessment confirms a newly discovered fossil bed, which significantly enriches the fossil record of India.Scientific study of fossils from the Holocene period helps scientists understand how climate, vegetation, rivers, and coastlines evolved after the last Ice Age.In a coastal district of Thoothukudi, the assessment can also reveal changes in sea levels along India’s southeastern coast, shifts in monsoon patterns and the past ecosystems comprising grasslands, wetlands, water bodies and forests.Unlike Africa or Europe, India’s Holocene fossil record is less systematically documented and therefore the recent discoveries may help in strengthening chronological continuity from prehistoric to historic periods.About the AuthorVishwa MohanVishwa Mohan is Senior Editor at The Times of India. He writes on environment, climate change, agriculture, water resources and clean energy, tracking policy issues and climate diplomacy. He has been covering Parliament since 2003 to see how politics shaped up domestic policy and India’s position at global platform. Before switching over to explore sustainable development issues, Vishwa had covered internal security and investigative agencies for more than a decade.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos’Once-in-a-Generation’ India Signs Free Trade Agreement With New Zealand After a Decade of Talks’Attack By BJP Goons’: TMC MP Mitali Bag’s Car Vandalised In Hooghly, BJP Denies TMC’s Charge’You Are Married Because AAP Made You Rajya Sabha Member’: Saurabh Bharadwaj Attacks Raghav ChadhaNDA Surges In Rajya Sabha After Chadha-Led AAP Exodus, BJP Nears Majority“Right Man, Wrong Party”: Raghav Chadha Defends Exit From AAP In New Video“Bound To Happen”: Congress MLA’s Take On Trump Event ShootingArvind Kejriwal Shocks Court With Refusal To Appear In Excise Case“Hope Of Justice Shattered”: Kejriwal Skips Court, Sends Letter To Justice Swarana KantaAAP Workers Detained Outside Raghav Chadha’s House During Mumbai Protest“Fix Delhi And Pahalgam First” West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Launches Fierce Attack On BJP123PhotostoriesHow Brahma Muhurta Routines Can Improve Focus, Clarity, and Discipline8 historic landmarks in Mumbai that are more than 100 years old: Why you should visit themTop 5 residential areas of Nashik for quality living and investmentAC vs cooler: What works best for DelhiAamir Khan tears up at son Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi’s ‘Ek Din Ki Mehfil’ event: 5 times the actor got emotional in publicGreen and red food combinations that boost nutrient absorption instantlySummer Special: How to make Kaache Aam ki Launji at homeOTT releases this week (April 27-May 3, 2026): ‘Glory’, ‘The Kerala Story 2, ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Aadu 3’ and more7 British vegetables that can grow in the balcony during this season‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, ‘Malamaal Weekly’, ‘Chup Chup Ke’: Priyadarshan’s comedy classics to watch on OTT123Hot PicksWest Bengal PollsPM ModiMamata BanerjeeRahul GandhiBengal RallyWest Bengal ElectionsMatua CommunityTop TrendingRussini Mike Photo ControversyTamil Nadu electionNFL Trade RumorsPetrol Diesel PriceAssam HS 12th ResultJac Class 12 ResultPatrick MahomesBengal PollsJack GrealishIPL Orange Cap ‘Curse of April 27’ returns after 15 years! 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He added that the police are working around the clock to maintain order.He further mentioned that despite the intense heat and heavy crowd, pilgrims are not facing any major difficulties. Suniel Shetty praised the efforts of the Uttarakhand Police and the local administration for ensuring smooth arrangements.He also said that he plans to undertake the Char Dham pilgrimage himself during his next visit.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosIran Attacks Togo-Flagged Tanker With 17 Indian Seafarers Near Oman; All Safe’Once-in-a-Generation’ India Signs Free Trade Agreement With New Zealand After a Decade of Talks’Attack By BJP Goons’: TMC MP Mitali Bag’s Car Vandalised In Hooghly, BJP Denies TMC’s Charge’You Are Married Because AAP Made You Rajya Sabha Member’: Saurabh Bharadwaj Attacks Raghav ChadhaNDA Surges In Rajya Sabha After Chadha-Led AAP Exodus, BJP Nears Majority“Right Man, Wrong Party”: Raghav Chadha Defends Exit From AAP In New Video“Bound To Happen”: Congress MLA’s Take On Trump Event ShootingArvind Kejriwal Shocks Court With Refusal To Appear In Excise Case“Hope Of Justice Shattered”: Kejriwal Skips Court, Sends Letter To Justice Swarana KantaAAP Workers Detained Outside Raghav Chadha’s House During Mumbai Protest123PhotostoriesHow Brahma Muhurta Routines Can Improve Focus, Clarity, and Discipline8 historic landmarks in Mumbai that are more than 100 years old: Why you should visit themTop 5 residential areas of Nashik for quality living and investmentAC vs cooler: What works best for DelhiAamir Khan tears up at son Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi’s ‘Ek Din Ki Mehfil’ event: 5 times the actor got emotional in publicGreen and red food combinations that boost nutrient absorption instantlySummer Special: How to make Kaache Aam ki Launji at homeOTT releases this week (April 27-May 3, 2026): ‘Glory’, ‘The Kerala Story 2, ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Aadu 3’ and more7 British vegetables that can grow in the balcony during this season‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, ‘Malamaal Weekly’, ‘Chup Chup Ke’: Priyadarshan’s comedy classics to watch on OTT123Hot PicksWest Bengal PollsPM ModiMamata BanerjeeRahul GandhiBengal RallyWest Bengal ElectionsMatua CommunityTop TrendingRussini Mike Photo ControversyTamil Nadu electionNFL Trade RumorsPetrol Diesel PriceAssam HS 12th ResultJac Class 12 ResultPatrick MahomesBengal PollsJack GrealishIPL Orange Cap Apr 27, 2026, 20:32 IST IPL 2026: Big blow for Mumbai Indians! 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NEW DELHI: A month after the Union cabinet approved the country’s climate action goals, called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), for 2031-35 period, India has formally submitted its pledges to the UN climate body underlining important conditions noting that the developing countries’ commitments “cannot be fulfilled” without adequate support in terms of “finance” and “technology transfer”.India in its submission pledged to achieve 60% cumulative installed capacity of its electric power from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2035 “with the help of transfer of technology and low-cost international finance”; reduce emissions intensity (emission per unit of GDP) by 47% by 2035 from 2005 level; and create a carbon sink of 3.5 to 4.0 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalent through forest and tree cover by 2035 over 2005 stock.Besides these three quantitative goals, India in its submission on April 24 made five other points that include efforts to mobilize domestic, and new and additional finance from developed countries to implement adaptation and mitigation actions; propagate a healthy and sustainable way of living; build capacities; align with the vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India) by 2047; and better adapt to climate change by enhancing investment in development programmes in sectors vulnerable to climate change, particularly agriculture, water resources, Himalayan region, coastal regions, health and disaster management.Flagging the conditions in fulfilling climate commitments, India in its submission said, “A significant share of developing countries’ NDCs is conditional upon the availability of adequate means of implementation, particularly finance, technology transfer, and capacity building.“Without sufficient funding, technology cooperation, and capacity-building, these conditional commitments cannot be fulfilled, resulting in an ambition gap that weakens the collective objectives of the Paris Agreement.”India in its document also clarified that the country’s NDC does not commit the country to any specific emission reduction obligations for individual sectors, including for agriculture. “The objective is to reduce the overall emissions intensity of its economy, inter-alia, by promoting deployment of clean energy and enhanced energy efficiency, while also safeguarding vulnerable sectors and communities,” it said.India also sought to remind the rich nations of their obligation, saying developed countries, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement, are obligated to provide finance, technology, and capacity building support for addressing climate change.“India, in turn, will require its fair share of these resources and support to advance its climate goals. The effective implementation of India’s NDC depends on provision of additional support such as financial resources, technology transfer, and capacity-building by developed countries, in accordance with the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement,” said the document.Countries’ NDCs are non-binding, voluntary climate action commitments that are submitted every five years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. India had submitted its first NDC in 2015 for the target year 2030 which was subsequently updated in 2022.Both the times India had flagged necessary conditions, reminding the UN body of the developed countries’ promise to support developing countries, including India, for implementing their climate action goals. The country has, however, fulfilled its certain commitments and been on track to meet the remaining ones with domestic finance.As on Feb 28, India’s non-fossil fuel based electric power installed capacity was more than 52.5% of the total installed capacity whereas the emission intensity of its GDP reduced by 36% between 2005 to 2020.“India is also on track to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3.0 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover by 2030. During 2005 to 2021, an additional carbon sink of 2.29 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent has been created,” said India in its submission.Underlining the country’s priority, the document says, “India aims to deliver on its ambitious targets of universal access to services like water, sanitation, waste management, affordable housing, electric power in line with short and medium horizon goals set out by the current initiatives of the government including fulfilment of sustainable development goals.”About the AuthorVishwa MohanVishwa Mohan is Senior Editor at The Times of India. He writes on environment, climate change, agriculture, water resources and clean energy, tracking policy issues and climate diplomacy. He has been covering Parliament since 2003 to see how politics shaped up domestic policy and India’s position at global platform. Before switching over to explore sustainable development issues, Vishwa had covered internal security and investigative agencies for more than a decade.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosIran Attacks Togo-Flagged Tanker With 17 Indian Seafarers Near Oman; All Safe’Once-in-a-Generation’ India Signs Free Trade Agreement With New Zealand After a Decade of Talks’Attack By BJP Goons’: TMC MP Mitali Bag’s Car Vandalised In Hooghly, BJP Denies TMC’s Charge’You Are Married Because AAP Made You Rajya Sabha Member’: Saurabh Bharadwaj Attacks Raghav ChadhaNDA Surges In Rajya Sabha After Chadha-Led AAP Exodus, BJP Nears Majority“Right Man, Wrong Party”: Raghav Chadha Defends Exit From AAP In New Video“Bound To Happen”: Congress MLA’s Take On Trump Event ShootingArvind Kejriwal Shocks Court With Refusal To Appear In Excise Case“Hope Of Justice Shattered”: Kejriwal Skips Court, Sends Letter To Justice Swarana KantaAAP Workers Detained Outside Raghav Chadha’s House During Mumbai Protest123PhotostoriesHow Brahma Muhurta Routines Can Improve Focus, Clarity, and Discipline8 historic landmarks in Mumbai that are more than 100 years old: Why you should visit themTop 5 residential areas of Nashik for quality living and investmentAC vs cooler: What works best for DelhiAamir Khan tears up at son Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi’s ‘Ek Din Ki Mehfil’ event: 5 times the actor got emotional in publicGreen and red food combinations that boost nutrient absorption instantlySummer Special: How to make Kaache Aam ki Launji at homeOTT releases this week (April 27-May 3, 2026): ‘Glory’, ‘The Kerala Story 2, ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Aadu 3’ and more7 British vegetables that can grow in the balcony during this season‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, ‘Malamaal Weekly’, ‘Chup Chup Ke’: Priyadarshan’s comedy classics to watch on OTT123Hot PicksWest Bengal PollsPM ModiMamata BanerjeeRahul GandhiBengal RallyWest Bengal ElectionsMatua CommunityTop TrendingRussini Mike Photo ControversyTamil Nadu electionNFL Trade RumorsPetrol Diesel PriceAssam HS 12th ResultJac Class 12 ResultPatrick MahomesBengal PollsJack GrealishIPL Orange Cap Delhi High Court disposes plea on ‘Lawrence of Punjab’ OTT release, notes centre’s advisories Meet the most cheerful zodiac signs with positive energy Spicy jhalmuri politics, EVM fears & PM Modi’s letter – Key highlights from West Bengal phase II campaigning | West Bengal Election News The political arena heats up as Congress voices its discontent over AAP’s Rajya Sabha nominees, branding them as elitists with an impressive average net worth of Rs 818 crore. Ajay Maken argues that AAP functions as a puppet for the BJP, orchestrated to disrupt Congress’s support in upcoming state elections. NEW DELHI: With AAP’s seven Rajya Sabha MPs joining BJP, Congress said Arvind Kejriwal nominated members to the upper House based on their monetary muscle, claiming the average worth of the present defectors stands at Rs 818 crore.Congress treasurer Ajay Maken told a press conference that all seven who left AAP for BJP were millionaires who had never even issued a statement in favour of AAP till they were nominated to Parliament. “What kind of Aam Aadmi is this? Kejriwal should change the party’s name to ‘crorepati aadmi’,” he said.“I tried to calculate the net worth of the seven MPs, but the sum was mind boggling. So, I settled for an average. And, it crosses Rs 818 crore per MP,” Maken said.Maken claimed he always knew about RS nominations in AAP, as Sushil Gupta, who was a Congress office-bearer, had come to him in 2017 and asked to be relieved of the party membership because “he had a ‘setting’ in AAP and would be made an RS MP”.He said the mass defection to BJP has exposed the reality that BJP had created AAP as a proxy to counter Congress, which it was not able to fight till 2014. “The two best administrators seen by India were Sheila Dikshit and Manmohan Singh, and Kejriwal was used to defame them…it led BJP to come to power,” he said.Maken said AAP fights elections in states where Congress and BJP are locked in direct contests and benefits BJP by splitting votes, naming Haryana, Goa, Gujarat as some of them.“We always knew the reality but the mask has now fallen for INDIA bloc partners and we hope they will see AAP’s reality,” he said, as he underlined that Congress stitched an electoral tie-up with Kejriwal under pressure from INDIA allies.He claimed BJP is playing a dangerous game through defections as it now has 86% of MPs from Punjab while it got just 6.6% votes in the 2022 state elections. “Separatists use the claim that voice of Punjab is being suppressed. BJP’s game of usurping MPs from Punjab is only giving a handle to separatists,” he said, adding there is already a pattern in play that precedes separatism and terrorism – drugs, gang wars, criminals, that is rampant in AAP-governed Punjab now.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos’Once-in-a-Generation’ India Signs Free Trade Agreement With New Zealand After a Decade of Talks’Attack By BJP Goons’: TMC MP Mitali Bag’s Car Vandalised In Hooghly, BJP Denies TMC’s Charge’You Are Married Because AAP Made You Rajya Sabha Member’: Saurabh Bharadwaj Attacks Raghav ChadhaNDA Surges In Rajya Sabha After Chadha-Led AAP Exodus, BJP Nears Majority“Right Man, Wrong Party”: Raghav Chadha Defends Exit From AAP In New Video“Bound To Happen”: Congress MLA’s Take On Trump Event ShootingArvind Kejriwal Shocks Court With Refusal To Appear In Excise Case“Hope Of Justice Shattered”: Kejriwal Skips Court, Sends Letter To Justice Swarana KantaAAP Workers Detained Outside Raghav Chadha’s House During Mumbai Protest“Fix Delhi And Pahalgam First” West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Launches Fierce Attack On BJP123PhotostoriesHow Brahma Muhurta Routines Can Improve Focus, Clarity, and Discipline8 historic landmarks in Mumbai that are more than 100 years old: Why you should visit themTop 5 residential areas of Nashik for quality living and investmentAC vs cooler: What works best for DelhiAamir Khan tears up at son Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi’s ‘Ek Din Ki Mehfil’ event: 5 times the actor got emotional in publicGreen and red food combinations that boost nutrient absorption instantlySummer Special: How to make Kaache Aam ki Launji at homeOTT releases this week (April 27-May 3, 2026): ‘Glory’, ‘The Kerala Story 2, ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Aadu 3’ and more7 British vegetables that can grow in the balcony during this season‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, ‘Malamaal Weekly’, ‘Chup Chup Ke’: Priyadarshan’s comedy classics to watch on OTT123Hot PicksWest Bengal PollsPM ModiMamata BanerjeeRahul GandhiBengal RallyWest Bengal ElectionsMatua CommunityTop TrendingRussini Mike Photo ControversyTamil Nadu electionNFL Trade RumorsPetrol Diesel PriceAssam HS 12th ResultJac Class 12 ResultPatrick MahomesBengal PollsJack GrealishIPL Orange Cap IPL 2026: 8/6 horror! 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