India needs to recognise and address challenges posed by its dependence on China for critical minerals and examine the implications of phasing down coal on bank balance sheets as it accelerates its green transition, the government's Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in Parliament on Monday said. As part of its national plan to contribute to meeting the global goal of limiting the average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, India has committed to reducing emissions by 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, achieving 50 per cent cumulative electric installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources, and creating a carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 gigatons of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover.
Steve Jobs was the cause of the deaths of floppy drive, dial-up modem, the FireWire and mouse buttons and the company he founded is capable of killing a few more, including the hard drive, says Tarun Karuturi, a Get Ahead reader in response to our reader invite.
Australia take on West Indies in a three-match T20 series starting in Hobart on Friday as part of their preparations for the June 1-29 World Cup in the Caribbean and United States.
The former British rower and five times gold medalist Sir Steve Redgrave said on Tuesday that India has the potential to nurture Olympic rowers, who can also be medals contenders.
Are the great always good? Few of his associates would use the adjective 'good' for Steve Jobs. The circuitry and the code that runs an individual is more complex than that which runs a computer. The world, feels B S Prakash, would be a duller place if it were not so.
In a somber statement on Wednesday, the Apple board of directors said: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."
European champions Spain claimed a place in the Nations League quarter-finals with a 3-0 home win over Serbia.
The former Test captain was also recognised for his charity work for children in India.
From a college dropout to heading an over $350 billion Apple empire, Steve Jobs dramatically transformed the worlds of personal computing, music and mobile phones, ushering in a new digital era.
Under his captaincy, Australia have entered the Super Eight stage at the ongoing T20 World Cup on the back of an unbeaten run in the group stage.
No other global chief executive officer's exit elicited such a response in blogosphere.
Centurion Steve Smith praised Australia's bowlers after they reduced England to 107 for eight in the first innings to set up a victory bid in the fifth and final Ashes Test on Friday.
Microsoft Corp said on Friday that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer would retire within the next 12 months, once it has selected a successor, sending its shares up almost 9 per cent.
Steve Jobs' resignation is biggest blow to Apple, which is at the peak of its success.
Almost half of the Australian team currently playing in the T20 International series in India will return home after the third match in Guwahati.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck a late winner as Portugal came from a goal down to beat Scotland 2-1.
Lambasting the decision-making in Cricket Australia post Ashes debacle, former cricketer Dean Jones on Friday said the national team needs Steve Waugh as its coach for resurrection.
Australian Ashes and Test debutant Ashton Agar was reportedly inspired to make a incredible performance on the second day of the first Ashes Test by Steve Waugh's Ashes performance ten years ago.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has overlooked legends Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne to select Adam Gilchrist as the greatest player of the 21st century. Waugh said Gilchrist's game-changing career, in which he effectively evolved the wicketkeeping position to wicketkeeper-batsman, was what made him his No.1 choice. "I think the guy who's changed the game the most you would have to say is Adam Gilchrist," Waugh told Cricket Australia.
Cameron Green said that his body is in great shape, where he can contribute well as a bowler
Steve Smith capped a remarkable season by sweeping the main awards at the annual Allan Border Medal ceremony
Steve & Barry's, one of the fastest-growing retail chains in the US, is planning to set up shops in India and China.
With the rains pouring down on us, August offers yet another reason to stay home!
R Ashwin is always up for a challenge and two days from his landmark 100th Test, India's premier off-spinner looked back at the on-field battles he has enjoyed in international and domestic cricket.
The government will put on sale around 20 critical mineral blocks in the fourth round of auction by the end of June, mines secretary V L Kantha Rao said on Monday. Rao further said that the auction process for seven critical mineral blocks put on sale in the first round is almost complete and the result would be declared in a month's time. Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential components in many of today's rapidly growing clean energy technologies -- from wind turbines and electricity networks to electric vehicles.
Howard also announced bringing to India a special exhibition on Sir Don Bradman, saying that the Australian government will contribute Aus $1 million in sponsorship towards the Bradman Exhibition tour.
After a series of suicides at Foxconn, Apple Inc's chief executive Steve Jobs said that Foxconn, the global contract manufacturer that assembles iPhones and iPads in China, "is not a sweatshop."
In the IPL 2024 auction, some notable players went unsold, facing unexpected outcomes despite their credentials.
The former Australia captain says Ganguly's bickering over pitches 'was not too different from match-fixing'.
Images from the Euro 2024 Group A match between Germany and Scotland at the Munich Football Arena, in Munich, on Friday.
In her first interview since the television environmentalist's death from a freak stingray attack while filming on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Terri Irwin said she had believed that Steve would meet his end by falling out of a tree.
The maiden, critical mineral auction in India has failed to enthuse the mining industry, with the first tranche achieving less than a 50 per cent success rate and the auction of several mines was cancelled owing to low response. The results, announced by the Ministry of Mines on Monday, showed that six lesser-known companies emerged as preferred bidders. Among these were Agrasen Sponge, Kundan Gold Mines, Dalmia Bharat Refractories, Sagar Stone Industries, and Maiki South Mining.
Steve Jobs' Commencement address speaks about the highs and lows of life, how to counter challenges and how to fight the odds to come out victorious. Jobs delivered this speech on June 12, 2005.
Using his fingertip as a canvas, 33-year-old Italian art director has come up with an interesting series of portraits of famous personalities -- The Dalai Lama, Steve Jobs and Hitler, to mention a few.
Usman Khawaja will return to training on Tuesday after being cleared to play the second Test
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar's tryst with Australia and "The Don" continues as the legendary batsman will be inducted as a Bradman Honouree along with former Test captain Steve Waugh at a gala dinner in Sydney on October 29.
Glenn Maxwell pulled out of RCB's previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad stating that 'physical and mental toll probably just wore me down a little bit'.
Smith and Green played vigilantly and stitched up a massive partnership to see off a comfortable victory in the three-match ODI series.
'It's going to have take something pretty serious to have me miss a game.'
