US isolated as India, other G20 members back Paris climate pact

India on Saturday joined 18 other G20 members to strongly support the fight against global warming by terming the Paris climate deal as "irreversible", leaving the United States, which walked out......

Why did Trump attack India?

Trump's diatribe against India in his speech on the Paris Agreement is hard to explain, especially when a Modi-Trump meeting is supposedly on the cards, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. The hue......

PM Modi cautions against unilateral steps in combating climate change

Prime Minister Modi speaks at COP 21 conference in Paris. Photograph: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night cautioned against any unilateral steps that will lead to an economic barrier......

7 reasons why Modi's visit to China was different

  Unlike in the past, Narendra Modi made candid, frank and direct remarks about his hosts by suggesting that the Chinese side is holding back on further improving relations, says Srikanth......

Paris and after: India in the world

India can claim that its twin principles of equity and “common but differentiated responsibilities” found their way into the Paris climate change summit’s 31-page text. However,......

A requiem for Rio in Paris

The net effect of the Paris agreement for India is a sense of resignation that we cannot gain much from international cooperation either in the form of technology or funding. Without any mandatory......

Obama calls Paris climate pact 'best chance' to save the planet

Obama has made combating global climate change a top priority of his presidency US President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the landmark climate accord reached in Paris as strong and historic,......

World climate accord hailed as turning point from fossil fuels

New text is "ambitious and balanced", says French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius   The global climate summit in Paris agreed a landmark accord on Saturday, setting the course for a......