Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Thursday accused Donald Trump's administration of undermining efforts towards a two-state solution, a day after the US president said he would unveil a new Middle East peace plan.

"Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. I want to work alongside others, both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change,' said Bezos who is worth $130 billion.

Mumbai is set to get the highest grant of Rs 488 crore from the Centre’s Rs 4,400 crore fund which is earmarked exclusively for cities with more than one million population in states to improve air quality during 2020-21. Delhi may miss this assistance despite figuring among the most polluted cities in the country as the fund would only be meant for ‘million plus’ population cities in states.

The COVID-19 spread has forced the UN body to postpone its flagship annual climate change conference which was scheduled to be held at Glasgow in United Kingdom (UK) in November. This crucial meet will now be held in 2021 -- the first year of the operationalisation of the the Paris Agreement.

China's Hong Kong affairs office on Wednesday condemned Hong Kong protesters as a "political virus" who seek independence, warning that the city will never be calm unless what it said were violent black-clad protesters were all removed.

The deal will make Vista the largest shareholder of Jio after Facebook (9.99%) and parent RIL (86.54%). With this, RIL has raised a total of Rs 60,596 crore ($7.9 billion), boosting its efforts to pare debt.

Students bound for the US are the latest lot of passengers to find themselves caught in the maze of confusing guidelines that decide whether they will be allowed to travel to the US or not. In the wee hours of Saturday, Air India issued a note, listing three conditions under which students with an F or M US visa may not be allowed to fly to the US under Vande Bharat Mission.

The Vande Bharat Mission gained momentum, with two flights — one from Singapore and another from Riyadh — landing in Delhi and Kairapur airport in Kerala. The Operation Samudra Setu by the Indian Navy to evacuate Indians stranded abroad using naval ships kicked off from the Maldives on Friday. ​​The ship of the Eastern Naval Command is scheduled to reach Kochi by Sunday.

Reliance Jio has come up with new top-up plans to support extra data usage at up to 75 per cent lower rates and also made annual recharge plans 33 per cent cheaper compared to rivals by enhancing data usage limit at 4G speed to 2 GB per day.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expecting a windfall from the Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights auction, which gets underway here on Monday with top companies from across the globe participating.

The Bombay high court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to take an appropriate decision on sharing the transport costs of migrant workers returning homes.

A 51-year-old police constable who had tested positive for coronavirus died in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Saturday afternoon, an official said. This is the sixth death of a police personnel due to Covid-19 in the state, he said.

The rapidly increasing tally of novel coronavirus cases in the state has alerted jail authorities who are fretful of the fallouts of Covid-19 outbreak within the prison walls and are taking preventive steps besides social distancing to ensure all staff and inmates stay healthy.

Viewing the helplessness of priests in gurdwaras amid lockdown, the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) (Rural) has started distributing ration kits among them. The drive commenced on May 3 and regularly 25-30 kits are being distributed among the priests in different villages on daily basis.

The decline in the number of admissions at government schools has often been a source of considerable chagrin among officials in the education department.

After Belgians were asked to eat more fried potatoes, dairy producers are now urging the French to consume more cheese.

The ration kits contain essential items like oil, sugar, soap etc and are being delivered to poor households along with monthly rations which have also been doubled.

For each 10-dirham ($2.7) donation, one of the building's 1.2 million LED lights will be illuminated -- each representing a meal.

To make it tougher for thieves to steal them, a new mask and has now been put on with cables that are a lot tougher to cut.

Rajat Rathod, who has dedicated his performance to those who are working on the front line in dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, has sung the track titled 'Teri Mitti'.

Perry, who won the Women’s T20 World Cup recently with Australia, is recovering from injury. Recently she said that she does not expect the coronavirus pandemic to have a long lasting negative effect.

The viral post drew hilarious reactions, with a user even writing, 'Customer is God.'

The animal keepers and veterinary staff were alerted to monitor the animals, particularly tiger and primates for checking any symptoms of cold, nasal discharge or any symptoms of flu.

With people staying at home amid coronavirus lockdown in India, reports of domestic violence and child abuse have also come out a lot more in recent times.

The Centre has now allowed the sale of liquor in all zones, barring the containment zones, and only in standalone shops.

The curious case of Elon Musk putting his two mansions up on sale following the controversial tweet.