

Too extreme: Setting aside an order of the Calcutta High Court (HC) banning the use of firecrackers in the state of West Bengal, the Supreme Court (SC) observed that the “high court should have called upon parties to give explanation before passing such an extreme order.”.Also, the UK aid-backed Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) will also commit more than £210m in new investment, including in electric vehicle manufacturing in India, green bonds in Vietnam and solar power in Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Nepal and Chad.Įntertainment TV Lifestyle Food Web SeriesĢ.On that note, the UK will provide an “India Green Guarantee” to the World Bank so that an additional 750 million pounds is available for India to develop green projects across India, it was announced on Monday.


The $100 billion climate finance was to be set up by 2020, but developed nations have still not committed to this.

The commitments could well strengthen India's hand in pushing the developed nations to commit $100 billion annually as climate finance support to developing countries meet their green goals.
