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Uber launched its electric vehicle service, Uber Green, in Kolkata, offering users on-demand EV rides across the city, including to and from the Kolkata International Airport. The initiative aims to improve air quality in the city and reduce carbon emissions. Uber plans to provide zero-emission services globally by 2040, with approval from the Science Based Targets Initiative. Uber India and South Asia President, Prabhjeet Singh, highlighted the company's commitment to expanding green transportation options in India.

Tata Steel and Odisha government have decided to implement a sustainable agricultural initiative to reclaim acidic soils in the state, an official said. The collaboration aims to utilize industrial waste, such as basic oxygen furnace (LD) slag and fly ash, as soil amendments to reclaim acidic soils in Odisha. The first consignment of LD slag was flagged off from Tata Steel Meramandali (TSM) plant in Dhenkanal district on June 18, the official said. The project, titled "Economic and Environment-Friendly... Читать дальше...

Tartu city government has plans to give the public river beach on the Supilinn side of the Emajõgi a modern update. Neighborhood residents, however, want the beach to remain more untamed, and for any new paved paths and equipment to be made from environmentally friendly materials.

Trains on the 167-feet-tall ride travel up to 68 mph.

That decision was unanimous.

Architects who want a more equitable prison system in the US should focus on designing spaces that can help reduce mass incarceration, write Lori Coppenrath and Marayca Lopez-Ferrer. Mass incarceration is the US justice system's primary problem. The United States is home to 4 per cent of the world's population, but 16 per cent of

More than 100 were admitted to hospital after consuming alcohol spiked with poisonous methanol.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former SRC International Bhd director Datuk Suboh Md Yassin said he had throughout his tenure in the company merely served as a rubber stamp to carry out the behest of the top, namely former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was the advisor emeritus.

A group of Nigerians in Scotland created a viral sensation on TikTok by hosting a lively, wedding-themed celebration where the couple, adorned in traditional attire.

Scotland's draw against Switzerland kept their hopes of reaching the knock-out stages of Euro 2024 alive, but the overall quality of the match was not to the liking of one Tottenham legend.

Participants who engaged in this activity went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain compared to those who did not.

Vande Bharat passengers find cockroach in food Railways reacts

A federal judge is contemplating an injunction that would keep Louisiana prisoners from being forced to work outside when it's too hot. Wait, What? Continue reading…

In 2004, Ken Griffey Jr. hits the 500th home run of his career, off Matt Morris, to help the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0.

Post Office accidentally leaks names of sub-postmasters  BBC.comView Full coverage on Google News

TASHKENT, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A rescue team has retrieved four bodies after a car carrying four passengers fell into a canal in Uzbekistan's Syrdarya region, and the remaining one remained missing, local media reported.

Tottenham forward Son Heung-min says team-mate Rodrigo Bentancur has apologised to him for using a racial slur and the pair are "past this" and "united".

HONG KONG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's stock market ended lower on Thursday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 0.52 percent to close at 18,335.32 points.

1. Exact date heatwave will hit Liverpool as summer finally arrives  Liverpool Echo
2. UK weather: Temperatures set to rise - with some areas forecast to be as hot as Ibiza  Sky News
3. Summer warmth in the forecast  Met Office
4. Chance of heatwave at 40pc as UK says goodbye to chill of early June  The Telegraph

1. Farage predicts Tory wipeout will be even worse than polls suggest  The Telegraph
2. Newspaper headlines: 'Tory wipeout' and 'nothing sacred'  BBC
3. Latest election poll: Rishi Sunak set to lose his seat  The Telegraph
4. The economy: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts  The Guardian
5. Second YouGov 2024 election MRP shows Conservatives on lowest seat total in history  YouGov

1. Bank of England expected to hold interest rates on hold for seventh consecutive meeting  FXStreet
2. Interest rates live updates: Bank of England holds UK interest rates at 5.25%  BBC
3. Bank of England putting recovery at risk, warn economists - latest updates  The Telegraph
4. Bank of England holds rates at 5.25% in 'finely balanced' decision  Financial Times

The future of new oil and gas projects in the UK has been thrown into doubt following a landmark decision by the Supreme Court.

Today is a "key day" in the search for a British teenager who has been missing in Tenerife since Monday morning, with search and rescue teams hoping "to have good news", a journalist on the island has said.