India emitted 2,299 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2018, a 4.8% rise from last year, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). India’s emissions growth this year was higher than that of the United States and China — the two biggest emitters in the world — and this was primarily due to a rise in coal consumption. China, the United States, and India together accounted for nearly 70% of the rise in energy demand.

70% of fleet will be airborne in a month, Jet assures govt.

Jet Airways hopes to have over 70% of its planes back in air in the next one month as the SBI-led consortium provides the beleaguered airline interim funding, its top brass told the government on Tuesday. The airlines’ management, including Chief Executive Officer Vinay Dube and Chief Financial Officer Amit Aggarwal, met officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the airline’s operations.

Opposition parties allege fraud during note ban

The Opposition parties led by the Congress on Tuesday alleged that some BJP leaders had perpetrated fraud and money laundering during demonetisation, and released a video where a “BJP leader” from Gujarat was purportedly shown exchanging withdrawn notes past the deadline for exchange on a commission of 40%.

'Political parties most distrusted, Army, judiciary win people’s trust,' says study

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, a public opinion survey in 12 states has found that political parties are the most distrusted political institutions in India. It also found that one in five of those surveyed felt that unemployment is the single biggest issue facing the country today. The survey, Politics and Society between Elections 2019, found that political parties had a negative net trust rate of -55%. They are the only institutions with a negative net rate.

INTERVIEW | The Congress has always been for cow protection and shelters: Kamal Nath

"Our government is in no way a continuation of the past. The previous government had different objectives. They were keen to saffronise every institution in the State. It has been 90 days since I took over. My efforts have been to do as much as possible to demonstrate that the policies of this government are based on our manifesto promises. Many items on our manifesto have already been implemented."

The day CJI dealt with over 700 cases

The Chief Justice of India’s lists of cases showed an unusual spike in numbers on Tuesday. A total of over 750 cases were listed before the Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjeev Khanna. Later, in the post-lunch session, the Chief Justice explained the reason for listing so many cases before his Bench.

Is death by mosquito bite insurable? SC answers the question in a judgment

The case concerns the death of a man, Debhashis Bhattacharjee, who died of multiple organ failure after being diagnosed with encephalitis malaria contracted from a mosquito bite he sustained while working in Mozambique in 2012. His insurance policy covered personal accidents. Both the State and the National Consumer Dipsutes Redressal Commissions dismissed the plea made by the insurance company, National Insurance Limited, that the man died as a result of an infection.

INTERNATIONAL | Not summary, hand over full Mueller report: Democrats

House Democrats pressed the Justice Department to provide the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller even as Republicans gleefully called for them to “move on” from the Russia investigation. President Donald Trump accused those responsible for launching Mr. Mueller’s probe of “treasonous things against our country” and said they “certainly will be looked into”.

CRICKET | A capital show from Super Kings

Tuesday’s battle was won and lost when Chennai Super Kings stuck four times — thrice by Dwayne Bravo — between the 16th and 18th overs. This led to Delhi Capitals tumbling from a healthy 120 for two after 15.2 overs to a grossly inadequate 147 for six in 20! The host was right in believing the target was around 15-20 runs short of what it sought to set. Having won half the battle, Chennai went on to put the finishing touches with six wickets and two deliveries to spare.

EDITORIAL | Maximum gambit: on Congress' minimum income pledge

For now, the party has not fully spelt out the details of its minimum income guarantee scheme, Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY), and has limited itself to saying this would be a flat transfer of ₹6,000 a month to identified poor households. There has been little word on how the Congress expects to finance NYAY. A ballpark estimate of the fiscal expenditure, to transfer ₹72,000 every year to the poorest 20% of the approximately 25 crore Indian households, would be ₹3.6 lakh crore.