New Delhi, (UNI) Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) Ahmedabad, have joined hands to empower 3000 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). The EDII in collaboration with the DEPwD, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, organised a Roundtable Meet for Corporates to ‘Support, Activate and Build Assured Livelihoods…
Mumbai, (UNI) Leading investment services provider, HDFC Securities, on Monday launched an all-in-one mobile app — HDFC SKY, which is designed to support investors and traders of all experience levels to participate seamlessly in the financial markets and achieve their financial goals. The app will provide access to a wide range of investment and trading…
Hyderabad/Mumbai, (UNI) Aditya Birla Finance Limited (ABFL), a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited, on Monday announced its first public issue of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) for an amount up to Rs.1,000 crores with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs. 1,000 crore, aggregating up to 2,00,00,000 NCDs for an aggregate amount of up to…
Beijing, Sep 26 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia at 0139 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 100.1 km, was initially determined to be at 4.73 degrees north latitude and 127.50 degrees east longitude.
London, (UNI) The United Kingdom will supply Ukraine with additional military equipment and munitions in the coming months as part of 2.3 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) allocated for military support for Kiev in 2023, the UK Defense Ministry said on Monday. “The UK remains fully committed to supporting Ukraine, with a further £2.3bn already earmarked…
Tunis, (UNI) Nine people were dead, and 5 others were injured in a traffic accident in Tunisia’s Kairouan Province, about 170 km south of the capital Tunis. The traffic accident occurred Sunday evening on the road linking the cities of Nasrallah and Manzil Al-Mahiri in Kairouan, Regional Director of Civil Protection in Kairouan, Hamdi Al-Wassif,…
Kabul, (UNI) Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health on Monday launched a nationwide anti-polio campaign in the war-ravaged country. During the four-day campaign, 11 million children under five will receive doses of the anti-polio vaccine for immunization as part of the country’s efforts to eradicate the crippling disease among children, it said in a press release….
Washington, (UNI) The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced Monday that it had reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on a new three-year contract, likely ending a strike that has lasted nearly five months. “The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible…
Washington, (UNI) The OSIRIS-REx space capsule, carrying a sample of the Bennu asteroid, landed in the US state of Utah on Sunday, NASA said. Asteroid Bennu, previously known as 1999 RQ36, was discovered in 1999. Bennu is considered a near-Earth asteroid. It comes close to our planet every six years. NASA said that Bennu was…
Dhaka, (UNI) More than 900 people have died of dengue fever, out of 187,725 cases reported across Bangladesh so far this year, health department figures showed on Sunday. According to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health, the 909 deaths in total included 316 in September, 342…
