Kochi, Sep 27 (UNI) Kerala holds vast potential for farm tourism, and efforts should be made to fully harness it, Kerala Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development J Chinchu Rani has said. She made these remarks at the Metro Expedition Tourism Conclave and Award Ceremony held in Kochi in connection with the Kerala Travel…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 27 (UNI) A delegation from Sikkim, led by IT Secretary Tenzing T. Kaleon, visited Kerala to examine the state’s successful broadband initiative, KFON. The visit, following similar interest from Tamil Nadu and Telangana, aimed to study KFON’s operational framework and revenue model, a release said. The team, which included IT officials S.T. Wangdi,…
Los Angeles, Sep 27 (UNI) NASA and SpaceX have postponed the launch of a new crewed mission to no earlier than Saturday due to tropical storm concern, according to NASA. The launch was originally planned for Thursday, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA and SpaceX have adjusted the…
Damascus, Sep 27 (UNI) Twenty-three Syrian refugees, mostly women and children, were killed on Thursday in an airstrike on Lebanon’s Younine area, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said the airstrike was launched just hours before Israeli forces struck the Matrabah border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, injuring several refugees fleeing…
Tel Aviv, Sep 27 (UNI) Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and central Israel, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) also reported sirens sounding in central Israel. “Sirens sounded in multiple areas in central Israel,” the IDF said on Telegram.
Ankara, Sep 27 (UNI) BRICS and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) provide Turkey with an opportunity to develop economic cooperation, but this does not mean Ankara abandoning NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “We cannot ignore the fact that we have ties with continental Europe and America to the same extent…
Mumbai, Sept 26 (UNI) The BSE Sensex remained on top for another session on Thursday, surging 666.25 pts to close at 85,836.12 on strong global cues. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange ( NSE) rose 211.90 pts at 26,216.05. The Sensex opened in red at 85,167.56, easing 2 pts. During the day it declined…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (UNI) The central government in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday released the calendar for raising Rs 6.61 lakh crore through market borrowings in the October-March period (second half or H2) of the current financial year 2024-25. All the auctions covered by the calendar will have the…
Dhaka, Sep 26 (UNI) Bangladesh’s garment factory owners have agreed to all 18 demands of workers, including a Tk 225 attendance bonus and the implementation of a minimum wage by October, media reports said on Thursday. The decision was made after extensive discussions between Readymade Garment (RMG) owners and workers at a meeting held in…
Moscow, Sep 26 (UNI) Russia will continue cooperation with the United Nations (UN) to ensure access to Russian food products on global markets, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Wednesday. Speaking to RIA Novosti, a Russian news agency, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week 2024 in New York, Vershinin…
