United Nations, Sep 4 (UNI) The United Nations will hold an open debate on peacekeeping operations next week, Slovenian Ambassador to the world body Samuel Zbogar said on Tuesday. “The first open debate on UN peacekeeping operations on September 9 will be focused on the importance of the Security Council’s unified political support for the…
Rome, Sep 4 (UNI) Italian energy giant Eni and energy infrastructure company Snam on Tuesday announced that they launched the country’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The companies, which first announced their joint venture in January 2023, said that they had begun injecting concentrated carbon dioxide (CO2) into a depleted gas field in…
Paris, Sep 4 (UNI) Twelve migrants have died in a shipwreck off the coast of France as their vessel was trying to cross the English Channel, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Tuesday. “A terrible shipwreck in [the department of] Pas-de-Calais. Per the preliminary information, 12 people are dead, two are missing and several…
Riyadh, Sep 4 (UNI) Saudi Arabia aspires to significantly boost its financial technology (fintech) sector, with the kingdom’s finance minister, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan, announcing Tuesday a target of establishing 525 fintech companies by 2030. Speaking at the inaugural 24 Fintech conference, Al-Jadaan highlighted that the number of fintech companies in Saudi Arabia has reached…
Ramallah, Sep 4 (UNI) A shipment of 350,000 polio vaccine doses arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan announced. This is the second batch of vaccines, which are being stored in a dedicated warehouse for a coordinated vaccination campaign with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). A total of…
Canberra, Sep 4 (UNI) Mobile phones are not linked to head cancers, a World Health Organization-commissioned review by Australian government scientists has concluded. Researchers from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) on Wednesday published the results of a systematic review into the potential health effects of radio wave exposure from mobile phones….
Sydney, Sep 4 (UNI) Air traffic control staffing in Australia has been boosted and a new system introduced to manage fatigue after a controller was found asleep at the workstation, said a report from Australia’s national transport safety investigator. The approach controller was found asleep lying across two chairs with a blanket covering them at…
Fraud in the name of investment in share market Bhopal: Cyber fraudsters cheated 2 people of more than Rs 2.66 crore by luring them to earn more profit by investing money in the share market. After receiving the complaint, the Cyber ??Crime Branch has registered a case of fraud against unknown fraudsters. According to the…
Bhopal: Poonam Chand Yadav, social worker and father of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav social worker, has passed away. He was aged 100. He is survived by 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was ill for some time.
New Delhi, Sep 2 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday addressed virtually the Ambassadors Conference of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and shared with them the Indian perspective of the global situation and the prospects of the bilateral relationship and that with the European Union. In a post on X, the EAM also thanked…
