Europe

Bernanke, Diamond, Dybvig awarded Nobel Prize in Economics

Stockholm [Sweden], October 10 (ANI): The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was on Monday awarded to Ben S Bernanke, Douglas W Diamond, and Philip H Dybvig for their research work on bank regulation and how financial crises should be managed.

2022-10-10T15:26:01.222617+00:00 IST

WHO regional director calls for intensified action

Geneva [Switzerland], October 10 (ANI): As October 10 marked World Mental Health Day, World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Monday called on the member states in the region to intensify action to achieve access for all to quality mental health care, in line with the recently adopted Paro Declaration on universal access to people-centred mental health care and services.

2022-10-10T09:48:43.642556+00:00 IST

Russia trying to wipe Ukrainians off earth: Ukraine President

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 10 (ANI): Amid reports of multiple explosions across Ukraine including in its capital city Kyiv on Monday morning, the country's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to "destroy" Ukrainians and wipe them "off the face of the earth", local media reported.

2022-10-10T08:41:12.906644+00:00 IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities bombed

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 10 (ANI): Multiple explosions rocked Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Monday morning local media reported citing the city's mayor.

2022-10-10T06:56:16.053409+00:00 IST

Engineers restore external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Vienna [Austria], October 10 (ANI): Ukrainian engineers restored external power to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today, a day after the facility lost the connection to its last remaining operating power line due to shelling, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday.

2022-10-09T21:02:51.215790+00:00 IST

Baloch National Movement protests in Berlin against Pakistan Army

Beijing [China], October 9 (ANI): Baloch National Movement Germany has organised a protest in Germany against the enforced disappearances of Baloch people by the Pakistan Army including the recently abducted Faheem Baloch.

2022-10-09T14:15:20.934231+00:00 IST

Crimean Bridge resumes limited road traffic after huge explosion

Moscow [Russia], October 8 (ANI): The Kerch Strait Bridge which connects the Crimean Peninsula with mainland Russia and got engulfed in fire on Saturday has resumed on intact lanes of the Crimean bridge.

2022-10-08T17:23:36.246603+00:00 IST

30,000 children to be deported to Russian-occupied Crimea 'illega

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 8 (ANI): At least 30,000 children are likely to be deported to the Russian-occupied Crimea, including other regions by the Russian proxies from Kherson, media reports said.

2022-10-08T15:01:35.106157+00:00 IST

EU adopts fresh sanctions against Russia

Brussels [Belgium], October 7 (ANI): The European Union (EU) on Thursday (local time) adopted its latest package of sanctions against Russia over the illegal annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

2022-10-07T07:41:13.567379+00:00 IST

India abstains from voting in UNHRC on rights of China's Uyghur

Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): India on Thursday abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang.

2022-10-06T17:28:06.675630+00:00 IST

Indian envoy calls upon Ukraine National Security Secretary

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 6 (ANI): Indian ambassador Harsh Jain called upon the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksii Danilov on Thursday and exchanged views on the current situation in the conflict-ravaged country.

2022-10-06T17:22:33.166672+00:00 IST

India abstains from UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka

Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): While abstaining to vote on the UNHRC draft resolution on human rights in Sri Lanka, India on Thursday said it has always been guided by two fundamental principles -- "support to the aspirations of the Tamils for equality" and "peace and sovereignty of Sri Lanka."

2022-10-06T17:13:58.940491+00:00 IST

French writer Annie Ernaux awarded 2022 Nobel Prize in literature

Stockholm [Sweden], October 6 (ANI): The Royal Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature to French writer Annie Ernaux for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.

2022-10-06T11:32:47.421645+00:00 IST

3 stabbed in central London: Police

London [UK], October 6 (ANI): Three people were stabbed in an incident on Bishopsgate, near Liverpool Street Station, in central London however the case is not being treated as terror-related, said London Police.

2022-10-06T11:06:51.776085+00:00 IST

"DO NOT use them": WHO issues alert on four Indian cough syrups

Geneva [Switzerland], October 5 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a medical product alert on four cough and cold syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited, and said that these "substandard" products are unsafe, especially in children, and may result in serious injury or death.

2022-10-05T17:40:18.168881+00:00 IST

'EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is a spineless coward'

New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): European lawmaker Abir Al Sahlani, who cut off her hair in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, said she wanted to show the women of Iran that they have been heard and that they have a voice in the European Parliament.

2022-10-05T17:01:55.003729+00:00 IST

Liz Truss's speech disrupted by environment activists

London [UK], October 5 (ANI): Accusing the new British PM Liz Truss of 'shredding' the Conservative party's 2019 manifesto promises, activists from the environmental group Greenpeace disrupted Truss' speech as Prime Minister on Wednesday, media reports said.

2022-10-05T13:41:09.034744+00:00 IST

Royal Swedish Academy announces Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Stockholm [Sweden], October 5 (ANI): The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless.

2022-10-05T10:37:20.063836+00:00 IST

Pakistan supplying arms, ammunition to Ukraine

Brussels [Belgium], October 5 (ANI): Pakistan is entangled in yet another controversy as Islamabad has been found supplying arms and ammunition to Kyiv in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

2022-10-05T06:14:14.739691+00:00 IST

Danish Queen apologizes for stripping grandchildren of titles

Copenhagen [Denmark], October 5 (ANI): Danish Queen Margrethe II on Tuesday (local time) apologized for stripping four of her eight grandchildren of their royal titles.

2022-10-05T04:01:27.890968+00:00 IST

Ukraine will not conduct negotiations with Putin: Zelenskyy

Kyiv [Ukraine], October 5 (ANI): Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's calls for peace, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday said that Kyiv will not conduct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

2022-10-05T02:31:42.433223+00:00 IST