Europe

Jaishankar, Spanish counterpart discuss defence, economic ties

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held talks with his Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares here on Wednesday and discussed growing engagements in political and defence domains.

2022-06-15T17:21:09.661294+00:00 IST

WTO Ministerial Conference extended by one more day

Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced the extension of its ongoing four-day ministerial by a day, till June 16.

2022-06-15T10:55:13.654149+00:00 IST

In Madrid, Allies will take decisions to keep NATO strong

The Hague [Netherlands], June 15 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday said that Allies will take decisions to "keep NATO strong in a more competitive world" in the upcoming summit in Madrid.

2022-06-14T23:09:51.682035+00:00 IST

Piyush Goyal raises issue of public stockholding at WTO

Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): Highlighting the issue of public stockholding for food security at World Trade Organization (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asked, "What is holding back WTO, still no solution to public stockholding for food security."

2022-06-14T22:52:48.572279+00:00 IST

UK, Switzerland scuttled TRIPS consensus at WTO

Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): Cracks between developed and developing nations emerged as rich, developed countries have once again created obstacles in getting consensus-based approval on the TRIPS waiver.

2022-06-14T20:57:11.063046+00:00 IST

DG WTO proposes to extend ministerial meet in Geneva by 1 day

Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has proposed to extend the ministerial meeting in Geneva by another day.

2022-06-14T20:13:01.983455+00:00 IST

Britain's job vacancy crisis could last 3-5 yrs: expert

London [UK], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): As Britain's economy grapples with the impact of a record number of job vacancies, a labour market expert has warned that the problem may continue for another three to five years.

2022-06-14T18:34:51.328692+00:00 IST

India is disciplined at harnessing fisheries resources: Goyal

Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday that the outcomes of the fisheries subsidies negotiations at WTO should provide a level-playing field to the developing nations to ensure that their small-scale and artisanal fishing fleets are sustained, and the livelihoods of their resource-poor fisher people are not threatened while food security issues are adequately addressed.

2022-06-14T17:31:56.462769+00:00 IST

India expresses concerm over humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): During the ongoing 50th session of the Human Rights Council, India expressed concerns over the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar and emphasized its interest in seeing a return to democracy in Myanmar at the earliest.

2022-06-14T17:30:14.646887+00:00 IST

WHO to convene emergency meet next week over Monkeypox

Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Terming the monkeypox outbreak "unsual and concerning", World Health Organization has decided to convene an emergency meeting next week, to assess whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.

2022-06-14T17:00:34.192276+00:00 IST

Finland, Sweden might attend Madrid NATO summit

Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): Finland and Sweden may join the upcoming NATO summit in Madrid as non-member invitees despite Turkey's stance to deny them entry into the alliance, US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith said on Tuesday.

2022-06-14T16:54:35.837375+00:00 IST

Union Minister Piyush Goyal meets MC12 chair

Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): On the sidelines of the twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met with the MC12 Chair Timur Suleimenov in Geneva, Switzerland.

2022-06-14T16:41:33.444791+00:00 IST

The Kashmir Files to be screened in Netherlands on June 17

The Hague [Netherlands], June 14 (ANI): European Kashmiri Pandit Community has announced the screening of the film 'The Kashmir Files' in Netherlands's The Hague this Friday, asserting that the movie is a "realistic portrayal of ignored history".

2022-06-14T09:46:49.538029+00:00 IST

Piyush Goyal hails PM Modi's decision to recruit 10 lakh youth

Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to provide recruitment to 10 lakh youth in different government departments and said that it shows that youth will have a major contribution to developing modern India.

2022-06-14T09:34:18.396427+00:00 IST

Start negotiations on therapeutics and diagnostics: Piyush Goyal

Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 (ANI): Highlighting the importance of the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday slammed the countries standing in the way of the key Indian proposal, besides urging the need to start negotiations on therapeutics and diagnostics to mitigate the impact of ongoing pandemic.

2022-06-13T16:55:21.808345+00:00 IST

Macron coalition outstrips rival leftists in French election

Paris [France], June 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ensemble coalition of French President Emmanuel Macron has outpaced the rival New Popular Environmentalist and Social Union (Nupes) of Jean-Luc Melenchon by a slim margin.

2022-06-12T19:16:19.453130+00:00 IST

22 reportedly injured in rocket attack in west Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Twenty-two people were injured in a rocket attack on the Ukrainian city of Chortkiv in the country's western Ternopil region on Saturday, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

2022-06-12T16:56:01.280859+00:00 IST

'We will not buckle under pressure': Piyush Goyal

Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): After attending the Ministerial Meeting of G33, a coalition of developing countries of which India is a key member, in Geneva, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that India will not buckle under pressure and it is ready to face any challenge.

2022-06-12T14:01:56.784274+00:00 IST

Minister Piyush Goyal holds talks with WTO DG

Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): On the sidelines of the 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in the Swiss town of Geneva on Sunday, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held discussions with the Director-General WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala pertaining to prospects of a permanent solution to public stockholding for food security.

2022-06-12T12:00:18.831172+00:00 IST

India-EU Security and Defence Consultations held in Brussels

Brussels [Belgium], June 12 (ANI): The first-ever India-EU Security and Defence Consultations took place on June 10 in Brussels where both sides agreed to "increase India-EU defence and security cooperation", said the Embassy in Brussels in its press release.

2022-06-12T11:34:07.863655+00:00 IST

Russian health watchdog detects Omicron subvariant BA.4

Moscow [Russia], June 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A more contagious subvariant of the COVID-19 Omicron strain has slipped into Russia, a senior official at the national consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.

2022-06-12T06:31:39.993761+00:00 IST