Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 1 (ANI): Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sunil Kumar Bansal on Friday took charge as Director-General of Police (DGP) of Odisha at State Police Headquarters in Cuttack.
Beijing [China], December 31 (ANI): With the aim to set a "good example for society," China has banned footballers from getting tattoos and ordered those with existing ones to remove or cover them.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): Duvvuru Varshitha and Vimal Kumar, founders of VivaLyf Innovations, an incubated startup at the University of Hyderabad, see an opportunity in the current healthcare industry's unprecedented rate of change.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): A university in Pakistan's Punjab province has imposed a dress code for its male and female students. This development comes months after the country's Federal Directorate of Education issued a directive in this regard.
Lahore [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Pakistan's National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has imposed a ban on whistleblowing against its own corruption amounting to billions of rupees, local media reported on Tuesday.
Kampala [Uganda], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ugandan police on Monday announced that there will be no fireworks allowed to usher in the New Year over the weekend.
Tehran [Iran], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran's Tourism Ministry announced on Sunday a 15-day halt in travel from the United Kingdom, France, Norway, Denmark and eight African countries amid fears over the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 25 (ANI): Telangana government on Saturday banned public rallies and social gatherings amid rising Omicron cases in the state.
Beijing [China], November 25 (ANI): China's textile industry has criticised the new US Act that bans the imports of goods made with forced labour in Xinjiang, saying the Act is "wrong" and should be rescinded.
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): China on Thursday firmly opposed the "Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act" that bans importing of goods into the US made with forced labour in Xinjiang.
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" that bans importing of goods into the US made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang province.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 23 (ANI): In view of the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Haldwani, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday took stock of arrangements at the programme venue MB Inter College grounds.