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Suez Canal revenues up to USD 4.09 bln in Jan-Aug
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], September 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Tuesday said the revenues of the canal in the first eight months of 2021 rose by 11.6 per cent year on year to USD 4.09 billion.
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Adani calls for global unity in managing climate crisis
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani on Tuesday called for implications of Covid-19 in India, the relevance of country's democratic system for doing business and the need for global unity in managing climate crisis.
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India calls upon developed countries to fulfill Paris agreement commitment
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (CoP 26), India called upon the developed countries to fulfil their promise of the USD 100 billion per year goal made in 2009 Paris agreement to provide a boost to transfer green techn
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Poorer nations expected to face $75 billion shortfall in climate finance:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], Sep 20 (ANI): Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to 75 billion dollars short of fulfilling their long-standing pledge to mobilise 100 billion dollars each year from 2020 to 2025 to help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the dangerous effects of climate change and r
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British, French Defence Ministers' meeting cancelled amid AUKUS crisis: Re
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): A meeting between UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his French counterpart Florence Parly was cancelled because of the diplomatic row over the AUKUS deal between Australia, the US and the UK that stole away the $66 billion contract Paris had signed
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Nepal govt plans to table Appropriation Bill amid protest from opposition
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 20 (ANI): The Government of Nepal has planned to table an appropriation bill for endorsement in the lower house on Monday morning amid protest from the opposition.
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Billy Porter brings his signature dramatic flair to Emmys 2021
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], September 20 (ANI): American actor-singer Billy Porter, who is known for his unique dressing style, grabbed eyeballs at the Emmys 2021 with his black jumpsuit featuring mega-ruffled sleeves.
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'Suffered most' from Afghan war, says Pakistan citing USD 150 bln financia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): Pakistan has said that it has suffered most from the Afghanistan war stressing that it faced nearly "80,000 casualties" and over "USD 150 billion" in financial losses, local media reported.
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AUKUS agreement discussed during G7 Summit in Cornwall, behind Macron's ba
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Details of the AUKUS deal between Australia, the US and the UK that stole away the USD 66 billion contract Paris had signed with Canberra were agreed upon during the G7 summit in Cornwall this past June, The Telegraph reports.
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NCPCR to examine Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): India's apex child right's body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday said it would examine the amendments passed by the Rajasthan Assembly in an act on mandatory registration of marriages, including child marriages and
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BJP leaders in Rajasthan oppose new marriage registration bill, while Cong
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for claiming that the Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 would legitimize child marriages and said that the stat
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Rajasthan Assembly amends Marriage Registration law, opposition claims it
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 18 (ANI): Amid uproar, the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday passed the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote to amend a 2009 Act on compulsory registration of marriages within 30 days of the marriage. The new leg
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