Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 11 (ANI): With an aim to reduce pollution levels around Diwali, the Chhattisgarh Government has imposed a ban on the use of firecrackers with high decibels during the festival.
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): The Kundli garbage landfill, which is said to be burning for more than 35 years despite the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) has imposed a nationwide ban on the burning of bulk waste in open spaces.
Baghdad [Iraq], October 1 (ANI): Northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has called on the United Nations and the federal government in Baghdad to lift an air embargo imposed on the region following this week's controversial independence referendum.
Baghdad [Iraq], September 30 (ANI): In reaction to the unilateral vote on independence held on Monday, a flight ban on Iraq's Kurdistan, imposed by the government in Baghdad, has gone into effect at the autonomous region's airports.
Beijing [China], September 29 (ANI): Beijing, under United Nations sanctions imposed over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes, has ordered North Korean-owned businesses in China to close by January, cutting foreign revenue for them.
Beijing [China], Sept. 23 (ANI):China on Saturday announced that it will implement UN sanctions on North Korea, by cutting off oil exports to Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile developments.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)[India], September 21 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government will bring a stringent law to prevent deaths from the consumption of poisonous alcohol in the state, under which life imprisonment and fine upto Rs 10 lakh will be imposed on the guilty.
Karachi [Pakistan], Sept 20 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a five-year ban on tainted batsman Khalid Latif for his involvement into the spot-fixing scandal that marred the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) earlier this year.
Kerala [India], September 18 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Monday filed an appeal against the Kerala High Court against lifting lifetime ban imposed on tainted pacer S. Sreesanth.
New York (U.S.) September 12 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday unanimously adopted new sanctions on North Korea for conducting its sixth and largest nuclear test.
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], September 11 (ANI): North Korea has warned that United States will pay a "due price," if harsh sanctions against Kim Jong Un and the country are agreed at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday, where members will vote on a draft resolution for imposing