Tripura's 'Queen Pineapple' has seen a 1500% price surge since 2018, with prices rising from Rs 2 to Rs 32 per piece. In 2024, overseas exports are projected to reach 50,000 kg, including 600 kg to Oman. The state has significantly expanded its agricultural export capacity, diversifying products and gaining international market interest.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met his British counterpart Rishi Sunak and is believed to have discussed bilateral relations and issues of common interests. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the G7 summit here in the southern Italian resort city. Sunak and Modi last met in person at the G20 Summit in New Delhi last September, when they had agreed to accelerate the FTA talks with the hope of signing off before India's general election.

US soft-drinks maker Coca-Cola has applied to register several trademarks in Russia, Vedomosti has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

In lockdown, they flew off the shelves as sneaky staff found the perfect gadget to convince bosses they were busy working from home.

Baidoa (HOL) - Suspected al-Shabab militants fired at least ten mortar shells at an Ethiopian military base in the Hudur district of the Bakool region on Thursday night.

Citizen Alliance (CA) – a non-profit, non-governmental organization with citizen engagement as its priority hence promoting proactive participation in Malawi – has stressed the need for the engagement of young people in fighting politically-driven violence. Speaking during a dialogue meeting between civil society organizations and citizens at Mponela Trading Centre in Dowa on Tuesday, CA Executive Director Baxton […] The post CSOs call for youth engagement in preventing politically-driven violence appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Football Association of Malawi (Fam) President Fleetwood Haiya has said the country’s football governing body wants its headquarters to move to Lilongwe. The project has already been granted a seal of approval by Fifa President Gianni Infantino, who committed that the world football governing body would fund its construction. The development means Fam will move […] The post FAM moving its headquarters to Lilongwe, FIFA nods, says it will fund the project appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Malawi’s total economy foreign exchange reserves improved in April this year from $545.7 million (2.2 months of imports) in March to $595.2 million (2.4 months of imports), a latest Monthly Economic Review by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has shown. The reserves were also even better as compared to the $594.4 million (2.4 months […] The post Good news: Foreign exchange improves tremendously in April appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The passage from Luke 23:29, where Jesus instructs the mourning women to weep for themselves and their children rather than for Him, captures a poignant moment of collective grief and impending doom. This sentiment resonates deeply with the current situation of the United Transformation Movement (UTM) supporters mourning the sudden death of their leader, Vice […] The post Opinion: Without SKC, UTM is nothing, supporters are mourning for their political future appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) on Thursday released results of a preliminary assessment done after its plane crashed in Chikangawa Forest, explaining why it took more than four hours for responders to commence the search and rescue operation after noting “early enough” that the plane had gone “missing”. Amidst growing questions from the public of […] The post Is the MDF convincing why it took them more than 4 hours to respond to the missing plane? appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The chilling footage shows the swollen belly of the huge beast which contains the body of mom Sabrina Peckham, who was killed by the animal yards from her homeless encampment in Clearwater.

PHOENIX, Arizona (HOL) — The Phoenix Police Department engaged in a pattern of misconduct that violated the civil rights of the city's residents, including unjustified deadly force, according to a scathing report released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Mogadishu (HOL) —The Somali government has ordered the removal of bodies from the Bulusiya School cemetery in Mogadishu to repurpose the land as a training center for the Somali Navy. This directive has forced many families to exhume and reinter their loved ones, causing significant emotional distress and public protest.

Nairobi (HOL) — The murder trial of former Pangani police officer Ahmed Rashid, accused of killing two teenagers, Jamal Mohamed and Mohammed Dahir, resumed this week at the Kibera Law Courts. The case has drawn significant public attention due to Rashid's controversial reputation and the emotional testimonies from the victims' families.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we talk to a scientist whose work is being used to help victims of climate catastrophes sue for compensation, find out where to expect future floods in New Brunswick and look at a plan to turn a Nova Scotia gold for mine into a clean energy hub.

The former Air Canada manager wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for his alleged role in the largest gold heist in Canadian history is preparing to turn himself in, according to his lawyer.

After getting an earful from CARP members, the advocacy group for older people says it will no longer accept sponsorship from tobacco companies and is giving the money it received from Rothmans, Benson & Hedges to an unnamed charity that cares for people with smoking-related illnesses.

This development follows the NTA's decision to withdraw its earlier plan to award grace marks to 1,563 students who were not given the full allotted time to complete the test due to mismanagement. Instead, the NTA informed the court that a re-test would be conducted for these affected candidates. The court has given the Centre and NTA two weeks to submit their responses to the notices.

Jharkhand is facing severe heatwave conditions, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius and a 54 per cent rainfall deficiency due to delayed monsoon onset. The highest maximum temperature recorded was 46.5 degrees Celsius in Daltonganj. The monsoon is expected to arrive around June 19, but rainfall may remain deficient in June, potentially increasing in July.

Delhi High Court asks Delhi Police for response on Bibhav Kumar's bail plea related to alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal by an aide of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Nikolay Azarov described the agreement as another information pretext for the Ukrainian mass media aimed at «convincing Ukrainians to continue dying for the interests of Zelensky and the US»

The government’s approval rating stands at 53.2%

According to Maria Zakharova, the West has been aiming at this «for a long time, not only in the 21st century»

The MOEX shares had slowed down the decline and traded at 236.99 rubles per share

At the same time, the yuan decreased by 0.55 kopecks to 12.21 rubles

There have been six multiannual financial frameworks (MFFs) to date, including 2021-2027. The Treaty of Lisbon transformed the MFF from an interinstitutional agreement into a regulation. Established for a period of at least five years, an MFF is there to ensure that the EU’s expenditure develops in an orderly manner and within the limits of its own resources. It sets out provisions with which the annual budget of the EU must comply. The MFF Regulation sets expenditure ceilings for broad categories of spending called headings. After its initial proposals of 2 May 2018 and in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, on 27 May 2020 the Commission proposed a recovery plan (NextGenerationEU) that included revised proposals for the MFF 2021-2027 and own resources, and the setting up of a recovery instrument worth EUR 750 billion (in 2018 prices). The package was adopted on 16 December 2020 following interinstitutional negotiations. In the light of new developments, the MFF was revised in December 2022 and then again more substantially in February 2024. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Medicines and medical devices are subject to the rules of the single market and have a direct impact on people’s health. A robust legal framework is in place to protect public health and guarantee the safety of these products. Access to affordable medicines, the fight against antimicrobial resistance, the ethical conduct of clinical trials, the use of artificial intelligence in medical devices and incentives for research and development are just some of the key issues the EU deals with in this field. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Taxation is a prerogative of the Member States, the EU having only limited competences. As EU tax policy is geared towards the smooth running of the single market, the harmonisation of indirect taxation was addressed before that of direct taxation. Efforts to combat the problem of tax evasion and tax avoidance then followed. EU tax legislation must be adopted unanimously by the Member States. The European Parliament has the right to be consulted on tax matters; for budgetary-related issues it is even co-legislator. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

This report investigates how the EU should deal with shockflation - inflation unleashed by shocks to systemically significant prices such as energy and food. We argue that the ECB’s monetary policy is not an adequate instrument to deal with this kind of inflation. Therefore, the EU currently lacks adequate governance structures. The EU should develop a new inflation governance framework that targets shocks to systemically significant prices directly, before they are propagated through the economy. This document was provided/prepared by the Economic Governance and EMU Scrutiny Unit at the request of the ECON Committee. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

People from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds face discrimination and its consequences on a daily basis. However, the exact scale of the problem is hard to gauge, owing to a lack of data and general under reporting of racist incidents. Although the European Union (EU) has been introducing legislation to combat racial and xenophobic discrimination since 2000, the problem persists. The global Black Lives Matter protests highlighted the need for new measures, while the COVID 19 pandemic saw a major increase in reports of racist and xenophobic incidents, and the crisis it triggered had a disproportionately large negative effect on racial and ethnic minority groups, in the form of higher death and infection rates. Studies point to the cost of racial discrimination not only for the individuals concerned, but also for society as a whole. For instance, a 2018 EPRS report argued that the loss in earnings caused by racial and ethnic discrimination for both individuals and societies amounts to billions of euros annually. EU citizens also acknowledge this problem: a 2019 survey found that over half of Europeans believe racial or ethnic discrimination to be widespread in their country. To address racial discrimination and the inequalities it engenders, the European Commission has put forward a number of equality strategies and actions. The European Parliament, meanwhile, has long demanded an end to racial discrimination. In recent resolutions, Parliament has called for an end to structural racism, discrimination, racial profiling and police brutality; for protection of the right to protest peacefully; for an enhanced role for culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism; and for authorities to take an intersectional approach. On 20 and 21 March 2024, Members of the European Parliament from the Anti Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI) co hosted the third EU Anti Racism and Diversity Week. This updates a briefing from March 2023. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP