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Oman launches plans for first smart city

01 June 2023; MEMO: The Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tarik yesterday presided over the launch ceremony for a new city bearing his name, which is set to be the sultanate's first smart city.

During the event held at Al-Baraka Palace, themed "Treasure the Future", the sultan was briefed about the project of the planned Sultan Haitham City. A presentation also showcased a model of the city, which will be developed in the wilayat of Seeb, several kilometres northwest of Muscat.

UN to start operation to offload decaying oil tanker off Yemen

30 May 2023; MEMO: The United Nations will start the "preparatory phase" this week to offload 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen to prevent a catastrophic spill, according to an official, Anadolu Agency reports.

A UN vessel, "Ndeavor", arrived at the port of Hudaydah on Yemen's west coast Tuesday, UN coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, told reporters in New York via video-conference.

Iran committed to producing 10 GW of nuclear electricity

Tehran, IRNA – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says that the Islamic Republic is committed to expanding its nuclear electricity sector to reach a generation capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW).

Mohammad Eslami said on Monday that Iran will make efforts to attract foreign investment into its nuclear electricity sector, adding that a budget law for the calendar year to March 2024 projects construction of nuclear power plants with reliance on domestic and foreign investments.

Turkiye officially launches Europe's largest solar power plant

02 May 2023; MEMO: Turkiye officially opened Europe's biggest solar power plant in Konya, built on a single site and one of the five largest in the world, local Turkish media reports.

According to the report, the solar power plant, bulit in Konya, Karapinar, is the size of 2,800 football fields and supplies the electricity needs of 2 million people.

It will increase Turkiye's share of installed solar energy by 20 per cent on its own, the report added.

Bangladeshis concerned about India’s plan to divert joint waters of transboundary Teesta River

30 Apr 2023; AA: A fashion industry worker, Muhammad Ershadul Haque, 36, migrated to the Hemayetpur neighborhood in Savar on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka -- more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) from his village in northern Gangachara.

He left Babupara in the northern Rangpur district after he lost his last farming land to a Teesta River erosion.

Iran to spend €800 mln on 6 new steam power plants

Tehran, IRNA – Iran will start construction of six steam units in two power plants with an investment of 800 million euros, according to the CEO of Saba Group, an energy holding operated by government-affiliated Mostazafan Foundation.

Mohsen Amiri said on Sunday that the Iranian government had approved the allocation of funds for the six new steam power plants, adding that Iran's National Development Fund will provide for the foreign exchange investment needed in the projects.

India: Congress slams govt after NGT forms panel to revisit environmental nod to Nicobar project

New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Congress on Friday attacked the Centre over the National Green Tribunal constituting a committee to re-examine the environmental nod to the Great Nicobar Island project, alleging that the Modi government has embarked on "ecocide" and what is being pushed through is an "ecological nightmare".

Turkiye on track to complete first nuclear power plant this year

03 Apr 2023; MEMO: Five years after breaking ground on the first unit of Turkiye's first nuclear power plant (NPP), Akkuyu, the country is now counting down the days to its operation, Anadolu News Agency reports.

With the delivery of the first fresh nuclear fuel to the plant site on 27 April, the Akkuyu plant will become a nuclear power facility.

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