Indian Sub-continent

Kanpur: Firefighting systems have been tested in large factories in the Kanpur Dehat district. According to the news, about 20 factories do not have No-Objection Certificates.

Reacting to this lapse, the chief fire officer Surendra Singh said that the notices will be issued to 13 hotels and four private hospital operators.

At the same time, instructions have been given to factory operators to make arrangements for fire fighting, added the officer. 

ISLAMABAD, Sep 07 (APP): Another flight from the United Arab Emirates carrying relief goods for the flood-stricken people of Pakistan arrived here at Nur Khan Airbase on Wednesday.

So far, 19 flights from the UAE have landed in Pakistan carrying food, medical supplies and tents etc. 

This is in continuation of the humanitarian air bridge established between Pakistan and the UAE.

“Pakistan is thankful to the Government and people of UAE for showing support and solidarity in these times of grave crisis,” the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement.

COLOMBO, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said that his government aimed to further strengthen ties with Britain, particularly in the context of Global Britain and the UK's new Platinum Partnership scheme with the Commonwealth family of nations, after Elizabeth Truss was appointed as the new British prime minister.

A statement released by the President's Office said Wickremesinghe appreciated Sri Lanka's inclusion as a beneficiary country in the recently announced Developing Country Trading Scheme of the UK.

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tents donated by China for flood victims in Pakistan have been installed in the country's southwestern Balochistan province, a local official told Xinhua Tuesday night.

Some tents were installed a few days ago in Usta Mohammad area in Jaffarabad district of the province, said Faisal Naseem, director of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Balochistan.

He said the tents were mostly used by people displaced by floods, and also serving as medical camps and utilized by rescue workers for accommodation.

Bhadohi (UP), Sep 7 (PTI) A local BJP leader and 21 others were booked after a man died as the politician and his supporters allegedly thrashed him at his house, police said on Wednesday.

Police said seven people have been detained and additional force are deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident.

New Delhi, Sep 7 (PTI) Subdued demand from developed countries and blocs like the US and EU is impacting exports of key sectors including engineering, gems and jewellery and may have implications on India's exports in case the global situation does not improve in coming months.

Global inflation, Russia-Ukraine war, simmering China-Taiwan crisis and supply disruptions are hurting economic growth worldwide, leading to poor demand, experts say.

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) Senior officials of the Quad grouping comprising India, Japan, the US and Australia held deliberations here for two days, their first meeting since the standoff over Taiwan.

Vani Rao, Joint Secretary (Americas) in the Ministry of External Affairs, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu, Deputy Minister for Foreign Policy of Japan Keiichi Ichikawa, and Australia's Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Justin Hayhurst took part in the meeting.

Kanpur: A PhD student in IIT-Kanpur ends his precious life by suicide on campus, police said here on Wednesday.

The incident had reportedly taken place on Tuesday night. That was known only after a student informed the security personnel that Prashant Singh's room was closed from the inside.

Most importantly, he was not responding to knocks, he also made it clear.

The institute's administrators forcibly opened the door and found Prasant Singh hanging from the ceiling with the help of a bedsheet.

NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed seven agreements on various fields, including water resources, railways, space technology, judiciary, scientific and technological cooperation, and TV broadcasting.

The agreements were inked in New Delhi in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, who is here on a four-day state visit.

The two PMs also jointly inaugurated various projects, including a power plant, a railway bridge and several railway line projects.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency rushed in more desperately needed aid Monday to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation’s prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat.

Two UNHCR planes touched down in the southern port city of Karachi and two more were expected later in the day. A third plane, with aid from Turkmenistan also landed in Karachi. While the floods in recent weeks have touched much of Pakistan, the southern Sindh province, where Karachi is the capital, has been the most affected.