Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 19 (ANI): Chinese companies, already suffering from a poor image in corporate ethics, are continually violating the laws through corruption and criminality in Bangladesh, causing loss to the national treasurer.
Recently, in May, a case of tax evasion against Chinese company, Sino-Kemmed Trading Co. unearthed by the Bangladesh authorities.
Sino-Kemmed Trading company, a subsidiary of Global Pet Prod

Chinese companies involve in tax evasion in Bangladesh

The FDA has opened the public comment period for the agency's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. Epidemiology and global health professor <a href="https://sph.umich.edu/faculty-p

Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding south actor Mahesh Babu over his controversial statement, netizens have now found yet another reason to troll him for promoting a tobacco brand with Tiger Shroff.
Mahesh Babu recently found himself embroiled in controversy over his statement "Bollywood can't afford me."Recently, while promoting his upcoming movie 'Major', Mahesh Babu was asked when will he 

Netizens troll Mahesh Babu for endorsing pan masala brand after his claim 'Bollywood can't afford me'

New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Taking care of one's heart is crucial, especially if one is suffering from heart failure. Heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump blood efficiently, as seen by shortness of breath, fast heartbeat, and exhaustion. Heart Failure Awareness Month in 2022 is a fantastic time to promote awareness about the issue while also providing simple advice to help heart failure patients liv

Heart Failure Awareness Month 2022: Take Control of Your Heart Failure with These Helpful Tips

New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): High blood pressure or hypertension is a very common health condition in India and according to health experts this condition affects one in every four men and one in every five women approximately, totaling over a billion people.
The health experts say hypertension is manageable if one exercise regularly, controls their diet and avoid a sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle.
Some of the main 

World Hypertension Day: Bring change in your lifestyle  to control high blood pressure

by Xin Ping BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The September 1906 edition of Cosmopolitan magazine recounted a story about a Native American chieftain given a tour of New York. When asked what he found most surprising about this modern city, he replied slowly in three words, "little children working." The chief would likely be more astounded if he visited the United States today. Despite claiming to uphold human

Guest Opinion: An exceptional U.S. remains exceptional on child labor

In Bulgaria, expenditures in the first quarter of this year increased by an average of 13.3% and incomes increased by an average of 9.6%. The data are from the National Statistical Institute.Wage income increased by 12.9%, pension income increased by 7.9%. On the other hand, the income from self-employment decreased by 2.6% and from social benefits by 30.9%.The national statistics also report that in the 

How much have Incomes and Expenses Increased in Bulgaria in a Year

TALUQAN, Afghanistan -- Forty-two people have fallen ill from mass food poisoning in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar, local police said on Monday. The incident occurred during a wedding ceremony in Takhan Abad village of Chah Hab district on Sunday night, Abdul Mubin Safi from the provincial police department told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Food Poisoning) - - - - NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, May 16

COLOMBO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), is planning to set up 362 smoke-free zones in the country, the NATA said on Monday. The move is aimed at protecting the public from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke, a researcher attached to the project told the media in Colombo. NATA Chairman Samadhi Raja

Sri Lanka to establish smoke-free zones in partnership with WHO



                                                    
                                                    
ABU DHABI,  10th April, 2022 (WAM) -- An official delegation from the Kingdom of Bahrain was briefed on the UAE's Marking Tobacco and Tobacco Products Scheme. The system, which the Federal Tax Authority enforces, enables the tracking of tobacco products electronically through Digital Tax Stamps in order to combat

Bahraini delegation introduced to the UAE's Marking Tobacco and Tobacco Products Scheme

MADRID, Spain: In a coordinated move last week, Spain and Portugal approved a temporary cap on natural gas prices.The move was described by Portugal's environment minister as an "unprecedented" bid to slow soaring energy prices and inflation.As a result of energy prices surging across Europe following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, earlier this year Spain and Portugal joined forces to ask the European Un

Spain, Portugal approve plans to cap energy prices

In joint action, Spain, Portugal act to stabilize gas prices

Working together, Spain, Portugal set plan to control gas prices

New York - Stocks closed sharply lower Wednesday on Wall Street as dismal results from Target renewed fears that inflation is battering U.S. companies.The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, fell 4%.Target lost a quarter of its value, dragging other retailers down with it, after saying its profit fell by half in the latest quarter as costs for freight and transportation spiked. That comes a day a

US Stocks Fall Sharply on Renewed Inflation Fears

Antonio Guterres warns that business as usual will ?incinerate our only home?UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a moratorium on the use of oil, gas, and coal in favor of renewable energy, arguing that humanity must "end fossil fuel pollution and accelerate the renewable energy transition, before we incinerate our only home" in pre-recorded remarks released on Wednesday to coinc

UN chief calls for climate Marshall Plan

&copy; Provided by Xinhua "As we look out into the rest of this year and beyond, we expect that the apparent superpower of consumers to defy gravity will eventually wear off, particularly when it comes to spending on goods," said economists.<

Americans shell out cash on retail, despite record inflation

Bloc's top diplomat has promised Kiev a never-ending supply"The European Union will not let Ukraine run out of [military] equipment," its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters on Tuesday in Brussels following a meeting of the bloc's defense ministers.The diplomat theorized that Russia may have suffered "impressive losses" since attacking Ukraine, suggesting casualties of as ma

EU wont let Ukraine run out of weapons Borrell

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Emirates Air, one of the world's largest airlines, said it lost $1.1 billion over the past fiscal year, which was still an 80 percent improvement from one year earlier. The airline had posted a $5.5. billion loss in the previous fiscal year. The Mideast's top carrier said revenue was up 91 percent, reaching $16.1 billion, and expects to climb out of the red and become profitab

Emirates lost $1 billion last year, expects to see profits in 2022-23

After Covid losses, Emirates Air projects profits

Emirates lost $1 billion, says that's an 80 percent improvement

DUBLIN, Ireland - Ryanair has reported a full-year loss of 355 million euros, more than three times that of last year's 1.015 million euros loss.In the year to 31 March 2022, the Irish carrier's number of passengers increased from 27.5 million to 97.1 million, however ticket prices fell.Revenue for the year grew to 4

Ryanair records 355 million euro loss for year to 31 March 2022

97 million passengers flew Ryanair in year to 31 March 2022

Irish carrier losses more than triple to 355 million euros

ROME, Italy: Italy has announced plans to sell state-owned ITA Airways, the successor to Alitalia, by the end of June, after setting a deadline for bidding offers of 23rd May.Addressing parliament, Economy Minister Daniele Franco said three prospective bidders for ITA Airways have been given access to the airline's financial data.The bidders are shipping group MSC, working with Germany's Lufthansa Airli

Italy's state-owned ITA Airways to be sold by end of June

Italy to sell ITA Airways by end of June

Three bidders weigh purchasing Italy's state-owned ITA Airways



                                                    
                                                    
DUBAI, 18th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Passenger experience is paramount and airports need to invest and accelerate investment in innovative technology and at the same time focus on the seamless journey as well as sustainability, said exhibitors and experts participating in the 21st Airport Show in Dubai.

"Airpor

Airports need to invest more in innovative technology, say experts at Dubai's 2022 Airport Show

Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): Black box data recovered from a China Eastern Airlines flight that crashed a month ago, revealed that it was deliberately crashed by someone in the cockpit, US media reports said.
The reports citing a preliminary assessment by US officials stated that Investigators probing the matter have not found any mechanical or technical glitch that could lead to the accident and thus are probing into t

US investigators indicate intentional crash of China Eastern Airlines flight: Report

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) appointed Pieter Elbers as Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approvals, on Wednesday.
A statement released by IndiGo read that he will join IndiGo on or before October 1, 2022. He succeeds Ronojoy Dutta (71) who decided to retire on September 30, 2022, after guiding IndiGo through the turbulent COVID period.
Commen

IndiGo appoints Pieter Elbers Chief Executive Officer, Rono Dutta to retire

The question of whether it is ever acceptable to smack a child - hitting them with the flat inside of the hand with the aim of achieving compliance - is still highly controversial. In England, this controversy was recently reignited by the education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, who <a

Smacking children: what the research says

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): To boost green cover on roads in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai convened a high-level joint review meeting with officers from all concerned departments to augment the city's roadside green cover.
The meeting included representatives from the Forest Department, Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (D

Delhi govt plans to increase roadside green cover, seeks report from agencies in next 15 days

Washington - Flight data from a black box recovered from the China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed in March indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with U.S. officials' preliminary assessment.A Western official told Reuters that the focus is on the actions of the crew after the preliminary investigation did not find a

Data From China Plane Crash Points to Intentional Nosedive

New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Yamuna river has started drying up in Delhi, Delhi Jal Board said on Tuesday adding that the water of Delhi's share is not being released by Haryana, following which the Yamuna river has started appearing in dry condition and so water supply in Delhi will also be affected.
In a conversation with ANI, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Vice-Chairman of Delhi Jal Board said that Haryana is stopping water wh

Delhi Jal Board VC Saurabh Bharadwaj holds Haryana govt responsible for water crisis in Delhi

Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's newly installed prime minister, has warned the small South Asian nation that the next few months "will be the most difficult of our lives."During a nationally televised address Monday, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka needed $75 million within the next few days to buy essential supplies of fuel and medicine, but admitted the treasury was struggling to even find $1 mi

New Sri Lanka Prime Minister Warns of Difficult Days Ahead

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 17 (ANI/PR Newswire): The first-of-its-kind Parcos Select is now launched at Prestige The Man Store, which started off in 1956 as Prestige House for Men, as a 600 sq ft store on Commercial Street. Today the store is a sprawling 20,000 sq ftconsists of clothing, bespoke tailoring and accessories extending over seven, precisely curated levels. Prestige Fashions Pvt Ltd. is the umbrella org

Parcos announces its first Parcos Select Store in association with Prestige The Man Store, Bengaluru

washington - U.S. authorities said Monday they stopped migrants more than 234,000 times in April, one of the highest marks in decades as the Biden administration prepares to lift pandemic-era restrictions on claiming asylum.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials made 234,088 stops on the Mexican border last month, a 5.8% increase from 221,303 in March, according to a Justice Department filing in a lawsuit 

Migrant Border Entries Rise in April, Boosted By Ukrainians

New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI/GPRC): 52 km from Gadchiroli in the Dhanora taluka, the quality of life of tribal children and their families has dramatically increased due to a steady and abundant water supply. This has been made possible by the work done under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Villagers and their families in Tukhi Gram in Dhanora Taluka are now being supplied with abundant water supply through solar pumps.
The 253

Health of tribal children improves in Gadchiroli after abundant water supply provided via solar pumps under Jal Jeevan Mission

New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday said that water supply shall be affected in parts of the national capital from Tuesday morning due to depletion of pond level of the Yamuna river at Wazirabad and reduction in release of raw water from Haryana.
Among the areas to be affected were Civil Lines, Hindu Rao Hospital and adjoining areas, Kamla Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Karol Bagh, Pahar Ganj and ND

Water supply to be affected in parts of Delhi from tomorrow: DJB

Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 16 (ANI): The Chinese army is carrying out capability enhancement in terms of infrastructure, and operational capability close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in a large measure, said General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command Lt Gen RP Kalita on Monday.
Briefing mediapersons here, Lt Gen Kalita said, "We talk about border villages created close to LAC which has got dual-use p

Chinese carrying out capability enhancement near LAC, says Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen RP Kalita

New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) inquiry found that inappropriate handling of passengers by the IndiGo staff thereby resulting in certain non-conformances with the applicable regulations.
On May 7, staff of Indigo airlines had barred a specially-abled child accompanied by parents from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in "a state of panic", following which t

DGCA issues show cause notice to IndiGo Airlines over Ranchi airport incident

SANA'A, Yemen - The first commercial flight in six years took off from Yemen's rebel-held capital on Monday, officials said, part of a fragile truce in the county's grinding civil war.The Yemen Airways flight, with 151 passengers on board, was bound for Jordan's capital of Amman, according to media outlets run by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.Earlier, the plane had arrived in Sanaa from the southern port 

First Commercial Flight in Years Takes off From Yemen&#039;s Sanaa

Kathmandu [Nepal], May 16 (ANI): Nepal on Monday inaugurated the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA), the second international airport of the Himalayan nation, a few kilometers away from Lumbini - the birthplace of Lord Buddha.
The GBIA is the second international airport after the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu. It was built after a gap of 74 years.
On Monday morning, a Jazeera Airways aircraft that 

Nepal gets second international airport

Texas [US], May 16 (ANI): Two people died and several others were injured in a shootout near a north Harris County flea market Sunday afternoon, police said.
"@HCSOTexas units responded to a shooting at a flea market located at 8729 Airline Drive. Initial info: multiple people have been shot, two of them confirmed deceased on scene. Homicide/CSU investigators are enroute. Command StaffPIO also en route," said Harris Count

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