With majority of cold storages dysfunctional in the State for storage of perishable agrarian produce, the state Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to extend fiscal assistance, subsidy and interest subvention to entrepreneurs for establishment of such facilities in each of the 58 sub divisions in the State.
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka effusively praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and called him the real "Boss" of the world.
In a sign perhaps of the second Trump administration's priorities, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first foreign engagement will be a meeting of the Quad foreign ministers later on Tuesday followed by bilateral meetings with each of them, starting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called for Israel's immediate withdrawal from disputed territories during a meeting on Tuesday with Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles.
Rescuers on Tuesday retrieved the body of a victim killed in a shopping mall fire in the Indonesian city of Jakarta, bringing the total number of deaths to nine, according to the city's disaster mitigation agency.
Energy exports are a vital source of revenue for Russia but the move is also likely to impact Western consumers.
On May 31, an elderly woman was killed and two other persons were injured when gunfire erupted at a high school graduation ceremony in New Orleans.
The security forces launched an operation after receiving a tip-off regarding the presence of terrorists in a mountainous range of the province.
Ukraine's forces remain on the defensive in the eastern Donbas region, where fighting continues in Sievierodonestsk.
The incident occurred under similar conditions in the early hours on Sunday when Greek authorities received a distress call.
