File photo The amount of Central Research Fund with the Drug Regulatory Authority has reached 5 billion 22 crores. According to DRAP officials, each pharmaceutical company contributes a percentage of its profits to the Central Research Fund, which was established for research in the pharmaceutical sector. Drape officials say they are waiting for the federal…
The caretaker governor of the Afghan Central Bank discussed banking and business relations in a meeting with the Chinese ambassador. Bank spokesman Haseebullah Noori told the news agency that the meeting took place between Ambassador Weng Yu in Kabul and Caretaker Governor Afghan Central Bank Mulla Hidayatullah Badri. Afghanistan’s banking system is badly affected by…
For the first time, a woman became president of the Turkish State Bank; Photo: File Ankara: Recently, Tayyip Erdogan, who was elected for the second consecutive term, appointed a woman as the president of the central bank for the first time. According to the international news organization, President Tayyip Erdogan has appointed the well-known economist…
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents that the decision to send the unit home had been made by the Secretariat in New York, following consultations with the peacekeeping mission in CAR, MINUSCA. ‘Credible evidence’ “The decision comes after a preliminary investigation which found credible evidence that 11 members of the unit had allegedly engaged in…
“Central Africa is richer in opportunities and resources than it is in challenges”, but, the coming months will mark “an important turning point” for the region, where crucial political and electoral processes must take place by the end of the year, said Abdou Abarry, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Central Africa. “We will ensure,…
Of this number, 2.4 million “have needs so severe and complex that their survival and dignity is at risk,” Mohamed Ag Ayoya, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the CAR, told journalists in Geneva. The conflict in neighbouring Sudan has further exacerbated needs, and a $465 million humanitarian plan for the country was amended to include support…
The G7, which consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, together with the European Union, is meeting in the city where the first atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, a place which Secretary-General António Guterres described, as a “testament to the human spirit”. “Whenever I visit, I am inspired by…
ANKARA: ISIS’s central leader Abu Hussein al-Quraishi has been killed in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed. According to the details, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said in a TV interview that the Turkish forces killed the ISIS leader during an operation. He said, “Our intelligence agencies were looking for the ISIS…
Since 2014, over 26,000 people have died or gone missing crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Most of these deaths or disappearances, over 20,000, occurred in the Central Mediterranean, considered among the deadliest migration routes in the world. “We are seeing a steep increase in the number of desperate people putting their lives at grave risk,” said…
IOM’s Missing Migrants Project documented 441 deaths during this period, though the true toll is likely to be higher. Investigations continue into several reports of so-called invisible shipwrecks – cases where boats are reported missing but there are no records of survivors or search and rescue (SAR) operations. The fates of more than 300…
