Friday, September 24th, 2021
Commerce ministry upholding merit: UBG
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 24 (DNA) – The United Business Group (UBG) on Friday hailed the efforts of the Commerce Minister, Commerce Secretary and DGTO in bringing transparency in the trade associations. The Commerce Minister and his team are examining all the trade associations and chambers of commerce and cancelling the registration of those that exist on the paper only, it said. The DGTO, an honest and upright officer, he is licensing and regulating trade organizations strictly in accordance with the laid down criteria and block the emergence of fake trade organizations,Read More
Scholz still ahead in polls, but Laschet narrows gap in close German election race
BERLIN: The race between German chancellor candidates is narrowing days before the country’s national election, a new poll showed on Friday. According to public broadcaster ZDF, conservative candidate Armin Laschet’s Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) gained one point to reach 23%, while Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) maintained their lead with 25%, unchanged from last week. Annalena Baerbock’s environmentalist Greens were polled at 16.5%, with a rise of 0.5 points. A representative poll carried out by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen put support for the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) at 11%, while the far-rightRead More
Electric Vehicles and Solar Energy
Islamabad:-With Pakistan’s first-ever and still quite ambitious National Electric Vehicles Policy (NEVP) already approved by the authorities and finally set in place to facilitate the green transformation in the automotive industry, it is time to think about the feasibility of this new eco-friendly plan. At the same time, the industry leaders, government officials, and base consumers have some questions that must be answered before taking the leap of faith for a new EV-powered Pakistan. In this blog post by Zonergy, our experts will try to explore the core infrastructure-related issuesRead More
Dozens arrested for financing Burkina Faso militants
More than 70 people have been arrested in Burkina Faso in connection with money laundering and the funding of armed groups. The detainees are accused of being involved with fuel trafficking in areas where jihadist groups are active. Investigators said the traffickers work at night, moving hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel across the country. Nearly 1.5 million people have been displaced by intensifying Islamist violence in Burkina Faso.
New EU generalised Scheme of Preferences to promote sustainable development in low-income countries
Brussels/Islamabad, 24 Sept /DNA/ – On 22 September, the Commission has adopted the legislative proposal for the new EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) for the period 2024-2034. The Commission is proposing to improve some of the key features of the scheme to better respond to the evolving needs and challenges of GSP countries as well as reinforce the scheme’s social, labour environmental and climate dimension.The GSP Regulation is a unilateral trade tool that removes or reduces import duties from products coming into the EU from vulnerable low-income countries, supportingRead More
Steel Industry adopts advanced Intelligent Energy Monitoring and Management System
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 24 (DNA) – A formal inaugural ceremony of commissioning of “EnergEyer” —an intelligent Energy Monitoring and Management System (EMMS) at Fazal Steel (Pvt) Ltd was held. It was a collaborative project of National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) and Fazal Steel under active technical support by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad the Principal Investigator (PI) of the project from SCME- NUST while explaining about the project said that EnergEyer was specially developed by NUST team for process industries by incorporating the concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI), wirelessRead More