1.Britain, France and Germany announced Thursday they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast country's atomic program and development of ballistic missiles. The measures were to expire in October under a timetable spelled out in the now defunct nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.-hindustantimes.com
2.Germany has blocked a complete Chinese takeover of a satellite startup on national security grounds, sources close to the matter told AFP Thursday, as Berlin takes an increasingly hard line against Beijing.Concerned at the heavy reliance of Europe's top economy on China, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government has been pushing to "de-risk" and dial back dependencies.-thehindu.com
3.Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people.The enormous surge of water burst two upstream dams late Sunday and reduced Derna to an apocalyptic wasteland where entire city blocks and untold numbers of people were washed into the Mediterranean.-thehindu.com
4.India aims to engage with partner nations and multi-national maritime constructs to develop “comprehensive maritime domain awareness and share information on vessels of interest with all stakeholders,” Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru said on September 14. He said that since the establishment of the Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR), located in Gurugram, the centre had emerged as a prominent hub of maritime security information in the region in a short span of time.-thehindu.com
5.Aditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the Sun, during the early hours on Friday, underwent the fourth earth-bound manoeuvre successfully, ISRO said.The fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#4) is performed successfully.-hindustantimes.com
6.With six confirmed cases of Nipah virus, Kerala has stepped up control measures to contain the deadly outbreak. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday delivered the antibody requested by the state to combat the virus, while a mobile laboratory was also sent to ground zero to enable the state to test samples.-hindustantimes.com
7.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a ‘yellow alert’ for the Mumbai metropolitan region and certain other areas in Maharashtra, with a forecast of heavy rainfall at isolated places until September 18, just before the Ganesh festival.-hindustantimes.com
8.Ramesh Bais, Governor of Maharashtra has consented to inaugurate the 4th edition of World Trade Expo, which is India’s biggest business platform for aiding global trade linkages, especially for MSMEs. The Expo is scheduled from 3-4 Oct 2023 at the World Trade Center, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.-free press journa
9.Pullman presents an exciting gourmet event that promises to take diners on a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of Cantonese cuisine, from September 22nd to October 1st, 2023. Honk, the award-winning Pan Asian restaurant at Pullman Aerocity, will host a celebration of Cantonese culinary traditions curated by Chef Leong Weng Heng.-hotelierindia.com
10.The Ministry of Ayush has clarified that the Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU) manufacturing facilities can be utilised for manufacturing of food products licensed under the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), subject to certain conditions.The clarification comes in the backdrop of requests received by the Ministry from companies seeking approval to manufacture products under both Ayush and FSSAI in the same manufacturing premises, said the Ministry in an office memorandum.-fnbnews.com
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