As the November general election approached, the Vancouver Business Journal caught up with Vancouver’s two mayoral candidates this year, incumbent Anne McEnerny-Ogle and challenger Earl Bowerman. This year’s general election is November 2. ANNE MCENERNY-OGLE (incumbent) VBJ: First, what are the main reasons you are running for re-election as mayor …
Read More »Petroleum Secretary, Auto News, ET Auto
Indian state refiners are already jointly negotiating certain crude oil purchases. India is forming a group that brings together public and private refiners to seek better crude import deals, Petroleum Secretary Tarun Kapoor said on Tuesday as the country grapples with soaring prices. petrol. The third largest importer and consumer …
Read More »Meal exports down 36 pc in September 2021: SEA
Exports of meal, used as animal feed, fell 36% year-on-year to 1.83 lakh tonnes in September due to the domestic shortage of meal products, industry body SEA said on Monday. To deal with the local shortage, the government has allowed the import of genetically modified (GM) soybean meal, and it …
Read More »Businessmen deplore the closure of CNG stations
KARACHI: The winter season has not yet started, but the gas supply to Karachi’s CNG stations has been suspended for 10 consecutive days, which is of great concern, lamented Businessmen Group (BMG) chairman Zubair Motiwala. In a statement on Saturday, he said the business community is well aware that international …
Read More »GIEWS country sheets Burkina Faso 15-October-2021 – Burkina Faso
FOOD SECURITY OVERVIEW Cereal production forecast in 2021 well above average Cereal import requirements in 2020/21 estimated above average Coarse grain prices continued to rise and were well above the levels of the previous year Severe acute food insecurity in northeastern regions Cereal production forecast in 2021 well above average …
Read More »Center orders states to cut edible oil prices after import tariffs cut
The central government on Thursday called on states to ensure that edible oil prices are reduced to commensurate levels in line with import tariff cuts. The Ministry of Food and Public Distribution wrote to all major oil producing states including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil …
Read More »Chances of relief for large solar developers in India continue to rise
Strong points : Ironically, the slowdown in solar projects comes at a time when it looks even better with high costs and high thermal pollution. The government faces a difficult decision between its capacity targets and its manufacturing targets. Weeks after reiterating his goal of pushing domestic manufacturing using all …
Read More »Idrees Textile Mills Limited – BR Research
Idrees Textile Mills Limited (PSX: IDRT) was established in 1990 as a public limited company, but unlisted, under the Companies Ordinance 1984 (now Companies Act 2017). Two years later, in 1992, it was listed on the Karachi and Lahore Stock Exchange, which is now the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The company …
Read More »Parcel from UK brings me with rogue tax bill
I am having problems with DPD and I am paying duty on a package I have received. The package in question contained some second-hand baby clothes (many hand-knitted) from my sister in the UK. Hope you can give me some advice and readers in general as I imagine the problem …
Read More »Nitin Gadkari invites Tesla to build electric cars in India
Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that he had repeatedly urged US-based Tesla to manufacture its popular electric cars in India, while pledging the company the full cooperation of the government. Courtesy: India Today Conclave via YouTube Gadkari also said during his speech at “India Today Conclave 2021” …
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