Tag: Brussels

Brussels: India’s Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited the Jain Temple in the Belgian port city of Antwerp on Saturday where he addressed the Indian community. The event, organised by the members of Indian Association in Belgium and the Jain Culture Centre, was also attended by Antwerp Governor Ms. Cathy Berx. The function began with a […]

Brussels: The leaders of the 27 countries that will remain in the European Union (EU) after Britain’s withdrawal called off an extraordinary summit on the Brexit in November due to insufficient progress to organise the meeting. “For now, the 27 are not planning to organise an extraordinary summit on Brexit in November,” European sources said […]

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday ruled out the possibility of a second Brexit referendum, claiming that it would be “a gross betrayal of the British democracy”. Her comments came as a signed article by May appeared on the Daily Telegraph website Saturday night. “This government will fulfill the democratic decision of the […]

London: Brussels could end up having to pay UK a Brexit “divorce” bill because the Britain has contributed to so many EU assets, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said. In his first major interview of the election campaign, the Foreign Secretary told The Daily Telegraph on Friday that there were “very good arguments” to why Britain […]

Bhubaneswar: Bringing laurels for the country, Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Pranab Kumar Das from Odisha has been elected as the Director of World Customs Organisation (WCO), Brussels for five years. Das, who is presently the Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), won an election in the WCO, a Brussels-based international […]

London: Researchers have found that levels of two major air pollutants have been drastically reduced since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant – ground-level ozone – has increased in China. Two new studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western […]