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03 Dec 2021; MEMO: The United States and Iran are not very optimistic about the talks currently taking place in the Austrian capital, Vienna, which aim to revive the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Tehran and world powers, Reuters reports.

03 Dec 2021; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday asked the United States to "immediately halt" ongoing talks on Iran's nuclear programme taking place in Vienna, his office said in a statement.

The statement said Bennett spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and told him that Iran was utilising "nuclear blackmail" as a tactic and therefore the United States should initiate "an immediate cessation of negotiations."

Colombo, Dec 3 (PTI) The Chinese embassy here has confirmed that an energy project in Sri Lanka's northern province has been suspended.

"Sino Soar Hybrid Technology, being suspended to build hybrid energy system in 3 northern islands due to security concerns from a third party, the embassy tweeted.

China has instead inked a contract with Maldives to establish 12 solar power plants at 12 Maldivian islands, it said.

Mumbai, Dec 2 (PTI) The rupee on Thursday slipped 12 paise to close at 75.03 against the US dollar, weighed by uncertainties over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened at 75.06 and witnessed an intra-day high of 74.90 and a low of 75.07 against the US dollar.

The local unit finally settled at 75.03, down 12 paise over its previous close of 74.91.

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) India on Thursday said its policy on Taiwan is clear and consistent and it is focused on promoting interactions in areas of trade, investment and tourism among others.

India's position on Taiwan was articulated by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha.

"Government of India's policy on Taiwan is clear and consistent," he said in a written reply.

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Thursday said that the stand-off between farmers and the government continues as the Centre is forcing them to stay put at protest sites by not giving any formal communication with regard to their pending demands, an official statement said.

Kanpur: Though the Test match is over and both the cricket teams have left the city for another match, there was ample business.

According to the news, the sale of tickets on all five days remained bright business as the spectators crowd in all the different galleries was not below expectation.

It was reportedly said that about one crore rupees have been earned despite approval of only 75% seating capacity.

Cricket fans from nearby districts gathered at Green Park in large numbers, as news reports pointed.

29 Nov 2021; MEMO: Israel urged world leaders to keep up pressure on Iran and not lift sanctions as part of nuclear negotiations that were set to resume in Vienna on Monday, saying that tighter supervision of Tehran was needed, Reuters reports.

Kolkata, Nov 29 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a three-day visit to Mumbai from November 30, during which she is scheduled to meet NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and her Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray.

She is also expected to meet industrialists in Mumbai on December 1 and invite them to Bengal Global Business Summit, to be held in April next year.

Chennai, Nov 29 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday urged the Centre to remove 11 per cent import duty levied on cotton, rework terms for e-auction of cotton to help Micro Small and Medium Enterprises and extend 5 per cent interest subvention to spinning mills for procurement.