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11 Apr 2023; MEMO: Israel on Monday announced a nearly $400 million agreement to supply Greece with guided anti-tank missiles, says Anadolu Agency.

In a statement, the Israeli Defense Ministry said it would provide Greece with Spike missiles, made by the state-run company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

10 Apr 2023; MEMO: Greece on Monday reiterated its optimism on relations with Turkiye, which has seen a major thaw in the last two months.

It would be wrong for Greece not to reach out to the hand extended by Turkiye, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview he gave to major broadcaster SKAI TV.

"It would be a critical act for our national interests," he said.

Zojilla (J-K), Apr 9 (PTI) The work on the strategic Zojila tunnel – an all-weather connection between the Kashmir valley and the Ladakh region -- is going on at a rapid pace and over 40 per cent of the drilling has been completed, the construction company said on Sunday.

The company said it is hopeful of completing the project by December 2026.

09 Apr 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement to finance a Pakistani dam project, worth over $240 million.

According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Mohmand Hydropower Dam Project on the Swat River in north-west Pakistan is to be funded through a "soft development loan."

New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The prices of CNG and cooking gas piped to household kitchens in the national capital on Saturday were cut by up to Rs 6 - the first reduction in two years - after the government changed the pricing formula of natural gas.

CNG in the national capital territory of Delhi will now cost Rs 73.59 per kg, down from Rs 79.56, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) - the firm which retails CNG and piped cooking gas in the city, said in a Twitter post.

NEW YORK, Apr 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – The U.S. dollar will play a much less dominant role than it is today, within the next ten years, due to a smaller share of the U.S. economy in the world, weaponisation of the U.S. dollar and the use of central bank digital currencies, said a renowned U.S. economist yesterday.

New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Congress on Friday attacked the Centre over the National Green Tribunal constituting a committee to re-examine the environmental nod to the Great Nicobar Island project, alleging that the Modi government has embarked on "ecocide" and what is being pushed through is an "ecological nightmare".

07 Apr 2023; MEMO: Russia and Turkey agreed during talks in Ankara on Friday that obstacles must be lifted to ensure freer Russian fertiliser and grain exports, and enable a UN-brokered deal ensuring Black Sea shipments of Ukrainian grain to be extended beyond next month, reports Reuters.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed "a failure" to implement the terms of the Black Sea grain deal.

07 Apr 2023; MEMO: A Saudi Arabian-led military coalition lifted eight-year-old restrictions on imports headed for Yemen's southern ports, the internationally recognised authorities said, in a sign that peace talks are progressing with the Houthi group in the north, reports Reuters.

07 Apr 2023; MEMO: Tunisia's President Kais Saied stressed on Thursday that his country "is not for sale" and that national decisions must be "based on the will of the people." He accused unnamed internal factions of attempting to "sell Tunisia to foreign interests." His remarks came during a media statement on the sidelines of commemorating the death anniversary of former Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba (1956-1987).