Union Minister Bhupender Yadav arrives in Armenia to attend CBD COP17

IANS | October 27, 2026 12:42 PM

Yerevan, Oct 27 (IANS) Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav arrived in Armenia's Yerevan on Tuesday to attend the high-level segment of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17).

Voting underway in Israel's high-stakes Knesset elections

IANS | October 27, 2026 12:40 PM

Jerusalem, Oct 27 (IANS) Israel went to the polls on Tuesday as voters began casting ballots to elect members of the 26th Knesset, the country’s parliament, with around 7.3 million people eligible to vote, local media reported.