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BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 23. An aircraft of the Qantas Airways has made an emergency landing at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Trend reports citing the press service of airport.

The airline’s Airbus A380, en route Singapore-London, requested an emergency landing at the Baku airport due to smoke in the cargo hold.

The plane landed safely at 07:08 (GMT+4), there were no casualties during the incident. There were 356 passengers on board.

All emergency services have been put on alert at Baku airport.

At the moment, the aircraft is being inspected, and measures are being organized to assess all the circumstances and causes of the incident.

Airbus A380 is a double-deck and the most spacious passenger airliner in the world.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time A380 captains have requested an emergency landing at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. Not every airport in the world is able to accept an aircraft of this size. For this it is necessary to have a sufficiently long and durable runway, as well as the necessary equipment to serve the aircraft.

 

Source: TREND News Agency

BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 3. The official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat as of November 3, 2022 is set at 1.7 and 1.6719 manat, respectively, Trend reports via Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA).

According to CBA, the manat rate to other currencies on November 3 is as follows:

Currencies		Official exchange rate
1 US dollar	USD	1.7
1 Euro	EUR	1.6719
1 Australian dollar	AUD	1.0825
1 Argentine peso	ARS	0.0108
1 Belarus ruble	BYN	0.6732
1 Brazil real	BRL	0.3303
1 UAE dirham	AED	0.4628
1 South African rand	ZAR	0.0933
100 South Korean won	KRW	0.1197
1 Czech koruna	CZK	0.0682
1 Chilean peso	CLP	0.1804
1 Chinese yuan	CNY	0.2327
1 Danish krone	DKK	0.2246
1 Georgian lari	GEL	0.6172
1 Hong Kong dollar	HKD	0.2166
1 Indian rupee	INR	0.0205
1 British pound	GBP	1.9407
100 Indonesian rupiah	IDR	0.0108
100 Iranian rials	IRR	0.004
1 Swedish krona	SEK	0.1535
1 Swiss franc	CHF	1.6966
1 Israeli shekel	ILS	0.4777
1 Canadian dollar	CAD	1.2417
1 Kuwaiti dinar	KWD	5.4845
1 Kazakh tenge	KZT	0.0037
1 Kyrgyz som	KGS	0.0204
100 Lebanese pound	LBP	0.1121
1 Malaysian ringgit	MYR	0.3583
1 Mexican peso	MXN	0.0865
1 Moldovan leu	MDL	0.0884
1 Egyptian pound	EGP	0.0706
1 Norwegian krone	NOK	0.1628
100 Uzbek soum	UZS	0.0153
1 Polish zloty	PLN	0.3556
1 Russian ruble	RUB	0.0277
1 Singapore dollar	SGD	1.2004
1 Saudi riyal	SAR	0.4524
1 SDR (Special Drawing Rights of IMF)	XDR	2.1817
1 Turkish lira	TRY	0.0912
1 Taiwan dollar	TWD	0.0528
1 Tajik somoni	TJS	0.1668
1 New Turkmen manat	TMT	0.4857
1 Ukrainian hryvna	UAH	0.0463
100 Japanese yen	JPY	1.1543
1 New Zealand dollar	NZD	0.9917

 

 

Source: TREND News Agency

Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, said it has received approval from Singapore’s central bank to offer payment services in the city-state, Trend reports citing Reuters.

 

 

 

Source: TREND News Agency

 

In the first-ever visit by any Indian warship in four years, INS Satpura arrived in Suva, Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean as part of its operational deployment in the Pacific region.

The visit is aimed at strengthening friendship and cooperation between the two nations.

Notably, the ship will be open for visitors, and the crew would undertake community outreach programmes besides interactions with senior defence leadership.

Earlier, INS Satpura hoisted the National Flag in San Diego on the North American continent, as part of the Indian Navy’s deployment of ships across all six inhabited continents of the world to celebrate 75 years of Independence.

INS Satpura is an indigenously designed and built, 6,000-tonne guided missile stealth frigate equipped to seek and destroy adversaries in air, surface and underwater. The ship is a frontline unit of the Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam. A frontline unit of the Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam, INS Satpura was tasked with a long-range operational deployment in the 75th year of India’s Independence.

Earlier, Indian Naval Warship, INS Satpura and P8I LRMRASW aircraft took part in one of the largest multilateral naval exercises, the Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.

For the multilateral naval exercise, the Indian warship reached Hawaii on June 27, 2022, whereas the P8I aircraft arrived on July 2, 2022. The harbour phase of the exercise saw participation in multiple symposiums exercise planning discussions and sports competitions.

As part of its long-range operational deployment, INS Satpura participated in RIMPAC-22. RIMPAC-22 is one of the largest multilateral Naval Exercises in which the Indian Navy participated with INS Satpura, one P8I maritime patrol aircraft, and a shore contingent.

On June 15, INS Satpura conducted a special Yoga Protocol at Guam Harbour, USA.

Apart from the ship’s crew, personnel from other foreign Naval Warships in harbour and personnel of Indian origin at Guam were also invited. Officers and sailors from the US, Singapore, and Philippines Navy participated in the Yoga protocol.

Source: TREND News Agency

The Indian Air Force (IAF) took part in multiple missions with the participating Air Forces in the first phase of Exercise Pitch Black 2022 in Australia.

In a tweet, the Indian Air Force said that various situations were simulated that involved varied platforms during the drill.

“In the first phase of #ExPitchBlack22, #IAF team took part in multiple missions with the participating Air Forces. Various situations were simulated which involved varied platforms,” IAF tweeted.

On Friday, an Indian Air Force contingent reached Australia’s Darwin to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2022, hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Previously, the exercise was scheduled to be held in 2018 but the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled all the plans and after a hiatus of four years, it was re-scheduled this year, according to a statement released by the Defence Ministry.

“The IAF contingent, led by Group Captain YPS Negi, comprises over 100 air warriors, deployed with four Su-30 MKI fighter and two C-17 aircraft. They will undertake multi-domain air combat missions in a complex environment and will exchange best practices with the participating air forces,” as per the statement.

PBK22 is Air Force’s biennial capstone international engagement activity with key strategic partners.

This year’s participants include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, the UK and the US.

Significantly, Germany, Japan, and the Republic of Korea will be participating fully for the first time.

Source: TREND News Agency

A French Air and Space Force contingent, including three Rafale jets, made a strategically crucial stopover at the IAF’s Sulur base in Tamil Nadu as part of a mega military operation it carried out in the Pacific Ocean, Trend reports citing The Indian Express.

The support provided by the Indian Air Force to the French force reflected the implementation of the reciprocal logistics support agreement signed by France and India in 2018 to boost military cooperation.

A French readout said on Thursday that the cooperation with the Indian Air Force demonstrated a high level of mutual trust and interoperability between the two sides.

It said the French contingent was hosted for a technical stopover at Air Force Station Sulur on August 10 and 11 during a long-distance deployment from metropolitan France to the Pacific Ocean.

The French Air and Space Force is carrying out a major long-range mission in the Indo-Pacific, code-named Pegase 22, from August 10 to September 18.

“The first stage of this mission aims to demonstrate France’s capacity for long-distance air power projection by deploying an Air Force contingent from metropolitan France to the French territory of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean in less than 72 hours (10th-12th August),” the statement said.

“To achieve this unprecedented 16,600-km deployment, the Air Force contingent made a technical stopover in India, at Air Force Station Sulur,” it said.

The contingent comprises three Rafale jets and support aircraft.

“Landing at Air Force Station Sulur on August 10th evening, it flew out in the early hours of 11th August after refuelling, en route to New Caledonia,” the readout noted.

“The operation demonstrated a high level of mutual trust and interoperability between the French and Indian Air Forces, which has been further boosted by the fact that both Air Forces now fly Rafale jets,” it said.

The readout mentioned the cooperation between the two air forces illustrated the “concrete” implementation of the reciprocal logistics support agreement.

“France is a resident power of the Indo-Pacific, and this ambitious long-distance air power projection demonstrates our commitment to the region and our partners,” French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain said, lauding the IAF’s role in the successful operation.

He said it is only natural that to carry out this mission, France relied on India, and described it as France’s “foremost strategic partner in Asia”.

In the following stages of Mission Pegase 22, the French Air Force contingent will take part in the “Pitch Black” air exercise taking place in Australia from August 17 to September 10.

The Indian Air Force will also participate in this multilateral drill, along with Australia, Japan, the US, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore, the UK, and South Korea.

Mission Pegase 22 is a powerful demonstration of France’s capacity for quick deployment in the Indo-Pacific.

“The mission is also proof that the security situation in Europe has not diminished the French and European commitment in the Indo-Pacific. In this respect, it also aims to strengthen ties with key strategic partners,” the French readout said.

Source: TREND News Agency

The Police have arrested a 21-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons under Section 326 of the Penal Code 1871.

On 17 July 2022 at about 2.10 am, the Police responded to a case where a man had allegedly assaulted another man with a karambit along Circular Road. Preliminary investigations revealed that a 37-year-old man was involved in a fight with a 21-year-old man, and the 21-year-old man had allegedly retaliated by slashing the 37-year-old man with a karambit before he fled the scene. The 37-year-old man suffered multiple laceration wounds and was conveyed conscious to the hospital.

Through extensive ground enquires and with the aid of the images from Police cameras, officers from Central Police Division and Criminal Investigation Department established the identity of the 21-year-old man and arrested him within 12 hours of the reported offence. A karambit which was purportedly used during the incident was seized.

During the arrest of the 21-year-old man, another 19-year-old man was arrested for the offence of harbouring an offender under Section 212 of the Penal Code 1871. The 21-year-old man will be charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons under Section 326 of the Penal Code 1871 and the 19-year-old man will be charged with harbouring an offender under Section 212 of the Penal Code 1871. Both men will be charged in court on 19 July 2022.

The offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapon under Section 326 of the Penal Code carries an imprisonment term of life imprisonment or imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to a fine or to caning. The offence of harbouring an offender which is punishable with imprisonment term between one year to 20 years, carries an imprisonment term which may extend to one-fourth of the longest term of imprisonment provided for that offence, or a fine, or both.

Source: Singapore Police Force

The Police are investigating six men, aged between 62 and 78, for their suspected involvement in illegal gambling activities.

On 16 July 2022, officers from Woodlands Police Division conducted enforcement operations against illegal gambling activities in the vicinity of Yishun Ave 5.

Two 74-year-old men, were allegedly found to have acted as bookmakers to four others, aged between 62 and 78. Cash of more than $2,200, two handphones and gambling paraphernalia were seized as case exhibits.

Investigations are ongoing.

Under the Betting Act, any person who is found to be involved in bookmaking shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. Under the same Act, any person who bets with a bookmaker shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.

The Police take a serious view of all forms of illegal gambling activities and will continue to take tough enforcement action against those who are involved in such activities.

Source: Singapore Police Force