Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday Oct. 13, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to separately receive Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Tajikistan's parliament speaker Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda at Cankaya Mansion.

ANKARA - Parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend International Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi Symposium via videoconference, followed by meetings with Tajik counterpart, signing of cooperation protocol.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with Nicaraguan counterpart Denis Moncada Colindres.

ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

ANTALYA - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez to address opening ceremony of 14th World Energy Congress and Expo in Antalya via video conference.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on global transportation supply chain bottlenecks.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet with Israeli alternate Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid along with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

FRANCE

PARIS - International Energy Agency (IEA) to release World Energy Outlook 2021 (WEO-2021).

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - OPEC to release Monthly Oil Market Report November 2021.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to speak at plenary session of Russian Energy Week forum, meet with heads of security, intelligence services of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring political developments, security issue in Afghanistan.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release September house sales figures.

BRUSSELS - European statistical department to reveal industrial production data for August.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce September consumer price index (CPI).

SPORTS

ANKARA - Following Round 3 in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

SPECIAL REPORT

Experts in India say steps needed to prevent disasters in Himalayas

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - Experts in India have called for proper planning and monitoring during infrastructure development in the Indian Himalayan Region to prevent disasters.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Return to native expertise to combat climate crises in Bangladesh'

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Even as natural disasters, be that floods or cyclones have become a regular feature in Bangladesh, experts have called for adopting indigenous knowledge to protect lives and properties.

SPECIAL REPORT

Small volunteer groups in Kashmir act as beacons of hope

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - Trapped in an unending cycle of violence and now in the grip of a pandemic, many people in Indian-administered Kashmir continue to remain on edge, particularly the poor.