Umm-El-Banine Assadoulaeff, known as “Banine,” who immortalised her childhood in early 20th century Baku in her memoir, Days of the Caucasus, lived through the 20th century’s most defining moments.

The new tool allows to perform some of the important offshore activities such as inspection, planning and verification via remote use of high-definition images with measurement capabilities.

Gold production rose 1.1 percent year-on-year to 2,058 kg in January-July, while production of silver rose by 12.6 percent to 2,786 kg.

Oil and gas condensate production declined 2.6 percent in January to July from a year earlier to 20.096 million tonnes, while natural gas output increased 7.8 percent to 24.085 billion cubic metres (bcm) in the same period.

Azerbaijan's state energy firm SOCAR submitted an application to Russian oil pipeline operator Transneft to transport 1.209 million tonnes of oil via Russia in 2022, up from 1.09 million tonnes that is planned to be shipped this year.