Thai PM Greets Chinese Tourists On Inaugural Visa-Free Day

BANGKOK, Sept 26 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand extended a warm welcome to the first batch of visa-exempt flights from China yesterday, marking the launch of the nation’s fresh initiative to reinvigorate its Chinese tourist market. Approximately 341 visitors from Shanghai landed at Suvarnabhumi airport, yesterday morning, greeted with flowers and applause…

Iran’s Mar-Sept Foreign Tourist Arrivals Climbed 38 Percent Y-O-Y

TEHRAN, Sept 26 (NNN-ISNA) – More than 3.35 million foreign tourists visited Iran between Mar 21 and Sept 22, the first half of the Iranian calendar year, up by 38 percent, over the same period last year, an Iranian official said yesterday. Ali Asghar Shalbafian, Iranian deputy minister of cultural…

India Launches First Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, flagged off India’s first green hydrogen fuel cell bus here yesterday. “The fuel cell utilises hydrogen and air, to generate electricity to power the bus, and the only by-product from the bus is…

ADB Approves Loan To Support Indonesia’s Business Reform Priorities

MANILA, Sept 26 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday said, it has approved a loan of 500 million U.S. dollars, to support Indonesia’s development agenda and business reform priorities. The Manila-based bank said, Indonesia has undertaken various actions to improve the investment climate, including enabling environment for investments,…

Iranian, Egyptian Finance Ministers Meet To Discuss Ties, Cooperation

TEHRAN, Sept 26 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Finance Minister, Ehsan Khandouzi, said yesterday that, he met and held constructive talks with his Egyptian counterpart during his visit to Cairo a day earlier. In a post on social media platform X, Khandouzi said, during his meeting with Egyptian Finance Minister, Mohamed Maait,…

Bangladesh’s Dengue Death Toll Exceeds 900

DHAKA, Sept 25 (NNN-BSS) – More than 900 people have died of dengue fever, out of 187,725 cases, reported across Bangladesh, so far this year, health department figures showed, yesterday. According to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), under the Ministry of Health, the 909 deaths…

Aussie Flight Forced To Turn Around Due To Passenger’s Unruly Behaviour

SYDNEY, Sept 25 (NNN-AAP) – An Australian man was arrested and charged today, after his unruly behaviour forced a red-eye domestic flight to return to Perth Airport. Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed in a statement that, the 33-year-old man would appear before the court today, accused of disorderly behaviour and…

Australians Warned To Prepare For Looming Natural Disasters

CANBERRA, Sept 25 (NNN-AAP) – Australia is facing possible compounding and cascading natural disasters through summer, the nation’s top emergency management authority, warned. Brendan Moon, Australia’s Coordinator-General for National Emergency Management, told reporters in Canberra today that, Australians should plan for the impacts of a range of disasters in the…

Landmines, Explosives Caused 20 Civilian Casualties In Yemen’s Hodeidah In Aug: UN

SANAA, Sept 25 (NNN-SABA) – The United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) in Yemen, said yesterday that, it recorded 20 civilian casualties in 13 incidents involving landmines and explosive remnants of war in Hodeidah province, during Aug. This marks a significant 122-percent increase from the previous month,…

Cambodia Confirms First Case Of Zika Infection In Seven Years

PHNOM PENH, Sept 25 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, confirmed its first case of the Zika virus since 2016, the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH) said, in a press statement. The patient, a seven-year-old girl from central Kampong Thom province, was admitted to Baray Santuk Referral Hospital, last week, suspected of…