Thailand’s Consumer Inflation Growth Dropped In Oct

BANGKOK, Nov 8 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s consumer inflation growth slowed for the second straight month in Oct, as energy and food prices continued to fall, data showed yesterday. The country’s consumer price index (CPI), a key indicator of inflation, rose 5.98 percent, year on year, last month, down from a…

India’s Manufacturing Growth Momentum To Continue For Next 2-3 Quarters

MUMBAI, Nov 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s manufacturing growth is expected to continue its momentum for the next six to nine months, according to a survey by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, released yesterday. In the recent quarter, from Jul to Sept, 61 percent of respondents reported…

Mongolia Planted Over 10 Million Trees In One Year To Combat Desertification

ULAN BATOR, Nov 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia planted a total of 10.2 million trees across the country since the launch of its national tree-planting campaign “Billion Trees” last year. Among the total planted trees, 1.3 million have been planted in and near the national capital, Ulan Bator, which is home…

ADB Approved 70-Million-USD Loan To Cambodia For Education Reforms

PHNOM PENH, Nov 7 (NNN-AKP) – The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB), approved a 70-million-U.S. dollar loan to Cambodia, to support government efforts, to deepen reforms in upper secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education across the country, the lender said, in a press statement today. The Science and…

Eight Killed In Separate Road Accidents In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 (NNN-APP) – At least eight people were killed yesterday, in four separate road accidents in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and its surrounding areas, rescue workers reported. Five family members died when a car plunged into a ditch, last night in the Bahria town area of…

Taliban Reveals Burial Site Of Late Co-Founder Mullah Omar In S. Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 7 (NNN-ANA) – The burial site of Taliban co-founder, Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid, has been disclosed in Afghansitan’s southern Zabul province, chief spokesman of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run caretaker government, Zabihullah Mujahid, said. “The tomb of late Amirul Mominen (Supreme leader) Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid, was revealed to the public…

Australia Announced Bid To Host UN Climate Change Conference In 2026

CANBERRA, Nov 7 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian government announced, it will bid to co-host the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in 2026, with the Pacific nations. Chris Bowen, minister for Climate Change and Energy, recently said, the government has decided against bidding to host the 29th session of the…

Train Derailment Injured 30 In South Korean Capital

SEOUL, Nov 7 (NNN-YONHAP) – Thirty people were injured, in South Korea’s capital, Seoul last night, after a passenger train derailed. The train, which was travelling from the Yongsan district in Seoul, to the city of Iksan in North Jeolla province, derailed near the Yeongdeungpo station, in Seoul, at about…

Yemeni Army Claimed To Have Shot Down Two Bomb-Laden Houthi Drones

SANAA, Nov 7 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s government forces said yesterday that, it shot down two bomb-laden drones, launched by the Houthi militia over the past 24 hours. In a statement aired by Yemeni TV, the army said, one drone was downed in the central province of Marib, while the other…

Police Seized Over 790 Kg Of Drugs In Southern Iran

TEHRAN, Nov 7 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian police seized 792 kg of illegal drugs, in the southern province of Hormuzgan, over the past 72 hours, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported yesterday. The drugs were confiscated in a series of anti-narcotic operations across the province, Mehr quoted provincial Police Commander,…