India’s Defence Exports Grew Eight Times In Five Years: PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 20 (NNN-PTI) – India’s defence exports had grown eight times in the past five years, and will touch five billion U.S. dollars in the coming years, said Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while inaugurating the “DefExpo22” in Gandhinagar city of the western state of Gujarat, yesterday. “Till eight…

Pakistan’s Food Exports Up By Over Five Percent In Q1 Of 2022-23

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s food exports in the first quarter of the current 2022-2023 fiscal year went up by 5.70 percent, as compared to the same period last year, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) yesterday. The exports of various food commodities were recorded at 1,077.83…

Iran To Add 19 Western Officials, Institutes To “Terrorists Blacklist”

TEHRAN, Oct 20 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s foreign minister said yesterday, Tehran will add at least four institutes and 15 officials of the West, to its “terrorists blacklist,” the details of which will be announced in the coming hours. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks, during a visit to an institute in…

Iran Seeks “Logical” Nuke Deal: FM

TEHRAN, Oct 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said, Iran is seeking a “logical” nuclear agreement which will secure the interests of the country. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a state TV programme, referring to Iran’s demands in reaching an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear…

UN Secretary-General Guterres Arrived In India For Two-Day Official Visit

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (NNN-PTI) – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, arrived in India late last night, for a two-day official visit, confirmed an official at the Ministry of External Affairs of India, today. He was welcomed at the Mumbai airport by India’s Permanent Representative, Ruchira Kamboj, besides other…

Photo Exhibition Kicked Off In Tokyo To Mark 50th Anniversary Of Normalisation Of China-Japan Diplomatic Ties

TOKYO, Oct 19 (NNN-NHK) – Over 130 photographs are shown at an exhibition, marking the 50th anniversary of the normalisation of the China-Japan diplomatic ties, here in Japan. The exhibition, titled “Forever Neighbours,” is on its Japan tour after being held in Beijing in June. With people-to-people exchanges as the…

Young Japanese Scholars Are Moving To China For Better Opportunities: Asahi Shimbun

TOKYO, Oct 19 (NNN-NHK) – Young Japanese scholars are opting to do research at Chinese universities, for more promising career prospects, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun reported. The daily newspaper cited the case of Motoyuki Hattori, a promising young scholar, who left Japan seven years ago for a professorship at Fudan University…

S.Korea Reported 29,503 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Oct 19 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 29,503 new COVID-19 cases, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising its total number of infections to 25,194,177, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 33,248 in the previous day and lower than 30,519 tallied a…

Senior Hamas Delegation To Visit Syria For First Time In 10 Years

GAZA, Oct 19 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), yesterday announced that, a senior Hamas delegation would visit Syria today, for the first time in 10 years. Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Hazem Qassem, said that, the delegation would be headed by Khalil Al-Hayya, the movement’s leader, in charge…

Four Terrorists Killed In Counter-Terror Operation In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (NNN-APP) – Four alleged terrorists were killed, in a counter-terror operation by police, in Kharan district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said, yesterday. According to the CTD, the operation was conducted according to information received about the presence of terrorists in…