Indian Gov’t Hikes Crop Prices To Boost Farmers’ Income

NEW DELHI, Jun 9 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday announced a hike in the minimum support prices (MSP) for crops, for the marketing season 2022-23. The proposals to hike the MSPs were approved at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.…

Cambodia Starts Upgrade Project At Naval Base

PHNOM PENH, Jun 9 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday started an upgrade project, at the Ream Naval Base, located in the south-western province of Preah Sihanouk, with China’s aid, officials said. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Tea Banh, and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian, among around 2,000 people,…

Pakistani Minister Calls For Collective Efforts To Protect Oceans From Pollution

ISLAMABAD, Jun 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, yesterday, called for collective efforts to protect oceans from pollution, saying, healthy and clean oceans mean healthy humans. “The oceans produce 50 to 75 percent of our planet’s oxygen. Our earth’s weather, environment and rainfall depend on the…

Philippine New Leaders See Beijing-Manila Friendship “To Reach New Heights”

MANILA, Jun 9 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ newly-elected leaders said yesterday, the centuries-old friendship between China and the Philippines continues “to reach new heights” and brings “great mutual benefits” to the people. Today, Jun 9, the Philippines and China will celebrate the 21st Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day. Philippine President-elect, Ferdinand Romualdez…

Unidentified Drone Crashes In Iraq’s Kurdistan, Injures Three

BAGHDAD, Jun 9 (NNN-NINA) – An unidentified drone crashed yesterday, in the north of Erbil, capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, wounding three people, the regional Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said, in a statement. The drone exploded at 9:35 p.m. local time (1835 GMT), after it crashed in a restaurant…

Lebanon Calls For Int’l Tenders To Build New Terminal For Beirut Airport

BEIRUT, Jun 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese caretaker Public Works Minister, Ali Hamieh, yesterday called for international tenders, to construct a new terminal for Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut. “The cost of the new project will amount to 70 million U.S. dollars,” but this project is expected “to create hundreds…

Türkiye Repatriates More Than 18,000 Migrants Back To Afghanistan

ANKARA, Jun 9 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Türkiye repatriated a total of 18,256 Afghans to their homeland, since flights to Afghanistan were resumed on Jan 27, the Türkiye Interior Ministry said, yesterday. The total number of illegal migrants sent to their country since the beginning of this year has reached 34,112, the…

Over 2,000 Families Receive Food Aid In Afghan Provinces

KABUL, Jun 9 (NNN-ANA) – A total of 2,086 families received food assistance in four Afghan provinces, Office of the State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, said. The food aid was distributed to destitute, deserved, and natural disaster-affected families, in the northern Faryab, Samangan and Baghlan provinces, and…

Brunei’s Consumer Inflation In Feb Hits 146-Month High

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 9 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei’s overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Feb, 2022, increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year, a 146-month record high, since Jan, 2010, when historical data became available. According to the latest statistical figures, released yesterday, by the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, at…

Death Toll In Train Derailment In Iran Rises To 17

TEHRAN, Jun 9 (NNN-IRNA) – The death toll in a passenger train derailment in eastern Iran yesterday, increased to 17, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) put the number of wounded at 50. The incident occurred at 5:30 a.m. local time (0100 GMT),…