India’s Manufacturing PMI In Apr Rose To 54.7, Led By Exports

MUMBAI, May 3 (NNN-PTI) – India’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI), rose to 54.7 in Apr, from 54.0 in Mar, led by exports, as per a private survey released yesterday. “Factories continued to scale up production at an above-trend pace, with the ongoing increases in sales and input purchasing, suggesting…

Indian Auto Companies’ Apr Sales Impacted By Supply Chain Challenges

MUMBAI, May 3 (NNN-PTI) – Indian auto companies are facing supply chain issues, with respect to electronic components, that has affected their monthly sales production in Apr, according to the filing with bourses by the auto companies yesterday. Mahindra & Mahindra reported a 16.5 percent decline in Apr sales, over…

Int’l Tourists To Cambodia’s Angkor Up Six Fold In First Four Months Of This Year

PHNOM PENH, May 3 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park, attracted 33,205 foreign visitors in the first four months of this year, up by 633 percent year-on-year, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said, yesterday. The site made a gross revenue of 1.35 million U.S. dollars from ticket sales, during the…

Marcos Jr. Continues To Lead In Philippine Presidential Race Survey

MANILA, May 3 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine presidential aspirant, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., continues to lead the race, according to a survey released yesterday, one week before the May 9 elections. A national survey by Pulse Asia, conducted from Apr 16 to 21, with 2,400 people aged 18 and above, said that,…

Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Strikes Near Miyazaki, Japan

MIYAZAKI, May 3 (NNN-NHK) – Japan was shaken near Miyazaki, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.3, yesterday afternoon, Japan’s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 20.1 km beneath the epicentre near Miyazaki, at 4:08 pm local time.…

India’s Aviation Regulator Orders Probe In Private Airline Flight’s Turbulence

NEW DELHI, May 3 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), yesterday ordered a probe into the turbulence incident, in which around 15 passengers were injured, some of them seriously, during a domestic flight late on Sunday. Two of the passengers are said to be in the Intensive…

Australia’s Qantas Unveils Plans For New Non-Stop International Flights

SYDNEY, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national carrier, Qantas, announced plans today, to deliver non-stop flights from Sydney and Melbourne to cities including New York and London, from late 2025. The carrier, which has been working on endurance flying under Project Sunrise for years, is ordering 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft…

S. Korea Reports 20,084 New Covid-19 Cases

SEOUL, May 2 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea recorded 20,084 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, bringing the total number of infections to 17,295,733, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 37,771 reported the previous day, and lower than 34,361 tallied a…

Six Rockets Land Near Town In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 2 (NNN-NINA) – Six rockets targeted yesterday, an area in Erbil province in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, but caused no casualties, the regional Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said in a statement. The rockets were fired from al-Hamdaniya, a town 60 km west of the city of Erbil, and…

Malaysians Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr As COVID-19 Cases Subside

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysians marked a more joyous Eid al-Fitr festival today, as the COVID-19 situation in the country continues to improve. After having endured lockdowns and travel restrictions for the past two seasons, Malaysians were finally able to make the traditional exodus of “Balik Kampung” or…