Indonesia Conducts 1st Passenger-Carrying Test Flight Of Ehang 216-S Flying Taxi

JAKARTA, Jun 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – The EHang 216-S flying taxi, successfully conducted a test flight in Tangerang Regency, Banten province, yesterday, after receiving permission from Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation, to carry passengers in a demonstration flight. “Our agenda is to continue testing flights, so that, this can become a future…

Heavy Rain, Storms Hit Japan Amid Unstable Weather

TOKYO, Jun 26 (NNN-NHK) – A tropical low pressure system, along with a stationary front, over the Sea of Japan, are causing unstable weather across much of the country, leading to heavy rain and thunderstorms. Yesterday, some areas saw intense rainfall, with up to 389 mm in 24 hours, in…

6,000 Industrial Plants Operational In Afghanistan: Official

KABUL, Jun 26 (NNN-BNA) – Acting Minister for Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, said that, about 6,000 industrial plants are operational in Afghanistan. “About 6,000 industrial factories are currently operational in Afghanistan,” the state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) quoted Azizi, yesterday, as saying. Afghanistan plans to increase the…

Indonesia’s South Sumatra Declares Emergency Alert For Forest Fires

JAKARTA, Jun 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s South Sumatra provincial government, declared an emergency alert status for haze-related disasters, caused by forest and land fires, ahead of this year’s dry season. The decision was made based on a forecast from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), which predicts the dry…

Three Policemen Wounded In Grenade Attack In India

NEW DELHI, Jun 26 (NNN-PTI) – At least three policemen were wounded, in a grenade attack in India’s north-eastern state of Assam, police said, yesterday. The grenade blast took place inside a paramilitary camp, of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Golaghat district, about 225 km north-east of Dispur,…

Kazakhstan’s E-Commerce Grew Sevenfold Over Past Five Years

ALMATY, Jun 26 (NNN-KNA) – Kazakhstan’s e-commerce sector, surged sevenfold over the past five years, reaching 3.2 trillion tenge (about 6.2 billion U.S. dollars) last year, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy, Serik Zhumangarin said, yesterday. E-commerce now accounts for 14.1 percent of the country’s total trade,…

Pakistan Modernising Agriculture Sector To Boost Economy: PM

ISLAMABAD, Jun 26 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said that, the country has been focusing on modernising the agriculture sector, by introducing sustainable reforms to boost the economy and uplift rural communities. The introduction of sustainable reforms in agriculture will not only boost the country’s economic development, but…

Two Missing After Boat Sank Off Indonesia’s Batam City

JAKARTA, Jun 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – A long boat, carrying 13 football players, sank in waters off Batam City, in Indonesia’s Riau Islands Province, yesterday afternoon, leaving two footballers missing, an official said. Huge waves hit the boat, said Joko Prayitno, a senior official at the provincial search and rescue office.…

Australian Inflation Falls To 2.1 Percent

CANBERRA, Jun 26 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s annual rate of inflation eased more than expected in May, to the lowest level this year, according to official data. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), said yesterday that, the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.1 percent, in the 12-month period to May,…

New Foreign Bank Begins Operation In Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Jun 26 (NNN-KNA) – Kazakhstan has granted a banking license to BNK Commercial Bank, a subsidiary of South Korea’s BNK Financial Group, which marks the country’s first newly licensed commercial bank in over a decade, it was reported yesterday. BNK Commercial Bank becomes the first foreign bank to receive…