Nine Int’l Lenders To Invest 453 Million USD In Major Nepali Hydro-Electric Plant

KATHMANDU, Nov 3 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – International Finance Corporation(IFC), member of the World Bank Group, and eight other international financing partners, joined hands for the construction of a landmark Upper Trishuli-1 hydroelectric plant in central Nepal. Amid an agreement signing ceremony, held in Kathmandu, the lenders finalised a 453-million-U.S. dollar debt…

Update: Lebanese Protests Continue For The 17th Day

BEIRUT, Nov 3 (NNN-NNA) – Demonstrations continued for the 17th day in several areas in Lebanon, calling for the formation of a government of experts in the country, LBCI TV Channel reported, Saturday. Protesters gathered in the capital Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon and other cities, vowing to continue their movements, until…

India To Make Second Attempt Of Soft Landing On Moon: ISRO Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (NNN-PTI) – India will make its second attempt to carry out soft landing on the Lunar surface in the near future, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief, K. Sivan, in the capital. India’s first attempt of landing on the Moon was unsuccessful on Sept 7,…

Thai PM Pushes For ASEAN 4.0 Regional Digital Connectivity

BANGKOK, Nov 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, urged all ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) members, to rein into the ASEAN 4.0, alongside the Thailand 4.0 policy, to push forward digital connectivity in the region. Speaking at the 18th ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) 2019, on…

Violent Clashes Break Out Between Lawyers, Cops In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (NNN-PTI) – Violent clashes broke out between lawyers and police, in the Indian Capital on Saturday afternoon, in which one lawyer was reportedly injured. According to media, it all started when cops beat up a lawyer, for wrongly parking his vehicle, following which lawyers also beat…

Blast On Tanker Kills Three In Russia’s Far East

MOSCOW, Russia, Nov 3 (NNN-TASS) – A mixture of gas and air went off, on board an oil tanker in Nakhodka Bay, in Russia’s Far East, on Saturday, leaving two people dead and another missing. No blaze or fire was observed, and investigators have launched a criminal case over the…

Britain Should Apologise For Balfour Declaration – Peer

LONDON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two years ago, a peer called on the British government to apologise for the “suffering” of Palestinians, 100 years after the Balfour Declaration. The UK government’s declaration was the first commitment by a world power to a “Jewish national home” in Palestine. Lord Warner said,…

PLO Urges Britain To Apologise Over Balfour Declaration

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Nov 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, on Saturday, demanded that Britain apologise for the Balfour Declaration, that allowed Israel to be established on Palestine land 102 years ago. “Marking 102 years of the Balfour Declaration should serve as a reminder…

Iraqi Parliament To Work Continuously To Meet Protesters’ Demands

BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Mohammed al-Halbousi, said that, parliament will work intensively and continuously, for the popular demands of the anti-government protests. Parliament “will be on continuous open session and will work day and night, in order to speed up the implementation of the reforms demanded…

Pilot Killed In Plane Crash At Florida Air Show

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – A plane crashed Friday afternoon, at an air show in Stuart, Florida, killing the pilot, authorities said. The male pilot was the only person aboard and no one on the ground was injured, Martin County Sheriff, William Snyder, told reporters. The National Transportation Safety Board…