16 Engineers Suspended Over Series Of Bridge Collapse Incidents In India

NEW DELHI, Jul 6 (NNN-PTI) – At least 16 engineers were suspended yesterday, by the local government of India’s eastern state of Bihar, following a series of bridge collapse incidents in over a fortnight, officials said. The decision to suspend the engineers from water resources and rural works departments, for…

Erdogan To Invite Syria’s President To Türkiye

ANKARA, Jul 6 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday that, Ankara could start a new normalisation process with Damascus, and he might extend an invitation to Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad and Russian President, Vladimir Putin. “We may have an invitation to Putin and Bashar al-Assad. If Mr.…

Medical Students In Gaza To Complete Education In Pakistan On Humanitarian Grounds

ISLAMABAD, Jul 5 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan has decided to allow medical students from the Gaza Strip to complete their medical education in the country on humanitarian grounds. The decision was made on the directions of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson, Mumtaz…

Concerns Loom For Gas Supply On Australia’s East Coast In 2025: Report

SYDNEY, Jul 5 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s competition regulator, released its latest gas inquiry report today, indicating that the country’s east coast market is likely to struggle, with a risk of a shortfall in the winter of 2025. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), estimated that, if Queensland’s liquefied natural…

Japan Household Spending Down 1.8 Percent In May

TOKYO, Jul 5 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s real household spending in May saw the first decline in two months, by shrinking 1.8 percent from a year earlier, government data showed, today, amid soaring prices and sliding yen. Households of two or more people spent an average of 290,328 yen (about 1,800…

Vietnam’s Manufacturing Business Sentiment Expected To Rise In Q3: Survey

HANOI, Jul 5 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnamese manufacturing business sentiment, is set to rise in the third quarter, on the back of the country’s unexpectedly higher economic growth in the second quarter, and an optimistic outlook for the year, Vietnam News reported today, citing the latest survey by the General Statistics…

Voting Started In Presidential Runoff In Iran

TEHRAN, Jul 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Voting started in a presidential runoff in Iran today, in which reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s former health minister, and principlist Saeed Jalili, the former chief negotiator in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, race for the presidency, Iranian Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, announced.–…

Cambodia Recorded Rise In Landmine, ERW Casualties In H1

PHNOM PENH, Jul 5 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported 35 landmine and explosive remnant of war (ERW) casualties in the first half of 2024, up almost 67 percent from 21 over the same period last year, a spokesperson said today. “Eight people killed, 21 injured, and six amputated, during the Jan-Jun…

Structural Audit Filed In India’s Supreme Court As 12 Bridges Collapsed In 17 Days

NEW DELHI, Jul 5 (NNN-PTI) – As bridges continue to collapse in India’s eastern state of Bihar, a public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the country’s top court, seeking directions to the local government to undertake a structural audit of the remaining bridges. Local media reports said, at…

Pakistan’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Increased By 494 Million USD

ISLAMABAD, Jul 5 (NNN-APP) – The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), said yesterday that, its foreign exchange reserves had increased by 494 million U.S. dollars. During the week ending Jun 28, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank moved to around 9.4 billion dollars, the SBP said in a…