Pakistan’s Cement Exports Surge 40 Percent In First 11 Months Of FY 2024

ISLAMABAD, Jun 23 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s cement exports increased by 40.46 percent, in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, starting from Jul 2023 to Jun 2024, compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, officials from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), said yesterday. According…

Indian Official On Hunger Strike Over Water Crisis In Capital

NEW DELHI, Jun 23 (NNN-PTI) – The ongoing water crisis in the Indian capital territory has intensified, as an official has been on hunger strike, and residents struggled to collect water from tankers. Amid the scorching summer heat, people in several localities of Delhi had to wait at tankers for…

Senior CPC Official Visited Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jun 23 (NNN-APP) – Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led a CPC delegation to visit Pakistan from Jun 20 to Jun 22. During the visit, Liu met with leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Prime Minister,…

World Bank Approves 145 Million USD In Credit For Water Security Improvement Project In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Jun 23 (NNN-AKP) – The World Bank has approved 145 million U.S. dollars in credit, to support a water security improvement project in Cambodia, said its news release, yesterday. The Cambodia Water Security Improvement Project will improve water security, increase agricultural productivity, and build resilience to climate risks,…

Seven Daesh Militants Killed In Airstrikes In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jun 23 (NNN-NINA) – Seven Daesh militants were killed, in two airstrikes on their hideouts, in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said, yesterday. Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out two airstrikes on their hideouts, and a tunnel, used by the extremist militants in a…

Yemen’s Houthis Launched Ballistic Missiles At U.S. Aircraft Carrier Eisenhower In Red Sea

SANAA, Jun 23 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said in a statement yesterday that, it had launched ballistic missiles at the U.S. aircraft carrier, Eisenhower, in the northern Red Sea. “The missile force in our armed forces carried out an operation targeting the American aircraft carrier, Eisenhower, in the northern Red…

Egypt Cracks Down On Travel Agencies Over Hajj Trip Frauds

CAIRO, Jun 23 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian government is set to ban the operation of 16 travel agencies, for arranging “fraudulent” Hajj trips to Saudi Arabia, for unregistered pilgrims. At a Hajj deaths crisis unit meeting, held yesterday, Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, said, he has ordered the license of…

Nine Killed In Bridge Collapse In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jun 23 (NNN-BSS) – At least nine people died, after a microbus and an auto-rickshaw carrying wedding party guests, plunged into a canal, following the collapse of a dilapidated bridge in Barguna district, some 180 km south of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. The accident occurred around 2:00 p.m. local time,…

Indian Gov’t Implements New Law To Check Corruption In Conducting Exams

NEW DELHI, Jun 23 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, late on Friday night, brought into force a new law to check corruption in conducting exams. The new law entails penal provisions, such as 10 years imprisonment and a monetary fine of 10 million Indian rupees (around 119,674 U.S. dollars) for…

Japan’s Century-Old Bank Faces Mounting Crisis Over High U.S., European Rates

TOKYO, Jun 23 (NNN-NHK) – Century-old Japanese financial institution, Norinchukin Bank, announced plans to sell approximately 10 trillion yen (about 63 billion U.S. dollars) in overseas bonds, primarily U.S. and European government bonds, by the end of the current fiscal year, in March 2025, as it faces massive losses. The…