India’s GDP Grows By 8.2 Percent

NEW DELHI, Jun 1 (NNN-PTI) – India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth, during the previous financial year from Apr, 2023 to Mar, 2024, recorded a jump of nearly 1.2 percent from a year earlier, according to data released by the federal Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, yesterday. The country’s…

Pakistan’s PM To Visit China

BEIJING, Jun 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – At the invitation of Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, will pay an official visit to China from Jun 4 to 8, foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, announced yesterday.– NNN-XINHUA  

Malaysia’s Petronas Profit Down 11 Percent In First Quarter

KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysian state-owned oil and gas firm, Petronas, reported lower earnings in the first quarter of this year, amid prolonged volatility in the pricing landscape. The firm said in a statement yesterday that, its profit after tax dropped 10.5 percent year on year to 21.3…

Five Killed, Thousands Affected By Floods In North-East India

NEW DELHI, Jun 1 (NNN-PTI) – Floods have claimed five lives and affected thousands of people in India’s north-eastern states of Assam and Manipur, officials said, yesterday. Both states were hit by heavy rains in the aftermath of cyclone Remal, which made landfall between the coasts of West Bengal and…

Iran Condemns New EU Sanctions On Officials, Entities

TEHRAN, Jun 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, yesterday, condemned new sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on a number of Iranian officials and entities. He made the remarks in a statement by his ministry, after the EU yesterday, imposed sanctions on six individuals and three…

Iraq Welcomes UN Resolution To End Assistance Mission By 2025

BAGHDAD, Jun 1 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi government welcomed, yesterday, the United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution, to end the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), by the end of 2025. The government spokesman, Basim al-Awadi, said in a statement that, the Iraqi government welcomes and appreciates the resolution, which…

At Least 70 Confirmed Dead In Jabalia Camp, Including 20 Children, After Israeli Army Burnt Tents

GAZA, Jun 1 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 70 Palestinians were found dead yesterday, in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, where Israel has just pulled out its armed forces, after nearly three weeks of carnage. Local medical sources said that, ambulance and civil defence crews, primitively retrieved about 70 bodies, including…

Two Killed, Five Injured In Israeli Airstrikes On S. Lebanon

BEIRUT, Jun 1 (NNN-NNA) – A Hezbollah member and one civilian were killed, and five others wounded last night, in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources. The sources, who spoke anonymously, said, one Hezbollah member was killed and another wounded, in an Israeli attack in the…

Roundup: Over 50 People Die Of Heatstroke In India

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Jun 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 50 people died of heatstroke, in different parts of India, particularly eastern, central and northern areas, over the past few days, as an intense heat wave swept across most parts of the country, said local media and government officials,…

Egypt’s Largest Container Terminal To Operate By 2025: Senior Executive

AIN SOKHNA, Egypt, Jun 1 (NNN-MENA) – An Egyptian executive announced that, a new large container terminal at Ain Sokhna port, on the Red Sea, developed by an international consortium led by China’s Hutchison Ports, will start operations by 2025. Mohamed Khalil, manager of the port development project, said that,…