134 Drug Offenders Nabbed In Singapore

SINGAPORE, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), arrested 134 suspected drug offenders, including two 14-year-olds, in an anti-drug operation from Oct 8 to Oct 20, according to a statement released by the bureau yesterday. The CNB, in cooperation with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, seized about 1,296…

Sri Lanka Arrested 28,441 In First Nine Months Over Illicit Alcohol

COLOMBO, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Excise Department, arrested 28,441 individuals, in the first nine months of this year, over allegations of illegal manufacture, distribution or sale of alcohol, an official said, yesterday. Additional Commissioner General of Excise (Revenue and Law Enforcement), Kapila Kumarasinghe, told the national television channel…

Fifth ASEAN-China Media Week Opens

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The opening ceremony of the 5th ASEAN-China Media Week, co-organised by China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), the Malaysian Ministry of Communications and Digital, the people’s government of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was held at the centre of Putrajaya, yesterday. Addressing the…

Vehicle Parking Charges Hiked In Delhi To Check Rising Air Pollution

NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (NNN-PTI) – Authorities here in India, yesterday, invoked Stage-2 of Graded Response Action Plan measures, which entail hiking parking charges for private vehicles. The measures, planned by the Commission for Air Quality Management, came into effect from yesterday, amid rising levels of air pollution in the…

Malaysia’s Central Bank Reaffirms Support For MSMEs

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s central bank said yesterday that, it will continue to support priority segments of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), to obtain financing at competitive rates. This includes 600 million ringgit (125.85 million U.S. dollars) being earmarked for four target segments, Bank Negara Malaysia…

Indian Sky Craft’s Crew Module Recovered From Sea

NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian navy units, yesterday, recovered crew module of the country’s first test flight for its Gaganyaan (skycraft) mission. The test flight was successfully launched earlier in the day, after putting it on hold for a couple of hours, due to a technical anomaly.…

Xinhua Commentary: Vetoing UNSC Draft Resolution, U.S. Blocks Global Efforts On Gaza Truce

BEIJING, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – When the world strives to quench the fire and help reach peace in Gaza, Washington thwarted, again, the global efforts, by vetoing Wednesday, a draft UN Security Council resolution, calling for a humanitarian truce in Gaza. As one of the five permanent members of the…

Over 60 Percent Of Gaza’s Population Displaced Due To Israeli Regime’s Attacks: UN

GAZA, Oct 22 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 60 percent of the population in the Gaza Strip has been displaced, as a result of the ongoing Israeli regime’s attacks, according to a UN organisation. “About 1.6 million people were forced to be displaced from their houses, since the start of the…

Australian Referendum Defeat Linked To “Deep-Seated Racism”: Indigenous Leaders

CANBERRA, Oct 21 (NNN-AAP) – Indigenous Australian leaders have identified “deep-seated racism” as a factor in the defeat of the Indigenous Voice referendum. In a joint statement issued today, three of the four powerful land councils in the Northern Territory (NT) described the victory of the “no” vote in the…

Two Dead, Multiple Injured In Van-Express Bus Collision In S. Korea

SEOUL, Oct 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – Two people were killed and several others injured today, as an express bus collided with a van in South Korea’s North Chungcheong province. The express bus crashed into the 15-seater van that was travelling in front of it inside a tunnel of an expressway in…