Blast Inside Firecracker Factory Killed Seven, Injured Five In West Bengal

NEW DELHI, May 17 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven people were killed and five others injured, some of them critically, yesterday, from a firecracker factory blast, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, police said. The blast took place in Egra area of East Medinipur district, about 130 km…

Myanmar Towns Recorded Lowest Temperatures In Decades

YANGON, May 17 (NNN-MNA) – Two towns in Myanmar experienced the lowest temperature in 28 years and 36 years, respectively, yesterday, according to the country’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. Namhsan, a town in eastern Shan state, logged its lowest temperature in 28 years at 12.5 degrees Celsius, the weather…

Mobile Phone Users Reached Nearly 184 Million In Bangladesh

DHAKA, May 17 (NNN-BSS) – The total number of Bangladesh’s mobile phone users is close to 184 million, at the end of March this year, showed the latest statistics of the country’s telecom regulator. According to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the number of subscribers in the…

India’s Overall Exports Rose Two Percent In Apr

NEW DELHI, May 17 (NNN-PTI) – India’s goods exports, shrank to 34.66 billion U.S. dollars in Apr, from 39.70 billion dollars in the same month last year, due to decline in demand in major markets, showed the latest data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. As services exports…

Japan’s Main Opposition Party Protests Bill Aimed At Increasing Defence Spending

TOKYO, May 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, submitted a no-confidence motion yesterday, against Finance Minister, Shunichi Suzuki, aiming to block a vote on a bill to increase defence spending. By submitting the motion, the opposition party obstructed a vote on the bill, for securing funds for…

Child Killed, Six Injured In NW Pakistan School Shooting

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (NNN-APP) – A school girl was killed and six others, including five students and a teacher, were injured, in a firing inside a school, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday, police said. A policeman, deployed at the security of the school in Swat district, opened fire…

Japan To Deploy Up To 24,000 Security Personnel For Upcoming G7 Summit

TOKYO, May 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA), said yesterday that, up to around 24,000 security personnel will be deployed, for the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in the western city of Hiroshima. In addition to about 3,000 police stationed in the host city, around 21,000 personnel…

Death Toll From Cyclone Mocha Rose To 21 In Myanmar

YANGON, May 17 (NNN-MNA) – The death toll from Cyclone Mocha, that battered Myanmar on Sunday, has climbed to 21, the state-run television channel, MRTV reported, yesterday. The dead victims included military personnel, carrying out a rescue operation. According to media report, cyclone Mocha damaged 11,532 houses, 73 religious buildings,…

Vietnam Approves Plan To Cut Power Output From Coal-Fired Plants

HANOI, May 17 (NNN-VNA) – The Vietnamese government has approved a plan that needs 134.7 billion U.S. dollars, to reduce coal-fired electricity generation, and improve the country’s power grid by 2030, it was reported yesterday. The plan is aimed at ensuring Vietnam’s energy security, as the country is set to…

India Rejects U.S. Report On International Religious Freedom

NEW DELHI, May 17 (NNN-PTI) – India yesterday described the U.S. report on international religious freedom as, one “based on misinformation and flawed understanding.” The report talked about attacks on members of religious minority communities in India, in 2022, according to local media reports. In response to media queries, regarding…
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