Wholesale Inflation Eased To 4.73 Percent In India

NEW DELHI, Feb 15 (NNN-PTI) – The rate of wholesale inflation in India declined to 4.73 percent in Jan, from 4.95 percent in the previous month, mainly due to easing of prices of manufactured items, fuel and power, the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry said, yesterday. “Decline in the…

EV Sector To Benefit From New Policies, Ecosystem Development: Malaysian Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia will strengthen its drive towards expanding the electric vehicle (EV) sector in the country, with new policies and a focus on developing the ecosystem, a Malaysian official said, yesterday. The country is also seriously looking into policies that will support energy sectors, to…

Four Terrorists Killed In NW Pakistan Terror Attack

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (NNN-APP) – Four terrorists were killed in a terror attack on security forces, in North Waziristan district of Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said, yesterday. According to the CTD statement, the terrorists attacked late Monday night, a security forces…

Air India Selected Up To 290 Boeing Jets

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 15 (NNN-PTI) – Boeing announced yesterday that, Air India has selected Boeing’s family of airplanes to expand its future fleet with plans to invest in 190, 737 MAX, 20 787 Dreamliner, and 10 777X airplanes. The agreement between Boeing and Air India includes, options for 50 additional…

Myanmar Exported 85,585 Tonnes Of Corn In Jan

YANGON, Feb 15 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar exported 85,585 tonnes of corn last month, earning more than 25.7 million U.S. dollars, the Myanmar Corn Industrial Association (MCIA) said, yesterday. The country exported corn to China, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Brunei, India and Nepal, it said. Myanmar shipped 77,620 tonnes of…

India’s Tax Department Raided BBC Offices In Delhi, Mumbai

NEW DELHI, Feb 15 (NNN-PTI) – Income tax department officials, yesterday, raided offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in New Delhi and Mumbai, multiple media reports said. According to the reports, the income tax officials arrived at the BBC offices for searches. However, some reports, quoting their sources said,…

Malaysia Appoints New Reps To UN, Asean

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), Feb 14 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian government has appointed  its top diplomat Dr Ahmad Faisal Muhamad as the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, the United States. The former High Commissioner to New Zealand Nur Izzah Wong Mee Choo has been appointed as Permanent Representative to the…

Eight Killed In Road Accident In Central Vietnam

HANOI, Feb 14 (NNN-VNA) – Eight people died and several other people were injured, in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam, after a tractor-trailer and a 16-passenger van crashed into each other, early this morning. The tractor-trailer was travelling on National Highway 1A, in Tam Hiep Commune, Nui Thanh District,…

Adverse Weather Hit Aussie State With Bushfires, Storms, Heavy Rain

SYDNEY, Feb 14 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian state of Queensland is having a day of extreme weather conditions, with bushfires, severe thunderstorms and heavy rain raging. According to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) today, there are multiple fires in the state’s Western Downs region, where agriculture is a…

Cambodia Says Shutdown Of West-Backed Media Outlet Over Slanderous Broadcast Does Not Affect Press Freedom

PHNOM PENH, Feb 14 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia said today that, the shutdown of the foreign-funded VOD (Voice of Democracy) radio, over broadcasting “intentionally slanderous” information does not undermine the vibrant press freedom in the country. In a press statement, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,…
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