Sri Lanka Signed Agreement With Global Green Growth Institute

COLOMBO, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka, yesterday, signed a host country agreement, with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), progressing its climate action and further deepening the country’s green growth development, said the President’s Media Division (PMD). Issuing a press release, the PMD said, the agreement was signed in…

Suspected Terrorist Arrested In Indonesia’s Lampung Province

JAKARTA, Feb 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian police’s anti-terror squad, yesterday, arrested a suspected terrorist, identified as AF, 33 years old, in the country’s Lampung province. “We arrested him at dawn on Tuesday (yesterday), at his house, and confiscated several things that are allegedly related to his terrorism acts,” Indonesian…

India Received Largest Foreign Inward Remittances In FY 2021-22

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday said, it had received the highest ever foreign inward remittances in the fiscal year 2021-22. The information was given by Finance Minister, Pankaj Chaudhary, at the upper house of the Indian parliament. “During 2021-22, India received foreign inward remittances of…

Indian Gov’t Says State-Owned Insurance Company Holds Less Than One Percent Stake In Adani Group

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday said, the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), holds less than one percent stake in both equity and debt in the Adani group, whose shares tumbled, following U.S. short-seller’s critical report on its businesses. The information was given by…

Indonesian Authorities Gear Up To Rescue Six Hostages In Highland Papua

JAKARTA, Feb 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian police and military are gearing up to rescue an airline pilot of Susi Air, with five passengers, in the province of Highland Papua, who have reportedly been kidnapped by armed separatists in the region. The pilot, a New Zealand citizen, was piloting a…

25 Killed In Bus-Car Collision In Northern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (NNN-APP) – At least 25 people were killed and several others injured, when a passenger bus collided with a car, in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, government officials and police said, yesterday. The accident occurred after the over-speeding bus collided with a car near the Shatial check…

Indian Gov’t Says Aviation Watchdog Has No Plan To Limit Serving Liquor On Flights

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government said that, the country’s civil aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has no plan to limit serving liquor on flights, in light of the recent incidents of unruly behaviour of drunk passengers onboard. The information was given by…

Fiji Invests In Digital Gov’t To Improve Public Trust

SUVA, Feb 7 (NNN-PINA) – Fijian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communications, Manoa Kamikamica, said, the government is working towards increasing transparency and accountability by investing in digital government that improves public trust. According to the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), Kamikamica said, several initiatives are in place to grow…

Japan’s Household Spending Dropped For Second Straight Month In Dec

TOKYO, Feb 7 (NNN-NHK) – Household spending in Japan fell 1.3 percent in Dec last year, as spending by people on residential expenses, including maintenance, declined, the government said in a report today. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, spending by households occupied by two or more…

Mongolia’s Foreign Trade Turnover Up 61 Percent In Jan

ULAN BATOR, Feb 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia’s foreign trade turnover, increased by 61.1 percent year on year, to over 1.76 billion U.S. dollars in Jan, official data, released by the Mongolian Customs General Administration showed, today. The country registered a surplus in foreign trade balance as exports exceeded imports by…
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