Third Pilot In India’s Twin Air Cash Found Dead

NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (NNN-PTI) – The third pilot in the twin air crash, involving two Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets, yesterday, was found dead, confirmed the IAF. Earlier in the day, two fighter jets, a Sukhoi-30 and a Mirage-2000, crashed in central India, while they were on a…

Three In Four Women In Philippines Use Smartphones: Survey

MANILA, Jan 29 (NNN-PNA) – Three in four women in the Philippines use smartphones, according to a 2022 government survey, released this week. Results of the Women and ICT (Information Communications Technology) Development Index (WIDI) survey showed, 84.9 percent of women respondents used smartphones in 2022. Basic cell phones followed…

Security Forces Busted Suicide Bombers Network In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani security forces reportedly busted a network of suicide bombers, local media reported yesterday. Local media, quoting security officials, reported that, the security agencies conducted a series of operations last week, after getting intelligence reports about the presence of a network of suicide bombers. The…

Sri Lankan Economy To Grow In 2024: President

COLOMBO, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s economy, though contracted by 11 percent in 2022, and possibly 3.5 percent or four percent this year, will see growth in 2024, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe, yesterday. However, the president warned, if the economic projects implemented by the government and the debt restructuring…

Gwadar To Act As Business Hub Of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (NNN-APP) – Traders from Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province said, the coastal city of Gwadar will act as a business hub of Pakistan, under the project of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, an official statement said. In a meeting with officials of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)…

Local Gov’t In Indian Capital Territory To Repair Roads, Provide E-Scooters For Last-Mile Connectivity

NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (NNN-PTI) – Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said yesterday, the Indian capital territory was all set to get a makeover. While launching the Delhi renovation drive, aimed at repairing and beautifying the national capital, Kejriwal said, deep-scrubbing and mechanical sweeping will be used to clean…

Indonesia To Start Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccination For Children Under Six

JAKARTA, Jan 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia is set to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations for children under six, starting in the second quarter of this year, the country’s health ministry announced, yesterday. “We’ve already calculated how many children aged six years old and below, who need the vaccines and when the…

Indonesian Official Wishes For On-Schedule Completion Of Railway Construction

JAKARTA, Jan 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian Transportation Minister, Budi Karya Sumadi, invited guests from over 20 Chinese and Indonesian media outlets, to witness construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), at the Tegalluar Station, yesterday. During the tour, Budi conveyed Chinese New Year greetings to Chinese workers and praised the…

Five-Day Film Festival Underway In Mumbai

NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (NNN-PTI) – The five-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) film festival is underway, in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, officials said yesterday. The festival hosted veterans from the film industry, in multiple sessions yesterday. Apart from film screenings, discussion sessions were held on various subjects, ranging from music…

Myanmar Held First Travel Fair Since COVID-19 Outbreak

YANGON, Jan 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar kicked off a three-day travel fair in its commercial city of Yangon yesterday, for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. “We are re-organising the travel fair this month, after we couldn’t hold any event like this in 2020, 2021 and 2022,” Naung…
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