Japan’s TEPCO Seeks To Raise Household Electricity Prices By 30 Percent

TOKYO, Jan 24 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO), said yesterday that, it has applied to the Japanese government to raise its regulated electricity rates for households, by around 30 percent from June, in response to surging energy prices and the yen’s weakening. The rate hike application,…

Mongolia Experiences Extreme Cold Weather

SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia, Jan 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Large parts of Mongolia have been experiencing extreme cold weather in recent days, the country’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said, yesterday. Overnight temperature dropped to minus 50 degrees Celsius in Bayantes soum, an administrative subdivision of the western Mongolian province of…

Russian FM Lavrov visit to South Africa: Foreign Minister Pandor defends joint Russia-China military exercise

 PRETORIA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa has defended its decision to hold a joint military exercise with Russia and China next month. Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor condemned the “double-standard” which says some countries can perform such exercises but others are not. “All countries conduct military exercises with friends worldwide,”…

93 Percent Of Pakistanis Stand For Ban On Cigarette Sale

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (NNN-APP) – The findings of a study showed yesterday that, 93 percent of Pakistanis agreed that the sale of cigarettes should be banned. A Gallup and Gilani Pakistan survey reported that, a nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the country was asked the…

Indian Gov’t To Set Up Centres In Hotels To Promote Yoga, Traditional Medicine

NEW DELHI, Jan 24 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government mulls over setting up centres of yoga and traditional medicine systems, including Ayurveda, in hotels run by the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), under the federal tourism ministry. Ayurveda is a natural system of medicine, originated in India more than 3,000…

Aussie Technology Developed, To Help Safeguard Used Nuclear Fuel

CANBERRA, Jan 24 (NNN-AAP) – Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, have developed a world-leading system to safeguard spent nuclear fuel around the world. Revealed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) today, the Robotised Cherenkov Viewing Device (RCVD), autonomously navigates spent fuel ponds and provides inspectors with…

Ardern Made Final Speech As New Zealand PM

WELLINGTON, Jan 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Jacinda Ardern made a de facto farewell speech as New Zealand prime minister today, with the presence of her successor, Chris Hipkins. The outgoing Labour leader, on her last day as prime minister said, her departure should not be viewed as a negative commentary on…

WHO seeks $2.5 bn for health emergency responses in 2023

 GENEVA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization on Monday appealed for $2.54 billion for its work in 2023 to help millions of people facing health emergencies around the world.    The UN health agency said that it was currently responding to an unprecedented number of intersecting health emergencies.…

Sri Lanka’s Bureau Of Foreign Employment Gave 8.2 million USD To Treasury

COLOMBO, Jan 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, said yesterday that, he handed over three billion rupees (8.2 million U.S. dollars), earned last year by the Bureau of Foreign Employment, to the treasury. The money will be utilised to fund fuel, medical and…

Climate change increases human trafficking risks: UN

 VIENNA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Evidence is emerging that climate-related disasters are becoming a cause of human trafficking as criminal gangs exploit a growing number of uprooted people, the UN said Tuesday. The continuing war in Ukraine is also another risk factor for increased human trafficking, the United Nations Office…
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