6.0-Magnitude Quake Jolted Off Central Indonesia, No Casualties Reported

JAKARTA, Feb 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province yesterday, but did not cause any damage or casualties, disaster agency officials and weather agency said. The country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said, the tremor of the quake did not trigger a tsunami. The quake…

14 Pilot Whales Stranded On Beach In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – A pod of 14 pilot whales were stranded on Kalpitiya beach, in north-western Sri Lanka yesterday, said the country’s wildlife department. Sri Lanka’s navy, police and the wildlife department, put the whales back into the sea, following a rescue operation, said the wildlife department, adding…

Seven Dead, 22 Injured In Car Crash In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Feb 12 (NNN-PNA) – Seven people, including six police officers, died, and 22 others were injured, in a car crash in Misamis Oriental province, in southern Philippines yesterday, police said. Police also said, the victims were aboard two passenger vans, travelling from Iligan City to Cagayan de Oro City,…

Indian Gov’t To Offload Three Million Tonnes Of Wheat To Cool Down Prices

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government said yesterday that, it had decided to offload three million metric tonnes of wheat, under the Open Market Disposal Scheme (OMSS), to cool down prices of wheat and wheat flour. Junior minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan…

Five Killed, Seven Injured After Car Plunged Into Ravine In Eastern Myanmar

YANGON, Feb 11 (NNN-MNA) – Five people were killed and seven others injured, after a car plunged into a ravine in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, yesterday, according to the Myanmar Fire Service Department. The deceased included two males and three females, while the injured were three men and four women,…

Indian Lawmaker Suspended For Recording Parliament Proceedings

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (NNN-PTI) – An Indian lawmaker was suspended yesterday, for the remaining part of the ongoing parliament session, for recording the proceedings of the House and putting it up on social media. While sitting inside the parliament’s upper house, Rajya Sabha, lady lawmaker, Rajani Ashokrao Patil, who…

Restoration Work On Cambodia’s Angkor Thom’s Takav Gate Completed

PHNOM PENH, Feb 11 (NNN-AKP) – The restoration work on the Takav Gate, in the western part of Angkor Thom temple, in the famed Angkor Archaeological Park, in north-west Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, has been 100 percent completed, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) said in a news release. Starting in…

Japanese Garment Companies Eye India For Imports

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (NNN-PTI) – Readymade garment (RMG) buyers from Japan, interacted with Indian sellers near New Delhi yesterday, to promote garments exports from India to the nation. The two-day “UpNext India,” which kicked off in Gurugram, a town neighbouring New Delhi, is organised by the Apparel Export Promotion…

Brunei Recorded 41.1 Percent Trade Growth In Nov Last Year

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 11 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei recorded 2,856.8 million Brunei dollars (2,152.0 million U.S. dollars) total trade for Nov, 2022, a 41.1-percent year-on-year increase, contributed by a rise in both export and import value. The latest International Merchandise Trade Statistics, released yesterday by the Department of Economic Planning…

Vietnam Aims To Have 30 Airports By 2030

HANOI, Feb 11 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam aims to have 30 airports by 2030, compared with its current number of 22 civil airports, as part of its effort to promote tourism and boost aviation industry, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said, yesterday. The country will strive to have 14 international…
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