Sri Lanka To Introduce Licensing System For Commercial Drone Operators

COLOMBO, Jan 23 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka’s civil aviation regulator, will introduce a licensing system for commercial and professional drone operators, for the first time, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said, today. Under the new framework, operators of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), seeking a pilot license, will…

Gas Flaring Recorded Following Fire At Kazakhstan’s Tengiz Oil Field

ALMATY, Jan 23 (NNN-KTA) – Gas from equipment at Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field was diverted and burned through a flare, operated by a gas processing plant, to reduce pressure, Kazinform reported yesterday, citing regional authorities. Yerlan Yessenov, deputy head of the ecology department of the Atyrau region, said that, the…

Death Toll From Shopping Mall Fire In Karachi Rose To 60

ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (NNN-APP) – The death toll from a shopping mall fire in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, climbed to 60, after at least 30 bodies were recovered from a shop of the multi-storey building, officials said, yesterday. The bodies were recovered from the mezzanine floor of the…

Kazakhstan To Introduce ChatGPT Edu Into National Education System

ALMATY, Jan 22 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan will introduce the specialised artificial intelligence (AI) tool for education ChatGPT Edu, into its national education system, the country’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development said, yesterday. The ministry said in a news release that, Kazakhstan has become the first country in Central…

Japan’s TEPCO Restarted First Nuclear Reactor Since Fukushima Disaster Despite Local Opposition

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), yesterday, restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, in Niigata Prefecture, despite local opposition, marking the first operated by TEPCO to go back online, since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Reactor No. 6, at the seven-unit complex,…

Latest MH370 Search Covers Over 7,000 Sq Km, No Significant Discoveries So Far

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The latest phase of the MH370 seabed search, in the Southern Indian Ocean, has achieved broad survey coverage, though no significant discoveries or conclusive findings have been identified so far. Search operations, conducted onboard Armada 8605, covered approximately 7,236.40 square kilometres, as of Jan…

Japan’s Remaining Twin Pandas To Depart For China On Jan 27

TOKYO, Jan 20 (NNN-NHK) – Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, currently residing at a zoo in Tokyo, will depart for China on Jan 27, marking the first time in about half a century that Japan will be without any pandas, local media reported. The twin pandas will be…

Man Attacked By Crocodile In North-East Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 20 (NNN-AAP) – A man was taken to hospital this morning, after he was attacked by a crocodile, in the north-east Australian state of Queensland. Emergency services were called to reports of an animal-related incident at a stream, near the small town of Ingham, over 1,000 km north…

Sri Lanka’s Computer Literacy Rose To 38.4 Percent In First Half Of 2025

COLOMBO, Jan 19 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka’s digital skills improved in 2025, with national computer literacy rate rising to 38.4 percent in the first half of the year, the latest survey by the Department of Census and Statistics show. The urban sector posted the highest literacy rate at 52.1 percent,…

Five Killed, 12 Injured In Bus Accident In Eastern Nepal

KATHMANDU, Jan 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five people were killed and 12 others injured, in a bus accident in eastern Nepal’s Dharan, in Sunsari district, last night, said a local police officer. The accident took place when a bus, travelling from Bhedetar to Dharan, went out of control and rammed into…
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