Five Bodies Retrieved From Missing Motorboat Off Southern Philippines

MANILA, Jan 25 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), yesterday, announced the recovery of five bodies from a recreational motorboat that went missing earlier this week, in waters off Davao Oriental province, in the southern Philippines. The bodies were found in separate locations, during ongoing search-and-rescue operations, according to…

Indian Rupee Hits Record Low Of 92 Against USD

NEW DELHI, Jan 24 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian rupee, yesterday hit a new low, closing at nearly 92 against the U.S. dollar. This marked the currency’s steepest weekly decline in six months. Analysts attributed this drop primarily to persistent foreign outflows and hedging activities by importers.– NNN-PTI 

Three Australians Charged After 42 Kg Of Drugs Found In Luggage At Sydney Airport

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (NNN-AAP) – Australian authorities charged three men, over an alleged attempt to smuggle 42 kg of illicit drugs into the country, from Thailand. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force, said in a joint statement today that, the three men were intercepted by officers on…

Kyrgyzstan Sees Nearly 21 Million Foreign Entries In 2025

BISHKEK, Jan 24 (NNN-KNA) – Nearly 21 million foreign citizens entered Kyrgyzstan last year, an increase of 18.6 percent compared with 2024, and 20 percent compared with 2023, the country’s Border Service of the State Committee for National Security said, yesterday. The figures indicate a significant rise in interest in…

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…
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