India’s Core Industries Grow 3.7 Percent In Jan

NEW DELHI, Mar 1 (NNN-PTI) – India’s eight core industries increased 3.7 percent in Jan, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, yesterday. “The combined index of eight core industries stood at 144.4 in Jan, 2022, which increased by 3.7 percent (provisional) as compared to the…

Two Killed, Six Injured In Pakistan’s Karachi Gun Fires

ISLAMABAD, Mar 1 (NNN-APP) – Two people were killed and six others were injured, in separate firing incidents in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, yesterday, local media reported. In one of the incidents, a factory worker was killed by unknown gunmen, Aaj News reported. In a separate incident, a…

Hosting U.S. Nuclear Weapons “Completely Unacceptable”: Japan’s PM

TOKYO, Mar 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, yesterday said, it is completely “unacceptable” for Japan to make a nuclear sharing deal with the United States, spurning the notion of Japan hosting U.S. nuclear weapons. After a call by former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, a day earlier, to…

Iran Says Vienna Agreement Draft Ready, Awaiting West’s Political Decisions

TEHRAN, Mar 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran said yesterday that, a draft of the final agreement in the Vienna talks, on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal has been prepared, waiting for Western countries to make their political decisions on the three main remaining issues. The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman,…

President Museveni of Uganda gets Asian business leadership award

DUBAI (UAE), Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has been awarded the Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) Award for exhibiting exemplary principle centred sustainable leadership. ABLF, in a statement, announced that Museveni will receive his award during a virtual event to be held in the United Arab…

Afghan Woman Builds Girls’ School In Far-Flung District

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Feb 28 (NNN-ANA) – An Afghan woman helped, in constructing a school for girls, in the country’s northern Jawzjan province, which has been welcomed by Afghans as an initiative towards developing education in the country. In Aqcha, a far-flung district of the Jawzjan province, Hajji Bibi Nazira, built…

Kidnapper Killed, Hostage Rescued In Afghanistan’s Kabul

KABUL, Feb 28 (NNN-ANA) – One kidnapper was killed and four others arrested, after intelligence personnel of the Afghan caretaker government, busted a group on the western outskirts of the capital, Kabul, the government confirmed today. “The Kabul department of General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) rescued Abdul Ghafar from the…

Philippines Logs 951 New COVID-19 Cases, Lowest Since Dec Last Year

MANILA, Feb 28 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 951 new COVID-19 infections today, the lowest since Dec 29, 2021, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 3,661,997. The DOH said, 50 more people died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the country’s death toll to…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Tech firms flock to Spain trade show in shadow of Russia war

BARCELONA, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of the technology industry’s biggest annual get-togethers is set to kick off in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Monday, under the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.   The Mobile World Congress, where smartphone and telecoms companies show off their latest products and…

Malaysia Reports 24,466 New COVID-19 Infections, 40 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 24,466 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 3,419,636, according to the health ministry. There are 246 new imported cases, with 24,220 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 40 deaths have been…
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