Greater Integration Key To Boosting Asia’s Green Economy: Malaysian Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Greater regional integration among Asian countries will boost the region’s efforts in developing an eco-friendly transport sector, Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Fadillah Yusof said, yesterday. This must include reducing trade barriers and working towards reducing social disparity present in the region, to make such…

Chinese Neta V Electric Car Officially Launched In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – PT Neta Auto Indonesia (NAI), yesterday, officially launched the Chinese-made Neta V electric car, and announced its plan to build an assembly plant in the country next year, in cooperation with local company PT Handal Indonesia Motor. Neta Indonesia’s Director of External Affairs and Product,…

Indian Capital Gov’t Identifies More Pollution Hotspots, Orders Using Dust Suppressants

NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (NNN-PTI) – Local government of the Indian capital territory, yesterday said, it has identified eight more pollution hotspots, in addition to the already existing 13. Delhi Environment Minister, Gopal Rai, said, special teams will be deployed across the city to check pollution sources. Rai said, the…

Air Quality In Indian Capital Continues To Be Very Poor

NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (NNN-PTI) – The air quality in the Indian capital territory, continues to be very poor today, officials said. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), an institute monitoring air pollution, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded…

Three Earthquakes Jolted District Close To Nepal Capital

KATHMANDU, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three earthquakes above magnitude 4, jolted Dhading district this morning, sending tremors to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. One temblor of magnitude 6.1 struck at 7:39 a.m. local time, said Lok Bijay Adhikari, from Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre (NEMRC). The quakes have left…

Vehicle Parking Charges Hiked In Delhi To Check Rising Air Pollution

NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (NNN-PTI) – Authorities here in India, yesterday, invoked Stage-2 of Graded Response Action Plan measures, which entail hiking parking charges for private vehicles. The measures, planned by the Commission for Air Quality Management, came into effect from yesterday, amid rising levels of air pollution in the…

Australian Authorities Investigating Missing Radioactive Material

CANBERRA, Oct 20 (NNN-AAP) – Authorities are investigating, after radioactive material was reported missing from a steelworks in South Australia (SA). The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) yesterday confirmed they are searching for a piece of equipment, with a small…

Bali Island Declares Drought Emergency Status For 14 Days

JAKARTA, Oct 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – The regional government of Bali province, declared yesterday, an emergency alert status of drought, that would stay effective for 14 days, following the escalation of the recent drought disaster in the region. “We have decided to set the status of disaster emergency preparedness for 14…

New Zealand’s Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions Up 0.2 Percent

WELLINGTON, Oct 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions increased 0.2 percent, or 33 kilotonnes, in the Jun, 2023 quarter, after a 0.1 percent increase in the Mar, 2023 quarter, according to the statistics department, Stats NZ, today. Increases in the Jun, 2023 quarter emissions from transport, postal, and…

Man Died In Bushfire In New South Wales

SYDNEY, Oct 17 (NNN-AAP) – Police confirmed today that, a man died in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), after a bushfire ripped through a rural property in the state’s north. Emergency services were called to Stony Creek Lane, at Temagog, at about 10:15 p.m. local time last…
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