China provides over $21bn to low-income groups
WUHAN: China has provided more than 140 billion yuan (21.6 billion U.S.dollars) to low-income residents over the past 11 months,...
SNGPL launches operation against gas compressors users
ISLAMABAD: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has launched a crackdown on compressors being used to generate gas pressure...
S.Korea’s industrial production falls by 0.5% in Nov
SEOUL: Industrial production in South Korea reduced for two straight months due to sluggish exports that caused a fall in...
Spain’s Ibex-35 rises, but at rate below rest of Europe
MADRID: Spain's Ibex-35 stock exchange enjoyed a positive day of trading on Tuesday to recover the 9,600.00 point mark by...
Indian Customs seizes 57kg gold worth Rs 13 million
MUMBAI: The Air Intelligence Unit of Mumbai Customs on Tuesday apprehended two persons at the Mumbai international airport and recovered...
Indian Customs clears relief materials sent from Malaysia
CHENNAI: The relief materials sent from Malaysia to flood affected people of Chennai and Cuddalore districts which got stuck at...
UK Customs seizes 90kg of cannabis from the sea
LONDON: It has been an eventful Christmas weekend for HM Customs. On Monday, officers of the Customs Marine Unit were...
Nigeria Customs seizes 1,300 cartons of imported poultry products
ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’, Owerri, says it has intercepted a Mercedez truck loaded with...
US Customs confiscates 82 pounds of pot worth $66,000
EL PASO: Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 82.5 pounds of marijuana Monday at the Ysleta Port of Entry (POE),...
India police seize 5.5kg charas worth Rs. 5.5 million
BALRAMPUR: Sashastra Seema Bal jawans today arrested a 45-year-old man and recovered 5.5 kg charas worth Rs 55 lakh, from...
Lebanon Customs seizes 5 tons of ‘ Captagon pills’
BEIRUT: Lebanese customs officials have seized five tonnes of Captagon amphetamine pills and hashish at Beirut airport, concealed in primary...
Indonesia police seize 1.5 tons of marijuana worth $441,000
JAKARTA: The National Police announced here the other day that they recently thwarted the trafficking of 1.5 tons of marijuana...
Indian police nab five red sander smugglers
NEW DELHI: Five persons, including three women, landed in police net when they were reportedly going to Andhra Pradesh to...
Tanzania court sentences 20-years jail to two refugees for smuggling ivory
DODOMA: A Tanzanian court has sentenced two Burundian refugees to 20 years in jail for possession of elephant tusks. The...
S.Africa Customs nabs 3 for smuggling over R76 million
JOHANNESBURG: Three men were arrested on Christmas Day, while allegedly trying to smuggle currency valued at over R76 million into...
ICCI hails Rs 3 per unit cut in power tariffs for industry
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the move of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to announce a...
US Customs provides Spanish-language service
WASHINGTON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that Spanish-language service is now provided by the CBP Information Center, the...
US Customs seizes marijuana at Ysleta POE
EL PASO: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 82.5 pounds of marijuana yesterday at the Ysleta Port of Entry...
Korea exports to Australia up 7.5% on FTA
SEOUL: Korea's exports to Australia rose 7.5 percent in the January-November period, in sharp contrast to the country's overall exports...
Canada’s motorcycle industry shifting gears to cope with lower loonie
TORONTO: Canada's motorcycle industry is facing headwinds from the low loonie as the sector gears up for an annual round...
