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India’s DRI seizes psychotropic drug worth Rs 50 lakh
CHENNAI: Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 25kg of amphetamine, a psychotropic drug, from a house at...
Vietnam poultry sector appeals for removal inquiry into US chicken imports
HANOI: Two Vietnamese husbandry associations are appealing to the government to launch a probe to determine whether U.S. businesses are...
US dollar advances against yen, euro in Asian trade
LONDON: The dollar rose against the yen and the euro during Asian trade Thursday, encouraged by what investors interpreted as...
Eurozone household real income rises 0.9% in 1Q
BRUSSELS: The eurozone's household income per capita, in real terms, increased by 0.9 percent in the first quarter of 2015,...
Australian dollar extands gain against major currencies in Asian trade
PERTH: The Australian dollar continued to be strong against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday, as...
Computer game sales in China rise 21.9% to $9.7b in H1
BEIJING: Sales of computer games in China hit 60.5 billion yuan ($9.7 billion) during the first half of 2015, a...
China lottery sales increases 5.2% to $30.67b in H1
BEIJING: China's lottery sales grew to around 187.68 billion yuan ($30.67 billion) in the first half of 2015, up 5.2...
Nepal endorses $360m investment from China’s Hongshi Holdings
BEIJING: Nepal has endorsed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposal worth $360 million made by China's Hongshi Holdings Limited to establish...
China’s BYD inks agreement with London to provide zero-emission buses
BEIJING: Chinese automotive company BYD signed a 19 million pound ($30 million) deal here the other day to provide London...
China Shenhua Energy net profit drops 45.6% to $1.9b in H1
BEIJING: China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd, the country's largest coal mining group, reported here the other that its net profits...
NASA researchers flow a light plane into aircraft black boxes
PARIS: NASA researchers have flown a light plane into the ground in a test of aircraft black boxes. The most...
Japanese researcher able to produce 2-petawatt laser beam
TOKYO: Researchers in Osaka were able to produce a 2-petawatt laser beam using a device known as the Laser for...
Indian rupee falls by 7 paisa against US dollar in early trade
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee fell by 7 paise to 63.98 a dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange...
Indonesia Customs arrests Tanzanian for smuggling heroin
JAKARTA: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport’s customs and excise officers have arrested a Tanzanian woman, identified as MA, for trying to smuggle...
Blue moon appears on skies, tomorrow
CANADA: Turn your eyes to the skies Friday morning for a rare cosmic event that occurs, well, once in a...
Hong Kong port’s container traffic falls 9.4% to 8.36m TEUs in H1
HONG KONG: Container traffic at the port of Hong Kong, China in January-June 2015 decreased by 9.4% compared to the...
Toll Group plans to build logistics hub at new Singapore mega-port
SINGAPORE: Australian logistics provider Toll Group is to build a hub in Singapore to capitalise on the new mega-port coming...
Ants are able to transport objects such as food
LONDON: Ants are able to transport objects such as food that are much larger than themselves by intuitively understanding when...
Kuwait’s Zain Group revenue falls 15% to $1.9b in H1
KUWAIT: Zain Group, a pioneer of mobile telecommunications across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for...
Ooredoo Qatar revenue drops 3% to QR16bn in H1
DOHA: Telecom giant Ooredoo recorded a revenue of QR16bn for the first half of 2015 (H1, 15), 3 percent down...
