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Indonesia delays electric motorcycle incentive launch until next month

Jakarta, June 23 -- The Indonesian government has decided to delay the rollout of incentives for electric motorcycle purchases until next month, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Ha... Read More


Rajasthan constitutes panel to prepare draft Uniform Civil Code legislation

India, June 23 -- The Rajasthan government has constituted a committee under former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to prepare the draft legislation as part of the process to implement a Uni... Read More


Over 700 civilians killed by Myanmar military in six months, UN finds

Dhaka, June 23 -- Myanmar's military killed more than 700 civilians in six months, including hundreds of women and children, according to a UN report cited by the BBC. The report from the UN Human Ri... Read More


Strait of Hormuz Will Not Return to Pre-War Status, Iran Parliament Speaker Says

Afghanistan, June 23 -- Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran's parliamentary speaker, said the management and security arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz would never return to their pre-war state, signalin... Read More


Yen slides ahead of key US inflation data

Mumbai, June 23 -- The Japanese yen hovered around 161.6 per dollar on Tuesday, staying near its weakest level since 1986 as the wide interest-rate differential between the US and Japan continued to s... Read More


Mamata Banerjee 'removed' from her own party, TMC? Abhishek 'suspended'? Let's fact-check the 'comedy show'

New Delhi, June 23 -- Bengal politics took a dramatic turn on Sunday, 22 June. A rebel faction within the Trinamool Congress declared itself the "real TMC". The group announced the removal of Mamata B... Read More


No Plan to Provide New Gas Connections to Household Sector

Dhaka, June 23 -- The government currently has no plan to provide new natural gas connections to the residential sector as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has become easily available. Minister for Powe... Read More


Fuel Oil Sales: BPC Incurring Daily Loss of Tk 780 Million

Dhaka, June 23 -- Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is incurring losses of around Tk 7.8 billion every day. From March to June 11, the total loss of BPC stood at Tk 17,039.56 crore in terms of se... Read More


Andy Burnham, 'King of the North', sworn in as MP hours after Starmer's exit; could become next UK PM as early as July

India, June 23 -- Just hours after Keir Starmer made an emotional speech from 10 Downing Street to announce his resignation from the UK Prime Minister's office on Monday, his main opponent, Labour lea... Read More


Govt set to bring MSME law change to ease payment delays, boost ease of biz

New Delhi, June 23 -- The government is working on changes to laws on micro, small, and medium enterprises in a bid to speed up resolution of delayed payment disputes, scrap minor penalties and ease c... Read More