Sunday, January 15th, 2023
At least 67 killed in Nepal plane crash
Agencies Pokhara, Nepal, At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday when a plane with 72 onboard crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country’s deadliest aviation disaster in three decades. “Thirty-one (bodies) have been taken to hospitals,” police official AK Chhetri told AFP, adding that 36 other bodies were still in the 300-metre (600-foot) gorge the aircraft plunged into. This was partially confirmed by the army, with a spokesman saying 29 bodies had been retrieved and that there were 33 more at the site in Pokhara in centralRead More
Nazriya Pakistan Trust launches Quaid e Azam leadership lecture
Ex, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman says ‘we could have taught India even a bigger lesson during Pulwama crisis’, speakers say ‘Quaid’s leaders based on character, courage & commitment key to Pakistan’s turnaround in the future’ Staff Report Lahore, 15 Jan: Pakistan’s premier organisation devoted to promoting the vision and philosophy of the Founding Fathers, the Nazriya Pakistan Trust, launched the Quaid e Azam Leadership Lecture with the first talk by former PAF head, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman. Terming ACM Aman an ‘authentic Pakistani hero’, Senator Mushahid Hussain, ViceRead More
Innovation drives constant prosperity of small commodity market in China’s Yiwu
By Gu Chun, People’s Daily Yiwu, a city in east China’s Zhejiang province, is dubbed as the “world’s capital of small commodities.” It has trade relations with over 230 countries and regions around the world. In the face of profound changes and a pandemic both unseen in a century, the city still delivered a great performance in trade. In the first 11 months of 2022, Yiwu reported total foreign trade of 442.22 billion yuan ($64.48 billion), up 24.1 percent year on year. In particular, its exports grew 19.1 percent fromRead More
China’s catering industry in steady recovery thanks to optimization of COVID-19 response
By Ouyang Jie, People’s Daily China’s optimization of COVID-19 response measures is leading to a rebound in the catering industry. Restaurants across the country have resumed dine-in services and are preparing for a peak period that may arrive with the upcoming Chinese New Year, which will fall on Jan. 22. Sanlitun, a popular shopping area favored by young people in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, is currently seeing a recovery in foot traffic, and that includes a restaurant of Haidilao, a leading hot pot restaurant chain in China, at Sanlitun SOHO, aRead More