Asia Indonesia Numerous soup kitchens continue to spring up in the country to provide meals for overwhelmed health workers, Covid-19 patients and others in distress
Asia Tajikistan About 600 thousand tons of vegetables were harvested from 19 thousand hectares in the first half of 2021 according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture
Asia Nepal The country's largest hydropower plant, the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, has become operational after 10 years of work
Asia Armenia The EU will allocate 1,5 billion euros to implement development projects in five different directions by 2025 within the Eastern Partnership plan
Asia India The monsoon, which is now in a weak phase, could lead to re-seeding of key kharif crops like pulses, oilseeds, paddy and coarse grains if rainfall remains inadequate at all crucial agricultural points in the country
Asia Japan With Japan's basketball player Rui Hachimura and wrestling champion Yui Susaki as flag bearers, for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games each participating country will have one male and one female athlete as flag bearers
Asia Mongolia The new Chinggis Khaan International Airport, located in the Khushig Valley 50km from Ulaanbaatar, has opened this weekend with the first flight to Tokyo
Asia Georgia The government will write off debts to 24 radio stations due to their difficult economic situation caused by the pandemic
Asia Azerbaijan The State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of Azerbaijan has officially launched the competition program "Renewed Face of Ancient Karabakh"
Asia Turkey Over 3.000 attempts of illegal excavations, counting those in known sites only, have been perpetrated by treasure hunters who saw the Covid-19 restrictions as an opportunity to dig up buried artifacts across the country ‘undisturbed’
Asia Bhutan Bhutanese in diaspora raise international concern on Japan’s decision to confer an award on Dago Tshering, former PM held responsible for the ban of citizens of Nepalese origin and those who supported them
Asia Vietnam The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai will spend US$4.3 million for agriculture extension activities 2021-2025 in an aim to increase the added value of products and farmers’ incomes through organic farming, product tracing, post-harvest processing
Asia Cambodia HIV/AIDS situation has steadily improved over the past two decades, with infections dropping from a peak of 1.8% of the population in 1998 to only 0.5% according to latest data