Asia India Indian Railways' first hydrogen-powered train made its maiden journey covering an 89-km route between Jind and Sonipat in Haryana state; the 10 coaches were powered by a 1.200 Kw hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system, the world's most powerful for a train
Asia Tajikistan The country will start supplying onions to Kazakhstan in exchange for grain in a new agreement signed to expand cooperation in agriculture
Asia Indonesia Customs controls at small ports will be strengthened to crack down on the illegal import of used shoes, said Ministry of Industry responding to a Reuters report that found that shoes donated to a recycling programme in Singapore were shipped to Indonesia
America Bolivia The government is currently working on a plan to fully industrialise lithium by the end of this year, by carefully studying and selecting the companies that will be extracting and processing the good for its commercialisation in the next years
Oceania New Zealand The 35th census took place yesterday, with special measures taken to avoid problems occurred in 2018 census and with special assistance to Maori people so that they can complete the survey and concur to gather data
America Belize During the country’s celebration of Women’s Month, the government announced that it will officially eliminate the General Sales Tax on all women’s sanitary products, now being classified as part of the basic supplies of a household
Africa Malawi The country received 20.000 tonnes of fertiliser from Russia, expressing gratitude to the Russian Federation for the gesture, saying it was an act of goodwill resulting from good bilateral relations
Oceania Tuvalu His Excellency Rashid Matar Al Qemzi presented his credentials to His Excellency Rev. Tofiga Vaevalu Falani, Governor General of Tuvalu, as Non-Resident Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates
Africa Morocco Out of a total of 23.411 foreign students in Morocco in 2021, 19.256, almost 83%, were of African origin, reports Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Abdellatif Miraoui
Asia Uzbekistan Russian airline Pobeda will launch a direct Moscow-Tashkent charter flight from 21 April and a twice-weekly Moscow-Samarkand flight, Uzbekistan Airports said
Africa Cape Verde An open conversation to make students aware of the importance of energy transition has been promoted by the Multisectoral Regulatory Agency for the Economy in cooperation with the Centre for Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance
Asia Cyprus The new government has put on hold a budget request of around €3 million earmarked for the purchase of state vehicles, including 35 limos for officials
Europe San Marino Trek-Segafredo cyclist Antonio Tiberi was fined €4.000 for killing a minister's cat in San Marino and his team suspended him for 20 days without pay
America Colombia A group of 79 police officers and oilfield workers were taken hostage by residents blocking an oil exploration, and have now been freed in exchange of government negotiations to suspend the operation