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
Africa Botswana The overall pass rate for the Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education 2022 results, Grade C or better in six syllabuses, is 95,46%, a minor decline of 1,63 % from 97,09% of year 2021
Oceania Samoa Samoa's prehistoric landscape management techniques and agricultural technologies are the subject of analysis and discussion at an upcoming National University of Samoa seminar held by American academic Craig Shapiro
Asia Vietnam Mộc Châu resort has been crowned 'Asia's Leading Regional Natural Destination' at the World Travel Awards 2022
Asia Armenia Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan received last week the delegation led by MEP François Alfonsi, co-founder of the Friendship Group with Artsakh in the European Parliament
Asia North Korea Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater for the six tests at the Punggye-ri site between 2006 and 2017
Europe France French taxpayers may have to pay out €14,6 billion in unpaid taxes, according to the Tax Fraud Assessment for 2022, reported the Ministry of Public Accounts
Europe Czech Republic The Czech Republic's 10,5 million inhabitants host the largest number of Ukrainian refugees with temporary protection status per population among EU nations, Eurostat data show
America Dominican Republic The Civil Aviation Board JAC approved a special permit from the Spanish airline World2fly, established in 2021, to operate the Madrid / Santiago de los Caballeros / Madrid route through the Cibao International Airport
Europe Slovakia The National Council will consider banning cages for chickens and laying hens after investigative videos showing animal welfare conditions at three Slovak farms were leaked online
Asia Japan A working group within the Ministry of Justice has proposed raising the age of consent from 13 to 16, part of a wider review of Japan's sex crime laws, after several rape acquittals in 2019 sparked protests
Africa Mauritius International Women’s Day will be celebrated on 5th March this year instead od 8th March - said Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare Mrs Koonjoo-Shah - to promote greater participation of women at the celebrations to be held in Pailles
Europe Serbia Air Serbia and Air China have renewed their cooperation that began in 2015, with the aim of facilitating travel between the two countries