MANILA — The Philippines’ Department of Finance (DOF) and the World Bank (WB) have signed a mortgage settlement of 600 million U.S. {dollars} to fund a rural growth undertaking that can modernize agriculture and enhance infrastructure, the finance division mentioned on Monday.
The DOF mentioned the mortgage settlement was signed on July 7 for the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Scale-up, which is geared in the direction of reworking agriculture right into a modernized and industrialized sector by way of public infrastructure interventions and strengthening the commodity worth chain. (Philippines-World Bank-Loan)
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NEW DELHI — Torrential rains within the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has killed not less than 34 individuals previously 24 hours, the state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) mentioned on Monday.
Five individuals drowned in Raebareli district and 4 others drowned in Bareilly district, whereas deaths because of lightning and heavy rain additionally occurred in Muzaffarnagar, Kaushambi Etah, Kannauj, Budaun, Ghazipur, Jalaun and Kanpur Dehat, AIR mentioned. (India-Heavy Rain-Casualty)
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SEOUL — Lawmakers of South Korea’s important opposition Democratic Party (DP) have slammed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) closing report on Japan’s deliberate discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific.
According to Yonhap news company, Woo Won-shik, a DP lawmaker, mentioned at a gathering with visiting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on Sunday that “(the IAEA’s) verification was biased in favor of Japan from the beginning, losing its neutrality and objectivity.” (South Korea-Japan-Fukushima Wastewater)
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HONG KONG — The District Councils (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 got here into impact on Monday after being revealed within the Gazette in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
In order to place an finish to the chaos of the sixth time period of district councils (DCs), restore the DCs to the fitting monitor, and enhance the efficacy of district governance, the HKSAR authorities introduced on May 2 the proposals on enhancing district governance. (Hong Kong-District Council-Ordinance)
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NEW DELHI — The violence in India’s northeastern state of Manipur has killed 142 individuals over the previous two months, the native authorities mentioned on Monday.
The data was introduced by Manipur’s chief secretary to India’s Supreme Court in a report mentioning a complete of 142 individuals have been killed within the violence-hit state. It mentioned 5,000 incidents of arson have taken place within the state since May, and Imphal East and Imphal West districts have reported the utmost variety of deaths. (India-Manipur-Violence)