PM Modi holds bilateral meeting with new Japanese PM Ishiba, New Zealand PM Luxon

Vientiane/New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held bilateral meetings separately with the newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon, on the sidelines of Asean-India Summit in Vientiane, Laos. Prime Minister congratulated Prime Minister Ishiba on his new responsibility and wished him…

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Japanese encephalitis virus kills 12 in Nepal

Kathmandu, Sep 13 (UNI) Twelve people, including children, have died and 59 have been infected with the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in Nepal since the monsoon began in June, The Kathmandu Post reported. Twenty-nine districts, including the Kathmandu Valley, have reported infection with the fatal virus, while eight districts — Kailali, Kapilvastu, Palpa, Chitwan, Rautahat,…

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EAM calls on Japanese PM along with Quad FMs

Tokyo/New Delhi, July 29 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with his fellow Quad Foreign Ministers of the US, Japan and Australia, called on Japanese PM Fumio Kishida in Tokyo today. In a post on X, the EAM posted that he conveyed the warm greetings of PM Narendra Modi. “Honored to call on Prime…

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Japanese businesses can participate in Modi govt’s vision of making India a global hub of manufacturing: EAM

New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) The Modi Government is committed to making India a global hub for innovation, research, design and engineering with manufacturing remaining a strong focus, in which Japanese businesses can participate to co-innovate, co-create and co-produce in India for both domestic and global markets, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today. In…

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Japanese drugmaker recalls red yeast rice supplements as 1 death reported

Tokyo, (UNI) Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical on Tuesday disclosed that one person has died after taking their supplement product containing “beni-koji,” or red yeast rice, raising concerns about potential health hazards associated with the ingredient. The deceased, who suffered kidney damage, is believed to have consumed a supplement product containing yeast-fermented rice produced by the…

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