JAKARTA -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off Indonesia's North Sulawesi province Saturday, but did not cause any damage or casualties, disaster agency officials and weather agency said.
The country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said the tremor of the quake did not trigger a tsunami. (Indonesia-Earthquake, 2nd LD)
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NEW DELHI -- Direct Tax collections in India during the current 2022-23 financial year stood at 15.67 trillion Indian rupees (190 billion U.S. dollars) till Feb. 10, which is 24.09 percent higher than the gross collections for the corresponding period of last year.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Saturday, the Direct Tax collection net of refunds stood at 12.98 trillion Indian rupees (157 billion dollars), which is 18.40 percent higher than the net collections for the corresponding period of last year. (India-Tax Collections)
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TOKYO -- A total of 546 companies in Japan went bankrupt in January, rising for the ninth straight month, according to a recent survey by a credit research company.
The reading marked a year-on-year increase of 13.3 percent, and increased for January for the first time in three years compared with the same month of the previous year, Japan's Teikoku Databank Ltd. said in its online report on Wednesday. (Japan-Bankruptcies-Survey)
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MANILA -- Four soldiers were killed and another critically wounded after a soldier ran amok and fired at sleeping soldiers on Saturday inside an army camp in northern Mindanao, south of the Philippines, said the Philippine military.
The alleged murder was also shot dead. (Philippines-Army Camp-Shooting) ■
