A half century ago, Mongolian wrestler J.Munkhbat won the first ever medal for his country at the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships. The championships, in which he took bronze in the 87kg category, were held in the Indian capital New Delhi from 12-14 November 1967.
The State Great Khural (parliament) approved the 2018 State Budget bill on Tuesday (14 November) along with the Social and Health Insurance Funds bill.
Deputy Prime Minister U.Enkhtuvshin received H.E.Suresh Babu, India’s Ambassador to Mongolia earlier today (14 November). During the meeting, the two sides discussed the construction of Mongolia’s oil refinery, direct flights between the two counties as well as an Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in Ulaanbaatar in 2018.
In the 2018 state budget, the Mongolian government is expecting tax revenue to increase by 607 billion MNT or 10.7 percent compared to the total expected revenue in 2017.
A national forum on ‘Sustainable Development-Statistics’ opened today (13 November) at the State House. The two day event is being organised by the National Statistical Office, the State Great Khural or Mongolian parliament in cooperation with the Word Bank.
The Mongolian Nuclear Energy Committee met earlier today (13 November). During the meeting, some new regulations regarding the radiation measurement safety code were approved.
The Permanent Committee of Preventing Earthquake Disasters held a meeting at the State House on 13 November. According to the study, over 1000 seismic tremours were registered in Mongolia during the first ten months of 2017.
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