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00:10President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr. renewed calls for preferential trade agreement with India during a CEO roundtable in New Delhi,
00:18emphasizing its role in improving market access and supply chain resilience.
00:22He urged Indian investors to explore Philippine opportunities in semiconductors, digital tech and healthcare,
00:31backed by recent reforms like Executive Order No. 18 and the Create More Act.
00:36Bilateral trade has reached US$3.3 billion and the chief executive directed the DTI to lead PTA talks and create a joint working group with India.
00:46The president also promoted the country's skilled workforce, citing the new Enterprise-Based Education and Training Framework Act.
00:54He assured Indian firms of a stable, transparent and investor-friendly business environment under his administration.
01:01Today marks a tragic episode in humankind history and a grim reminder to us all of the very real potential of extinction of our species by our own doing.
01:10And this is the apocalyptic aftermath of Little Boy and Fat Man.
01:16Codenames for the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, respectively, eight years ago.
01:23Once bombing, industrial cities turned desolate places of mass death and utter destruction after the mushroom clouds lifted and cleared.
01:31At least 140,000 died in Hiroshima and 70,000 more in Nagasaki.
01:36And God knows the tens of thousands more combined from radioactivity fallout afterward.
01:42Earlier today, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba led government officials, VIPs and distinguished guests in Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park
01:51to honor the tens of thousands of his countrymen who have lost their lives that faithful day at 15 minutes past 8 in the morning, 80 years ago.
01:59This amid Japanese standing defense policy of going nuclear as a tool of deterrence and given its geographic location where neighbors like Russia, North Korea and China are also major players in the nuclear arms race.
02:13The arms race has shifted to the more powerful thermonuclear tools of warfare that could easily wipe out mankind, flora and fauna off the face of the planet.
02:22That's a wrap for this evening's stories. Join us for a new tomorrow for another twin bill of breaking stories in the evening.
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02:33I'm Gabrielle Lopez and thank you for watching PTV News Now.
