Nepal Aims To Export Power After Inaugurating Largest Power Project

KATHMANDU, Jul 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepali Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, yesterday, inaugurated the Upper Tamakoshi hydropower project, the country’s largest, with an installed capacity of 456MW, which is expected to make Nepal a power exporter. Oli “switched on” the button, through a video conference, after the electricity, generated by…

Death Toll In Philippine Military Plane Crash Rises To 52, Full Investigation Ordered

MANILA, Jul 6 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from a military plane crash in the southern Philippines has risen to 52, as two more critically injured soldiers died in hospital, Defence Secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, said, in an updated report yesterday. All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft have…

Palestinian Detainee Remains On Hunger Strike For 62 Days

RAMALLAH, Jul 5 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail, Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, continues his hunger strike today, for the 62nd day in a row, in protest of his unfair detention without charge or trial, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission. The commission spokesman, Hassan Abed-Rabbu,…

Israel’s Active COVID-19 Cases Rise To 2,438

JERUSALEM, Jul 5 (NNN-PNN) – The total number of active COVID-19 cases in Israel rose to 2,438, the highest since Apr 17, the Israeli Ministry of Health said yesterday. Meanwhile, the ministry reported 269 new cases, raising the total infections in the country to 842,890. The death toll from the…

Turkey Reports 4,418 New COVID-19 Cases, 5,444,786 In Total

ANKARA, Jul 5 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday confirmed 4,418 new COVID-19 cases, including 404 symptomatic patients, raising the caseload in the country to 5,444,786, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 50 to 49,924, while 4,161 more people recovered in the last…

Mongolia Logs 1,551 New COVID-19 Cases

ULAN BATOR, Jul 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia reported 1,551 new COVID-19 cases, over the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 126,811, the country’s health ministry said, today. The ministry said that, a total of 8,699 samples were tested across the country in the past day, and the latest…

New Zealand Reports Seven New Cases Of COVID-19 In Managed Isolation

WELLINGTON, Jul 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand, today, reported seven new cases of COVID-19, related to recent returnees in managed isolation facilities, and no cases in the community. The new imported cases came from Cambodia, Bahrain and India, with four other cases’ full travel history yet to be determined, according…

At Least 20 Injured In Thai Chemical Factory Explosion

BANGKOK, Jul 5 (NNN-TNA) – A chemical factory, close to Suvarnabhumi airport, in the suburbs of Bangkok, exploded and caught fire early today, leaving at least 20 people injured. The strong explosion occurred at around 3:00 a.m. local time, in a plastic foam producing factory, in Bang Phli district of…

Vietnam’s Traffic Accidents Down 11.5 Percent In H1

HANOI, Jul 5 (NNN-VNA) – A total of 6,007 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam in the first half of this year, down 11.5 percent against the same period last year, according to the country’s Traffic Police Department today. The accidents killed 3,092 people, severely injured 2,032 and slightly injured 2,284,…

India Reports 39,796 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Jul 5 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,585,229 today, as 39,796 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, according to the health ministry. Besides, 723 more deaths were recorded since yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 402,728. Currently there are…