India’s Hero Motocorp To Raise Two-Wheeler Prices By 40 USD

MUMBAI, Jun 23 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Hero MotoCorp, decided to raise its motorcycle and scooter prices from July 1, to partially offset the impact of the continuous increase in commodity prices, the company said, in its filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange. The world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer will hike price…

Nepal Adds More Destinations To Resumed Int’l Flights

KATHMANDU, Jun 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Nepali government decided to reopen international flights to more foreign destinations and partially resume domestic flights, a senior government official said yesterday. A cabinet meeting decided, on Monday, to allow flights to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Malaysia, South Korea and…

Japan Appoints Takeo Mori As Vice Foreign Minister

TOKYO, Jun 23 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Foreign Ministry official, Takeo Mori, was appointed by the Japanese government as vice foreign minister yesterday, local media reported. Mori, 60, will now be the top bureaucrat at the ministry, taking over from Takeo Akiba. Prior to being handed the senior deputy minister portfolio…

UN Envoy Sees Dire Situation In Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – The UN secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan, warned yesterday that, the situation on the ground in the country is dire. “I cannot overstate to the council my concern, regarding the present situation in Afghanistan. All of the major trends — politics, security, the peace…

World Bank Urges Educational Reforms In Lebanon To Benefit Children

BEIRUT, Jun 22 (NNN-NNA) – The World Bank released yesterday, a report calling on the Lebanese authorities to quickly reform the education sector, and increase investment for better children’s education. Dubbed Foundations for Building Forward Better: An Education Reform Path for Lebanon, the report said, “change can be brought only…

Mongolia Logs 2,231 New COVID-19 Cases

ULAN BATOR, Jun 22 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia reported 2,231 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, in the last 24 hours, raising the national caseload to 98,050, the health ministry said today. Fourteen more fatalities were reported in the past day, bringing the nationwide death toll to 477, the ministry said in…

Restrictions Upgraded As Fiji Records More COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

SUVA, Jun 22 (NNN-PIN) – Fiji upgraded restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19, as the country continued to witness growing COVID-19 cases and deaths. Fiji recorded 126 new COVID-19 cases today, taking the total tally to 2,090, and recovered patients reached 532, while the death toll stood at seven,…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Close To 30 Million, Daily New Cases Below 50,000

NEW DELHI, Jun 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 29,977,861 today, with 42,640 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry. This was the first time that less than 50,000 cases were reported in a day, after 91 days, according to the ministry.…

Over 8,000 Dengue Infections Reported In Sri Lanka This Year

COLOMBO, Jun 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of people infected with dengue fever has risen to 8,139 in Sri Lanka, so far this year, with the capital, Colombo, having the highest tally, local media reported yesterday. National Dengue Control Unit Director, Dr. Aruna Jayasekara, was quoted by the local Sunday…

COVID-19 Cases In Indonesia Pass Two-Million Mark

JAKARTA, Jun 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia registered more than two million cases of COVID-19 yesterday, since the first case was confirmed in the country, in Mar last year. The country’s Health Ministry said, the COVID-19 cases across the country rose by 14,536, within the past 24 hours to 2,004,445, the…