New Zealand Approves Third COVID-19 Vaccine Novavax

WELLINGTON, Mar 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealanders will soon be able to access a third type of Novavax vaccine, following the government’s confirmation yesterday. COVID-19 Response Minister, Chris Hipkins, said today that, Novavax will soon be available to New Zealanders aged 18 and over. “Novavax is a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine,…

Indian Economy Grew 5.4 Percent In Oct-Dec Quarter

NEW DELHI, Mar 1 (NNN-PTI) – India’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 5.4 percent, in the third quarter (Oct-Dec) of the current financial year 2021-22, showed the latest data, released by the Indian government. India’s financial year starts on Apr 1, and ends on Mar 31, of the following year.…

Myanmar Extends Ceasefire With Ethnic Armed Groups Until Year-End

YANGON, Mar 1 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s military extended its ceasefire agreements with ethnic armed groups, until the end of this year, according to a statement released by Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, yesterday. The nationwide ceasefire agreement was initiated in Oct, 2015. The military extended the ceasefire to…

Blast Kills Two Children, Wounds Two In Afghanistan’s Northern Kunduz Province

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Mar 1 (NNN-ANA) – Two children lost their lives and two others sustained injuries, as an explosive device went off in Khanabad district, of the northern Kunduz province on Sunday, district police officer, Qari Mohammad Hashim said yesterday. Those killed in the blast were an eight-year-old and a…

New Zealand Opens Borders With Tears, Hugs

WELLINGTON, Mar 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand officially opened its borders yesterday, lifting the COVID-19 border restrictions after two years. Yesterday’s border reopening was the first stage of New Zealand’s five-step reconnecting plan, which allowed fully vaccinated Kiwis and other current eligible travellers from Australia, to enter the country without…

Vietnam Reports 94,385 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Tally Tops 3.4 Million

HANOI, Mar 1 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam logged a new daily record of 94,385 COVID-19 infections yesterday, taking the total to over 3.4 million cases, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, up 7,395 cases from Sunday, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 94,376 domestically transmitted and nine imported.…

India’s Core Industries Grow 3.7 Percent In Jan

NEW DELHI, Mar 1 (NNN-PTI) – India’s eight core industries increased 3.7 percent in Jan, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, yesterday. “The combined index of eight core industries stood at 144.4 in Jan, 2022, which increased by 3.7 percent (provisional) as compared to the…

Two Killed, Six Injured In Pakistan’s Karachi Gun Fires

ISLAMABAD, Mar 1 (NNN-APP) – Two people were killed and six others were injured, in separate firing incidents in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, yesterday, local media reported. In one of the incidents, a factory worker was killed by unknown gunmen, Aaj News reported. In a separate incident, a…

Hosting U.S. Nuclear Weapons “Completely Unacceptable”: Japan’s PM

TOKYO, Mar 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, yesterday said, it is completely “unacceptable” for Japan to make a nuclear sharing deal with the United States, spurning the notion of Japan hosting U.S. nuclear weapons. After a call by former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, a day earlier, to…

Iran Says Vienna Agreement Draft Ready, Awaiting West’s Political Decisions

TEHRAN, Mar 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran said yesterday that, a draft of the final agreement in the Vienna talks, on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal has been prepared, waiting for Western countries to make their political decisions on the three main remaining issues. The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman,…
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