Iran Ready To Supply Required Oil For World Market: Official

TEHRAN, Mar 12 (NNN-IRNA) – The head of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said yesterday, Iran is ready to supply required oil for the world market and stabilise prices. The Iranian government has made every effort to regain Iran’s oil share in the market, and to increase it, Mohsen Khojasteh…

Cambodia Donates 10 More Vaccine Vans To Neighbouring Laos

PHNOM PENH, Mar 12 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia today provided 10 more vaccine vans, to help neighbouring Laos fight the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. Cambodian health ministry’s secretary of state and spokeswoman, Or Vandine, handed over the vehicles to Lao health minister, Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, at the Trapeang Kriel international border checkpoint,…

Fire In Delhi Claims Seven Lives

NEW DELHI, Mar 12 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven people were charred to death, after a major fire broke out in Delhi, early this morning, a senior Delhi Fire Services official confirmed. According to the official, the fire broke out in as many as 60 huts, located near Gokalpur village,…

US targets Russians in new North Korea sanctions after missile launches

WASHINGTON, March 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States imposed fresh North Korea-related sanctions on Friday after US and South Korean officials said Pyongyang had used its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system in two recent launches. The sanctions, announced by the US Treasury, target two Russian nationals and three Russian firms it…

Sri Lankan Schools Further Relax COVID-19 Restrictions

COLOMBO, Mar 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan Ministry of Education, issued a circular summoning all students to schools from Mar 14. Schools can be conducted as they were before the pandemic, according to the circular, issued on Thursday, by Kapila Perera, secretary to the Ministry of Education. This marks…

New Zealanders Queue For Petrol As Price Hikes

WELLINGTON, Mar 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Cars, boats and gallon bottles, New Zealanders were filling every tank with fuel, before another big price hike, tipped at the weekend. Petrol prices have already jumped up dramatically over the past month, which saw national average price of 91-petrol increase 11.8 percent to 2.94…

Malaysia Reports 32,800 New COVID-19 Infections, 76 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 32,800 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 3,774,786, according to the health ministry. There were 541 new imported cases, with 32,259 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 76 deaths were reported,…

Sri Lanka Becomes First In South Asia To Trial 5G Technology

COLOMBO, Mar 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata PLC, became the first company in South Asia, to successfully trial “the most advanced” 5G Standalone (5G SA) network, local media reported here yesterday. The latest breakthrough achievement came, after Dialog in 2018, became the first telecommunications service provider in the…

Indonesia Reports 16,110 New COVID-19 Cases, 290 More Deaths

JAKARTA, Mar 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia yesterday confirmed 16,110 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,864,010, the country’s Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 rose by 290, to 151,703, while 39,212 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24…

Tonga Has 940 Active COVID-19 Cases: Health Minister

SUVA, Mar 12 (NNN-PIN) – Tonga now has a total of 940 active COVID-19 cases, the island nation’s health authorities confirmed, yesterday. According to Tonga’s news website, Matangi Tonga Online, Tonga’s Minister for Health, Saia Piukala, said yesterday that, the island nation now has 940 active COVID-19 cases, with 442…
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