Man-Eating Royal Bengal Tiger Captured In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Mar 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – A national park in western Nepal, has captured a Royal Bengal Tiger, believed to have killed five persons in the past few months. After weeks-long hunt, the Banke National Park, in Lumbini Province, found and darted the tiger. “We finally captured the tiger after tranquilizing…

Garuda Indonesia Airlines Reopens Sydney-Bali Route

JAKARTA, Mar 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, yesterday reopened the flight route between Sydney and Bali’s Denpasar, President Director of the airline, Irfan Setiaputra, said. The plane, carrying 60 passengers departed from Sydney at 11:30 a.m. local time (0030 GMT) and arrived at Denpasar at 2:45 p.m. local…

World Food Prices Reach All-Time High Over Supply Issues, Ukraine Crisis

ROME, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – World food prices reached their highest point, in the 61-year history of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Food Price Index, pushed higher by supply chain issues and the Ukraine crisis. The monthly index, released yesterday by the organisation, best known as FAO, averaged…

All Restrictions To Be Lifted In Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley Over Falling Infections

KATHMANDU, Mar 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Local authorities in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley yesterday decided to lift all COVID-19-related restrictions starting from today, as new infections have fallen sharply in recent days. “All the restrictive orders issued in the past have been removed, to enable normal political, economic, social, educational and commercial…

Singapore’s Total COVID-19 Cases Surpass 800,000

SINGAPORE, Mar 5 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 17,564 new confirmed COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total tally to 803,389. Of the new cases, 2,425 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 15,139 through ARTs (antigen rapid tests), according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health. Among…

Japan’s Highest Court Orders TEPCO To Pay Damages To Fukushima Disaster Victims

TOKYO, Mar 5 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Supreme Court, yesterday, ruled that, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), should pay 1.4 billion yen (12 million U.S. dollars) in damages, to about 3,700 residents, whose lives were stricken by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. This is the first finalised decision of such…

Death Toll From Pakistan’s Mosque Blast Rises To 50: Officials

ISLAMABAD, Mar 5 (NNN-APP) – The death toll from a powerful blast in a mosque in Pakistan’s north-west Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has risen to 50 yesterday, according to hospital and police officials. Muhammad Asim, a spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, where all the injured…

Disastrous Flood Threatens Australian Animals As Habitats Lost

SYDNEY, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – While the shadow of the extreme weather system in Australia’s east coast hasn’t faded away, the damage to Australian animals’ habitats is expected to be considerable. Dr. Margaret Cook of the University of Sunshine Coast (USC), who specialised in natural disasters, said, although it’s hard…

Japan’s Unemployment Rate Increases To 2.8 Percent As COVID-19 Hits Labour Market

TOKYO, Mar 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s jobless rate rose marginally to 2.8 percent in Jan, the government said in a report today, owing to increasing cases of COVID-19 negatively impacting the labour market. From the previous month, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, the unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage point, as…

Kenyan President Kenyatta announces creation of a global environment award

NAIROBI, March 4 (NNN-KBC) –Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced the creation of a peace and environment award dubbed “Amani and Mazingira Global Award” as part of the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The President said the bi-annual award, which will be…
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