India’s Sporting Icon Milkha Singh Dies Of COVID-19

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – Indian sporting icon, Milkha Singh, a runner who was fondly called the “Flying Sikh,” died late last night of COVID-19, at the age of 91. Singh breathed his last in the country’s northern city of Chandigarh. He had tested positive for COVID-19 last month,…

United Nations calls for halt of weapons to Myanmar

T UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations General Assembly called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The General Assembly adopted a resolution with the…

Cambodia Reports Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll

PHNOM PENH, Jun 19 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia today confirmed 20 new COVID-19 fatalities, the highest single-day death toll, pushing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 414, the health ministry said in a statement. The figure topped the previous highest daily record of 15 deaths on Jun 12,…

DPRK Leader Concludes Party Session, Vows To Overcome All Difficulties

PYONGYANG, Jun 19 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), vowed to break through all difficulties facing the country, at the end of a plenary session of the ruling party, it was reported today. Concluding the third plenary meeting of the…

Indonesia Releases Two Rare Orangutans To Habitat

JAKARTA, Jun 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Natural Resources Conservation Centre, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, released one male and one female Sumatran orangutans to their habitat, in a natural reserve in the country, an official said yesterday. The two orangutans from Aceh have previously been rehabilitated at the Sumatran Orangutan quarantine…

Covid-19: Delta variant, first identified in India, becoming globally dominant, WHO official says

GENEVA, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said. Soumya Swaminathan also voiced disappointment in the failure of CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in a trial to meet the WHO’s efficacy…

Indian Expert Says COVID-19 Vaccines Give 94 Percent Protection

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – An Indian expert said yesterday that, vaccination against COVID-19 gives at least 94 percent protection from the infection, and reduces chances of hospitalisation by 75-80 percent. The remarks were made by V K Paul, a member (health) of the Indian government’s think tank —…

Iran Reports 10,100 New COVID-19 Cases, 3,080,526 In Total

TEHRAN, Jun 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran yesterday reported 10,100 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 3,080,526. The pandemic has so far claimed 82,746 lives in Iran, up by 127 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education reported. A total of 2,722,612…

Guterres re-appointed as UN secretary-general for second term

Antonio Guterres addresses the United Nations General Assembly after his appointment for a second term as the UN secretary-general at the UN headquarters in New York UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday appointed Antonio Guterres as the UN secretary-general for a second…

Spearheading Brunei’s Digital Transformation

Hakim Hayat BANDAR SRI BEGAWAN, Jun 19 (NNN-ANN) – The Brunei Mid-Year Conference and Exhibition (MYCE) 2021, continued its series of events yesterday with a conference on ‘Smart Nation Through Digital Transformation,’ organised by the Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications, as co-organisers of the Brunei MYCE 2021. The conference, held…
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