NEW DELHI, Jul 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s overall exports in Jun stood at 49.85 billion U.S. dollars, up by 31.87 percent, compared to the same month last year, data released by the federal ministry of commerce and industry showed, yesterday. According to the ministry, overall imports in Jun, 2021, are…
Nepal Extends Lockdown In Kathmandu Valley For 10 More Days
KATHMANDU, Jul 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – The authorities in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, yesterday, decided to continue the ongoing lockdown till Jul 25, to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, but with further relaxation in the prohibitory orders. The last round of lockdown expires midnight last night, local time, and the three districts in…
India’s Top Health Research Scientist Says COVID-19 Third Wave Likely To Hit By Aug End
NEW DELHI, Jul 16 (NNN-PTI) – Head of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, at India’s top health research body, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Samiran Panda, said the third wave of COVID-19 is likely to hit India at the end of Aug. Panda, however, said, there are chances that…
Afghan Provincial Governor, Taliban Agree On Truce To End Fighting In Qala-E-Naw City
QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Jul 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – The governor of western Badghis province, Hasamudin Shams, made unofficial ceasefire with the Taliban outfit, in the provincial capital, Qala-e-Naw city, yesterday, to end the clash there. “From 10:00 a.m. local time today (Thursday), a ceasefire came into effect between Security and Defence Forces…
PM Muhyiddin To Lead Malaysian Delegation At APEC Informal Leaders’ Retreat Friday
KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will lead the Malaysian delegation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Informal Leaders’ Retreat, which is scheduled to be held virtually on Friday. With leaders from 21 APEC economies expected to participate, the informal retreat serves as an important…
Iran’s President-Elect Reaffirms Support For Palestine Against Israel
TEHRAN, Jul 15 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian President-elect, Ebrahim Raisi, announced that, Iran will continue its consistent policy of supporting Palestine. Iran will keep defending Palestine against Israel, until the “liberation of Jerusalem (al-Quds) from the Zionist (Israel) occupation,” Raisi said, in separate telephone conversations with Ismail Haniyeh, chief of Gaza’s…
Over 4,800 Livestock Killed In Floods In Mongolia
ULAN BATOR, Jul 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 4,837 heads of livestock were killed, after rain-triggered floods hit the central-western Mongolian province of Arkhangai, early this week, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency said, today. Eleven of the animals killed in the floods were cattle and the rest were sheep…
Five Civilians Killed As Mortar Hits Residential Area In Eastern Afghanistan
MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Jul 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Five civilians lost their lives and 12 others sustained injury, as a mortar mine fired by militants, slammed into a residential area in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province, yesterday, the provincial government said in a statement today. “Taliban rebels fired a mortar mine late yesterday…
Smuggled Drugs To S. Korea Nearly Triple In H1
SEOUL, Jul 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – Smuggled drugs caught by the South Korean authorities nearly tripled in the first half of the year, as contactless smuggling through international mail and express cargo jumped, amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, customs office data showed today. Smuggled drugs, confiscated by the customs agency, reached…
Covid-19: World in early stages of third wave, says WHO
We are now in early stages of COVID-19 third wave: WHO chief GENEVA, July 15 (NNN-TASS) — The world is currently in the early stages of a third wave, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “We are now in the early stages of a third wave,”…
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