Sri Lankan Health Minister Elected Chair Of WHO’s 78th South-East Asia Regional Committee Session

COLOMBO, Oct 14 (NNN-LNW) – The 78th session of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO), Regional Committee for South-East Asia began in Colombo yesterday, with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health, Nalinda Jayatissa, elected as chairman for a one-year term. In a press release, Jayatissa said, the three-day session, which will conclude…

Over 17,000 Sri Lankan Children Found Living In Vulnerable Conditions: Minister

COLOMBO, Oct 14 (NNN-LNW) – More than 17,000 children in Sri Lanka are living in vulnerable conditions, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala, told the media, yesterday. The minister said, the figure was revealed through data collected in a recent study conducted by the Sri Lankan police.…

Mongolia Issues Warning Over Blizzards

ULAN BATOR, Oct 14 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, yesterday issued a warning of blizzards and strong winds. The blizzards are expected to hit western, central and northern provinces of the country, over the next three days, which could result in poor road visibility and…

UAE Tech Exhibition Spotlights AI, Frontier Technologies

DUBAI, Oct 14 (NNN-WAM) – The 45th edition of GITEX Global, one of the world’s most influential technology and artificial intelligence exhibitions, kicked off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates yesterday, drawing over 6,800 tech companies and 2,000 startups from around 180 countries. Participants across fields such as artificial intelligence, the…

Vietnam Warns Of Dengue Fever Outbreaks After Heavy Rains, Flooding

HANOI, Oct 14 (NNN-VNA) – Recent heavy rains and flooding in northern Vietnam, have increased the risk of dengue fever outbreaks, health experts, said, yesterday. Last month alone, the country recorded 21,152 cases of dengue fever, and six related deaths, according to the report. Since the beginning of this year,…

Policeman Wounded In Explosive Device Blast In India’s Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (NNN-PTI) – A policeman was wounded, when a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED), believed to be planted by Naxals, went off yesterday, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. The explosion took place in the forest area of Kandlaparti village of Bijapur district, about…

Vietnam Aims To Join World’s Top 30 Economies By 2030

HANOI, Oct 14 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam has set a goal of having its gross domestic product (GDP) among the world’s top 30 economies, and ranked third among ASEAN countries by 2030, Deputy Prime Minister, Nguyen Hoa Binh, said yesterday. Vietnam also aims to maintain an average annual GDP growth rate…

Iran Not To Attend Sharm El-Sheikh Summit For Gaza Agreement

TEHRAN, Oct 14 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, said yesterday that, Tehran will not attend the international summit in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on an agreement to end the Gaza war. “While favouring diplomatic engagement, neither President Pezeshkian nor I can engage with counterparts who…

Indian Authority Revokes Licence, Orders Shutdown Of Company Responsible For Cough Syrup Deaths

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (NNN-PTI) – The local government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, yesterday, announced the complete revocation of the manufacturing license of a pharmaceutical company, responsible for producing the cough syrup that was linked to the recent child deaths in two states. The government also…

Visitor Arrivals To New Zealand Up 7.5 Percent In Aug

WELLINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-RNZ) – Visitor arrivals to New Zealand rose to 230,300 in Aug, up 16,000 or 7.5 percent from Aug, 2024, Stats NZ said today. The increase brought total arrivals to 92 percent of pre-pandemic levels recorded in Aug, 2019, signaling steady progress in the nation’s tourism rebound,…