Heavy Deluge Inundates Areas In Western India

NEW DELHI, Sept 19 (NNN-PTI) – Several areas in India’s western state of Gujarat have been witnessing a flood-like situation over the past couple of days, due to incessant rains, confirmed official sources yesterday. The city of Bharuch was one of the most affected areas in the state. Several areas…

Bus Accident In Yangon Left At Least Four Dead, Four Injured

YANGON, Sept 19 (NNN-MNA) – At least four people died and four others were injured yesterday, in a bus accident in Hlaingthaya Township of Yangon Region, Myanmar, according to traffic police. The incident occurred last night, when a speeding public bus rammed into a cyclist and then crashed into a…

Experts Call On Lebanon To Boost Growth, Exports To Further Narrow Trade Deficit

by Dana Halawi BEIRUT, Sept 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Experts called on Lebanese authorities to strengthen industry and agriculture sectors, to increase exports and further reduce trade deficit, which has seen a contraction of nearly six percent to 8.2 billion U.S. dollars, in the first seven months of this year, compared…

India’s Santiniketan On UNESCO World Heritage List

NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Santiniketan, a town where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore built the central university Visva Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, officials said. The world body made the announcement yesterday. The decision to include Santiniketan in the list…

Three Hospitalised After Alleged Stabbing At Australian National University

CANBERRA, Sept 18 (NNN-AAP) – Three people have been hospitalised with injuries, following an alleged stabbing at the Australian National University (ANU), in the country’s capital today, state media reported. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that, police and ambulance personnel were called to the ANU campus in Canberra at…

Abducted Off-Duty Trooper Killed In Manipur

NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (NNN-PTI) – An off-duty Indian army trooper was killed, after his abduction in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur, officials said today. The 41-year-old trooper was abducted by three unidentified gunmen on Saturday, from his home at Tarung-Neikailong in Imphal West district. His body with a bullet…

Justice Qazi Faez Isa Takes Oath As Chief Justice Of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 18 (NNN-APP) – Supreme Court of Pakistan’s senior Judge, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, took oath as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan yesterday, according to a statement from the President House Media Wing. Pakistani President, Arif Alvi, administered the oath at a ceremony held at the President House…

Australian Gov’t Report Says Proposed Nuclear Power Plan Costs Over 240 Billion USD

CANBERRA, Sept 18 (NNN-AAP) – A proposed plan to replace Australia’s retiring coal-fired power stations with small nuclear reactors would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, a government report found. According to an analysis, published by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), today, a minimum…

Iran Says Barring IAEA Inspectors Reasonable

TEHRAN, Sept 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Barring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors assigned to Iran, is a right the country is exercising under the bilateral safeguards agreement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, said. He made the remarks in a statement, released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, in response to…

UNESCO Adds Palestinian Site To World Heritage List

RAMALLAH, Sept 18 (NNN-WAFA) – The World Heritage Committee, yesterday officially added a Palestinian heritage site, to the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). In a press statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, “Tell es-Sultan, located in Jericho, in the West Bank, was…