India’s Capital Market Regulator Ordered Domestic Credit Agency To Wind Up

MUMBAI, Oct 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s capital market regulator, yesterday, issued a winding-up order against a domestic credit rating agency, for the first time ever, citing for failure to exercise proper skill, care and diligence, while discharging its duties. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in its order,…

Japanese Panda Painting Exhibition Held In Tokyo

TOKYO, Oct 7 (NNN-NHK) – A Japanese panda painting exhibition was held yesterday, in Tokyo, as China and Japan celebrated the 50th anniversary of the normalisation of their diplomatic relations. Zhan Kongchao, counsellor and consul general of the Chinese embassy in Japan, attended the opening ceremony. The exhibition featured more…

Europe Risks Deindustrialisation As Soaring Energy Prices Prompt Corporate Shutdown, Exodus

FRANKFURT, Oct 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – European corporations have been forced to reduce or halt production and shift investments to the U.S. to reduce costs, amid soaring energy prices. Many industry observers warned that, a prolonged energy crunch could erode Europe’s industrial structure for good, and the shutdown and exodus of…

Another Palestinian Killed By Israeli Soldiers In West Bank: Medics

RAMALLAH, Oct 6 (NNN-WAFA) – Another Palestinian was killed yesterday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers, in the village of Deir al-Hatab, north of the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Nasser Zaghal, 21, was killed after he was shot in the head by…

Arab League Chief Condemns UK Government Over ‘Illegal’ Jerusalem Embassy Plan

CAIRO, Oct 6 (NNN-MENA) – Arab League Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, voiced deep concern over the recent remarks by British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, about planning to move the country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the pan-Arab body said. In a statement, the Arab League (AL) rejected “any…

Singapore Reported 5,923 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore reported 5,923 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,930,062. Of the new cases, 562 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 5,361 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health. Among…

Japan Greenlights COVID-19 Vaccine For Use With Young Children

TOKYO, Oct 6 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s health ministry, yesterday granted fast-track approval, to U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s updated coronavirus vaccine, for children aged between six months and four years old. The vaccine, which is an updated version targeting the original strain and the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron, will…

Four Killed, 25 Wounded In Explosion Next To Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry

KABUL, Oct 6 (NNN-ANA) – Four people were killed and 25 others wounded, after a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque, next to Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry here, yesterday. “Four worshippers were martyred and 25 others were injured,” Interior Ministry spokesman, Abdul Nafi Takor, confirmed on his Twitter account, adding that,…

Seven dead, Many Injured As Vehicle Overturned In Myanmar

YANGON, Oct 6 (NNN-MNA) – Seven people were killed and many others were injured yesterday, after a six-wheeled vehicle overturned in south-eastern Myanmar’s Kayin State, a rescue official said. The accident was caused by brake failure, and occurred on the Myawaddy-Kawkareik Asia Road, in Kayin State’s Myawaddy township, at around…

Kyrgyzstan Elected New Parliament Speaker

BISHKEK, Oct 6 (NNN-KNA) – The parliament of Kyrgyzstan elected a new speaker, Nurlanbek Shakiev, at a meeting yesterday. According to the results of a secret voting, Shakiev, 45, was elected speaker of parliament with 80 deputies in favour and six against. Shakiev was elected a deputy of parliament of…