Australia’s National Carrier Starts Direct Flight From Sydney To India’s Bengaluru

SYDNEY, Sept 14 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s national carrier, Qantas, today started the operation of its direct flight service between Sydney and India’s southern city of Bengaluru. The new service, in partnership with the Aviation Attraction Fund of the state of New South Wales (NSW), is expected to deliver more than…

New Zealand Warns About Hepatitis A Risk From Imported Frozen Berries

WELLINGTON, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand Food Safety is advising consumers, especially those with chronic liver damage, the elderly and pregnant people, to consider extra precautions for eating imported frozen berries, to minimise the risk of contracting the Hepatitis A virus. Hepatitis A is relatively rare in New Zealand,…

Rise In Deaths Due To Heart Attack Causes Stir In India

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The incidence of deaths due to heart attack or cardiac arrest, has been on the rise in India in recent years, particularly among individuals in the age group of 35-50 years. Though no official data is available, according to an estimate,…

Western Australia Makes Multi-Million-Dollar Effort To Attract International Students

SYDNEY, Sept 14 (NNN-AAP) – The Western Australian (WA) government, has launched several schemes worth a combined total of 16.8 million Australian dollars (11.3 million U.S. dollars), aimed at reinvigorating the state’s international education sector. Making the announcement today, WA International Education Minister, David Templeman, said, 10 million Australian dollars…

Sri Lanka To Establish Cabinet Subcommittee On Economic Revival

COLOMBO, Sept 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of ministers, approved the establishment of a Cabinet subcommittee on economic revival, Cabinet spokesman, Ramesh Pathirana, said yesterday. Addressing the media in Colombo, he said that, the subcommittee will be empowered to take swift decisions to revive the country’s economy. A number…

Bangkok Issued Warning On Heavy Rain

BANGKOK, Sept 14 (NNN-TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), yesterday issued a warning of moderate to heavy rain, and potential floods, from 4.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m local time, in the Thai capital’s 12 districts. This came after several parts of the city had been inundated after heavy monsoon…

2022 Global AI Summit Kicked Off In Riyadh

RIYADH, Sept 14 (NNN-SPA) – Under the patronage of Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), the second Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit, organised by SDAIA, kicked off yesterday, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence for the Good of…

Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece Ink Deal To Strengthen Diaspora Affairs Cooperation

BEIRUT, Sept 14 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon, Cyprus and Greece, signed yesterday, a tripartite agreement, to strengthen their cooperation on diaspora affairs, it was reported. Lebanon’s caretaker Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister of Diaspora Greeks, Andreas Katsaniotis, and Cyprus’ Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues and Overseas Cypriots,…

Three Pakistani Soldiers Killed In Exchange Of Fire With Terrorists

ISLAMABAD, Sept 14 (NNN-APP) – Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack by terrorists, in Kurram district of Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistani military said yesterday. The terrorists, from the Afghan side of the border, opened fire on troops in Kurram district of the province, said a…

Three Daesh Militants Killed In Gov’t Operation In N. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (NNN-NINA) – Three Daesh militants were killed yesterday, during a government operation, in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the government-backed Hashd Shaabi paramilitary forces, said. A joint force of the government army and Hashd Shaabi fighters, killed the three Daesh militants, after chasing them in a desert…