India Enhanced Credit Guarantee To Revive Pandemic-Hit Hospitality Sector

MUMBAI, Aug 18 (NNN-PTI) – India enhanced the limit of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) by 6.3 billion U.S. dollars to 62.9 billion U.S. dollars, with the additional amount being allotted exclusively for the hospitality sector. The ECLGS was introduced in May, 2020, by the Indian government, to provide…

U.S. Pandemic Fight A Complete Failure, Says Turkish Specialist

ISTANBUL, Aug 18 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The United States’ dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is a total failure, as it disregards the lives of its citizens, in order to pursue its capitalist interests, a leading Turkish medical specialist said. All the data published up to now, revealed that the U.S. has…

Six Dead From House Fire In Jakarta

JAKARTA, Aug 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Six tenants died, after allegedly being trapped in a fire, at a rooming four-story house, in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, yesterday, local authorities reported. Three other tenants were also injured in the incident that started at around 6:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT on Tuesday), in…

Japan’s Suicide Rate Spiked Due To Pandemic: Study

TOKYO, Aug 18 (NNN-NHK) – The COVID-19 pandemic saw suicide rate in Japan spike between Mar, 2020 and Jun, 2022, with females in their 20s accounting for the largest increase, local media said, yesterday. Citing a recent study conducted by a team of researchers, including Taisuke Nakata, an associate professor…

U.S. Steals 398 Tankers Of Oil From Syria In Five Days

DAMASCUS, Aug 17 (NNN-SANA) – The U.S. forces have stolen 398 tankers of Syrian oil, since Thursday, and sent them to its bases in Iraq, it was reported yesterday. It was reported that, the U.S. sent 65 oil tankers from Syria to Iraq yesterday, through the al-Mahmoudiyeh crossing, an illegal…

Iraq’s Finance Minister Resigned Amid Political Row

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi, resigned yesterday, amid a rampant political row in the country, the government said. Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, accepted the resignation and immediately assigned Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, as acting finance minister, Hassan Nadhim, the government spokesman, told…

Australia’s Floods Likely To Continue With Return Of La Nina

SYDNEY, Aug 17 (NNN-AAP) – The record-breaking downpours and flash floods that plagued Australia’s eastern states in recent years are predicted to return, largely due to another La Nina weather event. The nation’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), issued a warning yesterday that, there was a 70 percent chance of the…

New Zealand Logged 4,489 New COVID-19 Community Cases

WELLINGTON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 4,489 new community cases of COVID-19 and 16 more deaths from the pandemic, the country’s Ministry of Health said, today. New Zealand reported 1,686,020 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,794 confirmed deaths, since the pandemic hit the country in early 2020, the…

Chinese Space-Tracking Ship Docked At Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port

COLOMBO, Aug 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – China’s space-tracking ship, Yuanwang-5, docked at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota International Port (HIP), for replenishment purposes. Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, Sri Lankan government officials and representatives of Chinese enterprises, greeted the ship at the pier yesterday. Qi told the welcoming ceremony that, the…

Road Crash Killed Three In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – Three people were killed in a car crash that occurred on the Jagorawi toll road, linking the capital city of Jakarta and West Java Province, yesterday, local traffic police, said. The fatal crash involved a minivan, carrying three passengers, and a tanker truck with just…