Nepal Unveiled Action Plan For Tourism Revival

KATHMANDU, Jul 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Nepali government, yesterday announced a number of measures, to revive the tourism industry, battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a plan to declare the years between 2023 and 2033 as Visit Nepal Decade. Unveiling the Tourism Rehabilitation Action Plan, Jeevan Ram Shrestha, Nepal’s minister…

Indian Capital Reports First Monkeypox Case

NEW DELHI, Jul 24 (NNN-PTI) – India reported the fourth monkeypox case, and the first case in the capital of New Delhi, today. The first three cases were reported from the southern state of Kerala, on Jul 14, Jul 18 and Jul 22. The patient suffering from the disease has…

Shooting Incident Occurred On University Campus In Philippine Capital

MANILA, Jul 24 (NNN-PNA) – A shooting incident occurred on a university campus, in Metro Manila this afternoon, local media reported.– NNN-PNA  

Türkiye Summoned Swedish Diplomat Over “Terrorist Propaganda” Demonstrations

ANKARA, Jul 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry, yesterday, summoned the Swedish charges d’affaires in Ankara, over the “terrorist propaganda” staged by supporters of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), during a protest on Thursday in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Ankara also conveyed its “strong reaction” to another demonstration held…

Iranian Lawmaker Says Biden’s Mideast Tour Failed

TEHRAN, Jul 24 (NNN-IRNA) – An Iranian lawmaker, yesterday, described U.S. President Joe Biden’s Middle East tour as a failed project, that did not achieve anything for the United States. Fada-Hossein Maleki, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said, Biden sought to pursue the…

5.7-Magnitude Quake Jolted Central Indonesia

JAKARTA, Jul 24 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province yesterday, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake hit at 14:35 local time (0735 GMT), with the epicentre at 100 km north-west of the Larantuka sub-district of Flores Timur district, and a depth…

Pakistan Reported 13th Polio Case

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (NNN-APP) – An 18-month-old baby was paralysed by wild poliovirus, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), the National Institute of Health confirmed to the media, on Friday. The total number of polio cases in the country this year has increased to 13, with all of them…

Singapore Reported 7,889 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Jul 24 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 7,889 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,652,981. Of the new cases, 804 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 7,085 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health.…

New Zealand Reported 5,535 New Community Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Jul 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 5,535 new community cases of COVID-19 today, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers of COVID-19 in New Zealand now sits at 8,563. The ministry also reported 720 current hospitalisations, including 21 cases…

Cambodia Exported Agricultural Products Worth 1.94 Billion USD To China In Past Three Years: Minister

PHNOM PENH, Jul 24 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported more than 2.4 million tonnes of agricultural products to China, from 2019 to Jun, 2022, earning a gross revenue of 1.94 billion U.S. dollars, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veng Sakhon, said. The country shipped 24 kinds of agricultural products to…