India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 43,038,016

NEW DELHI, Apr 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,038,016 today, as 1,088 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, the federal health ministry’s latest data shows. Besides, as many as 26 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning took the total death toll to…

Pakistan’s New Gov’t Attaches Great Importance To Developing Pak-China Relations: PM

ISLAMABAD, Apr 13 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s new government attaches great importance to strengthening relations between Pakistan and China, Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif said here yesterday. Shahbaz, who was elected as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan on Monday, and took the oath on the same day, made the remarks…

Update: Death Toll In Philippines Storm Megi Further Rises To 56

MANILA, Apr 13 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from the tropical storm that battered the Philippines last weekend rose to 56, including the 47 buried by landslides, in the central Philippines, authorities said today. As of this morning, Baybay City Mayor, Jose Carlos Cari said, rescuers retrieved 47 bodies from…

Bangladeshi PM Orders Taking Steps To Maintain Risk-Free Foreign Debt Limit

DHAKA, Apr 13 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, directed all concerned, to take necessary measures, so that the country could maintain its current position in future, regarding foreign debt, as the amount of foreign loan is still far below the risk limit. The prime minister issued this directive…

Urgent: 16 Killed In Truck Accident In Indonesia’s West Papua

JAKARTA, Apr 13 (NNN-ANTARA) – Sixteen people were killed and six others seriously injured, in a truck accident in Indonesia’s eastern province of West Papua today, Muhammad Khairul Basyar, press officer at the search and rescue office in Manokwari district of the province told media via the phone.– NNN-ANTARA  

Malaysia Reports 9,002 New COVID-19 Infections, 30 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 13 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 9,002 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,342,559, according to the health ministry. There are 52 new imported cases and 8,950 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 30 deaths have been reported,…

New Zealand Reports 9,495 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 As Country Further Relaxes Restrictions

WELLINGTON, Apr 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 9,495 new community cases of COVID-19 today, the country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement. Of the new community infections, 1,828 were detected in the largest city of Auckland, according to the ministry. In addition, 47 new cases of COVID-19 were…

S.Korea’s Employment Grows 831,000 Y-O-Y In March

SEOUL, Apr 13 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s employment growth slowed down last month, after topping one million for the past two months, statistical office data showed Wedneday. The number of those employed totaled 27,754,000 in March, up 831,000 from the same month of last year, according to Statistics Korea. The…

Iran Summons Afghan Envoy Over Attacks On Diplomatic Missions

TEHRAN, Apr 13 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, yesterday summoned the Afghan charge d’affaires, to protest against the recent attacks on Iranian diplomatic missions in the neighbouring country. Iran has “strongly protested against the attacks on the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul and the Consulate General…

Commercial Ship Catches Fire Near Aden’s Port In Yemen

ADEN, Apr 13 (NNN-YPA) – A commercial ship carrying foodstuffs caught fire, in the waters of the strategic port of Aden in the southern part of Yemen, a government official said yesterday. The local official said that, a fire engulfed the engine room of an Indian ship on Monday night.…