Pakistan Reports 5,327 New COVID-19 Cases, 32 More Deaths

ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan yesterday reported 5,327 new COVID-19 cases and 32 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said today. The NCOC, a department leading the nation’s campaign against the pandemic, said that, the country’s overall tally has surged to 1,430,366 cases, while 1,295,390 of…

Australia’s Central Bank Keeps Interest Rate At Record Low

SYDNEY, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Soaring inflation and living costs and an improving job market, has not persuaded the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to lift its interest rate from a record low. The RBA board announced today that, the interest rate would remain at 0.1 percent, despite the nation’s…

Nepal Reports Falling Daily COVID-19 Cases As Fewer People Get Tested

KATHMANDU, Feb 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Major hospitals based in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, are seeing fewer people lining up to get tested for the coronavirus in the last few days, and the country has been reporting falling daily cases. “Around 250 to 300 people are getting tested for coronavirus every day…

S.Korea’s Export Logs Double-Digit Growth In Jan

SEOUL, Feb 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export logged a double-digit growth in the first month of this year, due to continued recovery in global demand from the COVID-19 pandemic, a government report showed today. Export, which accounts for about half of the country’s export-driven economy, came in at 55.32…

New Zealand Introduces Further Measures To Crack Down On Firearms Violence

WELLINGTON, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand’s amended gun laws took effect today, to further reduce firearms violence, said Police Minister, Poto Williams. The Arms Amendment Regulations 2021, taking effect, is one of the many changes, as a result of investigation by the Royal Commission of Inquiry, into the Mar,…

Malaysia Reports 4,774 New COVID-19 Infections, 13 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded 4,774 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the total tally to 2,870,758, according to the health ministry. There are 152 new imported cases and 4,622 new local transmissions, showed data, released on the ministry’s website. A further 13 deaths were reported…

Security Forces Rescue Hostage In E. Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Feb 1 (NNN-ANA) – Personnel of the security forces, raided a hideout of kidnappers in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, and rescued a man, said a statement by the provincial administration, released here yesterday. Police in Behsoud district launched the operations, according to the statement on Sunday night, and as…

Terrorist Killed In Military Operation In NW Pakistan: Army

ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (NNN-APP) – A terrorist was killed, during an intense exchange of fire with security forces, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said, yesterday. The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Dossali area of North Waziristan district of the province, the army’s media wing, Inter-Services…

Taliban Rejects UN Report Of Killing Scores Of Former Gov’t, Security Employees

KABUL, Feb 1 (NNN-ANA) – Taliban denied yesterday, a United Nations (UN) report, of killing more than 100 members of the former Afghan government and its security forces. “After general amnesty, no one is allowed to harm anyone. If any revenge-taking incident reported, we would investigate and punish the perpetrators,”…

Thailand’s Economic Activity Improves In Q4: Central Bank

BANGKOK, Feb 1 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s economic activity improved in the last quarter of 2021, boosted by the recovery of demand both at home and abroad, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said. The country’s private consumption recovered, after the government eased the COVID-19 control measures, while exports increased as demand…