India Records 10,302 New COVID-19 Cases, 34,499,925 In Total

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,499,925 today, as 10,302 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 267 new deaths, due to the pandemic, since yesterday morning, took the total death toll…

Australians’ Fear Of COVID-19 Infection Hits All-Time High

CANBERRA, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More Australians than ever, think they will contract COVID-19 in the short-term future, despite the high vaccination rate, a survey found. Researchers from Australian National University (ANU), recently published the latest edition of their study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the country.…

Two Victims Die In Kidnappers’ Seizure In N. Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 20 (NNN-ANA) – Two kidnapped victims have allegedly been killed, in separate abduction incidents, in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, multiple sources reported yesterday. On Thursday, physician, Nader Alemi, a physiographist and neurologist, who was abducted nearly two months ago, in Nawabad area of Mazar-i-Sharif,, capital of Balkh, lost…

Wall Collapse Claims Nine Lives In India’s Tamil Nadu State

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (NNN-PTI) – At least nine persons, including four children, died and a few others were injured yesterday, after a wall collapsed in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, confirmed a state government official. The mishap occurred in the Pernampattu area, in Vellore district, due to incessant…

Sri Lanka Detects Another Sub-Lineage Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

COLOMBO, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s health officials said yesterday that, another sub-lineage of the COVID-19 Delta variant had been detected in the country, named as B.1.617.2.104. Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, told the media that,…

Authorities In Indian-Controlled Kashmir Exhume Two Bodies Killed In Gunfight

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov 20 (NNN-PTI) – Authorities in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, exhumed two bodies of four men killed in a controversial gunfight, and handed them over to their families, officials said yesterday. The exhumations were carried out Thursday evening, at a north-western village of Kupwara district, and the bodies…

Lebanon’s Army Chief Calls On Soldiers To Remain Loyal To Country Amid Current Challenges

BEIRUT, Nov 20 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Armed Forces Commander, Joseph Aoun, yesterday called on Lebanese soldiers to remain loyal to their country regardless of daunting challenges. “Remain as I have known you, no matter how grave the difficulties, strong men true to your oath, loyal to your country,” Aoun addressed…

Iran Urges IAEA To Avoid “Political Behaviour” In Technical Issues

TEHRAN, Nov 20 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, urged the UN nuclear watchdog, to avoid any “political behaviour” with regard to its technical mission. “The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a responsible member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has always emphasised that, the IAEA, as a…

Iran Condemns New U.S. Sanctions Against Six Individuals, One Company

TEHRAN, Nov 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, yesterday, refuted the U.S. allegations of interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, condemning the new U.S. sanctions against six Iranian nationals and an Iranian company, under that “false pretext.” “The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the new U.S.…

Farmer Leader Says To End Protest After Farm Laws Repealed In Indian Parliament

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (NNN-PTI) – Rakesh Tikait, a senior leader of the alliance of farmer organisations, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), said yesterday that, the ongoing anti-farm laws protest will end, only after the contentious legislations are repealed in the Indian parliament. Tikait stressed that the government should talk to…