Foreign Travellers To Japan Fall 99 Percent In Sept From Pre-Pandemic Level

TOKYO, Oct 21 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan dropped over 99 percent in Sept, compared with the same month in 2019, local media reported today. Japan has banned most foreign travellers from entering the country since Jan, except for those who have special reasons. According to…

Fitch Solutions Foresees Malaysia’s Consumer Spending Recovery In 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Consumer spending in Malaysia will begin its recovery in 2022, with household spending forecast to grow by a real rate of 5.1 percent, Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research said today. “We expect the consumer to recover from two years of contractions in…

India Administers Over One Billion Vaccine Doses As COVID-19 Tally Rises To Over 34 Million

NEW DELHI, Oct 21 (NNN-PTI) – India achieved a major milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, said today. Around 21 percent of the targeted population, aged above 18 years old, have been fully vaccinated so far. According to the minister, the total pandemic vaccine…

Sri Lanka To Amend Laws To Ban Cattle Slaughter

COLOMBO, Oct 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet, approved to amend existing laws to ban cattle slaughter in the country, in what is seen as an effort to increase local agriculture and dairy production, local media reported here yesterday. According to officials, the ban on cattle slaughter was originally approved…

India To Relax Quarantine Rules For Foreign Travellers

NEW DELHI, Oct 21 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government decided to relax the quarantine rules for international passengers arriving from certain countries. India’s health ministry, yesterday issued a new set of guidelines, specifying quarantine norms for international travellers, from countries which have agreement with India on mutual recognition of vaccination…

S. Korea’s Export Grows 36.1 Percent In First 20 Days Of Oct

SEOUL, Oct 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export logged a double-digit growth in the first 20 days of Oct, owing to the global demand recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, customs office data showed today. The outbound shipment reached 34.2 billion U.S. dollars in the Oct 1-20 period, up 36.1 percent…

Australia’s New South Wales State To Fund Pilot Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Facility

SYDNEY, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) is set to become home to Australia’s first mRNA and RNA-based development and manufacturing facility. The 96-million-Australian dollar (72-million-U.S. dollar) facility would include laboratories and pre-clinical trial spaces, that will enable early-stage RNA-based drug development. During the announcement made today,…

“Victory In Sight” In Australia’s COVID-19 Fight: PM

CANBERRA, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, paid tribute to Melburnians for enduring over 260 days of COVID-19 lockdown. In an opinion piece, released by the PM’s press office today, Morrison declared that, “victory is in sight” in the “battle of our generation.” Melbourne, Australia’s second largest…

New Zealand Secures “Historic” Free Trade Deal With Britain: PM

WELLINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand and Britain agreed in principle, the details of a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will see a boost of almost one billion NZ dollars (720 million U.S. dollars) to New Zealand GDP, and unprecedented access for Kiwi exporters to the British market.…

Mongolia To Establish University Complexes In Rural Areas To Decentralise Capital

ULAN BATOR, Oct 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Mongolian government yesterday approved a resolution on developing universities in rural areas, in order to decentralise the national capital city. “We believe that the development of universities in rural areas will be a viable solution, to reduce traffic jams in the capital city,…