At Least 29 Students At Mumbai’s Medical College Tested COVID-19 Positive

MUMBAI, Oct 1 (NNN-PTI) – At least 29 students of Mumbai’s civic-run medical college have been tested positive for COVID-19, the city’s Mayor, Kishori Pednekar, said yesterday. Of the 29 students, 27 of them have received one shot of vaccine, and it was unclear how the students contracted the disease,…

Iran Urges S. Korea To Solve Problem Of Access To Frozen Financial Assets

TEHRAN, Oct 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, yesterday urged South Korea, to resolve the problem of Iran’s access to its financial assets, frozen in the latter’s banks “as soon as possible.” In a telephone conversation with his South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong, Abdollahian strongly criticised the…

First Direct Flight Between Bahrain, Israel Launched

JERUSALEM, Oct 1 (NNN-BNA) – A Gulf Air Airbus A320, arrived at the Ben Gurion Airport yesterday, in the first direct commercial flight between Bahrain and Israel. The flight by Bahrain’s national carrier, departed from Manama, about an hour after Israel’s Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, landed in the capital of…

Singapore Reports 2,478 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 2,478 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, hitting a new record high and bringing the total tally in the country to 96,521. Of the new cases, 2,022 were in the community, 452 were in migrant worker dormitories, and four were imported cases, the Ministry…

DPRK Test-Fires Newly-Developed Anti-Aircraft Missile

PYONGYANG, Oct 1 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), test-fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile yesterday, it is reported today. The report said, the missile was developed by the Academy of Defence Science, and the test was aimed at confirming the practicality of operation of the launcher,…

New Transmission Project To Improve Pakistan’s Electricity Supply: PM

ISLAMABAD, Oct 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said yesterday that, the ±660kV Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), will help the country reduce wastage of electricity and bring down its price. Addressing the commercial operation ceremony of the transmission project,…

Five Dead In Traffic Accident In Northern Israel

JERUSALEM, Sept 30 (NNN-PNN) – Five people, including three children, were killed and dozens injured, in a crash between a bus and two vehicles, in northern Israel yesterday, Israeli authorities said. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency health service, said in a statement that, some 47 schoolchildren in the bus were…

Unemployment Rate In Philippines Up To 8.1 Percent In Aug

MANILA, Sept 30 (NNN-PNA) – Around 3.88 million Filipinos were out of work in Aug, up from the 3.07 million reported in July, according to a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) survey, released today. In an online briefing, PSA head, Dennis Mapa, said, the unemployment rate increased to 8.1 percent from…

Six Killed, 16 Injured After Bus Plunges Into River In Northeast India

NEW DELHI, Sept 30 (NNN-PTI) – At least six people were killed and 16 others injured today, after a bus carrying them plunged into a river, in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya, police said. The accident took place early today, at Nongchram, in East Garo Hills, about 185 km west…

India Records 23,529 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Sept 30 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,739,980 today, as 23,529 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 311 deaths since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to 448,062. Most of the…