Moody’s Upgrades India’s Rating To Stable From Negative

NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (NNN-PTI) – International rating agency, Moody’s, yesterday upgraded India’s sovereign rating outlook to stable from negative. It said that the economic risks from the COVID-19 pandemic were receding. Retaining India’s rating at Baa3, Moody’s said, it expects the real gross domestic product (GDP) this fiscal year,…

6.0-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Oct 6 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.0, early this morning struck off Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The quake occurred at around 2:46 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 40.0 degrees north, and a longitude of…

AUKUS Pact Risks Nuclear Proliferation, Threatening Regional Stability: Thai Expert

BANGKOK, Oct 6 (NNN-TNA) – The military pact among the U.S., Britain and Australia, known as AUKUS, poses a risk of nuclear material and technology proliferation, and threatens peace, stability and security in the Asia-Pacific, a Thai expert said. “I’m quite sure that the AUKUS poses a risk of proliferation…

Afghanistan’s New Administration To Resume Issuance Of Passports, ID Cards

KABUL, Oct 6 (NNN-ANA) – The new Afghan administration in Kabul, decided to resume the issuance of passports and national identification cards. “Council of ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in its meeting on Monday, instructed the Ministry of Interior to resume the issuance of passport and Tazkira or…

Brunei’s Hopes Pegged On Movement Control Measure

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 5 (NNN-ANN) – Minister of Health, Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar said, with the measures taken to control movement, the Sultanate will hopefully see a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases in the coming days. The enhanced COVID-19 restrictions, Operasi Pulih, commenced at…

Laos Exports First 50 Tonnes Of Rice To EU

VIENTIANE, Oct 5 (NNN-KPL) – Laos exported its first 50 tonnes of rice to the European Union, local daily Vientiane Times reported today. The first shipment of the Thadokkham-8 (TDK8) rice variety, is being sold to Belgium by Champahom Trading Import-Export Sole Co., Ltd., and the sale is part of…

S.Korea’s Online Shopping Grows 16.8 Percent In Aug

SEOUL, Oct 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s online shopping logged a double-digit growth in Aug, as the continued COVID-19 resurgence raised demand for online food delivery services, statistical office data showed today. Shopping in the cyberspace stood at 15.77 trillion won (13.3 billion U.S. dollars) in Aug, up 16.8 percent…

Australia’s Victoria State Breaks Grim COVID-19 Daily Record

SYDNEY, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s state of Victoria embraced the highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases today, with 1,763 new cases and four deaths recorded. Victorian Health Department deputy secretary, Kate Matson, warned that, the virus was now “everywhere” in Melbourne, the country’s second largest city, and urged residents…

Philippines Logs 10,748 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Tops 2.6 Million

MANILA, Oct 5 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 10,748 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, pushing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,604,040. The DOH also reported that, 61 more people died, as of yesterday, from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to…

Drone Delivers COVID-19 Vaccines In Northeast Indian State

NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (NNN-PTI) – A few doses of COVID-19 vaccines were delivered with the help of a drone, in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur yesterday, said the country’s Minister of Health, Mansukh Mandaviya. The vaccine doses were delivered by the Made-in-India drone, to an aerial distance of 15…