Economic Watch: India’s Auto Market: Boon For Some, Bane For Others

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – India, one of the leading auto markets across the globe, has been dealt with a heavy blow recently, with the exodus of major carmakers. The South Asian country used to be the “Land of Promise” for automakers, who were lured there…

Spike In Number Of COVID-19 Cases In Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 21 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei Darussalam recorded a massive spike with 214 new COVID-19 cases, raising the confirmed cases tally to 5,261. Seven new clusters were also found, five of which are individual clusters. This was revealed by the Minister of Health Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin…

Two Spa Owners Charged Over Masseuses Providing Sex Services

SINGAPORE, Sept 21 (NNN-CNA) – Two owners of separate spa and massage establishments were charged in court today, with failing to ensure their employees did not offer sexual services to customers. Jimmy Chew Choon Kwok, 37, was given two charges under the Massage Establishments Rules, over the conduct of three…

39 Australian Shark Species Facing Extinction: Landmark Report

CANBERRA, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 10 percent of Australia’s shark species are at risk of extinction, a government report found. The National Environmental Science Programme (NESP), marine biodiversity hub, today published the first-ever complete assessment of extinction risk for all Australian sharks, rays and ghost sharks (chimaeras). It…

Bangladesh Blood Banks Scramble For Platelets As Dengue Cases Rise

DHAKA, Sept 21 (NNN-BSS) – Blood banks, based in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, are currently scrambling to refill their stocking shelves with bags of platelets. The need for blood donations, therefore, has heightened intensely and sometimes to a desperate level, as dengue patients are involved. Bangladesh saw a significant spike in…

Eight Rare Baby Siamese Crocodiles Found In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Sept 21 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Ministry of Environment (MoE)’s and World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s research team, discovered eight hatchlings of the critically endangered Siamese crocodile, in north-eastern Mondulkiri province, for the first time in over a decade, a joint statement said today. The discovery, early this month, was…

Non-Essential Services Resume In Vietnamese Capital With Eased COVID-19 Restrictions

HANOI, Sept 21 (NNN-VNA) – Non-essential services, including hair salons and restaurants, across the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, reopened today, due to the city’s easing restrictions over COVID-19. The reopening was based on a circular, released by the municipal authorities yesterday, which also announced the removal of travel permits, for inner-city…

Japanese Gov’t Decides To Call Extraordinary Diet Session On Oct 4

TOKYO, Sept 21 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government decided today, at a cabinet meeting, to call an extraordinary Diet session on Oct 4, to determine a new prime minister, succeeding Yoshihide Suga, who is to resign at the end of this month. The presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic…

Additional Mental Health Support In Australian Capital Amid COVID Lockdown

CANBERRA, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Andrew Barr, today announced increased support for mental health services, amid the region’s ongoing lockdown. Barr said, the ACT government would invest an additional 14 million Australian dollars (10.2 million U.S. dollars), to support mental health, alcohol…

India Reports 26,115 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,504,534 today, with 26,115 new confirmed cases registered in the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. An additional 252 deaths from the pandemic were, meanwhile, recorded, taking the total death toll to…