India Reports 18,132 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,971,607 today, as 18,132 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed The number of new cases recorded in a day are the lowest in the past 215…

Nepal Makes Progress In Conserving Forest, Wildlife Species

KATHMANDU, Oct 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal managed to increase forested areas and the population of endangered animals, tigers and one-horned rhinos in particular, in its efforts to preserve biodiversity over the years. The forested areas in the country reached 45 percent of the total land area. “This is a significant…

China-ASEAN TV Week To Be Held In South China

NANNING, Oct 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 3rd China-ASEAN TV Week will be held from Oct 27 to Nov 2, in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the radio and television authority said, at a press conference. The China-ASEAN TV Week will hold a series of activities, including…

UNICEF Urges Afghan Caretaker Gov’t To Resume Kids’ Vaccination Drives

KABUL, Oct 11 (NNN-ANA) – The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) yesterday urged the Taliban’s caretaker government, to resume children’s vaccination, amid fear of spreading polio and measles in war-affected Afghanistan. “The health system is about to collapse, we have weeks, not months or years. We will have humanitarian catastrophe,”…

Funding Shortfall Hampers UN Services For Palestine Refugees: Spokesman

GAZA, Oct 11 (NNN-WAFA) – A lack of 120 million U.S. dollars, affected the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to provide services this year, the agency warned yesterday, calling for donations. “UNRWA has a financial shortfall of approximately 120 million U.S. dollars,…

Chinese/Indonesian Startups Among Winners Of G20 Innovation League Competition

SORRENTO, Oct 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese startup, Sansure Biotech, yesterday won the award for healthcare innovation, at the G20 Innovation League, a competition between 100 startups from over 20 countries. Held both in presence and online over the weekend, in the southern Italy’s city of Sorrento, the competition saw five…

Sydney Announces “Freedom Day” After 106 Days In Lockdown

SYDNEY, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – As Sydney, capital of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), exited its 106-day lockdown yesterday, residents re-emerged to celebrate a long-awaited “Freedom Day.” As some lockdown restrictions officially ended at midnight, and non-essential retail re-opened their doors, local Australians lined up to get…

Israel Reports 1,029 New COVID-19 Cases

JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (NNN-PNN) – Israel recorded 1,029 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the regime to 1,305,510, the health ministry said yesterday. The death toll from the virus rose to 7,912, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased to 448. Total recoveries rose…

Search And Rescue Operation Underway For Victims Of Sunken Microbus In Egypt

CAIRO, Oct 11 (NNN-MENA) – A search and rescue operation is currently underway, to find any survivors in the Nile River, after a microbus fell off the Al-Sahel bridge — which connects Cairo to Giza — yesterday. According to news reports, five speedboats from the River Rescue Department are leading…

Myanmar To Launch COVID-19 Vaccination Programme For Schoolchildren

YANGON, Oct 11 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar will launch a COVID-19 vaccination programme for schoolchildren aged over 12 years, next week, state-run media, said. About one million students of middle and high school levels, who have enrolled for the 2021-2022 academic year will be vaccinated, in an effort to cut the…