India Records Less Than 10,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases As Tally Rises To 10,847,304

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,847,304 today, as 9,110 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours. According to official data, the death toll mounted to 155,158 as 78 patients died since yesterday morning. This was the first time in the past several…

Chinese Embassy In New Zealand Distributes Spring Festival Kits To Overseas Chinese Students

WELLINGTON, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chinese embassy in New Zealand, today distributed Spring Festival kits to overseas Chinese students here in Wellington, on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Under strict pandemic prevention measures, the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand, opened its doors to…

Japanese Submarine Collides With Commercial Vessel, Three Injured

TOKYO, Feb 9 (NNN-NHK) – A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force submarine, collided with a commercial vessel yesterday, in the Pacific Ocean, off the western main island of Shikoku, slightly injuring three crew members on the submarine, government officials said. In the incident, the 84-metre-long Soryu, scraped the hull of the…

Three labourers killed in gun attack in SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (NNN-APP) – Three labourers were killed and another one was wounded, after unidentified assailants opened fire at them, in Pakistan’s south-west Kalat district of Balochistan province. The labourers were digging tube wells in agricultural land, when unknown gunmen came and opened fire indiscriminately, killing three on the…

Death Toll Of India’s Glacier Burst Rises To 24 As Rescue Operation Continues

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – As many as 24 dead bodies, all men, have been recovered, in India’s northern hilly state of Uttarakhand till last night, an official at the local disaster management office, said. Upper reaches in the state had been hit by a glacier burst on Sunday…

Sri Lanka To Resume Scheduled Int’l Flights At Southern Airport

COLOMBO, Feb 9 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Scheduled international flights resumed at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), located in southern Sri Lanka, from this week, with the arrival of the maiden flight of Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, local media reported. The flight landed at the MRIA, carrying 164…

Myanmar To Have Friendly Cooperation With All Countries: Commander-In-Chief

YANGON, Feb 9 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar will conduct friendly cooperation with all countries, while the country’s foreign policy will not change, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, said yesterday. In his first televised message to the public, after the declaration of a one-year state of emergency, he said…

Two Killed, 14 Injured In Bus Crash In Indonesia’s North Sumatra

JAKARTA, Feb 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – Two people were killed and 14 others injured, after a bus, carrying local government employees, fell into a ravine, in Lumban Pasir village, Mandailing Natal district, in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, an official said yesterday. Jakfar Lubis, a Mandailing Natal Kotanopan sub-district police officer, said,…

Myanmar Military Calls For Stability Amid Protests Nationwide

YANGON, Feb 9 (NNN-MNA) – The Myanmar military, yesterday, called for stability in the country, amid ongoing protests nationwide. In a statement, the military called for stability, public security and ensuring the rule of law. Peaceful protests across Myanmar continued yesterday. Demonstrators demanded the release of State Counsellor, Aung San…

Lebanon Eases Full COVID-19 Lockdown Measures Amid Concerns From Experts

BEIRUT, Feb 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese authorities, yesterday, started to ease the total lockdown measures in the country, for the fight against COVID-19, due to the economic and financial crisis. Lebanese authorities adopted a strategy, aimed at opening the different sectors in the country, in four phases, to avoid big…