Sri Lanka To Import 6,000 Metric Tonnes Of Rice Annually From Pakistan

COLOMBO, Oct 15 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers, agreed to import 6,000 metric tonnes of basmati rice annually from Pakistan, under the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, local media reported here today. Cabinet Spokesperson, Ramesh Pathirana, was quoted by media reports as saying that, following a proposal made…

India’s COVID-19 Tally 7,307,097, Death Toll Rises To 111,266

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 7,307,097 and death toll 111,266 today, as 67,708 new cases and 680 deaths were reported over the past 24 hours across the country, said the latest data, released by the federal health ministry. There are 812,390 active cases in the…

Armed Forces Recover Narcotics Worth Millions Of USD In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG), and the army, recovered ice heroin worth millions of U.S. dollars, during a joint operation in the country’s southwest Balochistan province, the PCG said. The armed forces conducted a raid, at the mountainous terrain of Pasni district, of the province and…

Dengue Kills 28 In Singapore This Year, Hitting Record High

SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s dengue death toll in 2020 has reached 28, as of Oct 12, local media reported today, quoting the Ministry of Health (MOH). The number of dengue deaths exceeded the previous high 15 years ago, and is equal to the number of Singapore’s COVID-19 deaths,…

S.Korea’s ICT Export Keeps Growing For Four Months

SEOUL, Oct 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export of the information and communications technology (ICT) products, kept growing for four straight months through Sept, on a partial global recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, a government report showed today. The ICT export expanded 11.9 percent over the year to 17.63 billion…

Massive Fire Burns Apartment Building Under Construction In Houston

HOUSTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Firefighters responded to a massive fire, at an apartment complex under construction, on the outskirts of Houston, Texas early yesterday morning. Local media reported that the fire started at around 6:30 a.m. local time (1130 GMT), at an apartment building in the city of Katy,…

Canada’s Average Daily COVID-19 Case Count Remains Elevated

OTTAWA, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A total of 4,042 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Canada, including 1,996 backlogged cases from the long weekend and 2,046 newly identified cases on Tuesday, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced yesterday. That means the average daily case count remains elevated with…

Nearly 700,000 Children In U.S. Test Positive For COVID-19

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nearly 700,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19, since the onset of the pandemic, according to a report of the American Academy of Paediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. A total of 77,073 new child cases were reported from Sept 24…

Sri Lanka, China Sign Supplementary Agreement On Water Supply, Technology Cooperation

COLOMBO, Oct 15 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka and China, yesterday signed a supplementary agreement, on a Memorandum of Understanding on water research and technology cooperation, aimed at providing clean drinking water to several areas of the island country, a statement from the Chinese Embassy to Sri Lanka said. The statement…

Palestinian Courts To Look Into Cases Against Israeli Settlers: Official

RAMALLAH, Oct 15 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestinian official, announced that, Palestinian courts would soon begin looking into cases filed by Palestinians against Israeli settlers. Palestinian Justice Minister, Mohammed al-Shalaldeh, said that, his ministry will cooperate with other government’s offices and civil society institutions “to facilitate this mission.” “Under basic…