Indian VP Calls For Eye Donation To Address Visual Impairment

NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (NNN-UNI) – Indian Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu, appealed to all countrymen to donate eyes willingly, as it would address the challenge of visual impairment in the country. Under the National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB), eye donation is an act of voluntary donation of one’s…

Sri Lankan President Removes Taxes For Gems, Gold To Strengthen Industry

COLOMBO, Sept 9 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ordered the removal of taxes imposed on the profits earned by the gem and jewellery manufacturers, and on gold imports, to further strengthen the industries, local media reported. Accordingly, a 14-percent income tax, imposed on the profit earned by the…

Afghan Fighting Intensifies Amid Preparations For Peace Talks

KABUL, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fighting in Afghanistan intensified, as over 70 people were killed over the past 24 hours, amid preparations for peace talks, to end the war in the conflict-battered country. In the latest violent incident, the armed insurgents gunned down a soldier, in Jawand district, of the…

Palestine Seeks To Set Date For Elections Before End Of 2020: Official

RAMALLAH, Sept 9 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestinian official announced, Palestine is seeking to set a date for general elections in the Palestinian territories, by the end of the year. “Holding the presidential and parliamentary elections in Palestine is the main entry point for achieving an internal Palestinian reconciliation,” said…

Iraq Eases Health Restrictions As Total COVID-19 Infections Exceed 260,000

BAGHDAD, Sept 8 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi health authorities, decided to ease health restrictions, imposed previously, to contain the spread of the pandemic as the total nationwide infections exceeded 260,000. A statement by Iraqi Higher Committee for Health and National Safety, headed by Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said that the committee…

Saudi King, French President Review G20 Efforts To Support Economies

RIYADH, Sept 8 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and French President, Emmanuel Macron, reviewed the efforts of Group of 20 (G20) countries, to support global economies. Both sides also discussed over a phone call, the role of G20 in backing health systems, to combat the implications…

Two Dead, Four Missing In Wake Of Typhoon Haishen Sideswiping Japan’s Kyushu

TOKYO, Sept 8 (NNN-NHK) – The powerful typhoon that lashed Japan’s southwestern main island of Kyushu, left two people dead, four missing and more than 100 injured, local media reported today. Typhoon Haishen wreaked havoc in southwestern Japan, knocking out power to around 475,000 houses in Kyushu, and severely disrupting…

India’s New COVID-19 Cases Among Highest In The World

NEW DELHI, Sept 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally, continues to rise sharply, even as 75,809 new cases were detected during the past 24 hours, taking the total figure to 4,280,422, showed the latest data, released by the federal health ministry today. According to the data, as many as 1,133…

New Zealand Confirms Six New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand confirmed six new cases of COVID-19 today, including two imported cases detected in managed isolation facilities and four community cases. One of the imported cases was a man in his 20’s, who arrived from the Philippines on Sept 3, and was at a…

Extended COVID-19 Lock-Down In Melbourne “Hard And Crushing News”: Aussie PM

CANBERRA, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, described the extended COVID-19 lock-down in Melbourne as “crushing,” as the country recorded its lowest single-day increase in about two months. As of Monday afternoon there were 26,322 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia, and the number of new cases…