Highest Single Day Spike Takes India’s COVID-19 Tally To Over 1.6 Million

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (NNN-UNI) – India recorded the highest ever single-day spike of 55,078 of fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total tally to 1,638,870, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data. This is the second consecutive day when fresh COVID-19 cases have increased by more than…

Jordan To Hold Parliamentary Elections On Nov 10

AMMAN, July 30 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan will hold its parliamentary elections on Nov 10, it was reported yesterday (Wednesday). The date was set hours after King Abdullah issued a royal decree, ordering the parliamentary elections to be held. Under the 2016 Elections Law, the Independent Election Commission will set the…

Assad, Special Russian Envoy To Syria Discuss Upcoming Meeting Of Constitutional Committee

DAMASCUS, July 30 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, and the visiting Russian’s special envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, discussed the upcoming meeting of the Syrian constitutional committee. Assad and Lavrentiev agreed that the committee, which will hold its meeting next month, should carry out its work without any external…

ADB Approves 20 Million USD Grant To Help Samoa Respond To COVID-19

MANILA, July 30 (NNN-PNA) – Asian Development Bank (ADB), today said, it has approved a 20-million-U.S. dollar grant, to help the government of Samoa respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Manila-based bank said, the grant will help fund measures to upgrade Samoa’s health sector and support the government’s economic stimulus…

Update: One Dead, 17 Injured In Blast In Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture

TOKYO, July 30 (NNN-NHK) – One person has died and at least 17 others have been injured, in an explosion this morning, at a restaurant in Koriyama City, in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, fire department officials said. Investigators said, the explosion occurred shortly before 9:00 a.m. local time, at a…

Vietnam’s Industrial Production Up Slightly In Seven Months

HANOI, July 30 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s national index of industrial production, advanced 2.6 percent year-on-year, in the first seven months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office today. The main driver of the rise, the processing and manufacturing sector, went up 4.2 percent, contributing 3.5 percentage points to…

New Zealand Reports One New Case Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported one new case of COVID-19 today, with the number of active cases in the country reaching 24, all in managed isolation facilities, according to the Ministry of Health. It has been 90 days, since the last case of COVID-19 was acquired locally,…

Thailand To Resume Repatriating Stranded Thais Overseas After Student Dies From COVID-19 In Egypt

BANGKOK, July 30 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, on Wednesday said, he had ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly organise flights to pick up Thais stranded overseas, after a student died of COVID-19 in Egypt. “Repatriation flights would be provided on an ongoing basis and would…

Sembcorp Commissions Three Wind Projects With 800 MW Capacity In India

NEW DELHI, July 30 (NNN-UNI) – Sembcorp Energy India Limited (SEIL), owned by Singapore-based energy and infrastructure group, Sembcorp Industries, on Wednesday, announced the completion of its latest 800 MW wind power projects in India. “Sembcorp becomes the first independent power producer to fully commission its projects, awarded in the…

Maldives Trade Law Amendment To Generate 38.9 Million USD

MALE, July 30 (NNN-PSM) – The Recent amendments to a key trade law in the Maldives are likely to generate an additional 38.9 million U.S. dollars to the state, local media, citing the Maldives Customs Service (MCS), reported. MCS Senior Superintendent, Ahmed Niyaz, was quoted as saying that, amendments to…