Tokyo 2020 Organisers Appoint 12 New Executive Board Members

TOKYO, Mar 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Naoko Takahashi, the women’s marathon champion, at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, became one of 12 women, to be appointed as executive board members, of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, it was announced here yesterday. Tokyo 2020 announced that, the executive board members have been…

Indian Railways Run Double-Stacked Dwarf Container Train To JNPT Port

MUMBAI, Mar 4 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Railways successfully completed a trial run of double-stacked dwarf container train, from Mehsana, 599 km from Mumbai, to the country’s premier container port, on the west coast-JNPT yesterday, a statement by JNPT said. This was the first time that the train, with five wagons…

Japan Appoints Foreign Ministry Diplomat To Replace Scandal-Hit Cabinet Public Relations Secretary

TOKYO, Mar 4 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government yesterday appointed a female diplomat from the Foreign Ministry, to succeed the cabinet public relations secretary, who resigned amid a scandal involving Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga’s eldest son. Deputy Press Secretary, Hikariko Ono, 55, was named Cabinet Public Relations Secretary, taking over…

Australia Appeals To Public To Join Fight Against Online Child Abuse

CANBERRA, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian law enforcement agencies, launched a major appeal for the public, to join the fight against online child sexual exploitation. The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday released images of items extracted from the backgrounds of sexually explicit…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 11,139,516

NEW DELHI, Mar 3 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 11,139,516 today, as 14,989 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry. According to the data, the death toll mounted to 157,346 with 98 new deaths. There are still…

Two S. Koreans With Underlying Diseases Die After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines, Probe Underway

SEOUL, Mar 3 (NNN-YONHAP) – Two South Koreans with underlying diseases, died today, after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. A patient, around 50 years old, who had been in a nursing hospital in Goyang, just outside the capital, Seoul, received the first jab of the full two-dose vaccines, developed by…

Bees Identified As Australia’s Most Dangerous Venomous Animals: Study

CANBERRA, Mar 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), identified bees as the country’s most dangerous, venomous animals. The study, published by the AIHW’s National Injury Surveillance Unit, today, found that Australians are twice as likely to be hospitalised by a bee or…

Myanmar FM Attends Virtual ASEAN Meeting

YANGON, Mar 3 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Foreign Minister, U Wunna Maung Lwin, attended an informal meeting among foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday, state-run media reported today. U Wunna Maung Lwin apprised the virtual meeting of voting irregularities in the Nov, 2020, general elections, five…

US to impose anti-dumping tax on 18 countries

WASHINGTON, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Department of Commerce is preparing to tax aluminum sheet exporters from 18 countries after determining they had benefited from subsidies and dumping. The US International Trade Commission (ITC), an independent body, mustapprove the final decision by April 15 to impose anti-dumping orcountervailing duties,…

AirAsia Introduces ‘Asean Unlimited’ To Ensure Smooth Take-Off When Travel Returns

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Capitalising on positive COVID-19 vaccination developments across the ASEAN region, low-cost airline AirAsia Group Bhd has revived its engines to ensure a smooth take-off when travel returns by introducing its all-new product, Asean Unlimited. The Asean Unlimited offers unlimited access to airasia’s international and…
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