India Carries Out Trial Launch Of Anti-Tank Missiles From Helicopter

NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (NNN-PTI) – India yesterday launched its indigenously developed Helina and Dhruvastra anti-tank missiles, from the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) platform, in a test. “Joint user trials for Helina (army version) and Dhruvastra (air force version) missile systems, designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation…

Japan To Receive Second Batch Of Pfizer Vaccine As Rollout Set To Expand

TOKYO, Feb 20 (NNN-NHK) – Japan confirmed 1,303 new daily COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total tally of infections to 424,048, as the nationwide vaccination rollout is set to expand, with the second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine due to arrive tomorrow. According to the country’s health ministry, 611 people…

Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 8,337

DHAKA, Feb 20 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 406 new COVID-19 cases and eight new deaths yesterday, making the tally at 542,674 and death toll at 8,337, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said. The official data showed that 14,232 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.…

New Zealand Reports Two New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation, said the Ministry of Health in a statement today. The two new cases of COVID-19 reported were recent returnees, tested positive upon arrival, with no new case in the wider community, nor any, linked…

US urges Myanmar junta to yield power after protester death

People in Yangon tend a memorial for Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, a young protester who was shot in Naypyitaw WASHINGTON/YANGON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Washington has urged the leaders of Myanmar’s new military regime to refrain from violence and relinquish power, after the death of a young anti-coup protester sparked new anger against the…

Indonesia Reports 10,614 New COVID-19 Cases, 183 New Deaths

JAKARTA, Feb 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 10,614 in the past 24 hours, to 1,263,299, with the death toll adding by 183 to 34,152, the country’s Health Ministry said. The virus has spread to all the country’s 34 provinces. Specifically, in the past 24…

Singapore Reports 14 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the country’s total tally to 59,846. All the new cases were imported cases. Also yesterday, 18 more patients were discharged from hospitals or community isolation facilities. In all, 59,697 patients have…

Sri Lanka Tourist Arrivals Cross 4,000 Mark Within Three Weeks

COLOMBO, Feb 20 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Tourist arrivals into Sri Lanka crossed the 4,000 mark, since the authorities re-opened its international airports in the last week of Jan, following the COVID-19 pandemic. Sri Lanka Tourism Chairperson, Kimarli Fernando, told media that, within just three weeks of airports opening, on Jan 21,…

52 Short-Finned Pilot Whales Stranded On Indonesian Beach Found Dead

JAKARTA, Feb 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least 52, among dozens of short-finned pilot whales, stranded on a beach in Indonesia’s East Java province, died yesterday, local media reported. “We are suspecting that a whale in the school was injured or sick, so the rest were following and guarding it. They…

Three Policemen, Three Militants Killed In Indian-Controlled Kashmir Violence

SRINAGAR, Feb 20 (NNN-PTI) – Three militants and three policemen were killed, and another was wounded yesterday, in three different acts of violence, across the restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. In the fresh incident, two policemen were killed after a militant attacked them in Baghat-Barzulla area, in Srinagar city, the…
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