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India’s COVID-19 Tally Reaches 9,857,029 With 30,254 New Cases

NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 9,857,029 today, as 30,254 new cases were registered during the…

Road Mishap Claims Seven Lives In Western India

NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven people died and three others seriously injured, in a collision between…

Sri Lanka Records Highest Annual Elephant Deaths

COLOMBO, Dec 13 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka recorded the highest annual elephant deaths and second-highest human deaths in the world,…

Thai Expert Says COVID-19 Returnees From Myanmar Highly Infectious

BANGKOK, Dec 13 (NNN-TNA) – A Thai health expert warned that COVID-19-infected returnees from Myanmar’s Tachilek township, are highly infectious…

Myanmar Aims To Export Two Million Tonnes Of Rice In 2020-21

YANGON, Dec 13 (NNN-MNA) – The Myanmar government aims to achieve the export target of two million tonnes of rice…

Japan’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Top 3,000-Mark

TOKYO, Dec 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japan logged a record of 3,037 daily COVID-19 cases yesterday, surpassing 3,000 for the first…

Covid-19: Peru suspends clinical trials of Chinese vaccine

LIMA, Dec 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru has temporarily suspended clinicaltrials of a Covid vaccine made by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm…

Iran Closely Confronting U.S. Naval Forces In Gulf Waters: Commander

TEHRAN, Dec 12 (NNN-TASNIM) – Commander of the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said, Iran is…

Roundup: Indonesia’s Dry Dams To Reduce Floods In Capital Jakarta

by Bambang Purwanto JAKARTA, Dec 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesia’s capital city, Jakarta, was expected to overcome its lingering problem of…

Eight countries, including US, denounce ‘appalling’ human rights in North Korea

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight countries, including the United States, on Friday denounced North Korea’s human rights record…