Top DPRK Leader Guides Meeting On Recovery Work Of Typhoon Damage

PYONGYANG, Sept 9 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a meeting, to discuss recent typhoon damage and reconstruction measures, it was reported today. It was an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea…

Covid-19: Ethiopia to make, export test kits with China’s help

Doctors in personal protective equipment (PPE) check the status of a patient infected with Covid-19 ADDIS ABABA, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As COVID-19 cases continued to climb sharply, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health announced that the country will start manufacturing its own test kits with China’s help. The announcement came as the Horn…

Indian Company To Set Up Digital Innovation Hub In Germany

MUMBAI, Sept 9 (NNN-PTI) – Indian information technology company, Wipro, plans to set up a digital innovation hub in Germany’s Dusseldorf to serve as its flagship centre in Europe, the Bengaluru-headquartered company said on Tuesday. The digital innovation hub will aim to galvanise the adoption of new skills and technologies…

Covid-19: China celebrates virus success as Europe suffers

PARIS, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China’s leaders held a triumphantceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus on Tuesday, as billions ofpeople around the world still suffer the fallout from the pandemic and theglobal death toll nears 900,000. The upbeat mood in Beijing comes as concerns grow about a resurgence ofCovid-19 across…

Campaigning Kicks Off In Japan To Choose Next LDP Leader

TOKYO, Sept 9 (NNN-NHK) – Campaigning officially kicked off Tuesday, for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) top post, with three candidates vying for the position to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe is stepping down due to a recurrent health issue that also brought his first tenure as prime…

Two Killed By Gunmen In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (NNN-APP) – Two people were killed and three others injured, in gun fire by unknown gunmen, in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan’s east Punjab province last night, police sources said. According to initial investigation by the police, three unknown gunmen opened fire at people standing at the roadside,…

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…

Miss Earth Malaysia wants to see a greener Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR — Miss Earth Malaysia 2020 Dr Nisha Thayanathan posing for a photo during Miss Earth Malaysia Crowning Ceremony today. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. By V. Sankara KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) — For Dr Nisha Thayananthan, the newly crowned Miss Earth Malaysia 2020/21, she wants nothing less than…
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