24 Universities Declared As Fake In India

NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (NNN-UNI) – India’s University Grants Commission (UGC) declared, as many as 24 universities as fake, said an official. The UGC said that these “self-styled” unrecognised institutions are not empowered to confer any degrees to the students. A maximum of eight institutions were declared as fake in…

Myanmar Reports 1,400 New COVID-19 Cases, 39 More Deaths

YANGON, Oct 8 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar reported 1,400 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports. The newly confirmed cases brought the total number of infection cases of COVID-19 in the country to 21,433. A total of 39 more COVID-19 deaths were…

Trump Says U.S. Troops In Afghanistan Should Return Home By Christmas

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, said yesterday that, remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan should return home by Christmas. “We should have the small remaining number of our ‘brave’ Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!” he suggested. Earlier in the day, Trump’s National Security…

Indonesia To Replant 600,000 Hectares Of Mangrove

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia will replant 600,000 hectares of mangrove areas in the next three years, said the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs. “Our damaged mangrove areas cover nearly one million hectares. Our target in the next three years is (to replant) 600,000 hectares through this…

Asia-Pacific region leading in economic recovery – Moody’s

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is leading the world in terms of economic recovery but the pace of recovery is by no means uniform due to several factors, said Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s). These include the particular country’s COVID-19 caseload, the extent of economic lockdown in response to the…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 6,757,131, Death Toll 104,555

NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 6,757,131, and death toll 104,555 on Wednesday (today), as 72,049 new cases were detected and 986 patients died, during the past 24 hours, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry. Currently there are 907,883 active COVID-19 cases…

Removal of post does not expunge defamation, says Singapore PM on suing blogger

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Oct 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The first of the four days’ trial of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s libel suit against blogger Leong Sze Hian began Tuesday with defence counsel grilling to find ground on why Lee was suing his client. Lee, 68, as his capacity as a private citizen, had…

Ship With 12 People On Board Loses Contact In Bali

JAKARTA, Oct 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – A ship carrying 12 people lost contact, in the waters off Bali, with search and rescue operation being underway, a top rescuer said today. The fishing ship, KM Tanjung Permai, operated by a fishing company, PT Liniati Abadi, last communicated with the firm at 9:00…

Migrant Workers Granted Grace Period In Thailand Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

BANGKOK, Oct 7 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s labour Minister, Suchart Chomklin, said on Tuesday that, he had decided to grant grace period to migrant workers, whose employment are to expire next month. The decision, reached by the migrant workers’ policy management committee, chaired by Suchart, was intended to assist migrants in…

New Zealand Reports Only Three New Imported Cases Of COVID-19, No Community Case

WELLINGTON, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported three new imported cases of COVID-19, with all the community cases eliminated, as the country’s largest city, Auckland, returns to Alert Level 1, the lowest pandemic level, at midnight tonight. Today’s first two cases arrived from Ethiopia via Dubai, on Sept 23.…
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