Mumbai To Conduct Sero-Surveillance To Study Rising COVID-19 Spread

MUMBAI, May 28 (NNN-PTI) – With the rising incidence of COVID-19 positive cases in Mumbai, the city will under-go sero-surveillance, to understand the geographical spread of the infection, a statement by the city’s civic authority said, Wednesday. The objective of the study is to gain insights that will help to…

Zambia probes murder of 3 Chinese at clothes factory; 3 suspects arrested

The clothing factory’s warehouse was gutted in the fire LUSAKA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Zambia have arrested three people suspected of murdering three Chinese nationals, dragging the bodies into a factory and setting it alight. Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has promised a full investigation into Sunday’s “barbaric”…

S.Korea Cuts Interest Rate By 25 Basis Points To 0.50 Percent

SEOUL, May 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s central bank, today cut its benchmark interest rate to a new record low of 0.50 percent, to tackle an economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak. Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor, Lee Ju-yeol, and six monetary policy board members, decided to slash the seven-day…

Restaurant Sales Across Thailand Plummet By 80 Percent During COVID-19 Pandemic

BANGKOK, May 28 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Restaurant Association (TRA), said that, sales at restaurants dropped by 80 percent with the ongoing stay-home and food delivery measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Also, with the lifting of some health control measures, allowing restaurants to reopen since May 3, restaurants still have…

Indian Air Force Inducts Second Tejas LCA Fighter Squadron

NEW DELHI, May 28 (NNN-UNI) – Indian Air Force (IAF), on Wednesday, inducted second squadron of Tejas Mk 1 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), officials said. The ceremony was held at Sulur Air Force Station (AFS), in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. “IAF today inducted Tejas Mk-1 FOC aircraft…

Police In Pakistan Search For Gunmen Killing Two Policemen

ISLAMABAD, May 28 (NNN-APP) – Police in the Pakistani capital Islamabad are searching for gunmen, who shot dead two policemen on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday night, a police spokesman said. The spokesman said, the policemen were on duty at a roadside check point at Tarnol area of…

Koike To Announce Candidacy For Tokyo Gubernatorial Election

TOKYO, May 28 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Gov., Yuriko Koike, is expected to announce next month that she will run in the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election, sources with knowledge of the matter, said. Koike, 67, whose tenure as Tokyo’s first female governor began in July 2016, is likely to announce her…

APEC senior officials discuss possible platform for info sharing on COVID-19

File photo of an earlier APEC SOM meeting prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, May 27, the first ever Virtual Extraordinary SOM was held to dicuss the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected the region as well as other parts of the world . KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) –…

Covid-19: Iconic sites reopen as world eyes life after lockdown

In Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity – built on the spot where Christians believe their saviour Jesus was born – reopened its doors after more than two months PARIS, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iconic world sites from the New York Stock Exchange to the Church of the Nativity reopened their…

Update: World coronavirus death toll tops 350,000

PARIS, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 350,000 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded worldwide since it first appeared in China in December. A total of 350,196 deaths have been reported, from 5,589,389 cases, including 173,713 in Europe from 2,057,414 infections. The United States has registered the most…
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