Indian Navy Chief On Four-Day Visit To Sri Lanka

NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Navy Chief, Admiral Karambir Singh, will be visiting Sri Lanka on Dec 19-22, sources in the Defence Ministry confirmed today (Thursday). The visit is intended to consolidate and enhance bilateral maritime relations between the two neighbouring countries. During his visit, Singh will hold…

Malaria outbreak kills 19 in Myanmar last year

YANGON, Dec 19 (NNN-MNA) – A total of 19 people died of malaria in Myanmar last year, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports today (Thursday). In 2018, 76,518 malaria infection cases were registered in Myanmar, showing a sharp drop of mortality rate, compared to past years. The national…

Australian PM Faces Criticism For Overseas Family Holiday

CANBERRA, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has come under fire for going on holiday with his family, while bush-fires continue to burn across the country. Responding to news of the holiday, members of the Opposition Labour Party accused the prime minister of abandoning rural communities, currently…

Flights Delayed As Dense Fog Engulfs Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (NNN-PTI) — Dense fog engulfed the Indian capital and its surrounding areas on Thursday morning (this morning), as departures and arrivals of many flights and trains were delayed, due to poor visibility. Regular commuters faced difficulty driving on major highways, since visibility was less than 50…

Iran Threatens To Further Reduce Nuke Commitments

TEHRAN, Dec 19 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran threatened to further reduce its commitments to the 2015 landmark nuclear deal, if the European Union (EU) “keeps failing” to protect the Islamic republic’s interest. Iran’s move to reduce commitments under the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), results…

Chinese Envoy Concerned Over Continued Jewish Settlement Activities In Occupied Palestine

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese UN envoy expressed concern, over continued settlement activities by Israel, in occupied Palestinian territory. At a Security Council meeting on the Middle East, China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Wu Haitao, noted that, settlement activities continued to advance and expand, and more…

Kazakhstan’s Parliament Approves Spaceport Cooperation With Russia

NUR-SULTAN, Dec 19 (NNN-KAZINFORM) – The lower house of Kazakh parliament, approved amendments to a Kazakh-Russian agreement, on building the Baiterek space rocket complex, at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Askar Zhumagaliev said, Kazakhstan plans to allocate 233 million U.S. dollars, to modernise the…

Landslide In Metro Construction Site Kills Four In Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four workers were killed by a landslide, in the open section of a construction site of Yunusabad metro line in Tashkent, Uzbek Emergency ministry said. Earlier in the day, the ministry said, continued rainfall has caused a collapse of 250 cubic metres of soil…

India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Hits Streets For Third Day Against New Citizenship Law

NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (NNN-PTI) – Chief Minister of India’s eastern state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, hit the streets for the third straight day, against the controversial new citizenship law, demanding its revocation, officials said. Banerjee, along with her party colleagues, began a protest march from Howrah Maidan, which…

Brunei, China Sign Muskmelon Export Protocol

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 18 (NNN-BBNEWS) – China and Brunei signed a protocol on the phyto-sanitary requirement, to allow export of muskmelon from Brunei to China, Brunei’s Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, said. The signing was made in Beijing on Monday, between the General Administration of Customs of China…
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