India To Observe 7-Day Mourning After Ex-President’s Demise

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Sept 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – A seven-day state mourning will be observed in India, as a mark of respect to former president, Pranab Mukherjee, who died in New Delhi on Monday, said an official. “During the period of state mourning (Aug 31-Sept 6), the national flag…

Two-Thirds Of School Children Deprived Of Distance Learning In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Aug 31 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Two-thirds of school children in Nepal are deprived of distance learning, according to Child and Family Tracker survey, conducted by UNICEF Nepal. As per the report, only three out of 10 children have access to television, radio and Internet-based learning platforms. Of them, only 80…

Dozens Of Villages Inundated Amid Monsoon-Triggered Flash Floods In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (NNN-PPI) – At least 30 villages were inundated on Sunday, in Jhang district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, amid fears of monsoon-triggered flash floods, as water level significantly increased in rivers in the country, local media and officials said. According to local Urdu TV channel, Dunya News,…

Eight Killed As Heavy Rains Trigger Flood-Like Situation In India’s Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (NNN-PTI) – At least eight people were killed after heavy rains triggered flood-like situation in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh, officials said Sunday. Authorities have deployed disaster response force personnel, army and Indian Air Force (IAF) teams to carry out rescue efforts. So far, Authorities…

Effective Measures Diminish Migration Of Desert Locusts In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (NNN-APP) — The migration of desert locusts to summer breeding areas of Pakistan subsided, due to the effective operation of the government against the pest, local media reported. Quoting a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dawn News said, the country made good progress against…

India Not To Participate In Next Month’s Military Exercises In Russia

NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (NNN-PTI) – India late yesterday, announced that, its defence forces will not participate in this year’s multilateral military exercises “Kavkaz-2020,” to be hosted by Russia from Sept 15 to 27. The decision not to participate was taken, in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, tweeted the principal…

Kazak President Says Closure Of Nuclear Test Site Largely Reduces Nuclear Threat To Int’l Community

NUR-SULTAN, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said, denuclearising the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, largely reduced the threat of nuclear proliferation to international community. Semipalatinsk was the primary testing venue for Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons, with over 450 tests carried out since 1949. On Aug 29, 1991,…

Death Toll In Pakistan’s Torrential Rains Rises To 134

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (NNN-PPI) – The death toll in torrential rains that had been lashing Pakistan in separate spells since June, has risen to 134, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report. Sharing the data of casualties from June 15 to Aug 29, on its website,…

Roadside Bombs Kill Seven, Wound Eight In Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Roadside bombs on Saturday killed seven people and wounded eight others across Afghansitan, officials said. A roadside bomb planted by armed insurgents, struck a car in the northern Sari Pul province on Saturday, killing a father and his son, provincial police spokesman, Noor Aqa Faizi,…

Three Killed, Seven Wounded In Fighting In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Aug 30 (NNN-PNA) – Three people were killed, including a soldier, and seven other soldiers wounded, when government forces clashed on Saturday, with some 30 Abu Sayyaf fighters, in the jungles of Sulu province in the southern Philippines, the military said. Brigadier General William Gonzales, the joint task force…
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