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Probe panel without regulatory basis

Probe panel without regulatory basis

A secretary level decision of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation formed a committee to probe the mid-air opening of Guna Airlines’ cabin door earlier this week.

‘Simultaneous elections not feasible’. Photo: RSS

'Simultaneous elections not feasible'

Although the ruling coalition decided yesterday to hold all three tiers of elections — parliamentary, provincial, and local — together between mid-November 2022 and mid- March 2023, experts say it will not be feasible to hold elections simultaneously owing mainly to administrative and technical reasons.

People inspect the wreckage of buildings that were damaged by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Photo: AP

Houthis, aid group: Death toll from prison airstrike at 82

Houthis, aid group: Death toll from prison airstrike at 82

Courtesy: @IPL/Twitter

Pandya, Rahul to lead new IPL teams Ahmedabad, Lucknow

Pandya, Rahul to lead new IPL teams Ahmedabad, Lucknow

Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

Active caseload climbs to 72,862 as Nepal records 8,212 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday

Active caseload climbs to 72,862 as Nepal records 8,212 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday

Visitors wearing protective face masks walk on a pedestrian deck, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Tokyo hits record 10,000 COVID cases, Japan over 50,000 for first time

Tokyo recorded its fourth record number of daily COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking above 10,000, while Japan's exceeded 50,000 for the first time as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly.

FILE PHOTO - A staff member works near the emblem for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics displayed at the Shanghai Sports Museum in Shanghai, China, December 8, 2021. Photo: Reuters

China's Beijing to maintain COVID emergency status as Winter Olympics loom

China's capital Beijing urged all its local districts on Saturday to maintain "full emergency mode" as the city continued to report new local coronavirus cases, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympic Games.

Ash from underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga is visible from the International Space Station in this undated picture obtained from social media on January 20, 2022. Photo: NASA/Astronaut Kayla Barron/via Reuters

Some money services reopen in Tonga, drinking water the priority

Tongans queued for limited money services that were restored in the Pacific island's capital on Saturday, as the clean-up continued a week after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami.

FILE - A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., on Sept. 14, 2021. Photo: AP

Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show

Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots.

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