Supermoon can lead to maximum tides at sea: Lapan 2 hours ago
A supermoon was observed on Tuesday night (April 27, 2021). (ANTARA/HO-Dok.pribadi)
No significant impact (is expected) apart from the maximum tides at sea, unless it is along with bad weather at sea. Jakarta (ANTARA) - A supermoon, or perigee moon, observed on Tuesday night could lead to maximum tides at sea, Head of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) Thomas Djamaluddin has said.
“No significant impact (is expected) apart from the maximum tides at sea, unless it is along with bad weather at sea,” Djamaluddin told ANTARA here on Tuesday.
Thailand extends state of emergency ahead of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. - Illustrative image (Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/)
Bangbok (VNA) – The Centre for
COVID-19
Situation Administration (CCSA) of Thailand chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has extended a state of emergency until the end of March and allowed the
easing of some COVID-19 containment measures.
The
state of emergency, which
was issued in March 2020, has been renewed multiple times, allowing the
government to enforce mandatory quarantine measures and coordinate disease
control plans without approval by many different agencies.
Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, a member of the
CCSA,
said that the Thai cabinet is expected to back the extension at a meeting on February
Malaysia’s economy is expected to return to positive growth this year, along with other economies globally on the sustained progress in the vaccine rollouts that will boost consumption worldwide, the World Bank Group said.
About 7,200 polling
stations across the country opened at 7:00am, allowing the voters to select 164
legislators out of 224 candidates to the parliament,
as well as 492 deputies to the Provincial People’s Council out of 789
candidates.
Laos’ Party General
Secretary and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, State President Bounnhang Vorachit,
and NA Chairwoman Pany Yathotou casted their votes at Constituency 1 in Vientiane capital.
The Lao general election was held following the success of the 11th Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Congress in January.
According to the Lao National Election Committee, the election is scheduled to end at 5:00pm (local time) on the same day. The 9th NA’s first sitting will take place in mid-March./.
The Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has ordered the temporary closure of up to 10 schools in and around Phnom Penh due to the nation’s latest COVID-19 community outbreak.