DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor addresses 2019 Conference on Implementing Development of Universities...Absence of hunger will bring health, educational, economic development: Vice President...Eastern part of Yangon railway to reopen on 17 October...Mountain Bike Challenge 2019 to be held in Kawthoung...400 wells to be established for irrigation in Yinmabin District...EOIs invited for construction of nine staff buildings in Chin State...Two-day real estate expo to showcase apartments worth K20 mln this month - By Nyein Nyein...One more political party applies for registration...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 16th October, 2019)...Over 17,400 Yaba pills seized in three townships...Quarterfinals of inter-ministries football tourney begin in Nay Pyi Taw...MFF grassroots football festival held in Pathein.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor to pay official visit to Japan...Senior General receives Russian Federation Deputy Defence Minister...Union Information Minister attends launching ceremony of ASEAN-Korea Train tour...President of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...SWRR Union Minister receives former member of the Advisory Board for CIRRS...Deputy Minister U Aung Htoo meets with Japan Patent Office Commissioner...Maritime trade dropped $1.9 bln in previous fiscal...Fishery exports cross $730 mln...Draw result not important, but preparation is crucial: Myanmar U-22 head coach Popov .....OPINION: "Ensuring safety from lightning strikes, gales in late monsoon season".....ARTICLE: "Are you malnourished? Quite possibly" - By Kundhavi Kadiresan