DOMESTIC NEWS: 476 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 24 January, total figure rises to 137,574...Cash contribution for COVID-19 Vaccination Fund can be made through MoPFI website...Announcement on fund establishment to purchase COVID-19 vaccines...COVID-19 has undergone a genetic mutation...Union Minister U Win Khaing urges MOGSS to prepare for changes in oil, natural gas industry...Myanmar nationals abroad brought back home by relief flights...Well-wishers donate winter clothing for locals in Naga Hills...Domestic fuel oil price rises to nine-month high on vaccine optimism...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Sunday 24 January, 2021)...M2 World Championship: Burmese Ghouls bag 1st Runner Up with 3-4 loss to Bren Esports.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Prawn farms in Kawthoung maintain export to Thailand amidst pandemic...Government provides foodstuffs for Myanmar workers quarantined in Thailand...Global strong demand sparks agricultural exports...Growers eye EU market for value-added Hsipaw pineapple products...China constitutes over 77% of Myanmar’s overall rice exports in Q1...EMBASSY OF JAPAN YANGON.....OPINION: "Safe start a must for recovery of travel industry".....ARTICLE: "UNESCO Global Geoparks and Conservation Scientists towards Sustainable Development" - Than Htun (Myanmar Geosciences Society)..."Kawthoung with Sea Gypsies or Men of the Sea" - By Kyaw Soe (Kawthoung) TRANSLATED BY KHINE THAZIN HAN