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Nepal avoids debt trap, says it only wants grants not loans from China under BRI
"PM Deuba told the Chinese leader that Nepal is not in a position to afford commercial Chinese loans for infrastructure building under the BRI because the national economy is already under stress due to several reasons including the depletion in foreign currency reserves. Therefore, Nepal wants only grant assistance from China in the coming days," Pariyar told India Narrative on Monday evening.
Pakistan is 2nd worst country on Global Gender Gap Index
The report ranks 146 countries, of which the top five are Iceland, Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden, while the five worst ones are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran and Chad. According to the report, the global gender gap has been closed by 68.1 per cent in 2022. "At the current rate, it will take 132 years to reach full parity.
Palestinians disappointed with US policy ahead of Biden's visit
Biden is scheduled to visit Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia during his first trip to the region which starts on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. In the past weeks, the Palestinians ramped up their voices calling on the Biden administration to deliver its promises by reopening the US consulate in East Jerusalem and the office of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Washington, and removing the PLO from the US terrorism list.
Sri Lankan President to leave for Singapore from Maldives
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed the acting President and has declared a state of emergency in the country following a standoff between police and military personnel with angry protestors which tried to enter the Prime Minister's office, the Daily Mirror reported.
Sri Lankan PM appointed Acting President: Speaker
He added in a special statement that the President has informed him that the Prime Minister was appointed as the Acting President as he was away from the country, the Daily Mirror reported. President Rajapaksa has arrived in the Maldives earlier on Wednesday morning after having fled Sri Lanka and will be making his way to a final destination. Where that is however, is still unclear.
PM declares emergency across Sri Lanka; protestors head towards his office
The Prime Minister has also ordered the security forces to arrest people acting in a riotous manner and the lorries they are travelling, BBC reported. Thousands of protesters forcefully entered towards the Prime Minister's office on Flower Road in state capital Colombo -- a 20-minute walk away from the main protest site of Galle Face Green.
I will run the economy like Margaret Thatcher: Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak, the Indian origin contender for the prime ministership of the UK, said he will run the British economy like former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, if he wins In his first campaign interview to The Daily Telegraph, the pro ruling Conservative party daily broadsheet, he remarked: "We will cut taxes and we will do it responsibly.
Pakistan expands drug abuse network in PoK
The promise to give it complete 'Azadi' (freedom) from its clutches, to develop infrastructure, education and healthcare facilities etc., have always ended in a sham. The same Pakistan is now busy selling the dream project of "freedom and self-determination" to the Kashmiris in India, while its own territory of so-called "Azad Jammu-Kashmir" is parading the streets back home shouting slogans "We want freedom, Pakistan Army go back".
Protests near Maldives Prez's house urging to send Gotabaya Rajapaksa back to Sri Lanka
President Rajapaksa fled the country for the Maldives early on Wednesday morning, along with his wife and two security officers amid mass scale protests against him in Sri Lanka, Daily Mirror reported.
Sri Lankan Police fire tear gas against protesters near PM's office
Protests so far on Wednesday around the state capital had been largely peaceful, with demonstrators chanting and giving speeches, the BBC reported. An enthusiastic crowd gathered in Galle Face Green early Wednesday morning. Chants of the popular phrase 'Aragalayata Jayawewa', or "Victory to the struggle" in Sinhalese -- which is commonly used at protests -- can be heard in the air, while some wave flags high in the air.
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