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Sri Lanka PM proposes to strengthen Parliament like done in India
Making a special statement, Wickremesinghe proposed that a system similar to that of pre-independence state council should be introduced to monitor public finances and create powerful and stronger laws to enable the Parliament to exercise monetary powers.
Nepal: Plane with 4 Indians onboard missing; search ops to resume Monday
The plane was carrying 19 passengers including four Indian nationals and three crew members, according to Nepal Civil Aviation Authority. Nepal Army spokesperson Brig Gen Narayan Silwal said: "Nepal Army has halted all efforts of search and rescue for today due to loss of daylight and adverse weather. The search will resume early tomorrow (Monday) morning both from air and ground.
Imran Khan sought NRO to save himself: Shehbaz
Taking to his Twitter handle, PM Shehbaz Sharif said, "The audiotape that surfaced recently exposes Imran Khan's hypocrisy & double standards." A day earlier, real estate tycoon Malik Riaz's telephonic conversation with PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was leaked, according to Geo News. In it, Malik Riaz could be heard giving the ex-president a message from PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter captures record-breaking flight video
"For our record-breaking flight, Ingenuity's downward-looking navigation camera provided us with a breathtaking sense of what it would feel like gliding 33 feet above the surface of Mars at 12 miles per hour," said Ingenuity team lead Teddy Tzanetos of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, in the statement.
California Governor tests Covid positive
Taking to Twitter late Saturday, Newsom said: "I tested positive for Covid-19 and am currently experiencing mild symptoms. Grateful to be vaccinated & for treatments like Paxlovid. "I'm following health guidelines and will be isolating while I work remotely." He has been vaccinated and has received two booster shots, including as recently as May 18, Xinhua news agency quoted the Newsom's office as saying.
Leaked tape reveals Imran desperate for 'patch-up' with Zardari
The leaked audio recording, in which the voices were believed by many to be of Zardari and Riaz, came to the fore two days after Khan abruptly ended a planned anti-government sit-in in Islamabad amid speculation of behind-the-scenes contacts between him and the establishment, reports Dawn news.
Plane goes missing in Nepal, 4 Indians on board
In a statement, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said the Tara Airlines twin-otter plane was en route to Pokhara from Mustang. A search operation is underway to locate the aircraft which went missing soon after it took off from the Jomsom Airport in Mustang, the airline said. Of the 19 passengers, 13 were Nepalis, four Indians and two others whose nationalities were not immediately known.
Russia conducts another test-launch of Tsirkon hypersonic missile
The missile on Saturday hit a naval target about 1,000 km away in the White Sea and the flight of the projectile corresponded to the designed parameters, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying. The Tsirkon missile has been test-fired several times from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine.
Clear passage for ships, remove 'illegitimate' sanctions to overcome global food crisis: Russia
In what the Kremlin described as "a thorough exchange of views" on issues related to global food security with Austrian Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Friday, Putin said that the Ukrainian side should clear the ports as soon as possible for the free passage of blocked ships.
Committed to retrieve land belonging to Nepal from India, says PM Deuba
Addressing the Parliament ahead of the Budget presentation, he said that his government is committed to protecting the land belonging to the country. Nepal and India have had boundary disputes in Kalapani area for a long time and the bilateral relations hit the bottom low after K.P. Oli government in 2020 May unveiled a new political map incorporating Kalpani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura - all Indian territories.
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