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09 Apr

Sri Lanka May Run Out Of Diesel By April End Despite India’s Help

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Sri Lanka is predicted to exhaust $500 million in fuel resource furnished by means of India to mitigate the island nation’s power crisis with the shipping of 120,000 tons of diesel and 40,000 heaps of petrol over the subsequent two weeks. India is scheduled to ship three 40,000 ton-shipments of diesel on April 15, 18 and 23, with a petrol cargo of the equal volume to be despatched on April 22. India on Wednesday despatched two extra fuel consignments to Sri Lanka – 36,000 lots of petrol and 40,000 heaps of diesel. Amid fears Sri Lanka may run out of…

09 Apr

Pakistan Assembly to shortly resume debate on no-trust vote, Imran behind in number game

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Pakistan’s Parliament on Saturday commenced its integral session to take up the no-confidence resolution towards defiant Prime Minister Imran Khan amid indications that the no-trust movement against him should be delayed after the government pressed for a dialogue on the so-called "foreign conspiracy" against it. The National Assembly will shortly resume the debate on the no-trust vote against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. The session which started out at eleven am was adjourned with the aid of the Speaker till 1 pm. The Prime Minister is not existing in the House, however 51 members of his birthday party are existing…

08 Apr

Pakistan anti-terrorism court sentences 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed in fresh cases

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An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced Lashar-e-Taiba co-founder Hafiz Saeed to 31 years in prison after he was found guilty in two separate cases of terror financing. Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, is an UN-designated terrorist and one of India's most wanted. On Friday, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) decided to extend the 32-year sentence to Saeed in two FIRs registered using the Punjab Police's Counter-Terrorism Department, court docket authorities said. He further said that he was sentenced to 15.5 years and 16.5 years respectively. Following his arrest, Pakistani authorities confiscated Saeed's notable community mosques, schools, seminaries…

08 Apr

39 person Killed abd 100 Injured In Ukraine Train Station Rocket Attack

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At least 39 people were killed today in a rocket attack on a command station in the Jap Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which was used for civilian evacuation. Russia has denied the attack. At least 39 people, including four children, were killed in Russian rocket fire in eastern Ukraine as civilians tried to flee to safer parts of the country, the country's security services said. In addition, the country's railway company said that more than a hundred were injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Russia as "boundlessly evil" after the rocket attack. “They are brutally destroying the civilian population. It…

08 Apr

Sri Lanka arranges expert panel, imposes tax on rich

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has formed a professional panel to bail out his United States from an exceptional financial disaster characterized by shortages of essential goods and massive protests. A panel of eminent economists has been mandated to come up with a solution of $8. 6 billion dollars in debt and inflation, luring the IMF and various potential lenders. The President's Advisory Group on Multilateral Engagement and Debt Stability will include Indrajit Kumaraswamy, former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Director of Financial Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat, an announcement issued from the Office of…

07 Apr

Sri Lanka President Revokes State Of Emergency As Protests Spread

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked the emergency rule ordinance that had long past into effect on April 1 the day gone by as protests spread in the island united states amid the nation's worst economic disaster in decades. Earlier on Tuesday, Sri Lanka's President lost his parliamentary majority as former allies advised his resignation. Severe shortages of food, fuel and different necessities -- along with file inflation and crippling power cuts -- have inflicted large misery in the country's most painful downturn since 1948. Massive protests reflect public anger which is at a fever pitch in the united states…

05 Apr

Former Pakistan chief justice nominated to be caretaker PM

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday proposed the title of former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (R) Gulzar Ahmed as Caretaker Prime Minister. This comes after Pakistan President Alvi on Sunday night issued an order de-notifying Imran Khan as the country's prime minister with immediate effect. However, President Alvi later issued some other orders, asking Imran Khan to continue as Prime Minister during the intervention until a "caretaker Prime Minister" was elected under Article 224A of the Constitution of Pakistan. “In response to the President’s letter, after consultation and approval from the PTI Corps Committee, Prime Minister Imran Khan…

01 Apr

Russians fled Chernobyl nuclear plant at ‘first sign of illness’ from radiation, says Ukraine

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Ukrainians have claimed that Russian soldiers fled the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after receiving high levels of radiation. The claims, made by the Ukrainian national power corporation Energoatom, are now being investigated by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog. According to Guardian documents, Energotom said the Russians had dug trenches in a wooded area inside the power plant's exclusion quarter, adding that the soldiers "panicked at the first signs of illness that appeared very quickly and began preparing to leave." Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk also said Russians had been exposed to radiation. Some reports also…

01 Apr

Protests took place in front of Sri Lanka President’s residence as economic crisis deepens

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Police fired tear gas and water cannons at angry protesters demanding his resignation after they gathered in front of the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday, as the island nation grapples with its worst financial crisis in decades. Sri Lanka's foreign trade crisis has led to shortages of essential commodities such as fuel. cooking gas, and power cuts that remain off for up to thirteen hours a day. Protesters chanted slogans, expressing their anger at what they characterized as gross mismanagement by the Rajapaksa regime that has exacerbated Sri Lanka's foreign exchange woes. Protesters carrying placards saying…

01 Apr

PM Narendra Modi Meets Russian Foreign Minister Amid Pressure To Take Anti-Moscow Stand

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this evening amid global pressure on India to take a stand against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.PM Modi and Russian Foreign Minister held a meeting for 40 minutes. The Prime Minister has not publicly met any other visiting ministers from the UK, China, Austria, Greece and Mexico in the past two weeks. Earlier today, Mr Lavrov said he wanted a "personal message" from President Vladimir Putin to Prime Minister Modi. "The president (Putin) and the prime minister are in daily contact with each other and I will file with the…