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Nepal's Election Commission unveils final results of Nov 20 polls
Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya held a press conference on Wednesday to inform about the decision. After submitting the report to the president, the names of the elected MPs will be published in the Nepal Gazette, he said. The commission made public the results of the elections held under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) and Proportional Representation (PR) categories.
Covid cases explode in Beijing
The impact of the outbreak in Beijing was visible in the upmarket shopping district Sanlitun on Tuesday. There, the usually bustling shops and restaurants were without customers and, in some cases, functioning on skeleton crews or offering takeout only, CNN reported.
Zia started disappearances in Bangladesh, killing hundreds in jails: PM Hasina
Presiding over a discussion meeting organised by her Awami League at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre to mark the 'Martyred Intellectuals Day', she also said that military dictator and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman started disappearances and killings in Bangladesh, killing hundreds of armed forces officers and freedom fightes in jails across the country and the firing ground in Dhaka Cantonment alongside the killings of numerous AL leaders and workers.
UNSC reform: S Jaishankar cites Covid vaccine source as example of changed world order
Without mentioning India, S. Jaishankar said that the world has changed dramatically since 1945 as seen in the provision of the Covid vaccines, the bulk of which came from India for distribution around the world, especially to developing countries, rather than from the older traditional Western sources.
Mahatma Gandhi sculpture unveiled at UN HQ, hailed for vision guiding world organisation
The bust was donated by the Indian government and stands on the north lawn of the UN campus with the East River as the background and among sculptures and art works from countries around the world. The sculpture was made by Ram Vanji Sutar, who designed the "Statue of Unity" of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and created several statues of Gandhi installed around the world.
India has become a rogue state, says Pakistan Minister Hina Rabbani Khar
"We are also at a unique place because nobody is willing to call the bluff. Nobody is willing to call out the clear simple glaring hypocrisy in this whole act," said Hina Rabbani Khar in a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, Geo News reported.
Fears growing Belarus could soon join war in Ukraine to help President Putin
President Alexander Lukashenko has so-far avoided throwing his army into the fighting in Ukraine, but has allowed Belarusian territory to be used for attacks. Russian troops attempting to take Kyiv early in the war had advanced on the city from Belarus, and missiles which devastated the capital were fired from there.
Shehbaz decries 'callous IMF' amid flood devastation
The premier said that the government was facing many difficulties and challenges, reports The Express Tribune. "On the one hand, the government is burdened by the economic destruction caused by the previous government and the resulting inflation, while there are the strict conditions of the IMF (International Monetary Fund)," he said, adding: "We need funds for flood recovery but the IMF has shackled us."
Panel probing US Capitol riot to release final report next week
In a statement late Tuesday, the Democrat Congressman said the panel will approve the report on December 19 and release it to the public two days later, reports Xinhua news agency. He had previously said that they would make "criminal referrals" to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Indian lecturer wins discrimination case against UK university
The University of Portsmouth failed to reappoint Dr Kajal Sharma for a job she had been doing for five years, replacing her with a white candidate with no experience of the role, The Guardian reported. While 11 out of her 12 white colleagues were reappointed after their contracts ended, Sharma, hired as a senior lecturer in 2016, was not given her job back.
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