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Electricity restored in Kenya after hours of nationwide power outage

06 Mar 2023 01:12 AM IST

stored to some parts of the country affected by a nationwide blackout on Saturday and added that they are working on bringing it back to the remaining areas, the DW news reported. “Initial reports indicate that the outage was caused by a fault that occurred on the Suswa-Loyangalani high-voltage power

China predicts 5% growth for 2023, $224 billion budgeted for defence

06 Mar 2023 01:11 AM IST

On Sunday, China pegged its growth target for 2023 at around 5% as the pandemic-hit economy looks to bounce back from three years of COVID-19 restrictions that put millions under perpetual lockdown, slowed consumption, and pushed the country’s growth rate down to 3%, the slowest in decades. Outgoing Premier Li

Khalistan supporters vandalised another Hindu temple

06 Mar 2023 01:10 AM IST

In the latest incident of vandalism against Hindu temples in Australia, a prominent Hindu temple in Brisbane was attacked by pro-Khalistan supporters on Saturday. The incident took place at the Shree Laxmi Narayan Temple in Brisbane. “The temple priest and devotees called this morning and informed me about the vandalism

Pak Police at Imran’s home to arrest him, unable to locate

06 Mar 2023 01:09 AM IST

Police in Pakistan said authorities on Sunday attempted to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, who is battling multiple legal cases as he pressures the government to call early elections. Officers from Islamabad rushed to Imran’s home in Lawhore, surrounded by hundreds of his supporters, but were unable to find

Nothing is cheap, nothing: inflation IN PAKISTAN at 58-year-high

04 Mar 2023 11:38 AM IST

Monthly inflation jumped to 31.6% year-on-year in February, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said. Monthly inflation is measured by a basket of products called the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In February, prices rose at the fastest pace ever in Pakistan’s history, according to data, which comes as food and transport costs

‘New irrigation channel expected to solve water crisis in Bhutan’

04 Mar 2023 11:36 AM IST

A new irrigation channel that is under construction is expected to solve the water woes of people in Bhutan’s Trashi Yangtse, The Bhutan Live reported. As paddy cultivation season approaches, it is normally a time of struggle for Jangphutse farmers under Toedtsho Gewog in Trashi Yangtse. People in the region

‘Russia could run out of cash by next year‘Russia could run out of cash by next year

04 Mar 2023 07:36 AM IST

Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed on Thursday that Moscow risks running out of cash unless allies come to Moscow’s rescue to cushion the impact of severe coordinated sanctions imposed by Europe and the US. “There will be no money already next year,” notedDeripaska, a

Nobel laureate Belarus activist, sentenced to 10 years in jail

04 Mar 2023 07:34 AM IST

A Belarus court sentenced Ales Baliatsky, Belarus’ top human rights lawyer and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison on Friday. Viasna reported on Friday that Bialiatski and three other top people from the Viasna Human Rights Center he founded had been

Boris Johnson criticises UK PM Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal

04 Mar 2023 07:33 AM IST

Former UK premier Boris Johnson on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the European Union, saying he would find it very difficult to get Parliament to vote for it. Sunak is riding a largely positive wave after the British prime minister declared a “decisive breakthrough” with

US, South Korea announce largest field exercise in five years

04 Mar 2023 07:26 AM IST

South Korean and American militants announced on Friday that they would practice their largest joint area in five years at the end of this month, as the US has a long-distance B for the Korean Peninsula in a force show against North Korea. 1B bombers took off. The North has

UK’s King chooses France and Germany for its first overseas state visit

04 Mar 2023 07:24 AM IST

King Charles III of Britain will begin his first foreign state visit as an emperor to the neighboring European countries of France and Germany, Buckingham Palace announced. King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla will travel to Paris, where they will be hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, and then they

Anger in Greece grows as train crash death toll rises to 57

04 Mar 2023 07:21 AM IST

Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew as the death toll from a train crash on Tuesday rose to 57, CNN reported. Demonstrators took to the streets after the head-on collision between a passenger train carrying over 350 people and a freight train on Tuesday evening in Tempi. People

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