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Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and thanked him for the help extended to Nepal during the Covid-19 crisis, reported news agency ANI.
“Nepal PM Deuba thanked PM Modi for standing by them during COVID & supplying them vaccines, medicines, medical oxygen,” said Foreign Secretary Harsha Vardhan Shringla during a press briefing following a meeting between both the heads of the nation.
“Talks were positive, forward-looking; covered areas like security, development, trade,’ Shringla said.
During the meeting, both sides reached a consensus on energy harvesting. “The collaboration covers the entire spectrum from generation to transmission to power trade,” the foreign secretary said.
PM Modi informed Deuba that their power export proposals have been cleared. Renewed commitment to move forward with the Pancheshwar project was also made during the meeting.
In other news, India experienced the hottest March in its recorded history of 122 years since 1901, revealed the India Meteorological Department (IMD). March 2022 surpassed the all-time average maximum temperature of March 2010.
According to a report by the Times of India, Rajendra Jenamani, scientist, National Weather Forecasting Centre, IMD said that even in India, climate change is influencing the severity and length of extreme weather, be it in the form of heatwaves, cyclones strength, or heavy rainfall.
Jenamani stated that dry spells have become longer in certain cases and in others, severe rain volumes have increased, and so is the case with hot spells which have become hotter.
Fuel Prices Hiked By 80 Paise
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked on Saturday by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 12 days to Rs 7.20 per litre.
This is the 10th increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22.
According to a price notification of state fuel retailers, petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 102.61 per litre as against Rs 101.81 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 93.07 per litre to Rs 93.87, news agency PTI reported.
Sri Lanka Declared Emergency
Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka on Saturday declared a 36-hour nationwide curfew to curb protests.
In tune with the same, Sri Lanka deployed troops backed by sweeping new powers under a state of emergency to quell protests against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The lockdown, according to police, will go into effect at dusk Saturday and be lifted on Monday morning, AFP reported.
Pakistan Army Chief Gen Bajwa On Kashmir Issue
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday said that Islamabad believes in resolving all issues with India through dialogue and that his country is ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees.
Speaking at the two-day ‘Islamabad Security Dialogue’ conference, Bajwa, as quoted by news agency IANS, said, “Pakistan continues to believe in using dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute and is ready to move forward on this front if India also agrees to do so.”
Stressing the importance of keeping conflicts at bay, he said that his country also wanted the Sino-India border issue to be resolved soon through diplomacy and dialogue, Dawn reported.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Raking up North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership once again, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday said not admitting Ukraine is NATO's mistake, as reported by Fox News.
"It’s hard for us to talk about Nato because Nato doesn't want to admit us," Zelenskyy said. "I think it's a mistake because if we join Nato, we make Nato much stronger.”
He added, "We are not a weak state. We are not proposing to make us stronger at the expense of Nato...We are an addition, we are the locomotive. I think we are one of the important components of the European continent."
Zelenskyy has expressed hope of getting support from China amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
"I would like the China People’s Republic to be on our side, but nevertheless it will be their choice," Zelensky said in an interview with Fox News Channel.
Breaking News Highlights | Russia Targets Hospital in Ukrainian Town Of Rubizhne. Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured: Governor
One person was reported dead whlile three injured in an attack by Russian forces on a hospital in eastern Ukrainian city of Rubizhne, said the local governor Sergiy Gaiday said on Telegram, reports news agency AFP.
#BREAKING One person was killed and three others were injured when Russian forces targeted a hospital in the east Ukrainian town of Rubizhne, the local governor Sergiy Gaiday said on Telegram pic.twitter.com/1lXdDgExWH
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 3, 2022
Breaking News Highlights | Imran Khan Officially Removed As Prime Minister of Pakistan, Notifies Cabinet Secy
Imran Khan has been officially removed from the post of Prime Minister after the Paksitan National Assembly was dissolved on Sunday following dismissal of no-confidence motion against his government.
Imran Khan is no more prime minister if Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/DkwM4JlQP8
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) April 3, 2022
Breaking News LIVE | 410 Civilian Bodies Found In Kyiv Region Retaken From Russia, Says Ukraine Prosecutor
#BREAKING 410 civilian bodies found in Kyiv region retaken from Russia, Ukraine prosecutor says pic.twitter.com/m79EK3XOfc
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 3, 2022
Breaking News LIVE | 70% Of The City Ruined By Russian Attacks, Says Chernihiv Mayor
⚡️ Chernihiv mayor: 70% of the city ruined by Russian attacks.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 3, 2022
Businesses in Chernihiv are not working, and there is no revenue for the local budget, Vladyslav Atroshenko said on April 3, speaking on Ukrainian TV.
Breaking News LIVE | Sri Lanka's PMO Denies Reports Of PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's Resignation
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister's Office has denied reports claiming Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation "false." "Reports that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned are false, no such plan at present," said the Sri Lanka's PMO, reports ANI.
Reports that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned are false, no such plan at present: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister's Office
— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2022
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