Deb burden, losses force NOC to keep fuel prices high
The Himalayan TimesThe Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has decided not to lower the prices in the domestic market citing huge losses and outstanding dues to...
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‘India suffered income loss of $159b in key sectors due to extreme heat in 2021’
PTI :A farmer harvests paddy in a field during harvest season in South Kashmir. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: PTIIndia suffered an income loss...
Global natural gas crisis dampens momentum for ‘cleaner’ LNG
Reuters :Europe’s energy crisis has cooled efforts to lower the carbon intensity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments, as buyers worried about a winter supply...
In a boost for PTI, SC rejects govt request to stop Imran’s planned long march
The Dawn :The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the federal government’s request to issue an interim order against PTI chief Imran Khan to bar him...
Sri Lankan lawmakers debate bill to trim presidential powers
AP :Sri Lankan lawmakers began debating a proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday that would trim the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters...
India’s Congress elects first non-Gandhi chief in 24 years
Reuters :India’s opposition Congress party on Wednesday declared veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge its new chief, the first person from outside the influential Nehru-Gandhi family to...
At least 8 killed in Myanmar Insein Prison blasts
Al Jazeera :At least eight people have been reported killed following two explosions inside Myanmar’s high-security Insein Prison, according to media reports.The BBC’s Burmese-language news...
I’m a fighter not a quitter: Truss
Reuters :British Prime Minister Liz Truss said she was a “fighter not a quitter” as she tried to reassert authority over the fraught ranks of...
Climate change puts 1b children at extreme risk
AFP :Some one billion children are at “extremely high risk” due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, adding that youths’ living...
Putin declares martial law in four annexed regions
Reuters :Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow last month claimed as...
Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows: Study
Reuters :Concerns about climate change shrank across the world last year, a survey shows, with fewer than half those questioned believing it posed a “very...
