Indian Sub-continent

DHAKA, Feb 9 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government has declared a one-day state mourning today, for the deaths in earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.

The Bangladeshi Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard yesterday.

The national flag is hoisted at half-mast, atop office buildings of all government, semi-government, autonomous organisations, educational institutions and Bangladeshi missions abroad.

Special prayers will also be offered at different religious institutions.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans, including women and children, dashed toward the Kabul airport after a false rumor spread that flights were leaving for Turkey to help rescue earthquake victims.

Videos and photos posted on social media since Wednesday showed dozens of desperate people running on foot in the darkness and cold towards the airport.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (NNN-APP) – Twelve terrorists were killed in an armed offensive of the Pakistani army, in the country’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said, in a statement today.

In the overnight operation, the security forces targeted a vehicle of the terrorists, associated with the proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, by acting on an intelligence tip-off, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president on Wednesday appealed for patience amid the country’s worst economic crisis but promised brighter times ahead.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a policy speech after inaugurating a new parliamentary session that he had been forced to make unpopular decisions to salvage the country’s finances, including by implementing measures such as higher taxes.

Kanpur: Incorrect spelling printed on the new jersey does not appease young cricket players of a local team at all. However, they do not find it easy to complain.

They were appearing happier at getting new green-shaded jerseys. 

The number of sponsors has increased but inaccuracy spoils the beauty of the outfit.

Some suggested that there should be a correction. The players have still not approached sponsors as they are nowadays busy with their annual school exams.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (APP): Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) is under unprecedented censorship and facing Israeli Style Settler colonialism since India unilaterally and illegally revoked its Special Status under Article 370 and 35-A, said a fact sheet report issued by Legal Forum for Kashmir (LFK).

ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan telephoned his Turkish counterpart in Washington DC and expressed his heartfelt sympathies and deep condolences over the loss of precious lives and massive destruction caused by the devastating earthquake.

In his telephonic conversation with Ambassador Hasan Murat Mercan, Masood Khan said that he was shocked and saddened to see the tragic devastation in Türkiye.

BENGALURU, Feb 7 (Reuters) - India's Adani Group is considering independent evaluation of issues relating to legal compliance, related party transactions and internal controls following a U.S. short-seller's critical report on its businesses, disclosures showed on Tuesday.

The group, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, has been roiled by days of market turmoil after Hindenburg Research on Jan. 24 alleged it had engaged in stock manipulation and used tax havens. It also said the group had unsustainable debt.

Kanpur: Rapidly raising difference between day and night temperatures remains not only risky for common man's bodily health but also impacts crops badly.

Giving information at this point, the CSA Agriculture & Technology' University's meteorological department head Dr SN Pandey lets out swiftly fluctuating mercury causes troubles both to humans and the crops as well.

The normal set temperature should be between 10 and 12 degrees Celsius, but on Monday the difference was 20.

NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The crisis engulfing the Adani Group intensified on Monday as hundreds of members of India's opposition parties took to the streets to press for a probe into allegations by a U.S. short-seller against the conglomerate which triggered its market rout.

Shares in billionaire Gautam Adani's companies have been in free-fall since a Jan. 24 critical report by Hindenberg Research, with group cumulative market losses now topping $110 billion, sparking fears of wider financial contagion.