Indian Sub-continent

Jhansi (UP), Oct 9 (PTI) Bodies of three women were fished out of a dam here, with police saying they may have been swept away in Tikamgarh district of bordering Madhya Pradesh, police said.

Information about a body floating in the Saprar dam was received from an irrigation department employee of Mauranipur late Saturday, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh S said.

He said the body was fished out and it appeared to be that of a woman aged around 25.

Amethi (UP), Oct 9 (PTI) A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by a man in a village in Jamo area here, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place on October 3 when the man looking after music arrangements in a Durga puja pandal raped her in the field when she went to attend nature's call, they said.

SHO, Jamo, Akhilesh Gutpa said an FIR has been lodged under IPC section 376 (rape), SC/ST Atrocities Prevention Act and POCSO Act.

The accused identified as Monu has been arrested, he said.

Chennai, Oct 9 (PTI) DMK stalwart and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin was unanimously elected as party president at the party's general council meeting held here on Sunday.

In the newly constituted general council, which held its meeting here, the DMK declared Stalin as elected unopposed to the top party post.

Party veterans Duraimurugan and T R Baalu were unanimously elected as general secretary and treasurer respectively.

All the three leaders have been elected to their posts for the second time.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that Pakistan welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution, supporting its reconstruction efforts in the flood-affected areas.

On his Twitter handle, the prime minister stressed that the world should respond vigorously to the UN revised aid appeal and provide access to climate finance and debt relief to Pakistan.

These actions were critical at this stage, he added.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed that the observance of ‘National Resilience Day’ reminded them of the need to adopt best practices, implement desired policy actions and strategies aimed at resilience building of the nation.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the latest audio leak had exposed the hypocrisy of former prime minister Imran Khan.

“Someone who does not tire of lecturing nation on morality is himself blantantly involved in immoral horse trading. His fraudulent nature is being exposed every day. Niazi’s anti-state actions make him unfit for high office,” the Prime Minister said in a twitter post.

NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (NNN-PTI) – The World Bank, yesterday, downgraded India’s economic growth forecast to 6.5 percent, for the current fiscal year (2022-23), from its earlier estimate of 7.5 percent, announced in Jun.

The international financial institution cited the deteriorating international environment for the downgrade.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, said yesterday that, the Pakistani government had spent almost 100 billion rupees (450 million U.S. dollars), for the relief and assistance of the flood-affected people, as relief and rehabilitation activities continue in affected areas.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government on Friday said it has rescued about 130 Indian workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia after they were lured by agents for fake job opportunities in the information technology sector in Thailand.

Arindam Bagchi, the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, said some fraudulent IT companies appear to be engaged in digital scamming and forged cryptocurrencies. The Indian workers were held captive and forced to commit cyber fraud, he told reporters.

Mumbai, Oct 7 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 16 paise to an all-time low of 82.33 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday as a firm American currency and risk-averse sentiment among investors weighed on the local unit.

Moreover, a negative trend in domestic equities and elevated crude oil prices sapped investor appetite, forex traders said.