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Nepali Congress senior leader Paudel was elected the third President of the country on Thursday, defeating Subas Chandra Nembang of the CPN-UML. Third in a row Paudel replaces Bidya Devi Bhandari, whose term ended on March 12. This is the third presidential election in Nepal since the country became a republic in 2008. President of India Droupadi Murmu congratulated President Paudel on his election.In a congratulatory note, President Murmu said that she looks forward to working closely with Paudel in further strengthening the bilateral partnership. The US Embassy in Kathmandu sent a congratulatory message to President Paudel and wished him…

The ICC seeks justice The International Criminal Court (icc) intends to open two war crimes cases tied to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and will seek arrest warrants for several people, according to current and former officials with knowledge of the decision who were not authorised to speak publicly. The cases represent the first international charges to be brought forward since the start of the conflict and come after months of work by special investigation teams. They allege that Russia abducted Ukrainian children and teenagers and sent them to Russian re-education camps, and that the Kremlin deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure.…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will test new technologies in a joint pilot with Crypto Hub UAE. Notably, RBI has frequently opposed private cryptocurrencies while Dubai and Abu Dhabi compete to lead the sector. The two central banks will jointly conduct a proof-of-concept and pilot of a bilateral CBDC bridge, to facilitate cross-border CBDC transactions of remittances and trade. The bilateral engagement of testing a cross-border use case of CBDCs is expected to reduce costs, increase efficiency of cross-border transactions and further the economic ties between India and the UAE, the RBI said. What lies ahead According to the…

New Zealand will ban TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end of this month, becoming the latest country to impose an official bar on the popular social media platform owned by a Beijing-based tech conglomerate. New Zealand is now the latest country to ban the popular video-sharing app from government-related phones to protect sensitive information. A ban on entertainment New Zealand banned the short-video sharing app TikTok from devices with access to the country’s parliamentary network, citing cybersecurity concerns. The island nation is the latest among several Western countries to ban the app from lawmakers’…

Tokyo’s high court has ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades after his lawyers said his murder conviction was based on a forced confession and fabricated evidence. Iwao Hakamada, 87, spent nearly five decades waiting for the hangman’s call following his 1968 conviction for quadruple murder before new evidence led to his release seven years ago. The court favours Hakamada The Tokyo High Court ruled Monday that “Hakamada cannot possibly be identified as the culprit,” given the main evidence presented to finalise his death penalty was unreliable, Kiyomi…

The court speaks A top court in Pakistan on March 10, 2024 suspended the non-bailable arrest warrant issued against ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case of hate speech against state institutions after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party filed a petition against the move. Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim issued arrest warrants for Imran while hearing a case registered against the ex-premier for using threatening language against Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry and the Islamabad police officials The non-bailable arrest warrants were issued against Mr. Khan on Thursday on behalf of a citizen for “spreading hate”…

China said that it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in three years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic by restoring the issuance of all types of visas from March 15. The gates to China finally open  The removal of this last cross-border control measure imposed to guard against COVID-19 comes after authorities last month declared victory over a recent surge in the virus. The boost to the tourism sector should help rekindle a US$17 trillion economy that last year suffered one of its slowest growth rates in nearly half a century. Areas in…

North Korea launched two “strategic cruise missiles” from a submarine, state-run media announced Monday, hours before South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military drills in five years. North Korea’s backlash at South Korea The nuclear-armed North said the “underwater launching drill” had “confirmed the reliability” of the weapons, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a report, calling the submarine-launched missiles part of its “nuclear deterrent.” It said the two strategic cruise missiles “precisely hit” preset targets in the Sea of Japan after travelling for 1,500 kilometres along figure eight-shaped flight paths for more…

The Madras High Court has upheld the order passed by a trial court in October, 2017 for rights in connection with a property matter, stating that as per the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, women belonging to tribal communities in Tamil Nadu were entitled to equal share in their family or ancestral property, at par with their male coparceners. The scales of justice set the tone The Single-Judge Bench of Justice S.M. Subramaniam passed the order last month on a suit filed by a mother-daughter duo belonging to a notified tribe in Tamil Nadu seeking share in their family property. Forced…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese India’s concerns over vandalism of several Hindu temples Down Under allegedly by the activists demanding secession of Khalistan from Punjab in India. India’s word on the temple desecration in Australia “It is a matter of regret that attacks on temples have been regularly reported in Australia over the past few weeks. It is natural that such news worries people in India, and disturbs our mind,” Modi said as he and Albanese addressed media-persons after a formal meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. “I have shared these feelings and…