Afternoon brief: Nepal PM to visit India, hold talks on trade, transit & energy, and all the latest news

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Published on: May 31, 2023, 12:59:55 IST

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Trade, transit and energy top agenda for Nepal PM’s India visit

The inauguration of some railway facilities and forward movement on transit power trade with Bangladesh are expected to be among the outcomes of Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s four-day visit to India beginning Wednesday. Read More

Prime Minister Modi with Nepalese counterpart (HT File)

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Five people were killed and 19 wounded in Ukrainian shelling of a village in the Russian-controlled east Ukrainian region of Luhansk, a Moscow-installed coordination centre said on Wednesday. Read More

Kamal Haasan offered whopping ₹150 crore to play antagonist in Prabhas’ Project K? Here’s the truth

Actor Kamal Haasan, who is busy with the shoot of Shankar’s Indian 2, has been approached with an offer to play the antagonist in Prabhas starrer Project K, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone in key roles. Read More

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Australian man frees his head from the jaws of a crocodile

Marcus McGowan, 51, a resident of Queensland, Australia survived a crocodile attack by freeing his head from the jaws of the reptile. When McGowan was reportedly swimming with a group of individuals 28 kilometers (17.3 miles) off Haggerstone Island near Cape York, he was bitten by a crocodile and soon found his head inside the reptile's mouth. Read More

‘He has a point to prove’: Gavaskar hopes big returns for discarded India star in WTC final, calls his role ‘crucial'

The IPL 2023 is done and dusted and the focus now shifts to the much-anticipated World Test Championship (WTC) final, where India meet Australia at The Oval from June 7. Read More

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