South Asia

How the tides of time turns!

25-year-old Archana Choudhary was in a field on the outskirts of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, when a fully-grown tiger appeared from the bushes and began to drag her one-year-old into the undergrowth.

Archana managed to wrestle her son away from the tiger, receiving serious injuries to her back, waist and arms in the process, as well as a punctured lung.

Her screams brought locals running and they chased the tiger away with sticks before rushing the young mother to hospital. Amazingly, her son had only minor injuries, and both are expected to make a full recovery.

The former leader of Pakistan has addressed his supporters at a rally, "My nation has woken up, now there is no change, revolution is coming." (Reports)

The crippling fuel shortage in Sri Lanka has left many of the country’s fishermen unable to go to sea, forcing them to work odd jobs for half their previous salaries (as little as $0.70 a day) as national inflation sits 65% higher than last year.

Kerosene supplies have resumed but with prices around four times higher than before as government subsidies have been slashed, despite power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera promising direct cash subsidies.

For some the only option left is the black market, but with those prices reportedly 20 times higher than previously subsidized kerosene it is a pointless exercise.

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A total of 1,100 needy Afghan families received China-donated food aid in the capital city of Kabul on Wednesday, & each family received 50 kg of wheat. said Mufti Habibullah, a senior official from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs.

A young workforce, business investment, and economy-boosting reforms are the main contributors to the projected growth - which will see the country add 28% and 22% to regional and global growth, according to experts.

Service exports and domestic consumption are also expected to fuel the boom - which predictions say will see GDP grow 7% next year. “The economy is set for its best run in over a decade as pent-up demand is being unleashed,” the analysts said.

New Delhi cut corporate tax rates and revived private investment - producing ‘healthy’ balance sheets and boosting business confidence.

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1970s Indian airforce display at Rajpath, wherein the helicopters were garbed in War Elephant coverings to enthrall the crowds.

President Wickremesinghe says the Fund is holding back due to the unrest in the country - at least till end of August.

He added that there was no point blaming his predecessor, urging parties to come together instead to help pull the bankrupt nation out of crisis.

He also claimed that it was useless to pin hopes on other countries as these have signalled they won’t help either till the IMF deal is done.

Reports suggest a man with no history of travel outside the country has contracted the disease.

He’s been put into isolation - in what’s the first case of Monkeypox outside Kerala, where three infections were registered.

The WHO on Saturday declared the virus a global health emergency.

Russia can now supply goods to India via Iran. The first Russian freight train of 39 wagons with building materials for India has already arrived at the Serakhs railway station.

Especially when they don’t like a piece of media that fully committed to historical accuracy that the British crown during the Raj is the aggressor and the usurper of India.

Sri Lankan MPs have chosen six-time PM Ranil Wickremasinghe as president Wednesday in a 134 to 82 vote ballot against nearest candidate Dullas Alahapperuma.

73-year-old Wickremasinghe has led the negotiations with the IMF over a critical bailout package but remains deeply unpopular with voters; only a small handful of lawmakers declared their support for him publicly.

Predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa had appointed Wickremasinghe as his PM in May before fleeing the country and resigning by email last week. MPs loyal to Rajapaksa have reportedly offered their backing to Wickremasinghe under assurances he will crack down hard on protestors who burned down their homes in May.

Remembered Malala, the girl who fought for basic human rights for little girls so they could go to school? She still exists, the media just stopped talking about her once they found out she had "extreme" beliefs ¯_(ツ)_/¯