Shreyasi Rana New Delhi, Feb 4 (UNI) For more than six decades, Nepal has operated under an unusual contradiction: it actively courts foreign capital at home while prohibiting its own private sector from investing abroad. That asymmetry, rooted in the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) of 1962, made sense in a post-monarchy, inward-looking developmental state….
Athens, Feb 4 (UNI/SPUTNIK) As many as fifteen migrants died off the coast of the Greek island of Chios after their boat collided with a coast guard vessel, Greek media reported. The boat carrying migrants was trying to approach Chios in order to let the people disembark, the Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported on Tuesday. The…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee is set to appear in person before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 4, in Courtroom No. 1, before a Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, in connection with a plea challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
Varanasi, Feb 4 (UNI) Notorious contract killer Banarasi Yadav, accused of carrying out a high-profile murder for a contract amount, was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) late Tuesday night. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the STF team cordoned off Banarasi Yadav on Choubepur Road. An inspector warned him…
Copenhagen, Feb 4 (UNI/SPUTNIK) A Danish court has sentenced two Swedish citizens to 12 and 14 years in prison for detonating grenades near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Danish media reported. In October 2025, the Danish prosecutor’s office charged two Swedish citizens with committing a terrorist attack by detonating grenades near the Israeli embassy in…
Moscow, Feb 4 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Japan and Bangladesh signed an agreement on the transfer of defense equipment and technology, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. “On February 3 (same day local time), in Dhaka, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. SAIDA Shinichi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and Lieutenant General…
Cairo, Feb 4 (UNI) A drone belonging to Iran’s armed forces completed a “surveillance mission” in international waters Tuesday, Iranian media reported, shortly after the U.S. military said it had shot down an Iranian aircraft that “aggressively approached” an aircraft carrier. Citing unnamed sources, the Fars news agency reported that the drone “successfully” monitored military…
Johannesburg, Feb 4 (UNI) Six Lesotho nationals were killed and several others injured in a shooting near the town of Meyerton in South Africa’s Gauteng Province on Tuesday, local police said. The victims were traveling in a minibus when it was ambushed by a group of suspects who opened fire on the vehicle without provocation,…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday selected Yumnam Khemchand Singh as its choice for the post of Manipur Chief Minister, a northeastern Indian state that has been under President’s Rule for nearly a year. The position has remained vacant since N. Biren Singh resigned on Feb. 9, 2025, amid months of ethnic…
Vadodara, (UNI) Delhi Capitals Women stormed into the final of the Women’s Premier League 2026 with a commanding seven-wicket victory over Gujarat Giants Women in the Eliminator at the BCA Stadium, here on Tuesday. Chasing a competitive target of 169, Delhi made light work of the run chase, reaching 169 for 3 in just 15.4…
