India to supply Nepal electricity after floods wrecked hydropower projects
India to provide Nepal with 654 megawatts of electricity daily to meet urgent needs after devastating glacial floods.

India to provide Nepal with 654 megawatts of electricity daily to meet urgent needs after devastating glacial floods.



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Joint declaration at BRICS summit also expresses ‘firm opposition’ to the forced displacement of Palestinians by Israel.
This year’s summit comes amid the US-Israel war on Iran, Russia’s war on Ukraine and global economic challenges.
Debts and deaths are mounting, as a soaring online gambling industry adapts to evade an Indian government ban.
Both leaders ‘expressed commitment’ to resolving contested border issue, India’s foreign ministry said.
The presidents of Iran and Russia have criticised US dollar dominance ahead of the BRICS summit in India.

Leaders of BRICS member states are meeting at a summit in New Delhi, India.

A man posing as a customer threw chilli powder into the eyes of employees at a bank in Nagpur city, western India.
The countries are not opposed to a new map per se; they’re testy about the colour shades.
Some experts say BRICS need not replace the West to succeed – only make Western dominance harder to exercise.
New Delhi is rolling out the red carpet for BRICS, but blocked roads, evictions and restrictions have caused anger.