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#SouthAsiaNewsline #India #MonsoonSession #DroupadiMurmu #SriLanka #PresidentVote #RanilWickremesinghe #ImranKhan #GeneralElections #Journalism #Freedom #Harassment #HydropowerProject #Muzaffarabad #IslamicEmirate #EconomicCrisis #BioFuel #Bengaluru Subscribe to SouthAsia Newsline ► https://bit.ly/3pmDSR3 Don't forget to press THE BELL ICON to never miss any updates South Asia Newsline - Jul 18, 2022 News Bulletin Indian lawmakers vote to elect president, parliament's monsoon session begins Sri Lanka puts emergency in place ahead of parliament's vote for new president this week Ousted Pakistan PM Khan's PTI stuns ruling PML-N with thumping win in Punjab by-polls Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and lawmakers of the parliament and the state assemblies cast their votes on Monday to elect the country’s next president, likely to be won by Droupadi Murmu, a tribal candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said that country had almost concluded negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, a day after he declared a state of emergency in the island nation in an effort to head off unrest ahead of a vote in parliament later this week to elect a new president. Pakistan's opposition PTI party led by former premier Imran Khan has routed the ruling PML-N by winning the crucial by-elections in Punjab province. Exiled Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui has raised concern over declining press freedom in his home country, blaming the Army and intelligence agencies of interfering in the functioning of the media and harassment of journalists and direct censorship. A political activist in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has raised concern over frequent power outages in Muzaffarabad city due to the shutdown of Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project because of cracks in its tailrace tunnel. Afghanistan’s acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani on Sunday visited Khost province where he asked the international community to recognise the Islamic Emirate. Thousands of Hindu devotees across India took holy dips and thronged temples to offer prayers to the Hindu god of destruction, Lord Shiva on the first Monday of the holy month of 'Shraavan' or monsoon. An engineer in India’s southern Bengaluru city has been running his car on self-made bio-fuel to cut down pollution for the last nine years as rising fuel prices continue to bother the common man. (JA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy and stay connected with us!! ☛ Visit our Official website: http://www.southasianewsline.com/ ☛ Subscribe us: https://bit.ly/3pmDSR3 ☛ Follow us: / sasianewsline ☛ Like us: / sasianewsline ☛ Email to Shrawan K Poddar: [email protected] ☛ Official channel of South Asia Newsline - a weekday newscast ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Asia Newsline, India News, Pakistan News, Afghanistan News, Bangladesh News, Nepal News, Sri Lanka News, South Asia Weekday Bulletin, English News Bullletin
