FGN31: PAK-IMRAN-2NDLD PROTEST
*Islamabad locked down ahead of planned protest by Imran Khan's party in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan deployed heavy security forces in the national capital, sealed key roads and suspended mobile and internet services in certain areas as supporters of jailed former premier Imran Khan Sunday geared up for a protest march towards Islamabad.
FGN27: BIZ-ADANI-SEC-SUMMON (RPT)
US SEC has no jurisdiction to summon foreign national; Adani notice to go via 'proper channel'
New York: US SEC will have to serve the summons on Adani Group Founder and Chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar in the alleged USD 265 million (Rs 2,200 crore) payoffs through proper diplomatic channels as it has no jurisdiction to summon a foreign national directly, according to sources.
FGN24: BANGLA-INDIA-ENERGY PROJECTS
Bangladesh seeks to review major energy projects including one with India’s Adani Group
Dhaka: A review committee formed by Bangladesh’s interim government on Sunday recommended engaging an investigation agency to examine power agreements signed by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime with different business groups, including one with India’s Adani Group.
FGN30: CHINA-TRUMP-THREAT (RPT)
Musk, Ramaswamy team will be biggest threat for Beijing in Trump 2.0, warns Chinese advisor
Beijing: US President-elect Donald Trump's plan to overhaul the government with a new department headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be the biggest threat for China as it has to compete with far more efficient US political system, a policy advisor to the Chinese government said.
FGN17: COP29-FINANCE DEAL-2NDLD INDIA
Furious India rejects 'unfair', 'stage-managed' climate finance deal
Baku (Azerbaijan): India on Sunday fiercely rejected the paltry USD 300 billion climate finance package for the Global South and said the COP29 presidency and the UN climate change office forced through the deal before allowing it to voice its objections.
FGN28: COP29-FINANCE DEAL-REAX
Absence of 'no vote' on climate finance deal doesn't mean it is a win for everyone
Baku (Azerbaijan): Although countries agreed on a new USD 300 billion climate finance package for the Global South at the UN climate conference here, reactions pouring in show that not everyone is happy.
FGN3: COP29-DRAFT DEAL
Rich nations offer USD 300 billion annually after 10 years to Global South
Baku (Azerbaijan): Developed countries made a final offer of USD 300 billion annually by 2035 to help developing countries tackle climate change, hours after two groups of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries stormed out of the negotiating room at COP29 here.
FGN25: BANGLA-EC
New Election Commission sworn in Bangladesh
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin and four other commissioners were sworn in on Sunday nearly three months after the resignation of the previous commission as deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime was toppled in a student-led mass upsurge.*