The flood situation in India’s north-eastern Assam state turned grim on Wednesday with the number of affected people increasing to 403,352 in 26 districts in the last 24 hours, the Assam State Disaster Management Agency said. The weather office has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rain in Assam and neighboring Meghalaya state, and an orange alert for the rest of the north-east on Wednesday. Sri Lanka's energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera on Wednesday told the parliament that the island nation had run out of money to pay for fuel due to a critical shortage of foreign exchange. Meanwhile, the country was also expected to be placed into default by rating agencies over the non-payment of two sovereign bonds as a 30-day grace period ended. The coalition partners of Pakistan's new government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have decided that the current setup would complete its term that ends in August 2023, local media reports said, suggesting no possibility of elections soon. This comes as ousted premier and PTI party chairman Imran Khan is building pressure every passing day to force the government to go for early polls. Stered Kashmir have lamented they face huge problems as the government has failed to develop basic health facilities and provide access to safe drinking water to them in the region. They blame the Pakistan government has left all sections of the society at their own mercy over the years, with no development in sight.
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