Security forces on Thursday neutralised four terrorists in two separate encounters in Shopian district and Rampur sector of India's Jammu and Kashmir territory. Emphasizing the need to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global COVID-19 Summit on Wednesday said that international travel should be made easier through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates. Nepal's National Assembly, the Upper House of Parliament, on Thursday passed the much-awaited Appropriation Bill-2021. Finance Minister Janardan Sharma had presented the proposal in the meeting, seeking passage of the Bill, which was endorsed with a majority of votes in the Lower House on Monday. Prime Minister Deuba-led government had tabled the Budget ordinance in the parliament in July and with the bill failing to pass on time, all government proceedings had reportedly come to a halt. A political activist has blamed indiscriminate construction of dams as part of hydropower projects in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has damaged ecology and pushed the natives to abject poverty. Locals have long accused Pakistan has been recklessly exploiting natural resources in the illegally-occupied region, with no economic benefits to them. Residents of Afghan capital Kabul have said they hope the Islamic State militants were not in the city after the country's Taliban rulers claimed there was no evidence of the Islamic State or al Qaeda being in the country. As Sri Lanka struggles with and acute currency crisis, the World Bank has agreed to give a 100-million-U.S. dollar loan to support its efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19, according to local media reports on Thursday. An adventurous elephant safari ride has resumed at an animal’s park in India's West Bengal state after 18 months of coronavirus shutdown. As the number of infections has declined in the country, the forest authorities decided to open the park doors for visitors with strict precautionary measures.
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