Indian PM Modi visits Morbi bridge collapse site, meets survivors

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited the site where a bridge collapsed on Sunday, killing more than 130 people. Amid an increase in farm fires, pollution in India’s national capital New Delhi has surged to more than 20% since the weekend, higher than the levels a year ago, according to government data. Ruling PML-N party supremo Nawaz Sharif has prohibited his younger brother, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, from accepting the demands of Opposition PTI chief Imran Khan. A massive demonstration was staged by political activists in Pakistan-administered Kashmir recently against the Pakistani invasion of the territory 75 years ago, which brought in its wake horrifying stories of mass plunder and killings. The International Criminal Court has ruled that its prosecutor Karim Khan can resume his investigations into atrocities in Afghanistan, a probe that had been put on hold for more than two years. The CPN-Maoist Centre in its election manifesto unveiled on Monday has expressed commitment to amend the constitution to introduce directly elected presidential system and fully proportional election system. A huge flock of Siberian migratory birds have arrived in Prayagraj in India’s Uttar Pradesh state to escape extreme cold of their Arctic home grounds.