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The University of Central Lancashire in the UK honored the founder of National Innovation Center Dr Mahabir Pun.

Pun was honored in recognition of his contribution in research, studies and innovation at a program organized by Biz Education in the UK.

The sexagenarian scientist showed his works through video to the audiences participating in the event.

He shared that the Innovation Center set up with the support of people of Nepal and foreigners was working in over 20 sectors such as drone, biomedical, agriculture, education and health.

Earlier, he was known for work in applying wireless technologies to rural areas in the hilly region.

Nepal Education Council UK's office bearers Basanta Nepal, Ganesh Khadka and Krishna Khanal among others were present in the program. RSS

The Maiti Nepal has rescued around 500 women and children from the Nepalgunj border point. Maiti Nepal is an organization actively working in the prevention and control of women trafficking.  

Maiti Nepal, Nepalgunj coordinator Keshav Raj Koirala said that in the last one year they have rescued 499 women and children who were entering India through the Jamunaha transit at Nepalgunj and who were at risk of being trafficked.  

Similarly, 10 women have been rescued from India and Gulf countries during this period. Koirala said Maiti Nepal, Nepalgunj received applications to find and rescue 526 persons during the last one year and among them, 213 have been found. 

The Maiti Nepal's Nepalgunj coordinator informed that they have provided counseling in 18 incidents related to domestic violence. 

Maiti Nepal has set up an information and counseling center at the Jamunaha transit. It has been rescuing women and children at risk of trafficking, those women and children subjected to sexual and labour exploitation in various countries, including India, and providing accommodation, psycho-social counseling, legal assistance and health services.  

On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Maiti Nepal held various public awareness raising programs in Nepalgunj. RSS

A team of the Armed Police Force (APF) on Thursday nabbed three persons for possessing a gun and its cartridge from Birgunj.

The arrestees have been identified as Prem Thakur (41) Rahul Thakur (16) and Ramji Thakur (55) of Parsagadhi Municipality-5.

SP Nepal Tej Prasad Pokharel said that they were nabbed with a long-range gun and its cartridge from Nahar Chowk area of Bindabasini Rural Municipality-3 of Birgunj.

Police said that they have also impounded a bike from the detainees. 

British rock band Pink Floyd will release a new song on Friday to raise money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine, featuring the vocals of a Ukrainian singer who quit an international tour to fight for his country and was wounded, Reuters reported.

The single "Hey Hey, Rise Up" - Pink Floyd's first original new music in almost 30 years - was recorded last week and highlights singing by Andriy Khlyvnyuk from Ukrainian band Boombox, which was taken from a social media post.

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour said he learned that Khlyvnyuk - with whom he had previously performed - left a US tour with Boombox and returned to Ukraine to join the Territorial Defence Forces.

"Then I saw this incredible video on Instagram, where he stands in a square in Kyiv with this beautiful gold-domed church and sings in the silence of a city with no traffic or background noise because of the war," Gilmour said on Pink Floyd's website.

"It was a powerful moment that made me want to put it to music."

Gilmour said he spoke with Khlyvnyuk while he was in a hospital in Kyiv recovering from a mortar shrapnel injury, according to Reuters.

"I played him a little bit of the song down the phone line and he gave me his blessing. We both hope to do something together in person in the future," he said.

Gilmour said he had a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren and he was feeling "the fury and the frustration" of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Moscow has said it is engaged in a special operation to degrade Ukraine's military capabilities and root out nationalists.

The track, which samples Khlyvnyuk singing a World War One protest song, also features Nick Mason, a founding member of Pink Floyd, as well as Gilmour and other musicians, Reuters reported.

Police have arrested a 43-year-old man for his alleged involvement in raping a 13-year-old girl in Syangja.

The arrestee has been identified as Yam Bahadur Kunwar.

Rajendra Prasad Adhikari, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Syangja, said that they apprehended Kunwar based on a complaint filed by the victim's family.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan could face removal from office this weekend, after the country's top court ruled his move to block a no-confidence vote was unconstitutional, BBC reported.

Last Sunday, Mr Khan's ruling party blocked a no-confidence vote which he was widely expected to lose.

His government then dissolved parliament and called a snap election.

Furious opposition members launched an appeal with the Supreme Court to decide the legality of the blocked vote. 

The Supreme Court said in a ruling late on Thursday that the vote should go ahead, according to BBC.

In response to this, Mr Khan announced that he had called a cabinet meeting and would address the nation on Friday evening. 

"My message to the nation is that I have always fought for Pakistan and will continue to fight till the last ball," he wrote in a Twitter post.

It was a brilliant show by South Africa's Quinton de Kock, who slammed 80 off just 52 balls as Lucknow Super Giants registered their third-successive win of the season, defeating Delhi Capitals by six wickets, Hindustan Times reported.

Chasing a 150-run target, LSG made a bright start -- thanks largely to De Kock, whose 19-run over against Anrich Nortje turned the tide in LSG's favour.

Even as KL Rahul (24) and Evin Lewis (3) were dismissed in quick succession, De Kock continued on his strong outing and steered the side in the run-chase.

When he fell, LSG required 28 runs off 25 deliveries and even as Mustafizur Rahman and Shardul Thakur conceded only 9 runs in the next two overs, Ayush Badoni kept his calm to steer the LSG to win, according to Hindustan Times. 

Earlier, Prithvi Shaw slammed 61 but the rest of the batting lineup failed to step up as LSG restricted DC to 149/3.

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has constituted an expert panel to bail his country out of an unprecedented economic crisis characterised by shortage of essential commodities and widespread protests, The Times of India reported.

The panel of eminent economists has been mandated to address the $8. 6 billion of debt and the soaring inflation by engaging with IMF and other probable lenders.

The Presidential Advisory Group on Multilateral Engagement and Debt Sustainability would include Indrajit Coomaraswamy, former governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former director of the economic affairs division of the commonwealth secretariat, said a statement issued by the president’s office late on Wednesday. The other members of the panel include Shanta Devarajan, a former senior director of development economics at the World Bank, and Sharmini Coorey, a former director of IMF’s Institute of Capacity Development.

The statement said “among the responsibilities that the Presidential Advisory Group will undertake are to engage in discussions with relevant Sri Lankan institutions and officials engaging with the IMF, and to provide guidance that will address the present debt crisis and lead towards sustainable and inclusive recovery for Sri Lanka. ” After Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, a day after he was appointed, the president is yet to appoint a new finance minister, according to The Times of India.

In a bid to garner some quick revenue, the Sri Lanka parliament on Thursday passed, without voting, a retrospective surcharge tax bill with amendments. This would enable the government to impose a 25% windfall tax on groups of companies, individual companies, partner- ships and individuals who earned more than 2 billion Sri Lankan rupees in the financial year 2020-21. The government estimates a revenue of 100 billion rupees through this tax. Former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa had proposed the bill to increase government revenue.

With public protest picking up pace, a special security arrangement would be ensured at important places like the president’s house, presidential secretariat, prime ministerMahinda Rajapaksa’s residence-cum-office and parliament, Colombo police said, The Times of India reported.