Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the country's economy is picking pace, thereby reflecting fundamentals and reforms of the government of India. Speaking at a post-Budget webinar in capital New Delhi, he asked financial institutions to come out with innovative and futuristic financing as well as risk management ideas to fund the emerging needs of the economy.The Opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly on Tuesday. Lawmakers including PML-N party's Marriyum Aurangzeb and PPP's Shazia Marri submitted the no-trust motion and requisition for a session to the Secretariat signed by a total of 86 lawmakers, reports suggested.Former Prime Minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Khan has raised objection over attempts to alter the status of Gilgit Baltistan and turn the region into Pakistan's fifth province. A United Nations report on Monday showed that nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80% of them by a group affiliated to Islamic State, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers. Sri Lanka's central bank has set the exchange rate limit of the local currency to the dollar at 230 rupees in a latest bid to encourage remittances as the country's foreign reserves have dwindled to record lows of 2.36 billion U.S. dollars. A farmer-turned-inventor in southern India has developed a self-made device that he calls a "tree scooter", through which one can scale the trees up and down with ease. International Women’s Day is observed every year on the 8th of March to celebrate womanhood and stand out for their rights and gender equality. On this occasion, we bring you a story of a sole female cab driver in India’s hill town of Shimla and glimpses of the celebrations across the country.
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