Dengue grips parts of India amid late monsoon rains

Dengue outbreak has hit several Indian states, including capital New Delhi and northern Uttar Pradesh state as late monsoon rains continue to batter the region. The United Nations said in a report on Tuesday that cascading global crises has left 54 countries, including Pakistan needing immediate debt relief to avoid even more extreme poverty. Scores of traders and shopkeepers in Balochistan province have raised their concern over the delayed Sariyab road expansion project and said many of them have lost their businesses after their shops were demolished. Sri Lankan president's office on Tuesday said the island nation will remain a middle-income country, but would request the World Bank to grant it some loans generally offered to poorer nations. Nepal's most high-profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane was sent to seven-day police remand on Monday over rape allegations filed against him by a teenager. Four tiger cubs made their first public debut on Monday at a safari park in India's eastern Siliguri city. Scores of Sikh devotees on Tuesday offered prayers and took holy dip at the famous Golden Temple in India's northern Amritsar city to celebrate the 488th birth anniversary of Guru Ramdas, the fourth Sikh spiritual leader.