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Leaders of the protest against corruption and the government in Nepal have proposed the name of former Chief Justice Sushila Karki to serve as the country’s interim prime minister. In an interview to CNN-News18, she said that she has accepted the protesters’ request.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Nepali Army said that a nationwide curfew will be in place till 6 am on Thursday after the widespread protests that started on Monday. Protesters burnt buildings inside the Singha Durbar, which is the Nepali government’s main secretariat building. A video emerged that showed Nepal’s Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel purportedly being chased on a road and thrashed.

Meanwhile, the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority said that services at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport had resumed after nearly 24 hours. Read more.

‘There was no hope’: What sparked the violent protest in Nepal

A Delhi court has directed NDTV journalist Gargi Rawat to pay Rs 10,000 as damages to commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for “liking” an allegedly defamatory social media post. The commentator had filed the suit in 2019 against advocate Dushyant Arora, who wrote the post, and Rawat.

While he had sought Rs 20...

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