Heavy rainfall likely in some places of Koshi Province today
The western and central parts of the country are under the influence of the Westerly and local winds at present, while most parts of the Koshi Province are experiencing the influence of monsoon winds, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.
The weather will be partly to generally cloudy across the country this afternoon with chances of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in some places of Koshi, Gandaki, Lumbini, and Sudurpashchim Provinces, as well as at one or two places in the remaining provinces.
There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in one or two places in the Koshi Province and of light rainfall and snowfall at some places of the high hilly and mountainous region of the country.
Similarly, tonight the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly areas of the country including Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Provinces, while it will be fair in the rest of the country.
Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur in some places of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Provinces, as well as in one or two places of the hilly regions of the remaining provinces.
There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in one or two places of Koshi and Madhes Provinces. Similarly, there are chances of light rain and snowfall in some areas of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces tonight.
Aguiar-Branco re-elected as president of Portuguese parliament
Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) was re-elected president of Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday with 202 votes, securing a strong majority in the 230-seat Assembly.
The outcome was a huge improvement over last year, when he was elected with 160 votes after four rounds.To prevent a repeat of that deadlock, the PSD built cross-party support ahead of the vote. Both Chega and the Socialist Party (PS) chose not to oppose his nomination, making the outcome widely anticipated, according to Xinhua.
In Portugal, 116 votes are needed to win the presidency under parliamentary norms.
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The Vietnamese National Assembly has approved amendments to the Population Ordinance, removing previous limits on the number of children per family, Xinhua reported.
Under the new law, couples are now free to decide the number of children they have, as well as the timing and spacing of births.
The Ministry of Health reported a record-low fertility rate of 1.91 children per woman in 2024—below the replacement level of 2.1 which prompted the move in reaction to a persistent drop in birth rates, according to Xinhua.
India’s active COVID-19 cases cross 4,000
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Five more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, increasing the total to 37 this year. Cases increased from 257 on May 22 to more than 4,000 on June 3, The Hindu reported.
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