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KATHMANDU: Nepal has started exporting 39 MW of electricity to India from midnight of Thursday due to the continuous rainfall in recent months, state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) said on Thursday.

The death toll from heavy rains last week in the Brazilian city of Recife and its metropolitan area has risen to 126, with two people still missing, the government of the northeastern state of Pernambuco said.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reacted sharply to his predecessor Imran Khan’s controversial comments about breaking Pakistan into three pieces and said the former premier was unfit for any public office after his latest utterances.

The United Nations has granted Turkey’s request to change its name to Turkiye, a spokesman for the world body said. Addressing reporters, Stephane Dujarric