Latest News: Munir Akram to Replace Maleeha Lodhi as Pak UN Envoy

Catch all the latest breaking news and updates here.At least two migrants died on Sunday, 29 September in a fire at a Greek island refugee camp, with the blaze triggering rioting by angry residents.Athens News Agency, quoting police sources, reported that a woman and a child had died in the blaze at the overcrowded Moira camp on the island of Lesbos. The body of the woman was taken to the island's general hospital while the body of the child was handed over to authorities by migrants.The fire inside the camp was extinguished by an airplane. But police later fired tear gas to control a crowd angered by the time it had taken, according to an AFP correspondent.(Source: PTI)A factory fire killed at least 19 people in east China, an official has said.(Source: AFP)US President Donald Trump said on Sunday, 29 September, that he wants to meet the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the scandal threatening his presidency.Trump has been relatively quiet this weekend but in a series of evening tweets he also blasted Democratic lawmakers and the media as he railed against the impeachment inquiry launched last week.That probe was triggered by the release of a rough transcript of a July phone call in which Trump asked the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, a potential Democratic candidate in the 2020 US election.(Source: AFP)15 people were injured, including 11 who were critically injured, after a boiler at a Birla Cement plant in Chittorgarh district's Chanderia, burst yesterday. The District Collector said, "The critically injured have more than 70 percent burns, referred them to Ravindra Nath Tagore Medical College, Udaipur."(Source: ANI)Veteran actor Viju Khote passed away in Mumbai today. He was 77 years old.(Source: ANI)Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the world has "great expectations" from India, and asserted that his government will lead the country to a path of 'greatness' where it will be beneficial to the entire globe.On his first visit to Tamil Nadu after retaining power in this year's Lok Sabha polls, the Prime Minister reiterated his campaign against single-use plastic."During my (just concluded) US tour I saw the world has great expectations from India, which is growing... we will certainly ensure the welfare of India, and swiftly, but we will make it such a great nation that it will be useful for the world," he said.(Source: PTI)IndiGo flight from Goa to Delhi (6e-336) returned to Goa airport after 15 minutes of being airborne yesterday, after the flight detected a glitch in the engine.(Source: ANI)At least 20 people were injured as a bus carrying a marriage party skidded off the road in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Monday morning, a district official said.The accident took place near Bhawarna in Palampur sub-division. The bus driver skidded off the road and hit a tree 15 feet below road level, he said.The exact number of injured is not yet clear but at least 20 persons have sustained injuries in the accident, he said, adding they have been admitted to various hospitals.(Source: PTI)The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat government to pay a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to the 2002 gang rape survivor Bilkis Bano within two weeks as well as arrange a job and accommodation for her within two weeks.(Source: ANI)China's top trade negotiator will lead an upcoming 13th round of talks aimed at resolving a trade war with the United States, a senior Chinese official said Sunday.Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington for the negotiations, Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said. He didn't give exact dates, but said the talks would be after China's National Day holiday, which runs through 7 October."The two sides should find a solution through equal dialogue in accordance with the principle of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit," Wang said at a news conference with other officials, including Commerce Minister Zhong Shan.(Source: AP)Two coaches of EMU passenger train (Kiul to Gaya) were derailed near Kurauta Patner Station in Lakhisarai, Bihar, earlier today, after an animal came on the railway track and was hit by the train. No casualties have been reported yet.(Source: ANI)One of the parties in the Ayodhya case, 'Ram Lalla Virajman', today told the Supreme Court that it doesn't want to go for any kind of mediation in the case. Today was the 34th day of the hearing in the case.(Source: ANI)Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said they have invited former Indian PM Manmohan Singh for the inauguration function of Kartarpur Corridor. He added, “He also represents the Sikh community. We will also send him a formal invitation.”Few workers have been injured after an under-construction shed collapsed at Shalimar railway station in West Bengal, PTI reported quoting South Eastern Railway officials.BJP releases its first list of candidates for Haryana Assembly elections. Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt to contest from Baroda, Ex-hockey captain Sandeep Singh from Pehowa, and wrestler Babita Phogat to contest from Dadri, Haryana CM ML Khattar to contest from Karnal.The Al-Shabaab militant group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a US base in Somalia on Monday, 30 September, as a security officer confirmed a separate strike against a convoy of EU advisers.The militants hit the US base at Baledogle, about 110 kilometres (70 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu, with explosives before gunmen opened fire on the compound.In a statement, Al-Shabaab said: "In the early hours of Monday morning, an elite unit of soldiers... launched a daring raid on the US military base" in Baledogle.Shahjahanpur district Court has dismissed the bail pleas of BJP leader Chinmayanand and the student who had accused him of sexual harassment.The law student who had accused Chinmayanand of sexual harassment was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Sep 25 on charges of demanding extortion money from him.Mumbai police has filed an FIR against HDIL, PMC Bank officials, reported PTI. An SIT has been formed to probe case.Police claim PMC Bank management unlawfully availed loans. FIR pegs bank losses at Rs 4355 cr.Ultra-clean BS-VI grade petrol, diesel supply to be extend to entire national capital region from Oct 1, ahead of April 2020 rollout, says IOC.Munir Akram to replace Maleeha Lodhi as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington DC. Jaishankar is on a three-day visit to Washington during which he is also scheduled to meet US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and the new National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien.(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)

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