| Hurricane Patricia becomes strongest as it nears Mexico's Pacific Coast |
 Hurricane Patricia grew into an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm and is heading for Mexico's Central Pacific Coast. US National Hurricane Center has described Patricia as potentially catastrophic. Government has declared a state of emergency for 56 municipalities in the storm's projected path, in the western states. Hurricane Patricia's maximum sustained winds had increased to 260 kilometre per hour, which is a Category 5, the highest rating possible, on the Saffir-Simpson scale used to quantify a hurricane's wind strength. The hurricane is expected to weaken before making landfall in the hurricane warning area today, the Miami-based hurricane center said. Mexican civil defence workers are making urgent preparations to face destructive waves and torrential rain. |
Highlights from the local media of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka June 27th, 2016 | Volume: 2 - 17/6 TOP STORIES Afghanistan Still World’s Largest Opium Producer by Far: Report Daily Outlook Afghanistan| 27 th June Afghanistan is by a long way still the world's largest opium producer, accounting for some 70 percent (3,300 tons) of global opium production, according to the United Nations World Drug Report of 2016.Myanmar is the second largest producer of the drug at 14 per cent (650 tons) of global production. According to the UN report, the total value of the illicit opiate economy in Afghanistan was $2.8 billion USD in 2014 — equivalent to 13 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Maiden joint meeting of Nepal-India EPG next week The Himalayan Times| 26 th June The first joint meeting of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations (EPG-NIR) would be held in Kathmandu on coming Jul...
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