Facebook raises funds for Nepal earthquake

Tech News -  The Himalayan nation was rattled by a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter Scale on April 25 which left over 6,000 dead and injured more than 10,000.

"We gave people the option on Facebook to support local relief efforts. In two days, more than half a million people donated and raised more than USD 10 million to support the International Media Corps relief effort," a status posted by Facebook founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg said.

"Facebook will donate an additional USD 2 million to local recovery efforts to help those in affected areas.

"The popular social media platform had also activated a safety feature where more than seven million people in Nepal have been marked as safe.

The Facebook CEO has also stated that it is inspiring to see communities coming together to help people in their time of need.

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PM Modi lauds BSF for tirelessly defending India's borders

BSF is a Central Armed Police Force charged with guarding India's land border during peace time and preventing transnational crime. It is a Union Government agency under the administrative control of
Ministry of Home Affairs.

BSF has its own cadre of officers but its head, designated as a Director-General (DG), since its raising has been an officer from the Indian Police Service, who wears the same badges of ranks as an Indian Army Lieutenant General.

The security force has grown exponentially from a few battalions in 1965, to 186 battalions with strength of 240,000 personnel including an expanding air wing, marine wing, artillery regiments, and commando units. It currently stands as the world's largest border guarding force.

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Nepal played key role in Modi-Sharif handshake

"Although we have created an atmosphere for meeting of the two leaders, it is the two leaders themselves who took initiative for the handshake," Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, who was also present on the occasion, said.
  
"SAARC is for creating a goodwill and understanding among all the member countries and the regional grouping could not move forward without the cooperation among them," Pandey said.
  
"We could not have forced them to shake hands," said the Foreign Minister, adding that the brief meeting between Modi and Sharif could not have taken place if the two leaders were not willing to do so.
  
Host country Nepal organised a retreat for the SAARC leaders in Dhulikhel, the picturesque resort city situated in the east of Kathmandu on the final day of the Summit.
  
The retreat organised by Nepal created an environment for the leaders of the two countries to come together.
  
On a question about whether he played any role for the handshake Prime Minister Koirala said, "SAARC will move forward in the path of democracy and development, and it will create an atmosphere of understanding and trust among all the member states."

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Nawaz Sharif, Narendra Modi meeting in Nepal?

Citing an official, the Express Tribune reported that the two premiers may interact on the sidelines of the Summit.

"The two prime ministers will come face-to-face at the retreat ceremony in Kathmandu," the official said.

As part of a tradition, the heads of states and governments attending the SAARC Summit are taken for a retreat after the inauguration of the conference in order to create a conducive environment for bilateral meetings.

Sharif will meet leaders of SAARC countries on the sidelines to discuss issues of bilateral and regional interest, the Foreign Office said yesterday.

However, it did not say whether Nawaz’s bilateral engagements also included a meeting with Modi.

When contacted, a senior foreign ministry official said that Pakistan had not yet received any request for such a meeting from the Indian side.

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