Presidential Elections 2022: Droupadi Murmu declared president-elect Returning Officer for the Presidential poll and Rajya Sabha Secretary-General PC Mody on Thursday declared the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s candidate Droupadi Murmu the winner of the presidential elections 2022. Murmu contested against the Opposition’s candidate Yashwant Sinha. The president-elect will take oath on July 25. Among lesser known facts about our new president: her deep connect with the Brahmakumari movement, she wakes up every morning at 3.30 am. An associate from Odisha shares her spiritual journey. https://t.co/6NavQnTMHs @IndiaToday #DraupadiMurmu — Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 22, 2022 The new Prime minister in Sri Lanka is likely today Sri Lanka’s President  Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint the next Prime Minister today. Current cabinet ministers will be sworn in again before the president and function till a national government is agreed upon UN envoy calls for extension and expansion of ‘transformational’ truce in Yemen THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRUCE AND PROSPECTS OF ITS RENEWAL The historic UN-brokered truce in Yemen has largely held for nearly four months, and Special Envoy Hans Grundberg on Thursday urged the Government and Houthi rebels to work towards renewing the “transformational” agreement, which expires on 2 August. UN Envoy Grundberg on truce implementation & prospects of renewal: “The Yemeni people & the international community want & expect the truce to be fully implemented, renewed & strengthened. The parties must rise to the occasion & not miss this opportunity" https://t.co/5qsGeuO5bC — @OSE_Yemen (@OSE_Yemen) July 21, 2022 Lebanon: At ‘a crossroad between rebound or collapse’ Lebanon’s water crisis continues to put children at risk The dire impact of Lebanon’s unrelenting socio-economic crisis prompted the UN Special Coordinator to warn the Security Council behind closed doors on Thursday, that the country stands at “a crossroad between rebound or collapse”. One year ago, UNICEF warned that the water system was at a breaking point. While a total collapse of public water supply networks has so far been averted, the crisis has not been resolved and millions of people are affected by the limited availability of clean and safe water. One year ago, UNICEF warned that…