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India is focusing on helping Sri Lanka economically: Jaishankar

July 13, 2022

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today reiterated that the situation in Sri Lanka is very sensitive and New Delhi is focusing on ways it can help Colombo economically at this time of need. Addressing a press briefing in Kerala, Jaishankar said, “The situation in Sri Lanka is very sensitive and...

RISHI SUNAK INCHES AHEAD IN PM RACE AS NOMINATIONS OPEN

July 13, 2022

Former United Kingdom Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday emerged as one of the early candidates to hit the threshold of 20 supporting Conservative Party members of Parliament for his nomination to compete for the post of leader and the next British Prime Minister, to be announced on September 5. The 42-year-old British Indian...

Democracy is ensuring social equality in India: PM Modi

July 13, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India considers democracy to be a means of ensuring social equality. Addressing the closing ceremony of centenary celebrations of Bihar Legislative Assembly, PM Modi also said, “India considers democracy to be a means for ensuring social equality. India believes in the idea...

SHIV SENA TO SUPPORT DROUPADI MURMU: UDDHAV THACKERAY

July 13, 2022

Succumbing to the pressure of its MPs,Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced that the party will support NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu. While announcing this, Uddhav said that going by the present political atmosphere, I should not have backed her. But we are not narrow minded. The announcement...

Opposition accuses government of distorting Ashokan Lion emblem

July 13, 2022

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the national emblem atop the new Parliament building, opposition parties on Tuesday accused the BJP government of distorting the emblem and demanded immediate course correction. Slamming the distortion of the emblem, Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury...

Wickremesinghe to be sworn in as interim President of Sri Lanka

July 13, 2022

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in on Wednesday as President for a temporary period till a new President is elected by Parliament on 20 July. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reportedly signed his resignation on Monday which will be handed over to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to...

Pak accountable for terrorist footprints in Britain: Report

July 12, 2022

Pakistan’s policies have fostered terrorism since time immemorial as the country has always kept itself under a veil while jihadist networks took a footprint in Britain, leading to the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of Britain, said Kyle Orton, a British Security Analyst. As the West always ignored the...

JAPAN’S RULING PARTY SECURES MAJORITY IN CRUCIAL POLLS

July 12, 2022

In an election held just two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition secured 76 seats and retained the majority in the Upper House elections, local media reported. Abe was gunned down in Nara city in western Japan on...

‘Countries relying on Chinese investments are failing’

July 12, 2022

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had recently accepted the fact that the Island nation is participating in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a “bankrupt country.” Sri Lanka is not the only country that is suffering from the economic crisis, Nepal Maldives and Pakistan are also going...

Sri Lanka military chief denies claims of sending troops to Galle Face

July 12, 2022

Amid the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka over the economic and political crisis, the Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka, General Shavendra Silva denied the social media reports of military personnel marching towards the Galle Face protest site on Monday. “There is no such attempt to attack or disturb...

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