TEN INDEPENDENT GROUPS TO SUPPORT NEW GOVERNMENT
May 16 ,2022
The 10 independent groups that left the Government when Mahinda Rajapaksa was Prime Minister, have decided to support the new Governmen...
RUSSIA CALLS FINLAND, SWEDEN JOINING NATO A MISTAKE WITH '...
May 16 ,2022
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing on SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system at Patriot Expocent...
BANGLADESH CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST S...
May 16 ,2022
Bangladesh has condemned the heinous assassination of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a correspondent of Al-Jazeera, in the Occupied Pale...
PM MODI ARRIVES IN LUMBINI ON BUDDHA PURNIMA; TO HOLD TALK...
May 16 ,2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Nepal for a brief visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and also hold co...
UKRAINE COUNTER-ATTACKS RUSSIAN FORCES IN THE EAST
May 16 ,2022
Russia attacked positions in eastern Ukraine as it tries to encircle Ukrainian forces in the Donbas and fend off a counteroffensive aro...
ASIA STOCKS STRUGGLE AFTER DIRE CHINA DATA
May 16 ,2022
Asian share markets were struggling to sustain even a minor rally on Monday after shockingly weak data from China underlined the deep d...
ONE DEAD, FOUR CRITICALLY INJURED IN CALIFORNIA CHURCH SHO...
May 16 ,2022
One person was dead and four others in “critical” condition after a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement...
Why Ukraine war has no winners
May 16 ,2022
Russia expects grain harvest of 130 million tonnes of grain, including 87 million tonnes of wheat – “an al...
China, Russia tipped to power up energy ties as Europe wea...
May 16 ,2022
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NATO assures Ukraine open-ended military support against R...
May 16 ,2022
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R, on the screen) gives via videolink a press conference with German Foreign Minister Annale...
Sri Lanka denies LTTE revival bid using on-going crisis
May 16 ,2022
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday denied reports of ex-LTTE cadre “regrouping to launch attacks” i...
The UK-India Partnership and Britain’s Indo-Pacific Tilt
May 16 ,2022
In March 2021, the UK Government published the Integrated Review (IR) of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, a landmark...
The Gandhis should accept Prashant Kishor's political gamb...
May 16 ,2022
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at the Chintan Shivir event in Udaipur, May 15. Photo: Twitter/ INCIndia
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What secrets do the Taj Mahal's locked rooms hold?
May 16 ,2022
Do the chambers of one of the world's greatest monuments hold any secrets?
Judges belonging to a high court in India don't think so. O...
India shakes the Foreign Hand—Nehru to Modi, PMs have deep...
May 16 ,2022
A graphic featuring Jawaharlal Nehru, Narendra Modi, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee from L-R | Siddhant Gupta | ThePrint
The entire vill...
Will the Northeast benefit from Bangladesh offer of servic...
May 16 ,2022
Reviving trade: There is a dire need for connectivity between India’s ‘mainland’ and the Northeast via Bangladesh t...
World’s food problems pile up as India restricts wheat exp...
May 16 ,2022
A farmer in India carrying a wheat crop after harvesting. Photo: AP
India’s move to restrict wheat exports is set to reverbe...
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka lifts curfew for Buddhist festival, c...
May 16 ,2022
Buddhist devotees offer prayers at the Kelaniya Temple during the Vesak festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP
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Kashmiri women lured to UAE describe labor trafficking 'he...
May 16 ,2022
Women in Kashmir are at risk from unscrupulous agents who lure them overseas with the promise of good jobs. © Reuters...
Nepotism, bad policy push Sri Lanka to brink of economic r...
May 16 ,2022
A demonstrator raises a placard as part of a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo on April 23. &...
India wants strategic partnerships, not friends with commo...
May 16 ,2022
Narendra Modi, right, and Vladimir Putin greet each other in New Delhi in December 2021: India cannot antagonize Russia in light of c...
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Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
