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With curfew in force, Sri Lanka's capital wears deserted look
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): The streets of Colombo wore a deserted look, resembling a "no man's land" here on Sunday as a curfew was imposed on the city on top of a 36-hour nationwide curfew already in force following protests outside the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka: Massive protests continue amid crackdown, nationwide curfew
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka continued to witness protests across the country with people breaking the government-imposed curfew across the country even amid a crackdown on protestors as the country faces its worst economic crisis since independence.
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Sri Lanka arrests over 600 protestors violating curfew in Western Province
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Sunday arrested over 600 protestors violating the curfew in Western Province imposed from 6 pm from Saturday to 6 am on Monday.
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Sri Lanka prohibits people from staying in public places
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday issued an Extraordinary Gazette barring people from staying in public places ahead of a planned protest for Sunday.
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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide social media blackout
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka government imposed a nationwide social media blackout after midnight on Sunday, April 3, according to an internet observatory.
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Bangladesh High Commission observes blackout to mark genocide day
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 26 (ANI): High Commission of India in Bangladesh pays solemn tribute with a blackout of the Chancery complex to honour the sacrifice of untold millions of Bangladeshi people killed and women assaulted during 'Operation Searchlight' 51 years ago, said the Mission in
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Rajasthan CM meets Chhattisgarh counterpart over coal crisis, expresses co
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 25 (ANI): Amid possible power crisis in Rajasthan due to the depletion of coal stocks in the state, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday met his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel and said that if the latter does not extend help, there will be a "bl
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Kabul power outage pushes 580 companies out of business: Industrial Associ
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): At least 580 enterprises ceased operations in the Afghan capital city of Kabul due to power outages, Head of Afghanistan Industries and Mines Chamber (AIMC) Sherbaz Kaminzada told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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WFP needs USD 2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of USD 2.6 billion to boost operations for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter is deteriorating the situation.
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Uzbekistan faces major power outage
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], January 25 (ANI): A major power outage occurred in many regions of Uzbekistan, with the causes being investigated, the Ministry of Energy said on Tuesday, reported Sputnik.
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Protest takes place in Beirut over continuous blackouts: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A protest took place in front of the Lebanese Energy Ministry in Beirut due to ongoing power-outages in various locations across the country, media reported on Monday.
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No situation of blackout in Jammu and Kashmir, says Union Power Minister
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Union Power Minister RK Singh on Monday said that there is no situation of blackout in Jammu and Kashmir.
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