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Chinese white elephant projects in Sri Lanka create jobs for Chinese peopl
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): China has invested in white elephant projects in Sri Lanka that primarily produce jobs for Chinese people while benefiting no Sri Lankan, said Chennai-based policy expert N. Sathiya Moorthy.
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Sri Lanka, China free trade agreement negotiations at a standstill
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): A senior government spokesperson of Sri Lanka said that there has been no positive response from China for the proposed debt restructuring programme despite taking steps to hasten the free trade agreement (FTA).
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India worried over situation in Sri Lanka, drawing comparisons inappropria
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said there is a very serious crisis in Sri Lanka and India has approached the situation in the neighbouring country in a very humanistic way as part of its neighbourhood first policy.
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India has responsibility to help Sri Lanka, says Farooq Abdullah after all
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Noting that Sri Lanka is "dying" as a nation amid the ongoing economic crisis in the island country, J-K National Conference MP Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said that India has a responsibility to help them and added that we "will have to fulfil" that onus.
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SL Presidential polls: SLPP MP Alahapperuma thanks LoP Premadasa for nomin
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP, Dullas Alahapperuma expressed gratitude to country's main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and SLPP Chairman G L Peiris for nominating him as the candidate for Presidential post.
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Government holds meeting with political parties on Sri Lanka situation
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): An all-party meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka began here on Tuesday and senior leaders from various political parties are attending it.
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Indian High Commission officials meet injured Director of Indian Visa Cent
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): Indian High Commission officials on Tuesday met Vivek Varma, an Indian national and Director of the Indian Visa Centre, who sustained grievous injuries in an unprovoked assault last night near Colombo.
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China's Henan bank crisis: Despite promises, banks fail to repay depositor
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 19 (ANI): Despite promises that depositors in China's Henan villages will get their frozen money back in batches with the first due on July 15, only a handful of depositors have received the payments, posing a serious question on whether banks have anything to spare.
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Sri Lanka: Protestors demand resignation of Wickremesinghe ahead of presid
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country, a protest broke out in Colombo on Tuesday against acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe, demanding his resignation.
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UN chief calls for bold, coordinated responses to global food crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 19 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for bold and coordinated responses to solve the ongoing global food crisis.
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Chinese drug mafia hand-in-glove with Mexican criminals, stoking deadly op
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 19 (ANI): Chinese drug mafias are working in connivance with the Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) to bypass international precursor chemical controls and grow the movement of a wide range of illicit drugs destined for the United States, an annual asse
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Ranil Wickremesinghe among 3 candidates in race to become Sri Lanka's next
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): Acting Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the top three candidates for the Presidential election scheduled to be held in the crisis-marred island nation on Wednesday.
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