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Pakistan: The Nuclear Power without a Stable Economy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Pakistan may have nuclear capabilities however the country is fighting with its fast exhausting foreign currency reserves and widening fiscal and current account deficits, along with a rupee that has lost almost 20 per cent of its value in just 7 month
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Lankan President Wickremesinghe orders fuel distribution
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday instructed officials to accelerate the fuel distribution process and focus on providing fuel for school and public transport.
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Consensus on non-recognition of Taliban govt in western world: EU envoy to
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 23 (ANI): While discussing the situation in Afghanistan and the increasing hunger crisis in the country, the EU Ambassador to Afghanistan, Andreas Von Brandt said that there is a consensus on the non-recognition of the Taliban government in the western world.
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Unclear data on Chinese debts poses challenges for Sri Lanka's negotiation
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Newly-appointed Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a tough task ahead of him negotiating a financial lifeline from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help his country combat its worst-ever economic crisis but what makes the process diffic
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Sri Lankan President expresses concerns over diplomats' statements against
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe raised unofficial concerns over the statements made by some diplomats about the military operation carried out by the security forces to clear the Presidential Secretariat area where the protestors were gathered.
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It's high time for Afghanistan to end its dependency on Pakistan: report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 23 (ANI): Crisis-ridden Afghanistan has been badly impacted by the economic, and political instability of Pakistan.
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Rights group condemns assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 23 (ANI): A New York-based rights group has condemned the assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka that led to injury to more than 50 people and the arrest of at least 9 others.
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Over 6 million Sri Lankans unsure of their next meal, WFP says urgently ne
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Over 6 million people in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, are "food insecure", according to the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) which says it has so far managed to secure only 30 per cent of the USD 63 million funds it has targeted to provide 3 million
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USAID chief Samantha Power to visit India from July 25-27
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): Amid the global food crisis, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) chief Samantha Power will be visiting India from July 25-27.
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Pak govt assures citizens of stable economy while it heads toward crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): While Pakistan's economy is heading towards disaster, its government is assuring the citizens that Islamabad's economy is stable.
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Xi congratulates Sri Lanka's new president Wickremesinghe, looks forward t
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): China, which turned a blind eye to Sri Lanka while it struggled with the economic and political crisis, is now looking forward to advancing bilateral ties and traditional friendship between the two countries, as evident from President Xi Jinping's congratu
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Ukraine crisis forcing China rethink on Taiwan: CIA chief
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 22 (ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief has warned that China appears to be determined on using force in Taiwan but Russia's experience in Ukraine has affected Beijing's calculations on when and how - rather than whether to invade.
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