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4,000 people affected with cholera in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 (ANI): As many as 4,000 people have been affected by cholera in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province.
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Sri Lanka to hold swearing-in ceremony for new Cabinet ministers on Friday
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's new Cabinet of ministers is scheduled to be sworn in on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
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India will continue to stand by people of Sri Lanka: MEA
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday reiterated its stance to stand by the people of Sri Lanka at the time of crisis, saying that India has been at forefront of extending economic assistance to Sri Lanka and will continue to do so.
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Sri Lanka: LoP Premadasa meets Wickremesinghe, urges to reinforce parliame
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Thursday met the country's newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe and urged him to reinforce the Parliament committee system "to achieve national consensus rather than dishing out ministerial por
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China deploys tanks to prevent people from withdrawing money from crisis-h
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Zhengzhou [China], July 21 (ANI): In a grim reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, armoured tanks were seen deployed on the streets of China amidst large-scale protests by people demanding the release of their savings frozen by banks.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as President of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lankan President at the country's parliament on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka made 'dumb bets' on Chinese investment: CIA chief
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief has held China responsible for Sri Lanka's economic collapse, saying Colombo's "dumb bets" on high-debt Chinese investment have led to the catastrophic outcomes.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Since January, over 1.5 lakh people left country for job
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): As Sri Lanka scrambles to get back on track following the election of a new President, the people in the country -- who are facing severe economic hardship -- are still uncertain about the future.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Greater support must be given to Sri Lanka as the country faces economic crisis and political turmoil, a group of UN human rights experts stated in an appeal to the international community.
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Biden calls climate change a 'clear and present danger'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) escalated his warnings about climate change by calling it a "clear and present danger" as he previewed a slate of executive actions meant to combat a crisis.
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China's debt trap diplomacy responsible for economic calamity in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): China's debt trap diplomacy has become a major cause of Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis due to the failure of the island nation to take better steps to restructure its debts in dialogue with the IMF.
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AP following path of Sri Lanka, says TDP MLA Payyavula
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 20 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the deeper financial crisis in Andhra Pradesh which is pushing the state into the worst economic emergency.
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