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TN: CM Stalin writes to Centre for release of 15 Tamil fishermen arrested
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Sri Lanka Navy conducted a special operation in seas north of Talaimannar to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lanka's waters. The operation led to the seizure of 02 Indian trawlers with 15 Indian fishermen, poaching in the island's waters.
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PLA bases in South China Sea battle the elements
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chinese analysts describe these bases - 20 outposts in the Paracel Islands (of which Woody Island is the largest) and seven in the more southerly Spratly Islands - as "unsinkable aircraft carriers". China has had jurisdiction over the Paracel Islands only in the latter half of the last centu
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Mauritius observes 188th anniversary of "Arrival of Indentured Labourers"
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The "Arrival of Indentured Labourers" is a national holiday in Mauritius on November 2nd each year. It commemorates the arrival of the first indentured workers to the island nation on this day in 1834.
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Australia donates rifles to Solomon Islands amid China tensions
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Australian High Commissioner Strahan said today's handover represented another landmark in the longstanding security and policing partnership between the Solomon Islands and Australia.
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India seems like an island of a certain level of calm: FM Nirmala Sitharam
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"We still do have our challenges but not as every other country would suspect that India would be threatened," the Finance Minister said during Global Investors Meet 'Invest Karnataka 2022' in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka arrests Chinese couple for over LKR 14 billion cryptocurrency fr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Financial and Commercial Crimes Bureau of the CID has arrested three persons for committing massive cryptocurrency fraud amounting to around LKR 14 billion (USD 37,891,504), reported Sunday Island Online.
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Recognise 'Miya' Muslims as integral to Assamese society: suspended Congre
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengali-speaking Muslims living in riverine islands and sandbars of Brahmaputra and its tributaries who migrated to Assam from present-day Bangladesh from time to time call themselves 'Miya'.
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Michael Truong joins ExpressVPN and Kape Privacy Division as Chief Product
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Road Town [British Virgin Islands], October 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): ExpressVPN and the broader Kape Technologies Digital Privacy Division are excited to announce that Michael Truong has joined our team as Chief Product Officer.
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6.2 magnitude earthquake hits South Sandwich Islands
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands.
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Cyclone 'Sitrang' to cross Bangladesh coast
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The cyclone 'Sitrang' is very likely to continue to move north-northeastwards and is expected to cross Bangladesh's coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip close to Barisal in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
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Bengal: Cyclone Sitrang now lying about 520 km south of Sagar Island
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 24 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that the cyclonic storm 'Sitrang' is at present situated about 520 km south of Sagar Island and 670 km south-southwest of Barisal in Bangladesh.
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US initiative checkmates China in Pacific islands
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): After the March 2022 news leak that Beijing was working on a secret deal with the Solomon Islands to open the door for a Chinese naval base, American initiatives in the Pacific islands have checkmated China.
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