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Rescuing Sri Lanka: India emerges as top lender, ADB second
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): At a time when Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented economic fiasco, the country's finance ministry said that in the four months through April India has emerged as a top lender for the island nation.
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Negotiations with IMF nearing conclusion: Sri Lanka's acting President
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are about to conclude amid the ongoing economic crisis that has led to civil unrest in the island nation.
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China introduces modular barracks in Tibetan plateau and Spratly Islands
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [ China], July 18 (ANI): China has placed new modular barracks in the Tibetan plateau and the Spratly Islands that can withstand typhoons and are corrosion resistant.
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Sri Lanka acting President Wickremesinghe declares emergency
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued an Extraordinary Gazette declaring a State of Emergency in the island nation with effect from Monday, as the country grapples with social unrest and crippling economic crisis.
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In Pics: Vicky Kaushal all smiles as he has fun in pool with his boys
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are currently enjoying the Maldivian sun as they vacation with friends and family in the island nation. The two have been actively sharing snippets from their beach vacation as they soak in the pristine beauty of the
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TN: Rameswaram fishermen rescue 2 Sri Lankan fishermen
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 17 (ANI): Fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram have rescued 2 Sri Lankan fishermen who were fighting for their lives after their boat overturned in the Bagh Strait sea while one other Sri Lankan fisherman was reported dead.
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Sri Lanka introduces fuel rationing scheme amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara on Saturday introduced "National Fuel Pass", a fuel rationing scheme amid the raging economic crisis and shortage of fuel in the island country.
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India is like brother to us, helping us a lot: Sri Lankan cricketer Karuna
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amidst the crisis in Sri Lanka, India has extended this year alone support of over USD 3.8 billion for ameliorating the serious economic situation in the island nation
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Sri Lanka's ex-Prez Rajapaksa's fleeing to Maldives drives widely shared f
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], July 15 (ANI): When Sri Lanka's ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives in the wake of public protest in the island nation, it resulted in widely shared fake news on social media.
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It's in China's interest to restructure Sri Lanka's debt: Yellen
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bali [Indonesia], July 15 (ANI): Amid the ongoing financial crisis in island nation, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that China is a "very important" creditor of Sri Lanka and it would likely be in the interest of both countries if Beijing participated in restructuring Colombo's
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Sri Lankan uprising: Ranil Wickremesinghe visits 2 injured soldiers at Arm
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday visited two injured soldiers being treated at the Army Hospital, Prime Minister's media division said. The soldiers got injured in clashes amid protestors' uprising in the island nation.
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China's military expansionism may lead to geopolitical instability in East
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 15 (ANI): China often violates the territorial waters of countries in the East China and South China Seas and its military expansionism may lead to geopolitical instability in the region.
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