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Singapore tourism numbers soar as it commits to remaining open, Indians vi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Singapore, May 23 (ANI): Singapore tourism numbers have been climbing since it re-opened its borders to foreign visitors earlier this year with Indians making the largest number of visitors by country of origin.
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Sri Lanka PM express gratitude to 'people of India' over Rs 2 billion huma
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 22 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his gratitude to the "people of India" for handing over humanitarian assistance worth Rs 2 billion amidst the prevalent economic crisis on the island country.
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India deliver over 2 billion humanitarian assistance consignment to Sri La
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 22 (ANI): As Sri Lanka grapples with a massive economic crisis, India handed over a large amount of humanitarian assistance consignment worth over Rs 2 billion to the island country which reached Colombo on Sunday.
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 Richter scale jolts Philippines
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 22 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Batangas province on the main Philippine island of Luzon at 5:50 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, Xinhua reported.
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Philippines installs buoys in disputed South China Sea
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 22 (ANI): The Philippines has installed the buoys and opened some command posts to assert its sovereignty in the waters and islands it claims in the contested South China Sea.
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Taiwan expresses regret over no World Health Assembly invitation
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei City [Taiwan], May 20 (ANI): Taiwan has expressed regret that the island is yet to receive an invitation to the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), scheduled to take place in Geneva.
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Sri Lanka: Nine new cabinet ministers take oath amid political, economic t
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday administered oath to nine new cabinet ministers as political instability and economic crisis continue to affect the island nation.
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Sri Lanka PM appoints former Maldives President Nasheed to coordinate reli
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed former Maldives President and Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Nasheed on Thursday to coordinate the relief efforts for the island nation.
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India's Ambassador meets Comoros's FM Dhoihir Dhoulkamal, discusses bilate
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moroni [Comoros], May 19 (ANI): India's Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros Abhay Kumar on Thursday met the Island country's Foreign Minister Dhoihir Dhoulkamal and reviewed the progress made in bilateral ties between the two countries.
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7.3 magnitude quake hits Macquarie Island region
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], May 19 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted the Macquarie Island region at 1013 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Sri Lankan envoy meets NSA Doval, request India's assistance in garnering
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda on Thursday met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to discuss the present crisis in the island country and requested India's assistance in garnering international support for the economic recovery in S
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Sri Lanka PM assures parliament of sufficient fuel stocks till mid-June
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday assured the country's lawmakers that the island nation has been able to secure sufficient stocks of diesel and petrol which will last till mid-June.
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