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Sri Lanka's Central bank says country's banking system stable
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 24 (ANI): Sri Lanka's central bank on Thursday said that the island nation's banking system is stable after speculations that a state bank in the country had defaulted.
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Three Sri Lankan nationals booked by Rameswaram court in TN for illegally
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Rameswaram [Tamilnadu], March 24 (ANI): Three Sri Lankan nationals, who fled the island nation, which is facing a severe economic crisis, were booked under various sections of the Indian Passport Rule and the Foreigners Act and remanded in custody following a Rameshwaram court order.
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Taiwan reports 97 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan reported 97 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, including two locally transmitted infections and 95 imported infections, said the island's disease monitoring agency.
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US names envoy to lead Pacific Island talks to counter China
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI): The United States has named former senior diplomat Joseph Yun to lead stalled talks with three strategically important Pacific Island nations -- Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.
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Sri Lanka succumbs to Chinese investment trap
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka is battling one of its worst economic crises in over seven decades, as successive governments in the island nation have ignored sovereign bonds to Sri Lanka, with China being a major lender.
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Indian Army contingent arrives in Seychelles for joint military exercise
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mahe [Seychelles], March 21 (ANI): The Indian Embassy in Seychelles said that the Indian Army contingent arrived in Mahe, the largest island of Seychelles, on Monday morning, for the 9th edition of India-Seychelles joint military training, "Exercise LAMITIYE".
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Depression over Bay of Bengal likely to intensify into cyclonic storm; mod
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea has moved north-northeastwards, intensified into a deep depression at 0530 hours on Monday over north Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. It lay centred at 0830 hours
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Cyclone Asani: Andaman and Nicobar Islands will experience heavy rain, str
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are expected to experience heavy rain and strong winds on Monday as depression over the Bay of Bengal approaches towards North, said India Meteorological Department Scientist R K Janamani.
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Cyclone Asani to intensify into a deep depression during next 24 hours
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], March 20 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department on Sunday said that cyclone Asani is likely to intensify into a deep depression during the next 24 hours.
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Taiwan reports 121 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 20 (ANI): Taiwan reported 121 new COVID-19 cases, including three locally transmitted infections and 118 imported cases, the island's disease monitoring agency said on Sunday.
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India, Japan looking forward to expand collaborative projects in Indo-Paci
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Saturday reaffirmed the importance of collaborative projects between the two countries in the Indo-Pacific region and looked forward to the expansion of such projects to ASEAN, Paci
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Cyclone Asani: Coast Gaurd warns mariners, fishermen in Bay of Bengal not
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], March 20 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships and aircraft on the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south of the Andaman Sea are relaying weather warnings to all mariners and fishermen at sea.
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