President of the Lanka India Business Association (LIBA), Santosh Menon, has highlighted the likely transformative impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka. Speaking to Akashvani...
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President Trump imposes new tariffs, declares April 2nd. as Liberation Day. India likely to lose $3.1 billion when Trump’s reciprocal tariffs commence, says report.
The White House has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will impose new tariffs today. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said reciprocal tariffs on countries that impose duties on...
Iceland evacuated the town of Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon today as a volcano started spewing lava, the eighth eruption to hit the region since the end of...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Says, China and India should strengthen ties in ‘Dragon-Elephant tango’.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said both countries are ancient civilisations, major developing countries and important members of the Global South and both are in a crucial stage of...
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Myanmar Earthquake. Death toll rises to 2719. Indian Rescue Ops. Brahma in full swing.
In Myanmar, the death toll in last week’s devastating earthquake has crossed 2,700. Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing in a televised address today said, the death toll has...
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Shirley Botchwey becomes 1st African woman to assume office as Commonwealth Secretary-General.
Shirley Botchwey will assume office as the 7th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth today. With this, she will become the first woman from Africa to hold this office. Ms. Botchwey...
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Myanmar declares 7-days national mourning as death toll in Friday’s earthquake crosses 2,000.
March 31, 2025 8:56 PM. The death toll in last week’s devastating earthquake has crossed 2,000 in Myanmar. A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake, followed by a 6.4 magnitude aftershock minutes...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the Myanmar earthquake as a top-level emergency and urgently sought 8 million US Dollars to save lives and prevent disease outbreaks over...
In Pakistan, law enforcement agencies have been ordered to arrest and deport thousands of Afghan refugees as the government’s deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the...
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Myanmar. Four Chinese nationals arrested in Bangkok on charges of stealing documents from collapsed building after earthquake.
In Thailand, authorities have detained four Chinese nationals for unlawfully entering the site of a collapsed under-construction high-rise in Bangkok following the powerful Friday earthquake. Police revealed that they...