ASIA

Sri Lanka’s top investigator flees to Geneva after regime change

7:29 pm November 25, 2019

Colombo: A Sri Lankan police officer, who handled the top-level investigations against the members of the previous Rajapaksa government between 2005 and 2015, has fled to Geneva following a regime change here. A statement from the police headquarters said that investigations as to how Inspector Nishantha Silva left the country on Sunday without obtaining formal […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Hong Kong leader vows to ‘listen’ as voters send sharp rebuke

7:24 pm November 25, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular leader vowed Monday to “listen humbly” to voters after the pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections that revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has stirred months of violence. In a rout that stunned the semi-autonomous territory, candidates seeking to loosen control by China […]

Health ministry's telemedicine service eSanjeevani completes 9 lakh consultations

India, China spar over legacy of medicinal system

6:11 pm November 24, 2019

New Delhi: India and China are at loggerheads over the legacy of one of the oldest systems of traditional medicine, known as Sowa-Rigpa, which has similarities with Ayurveda. India has sought recognition of the ancient medicinal tradition as its “intangible cultural heritage”, a claim contested by China at a global forum, sources said. Sowa-Rigpa is […]

Long voter queues as Hong Kong democracy camp seeks poll gains

10:24 am November 24, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong voters turned out in high numbers on Sunday for district council elections that the city’s pro-democracy movement hopes will add pressure on the Beijing-backed government to hear their demands. Hong Kong has been buffeted by months of mass rallies and violent clashes pitting police against protesters agitating for greater democracy in […]

Pope in Nagasaki: No to atomic weapons, deterrence doctrine

10:20 am November 24, 2019

Nagasaki (Japan): Pope Francis demanded world leaders renounce nuclear weapons and the Cold War-era doctrine of mutual deterrence, saying Sunday the arms race decreases security, wastes resources and threatens humanity with catastrophic destruction. Francis made the appeal in Nagasaki at ground zero of the second of the two 1945 US atomic bombings on Japan. After […]