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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day state visit to India

Rajapaksa clan stages comeback in Lanka, President Gotabhaya swears in his brother Mahinda as PM

8:01 pm November 21, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s powerful and controversial Rajapaksa clan on Thursday tightened its grip on political power with President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa administering oath to his elder sibling Mahinda as the new prime minister, amidst apprehensions among the minority Tamils and Muslims in the island nation. Mahinda assumed duties in his new capacity on Thursday itself. The […]

US Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act

11:07 am November 20, 2019

Washington: In a show of solidarity with pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong, the US Senate has unanimously passed a legislation that would force the Trump administration to assess whether political unrest in the vital global financial hub justify changing its unique treatment under the US law. The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of […]

Billionaire Thai opposition frontman to learn fate with court ruling

10:51 am November 20, 2019

Bangkok: The billionaire frontman of Thailand’s anti-military parliamentary bloc is set to hear a controversial ruling Wednesday that could see him banned from politics and jailed for up to 10 years. The leader of the upstart Future Forward party, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, 40, has been a fierce critic of the army’s role in Thailand’s turbulent politics, which has […]

Harsh Vardhan asserts on developing robust system of knowledge sharing

7:55 pm November 19, 2019

New Delhi: We must optimally develop a robust system of sharing knowledge & other resources to practically translate discussions for larger public welfare, said Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare as he inaugurated the ‘2019 World Conference on Access to Medical Products: Achieving the SDGs 2030’. Union Minister of State for […]

15 killed, 9 injured in coal mine explosion in northern Chinese province

10:56 am November 19, 2019

Beijing: At least fifteen people were killed and nine others injured in a coal mine gas explosion in north China’s Shanxi Province, local authorities said on Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday when 35 miners were working underground at the coal mine in Pingyao County when the blast happened, the Shanxi Administration of Coal Mine Safety said. Authorities said that 15 people were […]