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18 Jul

India emerges as top lender to Sri Lanka in first 4 months of 2022

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India emerged as the pinnacle lender to Sri Lanka during the first four months of this year, extending credit really worth $376.9 million, in contrast to $67.9 million from China, as the island country grapples with its worst financial crisis. A scarcity of foreign exchange has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medication and energy for its populace of 22 million people. Last month, the usa defaulted on foreign debt and inflation has multiplied with the aid of about 50%. The scenario precipitated big protests that led to the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. India topped…

14 Jul

Sri Lanka Crisis: Plane carrying President Gotabaya lands in Singapore

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The Sri Lankan financial disaster is escalating through the minute with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa refusing to step down. He appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe the appearing President after he fled to Male, Maldives, with his wife and two staffers on Wednesday, infuriating protesters further. Protesters have so a ways taken over the Presidential palace, PM’s office, PM’s house, and the nation broadcaster. Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa known as the government’s actions hence a ways “total anarchy”. Singapore said on Thursday it had allowed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to enter the city-state on a "personal visit" and that…

11 Jul

Sri Lanka Crisis: Parliament to elect new President on July 20

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Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker in a statement on Monday said that the House will reconvene from July 15 while a new president for the crisis-hit country will be elected on July 20. Sri Lanka’s complete Cabinet of ministers on Monday agreed to resign once an settlement is reached on the formation of an all-party meantime government, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s workplace said after the president and premier presented to resign. Meanwhile, the Governor of the Central Bank of the us of a said that negotiations are on the India over a $1 billion swap. When requested if he would resign,…

10 Jul

Sri Lanka Economic crisis: As Gotabaya flees, protesters swim in Presidential pool, flex at his gym

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As the financial disaster in Sri Lanka escalates, hundreds of protestors on Saturday stormed the presidential palace in Colombo and made themselves home, enjoying the luxuries reserved for the President and his family. The protesters had been considered taking dips in the swimming pool, working out at the presidential gym, and gorging on the meals in the President’s kitchen. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, meanwhile, was once compelled to flee amid the escalating violence and demand for his resignation. It was once the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, Sri Lanka’s president and high minister agreed to…

08 Jul

PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated: Doctors Say ‘Bullet Penetrated Heart’; Indian Flag to Fly at Half-mast Tomorrow

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot twice in the city of Nara on Friday morning. Shinzo Abe confirmed "no basic symptoms" after being taken to the hospital, the official said earlier. The former Japanese prime minister was reportedly shot twice by unidentified assailants while he was giving a campaign speech. Shinzo Abe collapses after bleeding from a shot aimed. He was once taken to the health center in an "unconscious" state. A person believed to be the suspect has been detained, according to a Reuters document. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was reportedly shot while…

03 Jul

Venice to charge visitors entry fee from coming year to tackle crowding

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Venice has announced that it will charge its site visitors an entry rate from next yr as it tries to address crowding. From January 16, vacationers will have to book their visit online earlier than visiting and pay a simple rate ranging between €3 (Rs 247) and €10 (Rs 823). The scheme makes Venice the first metropolis in the world to require an entrance fee. “We are pioneers, the first city in the world to practice a measure that ought to be revolutionary,” Simone Venturini, the Venice tourism chief, advised The Sunday Times. He additionally called the new measure a…

01 Jul

Pakistan govt warns of mobile, internet services shutdown amid power crisis

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Pakistan's National Information Technology Board (NITB) has warned of suspension of cellular and net offers amid power outages in the country. “Telecom operators in Pakistan have warned about shutting down mobile and web offerings due to lengthy hours of strength outages nationwide, as the interruption is inflicting troubles and issue in their operations,” the NITB wrote on Twitter. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned the US that they are likely to face multiple load shedding next July, Geo News reported. “Pakistan could not get the required liquefied herbal fuel (LNG) supply, however, the coalition government was once attempting to…

27 Jun

President Joe Biden walks up to greet PM Modi ahead of G7 Summit

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US President Joe Biden walks to greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the G7 summit in Germany. The two world leaders were all smiles as they exchanged greetings at Schloss Elmau in Germany. The video shows PM Modi conversing with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau, while President Biden walks up to PM Modi and pats him on the back. The two world leaders shook arms and exchanged warm greetings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the summit in Germany where the leaders of the 7 countries that form the Group of Seven (G7) will discuss various important international issues…

25 Jun

2 people dead, 14 wounded in mass shooting at gay bar in Norway’s Oslo: Police

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Two people were killed and 14 wounded in a gunman's shooting at a nightclub and nearby streets in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Saturday, Norwegian police said. A suspect has been arrested who is used as the sole perpetrator, police told reporters. The crime scene extended from the London pub through neighborhood membership and then close to the street where the suspect was once arrested minutes after the arrest began, police spokesman Tore Barstad instructed newspaper Aftenposten. "I noticed a man coming with a bag, he picked up a gun and started shooting," said Olav Roenberg, a journalist for public…

24 Jun

After high magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan, India sends help: ‘True 1st responder’

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On Friday, the Government of India came forward to help to Afghanistan after more than 1,000 humans had been killed in the country due to a high magnitude earthquake. "In order to carefully monitor and coordinate the efforts of various stakeholders for the high quality delivery of humanitarian help and in continuation of our engagement with the Afghan people, an Indian technical team has reached Kabul today and has been deployed in our embassy there," read a statement by the foreign ministry on Thursday. Minister for External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar appreciated the effort, tweeting that India was a 'true…