Sri Lanka's new government says "committed" to IMF's bailout package, hopes of renegotiating conditionsThe new Sri Lankan government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is committed to the IMF's USD 2.9 billion bailout package. They p...
03 Oct, 2024, 12.15 PM IST
NSA Ajit Doval calls on Sri Lankan President, discusses ongoing economic collaborationOn Friday, India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss the ongoing economic ...
30 Aug, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
EAM Jaishankar & Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe formally commission Maritime Rescue Coordination CentreExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe commissioned the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre b...
20 Jun, 2024, 03.00 PM IST
Blazing heatwave hits Pakistan: Mohenjo Daro records 50°C temperatureA severe heatwave has hit Pakistan, with Mohenjo Daro and Dadu in Sindh recording temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius each, making it the ho...
23 May, 2024, 09.33 PM IST
Pakistan: 13 more dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, toll from rains goes up to 59Severe weather conditions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have led to a surge in the death toll to 59, with nearly two dozen lives lost in a single d...
21 Apr, 2024, 09.51 AM IST
Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude jolts PakistanPakistan struck by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake on 20-03-2024 at 2:57 am. National Centre for Seismology confirmed. Previous months saw 4.3 &...
20 Mar, 2024, 07.02 AM IST
Indian-origin man jailed for molesting domestic worker, hurting man in SingaporeA 61-year-old Indian-origin man, Singaram Palianeapan, was sentenced to 10 months in jail in Singapore for using criminal force to outrage ...
27 Jan, 2024, 10.29 AM IST
Earthquake hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in Delhi-NCRAn earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Thursday, as reported by the European Mediterranean Seism...
11 Jan, 2024, 03.22 PM IST
Cash-strapped Pakistan planning Rs 350 million cloud seeding to curb air severe pollution in LahoreEach winter, Lahore in Pakistan and Delhi in India have continued to be the worst polluted cities across the world in recent years. Inciden...
25 Nov, 2023, 06.50 PM IST
No international inquiry into 2019 Easter bombings, reiterates Sri Lankan PresidentSri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has rejected the idea of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, stating that...
07 Oct, 2023, 12.42 PM IST
Japan explores to revive key infrastructure projects in Sri LankaBoth countries expressed the importance of expediting the implementation of these projects, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said follo...
03 Aug, 2023, 08.50 AM IST
Cyclone Biparjoy: 62,000 people evacuated from Pakistan's Sindh provinceAround 62,000 people have been evacuated to safer places in Pakistan's southern Sindh province ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy's expected landfal...
15 Jun, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
Hindu Kush quakes may have long-term impact: ReportOver 100 seismic events have been recorded in the region over the past six months alone and some rocked the earth like a boat, while most o...
10 Apr, 2016, 06.55 PM IST
Strong earthquake jolts parts of PakistanA strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale today jolted parts of Pakistan, including capital Islamabad, but there was no report...
08 Jan, 2016, 05.55 PM IST
Govt likely to boost performance monitoring system: India RatingsIndia Ratings said it expects the new government to not only continue with the existing PMES but also to improve and strengthen it.
29 Jun, 2014, 01.32 PM IST
Performance yardsticks for ministers: UPA holds back report card to hide laggardsIt was billed as a radical move to bring private sector performance yardsticks into ministerial functioning, but the govt can't seem to sep...
03 Feb, 2014, 06.49 AM IST
- iPods may enrage co-passengers
Your iPod might be helping you escape the reality of train travel, but the ‘musical experience’ may send fellow commuters into a rage, says...
08 Oct, 2008, 01.47 AM IST