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"Special Day For Friendly Nations": PM Modi On UPI Services Launch In Sri Lanka, Mauritius
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is implementing new responsibilities of uniting partners with India.
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"Ready To Make Unpopular Decisions For Nation's Sake": Lankan President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday that he will go ahead with the devolution of powers within a united Sri Lanka and continue with his unpopular decisions to ensure that the bankrupt country recovered from the economic crisis
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UN Warns Of Critical Food Shortage In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
The United Nations Tuesday warned of a worsening food crisis in bankrupt Sri Lanka and said the number of people needing urgent humanitarian help had doubled to 3.4 million.
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UN Chief Wants India To Mobilise G20 To Help Debt-Ridden Countries
UN chief Antonio Guterres sought India's support in mobilising G20 nations to help out developing countries saddled with debt, including three of India's neighbours.
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India Provided $4 Billion In Food, Financial Aid To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Sunday highlighted its constructive and significant role in human-centric globalization at the United Nations General Assembly and said that it had provided nearly $4 billion in food and financial assistance to Sri Lanka.
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Children In Sri Lanka "Going To Bed Hungry": United Nations
Children in Sri Lanka are "going to bed hungry" because of the island nation's economic crisis, the UN said Friday, warning other South Asian countries could be approaching similar shortages.
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UN Urges For Peaceful Transition Of Power As Per Constitution In Sri Lanka
The United Nations in Sri Lanka has urged all stakeholders in the island nation to ensure a peaceful transition of power in full respect for the Constitution .
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Watch: Australian Cricket Players' Appeal For Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
The visiting Australian cricket team on Thursday threw their support behind a United Nations appeal to buy urgently needed food and life-saving medicines for Sri Lanka, which is currently undergoing a spiralling economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Seeks United Nations Help To Tide Over Food Shortages
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking urgent United Nations help to build a stockpile of essential foods, the prime minister's office said Friday, after authorities warned of looming starvation.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe, Back As Lanka PM, Has Major Challenges Ahead
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's new prime minister, who has been in Parliament for 45 years, has made a remarkable come back nearly two years after his United National Party (UNP) was routed and failed to win a single seat.
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Sri Lanka Launches Train Service Using Indian-Funded Coaches
Sri Lanka launched an inter-city train service, using the Diesel Multiple Units procured from India, highlighting two key pillars of New Delhi's development partnership with the island nation -- infrastructure development and country-wide focus.
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BJP Can't Form Political Entity In Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Election Commission Chairman Nimal Punchihewa on Monday shot down reports of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planning to set up a political unit in the island nation, saying the country's electoral law does not permit such an arrangement.
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Carefully Reviewing UN Report On Human Rights Situation In Sri Lanka: US
The US has said that it is carefully reviewing a report from the UN on Sri Lanka's human rights situation which highlights worrying trends such as deepening impunity, increasing militarisation of governmental functions, ethno-nationalist rhetoric and intimidation of the civil society over the past year.
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After Declaring Sri Lanka Sold 2011 World Cup Final To India, Minister Says It's His Suspicion
The Lankan government has ordered an enquiry into the matter and a special Police investigation unit recorded Mahindananda Aluthgamage's statement on Wednesday.
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Sajith Premadasa Appointed As Sri Lanka Opposition Leader
Sajith Premadasa, the United National Party (UNP) leader who lost to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the presidential election, was named on Thursday as the Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
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"Special Day For Friendly Nations": PM Modi On UPI Services Launch In Sri Lanka, Mauritius
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is implementing new responsibilities of uniting partners with India.
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"Ready To Make Unpopular Decisions For Nation's Sake": Lankan President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday that he will go ahead with the devolution of powers within a united Sri Lanka and continue with his unpopular decisions to ensure that the bankrupt country recovered from the economic crisis
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UN Warns Of Critical Food Shortage In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
The United Nations Tuesday warned of a worsening food crisis in bankrupt Sri Lanka and said the number of people needing urgent humanitarian help had doubled to 3.4 million.
-
UN Chief Wants India To Mobilise G20 To Help Debt-Ridden Countries
UN chief Antonio Guterres sought India's support in mobilising G20 nations to help out developing countries saddled with debt, including three of India's neighbours.
-
India Provided $4 Billion In Food, Financial Aid To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Sunday highlighted its constructive and significant role in human-centric globalization at the United Nations General Assembly and said that it had provided nearly $4 billion in food and financial assistance to Sri Lanka.
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Children In Sri Lanka "Going To Bed Hungry": United Nations
Children in Sri Lanka are "going to bed hungry" because of the island nation's economic crisis, the UN said Friday, warning other South Asian countries could be approaching similar shortages.
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UN Urges For Peaceful Transition Of Power As Per Constitution In Sri Lanka
The United Nations in Sri Lanka has urged all stakeholders in the island nation to ensure a peaceful transition of power in full respect for the Constitution .
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Watch: Australian Cricket Players' Appeal For Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
The visiting Australian cricket team on Thursday threw their support behind a United Nations appeal to buy urgently needed food and life-saving medicines for Sri Lanka, which is currently undergoing a spiralling economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Seeks United Nations Help To Tide Over Food Shortages
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking urgent United Nations help to build a stockpile of essential foods, the prime minister's office said Friday, after authorities warned of looming starvation.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe, Back As Lanka PM, Has Major Challenges Ahead
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's new prime minister, who has been in Parliament for 45 years, has made a remarkable come back nearly two years after his United National Party (UNP) was routed and failed to win a single seat.
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Sri Lanka Launches Train Service Using Indian-Funded Coaches
Sri Lanka launched an inter-city train service, using the Diesel Multiple Units procured from India, highlighting two key pillars of New Delhi's development partnership with the island nation -- infrastructure development and country-wide focus.
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BJP Can't Form Political Entity In Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Election Commission Chairman Nimal Punchihewa on Monday shot down reports of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planning to set up a political unit in the island nation, saying the country's electoral law does not permit such an arrangement.
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Carefully Reviewing UN Report On Human Rights Situation In Sri Lanka: US
The US has said that it is carefully reviewing a report from the UN on Sri Lanka's human rights situation which highlights worrying trends such as deepening impunity, increasing militarisation of governmental functions, ethno-nationalist rhetoric and intimidation of the civil society over the past year.
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After Declaring Sri Lanka Sold 2011 World Cup Final To India, Minister Says It's His Suspicion
The Lankan government has ordered an enquiry into the matter and a special Police investigation unit recorded Mahindananda Aluthgamage's statement on Wednesday.
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Sajith Premadasa Appointed As Sri Lanka Opposition Leader
Sajith Premadasa, the United National Party (UNP) leader who lost to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the presidential election, was named on Thursday as the Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
