Sri Lanka's VIP Palaces Now Open To All, Other Top Stories
Protesters occupying Sri Lankan President and Prime Minister's residences following months of angry protests demanding their resignation amid a severe economic crisis continue to find innovative ways to entertain themselves. After videos of them taking a dip in the swimming pool, dining in the kitchen, relaxing in bedrooms, and working out in the gym at the Presidential palace went viral, another video of them mock-playing wrestling apparently on the Prime Minister's bed is entertaining social media; The rupee's brutal plunge continued on Monday, with the currency ending at another new all-time low of nearly 79.43 per dollar, closing in fast to the next key-psychological weak level of the 80-to-a-dollar rate as investors eye domestic and US inflation data later in the week; Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled the national emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building. The national emblem is made of bronze, weighs 9,500 kg and is 6.5 metre high and other top stories.
