Author: Ayanangsha Maitra

COLOMBO: In an effort to bring stability to the island nation, besieged by an economic crisis that resulted in political turmoil, Sri Lanka has fallen back on the experience of seasoned veteran Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe, 73, was reappointed as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Thursday for the sixth time in a decision that […]

  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Lord Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini in Nepal on Monday to observe Buddha Purnima. PM Modi will go to Nepal at the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba, the Ministry of External Affairs said. This will be the Prime Minister’s fifth state visit to Nepal since […]

NEW DELHI: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there have been calls for reforming the World Health Organisation (WHO), with many blaming the global health body for failing to react appropriately to the situation. Reiterating the sentiment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that WHO must be reformed and strengthened to […]

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the credentials from Ambassador of Slovakia Robert Maxian, Ambassador of Sudan Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain and Ambassador of Nepal Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday. “After the presentation of credentials, the President interacted with the three envoys separately. He congratulated them on their appointments. The […]

  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address the opening session of the second Global COVID Virtual Summit on Thursday. The PM will deliver remarks on the theme of ‘Preventing Pandemic Fatigue and Prioritising Preparedness’ at the summit that is hosted by US president Joe Biden, the foreign affairs ministry said in […]

  NEW DELHI: Claiming that the slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla was injured by Palestinian gunfire and not by Israel Defence Force (IDF), Israel urged Palestine to investigate the incident through a ‘joint pathological investigation’. Shireen Abu Aqla succumbed to bullet injuries during an operation by IDF, Israeli Security Authority and Israel Border […]

NEW DELHI: After five eventful years, Islamabad has named Qamar Zaman as a trade minister in the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi. The decision of appointing trade ministers to fifteen countries was taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. However, Pakistan is yet to appoint a High Commissioner for India. The […]

NEW DELHI: India is committed to extending support to the economic crisis that hit Sri Lanka, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, India allocated an amount of USD 3.5 billion to Sri Lanka “to overcome their current difficulties”. “As a close neighbour of Sri Lanka, with historical ties, India is fully […]

NEW DELHI: In a major development in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, the National Resistance Front on Saturday announced that they have captured Abdullah Khel and Abshar districts from the Taliban led government following a fierce fight.     The Panjshir based resistance force has been fighting with the Taliban since the Islamist extremist […]

NEW DELHI: Defiance against any form of challenge has been a hallmark of Israel’s existence. And it is defiance that was once again at the forefront as Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid highlighted in the face of the latest terror attack. At least three people were killed and three others are seriously hurt […]