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TopicColombo port

Topic: Colombo port

US invests in Adani-led Sri Lanka port project in bid for influence over Indian Ocean

US International Development Finance Corporation announces  $553 millionto help develop deep water container terminal in Port of Colombo. 'One-of-its-kind' project, says expert.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka bets big on $14 bn China-backed Port City, wants reluctant India to invest

China has invested $1.4 billion in the strategically located project. But the Rajapaksa govt wants India to invest in the potential metropolis, which is Sri Lanka's first SEZ.

India, Sri Lanka ties complicated from Ramayana times but our tensions are low: Envoy Moragoda

In an exclusive interview, Sri Lankan High Commissioner Asoka Milinda Moragoda said that, despite complications, India & Sri Lanka’s leaders have always had ‘open, direct dialogue’

India won’t stop pushing for East Container Terminal despite Colombo clearing the West project

New Delhi believes Colombo ‘cannot unilaterally take the ECT project off the table’ and ‘dishonour’ an international tripartite agreement.

Adani Group itself suggested port terminal change to resolve protests: Sri Lankan minister

Sri Lankan minister Godahewa says Adani Group offered to invest in West Container Terminal, a 'commercially better option', but with same equity ratio given to China at CCIT.

India believes Sri Lanka can’t backtrack after promising to proceed with Colombo Port project

Sri Lanka has scrapped the East Container Terminal project. But New Delhi believes Colombo might reconsider its decision and ‘things can change any moment’.

What’s the Colombo Port project Jaishankar’s likely to push for & why it remains stalled

The project was signed by India, Sri Lanka and Japan in May 2019, but it has been stalled since Sri Lanka ordered a review in July 2020. Jaishankar is on a 3-day visit to the country.

Sri Lanka ‘assures’ India on Colombo Port project despite opposition pressure ahead of polls

Sri Lanka wants India to 'expedite' the project once it gets the go-ahead. Opposition there feels after the Chinese, 'India and Japan are trying to spread their tentacles in Colombo’s strategic assets'.

Austrian crisis deepens as far-right ministers resign en masse amid sting video scandal

India, Japan & Sri Lanka to jointly build Port of Colombo, and new study claims global sea level set to rise by over 2 metres by end of this century.

India, Japan & Sri Lanka agree to develop terminal at Colombo port also on China BRI map

India, Japan & Sri Lanka will sign an MoU for developing a container terminal at the Colombo port, which attracted investments from China under the Belt and Road initiative.

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Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.