Sri Lanka's Speaker announces PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's name as 'acting President', later says Parliament will elect new President on 20 July. Wickremesinghe declares state of emergency.
With political, economic clout in Sri Lanka, China helping the crisis-hit nation was expected. But lack of financial returns & public outrage for Rajapaksas ensured their absence.
Thousands of protestors Saturday surrounded Rajapaksa's home to demand his resignation as the island nation suffer its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948.
Chairman of the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board had claimed that New Delhi pressured Colombo to award a wind power project contract to the Adani Group.
The defiance comes in the face of slogans of 'Gota Go Home', with protesters blaming Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family for decisions that led to Sri Lanka's economic tailspin.
India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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