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Topic: Sri Lanka

UPI to be launched tomorrow in Mauritius, Sri Lanka

According to the MEA, the launch will benefit a wide cross-section of people and enhance digital connectivity between the countries.

What’s bottom trawling, the new flashpoint between India-Sri Lanka, and why it’s still rampant in India

While India has seasonal bans on trawling and adheres to international guidelines that prohibit ‘destructive fishing activities’, it is still rampantly practised by Indian fishermen.

Sri Lankan Navy takes 19 Indian fishermen into custody for fishing near Delft Island

Fishermen's association says arrested fishermen were from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu & that Sri Lankan Navy also seized two boats.

Sri Lanka’s SC overturns former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa granting pardon to murder convict

Rajapaksa, in mid-2021, had pardoned a close political aide Duminda Silva who had been subjected to death penalty for murdering local political rival from the same party in 2011.

Buddha used to be Vishnu in India. In Sri Lanka, Vishnu is a future Buddha

In the 15th–17th centuries, the politics and ethnic diversity of Sri Lanka led to the subordination of Vishnu into the Buddhist pantheon.

Sri Lanka: Minister says ‘life at risk for highlighting corruption’, Wickremesinghe sacks him

Roshan Ranasinghe, dismissed as minister for sports, youth affairs & irrigation, said he had flagged corruption in cricket administration.

Sri Lanka’s top court says Rajapaksa brothers among those responsible for economic crisis

Without ordering any punishment, the court ruled that their 'actions, omissions, and conduct' contributed to Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis in decades.

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.

US International Development Finance Corporation to invest $553 mn in Adani joint venture in Sri Lanka

The investment is expected to facilitate private sector-led growth and attract crucial foreign exchange to Sri Lanka, to aid in its economic recovery.

200 yrs of Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka: Sitharaman & Tharoor to attend event marking painful history

New Delhi: Two hundred years ago, thousands of indentured Tamil labourers landed on the shores of Sri Lanka, and made the long, arduous journey...

On Camera

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.