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Colombo: Sri Lanka's hotel industry appears to be on the verge of collapse due to unending political instability, worsening economic crisis, and curfews.The sector has lost the bulk of its business in recent days, and the Hotels Association...

Islamabad: Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has termed the decision of the Supreme Court on the ruling of the National Assembly deputy speaker as “heart-wrenching”, Express Tribune reported on Friday.Khan expressed his anguish and said that...

New Delhi: India recorded 20,038 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of active caseload to 1,39,073 as per the Health Ministry data on Friday.The total case since the pandemic in the country stood...

Ottawa: A man who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people was shot dead outside of Vancouver, Canada New York Post reported.Ripudaman Singh Malik was killed while he was sitting in his car outside...

Washington: In good news for India, the US House of Representatives passed a legislative amendment that approves an India-specific waiver against punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia. Authored and introduced by Indian...

Male: Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday resigned as the President of Sri Lanka, Mohamed Nasheed, former Maldivian President and current Speaker said.The Speaker of the People's Majlis of the Maldives tweeted, "Sri Lankan President GR has resigned."Nasheed added, "I hope...

Kyiv: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday claimed that 20 civilians were confirmed dead after a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia.Kuleba shared a picture of victims of the attack and said, "Already 20 civilians have been confirmed dead...

Colombo: A protester was killed in tear-gassing by security forces and two soldiers were in hospital on Thursday after being seriously injured in attacks by demonstrators in the Sri Lankan capital, media reports, and officials said.A 26-year-old man...

New Delhi: India registered 20,139 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.According to the Health Ministry bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,36,52,944, while the death toll rose to 5,25,557 after 38 more people succumbed to the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday participate in the first I2U2 summit, between the leaders of India, Israel, the US, and UAE – marking the crystallization of a new strategic geopolitical quartet of the four...