The Sri Lankan government has announced its intention to decriminalize homosexuality. But there is stiff opposition to the move. The grounds for the opposition are several, including its possible impact on child rights.
Petitions have been submitted in the Supreme...
The 18th round of India-China military talks held on Sunday at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point set the stage for the likely meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu on the sidelines of the...
Amritpal Singh, a pro-Khalistan propagator and the chief of Waris Punjab De outfit, who is facing charges under the National Security Act was arrested by Punjab Police from Moga on April 23. Amritpal’s arrest comes a month after the...
April 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) (LKNCPI=ECI) eased to 49.2% year-on-year in March, after a 53.6% rise in February, the statistics department said on Friday.
Food inflation eased to 42.3% in March from 49% in...
Religious and cultural objections have been raised in Sri Lanka in the ongoing controversy over a proposal to export 100,000 toque macaque monkeys to China.
Experts in Sino-Indian mythology point out that, like Hanuman in India, the “monkey king” Sun...
The Group of Seven (G7) coalition will keep a $60 per barrel price cap on seaborne Russian oil, a coalition official said, despite rising global crude prices and calls by some countries for a lower price cap to restrict...
MUMBAI, April 17 (Reuters) - At least eleven people died on Sunday after suffering from sunstroke at an event attended by India's home minister on the outskirts of Mumbai, the chief minister of Maharashtra state said.
Hundreds of thousands of...
Bangladesh has extended the repayment period of the loan it had given to Sri Lanka by six more months as the Island nation continues to struggle to fix its debt crisis, officials say.
Earlier, the central bank of Sri Lanka...
Colombo, April 16: With Sri Lanka mulling over a Chinese proposal to import 100,000 “toque macaque” monkeys from the island to cater to 1000 zoos in China, some major environmental and nutritional issues have arisen. Experience overseas shows that...
International Monetary Fund division chief Daniel Leigh on Tuesday reposed faith in the Indian economy and said that it is a "very strong economy."
He said that India is one of the bright spots in the global economy right now...
India, Japan and the Paris Club of sovereign creditors are making public statements Thursday evening in Washington to mark the start of the restructuring.
The event aims to inject new momentum into Sri Lankan debt talks caught in a standoff...
As chairman of the Indian constitution drafting committee, Ambedkar rejected the traditional or Gandhian notions of the Indian State, society and economy and put India on the path to modernity.
Colombo, April 13: Throughout the struggle against British rule in...
