Sri Lanka

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Kerala’s Gender Park to sign MoU with UN Women

3:16 pm December 18, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: The Gender Park, an autonomous body under the Kerala government, is all set to partner with UN Women to further the cause of women empowerment and function as a South Asia hub for gender equality. The Memorandum of Understanding to formalise the partnership would be signed in the presence of the state’s Chief Minister […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam

1:19 pm October 30, 2020

Hanoi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is wrapping up an anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam as the fierce American presidential election race enters its final stretch. With just four days left in the campaign in which China has been a central theme, Pompeo was visiting Hanoi on Friday ostensibly to celebrate 25 years […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

S Aparna assumes charge as pharma secretary

7:27 pm October 1, 2020

New Delhi: S Aparna, a 1988-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, has assumed charge as secretary in the Department of Pharmaceuticals, an official statement said on Thursday. She has replaced P D Vaghela, who superannuated on September 30, 2020, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said. In 2017, Aparna was appointed to the post of […]

Congress is not worthy of an alliance: H D Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy slams Congress MLA for his ‘Colombo’ remark

8:00 pm September 12, 2020

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday hit out at Congress MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, whose name is allegedly linked to the drugs case, for his remark that JD(S) leaders had been to Colombo and said the latter has made statements of unrelated events which occurred in 2014. Facing allegations over […]

India attends key meeting of BIMSTEC

10:45 pm September 2, 2020

New Delhi: India on Wednesday attended a key a meeting of the regional grouping BIMSTEC which discussed ways to further expand cooperation among its member nations to effectively deal with key challenges including impact of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. The Indian delegation at the virtual meeting of the grouping was headed by Secretary (East) […]