SOUTH ASIA - INDIA THIS WEEK

Sri Lanka: Parliament rejects opposition’s no-confidence motion against President Sri Lanka People's Front party presidential election candidate and former wartime defence chief Rajapaksa speaks during the final election campaign rally in Homagama

Sri Lanka People's Front party presidential election candidate and former wartime defence chief Rajapaksa speaks during the final election campaign rally in Homagama

Sri Lanka: Parliament rejects opposition’s no-confidence motion against President

May 17, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): A no-confidence motion against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was defeated in the...

Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa ready to abolish executive presidency Sri Lanka People's Front party presidential election candidate and former wartime defence chief Rajapaksa speaks during the final election campaign rally in Homagama

Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa ready to abolish executive presidency

May 11, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 11 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday announced that he is ready to...

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Pakistan: Former Punjab governor Cheema ‘refuses’ to step down from office

May 10, 2022

Lahore [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Pakistan’s Punjab province former governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema has refused to step down from...

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China remains wary of Bangladesh diversifying its defense supplies

May 10, 2022

Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 11 (ANI): China, being one of the largest defense suppliers of Bangladesh, is wary of Dhaka...

Violent protests force former Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to take shelter in naval base: Reports Protest outside the Sri Lankan PM Rajapaksa's residence, in Colombo

Protest outside the Sri Lankan PM Rajapaksa's residence, in Colombo

Violent protests force former Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to take shelter in naval base: Reports

May 10, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and some of his family members...

Taliban issue decree for women to wear burqa in Afghanistan, violation to attract punishment Afghan women stand in line while waiting for their turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif

Afghan women stand in line while waiting for their turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif

Taliban issue decree for women to wear burqa in Afghanistan, violation to attract punishment

May 8, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): Taliban has issued a decree ordering the Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa...

Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minister Fishermen row their boats as they catch fish on the river Indus at Sukkur Barrage in Sukkur

Fishermen row their boats as they catch fish on the river Indus at Sukkur Barrage in Sukkur

Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minister

May 8, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The ongoing shortage of irrigation water posed a grave threat to the agricultural economy...

India rubbishes report of Sri Lanka using Line of Credit to import water cannons Sri_Lanka_apr32022040304461620220403130153202204191716252022042415002720220502_23eP1Y2

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India rubbishes report of Sri Lanka using Line of Credit to import water cannons

May 8, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): The Indian embassy in Sri Lanka on Saturday rubbished the reports suggesting that...

Pakistan’s trade deficit swells to USD 39.3 billion in ten months

May 8, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan’s trade deficit swelled to a massive USD 39.3 billion in the last 10...

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban turning from friends to arch enemies: Report Taliban_jan3202201030239172022030106572720220424063045202204241947302022042911_vflrJbS

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Pakistan, Afghan Taliban turning from friends to arch enemies: Report

May 8, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban, who for long were the closest of allies, are...