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Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa sings the national anthem of Sri Lanka during the countrys Independence Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP file image)

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes Constitutional amendment

Mahinda Rajapaksa intends to propose a new Constitutional Amendment to the Cabinet in order to fulfil the people's...

19 April 2022 11:41 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. (pib.gov.in)

Nirmala meets IMF chief; discusses impact of geopolitical situation on...

IMF chief highlighted India's well-targeted policy mix which helped the country's economy remain resilient even with a...

19 April 2022 11:09 AM IST

A health worker wearing personal protective equipment collects a sample to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus (LIU JIN / AFP)

Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 11,860, daily fatalities down...

The death toll climbed to 5,21,966 with one fresh fatality being reported from Uttar Pradesh

19 April 2022 10:48 AM IST

Rakesh Tikait (PTI)

Farmers hope to get justice: Rakesh Tikait on cancellation of bail to...

Tikait said the Uttar Pradesh government should now work to provide security, compensation and justice to the aggrieved...

18 April 2022 1:28 PM IST

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the economic crisis at the entrance of the presidents office in Colombo on April 17, 2022, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the countrys crippling economic crisis. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints new Cabinet of 17...

The Cabinet appointment came as the island-wide protests continued to force the resignation of the president and his...

18 April 2022 12:50 PM IST

A woman is taken to an ambulance after being injured in a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Missiles cause multiple explosions in western Ukrainian city Lviv

Lviv and the rest of western Ukraine have been less affected by the fighting than other parts of the country

18 April 2022 12:20 PM IST

Ashish Mishra, accused in the Tikonia violence case, arrives at the Crime Branch office in Lakhimpur Kheri, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (PTI)

SC cancels bail granted to Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri violence...

A special bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli asked the accused to surrender in a...

18 April 2022 11:13 AM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of residents for Covid-19 testing, in Gurugram. (PTI)

India sees 90 per cent jump in daily COVID cases with 2,183 new...

The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.83 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.32 per cent

18 April 2022 10:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (PTI)

AA Edit | India can help Sri Lanka more

Having defaulted on debt, it's time for the rulers to first keep the people fed

18 April 2022 3:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | If Modi-Shah factor absent, mood favours Opposition

The BJP has generally fared poorly in bypolls, in contrast to its performances in the last eight years in state Assembly...

18 April 2022 2:49 AM IST