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India, Sri Lanka set up Parliamentary Friendship Association

November 13, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The India-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Association has been set up this week under the patronage of the Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. Gopal Baglay, India’s High Commissioner to Colombo, was the Guest of Honour at the event held on Thursday in Parliament Complex in the Sri Lankan capital. Over 60 […]

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Tit4tat:”Pakistan an arsonist disguised as fire-fighter”, India retorts at UN

September 25, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Well, this may be the ultimate humiliation of a male chauvinist country by a woman at the apex body of the comity of nations on the planet Earth! “Pakistan is an arsonist disguised as fire-fighter”, a young Indian woman representative tore into its neighbouring country at the United Nations General […]

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India-Bhutan cooperation: Berdungma, Trashigang motorable bridge opens

September 21, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The motorable bridge in Berdungma, Trashigang, connecting Berdungma and Thungkhar Chiwog of Thrimshing Gewog and Chidungkhar Chiwog of Gomdar Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar, in Bhutan, was opened on Sunday. Lyonpo Ugyen Dorji, the Bhutanese Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs was the chief guest on the occasion. The community project has been supported as […]

Defence

India supply 20 railway passenger coaches to Sri Lanka

September 20, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) Ltd delivered 20 railway passenger coaches to Colombo Port on Friday last week as part of a deal to supply 160 passenger coaches to Sri Lanka Railways. The project is funded by an Indian line of credit worth USD 318 million; the contract is worth USD […]

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Modi greets new Nepalese PM SB Deuba; India provides medical aid

July 19, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Sher Bahadur Deuba, the new Prime Minister of Nepal, who won the trust vote in Parliament on Sunday. Modi called Deuba on Monday to congratulate him on his appointment as the Prime Minister of Nepal and his win in the confidence vote in Parliament. PM Modi tweeted: […]

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SAARC Diary: Air Chief Marshal on Visit to Bangladesh

June 29, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI June 29: The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, has reached Dhaka on a three-day visit to Bangladesh at the request of his counterpart. It is his second which followed a visit by Army Chief Gen MM Naravane in April. The Air Chief […]

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SAARC Diary: Sri Lanka Thanked India for Operation Sagar Araksha

June 12, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 12: The Sri Lanka navy Commander Vice-Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne welcomed the captains of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) vessels as they arrived at Colombo Port for Operational Turn Around on Thursday and thanked India for its prompt response to the deployment of Operation Sagar Araksha II to extinguish the fire that occurred […]

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SAARC Diary: Country Session on India at Sri Lanka Investment Forum

June 11, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 11: A virtual country session dedicated to India was held at the Sri Lanka Investment Forum (SLIF) 2021, by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). Gopal Baglay High Commissioner of India, Tharaka Balasuriya the State Minister for Regional Cooperation, […]

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SAARC Diary: India Rush Help to Sri Lankan Navy for Fire-Fighting

May 26, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 26: Quickly responding to a call of request from the Sri Lankan navy, India dispatched various assets to extinguish a fire on the MV X Press Pearl off the coast of Colombo which had sparked a major ecological concern on Tuesday. This emergency came in the wake of an on-board on the […]

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SAARC Diary: Bhutan Princess, Students Pray for India

May 21, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 21: Princess Ashi Sonam Dechen Wangchuck of the Royal Bhutan family, President of the Governing Council, and the JSW Law School family offered prayers and chanted the six-syllable Avalokiteshvara (Boddhisattva of Compassion prayer) along with the students at the Simtokha Dzong for the well-being of the Indian people. The prayer was followed […]