Colombo, 13/5:Sri Lanka’s new prime minister was struggling Friday to forge a unity government and forestall an imminent economic collapse after a senior opposition figure refused to helm the finance ministry. Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in late on Thursday to navigate his country through the worst downturn in its history as an independent nation,…
New Delhi, 13/5: With headline inflation accelerating to an eight-year high of 7.79 per cent in April, ratings agency Crisil said price rise is getting broad-based, and the Reserve Bank is likely to respond with rate hikes of up to 1 percentage point in FY23. The research wing of the entity said it now…
Jaipur, 13/5: Selected Congress leaders headed to Udaipur in Rajasthan for a three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ starting Friday to chalk out a revival plan for the party that has faced the worst electoral reverses in a decade and make it combat ready for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The 430 leaders, invited to the ‘Nav…
Colombo, 13/5: Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s prime minister for the sixth time on Thursday, though the veteran politician has never completed a full term in office. The 73-year-old’s political career appeared to be drawing to a close before this week, when he agreed to helm a unity administration and help…
New Delhi, 12/5: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its displeasure over alleged hate speeches being made through religious programmes, saying they were spoiling the whole atmosphere and need to be sensitised to live peacefully. “What is the Dharma Sansad by the way,” a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath asked senior…
Bhubaneswar, 12/5: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, today, approved in-principle the proposal of the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) to start the Mahanadi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Talcher, Angul. The Health and Family Welfare department will run the medical college and hospital, while MCL will provide the necessary funds. This will be a…
Lucknow, 12/5: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday rejected a petition seeking a directive to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open the closed rooms inside the Taj Mahal. The plea had sought to ascertain if there were Hindu idols and scriptures to validate the claim that the ‘Monument of…
Bhubaneswar, 12/5:Inaugurating a conference of Divisional Forest officers, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has asked the forest officers to prepare a concrete roadmap for improving the health of our forests and enhancing the living standards of our forest fringe villagers. A two-day conference of DFOs has been organised at state convention centre in Lok Seva…
New Delhi, 13/5: Rains accompanied by squally winds continued in parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursday even as cyclonic storm Asani weakened into depression after making a landfall last night. After crossing the coast between Machilipatnam and Narsapur, Asani weakened into deep depression. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the deep depression…
Colombo, 12/5: Sri Lanka’s main Opposition SJB has split over the choice of the next prime minister as its leader Sajith Premadasa is unwilling to be the prime minister in the interim government under embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In a late-night televised address to the nation, the President on Wednesday refused to quit…
