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Symbiotic relations between Indian and Lankan Muslims
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, December 2 – Across the narrow waters of the PalkStrait, Indian and Sri Lankan Muslims have shared a continuous story ofexchange — of trade, faith, learning, and language. Long before modern borders,the Indian Ocean served as a cultural highway....
India and Nepal are at loggerheads again over territory
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, December 3 – India and Nepal share culture and religion and have an open border stretching across five Indian States Uttar Pradesh (551 km), Uttarakhand (275 km), Bihar (726 km), West Bengal (100 km) and Sikkim (99 km). The two countries...
Indian aid for cyclone hit Sri Lanka continues as death toll rises to 390
Colombo, December 1 – India continues to deepen its humanitarian support to Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu, with medical, rescue, and relief deployments expanding across the island as communities grapple with the severe impact of Cyclone Ditwah. The death toll due to the adverse...
South Korean economist urges India to industrialize as AI will destroy its flagship service sector
SOAS economist Ha-Joon Chang warns that AI will destroy the low-value service sectors India has specialised in, making industrialisation urgent rather than obsolete.
Shashi Tharoor and other Indian leaders condemn death sentence to Hasina
New Delhi, November 30 – The death sentence handed to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her absence has drawn a wave of reactions across India’s political landscape. Leaders from different parties have expressed concern over the trial process. “Both domestically and abroad, I...
Dharmendra, the Bollywood heartthrob with warts
By Shoma A Chatterji/The Citizen Kokata, November 28- When a celebrity passes away, all tributes in the media, be it print or digital or electronic, are focused on the late celebrities’ great qualities of character and on the work he/she has left behind. No one...
Bangladesh envoy in India recalls shared sacrifices
Amidst strain, Bangladesh High Commissioner hails Indian soldiers’ 1971 role, calls ties ‘multi-layered’
Ensuring fair elections through non-party Caretaker Governments
History shows that the Caretaker Government system has its use but it is by no means a panacea
Death sentence for Hasina sours India-Bangladesh relations
Given the gravity of the issues involved in Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India and the heightened political sensitivities in both India and Bangladesh, talks across the table are unlikely to yield results now. The aggressive posturing that is grabbing headlines now is meant to satisfy...
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