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India-Taliban budding romance, a Pakistani view
The Afghan delegation underscored its sensitivity to India’s security concerns.
Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters
A fact sheet on the order promises "immediate action" by the Justice Department to prosecute "terroristic threats, arson, vandalism and violence against American Jews"
Indians reeling under ‘no jobs, raging inflation’, says Congress leader Chidambaram
Economic growth could even fall by up to 2% as compared with the previous year.
Adanis’ Colombo West International Terminal is to commence operations in February
With a 1.6 million 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity
Scholarships to study Hindi in India in 2025-26
Colombo, January 30: The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India is offering scholarships to Sri Lankan nationals to study Hindi at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Institute of Hindi), Agra, for the academic session 2025-2026. The scheme is a fully funded scholarship wherein...
Trump passes orders on race, gender, and college campus protests
Washington, January 29: US President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on Wednesday on race, gender, and college campus protests as per his ideological predilections, says an AFP story in The Daily Star. An order called “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling” seeks to limit...
India shows slow growth ahead of the annual budget on February 1, says Reuters
January 30: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may seek to arrest slowing economic growth in the world’s fifth-largest economy and prepare for an uncertain year of global trade when his government presents the federal budget on February 1, says Reuters in a story published in...
Veteran Tamil politician Mavai Senathirajah dies
Colombo, January 29: Former Member of Parliament from Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), Mavai Senathirajah, passed away a short while ago after suffering a brief illness He was 82. Senathirajah was admitted to the Emergency Treatment Unit (ETU) of the Jaffna Teaching Hospital following an...
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